cornwall england newspaper


1848 DEATHS

APRIL



7 APRIL 1848, Friday


At Truro, on Friday last, Mr. Richard WOON, aged 82 years.

At Truro, on Saturday last, Mr. James HICKS, for more than thirty years a confidential servant in the employ of Messrs. VIVIAN and Sons.

At Truro, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. Benjamin RANDALL, pipe maker, aged 55 years.

At Restronguet Passage House, on the 29th ult., Mr. Alexander LOBAN.

At Penryn, on Sunday last, Mr. W. WILTON, carpenter, aged 48 years.

At Falmouth, on Sunday last, Miss PIDWELL, aged 18 years.

At St. Agnes, on Saturday last, Mr. William MARTIN, printer, aged 23 years.

At Troy, in the parish of Stithians, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. James HEARLE, aged 28 years.

At Phillack, on Saturday last, Mrs. Ann ROBERTS, aged 78 years.

At St. Ives, Henry, son of Mr. Thomas MATTHEWS, jun., shipwright, aged 18 years.

At St. Ives, on the 29th ult., Mr. Edward RICHARDS, aged 70 years.

At Marazion, on Saturday last, Capt. William BLIGHT, aged 73 years.

At Penzance, on Friday last, Towers Trevorian, infant son of Richard MILLETT, Esq.; and on Sunday Miss Elizabeth SMITH, aged 23 years.

At Penare House, Penzance, on Sunday last, Anna Maria, daughter of Mr. BARWIS, aged 15 years.

At Withiel, on Monday last, Mrs. TELLAM.

At Flexbury House, near Bude, on the 29th ult., Emma, youngest daughter of Thomas CARNEEW, Esq., aged 18 years.

At Launceston, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. BRANWELL, of the East Cornwall Bank, aged 58 years.

At Stoke, on Sunday last, Harriet Maria, relict of the late William FOOT, Esq., solicitor, aged 82 years.

At Newport, near Barnstaple, on the 27th ult., George James, eldest son of Major J. T. LOWIS, formerly of the H. E. I. C. S., aged 17 years.

At Northam, near Bideford, on Friday last, Peter HURDON, Esq., aged 65 years.

At Exeter, on the 24th ult., the wife of Mr. James Madgwick WILCOCKS.

At Grove, Exeter, on Monday last, Janet Helen, eldest surviving daughter of Dr. MILLER, aged 26 years.

At Kingsbridge, on the 30th ult., Miss CRANCH, for many years post mistress of that town.

At Exmouth, on the 26th ult., Mrs. Sophia Perry GRENFELL, widow of the late Mr. John GRANVILLE GRENFELL, of this county, aged 73 years.

At Madras, on the 24th of February, James, youngest son of W. LIDDELL, Esq., coroner at that presidency, aged 9 years.


14 APRIL 1848, Friday


At Truro, on Monday last, Miss Margaret GLASSON, second daughter of Mrs. SIMPSON, Boscawen Street, aged 20 years.

At Falmouth, on Saturday last, Mr. YEOMAN, for many years keeper of the Tap, at the Green Bank Hotel, aged 70 years.

At Helston, on the 6th instant, Mrs. E. MICHELL, aged 93 years.

At Pool, on the 5th instant, Mr. WEBBER, innkeeper.

At Magor, in the parish of Illogan, on the 3rd inst., Catherine, relict of Mr. George BENNETTS, yeoman, aged 84 years.

At Connor Downs, Gwithian, on Saturday last, Ann, wife of Mr. Stephen STAPLETON, aged 53 years.

At Camborne, on the 5th instant, Mr. Matthew HATHIER, aged 62 years; and on the 6th, Mr. Joseph BUDGE, aged 60 years.

At St. Ives, the infant son of Capt. Walter LANGFORD.

At Goldsithney, on Tuesday last, Mr. John RIGGS, aged 32 years.

At Penzance, on Friday last, Mr. Wm. ANGWIN, aged 60 years; and on Sunday, Ann, relict of George MADDICK, Esq., Purser, R. N., late of Dartmouth, aged 87 years.

At Penzance, on Tuesday last, John SEELES, eldset son of Richard WILLOWS, Esq., of Stockwith, near Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, aged 15 years.

At St. Austell, on Monday last, deeply regretted by a large circle of relatives and friends, Mrs. COODE, relict of the late Edward COODE, Esq., aged 82 years.

At the house of her son, Charles FOX, Esq., Stoke, on the 5th instant, Sarah, widow of Thomas FOX, Esq., formerly of Lewisham.

In London, on the 6th instant, Mr. Richard EDDY, only son of Mr. Wm. EDDY, of Penzance, aged 40 years.


21 APRIL 1848, Friday


At Falmouth, on Monday last, Mr. CREWS, for many years master in the coasting trade, aged 70 years.

At Falmouth, on Monday last, Mr. Thomas BULLMORE, third son of Mr. George G. BULLMORE, of Tregair, in the parish of Newlyn, aged 19 years.

