cornwall england newspaper


1853 DEATHS



1 JULY 1853


At her residence, Ferris Town, Truro, on Saturday last, Miss Ann MILTON, highly and deservedly respected for her many virtues, and especially for her course of Christian benevolence, pursued throughout a long and useful life.

At Truro on the 16th ult., Mary Ann, wife of Mr. John DICK.

At Polgoon in the parish of Madron, on the 23rd ult., Mr. John ARGALL, aged 74 years.

On Wednesday last, suddenly, whilst at his work at Delcoath Mine, Mr. James THOMAS, aged 67 years.

At Redruth, on the 22nd ult., the second son of Mr. John PARKYN, aged 11 years; and on the 23rd, the infant daughter of Mr. John NANCARROW.

At Goonown, St. Agnes, on Monday last, Capt. Benjamin CHIVEL of Wheal Kitty Consols Mines, aged 56; and at Trevellas Downs, on Monday last, Mr. John MARTIN, aged 75 years.

At Kestle Mill in Newlyn, on Saturday last, William George, infant son of Mr. William COLE, aged 3 months.

At St. Columb Minor, last week, Mr. John TREBILCOCK.

At St. Columb, on Sunday last, Mrs. Catherine NANKIVELL, aged 71 years.

At St. Austell on Sunday last, at the residence of his son, Mr. John BARKLE, of St. Agnes, at an advanced age.

At St. Austell on the 23rd ult., Caroline, only daughter of Mr. Thomas BRYANT, aged 3 years; and on Tuesday last, Mrs. HAMBLE, aged 65 years.

At St. Stephens in Branwell on Monday last, Mr. George PINCH, sen., aged 53 years, for many of which he was clerk of that parish.

At Polruan, last week, Mr. John ROBERTS, shipwright, aged 65 years.

At Tywardreath on Tuesday last, Sarah, daughter of Mr. T. RUNDELL, draper, &c., aged 2 years.

At Bodmin on Monday last, Mrs. Maria ROWE, aged 78 years.

At Wadebridge, Mr. John ROSE, nephew of the late Mr. Abraham Rose of Padstow, aged 64 years.

At Liskeard, on the 21st ult., Mrs. DYMOND; and on Monday last, Mr. Thomas COATH, late of the Talbot Inn, at an advanced age.

At Maudlin near Liskeard, on the 10th ult., the eldest son of Mr. Samuel PENNY, aged 6 years; and on the 17th, another child aged 2 years.

At Stratton on the 20th ult., Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John BADCOCK, aged 16 years.

At Plymouth on Sunday last, Mr. J.P. YEARDLEY, aged 56 years.

At Exeter, on the 22nd ult., Frederick KITSON, Esq., solicitor, son of the late Rev. Walter Kitson, rector of Marksbury, Somerset, aged 34 years.

At St. Sidwell's, Exeter, on the 18th ult., Margaret Letitia, eldest daughter of Mr. George ENGLAND of London, and grand-daughter of Mr. MOXON, White Lion, Exeter, aged 7 years.

At Ashburton on the 21st ult., Jane, wife of Mr. S. MANN, bookseller and news-agent, aged 52 years.

At 36 Tavistock Square, London on the 24th ult., Caroline, youngest daughter of Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE, aged 18 years.

At 107 Hatton Garden, London, on Saturday last, Mr. Andrew STEPHENS, artist, formerly of Truro, aged 72 years.

At Haslar Hospital, on the 17th ult., of concussion of the brain, caused by a fall from H.M.S. "La Hogue," Arthur Herbert, third son o the Rev. Richard TYACKE, vicar of Padstow, aged 16 years.

At Hanley, Staffordshire, on the 2nd ult., Eleanor? Anna, infant daughter of Mr. Almond YELLAND, of this county.


8 JULY 1853, Friday


At Penry on Friday last, the wife of Mr. W. BRENTON.

At St. Martin in Menage, on Tuesday last, Mr. Joseph MARTIN, aged 29 years.

At Porkellis, in the parish of Wendron, on the 29th ult., Mrs. Jane GUNDRY, aged 70 years.

At Porthleven, on the 27th ult., Mrs. SHARP, aged 80 years; and Mr. Henry WILLIAMS, aged 61 years; and on the 29th, Thomas, second son of Mr. Thomas COWLS, aged 18 years.

At Penzance, on the 29th ult., Mr. Andrew CURNOW, innkeeper, late of Towednack, aged 44 years.

At Penzance, on Monday last, Mrs. Elizabeth HAYDON, aged 83 years.

At St. Ives, on the 25th ult., Mrs. Margaret Rosewall BERRYMAN, aged 25 years.

At Hayle on the 29th ult, Annie Maria, daughter of the late Mr. Christopher ELLIS, brewer, aged 19 years; Mr. William SYMONS, aged 80 years; and Mr. Richard GILBERT, aged 64 years.

