COASTGUARDS with a connection to PORTHLEVEN

NAME BORN CENSUS WIFE CHILDREN
ASH, William HAM 1848 Portsmouth 1871 Stoker on HMS Cockatrice in Malta (RG10/5780/22) 1881 Not found 1891 Porthleven (Sithney) CON 1891 - Wife: Annie, 1848, Cork, IRL Children: Catherine & Annie, 1875 & 1877, Portsmouth, HAM; Janie, 1879, Kerry, IRL.
BECKERLEY 1891 Drill aboard HMS Alexandria; Mary Beckerley was with her children at the Porthleven (Sithney) station CON Wife: Mary, 1851, Liskeard, CON. Children: James F & Alice M, 1885 & 1890, Porthleven, CON.
BELL, William NFK 1856 Burston 1901 Porthleven Sithney CON Wife: Alice Mary, 1863, Burston, NFK. Children: William SM & Wilfred J & Stanley G, 1885 & 1888 & 1890, all Hull, YKS; Ivy M, 1895, N/K.
BETTS, William IRL 1841 1881 Rhossilly GLA Wife: Rebecca, 1848, Porthleven, CON. Children: William H, 1869, Devonport, DEV; Thomas J & Walter, 1871 & 1873, St Dogmaels, PEM; Charles & Elizabeth J, 1876 & 1877, Porthcawl, GLA; Samuel, 1880, Rhossilly, GLA.
BODDY, William HAM 1846 Portsmouth 1881 Sithney CON 1891 Bryher, Scilly Islands CON Wife: Jane, 1859, Porthleven, CON. Mother: Ann Boddy, 1803, Devonport, DEV. Niece: Minnie E Williams, 1871, Devonport, DEV.
BOYLE, Fergal IRL c1806 1841 Porthleven (Sithney) CON Wife: Elizabeth, c1816, IRL. Children: Charles, 1832, IRL; John & Elizabeth & Ellen, 1834 & 1836 & 1840, all CON.
BRICKLEY, William IRL 1820 1851 Pendeen St Just CON 1861 Sennen Cove CON 1881 On pension at St Just in Penwith, CON [RG11/2350/72] Wife: Elizabeth A, 1821, Gorran Haven, CON. Children: Richard & Catherine & Sarah Jane & Kate, 1842 & 1844 & 1845 & (1847), Porthleven, CON; Mary, 1847, Marazion, CON; Anne & William Henry, 1849 & 1850, St Just, CON; Ellen & Emily, 1855 & 1858, Sennen, CON.
BUNT, John N. CON 1816 (Cadgwith, Ruan or Porthleven) 1851 Fleet DOR 1861 Preston DOR 1871 Sandown IOW (A) 1881 House Agent at Brading [RG11/1183/28] (B) Wife: Harriet, 1819, Porthleven, Sithney, CON. Children: Emily (m. King), 1843, Whitenose (St Whitenothe), Weymouth, DOR; John & Thomas & Harriet, 1846 & 1849 (2), Radipole, Weymouth, DOR; William, 1847, Preston, DOR; Soloman R, 1852, Wyke Regis, DOR; Tobias R & Henry, 1857 & 1860, Preston, DOR.
CARRON, Robert DEV 1859 Devonport 1881 Aboard HMS Cambridge at Devonport [RG11/2210/136] 1891 Drill aboard HMS Alexandria at Portland, DOR; Wife Elizabeth and the children were at the Grade (Ruan Minor) station CON Wife: Elizabeth, 1858, Millbrook, CON. Children: Joseph S, 1884, Millbrook, CON; Nathaniel, 1888, Porthleven, CON.
CORENEEN, John IRL 1806 Berheven, Co Cork 1851 Porthleven (Sithney) CON 1881 Not found Wife: Julia, 1820, Cove, Co Cork, IRL. Children: Michael, 1839, (Branscombe), DEV; Barry & Mary & John & Cornelius, 1842 & 1845 & 1848 & 1850, all Breage, CON..
CRONAN, Cornelius CON 1850 Porthleven 1881 Not found 1891 Charmouth DOR Wife: Alice, 1862, Penzance, CON.