At Falmouth, on Monday last, Mrs. DOBLE, widow, aged 83 years; and on Tuesday last, Mr. George MILLS, aged 82 years.

At Gerrans, on Friday last, Mrs. JOHNS, relict of the late Mr. William JOHNS, aged 65 years.

At Camborne, on Friday last, Lavinia Ellen, daughter of the late Mr. G. REYNOLDS, aged 2 years.

At Hayle, on Sunday last, the infant son of Mr. Nicholas CURRY, mason.

At St. Ives, the son of Mr. Joshua BEHENNA, aged 3 years.

At Marazion, on Sunday last, Mr. Francis KNEEBONE, aged 29 years.

At St. Michael's Mount, on Tuesday last, John, son of Mr. James HOSKING, aged 27 years.

At St. Michael's Mount, on Tuesday last, Martha, daughter of Mr. J. HOSKING, aged 8 years.

At Penzance, on the 12th instant, Miss Mary SYMONS, aged 22 years.

At Penzance, on the 13th instant, the Rev. James AKERMAN, aged 61 years; for thirty-nine of which he was a consistent and highly respected Wesleyan minister.

At St. Austell, on Saturday last, Mr. Henry BISHOP, aged 58 years.

At Trenarren, in the parish of St. Austell, on Monday last, Fanny, relict of the late Mr. Samuel MICHAEL, aged 85 years.

At Liskeard, on the 12th instant, Mr. Wm. HONEYCOMBE, at an advanced age.

At Lostwithiel, on Wednesday last, Richard LANYON, Esq., for many years secretary of the Bible and Temperance societies in that town, aged 83 years.

At Camelford, on the 11th instant, Miss Ann DINHAM, aged 87 years, formerly post mistress of that town, which situation she filled for more than half a century.

At Camelford, on Friday last, Mr. James HAWKEN, aged 64 years; for many of which he was ain the army as a musician, and held one of the Waterloo medals.

At St. Teath, last week, Mr. Thomas LIBBEY, at an advanced age.

At Moretonhampstead, on the 10th instant, Mr. Samuel PASSMORE, aged 52 years.

At Plymouth, on the 9th instant, Mr. T. M. BURT, second son of Mr. G, M. BURT, engineer, aged 23 years.

At Plymouth, on Sunday last, Miss Jane PENN, daughter of the late Mr. John PENN, R. N., aged 27 years.

At Kingston, on Saturday last, Mrs. SAMWELL, relict of the late John SAMWELL, Esq., of Pill, near Lostwithiel, aged 89 years.

At Belfast, lately, Mr. J. A. CORKHILL, solicitor, formerly of Wadebridge, in this county, aged 54 years.


28 APRIL 1848, Friday


At Truro, on the 20th instant, much regretted by a large circle of acquaintance, Mr. BRAY, formerly one of the most respectable butchers in that town, aged 63 years.

At Truro, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. William BULLEN, aged 63 years.

At Truro, on Sunday last, Mr. Thomas CLARKE, aged 83 years.

At Truro, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. PLYMING, aged 68 years.

At Truro, on Monday last, John Joseph, infant son of Mr. Thomas VINCENT.

At Falmouth, on the 20th instant, the infant son of Mr. JOHNSON, jeweller.

At Hick's Mill, in the parish of Gwennap, on Monday last, Elizabeth, second daughter of William OATES, butcher, aged 17 years.

At Hayle, on the 20th instant, Mr. James GILBART, wheelwright, aged 59 years.

At St. Ives, on Friday last, the infant daughter of Mr. Thomas COLLINS.

At Penzance, on Friday last, deeply regretted, W. H. KILGOUR, Esq., late of H. M. Customs, Liverpool, aged 40 years.

At Penzance, on Tuesday last, the infant daughter of Mr. H. SAMPSON, butcher.

At Newton, in the parish of Lanhydrock, on the 13th instant, Mr. Thomas JANE, yeoman, aged 72 years; beyond the immediate circle of his own family his life will be long remembered, and his loss deeply regretted; his character was marked by honest worth, upright consistency, and cheerful benevolence, such as obtained for him the esteem and friendship of all who knew him.

At Launceston, on Monday last, Mr. SMITH, formerly of the King's Arms, in that town.

At Westcott, near Callington, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. Isaac SARGENT, yeoman, aged 35 years.

At Trewithy, in the parish of Northill, on the 20th instant, J. T. M. CHAPPELL, Esq., aged 50 years.

At Exeter, on the 18th instant, Mr. Richard HODGSON, of the firm Evans and Hodgson, wholesale druggists.

At Hammersmith, on Tuesday last, Joseph HEARLE, Esq., aged 52 years.

At the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company's establishment, Gongo Soco, in Brazil, on the 28th of January last, Mr. James Graham Battle BATTLE, in his 22nd year. He was greatly esteemed by the Chief Commissioner, William Jory HENWOOD, Esq., F. R. S., his brother officers, and the whole establishment, by whom his remains were attended with sorrow to the grave.





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