Penhaligon

Robert Calf Penhaligon

Married

BIRTH: Prudence was born in about 1821 (?), in St. Ervan, Cornwall, England.

BAPTISM: Prudence was baptized on 20 Jan 1824, in St. Ervan, Cornwall, England.

BIOGRAPHY:

Prudence's parents were Humphry Hicks (b 1776, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England; buried: 1 Jan 1844, Rumford, Cornwall, England) and Jennifer Brenton, who were married on 12 Aug 1809, in St. Ervan, Cornwall, England (Pallot's Marriage Index: 1780-1837). Humphry and Jennifer had at least eleven children: William (baptized: 17 Jul 1810, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), Maria ( baptized: 6 Jul 1812, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), John (baptized: 30 Jul 1814, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), Jenny (Jane) (baptized: 29 Oct 1816, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), Humphry (baptized: 3 May 1819, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), James (baptized: 27 Sep 1821, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), Prudence (baptized: 20 Jan 1824, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), Dorthea (baptized: 8 May 1826, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), Thomas (baptized: 18 Sep 1828, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), Richard (baptized: 2 Dec 1832, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England), and Hannah (b 1837, St. Ervan, Cornwall, England).

Prudence & Robert Penhaligon

At the time of the 1851 Census, Prudence was 27 years old and employed as a house servant at the Union Hotel, 60 St. Austle Street in Truro, St Clement, Cornwall, England (Source: HO107/1910; District 3e; Folio: 137; Page: 12; GSU roll: 221063-221064).

Prudence married Robert Calf Penhaligon, of Truro, Cornwall, England. At the time of the 1861 English Census, Prudence was 39 years old (b. St. Ervan, Cornwall), and living at dwelling 10, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England (Source: RG9/1557; District: 80; Folio: 80; Page: 13; GSU roll: 542831), with her husband, Robert (42), a farm laborer (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); her daughter, Mary J. (9), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); her son, Thomas (6), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); her son, Robert (3) (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); and her daughter, Elizabeth (5 months) (b. St. Clement, Cornwall).

At the time of the 1871 English Census, Prudence was 49 years old, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG10/2282; District 15; Folio: 47; Page: 23; GSU roll: 834887), with her husband, Robert (52), a gardener; her son, Robert (12), a butcher's errand boy; her daughter, Elizabeth A. (10), a scholar; her son, Richard (8), and her daughter, Grace (4).

At the time of the 1881 English Census, Prudence was 60 years old, and living at 20 Boscawen Row, Truro, St Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG11/2311; District: 15b; Folio: 73; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1341555), with her husband, Robert (62), a gardener; her daughter, Grace ( 16); and her son, Richard (18), a painter.

At the time of the 1891 English Census, Prudence was 69 years old, widowed, a nurse, and living at 20 Boscawen Row, Truro, St Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG12/1829; District: 15; Folio 162; Page 12; GSU roll: 6096939). A few doors away, at 24 Boscawen Row, were her daughter-in-law, Kate Penhaligon (wife of Prudence's son, Thomas), 39 years old (listed as wife - although Thomas was not listed), and their children: Thomas (16), a stone cutter; Bessie (13); Robert (10), Richard (7), and William (5).

At the time of the 1901 English Census, Prudence was 80 years old, widowed, and living at 10 Alms Houses, Pydar Street, Truro, St Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG13/2221; District: 11; Page: 18).

DEATH: Prudence died in Dec 1910, in Truro, Cornwall, England, at the age of 89.

Penhaligon Sisters - 1930's

Children

Mary Jane Penhaligon

BIRTH: Jun 1852, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England

BIOGRAPHY:

        At the time of the 1861 English Census, Mary J. was 9 years old, a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall), and living at dwelling 10, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England (Source: RG9/1557; District: 80; Folio: 80; Page: 13; GSU roll: 542831), with her Father, Robert (42), a farm laborer (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); her Mother, Prudence (39) (b. St. Ervan, Cornwall); her brother, Thomas (6), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); her brother, Robert (3) (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); and her sister, Elizabeth (5 months) (b. St. Clement, Cornwall).

Jasper Mallet

        Mary Jane married Jasper Mallet, in Dec 1870, in Bath, England. They had nine children: Ada Mary (b Mar 1871, Somerset, Bath, England), Robert John (b Sep 1872, Bedminster, Bristol, England), Rosina (b 1874, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, England), Bessie (b Dec 1876, Bedminster, Bristol, England), Eliza (b Dec 1878, Bedminster, Bristol, England), Annie M. (b 1882, City & County Bristol, England), Prudence Ellen (b Dec 1883, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales), Beatrice (b Jun 1886, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales), and Jasper (b 1889, Barry, Glamorgan, Wales).

