Fifth Generation 
Fifth Generation 64. John VOSPER [25777] was born in 1830 in Callington Cornwall England.
John married Susan ARNOLD [25788] [MRIN: 9880].
Children from this marriage were:
174 M i. William VOSPER [25789] .
+ 175 F ii. Mary Ann VOSPER [25790] was born in 1845 in Clerkenwell Middlesex England.
+ 176 F iii. Lydia Ann VOSPER [25791] was born in 1852 in Clerkenwell Middlesex England.
65. Matilda VOSPER [25778] was born about 1832 in Callington Cornwall England and died after 1881.
Matilda married Thomas B RANDLE [25804] [MRIN: 9884]. Thomas was born about 1826 in Modbury Devon England and died before 1881.
• Occupation: Saddler & Harness Maker, 1871.
Children from this marriage were:
177 F i. Elizabeth M RANDLE [25805] was born about 1852 in East Stonehouse Devon England.
178 M ii. William RANDLE [25806] was born about 1854 in East Stonehouse Devon England.
• Occupation: Assistant Saddler & Harness Maker, 1871.
179 F iii. Louisa Maria RANDLE [25807] was born about 1856 in East Stonehouse Devon England and died in 1883 in East Stonehouse Devon England aged about 27.
180 F iv. Amelia RANDLE [25808] was born about 1861 in East Stonehouse Devon England and died before 1881.
181 F v. Matilda RANDLE [25809] was born about 1863 in East Stonehouse Devon England and died before 1881.
182 F vi. Laura RANDLE [25810] was born about 1869 in East Stonehouse Devon England.
66. Peter VOSPER [25779] was born in 1835 in Callington Cornwall England.
Peter married Sarah CLEAVE [25811] [MRIN: 9885].
Children from this marriage were:
183 M i. Cleave VOSPER [25812] .
Cleave married Mary PENDRAY [25819] [MRIN: 9886].
184 M ii. Alfred C VOSPER [25813] was born about 1868 in St Germans Cornwall England. Another name for Alfred was Fred.
Alfred married Elo SARGEANT [25820] [MRIN: 9887].
185 F iii. Emily Mary I VOSPER [25814] was born 4 Qtr 1869 in St Germans Cornwall England.
186 M iv. Arthur VOSPER [25815] was born 3 Qtr 1872 in Cornwall England.
Arthur married Annie CLEMOW [25821] [MRIN: 9888].
187 F v. Sarah VOSPER [25816] .
188 F vi. Alice VOSPER [25817] was born 2 Qtr 1873 in St Germans Cornwall England.
189 F vii. Louise VOSPER [25818] .
Louise married Stanley MUSKER [25822] [MRIN: 9889].
68. Amelia VOSPER [25781] was born about 1841 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died about 1901 aged about 60.
Amelia married Philip BLAKE [25823] [MRIN: 9890]. Philip was born about 1841 in Landrake Cornwall England and died before 1901.
• Occupation: Coal & Manure Merchant.
Children from this marriage were:
190 M i. Simmons BLAKE [25824] was born about 1870 in St Germans Cornwall England.
• Occupation: Merchant's Assistant, 1891.
• Occupation: Grain Merchant, 1901.
191 M ii. Armanel BLAKE [25825] was born 1 Qtr 1873 in St Germans Cornwall England.
192 F iii. Amelia BLAKE [25826] was born 1 Qtr 1875 in Tideford Cornwall England.
193 M iv. Richard BLAKE [25827] was born about 1877 in Tideford Cornwall England.
• Occupation: Shipbroker's Clerk, 1901.
194 M v. Philip BLAKE [25828] was born about 1880 in Tideford Cornwall England.
195 U vi. BLAKE [25829] was born after 1881.
70. William VOSPER [25783] was born 2 Qtr 1846 in Callington Cornwall England and died in 1905 at age 59.
• Occupation: Wool Merchant.
William married Alice Mary JAKINS [25832] [MRIN: 9893] 1 Qtr 1873 in St Pancras London England. Alice was born about 1851 in St Pancras London England and died in 1933 aged about 82.
Children from this marriage were:
196 F i. Marian Ada VOSPER [25833] was born 1 Qtr 1874 in Plymouth Devon England.
+ 197 M ii. Canning VOSPER [25834] was born 4 Qtr 1875 in Plymouth Devon England.
198 F iii. Minnie Jakins VOSPER [25835] was born 3 Qtr 1877 in Plymouth Devon England.
+ 199 M iv. Capt. Sydney VOSPER [25837] was born 4 Qtr 1881 in Plymouth Devon England.
72. Richard Popplestone VOSPER [25785] was born 1 Qtr 1849 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Richard married Margaret BENSON [25846] [MRIN: 9897].
Children from this marriage were:
+ 200 M i. Richard Benson VOSPER [25847] was born on 12 Aug 1873 in Ontario Canada.
201 M ii. Harold VOSPER [25848] .
202 M iii. Sidney VOSPER [25849] .
203 F iv. Louise VOSPER [25850] .
204 F v. Janie VOSPER [25851] was born in 1876 in Coburg Northumberland Co. Ontario Canada.
205 F vi. May A VOSPER [25852] was born in 1877 in Coburg Northumberland Co. Ontario Canada.
206 F vii. Jenie VOSPER [25853] was born in 1880 in Ontario Canada.
73. Thomas VOSPER [25786] was born 2 Qtr 1853 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Thomas married Jane Nicholls VOSPER [25871] [MRIN: 9904], daughter of William George VOSPER [25872] and Jane NICHOLLS [25873], 4 Qtr 1880 in Launceston Cornwall England. Jane was born about 1857 in St Germans Cornwall England and died 3 Qtr 1900 in Launceston Cornwall England.
General Notes: Jane is probably the Grand-Daughter of Richard Vosper and Elizabeth Nicholls.
Children from this marriage were:
207 M i. Ernest Edward VOSPER [25874] was born about 1882 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Ernest married Annie BERSEY [25878] [MRIN: 9906].
208 M ii. Frederick VOSPER [25875] was born 1 Qtr 1883 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
• Occupation: Dentistry, 1901.
Frederick married Ada HUNT [25879] [MRIN: 9907].
209 F iii. Helen Mabel VOSPER [25876] was born about 1886 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Helen married H HOSKING [25880] [MRIN: 9908].
210 F iv. Christine VOSPER [25877] was born 2 Qtr 1890 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Christine married Harold SQUIRE [25881] [MRIN: 9909].
74. Mary L VOSPER [25787] was born in 1857 in Quethiock Cornwall England. Another name for Mary was Polly.
Mary married William W BLIGHT [25882] [MRIN: 9910]. William was born in 1854 in Stonehouse Devon England.
The child from this marriage was:
211 M i. Francis H BLIGHT [25883] was born about 1879 in Stonehouse Devon England.
John married Susan [25889] [MRIN: 9913]. Susan was born in 1836 in Coburg Northumberland Co. Ontario Canada.
Children from this marriage were:
212 F i. Mary VOSPER [25890] was born in 1865 in Coburg Northumberland Co. Ontario Canada.
213 M ii. William VOSPER [25891] was born in 1875 in Coburg Northumberland Co. Ontario Canada.
78. William Peter VOSPER [25728] was born on 29 May 1842 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 23 Jan 1911 at age 68.
• Occupation: Farmer and Maltster.
William married Mary SMITH [25729] [MRIN: 9864], daughter of James SMITH [25730] and Unknown, in 1868. Mary was born on 06 Nov 1841 in Devonport Devon England and died on 20 Dec 1914 at age 73.
Children from this marriage were:
214 M i. Thomas Smith VOSPER [25899] was born about 1869 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 29 May 1872 aged about 3.
215 M ii. James VOSPER [25900] was born in Jan 1871 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 10 Mar 1879 at age 8.
+ 216 M iii. William VOSPER [25901] was born on 24 Dec 1871 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 02 Nov 1917 at age 45.
+ 217 F iv. Edith Mary VOSPER [25902] was born on 17 Dec 1872 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 13 Apr 1959 at age 86.
+ 218 M v. Percy VOSPER [25903] was born on 01 Jan 1874 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died after 1912.
219 F vi. Florence Elizabeth VOSPER [25904] was born on 18 Dec 1874 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 01 Apr 1953 at age 78.
Florence married George Titus BARHAM [25944] [MRIN: 9933], son of Sir George BARHAM [12007] and Margaret RAINEY [12008], on 29 Apr 1897 in Plympton St Mary Devon England. George was born on 22 Mar 1860, was baptised in St Andrew's Holborn England, died on 08 Jul 1937 in Sudbury Park Wembley Middlesex England at age 77, and was buried on 12 Jul 1937 in St Marylebone Cemetery Finchley Middlesex England.
• Occupation: Managing Director, Express Dairy Company.
