Transcript

of

John James Edgcombe Venning [Obituary]

by

J. Brooking-Rowe (Ed.)

Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1888, Vol   XXXVII, (1905), p. 38.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The obituary was read at the Association’s July 1907 Axminster meeting. John James Edgcombe Venning was born in St Catherine Hill, Norwich, Norfolk on 5 Dec 1833 to James Meybohm Venning and Patience Maria Parson.  His first wife was Loveday Marshall Grylls. He was one of five children. As well as John James, there were: Alfred John Meybohm Venning, Charles Edgcombe Venning, James Arthur Venning, and Loveday Margaret Venning. More details about the family are available at PeoplePill. A complete and highly interesting biography for Mr Venning has been made available at Brian Mosely’s excellent Old Devonport.UK website. The obituary, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.

John James Edgcombe Venning. Mr. Venning was born at Norwich in 1833. He was educated at Rugby, admitted a solicitor in 1858, and in 1862 he became a member of the firm of Messrs. Little and Woollcombe, solicitors, Devonport. He joined the Association in 1887, occasionally attending the meetings, and always taking a warm interest in its welfare and progress. He died after a long illness 19 August, 1906