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William John Hosken, MXSN-RJB
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1867 - 1951 (83 years)-
Name William John Hosken Suffix MXSN-RJB Birth 25 Sep 1867 Loggans Mill, Hayle/Luggans Mill, Loggans, Hayle 
Christening 4 Dec 1867 Phillack (St Felicitas) (Parish Church Phillack), Phillack (St Felicitas), Phillack Gender Male Married 30 Jun 1892 (24 years) Lyncombe St. Luke, Bath, Somerset MARRIAGES. Hosken—James.—June 30, at St. Luke's Church, Bath, by the
Rev. Moorhouse, assisted by the Rev. Morgan, William John, second
son of Samuel Hosken, Penmare, Hayle, Cornwall, to Ada Millicent,
eldest daughter of the late Robert Warder James, Pietermaritzburg,
and Mrs. James, Tregenna, Bloomfield Park, Bath.
Colonies and India - Saturday 09 July 1892
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002964/18920709/219/0038Census 31 Mar 1901 (33 years) Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs OCCUPATION: Farmer ; Palsck Farm Phillack; BIRTH YEAR: 1868; MARITAL STATUS: Married
William J Hoskin was a man born in 1868 in Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of. During the 1901 UK Census he was 33 years old and lived in Cornwall. He appears as the head of his house in the 1901 UK Census.
LAST NAME: Hoskin
FIRST NAME: William
MIDDLE NAME: J
BIRTH YEAR: 1868
BIRTH PLACE: Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of
COUNTY: Cornwall
AGE: 33
GENDER: Male
MARITAL STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Farmer
RELATIONSHIP: Head
TOWNSHIP:
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Redruth
SUB DISTRICT: Phillack
ENUMERATION DISTRICT NO: 5
PARISH: Phillack East Part Of
CITY:
ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT: Phillack Part Of
PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH: Camborne Part Of
MUNICIPAL BORO:
MUNICIPAL WARD:
HOUSE NUMBER:
HOUSE NAME:
STREET: Palsck Farm Phillack
TOWN:
Residence: Palsck Farm Phillack
Phillack East Part Of, Cornwall
SERIES: RG13
PIECE NUMBER: 2245
FOLIO NUMBER: 80
PAGE NUMBER: 19
Household Members:
William J Hoskin (33, Male)
Ada M Hoskin (31, Female)
Kathleen M Hoskin (7, Female)
William S Hoskin (6, Male)
Cecil N Hoskin (4, Male)
Clifford Hoskin (4, Male)
Elizabeth Grose (23, Female)
Elizabeth Hocking (19, Female)
Edith Gilbert (16, Female)
Minnie Hosking (16, Female)
Rootspoint; https://www.rootspoint.com/record/1901-UK-Census/William-J-Hoskin-1868-Hayle-Cornwall-Phillack-East-Part-Of/2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41c/
image: https://www.rootspoint.com/images/?bucket=1901uk&name=RG13_2245%2FRG13_2245_0159.jpg&collection_key=UK1901&record_id=2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41cProbate 10 Dec 1903 (36 years) Beneficiary in Mother's will
HOSKEN Mary Cardel of “ St. Kildas " Ventonleague Hayle Cornwall widow died 2 August 1903 Probate London 10 December to Henry
Hosken merchant and William John Hosken farmer. Effects £331 2s. 6d.
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/api/nuxeo/nxfile/default/11924f39-10bd-4a72-99b3-c1735244857d/file:content/001225_horton_1903.pdf?changeToken=11-0
Name Mary Cardell Hosken
Residence Place Cornwall
Probate Date 10 Dec 1903
Probate Place London, England, United Kingdom
Probate Place (Original) London
Death Date 2 Aug 1903
Beneficiary's Name Henry Hosken
Second Beneficiary's Name William John Hosken
Event Type ProbateDeath 1951 London Occupation 31 Jan 1894 (26 years) - Carwin Farm, Carwin, Phillack - Mr, W. J. Hosken said prisoner had been employed by his people about 45 years. The girl had been respectable as far as he knew. She had complained to him on the Wednesday : she asked him to stop prisoner's 'lingo,' as he either attempted to pull up her clothes or had done so. On the Friday she gave him a full account of the occurrence. He was quite startled on the Wednesday. Prisoner strongly denied it. Witness tried and found anyone in the nearest house could hear a person speaking in the empty barn with the doors shut, or even walking across. The houses are not back to back. Prisoner and his family had borne a good character. He would judge the sifting of the meal would take from 20 minutes to half-an-hour. It was an awkward thing to have an occurrence of this kind on his farm.
