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1855 DEATHS

OCTOBER


5 OCTOBER 1855, Friday


At Manaccan, on the 21st ult., Mr. RETALLACK, aged 88 years, for fifty of which he was parish clerk.

Off the Land's End, on the 23rd ult., Mr. FRANCIS S. DRAKE, aged 46 years, master of the ship "Dirigo," of Liverpool, from Akyab to Falmouth, where his remains were landed and interred on Saturday last.

At Hayle, lately, Mr. JOHN COCK, shoemaker, aged 47 years.

At Guildford, near Hayle, on Friday last, Capt. JOSHUA GILBERT, aged 73 years.

At Camborne, on the 25th ult., Mrs. ELIZABETH DUNSTONE, aged 61 years; and on Friday last, MARY HANNAH, daughter of Mr. JOSEPH BENNETTS, aged 2 years.

At Tuckingmill, on the 25th ult., Mrs. ELIZABETH SKEWIS, aged 58 years. [this was blurry, age might be wrong]

At Redruth, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. RICHARD SMITH, aged 27 years.

At St. Day, on the 27th ult., ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. JOHN TREWEEKE, aged 55 years.

At Lanner, on Monday last, CATHERINE, wife of Mr. R. HOLMAN, of Real del Monte Mines, Mexico, aged 36 years.

At St. Agnes, on Wednesday last, NANCY, widow of the late Mr. JOHN OPIE, aged 67 years.

At Trevallick, in the parish of Gorran, on the 23rd ult., Mrs. MARY NOYE, aged 78 years.

At St. Maw.. [Mewan or Mawes?] on the 22nd ult. The only son of Mr. H. SMITH, aged 4 years; and on the 24th, Mr. J. MICHELL, aged 18 years.

At the residence of her father, Mr. H. HICKS, of Boslogus, near St. Mawes, on the 16th ult., the wife of Mr. W. QUINTRELL, of H. M. Customs, Gravesend.

At Polperro, on the 20th ult., Mr. JONATHAN RUNDEL, aged 61 years.

At Duloe, on Wednesday last, much respected and deeply lamented, Mr. JAMES HEATHMAN, land surveyor, aged 33 years.

At Trevegra, in the parish of Southhill, on the 23rd ult., GRACE, wife of Mr. JOHN BODY, aged 58 years.

At 14 Oxford Street, Plymouth, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. JAMES PASSINGHAM, R.N., of H.M. Gun-brig "Thistle".

At Grendon, near Tavistock, on Friday last, ELIZABETH WOODMAN, wife of Mr. ROBERT MAY, aged 28 years.

At the Britannia Hotel, Ilfracombe, on the 22nd ult., HORACE ALFRED, infant son of Mrs. CROMPTON, daughter of the late Mr. JOHN MARTIN, of that place.

At the Vicarage House, Ashburton, on the 23rd ult., LUCY NAPLETON, second daughter of the Rev. WILLIAM MARSH, aged 23 years.

At Southampton, on the 27th ult., suddenly, Mr. WILLIAM CUNNACK, pyrotechnist, of Penzance, aged 62 years.

At Paris, on Saturday last, JOHN PENHALL, Esq., of Gwydyr House, Brixton-rise, aged 56 years.

At Lucca, on the 17th ult., PHILADELPHIA, relict of BENJAMIN BATHURST, Esq., and eldest daughter of the late Sir JOHN CALL, Bart., of Whiteford, in this county.

On the 12th ult., of wounds received at the storming of the Redan, in his 22nd year, LIEUTENANT GODFREY, only son of the late EDWARD GODFREY, Esq., of Old Hall, Suffolk, and the late Susan, Countess of Morton, and nephew of Sir John Yarde BULLER, Bart.

In Australia, William, son of Mr. BALL, of the Union Hotel, Penzance, aged 20 years.

At Norwood, South Australia, on the 23rd of May last, after a long illness, Sarah, wife of Mr. Joseph PAPPIN, formerly of Helston, aged 58 years.


12 OCTOBER 1855, Friday


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19 OCTOBER 1855, Friday


At Truro, on Monday last, Mrs. NEWTON, widow of the late Mr. NEWTON, formerly of the Unicorn Inn, aged ?(69/89) years.

At Tresillian, near Truro, on Tuesday last, Mr. Richard ROSEVEAR, excise officer, late of Truro.

At Penwethers, near Truro, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth Lanxon, daughter of Mr. Michael DUNSTAN, aged 19 years.

At Helston, o the 9th instant, Mary Kendall, second daughter of Mr. James ELLIS, manager of the Helston banking Company, aged 29 years.

At Nanfan, in the parish of Cury, on the 5th instant, Mr. John THOMAS, aged 83 years.

At Mullion Churchtown, on the 3rd instant, Mr. Henry HENDY, of the King's Arms Inn, aged 39 years.

At Penzance, on the 7th instant, Miss Elizabeth MARTIN, aged 19 years.

At Sheffield, in the parish of Paul on the 11th instant, Miss E. E. WALLIS, aged 23 years.

At Hayle, lately, Mr. GODOLPHIN, aged 37 years.

