John Wallace Joss
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Father James Joss of Banff, Scotland. Mother may be Ann Joss nee Allerdyce. Possibly born c1818. Believe a son David born 1820 but haven't sighted proof.
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familydetective on 2017-01-31 13:17:11could this be the person you are looking for? could not find a marriage
from Scotland Births and Baptisms
Name John Joss
Gender Male
Christening Date 20 Feb 1831
Christening Place MARNOCH,BANFF,SCOTLAND
Father's Name James Joss
Mother's Name Mary Watt
Other children if it helps:
Isabel 1833
Mary 1823
Elizabeth 1821
James 1826
swinneyf on 2017-01-31 21:05:38Thank you for that - no, unlikely as my James was in Australasia late 20's - 30's. He left a son David in Banff. ? born 1819 dd 1885. Are you able to identify him? James probably crewed on a ship to Australia/New Zealand then is shown as a Mate on ship here before becoming Master in the early 30's. My assumption is that John Wallace was old enough to travel out with him as crew but David wasn't old enough being less than 10 years old. James Will lists: "James Bruce, David of Banff", then John Wallace. James son James Bruce was born in Sydney 1829. Reports tell of James sailing for Tahiti from New Zealand 1845 with his two eldest sons but of course I have no actual documents to show who they were. Certainly David wasn't one as he is reported in the Banffshire Journal August 1888 as having written to his father in 1880. As James seems to have been free with his affections having also two Maori 'wives' in New Zealand it's quite likely that another existed in Preservation Inlet a place he visited frequently in the 30's. I am coming to the conclusion that this might be the case.