cornwall england newspaper


1847 DEATHS

JANUARY



1 JANUARY 1847, Friday


At Truro, on Friday last, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard BARRETT, draper, aged 22 years.

At Falmouth, on Friday last, Mr. Charles BLEE, druggist, aged 58 years.

At the residence of Com. DICK, R.N., Falmouth, on the 23rd ult., Ann Catharine, relict of the late Rev. Charles BAKER, Vicar of Tilmanstone, Kent, aged 68 years.

At Hayle, on Sunday last, Mr. Thomas UREN, aged 27 years.

At St. Ives, the infant child of Mr. David TREVORROW.

At St. Michael's Mount, on Wednesday last, Mr. Richard MATHEWS, aged 89 years.

At Penzance, on Saturday last, Mr. Alexander BERRYMAN, sen. aged 73 years.

At St. Just in Penwith, on Friday last, Mr. Joseph GENNING, aged 31 years; and on Tuesday, the infant son of Mr. John HOCKING.

At Terninick, in the parish of Gorran, on the 24th ult., the wife of Mr. CLARKE, aged 70 years.

At St. Austell, on Friday last, Mrs. Mary WELLINGTON, aged 82 years; and on Sunday, Mr. Riobard SAUNDERS, aged 89 years. [might be Richard Saunders - but the letters look as given.]

At Fowey, Mrs. Margery BLAKE, aged 77 years, and Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Wm. WATTY, sailmaker, aged 21 years.

At Padstow, on Sunday last, after a short illness, Mrs. M. WILLS, aged 57 years.

At Bodmin, on the 18th ult., Mr. CHAPPLE, aged 75 years, for forty of which he was Surveyor of Bridges for the Eastern Division of this county.

At Bodmin, on Sunday last, Nancy WORDEN, aged 102 years.

At Liskeard, on Saturday last, Mr. Edward PARSONS, one of the Town Council of that borough, aged 87 years.

At Calstock, Mr. GRIBBELL, engineer, aged 91 years.

At Tregray, in the parish of Otterham, on the 20th ult., Mrs. NOEL, aged 77 years.

At Newport, near Launceston, last week, Mr. MARSHALL, woolstapler.

At Millbrook, on the 22nd ult., Commander W. SAMBELL, R.N., aged 80 years.

At Devonport, on the 19th ult., Margaret, wife of J. E. RISK, Esq., M.D., R.N.

At Plymouth, on Sunday last, Frederick ROGERS, Esq., late of the firm of Messrs. Hitchcock and Rogers, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, aged 39 years.

At Northernhay, Exeter, on the 23rd ult., Letitia Elizabeth THOMPSON, only daughter of the late Warwick Hele TONKIN, Esq.

At Budleigh Salterton, on the 22nd ultimo, William TOMKYNS, Esq., M.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, aged 34 years.

At Sutcombe, near Holsworthy, on the 19th ult., at an advanced age, Mrs. Wilmot PEARCE, relict of the late Mr. Nicholas PEARCE.

At York, on Saturday last, Frances HEARNE, relict of the late John QUINTACK, Esq., of Norton sub- Handon, in the county of Somerset, aged 57 years.


8 JANUARY 1847, Friday


At Truro, on the 7th instant, Mr. George BLEE, druggist, aged 38 years.

At Devoran, in the parish of Feock, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth, relict of Capt. John DYER, formerly of Liskeard, aged 83 years.

At Falmouth, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. Edward DUNNING, baker, aged 28 years.

At Rosewarne, in the aprish of Gwinear, on the 29th ult., Mrs. Dorothy HUTHNANCE, aged 59 years.

At Camborne, on Sunday last, the infant daughter of Mr. W. COLLETT, farmer.

At Hayle, on Sunday last, John HARVEY, eldest son of Mr. John WEST, aged 13 years.

At St. Ives, on Saturday last, the wife of Capt. Wm. BRYANT, aged 78 years.

At St. Ives, the infant son of Mr. William ALLAN, jun.

At Penzance, on the 26th ult., Mr. Alexander BERRYMAN, aged 73 years.

At Boskenna, on Saturday last, John PAYNTER, Esq., aged 56 years.