220 F vii. Blanche VOSPER [25905] was born on 01 Jan 1877 in Plympton St Mary Devon England.
Blanche married Edmund Arbuthnot ROBERTS [25945] [MRIN: 9934], son of ROBERTS [25946] and Sarah Jane [25947]. Edmund was born on 15 Jan 1879 in Saltash Cornwall England and died in 1920 in India at age 41. The cause of his death was Drowning.
General Notes: Surname: Roberts
Given Name: Edmund Arthur
Birth Date: 15 Jan. 79
FIRST COMM: 30 Jan. 04
DATE RANK: 30 Jan. 07
RANK: Captain
COMPANY: Indian Medical Service
REMARKS: 67th Punjabis
D.S.O., I.M.S. Accidently drowned.
• Occupation: Colonel, Indian Medical Service.
+ 221 M viii. Stanley VOSPER [25906] was born on 16 Jun 1878 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 19 Mar 1952 at age 73.
+ 222 M ix. Cecil VOSPER [25907] was born about Feb 1881 in Plympton St Mary Devon England.
223 M x. George VOSPER [25908] was born on 07 May 1882 and died on 28 Apr 1958 at age 75.
79. Thomas VOSPER [25720] was born on 23 Dec 1843 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died in Dec 1904 at age 61.
General Notes: Thomas was a Partner in the Company Wilson Vosper & Colthart, who were Ship Store and Export Merchants in Liverpool, England.
Thomas married Christina FERNIE [25721] [MRIN: 9860], daughter of Henry FERNIE [25893] and Jane HOOD [25894], in 1872. Christina was baptised on 02 Dec 1849 in Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Liverpool Lancashire England.
Children from this marriage were:
224 M i. Henry John VOSPER [25909] was born in 1872 in West Derby Lancashire England and died on 01 Sep 1932 in USA at age 60. Another name for Henry was Harold Fernie VOSPER.
Henry married Bess TINNER [25974] [MRIN: 9947]. Bess died on 19 Aug 1964.
225 F ii. Mabel Fernie VOSPER [25975] was born on 24 Mar 1873 in West Derby Lancashire England and died on 03 Jun 1944 at age 71.
+ 226 M iii. Gerald Linn VOSPER [25718] was born on 25 Feb 1875 in West Derby Lancashire England and died on 02 Oct 1956 at age 81.
227 M iv. Frank Symonds VOSPER [25976] was born in 1877 in Walton Lancashire England and died on 26 Jul 1949 at age 72.
• Occupation: Iron Merchant's Clerk, 1901.
Frank married Ellen DOBELL [25978] [MRIN: 9948], daughter of Alfred DOBELL [25979] and Unknown. Ellen died on 27 Mar 1963.
+ 228 M v. Norman VOSPER [25977] was born on 28 Mar 1880 in Walton Lancashire England, died on 09 Jun 1948 in Plas Coch Llanchyan Ruthin Wales at age 68, and was buried on 12 Jun 1948 in Llanchyan Church Ruthin Wales.
83. Frank VOSPER [25898] was born about 1859 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 03 Jun 1888 aged about 29.
Frank married Florence Eleanor VOSPER [25992] [MRIN: 9959], daughter of Samuel VOSPER [26497] and Eleanor H CURNOW [25994], 1 Qtr 1885 in Plympton Devon England. Florence was born 2 Qtr 1858 in East Stonehouse Devon England.
Children from this marriage were:
229 M i. Thomas VOSPER [25995] was born in 1885 and died on 28 Jun 1926 at age 41.
• Occupation: Barrister & Judge.
Thomas married Jean FURZEMORRIAH [25997] [MRIN: 9961]. Jean died on 21 Sep 1914.
230 M ii. Ernest VOSPER [25996] was born in 1887 in Egg Buckland Monachorum Devon England and died on 19 Feb 1967 at age 80.
General Notes: Egg Buckland Monachorum Devon
91. Maria VOSPER [26009] was born in 1846 in Quethiock Cornwall England and was baptised on 06 May 1846 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Maria married Brooke Watson COAKER [26011] [MRIN: 9966], son of Francis COAKER [26012] and Rebecca [26013], 4 Qtr 1878 in Plympton Devon England. Brooke was born on 09 Feb 1824 in Ugborough Devon England and was baptised on 05 Aug 1824 in Ugborough Devon England.
• Occupation: Farmer & Merchant, 1881-1891.
Children from this marriage were:
231 M i. George COAKER [26014] was born in 1881 in Plympton St Mary Devon England.
232 F ii. Elizabeth H COAKER [26015] was born about 1883 in Plympton St Mary Devon England.
233 F iii. Mary H COAKER [26016] was born about 1887 in Plympton St Mary Devon England.
92. Philip Symons VOSPER [26010] was born in 1850 in Quethiock Cornwall England and was baptised on 28 Feb 1850 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Philip married Susan HARRIS [26017] [MRIN: 9968] 3 Qtr 1877 in Plympton Devon England.
The child from this marriage was:
94. Ellen Jane VOSPER [26022] was born on 25 Dec 1842 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
Ellen married THORNE [26027] [MRIN: 9971].
The child from this marriage was:
235 M i. Alfred THORNE [26028] was born in 1867 in Plymouth Devon England.
98. Arthur Walters VOSPER [26026] was born 1 Qtr 1854 in St Stephen Cornwall England.
Arthur married Emilie Louise SELFE [26029] [MRIN: 9972] 4 Qtr 1897 in Devizes Wiltshire England. Emilie was born in 1876 in Wiltshire England.
Children from this marriage were:
236 F i. Phyllis Selfe VOSPER [26030] was born in Mar 1899 in Morval Cornwall England.
237 F ii. Molly Doreen VOSPER [26031] was born 4 Qtr 1899 in Morval Cornwall England.
99. Emma VOSPER [26038] was born in 1841 in Devonport Devon England.
Emma married George PAGET [26041] [MRIN: 9977]. George was born in 1839 in Burnett Somerset England.
Children from this marriage were:
238 M i. GeorgeVosper PAGET [26042] was born in 1866 in Bath Somerset England.
239 M ii. Edward A PAGET [26043] was born in 1868 in Bristol Gloucestershire England.
240 F iii. Florence May PAGET [26044] was born in 1870 in Bristol Gloucestershire England.
101. Alfred Sargeant VOSPER [26040] was born 3 Qtr 1849 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died 2 Qtr 1894 in Barton Regis Gloucestershire England.
• Occupation: Corn Merchant's Traveller, 1881.
Alfred married Bertha DENNING [26045] [MRIN: 9978] 4 Qtr 1879 in Barton Regis Gloucestershire England. Bertha was born in 1856 in Bristol Gloucestershire England.
Children from this marriage were:
241 M i. George Barrington VOSPER [26046] was born in 1886 in Bristol Gloucestershire England.
242 M ii. Frederick Howard VOSPER [26047] was born 3 Qtr 1889 in Stapleton Bristol Gloucestershire England.
112. Jane Nicholls VOSPER [25871] was born about 1857 in St Germans Cornwall England and died 3 Qtr 1900 in Launceston Cornwall England.
General Notes: Jane is probably the Grand-Daughter of Richard Vosper and Elizabeth Nicholls.
Jane married Thomas VOSPER [25786] [MRIN: 9904], son of John VOSPER [25762] and Mary POPPLESTONE [25776], 4 Qtr 1880 in Launceston Cornwall England. Thomas was born 2 Qtr 1853 in Quethiock Cornwall England.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 73)
115. James Walter LAWRY [26082] was born in Jul 1840 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper: James Walter married Miss Charlotte Littleton of Devonport, and their children are James Littleton Lawry M. D. now in South America, Walter of Lynher Farm North Hill, Arthur a government land surveyor at Truro,Elizabeth married The Reverend F. Hawkey, Wesleyan Minister now stationed in Yorkshire. Charlotte (Lottie) married Mr. Hicks, and Philip who died in infancy.
• Occupation: Farmer and Preacher, 1881.
• Occupation: Coal Merchant, 1901.
James married Charlotte Honor LITTLETON [26085] [MRIN: 9986], daughter of Philip A LITTLETON [26086] and Sarah PEARCE [26087], 4 Qtr 1875 in Stoke Damerel Devon England. Charlotte was born 4 Qtr 1843 in Devonport Devon England.
Children from this marriage were:
243 M i. James Littleton LAWRY, Md [26088] was born 4 Qtr 1876 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis VOSPER indicates that he was in South America in 1912.
244 M ii. Arthur LAWRY [26089] .
• Occupation: Land Surveyor.
245 F iii. Elizabeth LAWRY [26090] .
Elizabeth married F HAWKEY [26096] [MRIN: 9988].
• Occupation: Wesleyan Minister.