At Gwinear, on Tuesday last, Mr. James HAMELL, aged 47 years; and Mrs. Prudence THOMAS, aged 74 years.

At Treswithan, near Camborne, on the 26th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth DUDLEY, aged 60 years; and on the 29th, Mr. James THOMAS, aged 65 years.

At Redruth, on the 27th ult., the infant daughter of Mr. John SKEWS; and on Saturday last, the youngest son of the late Mr. James OATS, aged 3 years.

At Trevince, on Tuesday last, suddenly, Mr. George ROBINS, for forty years a faithful servant of Michael WILLIAMS, Esq.

At St. Blazey Gate, on the 25th ult., Elizabeth Jane OPIE, youngest daughter of Mr. William RICHARDS, aged 20 years.

At Bodmin on Saturday last, Mr. Stephen ROWELL, for many years principal flute-player in the band of the late Royal Cornwall Militia, aged 72 years.

At Bodmin, lately, Mr. Robert WOOLCOCK, aged 92 years, for upwards of fifty of which he was a carrier between Bodmin and Plymouth.

At Valley Truckle Gate, near Camelford, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Richard CHAPMAN, aged 85 years.

At Liskeard, on Sunday last, Mr. ELLERY, of the Union Inn.

At Thanckes House, Torpoint on Monday last, Elizabeth daughter of Admiral Sir Edward K. KING, K.C.H.

At 36 Tavistock Place, Plymouth, on the 29th ult., after a very protracted and painful illness, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Dr. HENWOOD, of Honiton, Devon, and Helston, Cornwall.

At Ridgway Lodge, Plympton, Devon, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth Sophia, wife of William Thomas JAMES, Esq., Paymaster, R.N., aged 57 years.

At Tavistock on the 27th ult., Jenny, widow of the late Mr. Thomas ROBINS, of Venn, near Launceston, aged 68 years.

At Morwell, near Tavistock on the 28th ult., Mary, wife of Mr. Roger WITHYCOMBE, aged 70 years.

At Exeter, on the 18th ult., Henry John McDOUGALL, Esq., surgeon, late of London, aged 32 years.

At 5 St. Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park, London, on the 27th ult., deeply regretted by his family and a large circle of friends, Mr. James DANGAR, of 11 Great Portland Street, and formerly of Trevena, in the parish of Tintagel, in this county.

At Brixton Villas, Brixton, on Friday last, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. T.P. THOMAS, aged 36 years, leaving a husband and large family to deplore her loss.

At Madras, on the 20th of May last, after a few days' illness deeply lamented by all who knew her, Susan Sophia, wife of William LIDDELL, Esq., Coroner of Madras.

At Sydney, Australia, in February last, George Edward, youngest son of the late John BOULDERSON, Esq., of Falmouth.

At Sydney, South Australia, on the 26th of March last, Mr. Richard ROWE, builder, formerly of Penzance, aged 58 years.


15 JULY 1853, Friday


At Landewednack, on Tuesday last, the infant son of Mr. Henry HOCKING.

At Penzance on the 7th instant, John HENRY, youngest son of Mr. J. Hosking, aged 2 years; and on Friday last, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Charles A. HALE, of the "Mecca," aged 37 years.

At Penzance, on Tuesday last, Nanny, widow of the late Robert WILLIAMS, Esq., surgeon, of Falmouth, aged 74 years.

At Lanyon STAMPS, in the parish of Madron, on the 6th instant, Mr. John DAVY, aged 67 years.

At Amalveor, in the parish of Towednack, the infant daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth CURNOW.

At St. Ives, the infant daughter of Mr. Henry FARMAN.

At Redruth on Saturday last, Mrs. Grace P. MARDON, of the Clinton Arms Inn, aged 68 years.

At Twelveheads, on Sunday last, the widow of the late Mr. Stephen GOLDSWORTHY, aged 73 years.

At Newquay, on the 6th instant, Elizabeth Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Henry RODDA, aged 17 years.

At Portscatha, on the 22nd ult., Mrs. Margaret JOHNS, aged 76 years.

At Launceston on the 3rd instant, Mr. Peter MASON, aged 75 years.

At St. Germans on Sunday last, Catherine, daughter of Mr. MOON, aged 17 years.

At Polbathick, in the parish of St. Germans, on Monday last, Henry, son of Mr. William GOARD, aged 7 years.

At Torpoint, on the 6th instant, Mr. George HEANS, of the King's Arms Inn, aged 49 years.

At Kingsand, on the 23rd ult., Mr. John TEDDY, a superannuated officer of the preventive service, aged 68 years.

At Upper Norwood, Surrey, on the 30th ult., Mrs. Samuel BARDEN, formerly of Perran Wharf.

At Cunandaigua, United States, on the 14th ult., the wife of Mr. William ROSEWARNE, late of Gwinear, and sister of Mr. William CARBIS of Redruth, aged 58 years.