At Crowlas, in the parish of Ludgvan, on the 31st ult., Mrs. Margaret THOMAS, aged 79 years; and at Newtown, in the same parish, Mr. John PENHALE, aged 42 years.

At St. Erth Church Town, last week, the infant son of Mr. Edward JOHNS; and Mrs. Mary UREN, aged 55 years.

At the Union House, Madron, on the 31st ult., Mr. Wm. VICTOR, aged 62 years.

At St. Just in Penwith, on the 31st ult., Mr. Wm. BENNETTS, aged 25 years; on Friday, Mrs. Polly WILLIAMS, aged 70 years; on Sunday, Mrs. Elizabeth REYNOLDS, aged 93 years; and the infant daughter of Mr. Francis HARVEY; on Tuesday, Mr. John HOCKING, aged 61 years; and on Wednesday, Mr. Thomas BENNETTS, aged 65 years.

At St. Just in Roseland, on the 19th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth HOOKER, at the advanced age of 95 years.

At Lanhay, in the parish of Gerrans, on the 20th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas HICKS, yeoman, aged 45 years.

At Portscatha, in the parish of Gerrans, on the 22nd ult., Mr. John PASCOE, mariner, aged 49 years.

At Tregenna, in the parish of Veryan, on Saturday last, Mr. John ALLEN, yeoman, aged 77 years.

At St. Austell, on Sunday last, after a long and painful illness, Mrs. Margaret H. HERN, widow of the late William HERN, Esq. of Ashburton, Devon, aged 62 years.

At St. Stephens in Branwell, on the 20th ult., Mr. John BROKENSHIRE, aged 53 years.

At West Looe, on Monday last, Mr. Thomas CROCKER, at an advanced age.

At St. Columb Minor, on saturday last, Mr. James CARNE, clerk of that parish, aged 81 years. The deceased never missed attending to his duties on the Sunday for 52 years.

At Bodmin, on Saturday last, Mrs. Ann GOULD, aged 75 years.

At Bodmin, on Monday last, suddenly, the infant son of Frederick Silly PARKYN, Esq.

At Padstow, on the 18th ult., Mrs. Grace KENT, widow of the late Wm. KENT, Esq., aged 72 years.

At Pentillie Quay, in the parish of Rillston, on Sunday last, Mr. John WIDGER, aged 86 years. The deceased, for more than fifty years, was gardener to the Coryton family, by whom he was always much respected.

At Bonalva, in the parish of St. Germans, on the 19th ult.m, Mr. Nicholas Bice OLIVER, aged 75 years.

At Topsham, on Monday last, deeply lamented, Mr. CLENCH, late of the New London Inn, Exeter, having survived his wife one month only.

At Barnstaple, on the 27th ult., deeply lamented by all who knew him, John GRIBBLE, Esq., aged 76 years, partner in the banking firm of Messrs. Drake, Gribble, and Marshall, of the Barnstaple Bank.

At the Parsonage House, Martindale, Westmoreland, on the 24th ult., the Rev. George WOODLEY, incumbent of Martindale, aged 60 years. The deceased was formerly, for a period of twenty-three years, a missionary in connection with the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and he discharged the duties which devolved upon him in that capacity with much Christian zeal.


15 JANUARY 1847, Friday


At Truro, on Friday last, James FERRIS, Esq., surgeon, aged 66 years. Cheerful, industrious, and energetic in the discharge of his professional and social duties, Mr. Ferris secured for himself throughout nearly half a century of active public life, the cordial respect and esteem of a large circle of friends, by whom his decease is sincerely regretted. He was kind and attentive to the sick, an especial benefactor to the poor, and bestowed on the public a larger amount of gratuitous assistance than any other professional man within our knowledge. He was charitable without display, and religious without affectation; he was no admirer of symbolical pietism. Having sustained a long and severe illness with a calm resignation to the will of Providence, he fell asleep in the full assurance of enjoying a blissful immortality.

At Truro, on Monday last, much regretted by a large circle of friends, Mr. Edward DOWNE, Clerk to the Improvement Commissioners, aged 63 years.

At Truro, on Sunday last, Mr. John CARNAL, aged 50 years.

At Paul's Terrace, Truro, on Monday last, Mrs. Martha PAUL, aged 89 years.