At Camborne, on the 9th instant, Mr. George Webb, late of London, aged 22 years; on Friday last, William, son of Mr. TREZONA, aged 15 years; Miss Jane BENNETTS, aged 19 years; and Caroline, daughter of Mr. James RULE, aged 8 years.

At Goonrow, Redruth, on Friday last, Mr. John VIVIAN, aged 29 years.

At Redruth, on Wednesday last, the infant son of Mr. James THOMAS.

At Trefusia, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. Peter TOY, aged 47 years.

At the Brewery, Chacewater, on Tuesday last, Joseph Melville, second son of Mr. S. G. MOYLE, aged 10 years.

At Kerley, near Chacewater, on Monday last, William, son of Mr. Nicholas JENKIN, aged 13 years.

At her daughter's residence, St. Austell, on the 19th instant, Mary, relict of the late Mr. Thomas D. COPP, aged 82 years.

At Fowey, on the 11th instant, Mr. R. PEAKE, aged 71 years; on Friday last, Mr. W. MILLER, aged 82 years; and on Tuesday, the wife of Mr. Thomas REAPE, aged 42 years.

At Liskeard, on the 11th instant, suddenly, Mary, widow of the late Mr. John ELIOTT, a member of the Society of Friends, aged 67 years
At Hessenford, on the 11th instant, the wife of Mr. James PEARCE.

At Plymouth, on the 10th instant, deeply lamented, Mr. John T. LEWARN, aged 66 years.

At Kingsand, on Sunday last, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. William WEBBER, grocer, and Wesleyan local preacher, of Kingsand, aged 11 years.

At Rosse, North America, on the 22nd of September, Captain John DUNKIN, jun., late of North Roskear Mine, aged 35 years.


26 OCTOBER 1855, Friday


At Truro, on the 13th instant, John, and on the 17th, Benjamin, infant twin sons of Mr. William NODDER.

At his mother's residence, Dunstanville Terrace, Falmouth, on Saturday last, Charles W, PENGELLEY, Esq., secretary and treasurer of the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin, and eldest son of the late Capt, PENGELLEY, R.N., aged 38 years.

At the Rectory, Mawgan in Meneage, on Sunday last, the Rev. Gerard MANN, aged 35 years.

At Penzance, on Saturday last, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Thomas ROBERTS, of Wh. Mary Mine, Lelant, aged 25 years.

At Camborne, on Tuesday last, much lamented, Henry, only son of Mr. PERRY, of that place, aged 19 years.

At Redruth, on the 17th instant,, George John, youngest son of Mr. W. NICHOLL, auctioneer, aged 6 years; and on Wednesday last, Mr. John LOCKE, aged 85 years.

At St. Day, on Saturday last, Mrs. Nanny MITCHELL, aged 71 years; on Monday, Grace, daughter of Mr. William BAWDEN, aged 11 years; on Tuesday, suddenly, the wife of Mr. L. PERRY, aged 21 years; and on Wednesday, Mr. Isaac DAVEY, aged 55 years.

At Crantock Church Town, on Friday last, Grace, wife of Mr. Richard JOHNS, aged 55 years.

At Treviskey, in the parish of Veryan, on the 17th instant, Mr. John JULIAN, aged 64 years.

At St. Austell, on Tuesday last, the infant son of Mr. DYER, grocer.

At Fowey, on Monday last, Mr. William HICKS, agent, aged 81 years.

At Broadoak, on the 17th instant, Fanny, second daughter of Mr.ES MELLOW, aged 27 years.

At Bodmin, on Wednesday last, suddenly, while on a visit to her relatives, Mrs. WEST, wife of Mr. John WEST, surgeon, of Camelford.

At Eaton Place. London, on Monday last, the Right Honourable Sir William MOLESWORTH, Bart., M.P. for Southwark, and Secretary of state for the Colonies, aged 45 years.

At Liskeard, on the 16th instant,, Mary Elizabeth, infant daughter of Mr. Walter LANGFORD .

At Menheniot, on the 12th instant, Jane, youngest daughter of Mr. Robert GRILLS, aged 34 years.

At Totnes, Devon, on Sunday last, Elizabeth Trist, with of Gilbert Northey THOMPSON, Esq., and relict of the late Rev. Arthur FARWELL, rector of St. Martin?s near Looe.

At Pyne House, Devon, on the 13th instant, Richard Pyne SYMONS, Esq., aged 69 years.

At Tunbridge wells, on the 16th V, the Rev W. DU PRE, son of J. DU PRE, Esq., of Wilton Park, Bucks, aged 50 years.

At Mile End Landore, on the 10th instant, Mr. Thomas MORGAN, aged 77 years, for many of which he was agent in the employ of Messrs. VIVIAN and Sons, at the Hafod Copper Works.

At Spa, in Belgium, on the 5th instant,, Maria, wife of W. H. BENSON, Esq., H.E.I.C.S., and third daughter of the Late Charles SCOTT, Esq., of Trewardreva [?], in this county, aged 48 years.

In Australia, on the 22nd of June last, of slow fever, Peter Row, fourth son of Mr. William TREBILCOCK OF Trevisaac, in the parish of St. Columb Minor, in this county.





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