In 1871 Walter Wearne, aged 26, born in Helston Cornwall, unmarried, General Practitioner, was with his widowed mother in Meneage St., Helston.
In 1881 Walter Wearne, aged 37, born in Helston, surgeon, General Practitioner, and wife Mary Mannell Wearne, aged 24, born in Helston, were living in Meneage St., Helston. Present were children (born in Helston) Mary (1), Ethel (7 months); brother Edwyn (27), surgeon's son.
In 1891 Walter Warne, aged 46, born in Helston, General Medical Practitioner (duly registered), and wife Mary M. Wearne, aged 35, born in Helston, were living in Meneage St., Helston. With them were children (born in Helston) Mary (11), scholar, Ethel (10), scholar, Walter (6), scholar, Constance (1), and brother Edwyn Wearne (36) of Helston, single.
In 1901 Walter Wearne, aged 56, born in Helston, General Medical Practitioner, and wife Mary Mannell Wearne, aged 44, born in Helston, were living in Meneage St., Helston. With them were children (born in Helston) Mary (21), Ethel (20), Constance (11), Hugh (9), and brother Edwin Wearne (48) of Helston.
In August 1904 Walter Wearne, surgeon, was granted Probate of the personal effects of his late brother Vivian Wearne of Jamaica, surgeon.
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Walter Wearne of Helston died aged 60 years (burial record).
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DEATH OF DR. WEARNE, OF HELSTON.
By the death on Sunday of Dr. Walter Wearne, Helston lost a capable practitioner, and one of the best known and respected of the inhabitants. Dr. Wearne had not long taken his medical degrees when the Franco-Prussian war broke out, and to add to his surgical knowledge and experience, he intended applying to one of the Governments for medical service in the campaign. But his father died somewhat suddenly, and the son came to Helston, and took up the family practice. He was medical officer to Helston Corporation, the dispensary, the Workhouse, and public vaccinator. On the breaking out of the Boer war, he offered to attend gratis the wives and families of the volunteers who went to the front. Dr. Wearne was a great lover of cricket, and rarely missed a match on the Downs if not otherwise engaged. For many years he was president of the Helston Club. At All Saints' Mission Church he will be much missed and for a series of years he was senior warden, and much to make it attractive, and never failed to draw a large congregation. For many successive annual meetings of the Church Missionary Society in the town he took the chair. Dr. Wearne has left a widow, the daughter of the late Mr. W. Mitchell, and a family.
The Cornishman, Thursday, 2 Feb 1905, p. 4
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Walter Wearne of Helston Cornwall, retired surgeon, died 29 January 1905. Probate Bodmin 4 March to Mary Mannell Wearne, widow. Effects £2936 9s. 5d. 2
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