At Penryn, on the 1st instant, the wife of Mr. E. RAPSON, aged 68 years.

At Falmouth, on Friday last, the infant daughter of Mr. CUTTANCE, grocer &c.

At Helston, on Sunday last, Mr. Charles MITCHELL, at an advanced age.

At Vounder, in the parish of Mullion, on Monday last, after a lingering illness which she bore with Christian resignation, Mrs. Grace THOMAS, aged 76 years.

At Hayle, on Saturday last, Mr. William PEARCE, aged 77 years.

At Melanear House, Hayle, on Friday last, George Peter, infant son of Mr. P. HARRIS.

At Marazion, on Sunday last, Mrs. Grace KESTLE, aged 75 years; and on Monday, the infant daughter of Mr. F. H. DANIEL, watchmaker.

At St. Stephens in Branwell, on Friday last, the infant son of Mr. John EASTERBROOK.

At Bodmin, on Thursday last, Mr. Thomas BRAY, butcher, aged 54 years.

At Wadebridge, on Sunday last, Elizabeth, second daughter of T. S. TICKELL, Esq., surgeon, aged 21 years.

At Fowey, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Thomas JANE, aged 72 years.

At Tregaller, in the parish of South Petherwyn, on Monday last, Mrs. GREGORY, aged 80 years.

At Tavistock, on the 2nd instant, the wife of Mr. F. LOVIS, grocer, aged 69 years.

In London, on the 7th instant, aged 60 years, Betsy, relict of the late Mr. Henry HILL, who for many years was overseer in the office of the West Briton.

At Norwich, on the 4th instant, in consequence of his horse falling on him, Joseph John GURNEY, Esq., a highly benevolent member of the Society of Friends, aged 59 years.

At his seat, Wrotham Hall, Middlesex, on Sunday last, George BYNG, Esq., M.P. for that county, aged 82 years. Mr. Byng, who was a constant liberal, had been for some years the oldest member of the House of Commons.

At Canterbury, on the 3rd inst., the Rev. W. Sherlock CAREY, rector of Lezant, aged 47 years.


22 JANUARY 1847, Friday


At Truro, on Tuesday last, after a short illness, which terminated in water on the brain, Emma Jane Kendall, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. TANCOCK, aged nearly 11 years.

At Truro, on Friday last, after a painful illness, Mr. Wm. CRAGO, formerly a yeoman in the parish of Kea, aged 73 years.

At Goonvrea, in the parish of St. Agnes, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Capt. John BENNETTS, aged 20 years.

At Garras, in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage, on the 13th instant, Mrs. Henry DALE.

At Vounder, in the parish of Mullion, Mrs. Grace THOMAS, aged 76 years.

At Praze, in the parish of Crowan, Alice, daughter of Mr. James POOL, spirit merchant, aged 21 years.

At Venton league, in the parish of Phillack, Mr. R. GONINAN, aged 62 years.

At St. Ives, the infant daughter of Mr. William RICHARDS.

At Penzance, on Tuesday last, Anna Margaret, wife of Mr. Walter EDMONDS, painter and glazier, aged 32 years.

At St. Just in Penwith, on Saturday last, the infant daughter of Mr. J. FIDOCK; and on Sunday, Mrs. C. LEGGOE, aged 87 years.

At Porthpean, near Charlestown, on Wednesday last, Sarah, daughter of Mr. DEER, of the coast guard, aged 21 years.

At Fatwork, in the parish of St. Austell, last week, Mr. Wm. ALLEN, aged 74 years.

At St. Columb, last week, Mr. James BROAD, grocer, aged 38 years; Miss Joan BONDE, druggist, aged 50 years; and Mrs. ENGLAND, at a very advanced age.

At Bodmin, on Friday last, Mrs. Grace HARVEY, relict of the late Mr. Nicholas HARVEY, of Helston, aged 80 years.

At Padstow, on the 13th inst., Fanny, fifth daughter of the late Thos. RAWLINGS, Esq., of Saunder's Hill, in that place.

At Higher Kernock, in the parish of Pillaton, on the 13th instant, Grace, relict of Mr. John HERRING, late of Sillaton, in that parish, aged 70 years.

At Girls, near Padstow, Mr. John KENDALL, yeoman, aged 56 years.

