Joseph VIVIAN

   Research Notes:

1861 England Census:

Age given: 7 years
Birthplace given: Gwennap, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Goongumpus, Gwennap, Cornwall

Living at home

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Joseph (17) and his brothers Alfred (23) and John (21) arrived in New York per S. S. City of Paris on 24 May 1870.

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1880 U.S. Federal Census:

Age given: 25 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Champion, Marquette, Michigan, USA
Occupation: Miner

Present were wife Mary J. (23) of Pennsylvania, keeping house, children (born in Michigan): James H. (7), at school, Frances (3), Laura (4 months)

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1900 U.S. Federal Census:

Age given: 44 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: Goldfield, Teller, Colorado, USA
Occupation: Gold Miner
How long married: 27 years
How many children: 4 (all living)
Year of Immigration to USA: 1870

Present were wife Mary J. (43) of Pennsylvania, son Joseph (18)* of Michigan, grandson John Moss (3) of Colorado, brother John E. Vivian (51) of England, widowed, gold miner.

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1910 U.S. Federal Census:

Age given: 56 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: S Gilpin, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Occupation: Gold Miner

Present was wife Jane (52) of Pennsylvania.

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1920 U.S. Federal Census:

Age given: 66 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: South Gilpin, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Occupation: Gold Miner

Staying with his daughter Jennie Brandis and her family.

   Marriage Information:

Joseph married Mary Jane IRVING, daughter of Robert IRVING and Elizabeth TELLUM, about 1873. (Mary Jane IRVING was born on 28 Apr 1857 in Hancock, Berks, PA, USA and died on 20 May 1915 in Denver, Denver Co., CO, USA.)