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Spouses/Children:
Charlotte Bertha Bickford-Smith
- Iris Bickford
- George Henry Ivan Bickford
- Margaret Beryl Bickford
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John Solomon Vivian Bickford of Looe, Gent.
- Born: 26 Apr 1870, Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall 1
- Christened: 9 Jun 1870, St. Hilary, Cornwall 1
- Married: 20 Jul 1893, Wesleyan Chapel, Chynhale, near Helston, Cornwall 2
- Died: 27 Oct 1918, 10 Cross St., Camborne, Cornwall 3
- Buried: 31 Oct 1918, Tuckingmill All Saints, Camborne, Cornwall 1
 Research Notes:
In 1891 J.S. Vivian Bickford, aged 20, born in Camborne Cornwall, scholar, was with his aunt Frances Mary Vivian in Basset Rd., Camborne (detached villa).
In 1901 John S. V. Bickford, aged 30, born in Tuckingmill Cornwall, mechanical engineer, and wife Bertha Bickford, aged 28, born in Camborne, were living in Basset Rd., Camborne. With them were children Iris (6) of Johannesburg Transvaal, George (4) of Falmouth, Margaret (11 months) of Camborne.
In 1911 John Solomon Vivian Bickford, aged 40, born in Tuckingmill, gentleman, wife of 17 years Charlotte Bertha Bickford, aged 39, born in Camborne (mother of 3 children), and daughter Margaret Beryl (10) of Camborne, were with Charlotte's brother William Noel Bickford-Smith (29) of Sithney Cornwall, gentleman, in Trevarno, Helston, Cornwall.
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John Soloman Vivian Bickford of 10 Cross Street, Camborne, died aged 48 years (burial record).
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An inquest, without jury, was held at Camborne on Monday into the circumstances attending the death of Mr. J. S. V. Bickford, works manager at a munition works. The evidence showed that deceased left his rooms in Cross-street about 8.30 a.m., and attended Communion at the Roman Catholic Church. He returned to breakfast half an hour later, and when his landlady went into the room she found him lying on the floor dead. He had not complained of feeling unwell. Dr. Gardener said the cause of death was apoplexy. — Verdict accordingly. Mr. Bickford's home was at Commonwood, Looe.
The Cornish Times, Friday, 1 Nov 1918, p. 6
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John Solomon Vivian Bickford of Commonwood Looe Cornwall died 27 October 1918 at Camborne Cormwall. Probate London 13 June 1919 to Charlotte Bertha Bickford, widow, and George Henry Ivan Bickford and John Clifford Bickford Smith, esquires. Effects £19,340 11s. 11d. 3
Marriage Information:
John married Charlotte Bertha Bickford-Smith, daughter of William Bickford-Smith of Trevarno and Anna Matilda Bond, on 20 Jul 1893 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Chynhale, near Helston, Cornwall. (Charlotte Bertha Bickford-Smith was born on 26 Aug 1871 in Camborne, Cornwall and was buried on 12 Jun 1973 in Pelynt, Cornwall, aged 101 years.)
Marriage Notes:
MARRIAGE OF MR. J. S. V. BICKFORD TO MISS CHARLOTTE BICKFORD-SMITH.
A very pretty wedding took place in the Wesleyan Chapel at Chynhale, near Helston, on Thursday, the contracting parties being Mr. John Solomon Vivian Bickford, only son of the late Major Bickford, of Penlu, Camborne, and Miss Charlotte Bertha, youngest daughter of Mr. William Bickford-Smith, J.P., of Trevarno, who represented the Truro-Helston division in Parliament from 1880 until the last election.
The little chapel at Chynhale, (which owes its existence mainly to the generosity of the bride's father) is very prettily situated almost at the very gates of Trevarno, and the tasteful decorations with which both the interior and exterior were adorned added considerably to its appearance. Notwithstanding that the ceremony took place as early as nine o'clock, all the country side seemed to have turned out to see the wedding.
The interior of the chapel was decorated with choice plants and flowers, and at the entrance a triumphal arch of evergreens had been erected, surmounted by a motto wishing peace and prosperity to the bride and bridegroom ; while at the lodge-gates at Trevarno a similar display was made, the whole having been tastefully carried out under the superintendence of the head gardener, Mr. King.
Shortly before nine o'clock, the bridegroom entered the chapel, attended by Mr. H. E. Gilbert, as best man, and in a few minutes was joined at the altar by the bride who was accompanied by her father, and attended by Miss Laura Smith, her cousin.... Mr. W. Bickford-Smith gave his daughter away.....
from The Cornishman, Thursday, 27 Jul 1893, p. 7
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