Josiah Eustice (1849-1909) was
born
14 May 1849
in
Camborne,
Cornwall
, son of
Thomas and Sarah (Hicks) Eustice and brother to
the preceding James and John. He married
26 Jun 1869
at the Registrar’s Office in Redruth,
Cornwall
to Eliza Jeffery born Nov 1852 in Christow Parish,
Devon County
,
England
,
daughter of George and Caroline Jeffery. They had 10 children.
Shortly after marriage, they went to
Wales
where Josiah worked for a few years in the coal mines of Gelligaer parish in Glamorganshire. In 1875,
Josiah sailed for
America
and the coal fields of the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. He settled
in
Plymouth
in
Luzerne
County
and was joined within a
year or so by Eliza and their two young children. Josiah worked as a
fireman at the mines and later as a breaker boss, supervising the crushing,
sizing and loading of the ore. He died at
Plymouth
3 June 1909
at the age of 60. His son,
William James, died in 1893 in a mining accident. |