Cornwall Cornishman Newspaper Archives Mar 9 1893, Page 3
via https://newspaperarchive.com/cornwall-cornishman-mar-09-1893-p-3/29 Jan 1897 (29 years) - Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs - Farmer at baptism of Cecil Norman1 Dec 1903 (36 years) - Pulsack, Connor Downs - Gentleman; at baptism of Robert Douglas23 Dec 1920 (53 years) - Pulsack Manor, Pulsack, Connor Downs - SUGAR BEET PIONEER; HAYLE FARMER DEFICIENT OF £14,058; WAR CONTROL AND LOANS; The first meeting of the creditors of William John Hosken, farmer, Pulsack, Hayle, was held at Truro yesterday, when about a dozen creditors attended. Debtor is well-known as the pioneer of the sugar beet scheme in Cornwall. The ...
Published: Thursday 23 December 1920
Newspaper: West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 4 | Tags: none
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000349/19201223/078/0004 [1]19 Jan 1921 (53 years) - Pulsack, Connor Downs - HAYLE FARMER'S FAILURE | MR. W. J. HOSKEN ADJUDICATED BANKRUPT.
At Truro on Friday, before the Official Receiver (Mr. Coulter Hancock), an ad-journed meeting was held of the creditors of Mr. William John Hosken, farmer, of Pulsack, Hayle.
Debtor's statement of accounts showed a deficiency of £14,058.
The Official Receiver said the first meet-ing was adjourned, because the debtor thought he might, through friend, make a proposal of composition, but no proposal had been filed, and there was nothing left hut to adjudicate Mr. Hosken a bankrupt.
This was dome, and the Official Receiver intimated that if scheme were subsequently submitted and carried into effect the bank-ruptcy would be annulled
Mr. James Thomas, accountant, Truro, was appointed trustee, and a committee of investigation was set up
Cornishman - Wednesday 19 January 1921
via https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000331/19210119/041/0003
19 Jan 1921 (53 years) - Pulsack, Connor Downs - MR. W. J. HOSKEN'S AFFAIRS. | DEBTOR FAILS TO ATTEND BANKRUPTCY COURT. The public examination of William John
Hosken, farmer, Pulsack, Hayle, was to
have been held at Truro Bankruptcy Court
on Tuesday. The debtor did not appear.
The Official Receiver (Mr. Coulter Han-
cock) stated that trustee had only been
appointed on Fridav, and he had not yet
been put in possession of the estate. There
was a deficiency of £14,000, and it would
require good deal of investigation. He
asked that the debtor be ordered to sup-
ply a goods and cash account for the last
three years, and to adjourn the examination
until the next court.
The Registrar (Mr. G. H. Chilcott) asked
why the debtor was not present.
The Official Receiver said he could not
say why. He had had notice to attend and
ought to have been there.
The account asked for was ordered to be
supplied by February 7, and the examina-
tion was adjourned until February 15.
Cornishman - Wednesday 19 January 1921
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000331/19210119/063/000420 Jan 1921 (53 years) - Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs - INFORMATION FOR CREDITORS.--(From the
"London Gazette"). Adjudication-Wm.
John Hosken, farmer, Pulsack, Hayle.
