Hi, I'm a newbie to the ancestry search...this is a query for the surname Goss...Betty Goss is my gggrandmother and this is what I know about her...actually her first name may or may not be Betty but if it is Elizabeth is another fit...anyway...one of her daughter, May Elise McBride is my ggrandmother...Betty was a prostitute first and then became a madam of her own bordello, in Alaska, maybe Valdez...she may have had 2 brothels, one in Alaska during the summer and one in Seattle Washington during the winter. May Elise's father, my gggrandfather, was a circuit judge up in Alaska and favored Betty when he was there. When my grandma May was about 4 yrs. old Betty made Austin, the judge, take May because a brothel was no place to raise a child although Betty did have a couple more childern, girls...So Austin told his wife who no one knows the name of and they raised May. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You!
Allie