In 1891 Amelia Paull, aged 64, born in St. Clements Truro, widow, was at Bosvigo House, Kenwyn, Cornwall. With her were sons (born in Kenwyn, single) James Philip (27), solicitor, George (24) and John Richards (21).
In 1901 Amelia Paull, aged 74, born in Kenwyn, widow, living on own means, was in Bosvigo, Kenwyn. With her daughter Amelia (33) of Kenwyn, single, and gr. nephew Samuel S. Geo. Haughton (17) of Dublin, student Tin. Coll. Dublin.
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Amelia Paull of Bosvigo died aged 81 years (burial record).
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DEATH OF MRS. PAULL, BOSVIGO.
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We record with sincere regret the death of Mrs. Paull, which took place on Friday, after a fews days' illness, at her residence, Bosvigo, Truro, at the advanced age of 81 years. Mrs. Paull was the third daughter of Mr. Phillip Sandy Tom, of Rosedale, and was married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London, in 1858, to Mr. John Richards Paull, of Bosvigo, who died in 1882. The late Mr. Paull was a member of the old firm of Carlyon and Paull, a firm of solicitors, who were held in high esteem in the city, and who were closely connected with the Royal Cornwall Gazette. There are six children living:—Mrs. Stukely Buck, of St. Allen ; Mrs. Pears, of Carshalton ; Miss Lillie Paull, and Messrs. J. P. Paull, J. R. Paull, and G. Paull.
Mrs. Paull was the last of her generation of the family of Tom, which has held an honoured name in Cornwall since the seventeenth century. Her father was Mr. Philip Sandy Tom, of Rosedale (now Killagorden), and her mother, Charlotte Philippa Truscott (a niece of Admiral Truscott), who died at Trehaverne, 1885. Her eldest brother was Mr. Philip Sandy Tom, of Killagorden, who died in 1885. Her other brothers, Capt. Daniel Tom, 89th Regiment, who died in 1861, and was buried at Kenwyn, and Capt. George Tom, 59th Regiment, who was buried in Ireland, both served in the Crimean and Chinese Wars and the Indian Mutiny. One sister, Mary, married Mr. Edmund Hy. Casey, D.L., of the Donahies, Raheny, Ireland. Her other sisters, Miss Sophia Tom, who died in February, 1905, and Miss Charlotte Tom, who died in December last, resided together at Trehaverne for many years, and with Mrs. Paull devoted their lives to parochial work and the cause of charity. Quietly and unostentatiously the noble trio of ladies spent the closing years of long and useful lives in ministering to the needs and comforts of the poor, in the truest form of charity.
Mrs. Paull was a staunch member of the Church of England, and for 50 years occupied the same seat in Kenwyn Church, never missing a service except through illness, and on the Sunday before her death she was present at the morning service. On Sunday morning last Mr. A. W. Gill played "O, rest in the Lord" and the Dead March in "Saul," and ... in the course of his sermon the Bishop of St. Germans said: "We have lost an old friend, not lost, but as the saying is, she has gone on before us: one who loved well her old parish and all who were in it, and our parish church and its services; so rarely absent from her place in it, the last of three such kindly and faithful sisters. Little did any of us think that when last she worshipped with us that it was for the last time. Let us each offer worship as if it were to be our own last time, not in fear and sorrow, but in peace and joy and hope...."
The funeral took place at Kenwyn on Tuesday morning, and along the route to the church the blinds of many dwelling-houses and business premises were drawn. The principal mourners were Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Paull, Goonvrea, son and daughter-in-law; the Rev. R. E. S. Buck and Mrs. Buck, St. Allen, son-in-law and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pears, Carshalton, son-in-law and daughter; Mr. J. R. Paull, son ; Miss Lillie Paull, daughter ; Colonel Vallack Tom, Cawsand, cousin ; Mr. J. H. C. Pears and Miss Constance Buck, grandchildren ; and Mrs. Tom, Killagorden.....
Royal Cornwall Gazette, Thursday, 24 Oct 1907, p. 4
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Amelia Paull of Bosvigo Kenwyn Cornwall, widow, died 18 October 1907. Probate Bodmin 4 January 1908 to James Philip Paull and John Richards Paull, gentlemen. Effects £988 6s. 3
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