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Thursday 20 January 1921
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000349/19210120/005/0005Person ID I2398 AHP Last Modified 17 May 2025
Father Samuel Hosken, KCX9-Z65, b. 12 Sep 1828, Loggans, Hayle d. 18 Sep 1898, Penmare House, Hayle [Penmare House], Penmare, Penmare Terrace, Copperhouse, Hayle (Age 70 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mary Cardell Thomas/HOSKEN, MWYP-QS2, b. Abt Dec 1830, Gwinear, Cornwall d. 2 Aug 1903, St Kilda, Ventonleague Hill, Hayle (Age 72 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 8 Aug 1854 Phillack (St Felicitas) (Parish Church Phillack), Phillack (St Felicitas), Phillack Age at Marriage He : 25 years and 11 months - She : 23 years and 8 months. Photos 
William Leslie Hosken: Grandchildren of SAMUEL Hosken & Mary Cardell Thomas | 1906
hosken photo 1906.jpgHistories 
1891 Census | HOSKEN Samual 1828
HOSKEN Samuel Head M M 62 Miller, Grocer Etc(Em'er) CON Phillack Occupation: Add Manure AgentMR RICHARD HOSKEN IN CORNWALL THE SEVERN TUNNEL AND TRANSVAAL ACTIVITIES | report 29 Jun 1935
Cornish Post and Mining News - Saturday 29 June 1935Family ID F687 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ada Millicent James/HOSKEN, 97YV-BFD, b. 1 Nov 1869, Pietermaritzburg,Natal,South Africa d. 1946, Berkshire (Age 76 years) Marriage 30 Jun 1892 Lyncombe St. Luke, Bath, Somerset [2] Age at Marriage He : 24 years and 9 months - She : 22 years and 7 months. Census 31 Mar 1901 Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs OCCUPATION: Farmer ; Palsck Farm Phillack; BIRTH YEAR: 1868; MARITAL STATUS: Married
William J Hoskin was a man born in 1868 in Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of. During the 1901 UK Census he was 33 years old and lived in Cornwall. He appears as the head of his house in the 1901 UK Census.
LAST NAME: Hoskin
FIRST NAME: William
MIDDLE NAME: J
BIRTH YEAR: 1868
BIRTH PLACE: Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of
COUNTY: Cornwall
AGE: 33
GENDER: Male
MARITAL STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Farmer
RELATIONSHIP: Head
TOWNSHIP:
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Redruth
SUB DISTRICT: Phillack
ENUMERATION DISTRICT NO: 5
PARISH: Phillack East Part Of
CITY:
ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT: Phillack Part Of
PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH: Camborne Part Of
MUNICIPAL BORO:
MUNICIPAL WARD:
HOUSE NUMBER:
HOUSE NAME:
STREET: Palsck Farm Phillack
TOWN:
Residence: Palsck Farm Phillack
Phillack East Part Of, Cornwall
SERIES: RG13
PIECE NUMBER: 2245
FOLIO NUMBER: 80
PAGE NUMBER: 19
Household Members:
William J Hoskin (33, Male)
Ada M Hoskin (31, Female)
Kathleen M Hoskin (7, Female)
William S Hoskin (6, Male)
Cecil N Hoskin (4, Male)
Clifford Hoskin (4, Male)
Elizabeth Grose (23, Female)
Elizabeth Hocking (19, Female)
Edith Gilbert (16, Female)
Minnie Hosking (16, Female)
Rootspoint; https://www.rootspoint.com/record/1901-UK-Census/William-J-Hoskin-1868-Hayle-Cornwall-Phillack-East-Part-Of/2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41c/
image: https://www.rootspoint.com/images/?bucket=1901uk&name=RG13_2245%2FRG13_2245_0159.jpg&collection_key=UK1901&record_id=2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41cCensus 1 Apr 1911 Pulsack, Connor Downs Name: Ada Millicent Hosken
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Event Place: Phillack, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Phillack East, Pulsack Hayle, Cornwall, England
County: Cornwall
Parish: Phillack East
Sub-District: Phillack
Sub-District Number: 5
District Number: 299
Enumeration District: 5
Registration District: Redruth
Sex: Female
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Marital Status (Original): MARRIED
Number in Family: 7
Birth Year (Estimated): 1871
Birthplace: Natal S Africa
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): HEAD
Document Type: 3
Schedule Type: 125
Page Number: 1
Registration Number: RG14
Piece/Folio: 249