In London, lately, George REES, Esq., M.D., for many years the medical resident at the Bodmin Lunatic Asylum.

At his residence, Ringrove House, near Kingsbridge, on the 7th inst., the Right Hon. John Stapleton de Courcy, Baron Kingsale, aged 42 years. His lordship was the premier Baron of Ireland, and had the privilege (which has appertained to the Barons of Kingsals for some centuries) of wearing his hat in the Royal presence. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, now in his minority.

At Bath, Miss POLWHELE, only sister of the late Rev. Richard POLWHELE, of Polwhele, in this county, aged 84 years.

In the New Kent Road, London, on the 11th instant, the wife of Mr. Richard PENTREATH, of H. M. Customs, London, aged 31 years.

At Parry's Lodge Amlwch, North Wales, on Friday last, after a few days severe affliction, which she bore with patience and resignation, Mary, wife of Mr. C. B. DYER, formerly of Drake Wells, in this county, aged 42 years.


29 JANUARY 1847, Friday


At Falmouth, on Friday last, Mrs. Elizabeth WESCOTT, aged 65 years; and on Saturday, Mrs. OLIVER, aged 72 years.

At Falmouth, on Saturday last, Captain Coryndon SPETTIGUE, R.N., aged 48 years.

At Falmouth, on Saturday last, Mrs. Sarah CORNISH, aged 92 years.

At Falmouth, on Sunday last, Mr. Jefferey MORPHEW, of H. M. Customs, aged 30 years.

At Trebarveth, in the parish of Stithians, on Saturday last, Jane, second daughter of Mr. James MARTIN, jun., aged 12 years.

At Constantine Church Town, on the 19th instant, Mr. Nicholas ROWE, baker &c., aged 24 years.

At Beacon Hill, St. Agnes, on the 16th instant, Capt. James STEPHENS, aged 80 years.

At Goonown, St. Agnes, on Monday last, Mr. Richard JAMES, aged 73 [or 78] years.

At Camborne, on Saturday last, Ann, relict of the late Capt. GILBERT, of Dolcoath Mine, aged 90 years.

At St. Ives, on Saturday last, Mr. Job BERRIMAN, aged 46 years; on Sunday, Miss N. N. RICHARDS, aged 29 years; and on Monday, the infant son of Mr. Joseph LANGFORD.

At Penzance, on Wednesday last, much respected, Samuel PIDWELL, Esq., aged 91 years.

At St. Just in Penwith, on Friday last, Mrs. Grace TREZISE, aged 63 years; and on Saturday, Mrs. Mary WILLIAMS.

At St. Mary's, Scilly, on the 12th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Francis WOOD, farmer, aged 39 years; on the 15th, Mary, wife of Mr. Henry BUDDON, shipwright, aged 23 years; and on the 18th, Mr. Thomas SHERRIS, joiner, aged 74 years.

At Bryher, Scilly, Sarah, wife of Mr. Jacob HICKS, aged 88 years.

At Crantock, on the 20th inst., Agnes, relict of the late Mr. Simon SEARLE, of the above parish, aged 82 years.

At Roche, last week, Arthur Joseph, infant son of Mr. ROBERTS, draper.

At Liskeard, on Sunday last, Mr. Joseph UNDERHILL, shoemaker.

At St. Neot, on Saturday last, in the 100th year of his age, Mr. Peter KNIGHT, he retained the greater portion of his strength and faculties to the last.

At Hobart Cottages, Devonport, on the 18th instant, Mr. Wm. PEARCE, in the 74th year of his age, late pawnbroker of Devonport and Exeter. He has directed his executor to give GBP 25 to the Devon and Cornwall Hospital.

At Sticklepath, Devon, on Sunday last, Mr. Joseph VIVIAN, of Tywardreath, late manager of Wheal Perran Mine, in Perranzabuloe, aged 30 years.

At Exeter, on the 21st instant, Edwin, youngest son of Mr. Wm. MORTIMER, cork cutter, aged 23 years.

At Allport, Derbyshire, on Friday last, suddenly, Fanny LEWARN, eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel BENNETTS.

At his residence, near Dinan, France, Robert LOWE, Esq., of her Majesty's Navy, aged 51 years.



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