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	CENSUS In 1901 Shadrach Gale (born in Calstock, Cornwall) was aged 22 years. He worked as a Tin Miner in Calstock, Cornwall....	1901
	CENSUS In 1901 Miss Ada Worth (born in Truro, Cornwall) was aged 22 years. She lived in St Mary's, Truro, Cornwall. ...	1901
	1901 CENSUS - GUNNISLAKE, EAST CORNWALL At the time of the census William Jeffrey Ware, aged 11, was living with his parents, Samuel and Annie Ware at King Street, Gunnislake, Cornwall....	31st March 1901
	1901 CENSUS - LISKEARD, CORNWALL The 1901 Census reveals that John Richard Jago Smith (aged 24) was living and working in Liskeard, Cornwall as a Post Office sorting & telegraph clerk....
	1891 CENSUS - GUNNISLAKE, EAST CORNWALL At the time of the census William Jeffrey Ware, aged 1, was living with his parents, Samuel and Annie Ware at 1 Bowhay Cottages, Newbridge Hill, Gunnislake, Cornwall....	31st March 1891
Falmouth Penryn Packet	TITANIC DINING AT THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL To coincide with the hugely successful Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition being held at National Maritime Museum Cornwall, the Museum is commemorating the 97th anniversary of the tragedy with a dinner of Titanic proportions. ...	20th March 2009
	1901 CENSUS - PENZANCE, CORNWALL The 1901 UK Census confirms Harry Cotterill was living at 26 Adelaide Street, Penzance, Cornwall, aged 10. With him his grandmother, Jane Cotterill (b.1828), his widowed mother Emily Jane Cotterill nee Wallis (b.1861), 2 sisters, Emily & Minnie and ...
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW There were four persons on board well known at St. Keverne, Cornwall, their names being Jago Smith, a Post office official employed on board, who was to have been married shortly, and who is a son of Mr. John Smith, farmer, Trebarveth, St. Keverne; M...	18th April 1912
	ALLUM FAMILY INFORMATION Owen George Allum was born in a village called Mabe near Falmouth, Cornwall in 1894. His father, William Allum (b.1865 Bray, Berkshire) was a gardener by occupation who had married Clara Alice Eggleton (b.1867 Jersey, CI) at Wokingham, Berkshi...
	STANLICK FAMILY INFORMATION Cordelia (Delia) Stanlick was born at Tywardreath, Cornwall in 1878. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Stanlick. Her father, born in Devon in 1832 worked as a miner and in later years as a farm labourer. The 1881 Cornwall Census has t...
	CENSUS, NEWLYN, CORNWALL Robert Hichens, aged 19 is at home at St Peters Hill, Newlyn, Cornwall with his family. He is described as a fisherman. The family are listed as follows: Philip Hichens 45 Fisherman b. Newlyn Rebecca Hichens 39 b. Whitby, York...	1901
	CENSUS Thomas Blake is shown aged 25 living in Woolwich, London. He was described as a ships fireman and stated as born in St. Austell, Cornwall. Reference to the 1881 census shows Thomas Blake aged 5, the son of Guy Blake (gardener) and Harriet. At...	1901
	ST MARY'S PRIORY IN BODMIN, CORNWALL
	WENDRON PARISH, CORNWALL. 1901 CENSUS The 1901 census for Wendron, Cornwall reveals Frederick James Banfield, aged 17. A grocers assistant he was at home with his widowed mother, Ellen (his father had died in September 1900)and younger brother William John. Also in Wendron was hi...	1901
	BRISTOW FAMILY INFORMATION Harry Bristow was a son of John Bristow and Mary Ann (nee Barnes). He was born in 1873 at the south Cornwall coastal town of East Looe in the part of the town known as Shutta. His father, John Bristow worked for British Railways and was born...
	FAMILY INFORMATION Ernest Charles Cann was born in the village of Chapel Amble in the parish of St Kew near Wadebridge, Cornwall in 1883. He was the son of William Cann (labourer)and Sarah Jane Cann. (Sarah was 27 years younger than her husband and had been widowed sh...
Western Daily Mercury	A PLYMOUTH PASSENGER One of the second class passengers on the Titanic is Mr. Fred Banfield, who left Plymouth on 9th inst., to join the vessel. He spent some years in business with a well known firm in Bedford-street, Devonport, but previously had worked as a miner in ...	17th April 1912
	CENSUS In 1901 Susan Webber (born in North Tamerton, Cornwall) was aged 26 years. She lived in Clawton, Devon and worked as a Cook Domestic....	1901
Falmouth Penryn Packet	FALMOUTH REVEALS MORE TITANIC MEMORABILIA The National Maritime Museum Cornwall has been lent two more fascinating artefacts with a Cornish connection. Local historian and author Ernie Warmington has come forward with a Christmas card and memorial postcard....	2nd June 2009
Falmouth Penryn Packet	UNIQUE TITANIC EXHIBITION IN FALMOUTH The National Maritime Museum Cornwall's announcement of a new Titanic exhibition and a request for locals to get in touch with their memories has revealed some incredible stories....	29th December 2008
	PROBATE REPORT JENKIN Stephen Curnow of Nanjivey St Ives Cornwall died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 21 November 1912 to John Jenkin blacksmith Effects £201 8s 2d...
