Hi Nivard There is an OPC for Penzance whom you could try. The Penzance Borough Cemetery is a fair distance from Laregan but that is the main burial ground for Penzance - in St.Clare Street, between the cricket ground and Heamoor. Cheers Pat On 19/10/2012 9:44 PM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Hi Pat > > Thanks for your input > > Although it was during the war years it was not as a result of the war > but appendicitis followed by peritonitis, I doubt there would be any > problem these days > > There is a Catholic element in the family but later so am unsure if he > was or not, the living relative thinks they were baptised in Newlyn so I > suspect not > > I can see now there are several Lariggan and Laregan addresses all close > to each other between Penzance and Newlyn which fits in with the > description I have been given > > The address is not so important as his last resting place > > According to Genuki, Newlyn does not have its own burial site and > burials would be at Sheffield Road Cemetery, Paul > > Apparently the MIs have been recorded, would anyone have access to them > please? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > On 19/10/2012 01:21, Pat Banks wrote: >> Hi Nivard >> >> There was only one Laregan (Lariggan) in Penzance when I lived there >> (born and bred) it was one of the old estates which had been split up >> for good quality housing, in the early 1930's. The main part lies >> between Penzance and Newlyn thus joining the two together. "Meredyth" >> would be the name given to the house (very popular in those days!) >> Nearest Church of E would be St.Peters Newlyn but there are also the >> Methodist churches and other C of E in Penzance, plus Catholic, Baptist, >> and the Borough cemetery in St.Clare Street, Penzance - about a mile >> north of West Cornwall Hospital. >> >> 1942 was during the war, the year of the 'great raid on Penzance' >> according to Lord Haw! Haw! Can't remember if Laregan was involved - I >> left in 1954. >> >> Cheers >> >> Pat > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >