Dear Folks Some further information re Richard Penhale / Penhall. West Briton and Cornwall Advertise. May 16 1851 DEATHS At Helston, on Monday last, Mr. Richard PENHALE, for many years policeman of that borough, aged 70 years. His name has been reported incorrectly, and the following is what I have been able to put together on Richard Penhall and his daughter Kitty, who emigrated to Australia. Richard Penhall was baptised 6th or 8th of June 1783, to parents Samuel Penhall 1745-1827 and Agnes Bennetts 1746-1792, both of Camborne. Richards siblings were: Christopher bapt. 10/11/1776, Camborne Samuel bapt. 29/11/1778, Camborne Elizabeth bapt. 16/04/1781, Camborne William bapt. 15/01/1786, Camborne. Alice on 21/12/1787, Helston William on 2/03/1790, Helston. The family moved to Helston sometime in 1786-1787. Richard married Christian Stephens 1793-1837 of Helston, on 28 Sep 1819 in Helston. Richard is listed in the 1841, age 50, living in Wendron St, Helston, occupation carpenter and policeman. He is a widower by this time. The children listed living with him are William 15, Samuel 14, Jane 12, Ann 9 and Christian 5. In the 1851 Census, he is 68 years, a policeman, born Camborne, and living in Wendron St with his two daughters, Jane 22, a dressmaker and Kitty 15. There was also another son Christopher born in 1822, who is listed in the 1841 Census as a private in the Royal Marines and was living in the Royal Marine Barracks Structure. Christopher, William and Jane were baptized under the surname PENHAUL. My connection with this family came through Richard's daughter Kitty, who used the names Catherine and Kitty. She is the Christian aged 5 in the 1841 Census. There has been some confusion with regard to her, which I will try to clarify. There is no baptism record for Catherine / Kitty. She next appears as Kitty SHUGG on the ship Mary Green in 1853 when she is listed as age 18. Her father died when she was 15 and, so she is either travelling under the protection of the Shugg family or is working as a domestic servant for them, as described on the passenger list. She married Richard Shugg in 1854 in Adelaide, South Australia. He was the eldest son of James and Elizabeth Shugg, the family whose name she travelled under, and he had emigrated 4 years earlier on the Trafalgar to Adelaide. Richard and Kitty Shugg travelled to Melbourne, Victoria possibly by local shipping, with Richard's cousins, brothers John and Thomas Shugg and their wives, who had also been on the ship Mary Green. In Melbourne, the 3 young couples camped by the Yarra River and worked for a short time, before buying a bullock dray and provisions, and walking to the Victorian goldfields over a 3 week period. They settled in the goldfield town of Maryborough, Victoria in early 1855. We know this story through a document dictated by John Shugg's wife, Barbara Ann (nee Hunt). She had also travelled out on the Mary Green, and married John Shugg in Adelaide, Sth Australia. The birth records for her Kitty's children show their mother named as both Catherine and Kitty. She died in 1901, at home in Outtrim St, Maryborough, listed as an old age pensioner. Her death certificate states she was 68 years (making her birth year 1833) and had lived 47 years in Victoria. Her parents were listed as Richard Penhall, police constable and Christian Stevens. The Maryborough Historical Society has a pioneer portrait of Mrs Catherine Shugg taken in 1900 to commemorate the pioneer settlers of that town. I believe another of Catherine / Kitty's sisters, Ann 1832-1863 emigrated to Victoria and married a Leonard Roberts in 1852, in Melbourne. I would like to find out what happened to her other brothers and sisters, so would be very interested to hear from anyone else researching this family. Kind regards, Rowena In Melbourne