Edward Seccombe Vivian
- Born: 1832, Park Bottom, Illogan, Cornwall
- Christened: 9 Sep 1832, Illogan, Cornwall 1
- Married (1): 13 Sep 1855, Illogan, Cornwall 2
- Married (2): 27 Aug 1865, Letham House, Lyons St., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 3
- Died: 26 Apr 1896, Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 4
- Buried: 27 Apr 1896, Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia 5
Research Notes:
In 1851 Edward Vivian, aged 18, born in Illogan Cornwall, unmarried, copper mine agent, was with his parents in Parkbottom, Illogan.
Edward Vivian, aged 25, miner, wife Caroline Vivian, aged 24, and daughter Adelaide, arrived in Adelaide, South Australia on 29 Apr 1858 aboard the vessel Storm Cloud. 6
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VIVIAN.—On the 26th April, at the Melbourne Hospital, after a long illness, Edward S. Vivian, late of Ballarat and Bendigo, aged 61 years. Interred in the Boroondara Cemetery.
The Age (Melbourne), Wednesday, 29 Apr 1896, p. 1. Age understated by about three years.
Marriage Information:
Edward married Caroline Blunt, daughter of William Blunt and Elizabeth, on 13 Sep 1855 in Illogan, Cornwall. (Caroline Blunt was born about 1835 in Illogan, Cornwall and was buried on 18 Sep 1858 in Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.)
Marriage Notes:
Edward Vivian of Park Bottom, bachelor, and Caroline Blunt of Portreath, spinster
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At Illogan, on the 13th inst., Mr. Edward Vivian, miner, of Park Bottom, to Miss Caroline Blunt, of Portreath.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, Friday, 21 Sep 1855, p. 5
Marriage Information:
Edward also married Jerushia Whitford, daughter of Richard Whitford and Mary May, on 27 Aug 1865 at Letham House, Lyons St., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. (Jerush(i)a Whitford was born in 1832 in Kenwyn, Cornwall, christened 25 Nov 1832 in Gwennap, Cornwall and died on 8 Feb 1906 in Cobram, Victoria, Australia.)
Marriage Notes:
Edward Seccombe Vivian, bachelor [sic], born in Illogan, Cornwall, England, miner, age 31, resident of Sebastopol, son of William Vivian, miner, and Rebecca Vivian (maiden name Stephens), and
Jerushia Whitford, spinster, born in Kenwyn Cornwall, England, servant, age 29, resident of Buninyong, daughter of Richard Whitford, miner, and Mary Whitford (maiden name May)
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