Joseph Edward Biney

[avm228]

If he was born in 1879 he was a precocious 11-yr-old when he started the mining business in 1890 

Might there be a father & son of the same name? (Father = mining chief, son the unmarried chartered accountant from 1901)?

[avm228]

If he was born in 1879 he was a precocious 11-yr-old when he started the mining business in 1890 

Mind you, according to this document one of his partners in the business (Joseph E. Ellis, pictured) was supposedly born in 1885

http://www.anglogold.co.za/NR/rdonlyres/BDB5B570-C236-4C5B-9F53-1B5ED83F7E0C/0/Ashanti_CompanyHistory.pdf

[carol8353]

Joseph Edward Biney died in Africa on 20 Dec 1937.
He lived at Elmina Road, Cape Coast,Gold coast colony,West Africa.
Administration was granted on 17th march 1939 in London to Charles Lionel Wolveridge chartered accountant.

Effects £104,599 16s 3d  in England.

Carol

[carol8353]

And then also probate was granted in the Gold Coast to Reverend Frederick Emmanuel Ekuban, Reverend Joseph Emmanuel Addo,and ministers Joseph Alpheus Vincent Cann company manager and John Samuel Akianyor clerk.

This was dated 11th may 1940,and the amount given as before (England)

His will(and codicil) could be obtained for £6 from http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/pa1s_0405.pdf

Carol

[aghadowey]

Previous thread already had some of these details posted-
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,528131.msg3836435.html

Do you have Irene's birth certificate to confirm her father's name and profession?

Hopefully this has already been done as was posted last April-

Okay great thank you, hope this is the correct guy! I will order the 1905 Birth Certificate of Irene Dorothy Biney born in Lambeth, South London.

[Daisypetal]

Thanks for the link to the previous thread, I thought some of this was staring to sound familiar 

 
This link mentions Mr. Joseph Edward Biney who was one of the original indigenous owners  

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0fxg/


Also in the link given by avm228 it says 'Thus it was two Fante merchants from Cape Coast, Joseph E. Ellis and Chief Joseph E. Biney,'

So despite the sound of the name it does seem Joseph was native to the Gold Coast.

[carol8353]

Previous thread already had some of these details posted-
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,528131.msg3836435.html

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Thanks for posting that Aghadowey,so I needn't have typed those both out earlier 

Carol

[genealogistsykes]

Yes, i have Irene's birth certificate, the details are as followed:

Irene Dorothy Biney, Girl, Father: James Edward Biney - Barrister at Law

I don't know how i got 'Joseph' into my head i think it was cause i was searching for a Biney marriage on FreeBMD and it popped up with Joseph Edward Biney.

Sorry guys.

[avm228]

Yes, i have Irene's birth certificate, the details are as followed:

Irene Dorothy Biney, Girl, Father: James Edward Biney - Barrister at Law

Perhaps then he is the "J.E. Biney of the Inner Temple" referred to in this document?

http://www.archive.org/stream/fanticustomaryla00sarbuoft/fanticustomaryla00sarbuoft_djvu.txt