DYER, James DEV 1857 Exeter 1901 Portscatho Gerrans CON Wife: Mary Ann, 1861, Malta. Children: James & Florence, 1886 & 1887, Yealm, DEV; Rosina & Alice & Mabel, 1888 & 1890 & 1891, all Noss Mayo, DEV; Frederick & Ernest, 1894 & 1896, Porthleven, CON; Mary & Elsie, 1897 & 1900, Portscatho, CON.
ENGLISH, John YKS 1817 (?) 1861 Sithney CON 1881 Sarah, now widowed, was at Sithney, CON [RG11/2322/35] Wife: Sarah, 1819, (Walmer), Deal, KEN. Children: Fanny, 1844, Weymouth, DOR; Sarah & Emma, 1846 & 1848, St Ives, CON; Lucy, 1855, Breage, CON; John & Richard & Georgina, 1857 & 1859 & 1861, all Porthleven (Sithney), CON.
EVE, Charles KEN 1861 Sheppey 1891 Drill aboard HMS Alexandria at Portland, DOR; Wife Alma was at the St Just in Roseland, CON, station Wife: Alma Bessie, 1868, Porthleven, CON. Wife: Alma Bessie, 1868, Porthleven, CON.
FORD, Thomas IRL 1839 or 1841 Kingstown 1871 Mullion CON 1881 Mullion CON Wife: Louisa J, 1838, Great Torrington, DEV. Children: Alma Bessie & Henry (Harry), 1868 & 1870, Porthleven, Sithney, CON. Vyvyan W Lake, 1877, Mullion, CON, was visiting in 1881.
GABRIEL, Edward CON 1823 Torpoint 1861 Portloe Veryan CON 1871 Porthleven Sithney CON; Jane Gabriel, wife to Chief Porthleven Boatman living apart, was at Gunwalloe, CON [RG10/2304] 1881 Neither Gabriel nor his wife found Wife: Jane, 1824, Devonport, DEV, was said to be of unsound mind in 1871. Children: Emily, 1851, Torpoint, CON; Louise, 1854, Cowpen, NBL; William J, 1857, NBL; Elizabeth, 1859, Newbiggin, NBL; Edward, 1860, Eastington, Hartlepool, DUR; Sarah J.G, 1865, Gunwalloe, CON.
GOLDFINCH, James R. Malta 1862 Valetta 1881 Aboard HMS Ready [RG11/5633/68] 1891 Beachy Head SSX 1901 Culver (Sandown) IOW Wives: Kate Laura/Laura Kate, 1864, Gosport, HAM. Children: Arthur E.A, 1887, Porthleven, CON; Alice M, 1893, Beachy Head, SSX; Nellie K, 1896, Shoreham, SSX..
GRENFULL, John CON 1856 ST Ives 1881 Not found 1891 Porthleven (Sithney) CON Wife: (Dawretha), 1857, St Dennis, CON.
GRIFFIN, Patrick IRL 1804 1841 Porthleven (Sithney) CON Wife: Margaret, 1806, IRL. Children: John & Ellen & Catherine & Patrick & Jeremiah, 1826 & 1830 & 1833 & 1836 & 1838, all IRL; Margaret, 1840, CON.
HALL, Elgar W. KEN 1871 Dover 1901 Porthleven Sithney CON
JARVIS, William GLS 1866 Dymock 1901 Porthleven Sithney CON Wife: Kate, 1867, Dymock, GLS. Children: Elsie, 1892, Dymock, GLS; Constance & William & Mary, 1896 & 1897 & 1898, all Bridport, DOR; Kate & Lily M & Hubert, 1898 & 1899 & 1900, all Kingston, DOR.
LEY, Ralph F. DEV 1840 Plymouth 1871 Porthleven Sithney CON 1881 Sithney CON 1891 Halsetown (St Ives) CON Wife: Marian, 1843, Co Down, IRL. Children: Jane N.M & (Frances E.G aka Grace) & (Ralph F.N aka Norman), 1874 & 1876 & 1877, all Mullion, CON; Maud N & John A.N & Marian N & Daisy, 1878 & 1879 & 1880 & 1881, all Porthleven (Sithney), CON.
