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1853 September Deaths



2 SEPTEMBER 1853, Friday


In Rosewin Row, Truro, on Monday last, Jane Chappel, daughter of Mr. Joseph PEARCE, aged 30 years.

In Rosewin Row, Truro, on Wednesday last, suddenly, Mr. Thomas ROBARTS, formerly of Condurrow, aged 88 years.

At St. Martin in Meneage, on Friday last, Mary daughter of Mr. J. MORCOMB, aged 14 years.

At Breage, on Saturday last, Miss Elizabeth TRELOAR, aged 19 years.

At Ludgvan, on Friday last, the infant son of Mr. Zachariah HOSKING.

At Vellanoweth, in the parish of Ludgvan, on Sunday last, Miss Mary Ann HOLLOW, aged 32 years.

At Redruth on Saturday last, Catherine, relict of the late Mr. John LIDGEY, grocer, aged 83 years; and on Tuesday, the eldest son of Mr. James WILLIAMS, aged 3 years.

At St. Day, on Saturday last, the infant son of Mr. T.J.T. CORFIELD.

At Kerley, near Chacewater, on Saturday last, the infant son of Mr. Wm. POLLARD.

At Carloggas, in the parish of Mawgan in Pydar, on Saturday last, Mr. Michael CAYZER, aged 52 years.

At Biscovey, in the parish of St. Blazey, on Friday last, Mr. Richard HUGOE, sen., tailor, aged 63 years.

At Pencarrow Mill, in the parish of Egloshayle, on the 11th instant, James, son of Mr. DERRY, aged 3 years.

At Devonport, on the 22nd ult., Edward SOLE, Esq., solicitor, aged 59 years.

At Stonehouse, on the 13th ult., at an advanced age, Miss COLES, sister of the late J. Coles, Esq., many years steward to the late Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart.

At Plymouth on Saturday last, Ellen Mary, wife of Arthur Proctor PICKERING, Esq., and youngest daughter of the late Calmady Pollexfen HAMLYN, Esq., of Leawood, aged 31 years.

In London last week suddenly, - HALWIN, Esq., proprietor of Poltair House, near Penzance. (Christian name not given in notice).

At the River Gaboon, West Africa on the 23rd of May last, Edward William, second son of Lieut. Joseph F. BAKER, R.N. Portloe, aged 21 years.

At Melbourne, on the 8th of May last, Mr. James BARTIAN, late of Falmouth, aged 18 years.


9 SEPTEMBER 1853, Friday


At Helston on the 30th ult., John, infant son of Mr. William SLEEMAN, spirit merchant.

At Penrose, in the parish of Sithney, on Saturday last, Mr. William PEARCE, aged 67 years.

At Penzance, on the 1st instant, Emanuel Edmonds, infant son of Mr. GARD; and on Tuesday last, Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. William JENKIN, aged 37 years.

At Gear, near Penzance, on Sunday last, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John FOX, aged 34 years.

At Gwinear, on the 30th ult., Miss Grace CHENOWETH, aged 59 years; and Mr. John BASTIAN, aged 58 years.

At the Angarrack Hotel, near Hayle, on Tuesday last, Mr. Alfred POLKINGHORNE, aged 25 years.

At Redruth, on Monday last, Mr. John ADAMS, aged 79 years; and the daughter of Mr. T. ROWE, aged 6 years.

At Penstrase Moors, near Chacewater, on the 31st ult., the wife of Mr. SAMPSON, aged 25? years; and at Kezley, the infant son of Mr. DENNIS.

At Trevellas Wood, St. Agnes, on Friday last, Mr. W. TAMBLYN, aged 68 years; and at Peterville, Mr. James DALE, carpenter, aged 77 years.

On Monday last, Mr. James Hayes CROSER, brother of the Rev. Mr. Croser, of Colan, in this county, aged 49 years.

At Mevagissy Vicarage, on the 30th ult., Harriet, only daughter of John CROOKS, Esq., of Levan. N.B.

At Marhamchurch, near Bude, on the 26th ult., Mr. J. MARSHALL, aged 74 years.

At Launceston on the 25th ult., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Thomas RICE, hatter, aged 57 years.

At Millbrook, on the 24th ult., Mr. William ROWE, aged 56 years.

At Kingsand, on the 30th ult., suddenly, Mr. Joseph WEBBER, aged 56 years.

At Bristol, on the 31st ult., Mary FERRIS, eldest daughter of Mr. Wm. SCORE, aged 16 years.

At his residence, King Edward's Road, South Hackney, on Monday last, the Rev. F.A. COX, D.D., L.L.D., aged 70 years, for more than forty-two of which he has the revered and beloved pastor of the Baptist Church at Hackney.

At Adelaide, South Australia, on the 9th of December last, Mrs. Patience MADDERN, formerly of Boscawen-sonn?? in the parish of St. Buryan, in this county, aged 84 years.