246 F iv. Sarah C LAWRY [26091] was born in 1879 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
247 M v. Philip Walter LAWRY [26092] was born 4 Qtr 1880 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died before 1901.
248 F vi. Charlotte LAWRY [26093] was born in 1883 in St Dominic Cornwall England. Another name for Charlotte was Lottie.
Charlotte married HICKS [26097] [MRIN: 9989].
249 M vii. Walter LAWRY [26094] was born in 1885 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
250 M viii. William LAWRY [26095] was born in 1888 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
116. Mary Menhennick LAWRY [26083] was born in Mar 1842 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 09 Apr 1932 at age 90.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Mary Lawry married Mr. John Rickard and up to the time of retiring lived in Manaton. Mr. Rickard died there and Mrs. Rickard is now living with her daughter Mrs. R. Sargent, at East Charlton Devonshire
Mary married John RICKARD [26098] [MRIN: 9990], son of Joseph RICKARD [26099] and Mary CLATWORTHY [26100], on 23 Feb 1865 in St Dominic Cornwall England. John was born in 1833 in St Dominic Cornwall England, was baptised on 21 Apr 1833 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died on 21 Jul 1898 in South Hill Cornwall England at age 65, and was buried in South Hill Cornwall England.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 251 F i. Mary Elizabeth RICKARD [26101] was born on 23 Nov 1865 in Calstock Cornwall England and died on 04 Jan 1929 at age 63.
+ 252 M ii. Joseph Lawry RICKARD [26102] was born on 16 Mar 1868 in "Manaton" South Hill Cornwall England, died on 29 Sep 1938 at age 70, and was buried in Colwood Victoria British Colombia Canada.
253 M iii. Walter Lawry RICKARD [26103] was born 4 Qtr 1870 in "Manaton" South Hill Cornwall England and was buried on 06 Mar 1950 in Kelly Bray Cemetery Cornwall England.
Walter married Caroline MADDEVER [26212] [MRIN: 10032], daughter of William MADDEVER [26213] and Ann [26214]. Caroline was born in 1872 in Linkinhorne Cornwall England. Another name for Caroline was Carrie.
+ 254 F iv. Emily Cowlin RICKARD [26104] was born in May 1873 in "Manaton" South Hill Cornwall England.
255 M v. John Frederick RICKARD [26105] was born in Mar 1876 in "Manaton" South Hill Cornwall England, died in "Manaton" South Hill Cornwall England, and was buried on 28 Oct 1969 in South Hill Parish Church Cornwall England.
John married Rosetta WADLAND [26218] [MRIN: 10035] in 1903 in Cornwall England.
John next married Hilda Helen BLAKE [26219] [MRIN: 10036] after 1926 in Cornwall England.
118. Henry VOSPER [26221] was born in 1837 in Launceston Cornwall England.
Henry married Darthula PAGE [26240] [MRIN: 10040] 4 Qtr 1859 in Camberwell Surrey England. Darthula was born in 1837 in Riverhead Kent England.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 256 M i. Henry Godfrey VOSPER [26241] was born 4 Qtr 1860 in Camberwell Surrey England.
257 F ii. Louisa Elizabeth VOSPER [26242] was born 2 Qtr 1861 in Camberwell Surrey England.
258 F iii. Rosina VOSPER [26243] was born 1 Qtr 1863 in Camberwell Surrey England.
Rosina married Harry MURCH [26258] [MRIN: 10042] 4 Qtr 1880 in Camberwell Surrey England. Harry was born about 1862 in Norwood Middlesex England.
• Occupation: Carpenter, 1881.
259 F iv. Fanny VOSPER [26244] was born 3 Qtr 1865 in Camberwell Surrey England.
+ 260 M v. Charles VOSPER [26245] was born 1 Qtr 1867 in Camberwell Surrey England.
261 M vi. Herbert Thomas VOSPER [26246] was born 2 Qtr 1868 in Camberwell Surrey England.
262 F vii. Flora VOSPER [26247] was born 1 Qtr 1869 in Camberwell Surrey England.
263 F viii. Annie VOSPER [26248] was born 4 Qtr 1870 in Camberwell Surrey England.
264 F ix. Lucy VOSPER [26249] was born 2 Qtr 1874 in Camberwell Surrey England.
265 F x. Alice Maud VOSPER [26250] was born 2 Qtr 1876 in Camberwell Surrey England.
+ 266 M xi. Albert Edward VOSPER [26251] was born 1 Qtr 1879 in Camberwell Surrey England.
122. George James VOSPER [26228] was born on 21 Jan 1840 in Penmaen Glamorgan Wales and died in Australia.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper: George joined the then recently established Cornwall Constabulary. He was a fine built young fellow 6ft 2inches in height. For a couple of years he did fairly well, in fact he was a fair way off promotion. He combined strength with intelligence, but unfortunately he developed swelled head. This lead to his dismissal and after some months at home he joined the 1st Life Guards. By this time he was acquiring dissipated habits of the worst kind. This lead to him being fired from Her Majesties Service. Three notable events occurred while he was in the Guards. One was the death and funeral of the Prince Consort, which occurred in December 1861. The marriage of the Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII, on March 10th 1863 and the funeral of Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde. He was one of the Guard of Honour on all these occasions.
In 1864 he married Mary Jane Downing, daughter by a former marriage of Mrs. Ryder who ran the Portsmouth Passage House Inn, Cornwall, Street, Devonport, also a railway receiving office. He took charge of the latter and made money and spent it, his wife died of consumption in 1869, leaving one daughter Maud Mary a bright intelligent girl who died in 1886 at the age of 21, George led a wild, dissipated life in England and elsewhere keeping us in a constant state of anxiety and trouble and involving Father in expenses until he went to Australia in 1877, and is there at the time of my writing this. Poor fellow! An instance of good abilities thrown away.
George married Mary Jane DOWNING [26263] [MRIN: 10045] on 28 Jul 1864 in Stoke Damerel Devon England. Mary was born in 1841.
The child from this marriage was:
267 F i. Mary Maud VOSPER [26264] was born in 1867 and died in 1886 at age 19.
123. Daniel VOSPER [26229] was born on 11 May 1841 in Penmaen Glamorgan Wales and died in Aug 1909 in Cardiff Glamorganshire Wales at age 68.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Daniel was a different class of man from [his brother] George, he too was tall and nearly 6ft in height, of a bright cheery disposition, full of energy and ready and willing to do any kind of work that came along. He too joined the Cornwall Police but left and joined the Royal engineers. He was doing very well and was being rapidly promoted, when unfortunately he became infatuated with a woman many years older than himself named Clara Ann Harris of Weymouth where he was at that time stationed. Her father was a carpenter and Innkeeper, and in order to marry her he bought his discharge from the Engineers. Of course Father bore the heaviest part of the cost which crippled his finances seriously. Daniel after helping his father-in-law for some time, obtained a position as warden in Portland convict prison, which he quit after a couple of years and went back to Inn keeping and carpentering. Meanwhile his wife his wife had taken to drink and became a confirmed drunkard. Poor D., although as a youth he was an earnest Christian and member of the Methodist church, took to drinking at times and their life was far from happy. When he was about 30 he went to sea as a stoker on a trading ship and gradually rose to Chief Engineer, and I have every reason to believe that for many years previous to his death he lived an earnest consistent Christian life. He died in Cardiff in August 1909 and his wife is still living but she must be quite aged, one son John Daniel grew up to manhood and was drowned at sea many years ago.
Daniel married Clara Ann HARRIS [26265] [MRIN: 10046] on 20 Jun 1864 in Weymouth Dorset England. Clara was born in Radipole Dorset England and died after 1912.
The child from this marriage was:
268 M i. John Daniel G VOSPER [26266] was born in 1865 in Portland Dorset England. The cause of his death was Drowned at Sea.
• Occupation: Marine Engineer, 1891.
John married Lillie SMITH [26267] [MRIN: 10047], daughter of Eli M SMITH [26268] and Jane [26269], 2 Qtr 1887 in Cardiff Glamorganshire Wales. Lillie was born in 1869 in Cardiff Glamorganshire Wales.
