Mike, It's a good bet that John K. ELLIS was the son of banker's clerk James ELLIS and his wife Elizabeth KENDALL, who were married by license at Wendron on on 03 May 1821. The family lived in Helston at Wendron Street at the 1841 Census and at Church Street at the 1851 and 1861 Census. James ELLIS was born at St. Erth and baptized in that parish on 04 Oct 1789, the son of merchant Thomas ELLIS and Martha FREEMAN. James and Elizabeth had at least 8 children, all born at Helston: James ELLIS, b.ca. 1822 Eliza ELLIS, b.ca. 1824 Mary K. ELLIS, b.ca. 1826 Juliana ELLIS, b.ca. 1827 Elizabeth ELLIS, b.ca. 1829 John K. ELLIS, b.ca. 1831, died 10 Jun 1858 at Singapore Philippa ELLIS, b.ca. 1835 Nanny ELLIS, b.ca. 1838 Both sons, James and John, were described as banker's clerks at the 1851 enumeration. Bill Curnow Port Charlotte, FL, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Kiernan via" <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com>; <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 2:23 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 20 Aug 1858 BMDs - Death of John Ellis. > Amongst the death notifications in this edition : "At Singapore, en route > to Ceylon, from Sydney, for the benefit of his health, John, son of Mr, > James ELLIS, of Helston, aged 28 years." > > During a study trip to Singapore a few years ago I traced a memorial to > JOHN > K ELLIS. This was, with many others, embedded in a wall surrounding the > garden (was a burial ground) of historic Fort Canning. Lichen covered it > was > not possible to transcribe without cleaning. However, some time before > the > Singapore National Archives had arranged for a group of students to rub > each > of the numerous memorials and they kindly let me have a copy. The plaque > reads : > > "JOHN K ELLIS late of Helston who died on 10 June 1858 aged 27. Much > beloved and respected by friends." > > I have deposited photographs of the plaque and the rubbing with the > Cornish > Global Migration Programme at Murdoch House in Redruth and he has been > added > to the data base. > > As of yet the CGMP have not researched immediate family members, census > etc. > or have any information about his travels to Sydney. If anyone has any > further information then we would be delighted if you could share. > > Mike, Murdoch House, Redruth. > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message