16 SEPTEMBER 1853, Friday


At Truro, on Sunday last, much respected Mr. Jacob ROWE, aged 92 years.

At Besore, in the parish of Kenwy, on the 3rd instant, Mr. Jeremiah HOLMAN, aged 22 years, being only returned from Cuba about a week previously.

At Tredore, in the parish of St. Martin in Meneage, on Monday last, Mrs. ROSKRUGE, aged 70 years.

At Breage, on Monday last, Mr. William EADE, aged 23 years.

At Wendron on Monday last, Mr. William DINNIS, aged 28 years.

At Crowlas in the parish of Ludgvan, on the 1st instant, Mr. John HOSKING, aged 40 years.

At St Hilary, on Sunday last, Mrs. Elizabeth LAWRY, aged 60 years.

At St. Ives, the wife of Mr. Richard PEARCE, aged 35 years.
At Calestick, Perranzabuloe, on the 5th, Matilda, infant daughter of Mr. Rowland GOULD, innkeeper.

At Legens in the parish of St. Columb Minor, on Monday last, Edward, son of Mr. Samuel SYMONS, aged 20 years.

At Liskeard, on the 2nd instant, Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Mr. N.J. EASTON, solicitor of Plymouth.

At St. Germans on Sunday last, much and deservedly respected, Mr. John TAPSON, Purser, R.N., aged 67 years.

At Treluggan, in the parish of Landrake, on the 30th ult., Mr. Philip Blake O'DOGHERTY, aged 40? Years.

At Burrow Hill in the parish of St. Stephens by Saltash on the 31st ult., Mr. Thomas BREEN, aged 45 years.

At Launceston on the 1st instant, Catherine, relict of the late Mr. Edward MARSHALL, aged 77 years.

On the 1st instant, Mr. John CORNISH of Devoran, near Truro, aged 54 years for many of which he was captain of the Owlacombe Tin Mines, Ashburton.

In Cornall Street, Plymouth on the 8th instant, Harriet Annie, youngest daughter of Mr. Alexander PONTY, aged 2 years.

At Bideford, on the 3rd instant, Mrs. TREWIS, late of Poughill, in this county.

At the house of her brother-in-law, Charles Prideaux BRUNE, Esq., No. 20 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, on the 6th instant, Gertrude Rose, youngest daughter of the late Edmund John GLYNN, Esq., of Glynn, in this county, aged 56 years.

At Woolhampton, Berkshire, on Friday last, Arthur Edward SOMERSET, of the Inner Temple, youngest son of the late Lord Arthur Somerset, aged 40 years.

At Carnarvon, Wales, on the 5th instant, Mrs. George GLASSON, second daughter of the late Commander RATSEY, R.N. of Penzance, aged 39 years.

At Pondicherry, on the 5th of June last, John, eldest son of James Haig, Esq., of Henbury Hall, near Clifton.


23 SEPTEMBER 1853, Friday


At Truro on the 15th instant, the infant son of Mr. Martin HOIT.

At La Feock, on Saturday last, Samuel, eldest son of Lieut. HUGOE, R.M., aged 27 years.

At Pill, in the parish of Feock, on Wednesday last, Eliza, daughter of the late mr. William CRAGO, of Carlyon, in the parish of Kea, aged 37 years.

At Helston on Tuesday last, Mr. William MILSTEED?, saddler, aged 69 years.

At Penzance, on Friday last, William Henry, second son of the late Mr. Andrew DRYBURGH, aged 23 years; and on Tuesday, and on Tuesday, Mr. Nicholas HOCKING, superannuated chief officer in the coast guard, aged 66 years.

At St. Just in Penwith, on the 12th instant, Mr. HICKS, smith, at Botallick Mine, aged 35 years; and on Friday last, Mr. William EDDY, aged 68 years.

At White Cross in the parish of Ludgvan, on the 13th (15th?) instant, Mr. William RAPSON, aged 86 years.

At Hayle, on the 9th instant, Mrs. Mary MOORSHEAD, aged 31 years.

At Camborne, on Saturday last, Jane, wife of Mr. John BURRALL, aged 72 years.

At Redruth, on the 13th instant, the infant son of Mr. William DAWE; and on Friday last, the eldest daughter of mr. Samuel MIDDLETON, aged 6 years.

At Kerley, near Chacewater, on Wednesday last, Mr. William WHITFORD, carpenter, aged 37 years.

At Shop, in the parish of St. Columb Minor, on Saturday last, Mr. Richard WILTON.

At Lanbydrock, near Bodmin, on the 8th instant, Mr. John SAUNDERS.

At Fowey, on Sunday last, Mrs. Ann PAIN, aged 90 years.

At West Looe, on Friday last, Mr. John VINCENT, at an advanced age.