124. Charles Walter VOSPER [26230] was born on 25 Aug 1842 in Bere Ferrers Devon England and died on 11 Oct 1922 in Plymouth Devon England at age 80.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Charles was a strong muscular young fellow, and at the age of 16 became converted and was a member of the Methodist Church for many years. He however took to drifting from one denomination to the other, and every now and then would be found most strenuously advocating some particular form of belief, which he would shortly discard on favour of something entirely different, it’s chief virtue being it’s novelty, Charles was clever and unfortunately he was aware of it. He was especially clever at drawing and there is little doubt that had he been content to get into some machine factory where his talents had been appreciated and been content to plod along he would have eventually made something substantial out of it, but his ambition was to get to the top at a single jump and has always missed it by the fraction of an inch. In the early 60’s he divided his time between Uncle Thomas’s Cotele business and home helping Father. In the spring of 1865 he went into the seed business. This nearly proved disastrous to my Father, it was ill advised all round, and was a sample of what I have already stated. In the fall of 1865 he went to the North of England and obtained a position as a signal man on one of the Railways, and had he stuck to that he would probably have done well, but he tired of it, and just as Daniel quit the convict service at Portland he joined it. Here he met Miss Emma Lane of Guernsey and they were married in the spring of 1868. About a year after he was taken sick and quit the service and brought his wife home to our place, where his eldest son Frederick was born on March 24th 1869. Now Charles although a clean living man and free from other grosser vices, had a habit of viewing everybody through a powerful magnifying lens. Everything he did for father or anyone else was stretched and exaggerated beyond all reason. This rule he applied to his manifold ailments. That he had spells of genuine sickness no one can doubt, but one ailment that brought him home in 1869, was proved to be partly imaginary. After a stay of a couple of months at home he went into the insurance business. Then he narrowly escaped making his fortune by selling books and inventing sewing machines. A series of lawsuits entered into with some gentlemen who had backed some of his schemes, turned against him as might reasonably have been expected. One invention turned out well, but he has literally wasted years of his life in trying to work out impracticable schemes. Poor old chap, at the age of 70 he is just as visionary as ever. His first wife died of cancer about 30 years ago and two years later he married a Miss Rogers of Torpoint. His son by his first marriage, died in Australia some years ago. For some years previous to his death he represented Coolgardie in the Western Australian Parliament. His eldest daughter Lillian is married and living in North Devon. He has three sons and one daughter by his second marriage, and they are good clever boys and his daughter is a dear little girl.
• Occupation: Sewing Machine Manufacturer, 1881.
• Occupation: Mechanical and Sewing Machine Engineer, 1891-1901.
Charles married Emma LANE [26270] [MRIN: 10049], daughter of John LANE [26271] and Unknown, on 10 Feb 1868 in Portland Dorset England. Emma was born in 1842 in Stockland Devon England.
Children from this marriage were:
269 M i. Frederick Charles Burleigh VOSPER [26273] was born on 23 Mar 1869 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died on 06 Jan 1901 in Western Australia Australia at age 31, and was buried in Karrakatta Roman Catholic Cemetery WA Australia.
General Notes: Frederick Charles Burleigh Vosper was a radical and vitriolic newspaper editor who played a prominent part in the Western Australian Federation Movement.
A passionate believer in trade unionism, republicanism and a white Australia, he represented the miners of the Kalgoorlie Goldfields in State Parliament. A popular, charismatic figure and a fiery public speaker, Vosper was tall and thin with black, shoulder-length hair, a prominent jaw and a sallow complexion.
Born at St Dominic Cornwall on 23 March 1869, Vosper migrated to Australia in 1886. On arriving at Charters Towers in the north Queensland goldfields he took up a career in journalism at the Northern Miner where he developed a reputation as a radical journalist with a fiery, flamboyant public speaking style and a strong sympathy for trade unionism. By 1890 he had become the editor of the Australian Republican, the organ of the Australian Republican Association. Vosper was acquitted of two charges of seditious libel following his Bread or Blood editorial in which he condoned revolution during the 1891 shearers' strike. The following year he was imprisoned for three months for inciting a riot during a miners' strike.
Vosper became editor of the Coolgardie Miner (1894-97). The newspaper was a mouthpiece for his views on republicanism, opposition to Asian immigrants, justice for the working man and a whole range of local issues, such as miners' rights. He also argued for electoral redistribution to give the goldfields a fairer representation in Western Australia's Parliament. After unsuccessful negotiations with the Political Labor Party he ran as an Independent for the Legislative Assembly seat of North-East Coolgardie in the election of 1897. Moving to Perth to sit in Parliament, Vosper helped establish the Sunday Times, becoming editor after the death of his partner Edward Ellis in 1898. While in Parliament he supported issues such as votes for women, a minimum wage, compulsory arbitration, penal reform and reform of the Lunacy Act.
By 1900 Vosper had come to oppose Federation on the terms being offered and actually campaigned for a 'No' vote. Many of his goldfields' colleagues denounced him, but his anxiety and passionate belief in Federation is evident in his letter to John Kirwan of 6 May 1899 in which he states that,
"In keeping silence in the Miner you have done me great service, in other words trusted me - which is the greatest and best of all kindnesses. I can quite understand your surprise at my attitude although you will remember that I have always insisted on a transcontinental line as a vitally necessary concomitant of federation. Nevertheless I was and am prepared to accept federation at a sacrifice, if need be. But I have been alarmed by the proposal already made to run the line from Sydney to Port Darwin. If that is done before the Fremantle-Augusta line is built our isolation and consequent fossilisation under federation will be worse than it is today. And upon the removal of this isolation our commercial progress and political enfranchisement depends. I am not disputing federation - far from it - but the Pt Darwin railway. I want to make plain to WA people what we are likely to lose by it and also to show the eastern leaders that if this project is persevered in it will only be at the cost of alienating WA. Of course we know that if we keep out of federation the Pt Darwin line will be built, but we want to get federation plus our railway. The two must come together for either to be effective. Now as to whether my action will wreck federation in this colony I contend that inside a month it will be recognized what I have done is much if not more than anyone else to promote it ...
All of this we can't explain to the public; but you will understand me better for the explanation. I am playing a big game; and if my friends on the fields will but suspend their judgement for a while success will justify me." [Battye Library, Acc383A]
After the success of the referendum Vosper nominated as a candidate for the Senate as a free-trade liberal. But on the 6 January 1901, just five days after the Commonwealth of Australia came into existence, he collapsed and died from an attack of appendicitis at the age of thirty one.
Frederick married Venetia Ann NICHOLSON [26274] [MRIN: 10052] in 1897 in Perth WA Australia.
270 F ii. Lillian VOSPER [26275] was born in 1875.
Charles next married Jane Ann E ROGERS [26272] [MRIN: 10051] 2 Qtr 1884 in St Germans Cornwall England. Jane was born in 1858 in Anthony Cornwall England.
Children from this marriage were:
271 M i. Archibald R VOSPER [26276] was born in 1884 in Devonport Devon England.
272 M ii. Samuel Claud R VOSPER [26277] was born in 1887 in Barnstaple Devon England.
273 M iii. Lewis H R VOSPER [26278] was born in 1889 in Barnstaple Devon England.
274 M iv. Walter VOSPER [26279] was born in 1893 in Barnstaple Devon England.
275 F v. Dorothy Georgina VOSPER [26280] was born in 1895 in Barnstaple Devon England.
125. William Llewellyn VOSPER [26231] was born on 18 Aug 1845 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 29 Apr 1896 in Hampstead Middlesex England at age 50.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Poor brother Llewellyn who died in Guy’s Hospital in 1895, of cancer of the throat, was a splendid specimen of a man, 6ft 4inches in height, of gentlemanly manner and bearing, clever quick witted, genial in his temperament, he was a general favourite wherever he went. But irresolute addicted to drink and worse. He too joined and quit in succession 4 Police forces, viz, Cornwall, Plymouth, Yorkshire and Devon County. He also took a cruise or two in the Royal Navy as ships Corporal. In 1867 he married Miss E. Memmery of Torquay, and went into the commission business, books, insurance and sewing machines. In 1876 he was employed in the Singer Sewing Machine Co. in Plymouth, and became involved with them to the extent of £70. My Father and I extricated him and narrowly escaped in doing so, as I shall show later on. Like my other brothers, he conceived the idea that the five acres of rocky ground my Father held at that time was a source of unbounded wealth, and that it was simply a matter of go to the heap and take, and come again. Being on the spot all the time I learnt by bitter experience, that such was not the case. Poor dear brother Llewellyn, a wasted life! Three children survived him, a son and two daughters. His son after serving through the South Africa war, died two years ago on the West Coast of Africa. One daughter married a professional cricketer and Innkeeper, lives in Exeter, the other lives near London.
• Occupation: Commercial Traveller, 1891.
William married Elizabeth MEMERY [26281] [MRIN: 10053], daughter of Thomas MEMERY [26282] and Mary Ann OWENS [26283], on 07 Aug 1867 in Tormoham Torquay Devon England. Elizabeth died on 11 Nov 1935 in Stone Aylesbury Buckinghamshire England.
Children from this marriage were:
276 F i. Ellen Susan VOSPER [26284] was born on 10 May 1868 in Torquay Devon England.
+ 277 M ii. William Llewellyn VOSPER [26285] was born on 24 Jul 1869 in Torquay Devon England and died on 30 Nov 1910 aboard SS "Mendi" at age 41.
