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}}</ref>, aka JoJo, was a judge and politician in colonial [[New South Wales]],<ref name=Mennell>{{cite Australasia|Josephson, His Honour Joshua Frey}}</ref> [[Solicitor-General of New South Wales]] 1868 to 1869.<ref name=parl/>
}}</ref>, aka JoJo {is this a reference...??}, was a judge and politician in colonial [[New South Wales]],<ref name=Mennell>{{cite Australasia|Josephson, His Honour Joshua Frey}}</ref> [[Solicitor-General of New South Wales]] 1868 to 1869.<ref name=parl/>


Josephson was born in [[Hamburg]], Germany, the son of Jacob Josephson and his wife Emma Wilson, a widow ''née'' Moss. Josephson arrived in [[New South Wales]] in 1820.<ref name=adb>
Josephson was born in [[Hamburg]], Germany, the son of Jacob Josephson and his wife Emma Wilson, a widow ''née'' Moss. Josephson arrived in [[New South Wales]] in 1820.<ref name=adb>

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Joshua Frey Josephson (1815 – 26 January 1892)[1], aka JoJo {is this a reference...??}, was a judge and politician in colonial New South Wales,[2] Solicitor-General of New South Wales 1868 to 1869.[1]

Josephson was born in Hamburg, Germany, the son of Jacob Josephson and his wife Emma Wilson, a widow née Moss. Josephson arrived in New South Wales in 1820.[3]

Josephson was elected a member for Braidwood in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on 13 December 1864, a seat he held until 3 September 1869.[1] He was appointed Solicitor-General of New South Wales from 27 October 1868 to 9 September 1869 in the 2nd government of John Robertson.[1] He then became a District Court Judge.[2]

Josephson died in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales on 26 January 1892. He was survived by four sons and eight daughters of his first wife, a daughter of his second wife Katerina Frederica née Schiller (married April 1868, died 1884), and by his third wife Elizabeth Geraldine, née Brenan.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mr Joshua Frey JOSEPHSON (1815 - 1892)". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Mennell, Philip (1892). "Josephson, His Honour Joshua Frey" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ a b Holt, H. T. E. "Josephson, Joshua Frey (1815–1892)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Braidwood
1864–1869
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Solicitor General
1868 – 1869
Succeeded by