	PASCOE FAMILY INFORMATION Charles was born on the 18 March 1867 in the village of Breage, a few miles west of Helston in south-west Cornwall. He was baptised at the parish church on 18 August 1867 and was the son of Anthony and Jane Anne Pascoe. (The 1881 UK census shows his...
	PROBATE REPORT CHAPMAN John Henry of St Neot Cornwall farmer died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 15 August 1912 to James Chapman farmer Effects £206 1s 11d...
	PENNAL FAMILY INFORMATION Thomas Frederick Pennal (to use his full and correct names) was known as Frederick and because of uncertainty with his surname, for example, he appears on the Titanic Engagement Sheet as F. Pumal (Ref. No 178, 1st Class Victualling Dept.) he has unti...
	PENGELLY (PENGILLY) FAMILY INFORMATION Frederick (Fred) William Pengelly was born in the parish of Calstock, East Cornwall in early 1893 whilst his father was working in the area as a mining engineer. Fred’s father, Frederick William Cardell Pengilly (sic) was born in 1861 ...
	PROBATE REPORT LOBB William Arthur of Bugle St Austell Cornwall engine driver died 14 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 3 August 1912 to George Lobb clay labourer Effects £50 NB. Engine driver in this sense is a mine engine rather than conventional r...
The Times	TITANIC LOVE CHILD'S ASHES SCATTERED IN THE ATLANTIC The ashes of the child conceived aboard the Titanic by a runaway couple, whose romance inspired the blockbuster film, have been scattered on to the Atlantic. Yesterday the crew of a new Tamar Class lifeboat off Padstow, Cornwall, scattered the remains of Ellen Walker, who died, aged 92, in October last year. ...	2nd November 2006
	LAWRY FAMILY INFORMATION Charity, who travelled as a third class passenger with her husband Alexander Robins was born in the parish of St. Mewan, Cornwall on 18 January 1865. At the time of the 1871 Census, aged 7, she was living at St. Austell with her parents and 8 ...
	STEPHEN & ANNIE HOLD Newly married at St. Keverne, Cornwall on 18 October 1909, Annie's first trip to America with her husband Stephen Hold was on board Teutonic. They arrived at New York on 24 November 1909 having departed from Southampton. The ship's manifest sh...	1909
	BAPTISM REGISTER, ST KEVERNE CHURCH, CORNWALL The Baptism Register of St. Keverne Church shows that John Richard Jago Smith was baptised at the parish church on 31 December 1877. His father was John Smith, farmer of Trevithian and his mother was Mary Augusta Smith....	1877
	1901 CENSUS, POOLE, DORSET Frank Couch, aged 16, born Port Isaac, Cornwall is shown as a ships cook on board a vessel named 'Deveron'. Moored at Poole Quay, Dorset at the time of the census the Master was shown as Charles Couch, aged 24, born in Plymouth, Devon ...	1901
Worcester News	ELLEN ASHES JOIN TITANIC VICTIM DAD The ashes of Mrs Walker, who married twice and had a son, were scattered off Cataclew Point, on the north Cornish coast, by the RNLI lifeboat Spirit of Padstow. Mrs Walker, known as Betty, died at Red Hill Nursing Home, Worces-ter, last year. Among those at the ceremony was north Cornwall auxiliary coastguard Ian Fuller, who became a friend to Mrs Walker when she lived next door to his father. He said: She kept all the cuttings about the Titanic that she could collect, and I believe she had a cabin key from the ship....	3rd November 2006
	FAMILY INFORMATION Percy Andrew Bailey was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1894, he was the eldest child of Joseph Bailey (butcher) and Edith Bailey. The 1901 British Census shows the family at 25 Gwavas Street, Penzance along with Percy's younger siblings, Ada (b...
Western Morning News	FROM WESTCOUNTRY - FURTHER PERSONAL DETAILS Mr. James Drew and family and Mr. James Veale (sic) were from Constantine, Cornwall. Mr. and Mrs. Drew and nephew (Master Marshall Drew) had been home on a visit to his mother (who is 84 years of age, and still ignorant of anything having happened)....	18th April 1912
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW A Truro passenger, Charles P Fillbrook, resided at Charles Street, with his parents, was on his way to join an uncle at Howder County, Michigan, with the intention of becoming a miner, or of following his trade as a painter. He had not long finished...	18th April 1912
	LOBB FAMILY INFORMATION The correct origins of William Arthur Lobb, third class passenger on Titanic have now been established. The 1891 Cornwall Census shows that William Arthur Lobb was born in the parish of Luxulyan (5 miles NE of St. Austell) in 1881 and that he was th...