        At the time of the 1871 English Census, Mary was 19 years old, and living at 38 Weave Street, Bedminster, Bristol, England (Source: RG10/2506; District: 10; Page: 23), with her husband, Jasper (listed as Joseph) (30), a stone mason; and her daughter, Ada (under 4 months).

        At the time of the 1881 English Census, Mary was 28 years old, listed as head of household, wife of mason, and living at 7 Gloster Place, St. Michael, Bristol, England (Source: RG11/2476; District: 6; Page: 5), with her daughter, Ada (10), scholar; her son, Robert (8), scholar; her daughter, Rose (7), scholar; her daughter, Bessie (5), scholar; her daughter, Eliza (2); her nephew, Robert Mallet (22) (b 1859, Pensyn, Cornwall, England), sailor; and her niece, Annie (19) (b 1862, Pensyn, Cornwall, England), drapers assistant, unemployed. Mary's husband, Jasper, was not listed in the household.

        At the time of the 1891 Wales Census, Mary was 39 years old, and living at 35 Princess Street, East Barry, Glamorgan, Wales (Source: RG12/4407; District 16; Page: 61), with her husband, Jasper Mallet (50), a mason; their children: Robert J. (19), an engineer; Rosina (17); Eliza (12); Annie M. (9); Ellen P. (7); Beatrise (4); and Jasper (2); her brother, Robert Penhaligon (32), single, a mason; her brother-in-law, Jonathan Mallet (56), widowed, a mason; and three lodgers: John Brooke (28), a mason; John Powell (36), a brakesman; and David Blunt (29), a brakesman.

Mallet Family

        Mary and Jasper's daughter Ada married Albert Knight (b 1861, Horsham, Sussex, England), and had seven children: Albert H. (b 1889, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales), Burells (b 1892, Flixton, Lancashire, England), Rhoda (b 1894, Cadishead, Lancashire, England), Olive (b 1898, Barton, Lancashire, England), Ernest R. (b 1899, Patricroft, Lancashire, England), Stanley (b 1900, Barton, Lancashire, England), and Rene.

        Their son Robert married Tilly Unknown and had two daughters, Rene and Winnie; daughter Rosina married a man named Parsons and had five children: Dorothy, Beattie, Rose, Agnes, and Jasper; daughter Bessie married a man named Allen and had four children: Thomasina, Norman, Richard and Bernard; daughter Eliza married Will Stephens and had three sons: Bert, Jasper, and Unknown; daughter Annie married Joseph Evan Webb and had two children: Alec (b 1915), and Rhoda (b 1917); daughter Nellie married Sidney Foster and had two children: Sidney, and Maureen; daughter Beatrice married Fred Morgan, had two children: Marjorie, and Robert, and lived in Roselle Park, NJ, USA; son Jasper had Parkinson's disease, and died at a young age.

Thomas Penhaligon

BIRTH: 1853, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England

BIOGRAPHY:

        At the time of the 1861 English Census, Thomas was 6 years old, a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall), and living at dwelling 10, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England (Source: RG9/1557; District: 80; Folio: 80; Page: 13; GSU roll: 542831), with his Father, Robert (42), a farm laborer (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); his Mother, Prudence (39) (b. St. Ervan, Cornwall); his sister, Mary J. (9), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); his brother, Robert (3) (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); and his sister, Elizabeth (5 months) (b. St. Clement, Cornwall).

        Thomas married Catherine Woolcock (b Feock, Cornwall, England) in Sep 1874, in Ulverston, Cumbria/Lancashire, England. In the 1871 Census, Catherine had been listed as a domestic servant , in the home of Charlotte Stephens, at Strangway's Villas, Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall, England (Source: RG10/2283; District: 2; Page: 8).

        At the time of the 1881 English Census, Thomas was 28 years old, a mason, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, Cornwall, England (Source: RG11/2311; District: 15b; Folio: 74; Page: 13; GSU roll: 1341555), with his wife, Kate (28), and his children: Thomas (6) (b Feock, Cornwall, England), scholar; Bessie (3) (b Lancashire, England), scholar; and Robert (2 months) (b Truro, Cornwall, England).

        At the time of the 1891 English Census, Thomas' wife, Kate was 39 years old, (listed as wife - although Thomas was not listed), and living at 24 Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG12/1829; District: 15; Page: 12), with their children: Thomas (16), a stone cutter; Bessie (13); Robert (10), Richard (7), and William (5). A few doors away, at 20 Boscawen Row, was her mother-in-law, Prudence (69), widowed, and a nurse.

