Joseph Vivian (c1793-1878) of Joseph Vivian and Co
c.1793 Joseph Vivian was born in Camborne[1]
Joseph Vivian, of Reskadinnick, near Camborne, about 1800 or 1801 saw Richard Trevithick's first puffer whim-engine in Stray Park Mine.
c.1801 Joseph Vivian, of Roskadennick, says: When he was a boy about nine years old, he used to go into Tyack's smith's shop at Camborne to see the steam-carriage Captain Trevithick was having made there. (presumably this means Joseph Vivian was born c.1792)
Recollected hearing, when a boy, his uncles Simon and John Vivian talk of having taken a contract to break up the boiler of a Newcomen Engine, known as the old Moorstone boiler at the Weith in Camborne, and cut out the copper pipes inside.
William West (1801-1879)’s first independent employment, apart from Dolcoath, was his engagement as a working engineer by Captain Joseph Vivian in erecting a pumping engine at South Roskear.
1841 Joseph Vivian, mine agent age c.45, lived in Camborne with his wife Nancy c.45, son William c.20, a mine agent, daughters Mary 20, Nancy 13, Elizabeth 8, son Joseph 6, daughters Emily 4 and Frances 1 [2]
1856 Joseph Vivian, Manager of Mines, Reskadinnick, Camborne [3]
1861 Joseph Vivian, superintendent of mines, lived in Camborne with his daughter Anne (age 32), son Joseph (age 26) and daughter Fanny M (age 21)[4]
1878 Death of Joseph Vivian (born c.1792) in Redruth district[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Life of Richard Trevithick by F. Trevithick Various chapters