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by Karaka , New Zealand, Thursday, December 13, 2007, 09:22 (6192 days ago) @ slowhands

Thanks for pointing me to this post, I knew it was there somewhere, I have had to return to this listing to cross-check some records. Jones is not an easy surname to work with in this area.
I think I have re-conciled all NZ family members except Josaih Jones B1839 who appears in the 1841 census, Josaih is missing from the 1851 Census but who re-appears in 1861. He was aged 12 in 1851 so perhaps on the verge of leaving home to work elsewhere. His older brother Albert B1837 also disappears from the 1851 family listing but he was more likely to have left home in GLS but did not come to NZ.
Josaih is known to be one of those who came to New Zealand in the period 1861-1865.
He married and worked as a farmer in NZ, so was probably working on a farm before he left GLS.
Are the names Josaih and John interchangable?
Is 12 too early to have left home/school, was he likely to be working as a servant in another home or farm?