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John Carter famous smuggler's house demolished 1906 O N 80.

Sarah's photograph has been superimposed againts a photo of the mount

Sarah's photograph has been superimposed against a photo of the church

He is using a Stanley woodworking plane, and had a workshop in Penzance, whereabouts now unknown.

He was a carpenter and cabinet maker, and also made coffins.

This was taken in Gulval Methodist Chapel. John was choirmaster there for more than 50 years.

Described as 'son's of no. 59 '(Octavius), we can assume that this is John or William (see CHA 087).
John was the eldest son, born in 1854 in Birkenhead.

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John Joan and Jennifer Paxton Petty at Blue Mist
Jen is wearing a sun suit.

John, a fisherman, looks like he is leaning on an oar or spar of some kind, alongside sea boots drying. In the 1871 census he lived with his wife and 2 children in Newlyn. He died at the age of 69 years in 1904 in Paul, Cornwall.
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On Worvas Hill (The Steeple) St. Ives

John Mathews.

John Passmore Edwards Free Library and Technical School, in Truro, with cyclist and sign for St Mary's Methodist Church.

Build 1894 as Inttitute then Parish Council followed as Village Hall

The John Passmore Edwards Library in Camborne, with a statue of Richard Trevithick, inventor of the steam locomotive, in front.

John Passmore Edwards Miners & Mechanics Institute, built 1893