Norman Garstin (1847 - 1926)

Born 28 Aug 1847 in Cahirconlish, County Limerick, Ireland

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Died 20 Jun 1926 at age 78 in Penzance, Cornwall, England

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Biography

Norman Garstin was born in 1847, the son of Colonel William Garstin and his wife Mary Hastings Moore. His father committed suicide when he was young and, as his mother suffered from muscular paralysis, he was brought up by relatives. In 1886 he married Louisa Fanny Jones, and they had three children. The 1901 UK census recorded the whole family living together at Penzance.^[1] A painter, teacher, art critic, and journalist, he was a member of the Newlyn School. He died in 1926.^[2]

Sources

• Notes and diaries of his cousin Ada Frend

1. ↑ Name: Norman Garstin Event Type: Census Event Date: 31 Mar 1901 Event Place: Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom County: Cornwall Civil Parish: Penzance Ecclesiastical Parish: St Marys Sub-District: Penzance Registration District: Penzance Gender: Male Age: 53 Occupation: ARTIST Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 Birthplace: Ireland Schedule Type: 42 Page Number: 6 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Norman Garstin Head M 53 Ireland Louisa Fanny Garstin Wife F 48 Stonehouse, Devonshire Crostie Alfred Norman Garstin Son M 13 Penzance, Cornwall Denys Norman Garstin Son M 10 Penzance, Cornwall Mary Docki Alethea Garstin Daughter F 6 Penzance, Cornwall Catherine Louisa Carlyon Servant F 26 Ashton, Cornwall Mary Stewart Servant F 16 Madron, Cornwall Citing this Record "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSH3-922 : 21 May 2019), Mary Stewart in household of Norman Garstin, Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Penzance subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ Name: Mr Norman Garstin Event Type: Obituary Event Date: 24 Jun 1926 Event Place: Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Gender: Male Age: 78 Relationship to Deceased: Deceased Birth Year (Estimated): 1848 Birthplace: , Ireland, Death Year (Estimated): 1926 Death Place: Penzance, , Newspaper: The Western Morning News Spouse and Children Miss Alethea Garstin Daughter Female Mr Crosbie Garstin Son Male Captain Denys Garstin Son Male Parents and Siblings Colonel William Garstin Father Male Others on Record Cecil Rhodes Non Relative Unknown St Leger Non Relative Unknown Sheffield Non Relative Unknown Paul Church Non Relative Unknown Ion Perdicaris Non Relative Unknown Rasuli Non Relative Unknown Page: 0005 GS Film Number: 102001336 Digital Folder Number: 102001336 Image Number: 00247 Citing this Record "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q269-23ZV : 26 October 2019), Captain Denys Garstin in entry for Mr Norman Garstin, 24 Jun 1926; citing Obituary, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,336.

See also

• Diana Baskervyle-Glegg "Garstin, Norman (1847–1926)" ODNB https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/40916 Published online: 23 September 2004
• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Garstin An article that gives more biography and many examples of his paintings.
• Art UK https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/actor:garstin-norman-18471926 has 51 of his paintings