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Susan Elizabeth Gay (born 12 January 1845 in Oswestry, died 17 January 1918 in Crill, Budock) 〔In the 1891 Census, she is shown as, born at Oswestry Shropshire, age 46, living at 134, Woodlane Terrace with her mother, Charlotte Gay, sister (also called Charlotte) and niece, Frances Adams Source: (1891 Census transcript. )〕〔(Falck genealogy gives DoB and DoD )〕 was a chronicler of Falmouth in a book published in 1903 entitled ''Old Falmouth''.〔 * CONTENTS. * * Introduction, by Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bart. * * Preface - vii. * * i. Arwenack and Pendennis Castle - 1 * * ii. The early years of Falmouth - 31 * * iii. The last of the Killigrews - 48 * * iv. Falmouth in the Eighteenth Century - 67 * * v. Days of the old Packet Service - 114 * * vi. Old Falmouthians - 145 * * Appendix - 173 * * Falmouth chronology - 228 * * Mayors of Falmouth - 239 * * Rectors of Falmouth - 245 * * Parliamentary Elections - 246 * * Falmouth County Court - 248 * * Recorders - 248 * * List of subscribers - 249 * * Index - 254 〕〔(''Old Falmouth'' is available online from Internet Archive. )〕 Miss Susan Gay was the daughter of William Gay (1812–1868) and his wife, Charlotte Grace Elizabeth, born Pedersen 〔 and the granddaughter of William Gay, the last Falmouth Agent of the General Post Office Packet Service (''Old Falmouth'', pp. 139–140, 204-206),〔 who retired in 1842. She was a friend of the Fox family of Falmouth, who provided some of her material (pp. 149–160, 219-222)〔 and illustrations (George Croker Fox p. 149, Anna Maria Fox p. 151, Robert Were Fox FRS p. 153, Joseph Fox, Senior p. 159). Wilson Fox helped her with the Chronology.〔 In her preface, she acknowledges help from them and other Falmouth notables. She ends the preface "I should mention that this little work is simply a ''Collecteana'', and has no greater pretension". page x. Miss Gay was also a writer on Theosophy, sometimes using the non-de-plume "Libra".〔(''Divine Feminine: Theosophy and Feminism in England'' by Joy Dixon (2001) page 157-159 - on Google Books ). This source gives her date of death as "early 1919".〕 She was one of the speakers at a celebration of the thirty-second anniversary of Modern Spiritualism on Sunday 4 April 1880, advertised in ''The Times''.〔''The Times'', Saturday, 3 April 1880; pg. 17; Issue 29846; col A: Modern Spiritualism anniversary.〕 In 1910 or 1911, she was interviewed by Walter Evans-Wentz concerning folktales heard from the peasants around her home at Crill, near Falmouth, published in ''The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries''.〔(''The Fairy-faith in Celtic Countries'' by W. Y. Evans-Wentz (?1911), pp170-174. on Google Books. ) and (Annotated proofs of this book are held at the Bodleian Library, Oxford )〕〔E. Jane Pollard mentions Crill as a residence of Mrs Charlotte Gay and her three daughters, in 1896 page 54 of her "Notes about some of the older houses and farms within the ancient Budock Parish - up to 1841" in ''St. Budock: a short history of an ancient parish'' Budock Parish History Group, Volume 2 (1993).〕 == Publications == * ''Harry’s Big Boots. A fairy tale, for “Small Folke” ''... With illustrations by the author, drawn on wood by P. Skelton.London, 1873.〔(''Harry's big boots'' available online at the Internet Archive. )〕 * ''Woman and a Future Life'', London, Houlston & Sons, 1876. * ''Womanhood in its eternal aspect''. Reprinted from ''Modern Thought'', Dec. 15, 1879. pp. 4., 1879. * ''Spiritualistic Sanity: A reply to Dr. F. Winslow’s “Spiritualistic Madness.”''. London, Falmouth, 1879.〔Forbes Benignus Winslow (1810–1874), see ODNB article.〕 * ''John William Fletcher, clairvoyant. A biographical sketch, with some chapters on the present era and religious reform''. E. W. Allen: London, 1883.〔John William Fletcher (1852-1913), American clairvoyant, according to (Answers.Com ). The book was advertised in ''The Times'', Friday, 6 April 1883; pg. 2; Issue 30787 Col F. (A digitised version of this book is available online at Internet Archive )〕 * ''The spirit of the New Testament, or The revelation of the mission of Christ''. By a woman, London: E. W. Allen, 1885. * ''The Parish Church of Falmouth''. Falmouth : F.I. Earle, 1897. * ''Falmouth and Flushing a Hundred Years Ago : Some Extracts From James Silk Buckingham's Autobiography / By a Falmouth Resident''. Falmouth : Printed by Earle, 1895. * ''Commanders in H.M. Packet Service from 1688 to 1852 : reprinted from the published record at Falmouth'' / preface by S. E. G. (Gay ). Falmouth : J.H.Lake, 1898. * ''Old Falmouth : the story of the town from the days of the Killigrews to the earliest part of the 19th century.'' London : Headley Brothers, 1903.〔(''Old Falmouth'' available online at the Internet archive. )〕 * ''Old Falmouth'', (abridged ed. ) Penzance : Oakmagic Publications, 2000. ISBN 1-901163-59-8 Notes: This is a considerably shortened version of the original work. Originally published: London : Headley Brothers, 1903. * ''The mystic and occult knowledge of the early Christian Church : an address given in Falmouth on May 9th 1913'' / by Susan E. Gay. London : Theosophical Society, 1913? 〔(''The mystic and occult knowledge'' is available online at the Internet Archive )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susan Elizabeth Gay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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