+ 278 F iii. Nelly VOSPER [26286] was born on 09 Apr 1871 in Exeter Devon England and died on 24 Mar 1948 in Wembley Middlesex England at age 76.
279 F iv. Emily L VOSPER [26287] was born in 1873 in Leeds Yorkshire England.
126. Ellen Grace VOSPER [26232] was born 2 Qtr 1847 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: My sister Ellen Grace was a bright rather clever young woman. At an early age she became a member of the Methodist Church, and for several years conducted the female adult Bible Class at St. Dominic.
One disagreeable trait in her character which manifested itself in her early life and which has been the sole cause of the unfortunate misunderstanding that now exists between us, is her cold blooded selfishness and a kind of cynical censoriousness, a bitter uncharitableness towards what she has considered the faults and failings of others. In 1875 she married Mr. W. S Arthur. He was a nephew of Capt. George, and "Brewer" Martin, and was working for his Uncle at the time of their marriage. His father was there farming near Camelford, and during the next 2 years they spent most of their time at Woodland .In Sept 1877 he got a situation as maltster at Chacewater, near Truro, and from whence in December 1879 they moved to Salcombe, in Devonshire ,and the following year to Kingsbridge, where they have resided ever since. He is now managing a wholesale beer concern and holds a retail license for a small public house. They have had 6 children. Their oldest son and second daughter died many years ago. Mary Helena is married to a Mr. Lidstone and lives at Salcombe. The three surviving sons are good steady young fellows and are doing well and my sister is worthy of good credit for the way she has brought them up .She quit the Methodist Church many years ago and they now attend the Church of England.
Ellen married William Stephen ARTHUR [26321] [MRIN: 10068] on 05 Aug 1875 in All Saints Plymouth Devon England. William was born in 1853 in Egloshayle Cornwall England.
• Occupation: Brewer, 1881-1901.
Children from this marriage were:
280 F i. Mary Helena ARTHUR [26322] was born 1 Qtr 1876 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
281 F ii. Ada Jane V ARTHUR [26323] was born 4 Qtr 1877 in Chacewater Cornwall England.
282 M iii. William ARTHUR [26324] was born about 1879 in Salcombe Devon England.
283 M iv. Daniel ARTHUR [26325] was born in 1883 in Kingsbridge Devon England.
284 M v. Joseph ARTHUR [26326] was born in 1886 in Kingsbridge Devon England.
285 M vi. Joseph ARTHUR [26327] was born in 1889 in Kingsbridge Devon England.
128. Francis Lovis VOSPER [26234] was born on 06 Mar 1852 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 24 Jan 1917 in Vancouver British Colombia Canada at age 64. Another name for Francis was Frank.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: I now take up the story of my own life and experiences, and as I have dealt candidly with my brothers and sisters, I will now try to be as candid with myself. May I say right here, that I never spent any money on dissipation. One reason being that I never had any to spend. I never engaged in athletic sports as the little strength I had was used up in my work on our place. Being weak in body and subject to spells of sickness coupled with the knowledge of the trouble and expense my brothers were causing father and Mother, tended to depress my spirits and to fill me with grave anxiety as to the future .Two things appeared plain to me even as a child and youth, one was that I was physically unfit to do rough heavy work, and the other was that Father was utterly unable to bear the expense of teaching me anything better. Sharing as I did the family cares, anxieties and sorrows, there was very little light hearted gaiety in my early life. I had however this much to compensate me. From earliest childhood I was intensely fond of reading, and with my reading would come dreams. Grossly extravagant some of them I must admit .As Longfellow says " For a boy's ways are the winds ways". And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts. One dream was that I should one day should go off to some distant country, most likely Canada, and after chopping out a home in the solid bush, should acquire a competency and after many years absence return to receive the congratulations of friends and relatives .This dream owed its origin in some measure to two circumstances, one was the reading of a serial story in the "Leisure hour" entitled Cedar Creek a story of Canadian life, which was a truthful picture of pioneering in what was then "Western Canada", the scene of the story being the neighbourhood of Kingston, Ontario in the later 40’s and early 50’s .The other was the visit to Bohetheric at this time of a Mr. Charles Martin who many years previously had gone out to Toronto, where he had engaged in ship building and prospered. Although only 12 years old my meeting this gentleman filled me with a desire to go and do likewise. This dream so unlikely at the time of fulfillment, has shorn of much of its romance and many of its extravagances, in God’s good providence been fulfilled. But nearly 50 years of it struggle against physical weakness, of sickness nigh unto death, of humiliation and disaster, of bitter disappointment, of crushing sorrow and cruel bereavement, of hardship and exposure and peril were to elapse between the dream and its fulfillment ,verily God moves in a mysterious way. His wonders to perform, Deep in unfathomable mines of never failing skills, he treasures up his bright designs, and works his sovereign wills.
While farming in Wales, Father had some sheep assigned to him from Bristol. Uncle Alexander being in charge of them. While getting them on the ship he slipped and broke his arm, just above the wrist, he was on a fair way to recovery but his drinking habits brought on mortification which necessitated amputation just below the elbow. After some years farming and butchering he decided on starting a day school, a profession for which he was in many respects well adapted. He had received a good education. He was well up in mathematics, he understood superficial and solid measuring, land timber, hay. He read correctly and impressively, he was quick and accurate at figures ,and although losing his right necessitated his writing with his left ,his handwriting was remarkably clear and distinct. Added to this he had a pompous commanding manner and with his strong left hand wielding a stout hazel switch he had no difficulty in maintaining discipline. And so Uncle Alexander started school keeping, In the middle of the village of Burrton's Dominic, was an old empty cottage. it was a queer old place, solidly built of stone ,roofed with slate and floored as most cottages were there with irregular blocks of slate. There was one window in front of which was the master’s desk. There were also four panes of glass over the door. One long double desk with forms on each side occupied the center of the room ,another single desk hung by hinges to a partition occupied one side. Two or three long forms extended from the master’s desk past the fire place, part hearth and part rough iron grate, to the door, one long shelf for books and slates, and a few nails driven in the walls here and there to hang our hats on, we never dreamt of such luxuries as overcoats, this constituted the furniture. Bye the bye there were two articles I must not omit, viz, The hazel rod I have already mentioned and the "custis" a flat board oval in shape with a short handle which was applied to the open palm as a means of correction. Uncle Alexander had an original method of instruction and was careful not to undertake more in the way of teaching than he could carry out. He regarded the bible as the best reading book, even if viewed from a merely literary stand point .Therefore our reading lessons were confined chiefly to the old and new testaments, read verse and verse. Uncle read with us and I can hear the echo of his rather pompous voice announcing," Thus beginneth the 25th chapter of the first book of Moses called Genesis". Then he taught us to look after our neighbours mistakes in this way, his sonorous voice would call out," an error there George Martin, Jim Cousens, Eli Stevens, Tom Vosper, "Plaise sir e zed "and" instead of "the" right", and Tom would suddenly find himself at the head of the class. After the reading lesson would come the spelling and he held the opinion that this could be done more effectually by learning it aloud than any other way. So down through the half century that has elapsed I hear Jim Normingtom’s shrill voice announcing that c-o-u-g-h spelt cow and meant a "conversation of the lungs "And on Harry Jope’s authority A-r-m-a-d-a meant "a great Navy" After the spelling came the writing, no dictation ,but, plain ruled copy books which were duly submitted for the master’s inspection and whatever faults or defects there might be in Uncles system, we all learned to write a hand that any one could read. After the copy the day was devoted to arithmetic. There was no uniformity here, no black board business, but each one worked out his sums on his slate, and when perhaps after sundry trials ,the answer was found "right " it was marked " R ",and was then copied in the "ciphering book" We were dismissed at 4 pm. But I hear Albert or Bessie asking ,"When did your grammar and geography lessons come in? " Well my dears Uncle never undertook that. I was sufficiently ambitious at 9 years of age to start learning geography, and was regarded by the others as too ambitious by half. And the home lessons? we had none. Uncle left all that to our own individual taste. He did not believe in cramming us, so we left school with an appetite for more instead of being surfeited. Was Uncle Alexander so very far wrong 50 years ago ?And his remuneration? four pence = 8 cents per week for each scholar. What about our Holidays? Well, we had two weeks at Christmas and Good Friday was a holiday, and there came others ,as for instance, when somebody wanted some land measured or had a cow or horse sick and needing attention, then the news would come at dinner time--"No skulin". My attendance at school was not very regular as was wanted home to help Father in the garden so I just went when I had the opportunity. I commenced as well as I can remember in 1858. I was able to read then and do a little writing .I quit in the fall of 1865, I was then 13 1/2 years old.
