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2026-05-01 08:49 UTC

The singer, Baritone Rufus John (Aka John Goss) has triggered my #Genealogy #FamilyHistory interest ... He was quite bolshie!! John Goss was also a remarkable musician whose life I am exploring a little. He died in #Birmingham in 1953, likely at 79 Ryland Road Edgbaston. I've found him on the 1939 register and the electoral rolls. He appears fairly often in the newspapers. But his birth still eludes me, as does his marriage. An honorary #Brummie :))

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@RobertJackson58585858@masto.ai 2026-05-03 12:23

Righty ho, I think I've pinned him down. Despite headwinds to reconcile ... not restricted to an assortment of ages at death not reconciling with year of birth, his dad giving slightly wrong date of birth starting school. Oh, and being registered as Jack, not John, which he seems to have adopted as an adult. And another John Goss who married a different Mabel. And "my" John & Mabel appearing together only the once ... on an electoral register the year before he died. 👀

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