In 1861 Hugh P. Vivian, aged 26, born in Camborne Cornwall, unmarried, wire worker & cooper employing 4 men, was living in Pengegon, Camborne. With him were his four unmarried sisters Julia, Ellen, Frances M. and Caroline D.
In 1871 Hugh P. Vivian, aged 36, born in Camborne, merchant & foundry agent, and wife Clara E. Vivian, aged 32, born in London Middlesex, were visiting Hugh's half-sister Julia Bickford (née Vivian) in St. Hilary, Cornwall.
In 1881 Hugh Phillip Vivian, aged 46, born in Camborne, brass & iron founder, and were wife Clara Eliz. Vivian, aged 42, born in London Middlesex, were living in Pengegon House, Camborne. Present were children (born in Camborne) Clara E. B. (8), scholar, Godfrey T. (7), scholar, Herbert A. (7), scholar. His niece, Ellen V. Vivian (8) of Camborne was staying with the family.
In 1891 Hugh P. Vivian, aged 56, born in Camborne, general merchant, tin streamer, brass & iron founder, was at Liggar, St. Pinnock, Cornwall visiting Maurice & Elizabeth Gribble. Wife Clara E. Vivian (52) of Shoreditch London was at home in Pengegon House with daughter Clara E. B. (18).
In August 1897 Hugh Phillips Vivian, merchant, was granted Administration of the goods &c. of his late sister Frances Mary Vivian of Pengegon House.
In 1901 Hugh P. Vivian, aged 66, born in Camborne, coal merchant, cooper employing 8 workers, and wife Clara E. Vivian, aged 62, born in Shoreditch London, were living in Pengegon House, Camborne. With them was daughter Clara E. B. (28) of Camborne.
In 1911 Hugh Phillips Vivian, aged 76, born in Camborne, estate agent (own account), and wife of 42 years Clara Elizabeth Vivian, aged 72, born in London (mother of 4 children, 2 deceased), were living in Pengegon House, Camborne. With them was daughter Clara Eveline Bickford Vivian (38) of Camborne, single.
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Hugh Phillips Vivian of Pengegon House died aged 78 years (burial record).
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DEATH OF MR. HUGH P. VIVIAN.
It is with sincere regret we announce the death of Mr. Hugh Phillips Vivian, of Pengegon House, Camborne, which occurred early on Friday morning after a short illness. The cause of death was pneumonia. The deceased gentleman had been in indifferent health for a considerable period, but he was not confined to his house. He attended the funeral of the late Mr. James Tangye, of Illogan, last week, and was present at the service in the Friends' Meeting House after the interment. It is thought that the trying weather of last week proved too much for what, of recent years, has not been a robust constitution, and that he contracted a chill which developed into pneumonia and which proved fatal. He leaves a widow, one daughter (Miss Evelyn Vivian), and one son (Mr. Godfrey Vivian), to whom the sympathy of the inhabitants of the town will be extended in their irreparable loss.
Hugh Phillips Vivian, who was born in January, 1835, was the son of Capt. Andrew Vivian, of North Roskear, and grandson of Andrew Vivian, co-inventor of the locomotive steam engine patented by Trevithick and Vivian in 1810, and which had a successful run up Beacon-hill. He was a brother-in-law of Major Bickford-Smith, of safety fuse fame. The deceased gentleman was educated by the late John Bellows, in a school at Fore-street, Camborne, at the same time as Messrs. Tangye Bros., of Birmingham, were educated. He took a great interest in educational questions, and was for some years chairman of the Camborne School Board. He was also a prominent Freemason, and had passed through some of the highest offices and degrees in the Cornwall Province. His uncle, John Knight, was one of the founders of Freemasonry in Cornwall.
Deceased took an unfailing interest in temperance work, and his vigorous speech as chairman at a recent temperance gathering at St. George's Hall will be remembered. Mr. Vivian was one of the first in Camborne to join anybody who aimed at promoting temperance.
For many years Mr. Vivian was chairman of directors of the Camborne Gas Co., Printing Co., and Posting Co., and connected with many other directorates.
The Cornish Telegraph, Thursday, 24 Apr 1913, p. 4
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Hugh Phillips Vivian of Pengegon House Camborne Cornwall, merchant. died 18 April 1913. Probate Bodmin 17 June to Clara Elizabeth Vivian, widow. Effects £449 9s. 9d. 3
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