That winter 1868 Father met a Mr. Knight who kept a private school at Callington and was a professional land surveyor .Without consulting me he arranged that I should attend his school through the winter and work up in my favourite study .Of course I fell in with the arrangement and for 6 weeks, Jan and Feb 1869 I walked there and back 5 miles each way. I did about as well as could be expected, but by this time I was beginning to see that unless I could devote time and money to qualify thoroughly in this line, it was of little practical use to go on as I was going .And this qualifying was far and away beyond my reach .Meanwhile other forces were at work which were destined by God to have an important bearing on my after life. I had up to this time read nearly every book worth reading I could lay my hands on and by reading every newspaper that came to hand, I was keeping my self well posted in current events. I spent all or nearly all my evenings at home. In fact there was little inducement after a days work in the gardens to go up to the village and stroll around and as I had at ten years of age pledged myself to be a total abstainer of course I never visited the public houses. In fact I had a loathing for the very sight or smell of them. The only thing that would draw me away from home would be an historical or scientific lecture, and many times I have gone to Calstock or Beeralston on an evening to hear something of this kind and my favourite lecturer was the Rev Wm Hill who held the Pastorate of the Congregational Church from 1857 to 1880. I have said that Father used to entertain the Methodist Preachers. It used to come to our turn one Sunday in four, and it so happened that one Sunday in 1869 our guest was Mr. William Reed of Burraton, a man some what past middle age, a very intelligent man and a popular preacher .I spent the afternoon with him and our conversation turned on the recent revolution in Spain, the forth coming Ecumenical Council at Rome and topics of that kind. On his return home that evening Mr. Reed was met by the usual enquiry as to how and where he had spent the day He had passed a very pleasant day, had had in fact a splendid time and was particularly impressed with a young man named Vosper with whom he had had quite an interesting conversation. Mr. Reed’s family at that time consisted of two daughters and three sons, viz, Emma Jane at that time 23, William Henry 2, just going on the plan as a local preacher, Selina 19 afterward married to Mr. Robert Knight, John 17 died of consumption in 1877, and Theophilus Joseph, the only one of the family now alive. From that time on Emma Jane took quite an interest in me although six years were to elapse before either of us imagined that our relations were to be anything more than just ordinary friendship.
[a whole section not included dealing with lay preaching]
In December 1873, after two years of probation I passed my final examination and was placed on " full plan" as a local preacher with all the responsibility that involved. This meant conducting on average two services every other Sunday and in the spring of 1874 I preached 26 times in three months. 1874 was a fairly prosperous year, with the usual amount of leakage .It was about this time I became aquatinted with Miss Emma Jane Reed, and with no thought but ordinary friendship, we lent each other books. One I lent her was "Mitchell's Stellar Worlds."
1875 was not on the whole a good season, and was marked by an unusual amount of worry and anxiety .There is one circumstance connected with this year that had an all important bearing on my life...... it was the third Sunday in August I was appointed to conduct two services at Forder. This little village is situated on Forder Creek one mile from Burraton. I rode down and your Mother noticed that contrary to my usual custom I did not call at their house on passing through the village. After the evening service I rode up through Lower Burraton and on passing Mr. Barraballs farm, now owned and operated by your Uncle Theophilus, I met Mr. William Nanscawen, an elderly local Preacher whom I have mentioned in my book "Real Life Sketches" in the reclaimed infidel." Why Frank !,Where have you been ?" "Forder I replied " Well now I shall have your company home, that’s fine". By this time we had reached the cross road and to my surprise Mr. N wheeled his horse to the left.
"I generally take this road, it is a little further, but it is quieter, come on" he added. For a few minutes we road on towards Trematon. Just where the new Methodist church stands now we over took three people Wm Reed, his newly married wife, and his sister. "Why brother Reed ,what is this?". And then came congratulations. Meanwhile, his sister had dropped behind and was walking by my side, and for a few minutes we discussed "Mitchell’s Stellar Worlds". Mr. Nanscawen and I then rode on and I remember how he related to me a discussion he had recently had with a Mr. Blake, a notorious infidel. Mean while my thoughts were elsewhere. A few days after this Miss Reed was surprised at receiving a letter from me. This was followed by a visit. There were more letters and more visits, in a couple of months we were engaged and on many occasions during the ensuing three years, after a hard days work I walked down to spend an evening with her, a walk of 16 miles. I think you will admit my physical weakness and cowardice had pretty well worn off by then.
.................. [lots of material not included relating to farm etc in Cornwall]
On Thursday Jan 5th 1893 we were on board the S.S.Vancouver and had left England. Although it was midwinter we all thoroughly enjoyed our trip across the Atlantic. The accommodation and victualling were excellent, and we arrived at Halifax, N.S. at midnight on Jan 13th. We disembarked at once and left at 4 a.m. for Montreal via St John N.B. We arrived at Montreal on Sunday night and left 25 hours later, and as already stated, arrived in Vancouver on Sunday Jan 22nd and were met at the Station by old friend Mr. E Nicholls, who at once took us to the old Occidental Hotel on Water Street.
Frank had many casual labouring jobs, was a constable for 4 years, and a school janitor.
In January 1895 I was appointed Constable for South Vancouver, and held that position for over 4 years. My district extended from here to Point Grey, I had so many adventures during this time that it would take too long for me to write and you to read them.
One was this, one night I fired 2 shots from my revolver at a bear where Welwyn St is now, just a few yards from where Lord Selkirk School is now. The bear got away and so did I.
In January 1909 I commenced my duties as janitor of the school, which position I held until Feb 28th 1910.
• Occupation: Gardener, 1881.
• Occupation: Fruit Grower, 1891.
• Occupation: Constable, 1895-1988.
• Occupation: School Janitor, 1909-1910.
Francis married Emma Jane REED [26328] [MRIN: 10069], daughter of William REED [26329] and Unknown, in 1878 in St Germans Cornwall England. Emma was born in 1847 in St Stephen Cornwall England and died on 17 Nov 1886 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 39.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 286 F i. Mary VOSPER [26334] was born on 20 Aug 1880 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 31 May 1945 at age 64.
287 F ii. Ellen Grace VOSPER [26335] was born on 02 Feb 1882 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 08 Nov 1957 at age 75.
288 F iii. Lucy Anne VOSPER [26336] was born in 1884 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died on 10 Feb 1911 in Spokane Spokane Co. Washington USA at age 27, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Lucy, who for some time, had held the position of Matron at Burrard Sanatorium, went to Spokane, Washington, to recover her health which had broken down under the strain of her work. While there, she contracted blood poisoning, while engaged in professional duties, and after 14 days fearful suffering, she died on February 16th 1911. We brought her to Vancouver, and she lies in Mountain view cemetery. Thus closed the earthly life of one of the purest and noblest of women.
289 F iv. Maud VOSPER [26337] was born on 02 Feb 1885 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 20 Dec 1961 at age 76.
290 F v. Emma Reed VOSPER [26338] was born on 07 Nov 1886 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died on 06 Dec 1892 in Liverpool Lancashire England at age 6, and was buried on 07 Dec 1892 in Smithdown Road Cemetery Liverpool Lancashire England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: A heavy sorrow befell us in Liverpool, I refer to the death of our dear little Emma. I was summoned to the hospital on the morning of December 6th just in time to see her pure spirit depart from this world. Her last words were "Carry me home". We buried her the following day in Smithdown Road Cemetery.
Francis next married Elizabeth Deacon RICHARDS [26330] [MRIN: 10071] on 10 Dec 1888 in Liskeard Wesleyan Church Cornwall England. Elizabeth was born on 02 Dec 1852 in St Neot Cornwall England and died on 28 Aug 1903 in Vancouver British Colombia Canada at age 50.
General Notes: Elizabeth: Elizabeth Deacon Richards, was born at St Neot, on Dec 2nd 1852, and lived at Killham farm St Neot up to the time of our marriage. We were married on December 10th 1888 at the Wesleyan Church Liskeard, by the Reverend G Polkinghorne. Those present being your Uncle William and his wife and the registrar.
Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: On November 14th your Mother had an attack of illness originating in heart weakness .Those attacks returned at regular intervals until her death, which, as you will remember, occurred at noon on Saturday August 28th 1903 when she was suddenly called to the reward that awaits those who sustained by Devine Grace bear life’s burdens, perform life’s duties, and endure life’s sorrows, trusting only on His Merits who hath redeemed us by his blood.
Children from this marriage were:
291 M i. John RICHARDS [26339] was born on 02 Dec 1889 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died on 05 Dec 1889 in St Dominic Cornwall England, and was buried in St Dominic Churchyard Cornwall England.
+ 292 M ii. John Daniel VOSPER [26340] was born on 26 Jun 1891 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 10 Dec 1967 at age 76.
+ 293 M iii. Francis Llewellyn VOSPER [26341] was born on 28 Sep 1892 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 11 Jul 1976 at age 83.
