Josiah Francis (7 March 1825 – 11 May 1891) was a miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Some time after 10 August 1861 (the birth of Henry Alfred Youlten in South Australia) and before the birth of James Dunstone Francis in Queensland on 30 September 1863, the Youlten family migrated from South Australia to Queensland.
On 10 April 1861, an auction was conducted at Norwood, South Australia, for the sale of all goods, livestock, etc.
As well, all outstanding accounts were called for to enable settlement, as the family was "relocating to Yorke's Peninsula".
The first seven children of Josiah and Elizabeth were registered under the name of Youlten in South Australia between 1850 and 1861 and it would appear the Youlten children who survived and subsequently moved to Queensland with their parents were raised under the surname Francis so the family's name change probably coincided with their residency in Queensland.