[COMPLETED] NZ's first anarchist? Research help on Philip Josephs

[c josephs]

   Dear Stacy,  I have just read your comment with great interest.  I am caroline josephs, daughter of Harold. Edith Bourke was my aunt.  Engaged for 15 years before marrying Edmund as i recall...no doubt because of the apparent conflict in backgrounds eh?  I have been corresponding with Jared in NZ who is researching Philip. I would LOVE to see the photos of Philip J. and Sophia if you have them?  You can respond to me. I will send details offline with personal email. I have Philip and Sophia's marriage certificate (Scotland) and death certificates (Sydney) if you are interested. I met your mother when i was in Auckland and then staying with Naomi in 1996....you would have been very small then i guess....?
Gambling is probably prt of the story of Philip I am beginning to think....Lots more emerging slowly....a fascinating story....
Best wishes, caroline (sydney)

[StaceyDukes]

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Philip&gsln=Josephs&mswpn__ftp=Russia&msbdy=1879&uidh=9e7

This looks like him!!Shame it won't let me enlarge the photo 

[garagecollective]

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_r_f-2_s&gsfn=Philip&gsln=Josephs&mswpn__ftp=Russia&msbdy=1879&uidh=9e7

This looks like him!!Shame it won't let me enlarge the photo

Can someone on ancestry download the photo in the link above and PM it to Stacey and I? We would very much appreciate it! Thanks

[garagecollective]

My mistake: It is Rookwood Cemetery...in Sydney.  Not just a Jewish cemetery but there is a Jewish section.

[garagecollective]

Although not a book solely on Philip Josephs, my new book does mention him a bit:

Featuring an array of archival documents and illustrations, Remains to be Seen: Tracing Joe Hill's ashes in New Zealand—an easy-to-read account of censorship and radical labour during the First World War—is now available to purchase from Rebel Press: http://www.rebelpress.org.nz/publications/remains-to-be-seen



About the book:

On the eve of his execution in 1915, Joe Hill—radical songwriter, union organiser and member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)—penned one final telegram from his Utah prison cell: “Could you arrange to have my body hauled to the state line to be buried? I don’t want to be found dead in Utah.” Hill’s body was then cremated, his ashes placed into tiny packets and sent to IWW Locals, sympathetic organizations and individuals around the world. Among the nations said to receive Hill’s ashes, New Zealand is listed.

Yet nothing is known about what happened to the ashes of Joe Hill in New Zealand. Were Hill’s ashes really sent to New Zealand? Or was New Zealand simply listed to give such a symbolic act more scope? If they did make it, what ever happened to them?

Remains to be Seen traces the ashes of Joe Hill from their distribution in Chicago to wartime New Zealand. Drawing on previously unseen archival material, it examines the persecution of anarchists, socialists and Wobblies in New Zealand during the First World War. It also explores how intense censorship measures—put in place by the National Coalition Government of William Massey and zealously enforced by New Zealand’s Solicitor-General, Sir John Salmond—effectively silenced and suppressed the IWW in New Zealand.

A free downloadable PDF version is also available from Rebel Press.

The book will be launched in Christchurch on Thursday June 30 at Beat Street Cafe (Corner Barbadoes and Armagh), at 5.30pm. Jared Davidson, author and designer of Remains to be Seen, will share a few thoughts on his research, and copies of the book will also be available for purchase.

[jess_1133]

Hi All,

I have also been doing some research on my Mum's behalf and I think I may also be a great-granddaughter of Philip Josephs!!! Except I'm only finding out about it now

My Mum was adopted in 1957 and has lived her whole life knowing nothing about he biological roots except that her biological father, John Baggoley, died in 1972 in Melbourne, Victoria (he left her some money when she turned 21 and the truth had to come out!).

After some extensive research over the last few days (mainly to see if we could ascertain the cause of death for her biological mother so we had some background info), I have discovered that John Baggoley was married to "Louise" (Lulu Josephs) who was married twice before him (to a Henry J Baker in 1924 and Phillip O'Malley in 1934, both in New South Wales, Australia). Louise then married John Baggoley in I think around 1946 in Melbourne (around the same time her Dad, Philip Josephs, died in Katoomba, NSW.

Louise then died in 1957 when she was 51 of cancer of the bladder (my mum was 1 year old and thus given up for adoption by Mr Baggoley - who himself was 60 years old and unable to care for her). Talk about a whirlwind of information over the last couple of days.

I would be grateful to hear if anyone has any stories about Lulu and the family or even any pictures - that would be incredible!!

[jess_1133]

Hi Jared,

I'm not sure how to respond to your message.
Email: ^(*)
Anything you could help me with would be fantastic.....this is so exciting!!

Jess.




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