294 F iv. Gracie Laura VOSPER [26342] was born on 22 Jan 1903 in Vancouver British Colombia Canada and died in Aug 1903 in Vancouver British Colombia Canada.
Francis next married Emily Elizabeth OTTEN [26331] [MRIN: 10072], daughter of Deamus OTTEN [26332] and Elizabeth ANNING [26333], on 25 Dec 1907 in Broadway Vancouver British Columbia Canada. Emily was born on 23 Oct 1851 in Kingston Ontario Canada and died on 05 Nov 1942 in Vancouver British Colombia Canada at age 91.
136. William Henry VOSPER [26379] was born on 22 Nov 1845.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis VOSPER, 1912: William Henry, butcher and fruit grower, residing for the past 44 years at Stoke Climsland, he married Miss E. Penny and they have 2 sons and two daughters.
William married Elizabeth PENNY [26388] [MRIN: 10086]. Elizabeth was born in 1859 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
Children from this marriage were:
295 M i. Albert VOSPER [26389] was born 2 Qtr 1886 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
296 F ii. Kate Elsie VOSPER [26390] was born 1 Qtr 1891 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
297 F iii. Mary Elizabeth VOSPER [26391] was born 3 Qtr 1899 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
298 M iv. William Samauel C VOSPER [26392] was born 2 Qtr 1899 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
137. Edwin VOSPER [26380] was born on 22 Oct 1848, died on 07 Mar 1923 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 74, and was buried in St Dominic Churchyard Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis VOSPER, 1912: Edwin served 20 years as a stoker and chief stoker in the Royal Navy, he retired on a pension and when he left on 31st October 1892, he took the farm and still resides there. He married Miss Jane Martin and they have 1 son and 3 daughters.
• Occupation: Chief Stoker, 1872-1892, Royal Navy.
• Occupation: Farmer, 1901.
Edwin married Jane MARTIN [26393] [MRIN: 10087] on 15 Sep 1870 in St Dominic Cornwall England. Jane was born in 1849 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 03 Mar 1930 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 81.
Children from this marriage were:
299 F i. Minnie VOSPER [26394] was born 3 Qtr 1871 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
+ 300 F ii. Ellen Martin VOSPER [26395] was born 1 Qtr 1876 in Morice Town Devonport Devon England.
301 M iii. William Samuel VOSPER [26396] was born in 1881 in Morice Town Devonport Devon England and died on 24 Feb 1944 at age 63.
William married Emma Elizabeth May HERRING [26401] [MRIN: 10089].
302 F iv. Mary VOSPER [26397] was born in 1886.
138. Thomas VOSPER [26381] was born on 20 Nov 1850 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis VOSPER, 1912: Thomas served 5 years as a butcher in the Royal Navy, was in the Ashanti war 1873 - 4 (medal), then 5 years in the Metropolitan Police, he then took Quarry farm at St. Dominic from whence he removed to the adjoining farm of Fursdon, where he still resides. He married Miss Emma Jane Lampen of St. Dominic and has 4 daughters.
Thomas married Emma Jane LAMPIN [26402] [MRIN: 10090] 4 Qtr 1879 in Stoke Damerel Cornwall England. Emma was born 2 Qtr 1849 in Totnes Devon England.
Children from this marriage were:
303 F i. Ellen VOSPER [26403] was born in 1881 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
304 F ii. Minnie VOSPER [26404] was born in 1883 in Devonport Devon England.
305 F iii. Ethel VOSPER [26405] was born in 1886 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
306 F iv. Alma Irene VOSPER [26406] was born 3 Qtr 1897 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
139. Amelia VOSPER [26382] was born on 17 Oct 1852 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
Amelia married William RICKARD [26407] [MRIN: 10091] 4 Qtr 1873 in St Austell Cornwall England. William was born about 1838 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died in May 1911 in Bere Ferrers Devon England aged about 73.
General Notes: William: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Amelia married Mr. William Rickard, who died at Denham, Beer Ferris in May 1911, they have two sons and three daughters.
Children from this marriage were:
307 F i. Mary Florence RICKARD [26408] was born in 1875 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
308 M ii. Edmund RICKARD [26409] was born in 1876 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
309 M iii. William RICKARD [26410] was born in 1878 in Stoke Climsland Cornwall England.
310 F iv. Winifred RICKARD [26411] was born in 1884 in Pillaton Cornwall England.
311 F v. RICKARD [26412] .
312 F vi. RICKARD [26413] .
140. George VOSPER [26383] was born 3 Qtr 1854 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died before 1912 in Calstock Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: George for many years previous to his death, was a steward on one of the river steamers, died at Calstock. He married Miss Bessie Lucas of Pillaton, and they have one son and one daughter, William, unmarried, and Winnie recently married to Mr. Davey of South Hill.
George married Elizabeth Ann LUCAS [26415] [MRIN: 10092] 4 Qtr 1879 in St Dominic Cornwall England. Elizabeth was born about 1857 in St Dominic Cornwall England. Another name for Elizabeth was Bessie.
Children from this marriage were:
314 M i. William Samuel VOSPER [26416] was born 3 Qtr 1880 in Pillaton Cornwall England.
315 F ii. Winifred Maud VOSPER [26417] was born 2 Qtr 1886 in Calstock Cornwall England.
Winifred married DAVEY [26418] [MRIN: 10093] about 1911.
141. Mary VOSPER [26384] was born on 05 Nov 1856 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died on 15 Jul 1910 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 53, and was buried on 18 Jul 1910 in St Dominic Churchyard Cornwall England.
Mary married Charles LANGSFORD [26419] [MRIN: 10094], son of Charles LANGSFORD [26420] and Eliza KNIGHT [26421], on 15 Oct 1874. Charles was born on 07 Dec 1851 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died on 16 Dec 1917 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 66, and was buried on 20 Dec 1917 in St Dominic Churchyard Cornwall England.
• Occupation: Miller & Baker, 1901.
Children from this marriage were:
316 F i. Kate LANGSFORD [26422] was born on 25 Feb 1875 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 16 Nov 1880 at age 5.
+ 317 M ii. Nelson LANGSFORD [26423] was born on 10 May 1877 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died in Tavistock Devon England.
318 M iii. Horatio LANGSFORD [26424] was born on 24 Aug 1878 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died in Liskeard Cornwall England.
319 M iv. Stanley LANGSFORD [26425] was born on 09 Dec 1880 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
Stanley married Mary Eliza Clatsworth BABB [26449] [MRIN: 10103], daughter of Joseph BABB [26450] and Betsy [26451]. Mary was born in 1880 in Calstock Cornwall England.
320 F v. Emma LANGSFORD [26426] was born in 1881 in Calstock Cornwall England.
321 F vi. Mabel LANGSFORD [26427] was born on 17 May 1882 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
Mabel married James Bruno BLATCHFORD [26452] [MRIN: 10105]. James was born in 1881.
+ 322 M vii. Bertram LANGSFORD [26428] was born on 04 Sep 1884 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
323 F viii. Lydia LANGSFORD [26429] was born on 11 Sep 1885 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died before 1901.
+ 324 M ix. George LANGSFORD [26430] was born on 15 Oct 1888 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 16 May 1964 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 75.
325 M x. Albert LANGSFORD [26431] was born on 15 Oct 1888 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died in USA.
+ 326 M xi. Harold LANGSFORD [26432] was born on 16 Apr 1891 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 19 Oct 1974 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 83.
327 F xii. Dorothy LANGSFORD [26433] was born on 07 Jun 1893 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
328 F xiii. Kate LANGSFORD [26434] was born on 19 Mar 1895 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
329 F xiv. Mary LANGSFORD [26435] was born on 07 Oct 1899 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died on 21 Jun 1947 at age 47.
142. Albert VOSPER [26385] was born on 17 Jun 1858 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died before 1901.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Albert married Miss E. Herring of Bohetheric. He farmed in Morden, St. Dominic; he was for many years superintendent of the Wesleyan Sunday school and died while on his knees at prayer. "He was not, for God took him." There is a tablet to his memory in the Methodist Church at St. Dominic. They have no children.
Albert married Edith HERRING [26470] [MRIN: 10114], daughter of Edmund HERRING [26471] and Emiline BABB [26472], on 06 Mar 1882 in St Dominic Cornwall England. Edith was born about 1860 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
The child from this marriage was:
330 F i. Ethel VOSPER [26473] was born in 1886 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
143. Lucy VOSPER [26386] was born on 17 Nov 1861 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis VOSPER, 1912: Lucy married Mr. H Cousens who died some years ago at St. Dominic; she now resides on the old farm at Bohetheric. She has one son and three daughters.
Lucy married Harry COUSENS [26474] [MRIN: 10116] 4 Qtr 1884 in Stoke Damerel Cornwall England. Harry was born in 1863 in St Dominic Cornwall England and died before 1901.
