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- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Falck genealogy gives DoB and DoD Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 3 4 Gay, Susan Elizabeth (1903). Old Falmouth: the story of the town from the days of the Killigrews to the earliest part of the 19th century. 14 Bishopsgate Street Without, London EC: Headley Brothers.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)- 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
- CONTENTS.
- ↑ Old Falmouth is available online from Internet Archive.
- ↑ 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".
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, 3 April 1880; pg. 17; Issue 29846; col A: Modern Spiritualism anniversary.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Harry's big boots available online at the Internet Archive.
- ↑ Forbes Benignus Winslow (1810–1874), see ODNB article.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Old Falmouth available online at the Internet archive.
- ↑ The mystic and occult knowledge is available online at the Internet Archive
- ↑ Miss Gay's co-transcribers were Blanche Fox, the wife of, and Stella Fox, the daughter of Howard Fox. H. Tapley-Soper was the Librarian at the University College South West
