THE GLASSON FAMILY
| Robert
Glasson married Ann Uren on 11 JAN 1840 in Crowan (In 1841 Robert Glasson is aged 20 and a Miner. Ann is aged 20. They are living in White Stile Downs, Crowan) (In 1851 Robert Ivey is aged 35 and a Miner. Ann is aged 30. The family is living in White Stile Downs, Crowan) (In 1861 Robert Glasson is aged 45 and a Miner. Ann is aged 42. The family is living in Burnt Downs, Crowan) (In 1871 Robert Glasson is aged 42 and an Engine Driver. Ann is aged 41. The family is living in Trenoweth, Crowan) (In 1881 Robert Glasson is aged 63 and a Miner. Ann is aged 60. The family is living in Copper Bottom, Crowan) (Robert Glasson was buried on 17 JUN 1883 in Crowan aged 63) (Ann was buried on 29 SEP 1890 in Crowan aged 66) |
I have identified ten children
| Name | Date and place of birth/christening | Any other information |
| Robert Glasson | Born in Crowan Christened on 1 FEB 1842 in Gwinear [Source = opc database] |
In 1851 he is at home aged 9 In 1861 he is at home aged 19 and an Engine Man Married Elizabeth Bennetts in the JUN quarter 1866 (Redruth 5c 400) |
| William Henry Glasson or Ivey | 22 JUL 1847 in Horse Downs Chapel aged 4
years [Source = opc database] |
In 1851 he is at home aged 7 and a Scholar In 1861 he is at home aged 17 and a Miner Married Elizabeth Libby on 29 AUG 1864 in Crowan |
| Jane Ivey or Glasson | 22 JUL 1847 in Horse Downs Chapel aged 5
weeks [Source = opc database] |
In 1851 she is at home aged 3 In 1861 she is at home aged 13 and a Scholar In 1871 Jane Ivey is aged 24 and a Servant, working for William Luke, Grocer of Bareppa, Camborne Jane Ivey married William Simmens in the JUN quarter 1873 (Helston 5c 351) |
| Alice Glasson | 1 NOV 1850 in Horse Downs Chapel aged 2 months [Source = opc database] |
In 1851 she is at home aged 1 Alice Spurr was buried on 14 SEP 1858 in Crowan aged 9 |
| Mary Glasson | 11 AUG 1852 in Horse Downs Chapel aged 9
weeks [Source = opc database] |
Mary Glasson Spur was buried on 4 DEC 1853 in Crowan aged 1 yr 6 mths |
| Isaac Glasson | 5 AUG 1856 in Crowan [Source = opc database] |
In 1861 he is at home aged 7 and a Scholar In 1871 he is at home aged 19 and a Tin Dresser Married Ann Thomas in the MAR quarter 1880 (Helston 5c 252) |
| John Glasson | 12 NOV 1857 in Horse Downs Chapel aged 4
months [Source = opc database] |
In 1861 he is at home aged 3 In 1871 he is at home aged 16 and an Ag Lab In 1881 he is at home aged 22 and an Ag Lab Married Elizabeth Matthews in 1882 |
| Amelia Glasson | Born in the SEP quarter 1860 in Crowan (Helston 5c 237) |
In 1861 she is at home aged 9 months In 1871 she is at home aged 12 and a Scholar In 1881 Amelia Glasson is aged 20 and a Gen Servant, working for Raphael Houghton, Draper of Symons Terrace, Redruth In 1891 Amelia Glasson is aged 28 and a Domestic Servant, working for John Bladon in Christchurch, Monmouthshire, Wales Married either John Henry Broom or James Power in the MAR quarter 1892 (Newport 11a 282) |
| Thomas Alfred Glasson | Born in the MAR quarter 1863 (Helston 5c 242) |
In 1871 he is at home aged 10 and a Scholar In 1881 he is at home aged 17 and a Miner Married Harriet Pope on 24 DEC 1887 in Crowan |
| Richard James Glasson/Spurr | 21 APR 1866 in Crowan [Source = opc database] |
Richard Glasson Spur, infant, was buried on 28 JUN 1866 in Crowan |
I have identified eleven children
| Name | Date and place of birth/christening | Any other information |
| Thomas Henry Glasson | Born on 1 APR 1882 Christened on 9 AUG 1882 in Helston [Source = opc database] |
In 1891 he is at home aged
9 and a Scholar In 1901 he is at home aged 19 and a Farm Lab Married Lorenza Opie in the MAR quarter 1908 (Redruth 5c 344) |
| John Henry Glasson | Born in the MAR quarter 1883 (Helston 5c 205) |
In 1891 he is at home aged 7 and a Scholar In 1901 he is at home aged 17 and a Stone Mason Married Elizabeth Arthur in the SEP quarter 1912 (Redruth 5c 304) |
| Ernest Glasson | Born in the MAR quarter 1888 (Helston 5c 190) |
In 1891 he is at home aged 3 and a Scholar In 1901 he is at home aged 13 In 1911 he is at home aged 23 and a Tin Miner Married Annie Jane Martin on 25 NOV 1915 in Crowan |
| Sarah Glasson | Born in the MAR quarter 1890 (Helston 5c 185) |
