John Henry Edgar Hose

• Born: 19 Sep 1848, 7 Neptune Street, Rotherhythe
• Marriage: (1): Mary Julia Bulger 21 Dec 1875, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• common-law relationship: (2): Phyllis Elizabeth Emma Griffin
• Died: 10 Dec 1904, John Street, Cookstown, Australia at age 56

John married Mary Julia Bulger on 21 Dec 1875 in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. (Mary Julia Bulger was born on 8 Oct 1852 in Catholic Mission, St. Fowey, Cornwall and died in Dec 1919.)

John left England in the company of Phyllis Elizabeth Emma Griffin. (Phyllis Elizabeth Emma Griffin was born on 26 Mar 1866 in Westmill, Herts and died on 17 Aug 1941.)

Family gossip says he was the black sheep of the family. He was a Ship's engineer and worked on the ships that sailed between England and Australia. He also worked on ships that ran between Cooktown and New Guinea. He met Julia on a boat sailing to Australia. They lived in the outback and the children's births were recorded later in Church. They lived for a while on Thursday Island and ran/owned the Torris Straits Hotel. His name is on several plots of land on an early map of the Island.

They returned to England before the birth of their fifth child and ran a hotel before he returned "to finish off some business" and never returned. The barmaid disappeared at the same time and this seems to be confirmed by findings in Australia. At the time of his death he was listed as a labourer.

The following is an extract from an email from Janice.

John Henry Edgar Hose and Phyllis E E  Griffin did not travel together to Australia.

JHEH left London on the ship Jumna which arrived in Brisbane 23rd July 1889. Departure from London would be about May 1889

It is more than likely that Phyllis got pregnant immediately before JHEH left for Australia (like the night before - or even after!! there is 10 months between his departure and Jacks birth)-  and he wouldn't have known about her pregnancy for some time.