At Tinana, Maryboro' in March last, John Carne BIDWILL, Esq., commissioner of Crown Lands, and chairman of the Bench of Magistrates for the district of Wide Bay, New South Wales, eldest son of Joseph G. Bidwill, Esq., merchant of Exeter, aged 38 years.

In Australia, Mr. Thomas Carne CORIN, son of Mr. W.C. Corin, formerly of Gulval, near Penzance.


22 JULY 1853, Friday


At Truro, on Wednesday last, Mr. Thomas VENNING, aged 88 years, for many of which he was a coach builder in that town.

At Tomperrow, Kenwyn, on Saturday last, the daughter of Mr. Thos. Solomon, aged 4 years.

At Penryn, on Monday last, Mr. Matthew PAWSON, builder, aged 47 years, for many of which he was alderman of that borough.

At Mullion Vicarage, on the 21st instant, the Rev. Francis GREGORY, Incumbent of that parish.

At Goldsithney, on the 8th instant, Capt Henry FRANCIS, aged 68 years, for upwards of forty of which he was manager of different mines in that neighbourhood, and was considered a man of sound judgment, and a most kind-hearted father and friend.

At Ninnis Bridge, in the parish of Lelant, on the 9th instant, the infant son of Mr. John Roach.

At St. Ives, the infant daughter of Mr. Stephen MICHELL.

At Bosportherris, in the parish of Zentor, Mr. John THOMAS, aged 22 years.

At Rose Cottage, near Camborne, on Monday last, deeply regretted by his family and a large circle of friends, William Smyth FORSAITH, Esq., late of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, aged 40 years.

At Redruth, on the 13th instant, the infant daughter of Mr. G.V. MICHELL, grocer; and on Friday last, the wife of Mr. Henry ROPPER, Gardener, aged 47 years. (might be Repper?)

At Ladock, on the 8th instant, Mr. Joseph BROKENSHIRE, aged 73 years.

At Bude on Saturday last, after a long illness, John, son of Mr. William JERMYN, aged 15 years.

At the Post Office, Tavistock, on the 10th instant, Mrs. Agnes MARTYN, aged 65 years.

At Tavistock on the 14th instant, Frances, widow of the late Mr. Tyeth BOUNSALL, aged 33 years.

At Exeter, on Saturday last, Susan BROOKING, wife of Mr. BRUNSKILL, aged 38 years.

At his seat, Hurstbourne Hall, near Andover, on the 14th instant ?, the Earl of Portsmouth, aged 46 years. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his brother, the Hon. Newton FELLOWES.

At Glenafon, Taibach on the 12th instant, Robert LINDSAY, Esq., formerly of the Honourable East India Company's Naval Service, and the second son of Captain Lindsay, R.N., of Charlton, Kent.

In the Magdalena River, North America, on the 13th ult., en route as manager of some gold mines under the new Granada Mining Company of London, Mr. Israel B. PELLEW, of Chacewater, aged 43 years.

At Calcutta, on the 29th of April, Rachel Susan, wife of James COSSERAT, Esq., late of Torquay.


29 JULY 1853, Friday


At Truro, on Monday last, Miss Eleanor WEBB, aged 76 years.

At Erin Lodge, Falmouth, on the 20th instant, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. SMITH, aged 76 years.

At St. Mawes, on Monday last, Mr. Charles GREEN, of the Queen's Head Inn, aged 83 years.

At Helston, on the 21st instant, Mr. John PRAED, cabinet maker, aged 75 years; and on Tuesday last, Mr. John CORNISH, aged 76 years.

At Penzance, on the 18th instant, Mr. John RICHARDS, shipowner, aged 80 years; and on Friday last, Mr. William KIRBAY, aged 57 years.

At Newlyn west, on the 15th instant, Mr. William DAWES, aged 73 years.

At Boskednan?, in the parish of Madron, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Elizabeth HALL, aged 77 years.

At Treveija?, in the parish of Towednack, the son of Mr. Matthew HOLLOW, aged 10 years.

At Pulmanter, St. Ives, Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr. James PENBERTHY, aged 70 years.

At Gwinear, on the 16th instant, Mrs. Ann UREN, aged 60 years; and on the 20th May, wife of Capt. Peter PASCOE, mine agent, aged 64 years.

At Chacewater, on Saturday last, John, son of Mr. Wm. BENNETTS, aged 3 years; and on Monday, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Thomas NORTHEY, aged 2 years.

At Hendra, in the parish of St. Columb Minor, on the 21st instant, Jane, wife of Mr. Aaron ARTHUR, aged 27 years.

At Trenoon?, in the parish of Veryan, on the 12th instant, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. William GRIGG, of Perranzabuloe, aged 24 years.

At Trewinoe, in the parish of Gervans, on the 18th instant, Mary, third daughter of Mr. Richard RICHARDS, aged 17 years.

At Tregony, on the 21st instant, Mr. James Finlay TITLER, aged 75 years. (could be Tiller?)

At Kerrow in the parish of St. Austell on Saturday last, Mr. John GILBERT, aged 20 years.

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