In 1891 she is at home aged 15 months In 1901 she is at home aged 11 In 1911 she is aged 21 and a Dom Servant, working for Pamela Peters, Draper of Redruth |
| Charles Glasson | 18 APR 1892 in Crowan [Source = opc database] |
In 1901 he is at home aged 9 In 1911 he is at home aged 19 and a Tin Miner |
| Clara May Glasson | Born on 5 AUG 1893 in Praze Christened on 23 SEP 1893 in Crowan United Methodist Chapel [Source = opc database] |
In 1901 she is at home aged 7 Not located in 1911 |
| Amelia Glasson | Christened on 21 OCT 1895 in Crowan [Source = opc database] |
In 1901 she is at home aged 5 In 1911 she is at home aged 16 |
| Harry Glasson | Born on 8 JUL 1896 Christened on 6 SEP 1896 in Crowan [Source = opc database] |
In 1901 he is at home aged 4 In 1911 he is at home aged 15 and a Butcher Married Mary Purdy in 1920 |
| William George Glasson | Born on 8 SEP 1897 in Praze Christened on 10 APR 1898 in Crowan [Source = opc database] |
In 1901 he is at home aged 3 In 1911 he is at home aged 13 and a Scholar Driver William George Glasson (Service Number: 63371) of the Royal Field Artillery, 3rd Battery died on 1 NOV 1914 in Flanders, Belgium |
| Alfred Glasson | Born on 3 OCT 1899 in Praze Christened on 21 NOV 1899 in Crowan [Source = opc database] |
In 1901 he is at home aged 1 In 1911 he is at home aged 11 and a Scholar |
| Walter James Glasson | Born on 17 MAR 1902 in Praze Christened on 17 APR 1903 in Crowan United Methodist Chapel [Source = opc database] |
In 1911 he is at home aged 8 and a Scholar Married Doris May Tripp on 20 OCT 1934 in Crowan |
| Harry Glasson married Mary Ann
Purdy on 26 JUN 1920 in Crowan (Harry Glasson of 51 Fore Street, Praze was buried on 21 FEB 1962 in Crowan aged 65) |
I have identified three children
| Name | Date and place of birth | Any other information |
| Eileen M. Glasson | Born in the SEP quarter 1921 [Helston 5c 288] |
Married Bertie Hoon in the JUN quarter 1946 (Kerrier 5c 405) |
| Patrick H. Glasson | Born in the SEP quarter 1927 (Helston 5c 220) |
Married Phyllis Reed in 1950 |
| Marguerite M. Glasson | Born in the SEP quarter 1930 (Helston 5c 213) |
Married Alfred Hugo in the DEC quarter 1971 (Redruth 7a 353) |
| Patrick Harry Glasson married Phyllis
Annie Reed on 18 FEB 1950 in in Crowan (Patrick Harry Glasson of 15 St Auybyn Estate, Praze was buried on 21 DEC 1965 in Crowan aged 38) |
I have identified eight children
| Name | Date and place of birth/christening | Any other information |
| Phillip Harry Glasson | Born on 24 SEP 1951 in Leedstown | Married Ann Tredrea in 1976 |
| Jennifer A. Glasson | Born in the MAR quarter 1953 (Kerrier 7a 38) |
None |
| Michael G. Glasson | Born in the SEP quarter 1954 (Kerrier 7a 41) |
Married Judith Tripp in the SEP quarter 1976 (Kerrier 21 183) |
| Trevor J. Glasson | Born in the DEC MAR quarter 1955 (Kerrier 7a 41) |
Married Jennifer Goldsworthy in the SEP quarter 1981 (Kerrier 21 203) |
| Hilary M. Glasson | Born in the DEC quarter 1959 (Kerrier 7a 41) |
Married Alan Goldsworthy in 1985 |
| Kevin Glasson | Born in the DEC quarter 1960 (Redruth 7a 168) |
None |
| Linda Glasson | Born in the DEC quarter 1960 (Redruth 7a 167) |
None |
| Patrick H. Glasson | Born in the JUN quarter 1962 (Redruth 7a 166) |
None |
| Phillip Harry Glasson married Ann Tredrea in the MAR quarter 1976 (Kerrier 21 135) |
Harry Glasson
The following article appears on https://cornishnationalmusicarchive.co.uk/content/harry-glasson
| I was born to Patrick Harry and Phyllis Annie Glasson on the 24th
of September 1951 at Coronation Cottages Leedstown, the home of my maternal
Grandmother and christened Phillip Harry. At just a few days old I was
taken home to Clowance wood, near Horsedowns. My surname, Glasson, means
‘grass plot’ in the Cornish language. It appears to come from the Cornish
‘glesyn’ and is prevalent in West Cornwall. My forebears, except for my
paternal grandmother who was from Limerick in Ireland, were from this
far western part of Cornwall. My grandfather was born at a place called
Copper Bottoms, a mining area just outside the small village of Praze
an Beeble. Grandfather, also called Harry, worked as a miner then as a
stable lad before becoming a postman and making his deliveries on horseback.