Affiliate Record Identifier: GBC/1911/RG14/14018/0249/1
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Kathleen Mary Hosken Daughter F 17 Phillack, Cornwall
William Leslie Hosken Son M 16 Phillack, Cornwall
Robert Douglas Hosken Son M 7 Phillack, Cornwall
Kate Gilbert F 19 Phillack, Cornwall
Mabel Gilbert F 16 Phillack, Cornwall
Hazel Rainey F 29 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Record Type: Household
Household ID: 140180249
Line Number: 1
Citing this Record
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7L1-KY6 : 18 July 2019), Ada Millicent Hosken, Phillack, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7L1-KY6?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=97YV-BFDChildren 1. Kathleen Mary Hosken, b. 8 Jun 1893, Pulsack, Connor Downs [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]2. William Leslie Hosken, b. 28 Sep 1893, Pulsack, Connor Downs [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]3. Clifford Hosken, b. 2 Oct 1896, Phillack, Cornwall [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]4. Cecil Norman Hosken, KK9J-Q1K, b. 2 Oct 1896, Pulsack, Connor Downs d. 1958, Glamorganshire (Age 61 years) [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]5. Robert Douglas Hosken, b. 26 Oct 1903, Pulsack, Connor Downs [Father: Birth] [Mother: Birth]Photos 
William John Hosken 1867 & Family about 1910 | Hosken family at Pulsack | 1910 Histories Three soldier-sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hosken, of Pulsack; Lieut. Leslie; Lieut. Norman; Lieut. Clifford
Lieut. Leslie Hosken, one of the three soldier-sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hosken, of Pulsack, mentioned in dispatches among those thanked for gallant and meritorious services at Salonika
Lieut. Norman Hosken making wonderful recovery in London Nursing home from flying accident
Lieut. Clifford Hosken on active service, having volunteered again…Family ID F1905 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 May 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 25 Sep 1867 - Loggans Mill, Hayle/Luggans Mill, Loggans, Hayle 
Christening - 4 Dec 1867 - Phillack (St Felicitas) (Parish Church Phillack), Phillack (St Felicitas), Phillack 
Married - MARRIAGES. Hosken—James.—June 30, at St. Luke's Church, Bath, by the Rev. Moorhouse, assisted by the Rev. Morgan, William John, second son of Samuel Hosken, Penmare, Hayle, Cornwall, to Ada Millicent, eldest daughter of the late Robert Warder James, Pietermaritzburg, and Mrs. James, Tregenna, Bloomfield Park, Bath. Colonies and India - Saturday 09 July 1892 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002964/18920709/219/0038 - 30 Jun 1892 - Lyncombe St. Luke, Bath, Somerset Marriage - 30 Jun 1892 - Lyncombe St. Luke, Bath, Somerset 
Occupation - Mr, W. J. Hosken said prisoner had been employed by his people about 45 years. The girl had been respectable as far as he knew. She had complained to him on the Wednesday : she asked him to stop prisoner's 'lingo,' as he either attempted to pull up her clothes or had done so. On the Friday she gave him a full account of the occurrence. He was quite startled on the Wednesday. Prisoner strongly denied it. Witness tried and found anyone in the nearest house could hear a person speaking in the empty barn with the doors shut, or even walking across. The houses are not back to back. Prisoner and his family had borne a good character. He would judge the sifting of the meal would take from 20 minutes to half-an-hour. It was an awkward thing to have an occurrence of this kind on his farm. Cornwall Cornishman Newspaper Archives Mar 9 1893, Page 3 via https://newspaperarchive.com/cornwall-cornishman-mar-09-1893-p-3/ - 31 Jan 1894 (26 years) - Carwin Farm, Carwin, Phillack 
