BORN HULL 1895. STEP SON OF FRANZ JOSEPH SCHMIEG & JOANNA ANTONIA (ANNIE) BOSSE (1861-1903), OF 61 KINGS BENCH STREET, HULL. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. HIS FATHER EMIGRATED FROM GERMANY TO HULL, IN THE 1880's. MARRIED IN 1887, AND WORKED AS A LOCAL BUTCHER. JOHN WORKED IN A SAW MILL AND LIVED AT 7 HARCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE […]
