Talland Church Headstones

Records of Headstones, Tombs, and Slates at Talland Church

W. Ponsonby Johns 1800-1840

Headstone 260

~ Sandstone ~ Rounded top and indented sides and kerbs

  • W. Ponsonby Johns 1800 – 26 May 1840
    • Aged 40 years
    • Husband of Martha Johns
    • ‘Drowned at Sea’
  • Talland Church Marriage
    • William Ponsonby Johns to Martha Rowett
    • 8 April 1824
  • Martha Johns 1802 – 18 June 1886
    • Aged 84 years
  • Christopher John Moody 1863 -28 February 1884
    • Aged 21 years

– Will of William Ponsonby Johns, mariner, of Talland, dated 1840. AP/J/2495-2509 Kresen Kernow

Ancestry research – shows

Drowned off Dover on his passage from …. Capt. William Johns of Polperro

Cornwall Gazette – 5 June 1840
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