Samuel Priske of Polgear
- Born: 1803, Wendron, Cornwall
- Christened: 25 Sep 1803, Wendron, Cornwall 1
- Married: 30 Sep 1841, Wendron, Cornwall 1
- Died: 9 Feb 1861, Carnmenellis, Cornwall
- Buried: 12 Feb 1861, Carnmenellis, Cornwall 1
 Research Notes:
In 1851 Samuel Prisk, aged 47, born in Wendron Cornwall, copper miner, and wife Eliza Prisk, aged 39, born in Wendron, were living in Carnbonelis, Wendron. With them were children (born in Camborne): Samuel (8), scholar, Eliza (6), scholar, and Archolas (1).
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On the 11th instant, at Carnmenellis, in the parish of Wendron, [an Inquest was held] by W. Hichens, Esq, coroner, on the body of Samuel Prisk, aged 56 years. The deceased went to bed on Friday night last apparently in perfect health, and was found on the following morning as he lay in bed by his wife in a state of insensibility and speechless, in which state he died shortly after. Mr. Vincent, surgeon, of Camborne, was sent for, but arrived too late to see the deceased alive ; he thought however that the deceased died from apoplexy. Verdict, Natural death.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, Friday, 15 Feb 1861, p. 5
Marriage Information:
Samuel married Eliza Thomas, daughter of John Thomas and Jane, on 30 Sep 1841 in Wendron, Cornwall. (Eliza Thomas was born in 1811 in Wendron, Cornwall, christened 18 Aug 1811 in Wendron, Cornwall and died after 1891.)
Marriage Notes:
Samuel Priske, full age, bachelor, miner, of Carnmenelis, son of Samuel Priske, miner, and
Eliza Thomas, full age, spinster, of Polgear, daughter of John Thomas, miner
Married after Banns
Witnesses: William Hawking, William Jewell |
