Hello, Just over a week ago I asked the list if anyone had access to the British Newspaper Archive as I was after a death notice for Angelina Darlington PIDWELL which was published in the Cornishman in August 1880. I didn't get any response to my request so I thought I would provide some more information as to the reason behind the request. I am looking for two gentlemen by the name of John TREGONING or TREGONNING. One of these gentlemen is the father of Angelina. This John TREGONING was born at Carbean in St Austell in 1828 and went to Australia between 1852 and 1861. There is a John TREGONING of about the right age who arrived in Victoria aboard the TIPTREE in Jan 1856. I don't know whether this is the John TREGONING that I am looking for as there were four men with the same surname on this ship and three of them including John appear to have been travelling together. In 1861 a John TREGONING who was a miner at a place called Linton was robbed of £17 pounds in Ballarat and it is possible that this is the John that I am looking for especially as he was on his way to Pleasant Creek which was close to where his brother James was living. In May 1864 a John TREGONING or TREGONNING departed on the True Briton which was bound for London (although some passengers left the boat at the Scilly Isles) and his death at sea was later recorded although the date of death was given as 20/4/64 which was before the ship actually departed. This John TREGONNING was 35 and was born in Cornwall. The cause of death was phthisis. The 1851 Census has 8 men of this name born five years either side of 1828, while the 1861 census has only 4. In terms of age the John that I am looking for is the closest match to the man that died aboard the True Briton. The problem that I have is that in the 1871 and 1881 census John's wife Maria is recorded as being married although in the 1891 census she is recorded as being a widow. One of the death notices for Angelina mentions her father although the surname is not spelled correctly. As I don't have access to the British Newspaper Archive I was interested in reading the full entry to see if there was any mention of a place where he was supposed to be living. I would also be interested to know if there was any form of protocol for notifying relatives of a death at sea. The death is recorded in Board of Trade documents? But obviously this is not the original notification as there are other deaths on other ships recorded. Would there be other subsidiary records that would provide more information including the correct date of death. Any help or useful ideas would be appreciated. Regards, Christine

Hello, I saw your first email but have only just got round to looking. I've looked at the Gale Database and the Cornishman doesn't feature. There is however an announcement in the Royal Cornwall Gazette, dated Friday August 20, 1880, as follows. DEATHS PIDWELL - At Mount Charles, St Austell, August 10, Mrs. Angelina Darlington Pidwell, age 27. I hope that is what you were looking for. Best wishes, Tom Thompson, St Agnes.