The year of Sydney Curnow VOSPER's death was 1942, not 1902. Apologies for an error made before the coffee had chance to kick in! Bill Curnow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Curnow" <wjcurnow@kernow.com> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com>; <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 6:18 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 07 Aug 1857, BMDs, VOSPER/CURNOW marriage > The West Briton (Friday, 07 Aug 1857) reported the following marriage: > >> MARRIAGES >> >> At Calstock, on Saturday last, Mr. Samuel VOSPER, of Stonehouse, to >> Ellen, >> only >> daughter of Mr. CURNOW, of Dimson Cottaqge, Gunnislake, Calstock. > > > The groom, Samuel VOSPER (b.ca.1827, Lewannick, s/o Richard VOSPER), was a > wine merchant at the time of the marriage and subsequently a brewer. > Ellen, > the bride, was Eleanor Halse CURNOW (b.1830 Gwennap, d/o William CURNOE & > Eleanor HALSE), and her father was a copper miner and subsequently a mine > agent as of 1857.. > > Samuel and Ellen/Eleanor were the parents of Sydney Curnow VOSPER > (1866-1942), who was born at East Stonehouse, Devon. He became a noted > and > well respected artist who painted in Wales and Brittany. According to > Wikipedia, "Vosper's most famous work is 'Salem,' a [1908] watercolour of > the interior of Salem Baptist chapel in Cefncymerau (modern day Llanbedr, > Wales), with its central figure [an old woman] dressed in traditional > Welsh > costume, wrapped in a shawl and clutching a Bible." This masterpiece > achieved wide appeal in Britain when it was used to promote Lever > Brothers' > 'Sunlight' soap! > > Sydney Curnow VOSPER married Constance JAMES in 1902 in the Kensington > District of London. He died in 1902, age 75, in the Newton Abbot District > of Devon. > > > Bill Curnow > Port Charlotte, Florida, USA > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message