LIGHT, Charles DEV 1865 St May 1901 Porthleven Sithney CON Children: Maud, 1888, Cornwood, DEV; Albert, 1893, Telscombe, SSX; Alfred & Eva, 1896 & 1900, Torquay, DEV. Children: Maud, 1888, Cornwood, DEV; Albert, 1893, Telscombe, SSX; Alfred & Eva, 1896 & 1900, Torquay, DEV.
MAHONEY, William IRL 1852 N 1891 Paul CON 1901 Tresco Scilly Islands CON Wife: Ellen, 1857, IRL. Children: Mary A & Ellen & Thomas, 1883 & 1885 & 1887, Porthleven, CON; William & George D, 1889 & 1892, Mousehole, CON.
McPHERSON, William SCT 1837 1871 Porthleven Sithney CON 1881 Bricklayers Labourer at Portsea, HAM [RG11/1160/116] Wife: Catherine, 1830, Truro, CON.
NICHOLAS, William R. SRY 1858 Battersea 1901 Porthleven Sithney CON Wife: Elizabeth M, 1868, Cuddington, Ewell, SRY.
OLIVER, William KEN 1829 Greenwich 1871 Porthleven Sithney CON 1881 St Whitenothe (Chaldon Herring) DOR Wife: Mary Ann, 1839/1841, Exmouth, DEV. Child: Eveline Frances, 1866, Falmouth, CON.
POMEROY, Henry CON 1811 (Mousehole) 1851 Porthleven CON Wife: Elizabeth, 1816, ?, KEN. Children: Henry & Richard, 1847 & 1849, IRL.
POMERY, Henry CON 1811 Mousehole 1861 Mevagissey CON 1881 Elizabeth, now widowed, was at the Paul station, CON. Wife: Elizabeth, 1818, (Walmer, KEN). Children: Henry & Richard, 1847 & 1849, IRL; Amelia (m. Edmonds), 1852, Porthleven, CON; Mary A, 1855, Mousehole, CON. Son-in-Law: Charles H Edmonds, 1850, Paul, CON.
RASHLEIGH, Francis - see also next entry Not DOR c1816 1841 Chideock DOR Wife: Elizabeth, c1816, not DOR. Child: Elizabeth, 1835, not DOR.
RASHLEIGH, Francis - see also preceding entry CON 1810/1812 St Anthony 1861 Sithney CON 1871 On pension at Porthleven, Sithney, CON [RG102301/59] 1881 Not found Wife: Mary, 1815/1819, St Anthony, CON. Children: Elizabeth Mary & Susan Rogers Rashleigh, 1845 & 1850, Watchet, SOM. Nephew: Rowland Hill, 1859, Falmouth, CON.
ROBERTS, Thomas CON 1834 Lizard, Landewednack 1871 Porthleven Sithney CON 1881 On pension at Landewednack, CON [RG11/2325/74] Wife: Mary A, 1839, Gunwalloe, CON. Children: Thomas J & William, 1864 & 1866, Lizard, CON; Mary Ellen, 1866 (sic), (Lizard or Mullion), CON.
SEAWARD, George see also SEWARD KEN 1863 Lydd 1901 Looe CON Wife: Martha Julia, 1863, Peasmarsh, SSX. Children: Elizabeth & Kate & Annie & Agnes & Charles & Caroline, 1891 & 1893 (2) & 1894 & 1895 & 1896, all Porthleven, CON; Julia, 1898, Mullion, CON; Edith, 1900, Whitlands, DEV.
SEWARD, George see also SEAWARD KEN 1863 Lydd 1881 Aboard HMS Comus [RG11/5639/72] 1891 Porthleven (Sithney) CON Wife: Martha J, 1863, Peasmarsh, SSX.
STURT, Edward G. SFK 1871 Kessingland 1901 Porthleven Sithney CON 1911 Forrabury, Boscastle CON 1901 - Wife: Catherine, 1875, Portsmouth, HAM. Children: William, 1900, Sithney, CON; Florence, 1902 in Portleven CON, Edward, 1904 Pollhaven Cove CON; Ethel & Kathleen, 1907 & 1908 both in Boscastle CON.