At Liskeard, on Saturday last, Mr. N. SOWDEN, builder, aged 84 years.

At Tregeare, in the parish of Egloskerry, on the 7th instant, much respected, mr. Thomas BLITHE, jun., aged 64 years.

At Torpoint, on the 10th instant, the wife of Mr. HILL, wheelwright.

At Crediton, on the 15th instant, after a long and painful illness, which he bore with exemplary patience, the Rev. Samuel ROWE, Vicar of Crediton, aged 61 years.

At Brighton, on the 13th instant, Sir Henry ONSLOW, Bart, aged 70 years.

At the residence of her uncle, Henry BARNEWELL? Esq., Richmond Hill, on Friday last, the to the inexpressable grief of her widowed mother, Lucy Nugent HILL, only daughter of the late Capt. St. Leger Hill, of the 12th Lancers.

In London, on Monday last, suddenly, Mr. William ALLEN, boot and shoemaker, formerly of Truro, aged 65? years.

On the 20th of June last of yellow fever, off the coast of Trinidad, John, son of Mr. BOODBEER, schoolmaster of Fowey, aged 22 years.


30 SEPTEMBER 1853, Friday


At Falmouth, on the 18th instant, John, eldest son of Mr. W.H. DUNSTAN, builder, aged 7 years; and on the 21st, Mr. R. DOBLE, clerk at the Manor Office, aged 34 years.

At Helston, on Monday last, esteemed and regretted by all who knew him, Mr. James T. JULIAN, merchant, of that town, aged 32 years.

At Gweek, on the 21st instant, Mrs. Joanna WILLIAMS, aged 77 years.

At Trevurgie, in the parish of Cury, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. John BOADEN, aged 63 years.

At St. Mary's Scilly, Florence, daughter of Mr. H. MUMFORD, of Content, aged 23 years.

At St. Just in Penwith, on Monday last, the son of Capt. BERRYMAN, of Bosocan Mine, aged 11 years.

At Chyponds, in the parish of Towednack, on Monday last, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John GREEN, clerk of that parish.

At St. Hilary, last week, Mrs. Elizabeth ROWE, aged 36 years.

At Redruth, on the 22nd instant, the daughter of Mr. A. SIDMAN, aged 4 years; and at North Country, on Saturday last, Mr. William TEAGUE, aged 49 years.

At Freewater, in the parish of Probus, on the 28th instant, Thomas, infant son of Mr. J. DUNSTAN.

At Trewarlas, in the parish of Philleigh, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. Alexander DINGLE, aged 70 years.

At Levanlea?, in the parish of St. Ewe, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth MERIFIELD, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas STEPHENS, aged 2 years.

At East Looe, on the 21st instant, Mr. Henry HUNKING, aged 69 years.

At Liskeard, on Sunday last, after a long Illness, Elizabeth STEED, aged 54 years; for upwards of thirty-five of which she as a faithful domestic in the family of John ALLEN, Esq., esteemed and valued by all who knew her for her integrity and exemplary conduct.

At Liskeard, on Tuesday, the wife of Mr. MAYNE, hatter, of Plymouth, aged 45 years.

At Launceston, on Saturday last, the wife of H. PETHICK, Esq., M.D., aged 54 years.

At Tregonhawke, near Millbrook, on the 19th instant, Mr. Thomas KINGWELL, aged 43 years.

At Stonehouse, the wife of Mr. Richard OPIE, artist, aged 58 years.

At Devonport, on the 18th instant, deeply regretted, Elizabeth BARTLETT, eldest daughter of Mr. RAWLING, builder, aged 26 years.

At Plymouth, on the 19th instant, William, only son of Mr. William CHUBB, of the Harvest Home Inn, aged 4 years.

At Plymouth on Friday last, Rebecca, relict of the late Mr. Lemon WOOLF, of Penzance, aged 71 years.

At Weston-super-Mare, on the 12th instant, William MORGAN, Esq., one of the Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, aged 69 years.

At her residence, Royal Crescent, Bath, on the 19th instant, Lady Palmer ACLAND, widow of the late Sir John Palmer Acland, Bart., formerly of Fairfield, Somerset, and the Royal Crescent, Bath, 78 years.

In London, on the 16th instant, Mr. Nicholas BROAD, jun., late of St. Keyne, aged 18 years.

On Sunday last, Ernest Bulkley Mackworth, youngest child of Bulkley J.M. PRAED, Esq., aged 19 months.

At Rochester Villas, Camden Town, on Friday last, Jane, relict of the late James BUDD, Esq., Ordnance Storekeeper, Fort George, Guernsey, and formerly of Pendennis Castle.

At Holyhead, Anglesea, on the 15th instant, Mrs. REES, widow of the late Mr. William REES, late manger of the Mona Copper Works, Amlwch, Anglesea, aged 75 years.




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