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!!