Occupation - Farmer at baptism of Cecil Norman - 29 Jan 1897 (29 years) - Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs Census - OCCUPATION: Farmer ; Palsck Farm Phillack; BIRTH YEAR: 1868; MARITAL STATUS: Married William J Hoskin was a man born in 1868 in Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of. During the 1901 UK Census he was 33 years old and lived in Cornwall. He appears as the head of his house in the 1901 UK Census. LAST NAME: Hoskin FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: J BIRTH YEAR: 1868 BIRTH PLACE: Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of COUNTY: Cornwall AGE: 33 GENDER: Male MARITAL STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer RELATIONSHIP: Head TOWNSHIP: REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Redruth SUB DISTRICT: Phillack ENUMERATION DISTRICT NO: 5 PARISH: Phillack East Part Of CITY: ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT: Phillack Part Of PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH: Camborne Part Of MUNICIPAL BORO: MUNICIPAL WARD: HOUSE NUMBER: HOUSE NAME: STREET: Palsck Farm Phillack TOWN: Residence: Palsck Farm Phillack Phillack East Part Of, Cornwall SERIES: RG13 PIECE NUMBER: 2245 FOLIO NUMBER: 80 PAGE NUMBER: 19 Household Members: William J Hoskin (33, Male) Ada M Hoskin (31, Female) Kathleen M Hoskin (7, Female) William S Hoskin (6, Male) Cecil N Hoskin (4, Male) Clifford Hoskin (4, Male) Elizabeth Grose (23, Female) Elizabeth Hocking (19, Female) Edith Gilbert (16, Female) Minnie Hosking (16, Female) Rootspoint; https://www.rootspoint.com/record/1901-UK-Census/William-J-Hoskin-1868-Hayle-Cornwall-Phillack-East-Part-Of/2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41c/ image: https://www.rootspoint.com/images/?bucket=1901uk&name=RG13_2245%2FRG13_2245_0159.jpg&collection_key=UK1901&record_id=2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41c - 31 Mar 1901 - Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs Census - OCCUPATION: Farmer ; Palsck Farm Phillack; BIRTH YEAR: 1868; MARITAL STATUS: Married William J Hoskin was a man born in 1868 in Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of. During the 1901 UK Census he was 33 years old and lived in Cornwall. He appears as the head of his house in the 1901 UK Census. LAST NAME: Hoskin FIRST NAME: William MIDDLE NAME: J BIRTH YEAR: 1868 BIRTH PLACE: Hayle Cornwall Phillack East Part Of COUNTY: Cornwall AGE: 33 GENDER: Male MARITAL STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer RELATIONSHIP: Head TOWNSHIP: REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Redruth SUB DISTRICT: Phillack ENUMERATION DISTRICT NO: 5 PARISH: Phillack East Part Of CITY: ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT: Phillack Part Of PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGH: Camborne Part Of MUNICIPAL BORO: MUNICIPAL WARD: HOUSE NUMBER: HOUSE NAME: STREET: Palsck Farm Phillack TOWN: Residence: Palsck Farm Phillack Phillack East Part Of, Cornwall SERIES: RG13 PIECE NUMBER: 2245 FOLIO NUMBER: 80 PAGE NUMBER: 19 Household Members: William J Hoskin (33, Male) Ada M Hoskin (31, Female) Kathleen M Hoskin (7, Female) William S Hoskin (6, Male) Cecil N Hoskin (4, Male) Clifford Hoskin (4, Male) Elizabeth Grose (23, Female) Elizabeth Hocking (19, Female) Edith Gilbert (16, Female) Minnie Hosking (16, Female) Rootspoint; https://www.rootspoint.com/record/1901-UK-Census/William-J-Hoskin-1868-Hayle-Cornwall-Phillack-East-Part-Of/2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41c/ image: https://www.rootspoint.com/images/?bucket=1901uk&name=RG13_2245%2FRG13_2245_0159.jpg&collection_key=UK1901&record_id=2ea9cad1-0bb9-4a6a-8fa1-aed5b87eb41c - 31 Mar 1901 - Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs 
