Great Western Hotel Newquay 1909

[Jagoman]

Hi,

Would any one have any information on the owners of Great Western Hotel Newquay about 1909. All I have is a copy of a telegram with the names Aileen & Bosun. It is possible that the name Cyril Varcoe Hooper 1898 may be connected.

Many thanks

Jagoman

[SRJaggs]

Bo'sun was named Mr ? Hooper and he owned/ran the Great Western Hotel in Nqy Cornwall - he had a daughter Sheila.  I do know a little about the telegram (I think it's a wedding telegram to a member of his family)  Their name was Chellew (my ancestors)

[SRJaggs]

Cyril Varcoe Hooper was the son of John Varcoe Hooper and Violet Annita Bennett.

Violet's father was Edwin Bennett and her mother was Jane Adams.

Edwin's mother was Jane Bennett nee Chellew.

Cyril went to Canada at some point.

[Jagoman]

Hi

Many thanks for the information on the Great Western Hotel in Newquay and the Hooper family.

Jagoman

[robbthomas]

Cyril and Aileen divorced and Bo'sun went on to marry two more times. Their daughter, Sheila, (my mother) lives in the north of England. Aileen moved to Sussex after the divorce and never remarried.

[Jagoman]

Hi Robbthomas

I think that Aileen died in Brighton Sept 1987. Her father Joseph Thomas Powney was killed during WW1 and was involved with the Postal Service. Would you recognise a photo of him as I have a picture of an Officer outside Canterbury Cathedral with a Lady which I think may be him.  I only today restored a photo of Cryil in his uniform during the WW1

Jagoman

[ThrelfallYorky]

I'd assumed that at that date the Railway Companies involved ( Great Western, etc.) would have been the actual owners of the Hotel, as they were usually built for the convenience of rail passengers, and that managers would be in charge, rather than being privately owned....?

[robbthomas]

Hi Jagoman,

Yes, she passed away in Sept 1987 in Brighton. I would not recognise a photo of her father but her daughter (my mum) might. I would be interested in the photo of Cyril in WW1 uniform. We still have  a few family photos of him on horseback as he used to also run the stables at Trenance in Newquay.

robbthomas

[Jagoman]

Hi Robbthomas

Please find photo of Cyril Varcoe Hooper. I have to work out how to upload the most recent one.

Jagoman