Children from this marriage were:
331 F i. Mabel COUSENS [26475] was born in 1885 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
332 M ii. Harold Ed COUSENS [26476] was born in 1889 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
333 F iii. Ida COUSENS [26477] was born in 1891 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
334 F iv. COUSENS [26478] .
335 F v. COUSENS [26479] .
144. Samuel VOSPER [26387] was born in 1866 in St Dominic Cornwall England, died in 1955 in St Dominic Cornwall England at age 89, and was buried in St Dominic Churchyard Cornwall England.
General Notes: Memoirs of Francis Lovis Vosper, 1912: Samuel succeeded his father in the business at Bohetheric and a few months ago moved to a farm he purchased named Old Trewogy in St. Cleer parish. He married Miss Bessie Grills of St. Dominic and they have one son and three daughters.
Samuel married Bessie GRILLS [26481] [MRIN: 10117] on 12 Sep 1889 in St Dominic Cornwall England. Bessie was born in 1868 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
Children from this marriage were:
337 F i. Lily Grills VOSPER [26482] was born 2 Qtr 1890 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
338 F ii. Evelyn Sarah VOSPER [26483] was born 3 Qtr 1893 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
339 M iii. Edwin Samuel VOSPER [26484] was born 1 Qtr 1898 in St Dominic Cornwall England.
340 F iv. VOSPER [26485] .
341 F v. VOSPER [26486] .
147. Alfred VOSPER [26506] was born 2 Qtr 1846 in Launceston Cornwall England.
Alfred married Caroline Emily CHUBB [26507] [MRIN: 10121] 2 Qtr 1867 in Plymouth Devon England. Caroline was born 4 Qtr 1846 in Plymouth Devon England.
Children from this marriage were:
343 F i. Maud Caroline E A VOSPER [26508] was born 1 Qtr 1868 in Plymouth Devon England.
344 F ii. Marian Emily VOSPER [26509] was born 1 Qtr 1870 in Plymouth Devon England.
345 F iii. Beatrice Annie VOSPER [26510] was born 1 Qtr 1872 in Plymouth Devon England.
346 M iv. Alfred James VOSPER [26511] was born 3 Qtr 1876 in Devonport Devon England.
347 M v. William Howard VOSPER [26512] was born 3 Qtr 1880 in Plymouth Devon England.
348 M vi. Henry Calvert VOSPER [26513] was born 1 Qtr 1883 in Walworth Surrey England.
349 M vii. Charles Douglas VOSPER [26514] was born 1 Qtr 1886 in Camberwell Surrey England.
148. Emma JASPER [26516] was born about 1847 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
Emma married someone.
Her child was:
350 F i. Bessie JASPER [26521] was born in 1882 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
154. George Strout VOSPER [26528] was born 2 Qtr 1852 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
George married Emma Jane VENNING [26533] [MRIN: 10127] 2 Qtr 1881 in Launceston Cornwall England. Emma was born in 1858.
Children from this marriage were:
351 M i. John VOSPER [26534] was born 2 Qtr 1882 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
352 F ii. Annie VOSPER [26535] was born in 1887 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
353 F iii. Mary VOSPER [26536] was born 3 Qtr 1888 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
354 F iv. Amelia VOSPER [26537] was born 3 Qtr 1890 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
355 F v. Bessie VOSPER [26538] was born 1 Qtr 1892 in Altarnun Cornwall England.
166. Florence Eleanor VOSPER [25992] was born 2 Qtr 1858 in East Stonehouse Devon England.
Florence married Frank VOSPER [25898] [MRIN: 9959], son of Thomas VOSPER [25731] and Elizabeth COOK [25732], 1 Qtr 1885 in Plympton Devon England. Frank was born about 1859 in Plympton St Mary Devon England and died on 03 Jun 1888 aged about 29.
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168. Samuel VOSPER [26548] was born 1 Qtr 1861 in East Stonehouse Devon England and died in 1901 at age 40.
• Occupation: Brewer's Manager, 1891.
Samuel married Janice SALE [26554] [MRIN: 9960], daughter of David SALE [26555] and Unknown, 4 Qtr 1888 in Stoke Damerel Cornwall England. Janice was born about 1861 in Devonport Devon England and died in 1939 aged about 78. Another name for Janice was Jane.
Children from this marriage were:
356 M i. Samuel VOSPER [26556] was born in 1890 in East Stonehouse Devon England and died in 1902 at age 12.
357 M ii. Dudley VOSPER [26557] was born in Mar 1893.
358 F iii. Muriel VOSPER [26558] was born 4 Qtr 1895 in East Stonehouse Devon England.
Muriel married Baron John FORSTER, Of Harraby, Kbe, Qc [26560] [MRIN: 10133] on 04 Sep 1917. John died on 24 Jul 1972.
General Notes: 1st Baron Forster of Harraby K.B.E., Q.C. Resident Broome, 84, Albermarle Rd, Beckenham, Kent. Became Baron 16 Jul 1959.
Rt. Hon. Lord Forster of Harraby, K.B.E., Q.C., President, Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization in 1962.
359 F iv. Rita VOSPER [26559] was born 4 Qtr 1898 in Devonport Devon England.
Rita married SAMSON [26561] [MRIN: 10134] in 1922.
• Occupation: Commodore, Royal Navy.
171. Sydney Curnow VOSPER [26551] was born on 29 Oct 1866 in East Stonehouse Devon England and died on 10 Jul 1942 at age 75.
General Notes: Sydney Curnow Vosper - A Cornish Artist (1866 - 1942)
Fourth in a family of eight children, Sydney Curnow Vosper was born on 29 October 1866 at Stonehouse, now in Plymouth, Devon, at the gates of Cornwall. His roots were in the latter county. His father Samuel Vosper, a brewer, came from a family established in east Cornwall in Egloskerry. The name Curnow comes from his mother Eleanor, born in Marazion near Penzance in the west of the county. This name is phonetically identical to Kernow meaning of Cornwall or Cornish in the Cornish language.
Training in Paris
After attending school at King's College in Taunton, Somerset, and Plymouth College, the young Vosper spent three years as an architect's apprentice. Not wishing to deny his vocation any longer he gave up architecture and, in spite of his parent's opposition, left to study for three years at the Académie Colarossi in Paris.
The Painter of Salem
In 1902, the artist married Constance, youngest daughter of Frank T. James, a solicitor in Merthyr Tydfil. Frank James became Mayor and a founder member of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery. This is why the bulk of Vosper's work is kept here. Vosper spent more time in Britain after his marriage until Constance died in 1910. During this time, Vosper painted his most successful work, Salem. It was bought by William Hesketh Lever for the Lady Lever Art Gallery and subsequently used in publicity for Sunlight Soap. In this way, reproductions of the image were widely distributed. Part of the popularity of the work is that it captured nostalgia for a traditional, rural way of life, when religion was at its height. The main interest of the painting is the central figure of Siân Owen wearing the national Welsh costume. The scene is set in the little Baptist chapel of Salem, Cefncymerau, near Harlech in north Wales. Siân Owen enters the chapel at 9.57am, just before the start of the service. Sian's cashmere shawl provoked controversy because it was suggested by some that there is a representation of the devil's face, complete with beard, in the folds around her left arm. Vosper himself denied this and it is believed that the face appeared by pure chance. In the preparatory sketch for the work, and in a second copy of Salem produced for his father-in-law, the face does not appear. Whatever the truth of the matter, Vosper appears to have copied the technique of using a shawl to convey another meaning in his work entitled 'Grief'.
Brittany and Le Faouët
Vosper's favourite subject was the people and town of Le Faouët in Brittany. He was a frequent visitor to the town throughout his life and became fluent in Breton. His sociability, engaging manner, liveliness, and sense of humour opened doors and allowed him to paint a whole range of topics. He even drew people in their beds. As such, his paintings provide an invaluable record of the lives of ordinary Bretons.
In 1910 his wife, Constance, died leaving Vosper to bring up their two sons. He painted Grief, Watercolour c.1913 in homage to his wife. The subject is a Breton woman grieving at the loss of her husband. The shawl on the bedstead is meant to resemble the figure of her dead husband looking on. This use of the shawl in some ways reflects Vosper's earlier use of a shawl in Salem.
Other Horizons
Vosper didn't just restrict himself to Brittany. During the First World War, Vosper served with the French Red Cross as an orderly. In 1923, he also went on a trip to the Côte d'Azur and the Italian Riviera. Both these incidents provided him with inspiration.
Sydney married Constance JAMES [26563] [MRIN: 10136], daughter of Frank T JAMES [26564] and Unknown, 4 Qtr 1902 in Kensington Middlesex England. Constance died in 1910.
Children from this marriage were:
360 M i. Michael VOSPER [26565] .
361 M ii. David VOSPER [26566] .
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