When he retired from the post office he worked as a groom again, this
time for a Mr. Simms, who has a tin lode named after him in Geevor mine
of which he was a principal shareholder. I remember as a boy going with
grandfather to horse shows around the county where we had to sleep in
a small partitioned space between the horses, on blankets laid on the
straw. George Reed, my maternal grandfather, was a Leedstown man, born at a place known as Lambo, a half a mile from the village. He started life as a miner, then became a munitions worker at the dynamite factory at Hayle and later worked for the electricity company as a line man until the 1930s when he was killed by a falling pole. My mother was only eight years old at the time. My grandmother, his wife, was Athena Rebecca Roscorla and her family were from the town of Hayle where her father worked as a boat builder in the boat yards of Harvey and Co who were also founders, engineers, timber and coal merchants. Along with their great rivals Messrs Sandys, Carne and Vivian (known as the Copperhouse Co.) they were the main employers in the town until the late 1920s. At the time l was born my father was farming for the Gwennap family and we lived at Cows Cramp, a holding that was tied to the Barton Farm. Father was also a long distance lorry driver so I spent my formative years in his company in the cab of a lorry, on a tractor seat and in the cow sheds. In other words I grew up with itchy feet and smelling of cows and diesel. My father died of pneumonia at the age of only thirty eight leaving my mother to bring up eight children of which I was the eldest at fourteen, the youngest being only three. I had always been fascinated by the ships that sailed up and down our coast and with the merchant navy paying good wages, especially on tankers, I decided to go to sea. So at the age of fifteen and a half I left home and went to see the world and what did I see? I saw the sea. I spent the first six months at Gravesend in Kent at Training College and two days after my sixteenth birthday I joined the SS British Ensign, a B.P tanker which was sailing out of Falmouth. In common with many sailors I saw very little of the countries I visited after the first bar or the first pretty girl. I spent most of my time on tankers with BP Shipping Co. and at that time we were on the Persian Gulf run around the Cape as the Suez Canal was still closed. I was lucky enough to visit Rio de Janeiro in South America and was amazed by its beauty and saddened by the gulf between rich and poor, on one street casinos, night clubs and restaurants and on the next there were entire families actually living right there on the street. In between leaving the merchant navy and getting married my itchy feet took me on a hitch-hiking tour around Europe. A good friend, Jonathon Ryan, and myself started our journey in April 1974 by crossing to Brittany and making our way down the West coast then across to the South of France. We continued on to Monaco, up to Switzerland then through Germany and Holland arriving home about three months later. We met many wonderful people who we still remember with great affection. On my return, I found employment at a local nursery which grew tomatoes, cucumbers and cut flowers. In July 1974 I met Ann Tredrea who was to become my wife. Our families had known each other for years as my mother and Ann’s father had attended school together at Leedstown. I went back to playing cricket again after not playing since my schooldays and thoroughly enjoyed it. Becoming quite a decent bowler for the Praze 2nd and then 1st teams. Around this time Jonathon Ryan, my brother Trevor and myself started a band called Chacks and entertained most Friday or Saturday nights at the St Aubyn Arms playing mainly skiffle and folk. By the early 80s I was self-employed in the building trade and mostly plastering but in 1990 l decided l needed a change of direction and the idea of showing people the Cornwall I love seemed like a great way to earn my living. I have always had a deep interest in local history, especially industrial archaeology, and with the tin trade reaching as far back as the Bronze Age there is so much to be interested in. In July 2009 I was diagnosed with cancer of the vocal cords, which subsequently resulted in my vocal cords being removed on the 25th of September 2009. I am now retired and live at Goldsithney, about 5 miles from Penzance, in a granite cottage dating from the early 1600’s. I am content. Throughout my life I have loved music, folk music in particular, songs that told stories and if based on truth, even better. I built an acoustic guitar in school, not very good but playable. I swapped it for a radio while at sea on my first trip and that could have been it for my music career! However I met Jonathon Ryan in 1969 and as he already played guitar and we found we loved the same type of music, a guitar was duly purchase. It was an Eko Ranger which was as heavy as a railway sleeper but good to play. Jonathon and I have played together on and off both publicly and privately for around fifty years. I have nearly always written poems, verses, songs but only from the late eighties on did I start to sing any of my own material in public. It started with humorous dialect verse and gradually lead to songs about my love for the history and culture of Cornwall. In 1997 the Cape Cornwall Singers were formed and I was singing one night in the Star Inn at St Just when the landlord asked me where I got “Song for Cornwall” from, I told him I had written it when Cornwall won the rugby against Yorkshire in 1991. He then told me about the newly formed Cape Singers and how they would love to sing it. It has been said that I inspired them to sing, their singing certainly inspired me to write. The Cape boys are still special to me. The song I wrote for them “Cornwall my Home” has certainly caught the imagination of people from far and wide and shows just how much Cornwall is revered far and wide. |