        At the time of the 1901 English Census, Thomas' wife, Kate (listed as Catherine) was 47 years old, listed as being married (although Thomas was still not listed), head of household, and living at 8 Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG13/2221; District: 11; Page: 11), with her daughter, Bessie (23); her son, Robert (20), a mason; her son, William (14), a house painter; and two lodgers: George Mathews (47), single, stone mason; and Mathew Thomas (23), single, stone mason. Kate was listed as having been born in Carnon Down, North Truro, Cornwall, England. In the same census, her son, Richard, was 17 years old, and serving aboard His Majesty's Ship Agincourt (Source: RG13/1998; District: Agincourt; Page 5).

Robert Penhaligon

BIRTH: Sep 1858, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England

BIOGRAPHY:

        At the time of the 1861 English Census, Robert was 3 years old (b. St. Clement, Cornwall), and living at dwelling 10, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England (Source: RG9/1557; District: 80; Folio: 80; Page: 13; GSU roll: 542831), with his Father, Robert (42), a farm laborer (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); his Mother, Prudence (39) (b. St. Ervan, Cornwall); his sister, Mary J. (9), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); his brother, Thomas (6), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); and his sister, Elizabeth (5 months) (b. St. Clement, Cornwall).

        At the time of the 1871 English Census, Robert was 12 years old, a butcher's errand boy, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG10/2282; District 15; Folio: 47; Page: 23; GSU roll: 834887), with his Father, Robert (52), a gardener; his Mother, Prudence (49); his sister, Elizabeth A. (10), a scholar; his brother, Richard (8), and his sister, Grace (4).

        At the time of the 1891 Wales Census, Robert was 32 years old, single, and living with his sister Mary (39) and her husband, Jasper Mallet (50), at 35 Princess Street, East Barry, Glamorgan, Wales (Source: RG12/4407; District 16; Page: 61). Both Robert and Jasper were masons. Also living with them were Mary and Jasper's children: Robert J. (19), an engineer; Rosina (17); Eliza (12); Annie M. (9); Ellen P. (7); Beatrice (4); and Jasper (2); and three lodgers: John Brooke (28), a mason; John Powell (36), a brakesman; and David Blunt (29), a brakesman.

        At the time of the 1901 English Census, Robert was 43 years old, a stonemason, and living at 24 Morice? Street (next to the White Horse Tavern), Devonport, Devon, England (Source: RG13/2106; District 2; Page: 45), with his wife, Georgina (43), born in Stonehouse, Devon, England.

Elizabeth Ann Penhaligon

BIRTH: Dec 1860, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England

BIOGRAPHY:

        At the time of the 1861 English Census, Elizabeth was 5 months old (b. St. Clement, Cornwall), and living at dwelling 10, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England (Source: RG9/1557; District: 80; Folio: 80; Page: 13; GSU roll: 542831), with her Father, Robert (42), a farm laborer (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); her Mother, Prudence (39) (b. St. Ervan, Cornwall); her sister, Mary J. (9), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); her brother, Thomas (6), a scholar (b. St. Clement, Cornwall); and her brother, Robert (3)(b. St. Clement, Cornwall).

        At the time of the 1871 English Census, Elizabeth was 10 years old, a scholar, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG10/2282; District 15; Folio: 47; Page: 23; GSU roll: 834887), with her Father, Robert (52), a gardener; her Mother, Prudence (49); her brother, Robert (12), a butcher's errand boy; her brother, Richard (8), and her sister, Grace (4).

        At the time of the 1881 English Census, Elizabeth was 20 years old, and a servant in the home of Julian Boase Morcom(30), a Coffee House keeper, at 40 Barbican Street, London, England (Source: RG11/0372; District 2; Page: 10). Also living there were Julian's wife, Rebecca (32); their son, Frank Julian Morcom (6); daughters: Caroline Mary (4), and Mildred Helen (8 months); Rebecca's Aunt, ? Osborne (64), a servant; Charlotte Trudeau (26), servant; Elizabeth Batten (24), servant; and lodgers: Richard Ryan (39), horse dealer; Roderick Ryan (26), horse dealer, and Patrick Ryan (16), groomer.

        Elizabeth married William John Babb (b 1856; Bideford, Devon, England) in June 1885, in the Holborn District, London, England, and they had a son, Arthur.

        At the time of the 1901 English Census, Elizabeth was 40 years old (listed as Ann Elizabeth), and living at 11 Benyon Road, London, St. Andrews (Source: RG13/227; District 28; Page: 33), with her husband, listed as John William Babb (45), a wheelwright; her sister, Grace Beesley (35); her brother-in-law, Charles F. Beesley (34), a compositor (print), and head of household; her nephew, Frederick Charles (7); and her nieces: Bessie (9), and Florence May (5).