Occupation - Gentleman; at baptism of Robert Douglas - 1 Dec 1903 (36 years) - Pulsack, Connor Downs Census - Name: Ada Millicent Hosken Event Type: Census Event Date: 1911 Event Place: Phillack, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Phillack East, Pulsack Hayle, Cornwall, England County: Cornwall Parish: Phillack East Sub-District: Phillack Sub-District Number: 5 District Number: 299 Enumeration District: 5 Registration District: Redruth Sex: Female Age: 40 Marital Status: Married Marital Status (Original): MARRIED Number in Family: 7 Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Birthplace: Natal S Africa Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): HEAD Document Type: 3 Schedule Type: 125 Page Number: 1 Registration Number: RG14 Piece/Folio: 249 Affiliate Record Identifier: GBC/1911/RG14/14018/0249/1 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Kathleen Mary Hosken Daughter F 17 Phillack, Cornwall William Leslie Hosken Son M 16 Phillack, Cornwall Robert Douglas Hosken Son M 7 Phillack, Cornwall Kate Gilbert F 19 Phillack, Cornwall Mabel Gilbert F 16 Phillack, Cornwall Hazel Rainey F 29 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Record Type: Household Household ID: 140180249 Line Number: 1 Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7L1-KY6 : 18 July 2019), Ada Millicent Hosken, Phillack, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7L1-KY6?from=lynx1UIV8&treeref=97YV-BFD - 1 Apr 1911 - Pulsack, Connor Downs 
Occupation - SUGAR BEET PIONEER; HAYLE FARMER DEFICIENT OF £14,058; WAR CONTROL AND LOANS; The first meeting of the creditors of William John Hosken, farmer, Pulsack, Hayle, was held at Truro yesterday, when about a dozen creditors attended. Debtor is well-known as the pioneer of the sugar beet scheme in Cornwall. The ... Published: Thursday 23 December 1920 Newspaper: West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser County: Cornwall, England Type: Article | Words: 223 | Page: 4 | Tags: none https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000349/19201223/078/0004 - 23 Dec 1920 (53 years) - Pulsack Manor, Pulsack, Connor Downs Occupation - HAYLE FARMER'S FAILURE | MR. W. J. HOSKEN ADJUDICATED BANKRUPT. At Truro on Friday, before the Official Receiver (Mr. Coulter Hancock), an ad-journed meeting was held of the creditors of Mr. William John Hosken, farmer, of Pulsack, Hayle. Debtor's statement of accounts showed a deficiency of £14,058. The Official Receiver said the first meet-ing was adjourned, because the debtor thought he might, through friend, make a proposal of composition, but no proposal had been filed, and there was nothing left hut to adjudicate Mr. Hosken a bankrupt. This was dome, and the Official Receiver intimated that if scheme were subsequently submitted and carried into effect the bank-ruptcy would be annulled Mr. James Thomas, accountant, Truro, was appointed trustee, and a committee of investigation was set up Cornishman - Wednesday 19 January 1921 via https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000331/19210119/041/0003 - 19 Jan 1921 (53 years) - Pulsack, Connor Downs Occupation - MR. W. J. HOSKEN'S AFFAIRS. | DEBTOR FAILS TO ATTEND BANKRUPTCY COURT. The public examination of William John Hosken, farmer, Pulsack, Hayle, was to have been held at Truro Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday. The debtor did not appear. The Official Receiver (Mr. Coulter Han- cock) stated that trustee had only been appointed on Fridav, and he had not yet been put in possession of the estate. There was a deficiency of £14,000, and it would require good deal of investigation. He asked that the debtor be ordered to sup- ply a goods and cash account for the last three years, and to adjourn the examination until the next court. The Registrar (Mr. G. H. Chilcott) asked why the debtor was not present. The Official Receiver said he could not say why. He had had notice to attend and ought to have been there. The account asked for was ordered to be supplied by February 7, and the examina- tion was adjourned until February 15. Cornishman - Wednesday 19 January 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000331/19210119/063/0004 - 19 Jan 1921 (53 years) - Pulsack, Connor Downs Occupation - INFORMATION FOR CREDITORS.--(From the "London Gazette"). Adjudication-Wm. John Hosken, farmer, Pulsack, Hayle. West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Thursday 20 January 1921 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000349/19210120/005/0005 - 20 Jan 1921 (53 years) - Pulsack Farm, Pulsack, Connor Downs 
