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Bank House, Melcombe Regis, now part of Weymouth, where George VOSS and his wife kept a boarding house and raised their son Albert, and Albert in turn his son Edward George VOSS |
An outline of George’s life can be gleaned from census records. In 1841 he was residing in Grosvenor Place, Melcome Regis, and present were his wife Frances, their young son (George) Albert and as lodger Ann BULLEN, Frances’ sister. He describes himself as cabinet maker. By 1851 he was running Bank House as a boarding house, and he stated his birth place as Weymouth. In 1861 he was still at Bank House and a boarding house keeper and he stated his place of birth as Melcombe Regis. In 1871, now widowed, he was with his son Albert again in Bank House and as boarding house keeper. Again he states he was borne in Melcombe Regis. By 1881 he had retired, and was living near by at 3 Hardwick Terrace with Ellen Wicksteed, his late wife’s sister. He died in 1883 and was buried with Frances in Wyke Regis, her home church. Continue reading George Voss (d) (ca 1811-1883) →