SYMONS, John CON 1816 Porthleven 1851 Barton (Milton) HAM 1881 On pension at Alexandra Cottage, Bath Road, Lymington, HAM [RG11/1189/100] Wife: Jane, 1823, Wendron, CON. Children: John, Sep 1843, E Prawle, Chivelstone, DEV; William J, 1846, Ringmore, DEV; Mary J, 1850, Wendron, CON; Harriet, 1863, Lymington, HAM. ? This man appears in the Return to the House of Commons, 1857 (see Home Page)
SYMONS, William CON 1809 Porthleven 1851 Morice Town (Plymouth) DEV 1861 Portwrinkle Sheviock CON 1871 On pension at Porthleven, Sithney, CON [RG10/2301/20] Wife: Ann, 1819, Walmer, KEN (d. by 1861). Children: Mary Ann, 1844, Walmer; William Edward, 1846, Deal, KEN.
THOMAS, William CON c1796 Mylor or Helston 1827-1830 Aboard HMS Goldfinch 1834 Coastguard service began 1841 St Ives CON 1851 Porthleven Sithney CON 1857 Retired from Coastguard 1861 On pension at Ewhurst, SSX [RG9/0564/26] Wife: Emily (nee Bond, m. May 1817 at Veryan, CON; apparently d. before 1841). Children: William Morcom & Frederic Augustus & Emily (m. Warren) & Alfred James & Benjamin & Stephen & Henry Edwin & Agatha, 1818 & 1820 & 1821 & 1824 & 1826 & 1827 & 1830 & 1832, all Mylor, CON; Frederick Augustus, 1834, bapt. Mylor, CON, but b. Cork, IRL, according to censuses. Grandchildren: Emily Bond Warren & Agatha Jane Warren & Alfred James Warren, 1843 & 1846 & 1850, all St Ives, CON; Catherine Jane Thomas, 1846, St Ives, CON; Alfred James Thomas, 1850, Phillack, CON; Alfred James Warren, 1851, Penzance, CON.
TRACE, James DEV 1849 Devonport 1881 IRL 1891 Porthleven (Sithney) CON Wife: Maria, 1848, Devonport, DEV. Children: Thomas & Alfred, 1879 & 1881, Donegal, IRL; William H, 1884, Mayo, IRL; Robert G, 1889, Branscombe, DEV.
WETHERIDGE or HETHERIDGE or METHERIDGE, Thomas DEV 1809 Ilfracombe 1871 On pension at Porthleven Sithney CON [RG10/2301/50] 1881 Not found Wife: Jane, 1811, Gunwalloe, CON. Children: Philiemon, 1846, Watchet, SOM; John, 1858, Minehead, SOM; Jacob, Ilfracombe, DEV; Ann, 1853. Porthleven, CON.
WEYMOUTH, John B. DEV 1818 Stonehouse (Plymouth) 1851 Prussia Cove (Breage) CON 1861 Sennen Cove CON 1871 Porthleven Sithney CON 1881 On pension at Sithney, CON [RG11/2322/43] Wife: Jane, (1812/1813/1814 ), Fowey, CON. Children: Mary J & Elizabeth & John B, 1843 & 1844 & 1846, all IRL; Rebecca & Martha A, 1848 & (1873), Sithney, Porthleven, CON; Ann B, 1851, Prussia Cove, Breage, CON: Henry B, 1853, Porthleven, Sithney, CON.
WINSOR, Daniel DEV 1815 or 1817 Plymouth 1851 Prussia Cove (Breage) CON 1861 Mawgan Porth CON 1881 On pension at Maker, CON [RG11/2279/15] Wife: Rhoda, 1818 or 1820, Ford, Kingsbridge, DEV. Children: Jane, 1843, IRL; Rhoda, 1848, Porthleven, Sithney, CON; Daniel & Samuel, both 1850, Prussia Cove, Breage, CON; Thomas (Luce), 1853, Padstow, CON; William Henry, 1855, Port Isaac, CON; Mary Ann & Benjamin & Jessie, 1858 & 1860 & 1862, Mawganporth, CON. Elizabeth Snell, 1835, Plymouth, DEV, was visiting in 1851.