Anna Kost, ^

1864 - 1951  (87 years)

• Name	Anna Kost  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	^
  Nickname	Minna
  Birth	1864	NY   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Minna
  Name	Minna Kost
  Death	13 Dec 1951	Grymes Hill, Richmond (Staten Island), New York, NY   [4]
  	CAUS: of a heart ailment[Her New York Times obituary in error indicated that she was born in Brookhaven, NY.]
  Person ID	I7611	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Kost, >,   b. Abt Sep 1828, Coblentz, Germany d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Annae Catharina Eitert, >,   b. Abt 1830, Bavaria, Germany d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 Oct 1823	Liebfrauen Katholisch, Koblenz Stadt, Rheinland, Prussia   [5]
  Family ID	F3600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Geoffrey K. Fleming, Director, Southold Historical Society, Southold, NY comments: "Frederick Kost's sister, Anna "Minna" Kost (1864-1951), lived in Brookhaven with her brother from a very early date. She survived him and served as executrix of his estate. Anna lived in Brookhaven until the 1940's when she moved back to Staten Island where she died in 1951. She donated an important painting by Frederick Carl Frieske (which may have originally belonged to her brother) to the Brooklyn Museum." Anna (Minna) was active in the civic affairs of the Brookhaven community, including the Brookhaven Village Improvement Association and the Brookhaven Literary Club. She was a welfare worker for many years. The New York Times obituary indicated that she was survived by "two cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaufman." Local residents indicate that Mrs. Kaufman was her sister. This then may have been Emma. It was said she operated a guest house.

  
  

• Sources

  [S600] AskArt-The Artists Bluebook, AskArt.com online l [http://www.askart.com ], Biography of Frederick Kost by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Director, Southold Historical Society, Southold, NY.[ http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=1659 ]. [S24] article, New York Times, New York, NY, Obituary. 15 Dec 1951, p. 13. [S16] Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Admini, Census Place: Castleton, Richmond, New York; Roll: M593_1086; Page: 68; Image: 130. [S24] article, New York Times, New York, NY, Obituary. 15 Dec 1951, p. 13. MISS ANNA KOST Miss Anna Kost, sister of the late Frederick W. Kost, an internationally know artist, who was a civic and welfare worker on Long Island for many years, died of a heart ailment Thursday night at her home, 15 Arlo Road, Grymes Hill, S.I., after a brief illness. Her age was 87. Bprn in Brookhaven, L.I., Miss Kost resided there for fifty-on yeArs before she moved to Staten Island several years ago. She was a member of the Brookhaven Literary Club and the Brookhaven Village Improvement Association. Surviving are two cousins, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Kaufman. Anna Kost was not born in Brookhaven, NY. She was most likely born in Brooklyn or Staten Island. Her parents lived in Brooklyn in 1860, and on Staten Island in 1870. She was most frequently known by her nickname, Minna. [S2038] , Weber Family Tree (N.p.: n.p., n.d.)., Josephus Kost.