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Photos William John Hosken 1867 & Family about 1910 | Hosken family at Pulsack | 1910 William John Hosken 1867-1951 
William John Hosken & Family (Carwyn)
Words on the back of photo are: William, Ada & Ethel with Kathleen, Leslie, Norman & Clifford. This information shared by John James
Histories 1891 Census | HOSKEN Samual 1828
HOSKEN Samuel Head M M 62 Miller, Grocer Etc(Em'er) CON Phillack Occupation: Add Manure AgentWilliam Hosken & Sons millers (water and steam) & farmers & cattle breeders, Copperhouse & Loggans, Angarrack & Trungle | 1883 SCENE COURT. JAMES POLKINGHORNE V. SAMUEL PICK | 6 Aug 1874
(At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)THE CHARGE OF FELONIOUS ASSAULT AT PHILLACK | Acquittal | James Roberts, Carwin farm, Phillack| Mar 9 1893
Cornwall Cornishman Newspaper Archives Mar 9 1893, Page 3HAYLE FARMER'S FAILURE | MR. W. J. HOSKEN ADJUDICATED BANKRUPT. | 19 Jan 1921
Cornishman - Wednesday 19 January 1921FARM SALE AT PENZANCE. PULSACK AND CARWYN OFFERED BY AUCTION | 2 Apr 1921
Cornish Post and Mining News - Saturday 02 April 1921Hayle Beet Sugar Factory [unbuilt] | B. Tunstall Behrens | W. J. Hosken of Pulsack | 13 Oct 1913
Automatic share ownership of the Hayle Beet Sugar Factory [still to be built !]. The organisers were B. Tunstall Behrens of Porth-en-alls, Marazion and W. J. Hosken of Pulsack, Hayle.DEATH OF MR. L. V. GARLAND, OF PHILLACK A WELL-KNOWN CATTLE EXHIBITOR | 24 Jan 1935
DEATH MR. L. V. GARLAND, OF FHiLACK A WELL-KNOWN CATTLE EXHIBITOR With a regret that will shared many we announce the death of Mr. Leonard V. Garland, of Greenbank Towans, Phillack, which occurred on Sunday night, after an illness lasting some three or four years. Every sympathy will be extended to his widow and daughter, Miss Frances Garland, in…Three soldier-sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hosken, of Pulsack; Lieut. Leslie; Lieut. Norman; Lieut. Clifford
Lieut. Leslie Hosken, one of the three soldier-sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hosken, of Pulsack, mentioned in dispatches among those thanked for gallant and meritorious services at Salonika
Lieut. Norman Hosken making wonderful recovery in London Nursing home from flying accident
Lieut. Clifford Hosken on active service, having volunteered again…SUGAR BEET PIONEER; HAYLE FARMER DEFICIENT OF £14,058; WAR CONTROL AND LOANS; First meeting of creditors of William John Hosken, farmer, Pulsack, Hayle - 23 December 1920
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser - Thursday 23 December 1920Proposal to establish Sugar Beet Factory at Hayle fell through; in spite of enthusiastic efforts of Mr W J Hosken, of Pulsack, and Mr Brian Behrens, of Prussia Cove .- Wed 17 Jul 1918
The proposal to establish a Sugar Beet Factory at Hayle fell through in favour of a larger scheme in Nottinghamshire. If the Government had moved earlier with financial aid, it might have been practicable to have purchased nearly the whole of the Tehidy Estate farms as a Sugar Beet colony ; but in spite of the enthusiastic efforts of Mr. W. J…We are glad to hear that Lieut. Norman Hosken, one of intrepid sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hosken, of Pulsack, Hayle, making progress after his serious aeroplane smash - Wed 11 Dec 1918
Cornishman - Wednesday 11 December 1918
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The statement of affairs showed a defi-
Clency of £14,058. Debtor attributed his
failure to loss by control restrictions in
closing down a remunerative wholesale
and retail ice cream business at Hayle;
loss On poultry farming several years
ago; loss of commission and fees.on re-
stricted shipment abroad of pedigree stock
during the war; loss on corn crops, prin-
cipally in 1920; loss in endeavouring to
establish sugar beet culture in Cornwall;
loss of business on usual sale of pedigree
stock as the result of an action to recover
the price of a pedigree bull alleged to be
unsound; lack of capital, and having large
loans from his relatives and others to
carry on his business, which he had been
unable to repay.
