Joseph Raynor was declared bankrupt 17 June 1899.  I viewed Joseph’s insolvency file at QLD Archive, hoping to find clues to his earlier life, particularly in Sicily.  Unfortunately the Archives file didn’t reveal any new information, except that he was actually declared ‘informa pauperis’ which I assumes means he has no chance of repaying whatever debts he had.

I’m a bit perplexed on why the court would state he could not repay his debts, given he was probably by then already employed as a Seaman on SS Bobby Towns.

Nevertheless, this is the first record of Joseph’s life, therefore it was interesting to see, especially as Joseph signed one of the letters in the file.

Below are the photos  I took of the file ( every page on the file is included below):