• Born: 1829, Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall
• Christened: 22 Nov 1829, Camborne, Cornwall ¹
• Married: 9 May 1858, Illogan, Cornwall ²
• Died: 9 Jun 1915, Bond St., Redruth, Cornwall ⁴
• Buried: 12 Jun 1915, Redruth St. Uny, Cornwall ³

  Research Notes:

William Vivian son of William Thomas of Roskear, farmer, and Mary (baptismal record)

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1851 England Census:

Age given: 21 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Copper Mine Agent

at home

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1861 England Census:

Age given: 33 years [sic]
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Pendarves St., Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Copper Mine Agent

Present were wife Julia (26) of Illogan, sons William Arthur (1) and Caleb (2 months), both born in Camborne. Brother Charles and his family were living nextdoor.

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1871 England Census:

Age given: 41 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Pendarvis St., Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Mine Agent

Present were wife Julia T. [F.] of Illogan, children (born in Camborne): William A. (12), John (9), Charles (7), Julia A. (4), Alfred M. (2). William's brother Charles and his family were living a couple of doors away.

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1881 England Census:

Age given: 51 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: 2 Pendarves St., Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Mine Agent, tin [and] copper miner

Present were wife Julia F. (46) of Illogan, children (born in Camborne): William A. (21), banker's clerk, John (19), apprentice engineer, Charles (17), apprentice draper, Julia A. F. (14), scholar, Alfred M. (12), scholar, Herbert V. (7), scholar. William's brother Charles and his family were living nextdoor.

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1891 England Census:

Age given: 61 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: 11 Bond St., Redruth, Cornwall
Occupation: Tin Mine Agent

Present were wife Julia F. (56) of Illogan, children (born in Camborne): John V. (29), mining engineer, Julia A. (24), Herbert V. (17), [illegible]

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1901 England Census:

Age given: 71 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: 11 Bond St., Redruth, Cornwall
Occupation: Retired Tin Mine Agent

Present were wife Julia F. (66) of Camborne [sic], John (39), mining engineer, Julia A. T. (34), Alfred M. (32), chemist, Herbert V. (27), tin mine surveyor

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THOMAS.—June 9, at Bond Street, Redruth, Captain William Thomas, aged 85.

Cornishman, 17 June 1915, p. 2

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William Vivian Thomas of Bond St. died aged 85 years (burial record).

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William Thomas of Bond-street Redruth Cornwall, retired mine agent, died 9 June 1915. Administration Bodmin 5 July to John Vivian Thomas, mining engineer, and Herbert Vivian Thomas, mining surveyor. Effects £16260 17s. 11d. Resworn £16298 17s. 11d. ⁴

  Marriage Information:

William married Julia Fox TREWARTHA, daughter of Arthur TREWARTHA and Ann THOMAS, on 9 May 1858 in Illogan, Cornwall. (Julia Fox TREWARTHA was christened on 29 Aug 1834 in Illogan, Cornwall, died on 27 Mar 1911 in Bond St., Redruth, Cornwall and was buried on 30 Mar 1911 in Redruth St. Uny, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

At Illogan, on the 9th inst., Capt. Thomas, of Tineroft Mine, to Julia, fifth daughter of the late Mr. Arthur Trewartha, of Nanscuke, Illogan.

The Cornish Telegraph, 12 May 1858, p. 2