A deficiency account dating from Dec.
2nd, 1917, filed by debtor, shows a defi-
ciency then existing (estimated) of
£12,758 9s. 5d.; household and personal
expenses of self, wife, son, and daughter,,
£900; loss on corn crops, £1,050; interest
on loans, £950; law costs, £100: loss on
sale of ice cream plant and fixtures, £300 ;
making a total of £16,058 9s. 5d.; less es-
timated nett profits from business, £2,000,
leaving a deficiency of £14,058 9s. 5.
Sanatogen and Sugar Beet
The Official Receiver (Mr. Coulter Han-
cock), in his observations, stated that the
receiving order was made on December
2nd, on debtor’s own petition. Debtor,
aged 53, stated he commenced farming
about 35 years ago without any free capl-
tal, but that he was then financed
bankers. He had been a breeder of pedi-
gree shorthorns. He alleged that previous
to 1914 he was employed by the Sanatogen
Company, Ltd., in carrying out certain
milk contracts at Newlyn at a salary of
£100 per year, and was also employed as
technical adviser to the British Supply
Beet Growers’ Society, Ltd., at a similar
salary.
Debtor was formerly engaged in poultry
farming, which, he said, was a failure.
At the date of the receiving order, the
Sheriff was in possession at debtor’s farms
under several executions amounting to
$475 16s. 9d., and other creditors were
then suing debtor. Debtor’s life was in-
sured in £600, £500, and £500 respectively.
The policies were held by creditors as se-
curity for loans. The unsecured liabili-
ties were principally incurred from 1914
to the date of the receiving order. Fifty-
three claims, amounting in the aggregate
to £12,503 1s.4d., were for loans. One of
the claims, amounting to about £300, was
by a firm of professional money-lenders,
and the remaining claims were by debtor’s
relatives and other persons.
Relatives Claims
The three largest claims, £3,290 by
debtor’s Sister-in-law, £2,700 by his
brother-in-law, and £1,450 by his wife,
were for loans in the years 1905, 1908, 1914,
and 1915. Other claims were for manures,
seeds, timber, fodder, etc., and £700 for
cattle. The security of the creditor stated
to be fully secured comprised five-sixths
of the freehold of the unexpired term of
eight years in the lease of Carwin and
Pulsack farms ; lease of Carwin farm
dairy ; insurance policies; shares in the
Beetroot Sugar Founders, Ltd., and in the
County Farm Dairy Company, Ltd.
Debtor admitted that he first became
aware of his insolvency in the early part
of 1919, and that he had since obtained
loans and contracted debts in the hope that
his business would again become normal.
Debtor’s wife claimed a piano, pictures,
ornaments, China, and other effects,
alleged to be wedding gifts. His eldest son,
who was a captain in the 8th D.C.L.I.,
claims two horses which he purchased and
brought home from Salonica. Another son
claims 65 pedigree exhibition flying homers,
80 fowls, 34 ducks, and appliances. Hav-
ing regard to the debtor's unsatisfactory
financial position, an application would
be made to court for an order requiring
him to furnish a cash and goods account.
Mr. W. G. Kempthorne, of Camborne,
representing debtor, suggested that the
meeting be adjourned. It was hoped to
make a proposition for a reasonable com-
position, which would be much better for
the creditors than if debtor was adjudged
bankrupt.
Mr. A. Walters, of Camborne, who repre-
sented two creditors whose claims amount-
ed to about £6,000, favoured an adjourn-
ment. If they could get 5s. in the £ com-
position it would be infinitely more than
they could expect from bankruptcy.—The
Official Receiver. adjourned the meeting
until January 14th.
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MARRIAGES. Hosken—James.—June 30, at St. Luke's Church, Bath, by the
Rev. Moorhouse, assisted by the Rev. Morgan, William John, second
son of Samuel Hosken, Penmare, Hayle, Cornwall, to Ada Millicent,
eldest daughter of the late Robert Warder James, Pietermaritzburg,
and Mrs. James, Tregenna, Bloomfield Park, Bath.
Colonies and India - Saturday 09 July 1892
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