I have found and studied the will of Rosa Somers VOSS, younger daughter of Capt. Edward VOSS.  I am satisfied that this is proof that her father Capt. Edward VOSS was the brother of George VOSS (d). Continue reading The Will of Rosa Somers VOSS →

Looks like error in report in Sherborne Mercury

We have all accepted that Caroline VOSS (a) bapt 5 Jan 1800 in Winterbourne Came  was the daughter of William VOSS (j) and Elizabeth HANCOCK (b), and that she married William Benjamin HANCOCK (b) bapt 11 Oct 1807. Continue reading Caroline VOSS (a) of Winterbourne Came mystery →

Believe resolved: they were brothers

Alison Smith proposed that my GGGrandfather George VOSS (d) was the George VOSS baptised in West Knighton 4th August 1811.  If this were correct, it would make him and Capt. Edward VOSS (c) fourth cousins through Edward’s maternal line.  I know that Capt. Edward’s daughter Rosa was in touch with my Grandfather Edward George VOSS, for she signed his visitor’s book on 22 August 1910.   They would have been fifth cousins, once removed (5C1R).  Edward’s grand daughter Margaret Rosa Summers VOSS bequeathed relics of Capt. Voss to my father, who would have been 6C1R.  It strains credibility that the family bonds stretched that far and that Rosa had no closer Voss relative to bestow.  See my earlier post on this relationship. Continue reading Origins of George VOSS (d) and relationship to Capt. Edward VOSS (c) revisited →