Daily Telegraph	CHILD OF LOVERS WHO INSPIRED TITANIC HAS ASHES SPREAD AT SEA A surviver of the Titanic, whose story was said to have inspired the Oscar-winning film, has had her ashes scattered at sea in Cornwall. One of Ellen Walker's last wishes was to have her ashes scattered at sea. She was conceived on board the Titanic by her runaway parents, whose story was said to have inspired the Oscar-winning film....	4th November 2006
	REGINALD GEORGE SMITH & HUGH WALTER MCELROY It is quite likely that Hugh Walter McElroy (purser) and Reginald George Smith (saloon steward) were acquainted as they both had brothers who were Roman Catholic Priests. Father Richard McElroy and Father Aloysius Smith both served to...
guardian.co.tt	THE UNHEARD STORY OF AMY AND THE TITANIC - TRINIDAD GUARDIAN Amy Pollard was a Guyanese infant who lost her English mother Elizabeth, in Guyana, at the age of one. The year was 1872. Her father William Branch Pollard, was from Demerara, but his ancestors had migrated to, and lived continuously in Barbados from the early 1600’s. William’s father was Barbadian. The Pollards’ ancient origins were Cornwall, England. Amy’s maternal English aunt was Hannah, nee Blackley, the barren wife of the “prince of shipbuilders,” illustrious William Imrie. Along with his partner, a Belfast Irishman—Robert Ismay, many famous sea vessels, including the Titanic, came into being. ...	8th October 2011
San Francisco Examiner	SACRAMENTO PAIR IN PASSENGER LIST Special Dispatch to “The Examiner.” SACRAMENTO, APRIL 15.–Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hold of this city were passengers on the Titanic. They were returning from a visit to Mrs. Hold’s father and other relatives in Cornwall, where they were m...	16th April 1912
Primitive Methodist Leader	OUR BOYS ON THE 'TITANIC' April 1912 Extract ‘…anxiously we have waited for tidings, and now they are come. George (Hocking) a member of the Young Men’s Christian Association Choir, was accompanied on the voyage by his widowed mother and two sisters, one of wh...	1912
	1881 CENSUS - LIVERPOOL Hugh Richard Walter McElroy was born at 3 Percy Street, Liverpool on 28 October 1874. He was the son of Richard R. McElroy and Jessie (formerly Fox). At the time of the 1881 census he was living at 6 Eversley Street, Toxteth, Liverpool with h...	1881
	ST KEVERNE CHURCH, CORNWALL, BAPTISM REGISTER The baptism register for St Keverne reveals that Hayden Sobey (son of Richard & Mary Jane Sobey nee Hayden)was one of 8 children, strangely though, both he and his sister Amelia do not feature in the register. The children that do, with their date...
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser	MR. AND MRS. CHAPMAN Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Liskeard, were also among the lost. Mrs. Chapman declining to go without her husband. Mrs. Hocking tells of how Mrs. Chapman was behind her when they were getting into the lifeboat. But when Sarah found that her husband J...	April 1912
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW From Queenstown, Mr James Hocking, of Fore Street, Devonport, who was one of the Titanic’s second class passengers, wrote to his wife, and in the course of his letter spoke of the splendid accommodation in the great vessel, and mentioned that except ...	17th April 1912
Cornubian	THE LATE MR FRANK ANDREW MR. FRANK ANDREW, of Pencoys, formerly of Lanner, who is missing. There is now no hope that he was saved....	25th April 1912
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Henry Rogers, of Tavistock, a second class passenger, was the son of the late Mr J G Rogers, stone mason, and grandson of Mr J S Rogers, who carries on the business at Tavistock. The young man was 18 years of age and had been in service with Rev. Ma...	18th April 1912
	FAMILY INFORMATION Mrs Stephen Hold (Annie Margaret, nee Hill) was born in the fishing village of Porthoustock in Cornwall and baptised at the parish church of St. Keverne on 23 May 1883. She was the daughter of Augusta Lavinia Hill. Annie’s mother was the daugh...
	HOLD FAMILY INFORMATION In this article, to avoid confusion, the Stephen Hold lost on Titanic is referred to as Stephen jnr and his father as Stephen snr. Porthoustock in the parish of St Keverne is a small fishing village located close to the southern tip of...
The San Francisco Call	RESIDENTS OF SACRAMENTO ON BOARD VESSEL Stephen Hold and Wife and H. Klaber Passengers on the Titanic --- [Special Dispatch to The Call] --- SACRAMENTO, April 15 -Three Sacramento persons were on board the ill fated liner Titanic, which sank in...	16th April 1912

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