        At the time of the 1901 English Census, Julian Morcom was 50 years old (b 1851, Altarnun, Cornwall, England), widowed (some time between 1885 and 1901), and living at 39 Barbican Street, also the site of his Coffee House. Living with him were his son, Frank J. (26), waiter at the Coffee House; daughter-in-law, Agnes F. (27); daughters: Caroline M. (24) and Mildred H. (20), both waitresses at the Coffee House; sons: Herbert B. (19) and Clement A. (16); and four servants.

        Elizabeth Penhaligon Babb married Julian Boase Morcom in Sep 1908, in the Hackney District, London, England.

        Elizabeth was considered a second mother (Auntie Morcom), by Bessie Beesley, her sister Grace's daughter. Elizabeth was 53 years old when she visited Bessie and her husband, Charles Petitjean, in Waterbury, CT, in 1914. She traveled on the S.S. Olympic, arriving on 6 May 1914.

Auntie Morcom and Bessie Petitjean

DEATH: Elizabeth died in a house fire at 10 Elia Street, Islington, London, England, on 9 Jul 1946. She was 85 years old.

BURIAL: Elizabeth was buried on 15 Jul 1946, in Manor Park Cemetery, London, England, Square 46, Grave 3. The undertaker was H.E. Pierce.

Richard Penhaligon

BIRTH: 1864, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England

BIOGRAPHY:

        At the time of the 1871 English Census, Richard was 8 years old, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG10/2282; District 15; Folio: 47; Page: 23; GSU roll: 834887), with his Father, Robert (52), a gardener; his Mother, Prudence ( 49); his brother, Robert (12), a butcher's errand boy; his sister, Elizabeth (10), a scholar; and his sister, Grace (4).

        At the time of the 1881 English Census, Richard was 18 years old, a painter, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, St Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG11/2311; District: 15b; Folio: 73; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1341555), with his Father, Robert (62), a gardener; his Mother, Prudence (60); and his sister, Grace (16).

        Richard married Amelia Barrett, Dec 1886, in Truro, Cornwall, England, and had two children: Florence Mary (b Mar 1888), and Richard (b Mar 1890).

        At the time of the 1891 English Census, Richard was 27 years old, a painter, and living at 8 East Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Clement, Cornwall, England (Source: RG12/1829; District 7; Folio 62; Page 12; GSU roll: 6096939), with his wife, Amelia (28), born in Kenwyn, Cornwall, his daughter Florence M. (3), and his son, Richard (1).



Grace Penhaligon

BIRTH: Jun 1866, St. Clement, Truro, Cornwall, England

BIOGRAPHY:

        At the time of the 1871 English Census, Grace was 4 years old, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, St. Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG10/2282; District 15; Folio: 47; Page: 23; GSU roll: 834887), with her Father, Robert (52), a gardener; her Mother, Prudence ( 49); her brother, Robert (12), a butcher's errand boy; her sister, Elizabeth (10), a scholar; and her brother, Richard (8).

        At the time of the 1881 English Census, Grace was 16 years old, and living on Boscawen Row, Truro, St Mary, Cornwall, England (Source: RG11/2311; District: 15b; Folio: 73; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1341555), with her Father, Robert (62), a gardener; her Mother, Prudence (60); and her brother, Richard (18), a painter.

        Grace married Charles Frederick Beesley, in September 1890, in the Holborn District, London, England. At the time of the 1891 English Census, she was 24 years old, and living at 295 Compton Buildings, in the St. Peters, Clerkenwell Parish of London, England (Source: RG12/222; District 2a; Page: 37), with her husband, Charles Beesley (23), a Printer - Compositor.

Charles Frederick Beesley

        At the time of the 1901 English Census, Grace was 35 years old, and living with her husband, Charles (34), their son Frederick Charles (7), their daughters: Bessie (9), and Florence May (5), her sister, Elizabeth Ann Babb (listed as Ann Elizabeth) (40), and her brother-in-law, John William Babb (45), a wheelwright. They lived at 11 Benyon Road, London, St. Andrews (Source: RG13/227; District 28; Page: 33). Charles' occupation was listed as Compositor, Print.

        Grace and Charles had five children: Bessie Lilian (b 30 Aug 1891, d 16 Aug 1949), Frederick Charles (b 28 Mar 1894, d 25 Nov 1973), Florence May (b 1896, d 18 May 1961), Robert William (b Apr 1901, d 18 Aug 1901), and William Robert (b 1904, d 23 Mar 1909).

        Grace and Charles' last address in London was 128 Compton Buildings, Goswell Square.

DEATH: Grace died at the age of 69, at the Archway Hospital, Islington.

BURIAL: Grace was buried on 19 Feb 1936, in Manor Park Cemetery, London, England, , Square 46, Grave 3. The undertaker was H. E. Pierce, and the minister was F. W. Hopkins.

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