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Spouses/Children:
Celia Champion
- Peter Willey
- John Champion Willey
- Avice Willey
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James Willey of Polteskoe
- Born: 1816, Grade, Cornwall
- Christened: 7 Jul 1816, Grade, Cornwall 1
- Married: 28 Dec 1837, St. Keverne, Cornwall 1
- Died: 9 Oct 1860, The Lizard, Cornwall 2
 Research Notes:
In 1851 James Willey, aged 35, born in Grade Cornwall, farm labourer, and wife Cecilia, aged 31, born in St. Keverne Cornwall, were living in Polteskoe, Ruan Minor Cornwall. With them were children Peter (12) of Grade, scholar, John (10) of Ruan Minor, scholar, and Avice (7) of Ruan Minor. (James' mother) Betsy Willey (56) of Grade Cornwall, widow, was visiting.
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MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT.—While James Willey, of Poltescoe, and his son, two men highly respected and beloved in this neighbourhood, were fishing near the Lizard, in the afternoon of Tuesday last, their boat accidentally upset, throwing them both in the water. By means of the masts, sails, &c., they managed to get on the side of the boat which did not right herself, but by the dashing of the waves the father unfortunately lost his hold and was drowned. The son, after being underwater several times, and being ready to sink through exhaustion, was saved by a Porthleven fishing boat, which came to their assistance. A wife and three children are left to deplore the loss of an affectionate husband and father. 2
Marriage Information:
James married Celia Champion, daughter of Thomas Champion and Alice Rutter, on 28 Dec 1837 in St. Keverne, Cornwall. (Celia Champion was born in 1818 in Coverack, St. Keverne, Cornwall, christened 2 Aug 1818 in St. Keverne, Cornwall and was buried on 11 Mar 1896 in Tuckingmill All Saints, Camborne, Cornwall, aged 77 years.)
Marriage Notes:
James Willey, full age, bachelor, farmer, resident of Grade, son of Peter Willey, farmer, and
Celia Champion, minor, spinster, resident of Coverack, daughter of Thomas Champion, fisherman
Married after Banns
Witnesses: John Mundy, Thomas Champion
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