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1822
- 1901
In
1809 the Board of Customs formed the Preventive Water Guard to fight
smuggling. This water borne force used small boats to patrol every bay
and cove. In 1822 the Water Guard became the Coast Guard and were
placed under the Treasury and strengthened with 151 stations organised
in 31 districts. At each station the chief officer, chief boatman and
boatman were experienced naval seamen or fishermen. Supplied with
ammunition and stores, they were at sea whenever possible in their four
or six oared galley, and in bad weather formed a shore patrol.
On
this page I list some of those men and women who served in the Coast
Guard in Cornwall between its inception as a separate service in 1816
and 1901. Although the two words were not linked until the twentieth
century I have used this form in the tables for easier working.
If
you have any details you would like to add then please send me an e-mail
listing them.
A
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- L M - P
Q - S T
- V W - Z
T - U
- V
| Name |
Age |
Position |
Where
Serving |
Where
Born |
Reference |
| T |
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Tamlin
Charles R
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32
|
Coastguard
|
St
Hilary Marazion
|
Torquay
Devon
|
1891
Census
|
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Tapper
James
|
45
|
Chief
Boatman
|
Sennen
|
Exeter
Devon
|
1871
Census
|
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Thomas
James
|
50
|
Coastguard
|
Cadgwith
|
Cornwall
|
1841
Census Ruan Minor
|
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Thomas
William
|
33
|
Boatman
|
Prussia
cove
|
Pakefield,
Suffolk
|
1851
Census Breage
|
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Thomas
William
|
45
|
Coastguard
|
St
Ives
|
Cornwall
|
1841
Census
|
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Thompson
Frederick W.
|
31
|
Coastguard
|
Falmouth
|
Queenstown
City Cork,
|
1891
Census
|
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Tiltman
Alfred
|
50
|
Coastguard
|
East
& West Looe
|
Ross
Devon,
|
1891
Census
|
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Tippett
William F
|
67
|
Chief
Officer Retd.
|
Falmouth
|
Fowey
Cornwall
|
1891
Census
|
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Tonkin
William
|
43
|
Officer
|
Padstow
|
Padstow,
Cornwall
|
1851
Census
|
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Toomey
Daniel
|
35
|
Boatman
|
Landewednack
|
Sheerness,
Kent
|
1891
Census
|
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Tout
William
|
32
|
Coastguard
|
Landewednack
|
Eggbuckland
Devon
|
1861
Census
|
| Trace
James |
|
Coastguard |
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Here |
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Tregidgo
James
|
41
|
Coastguard
|
St
Blazey
|
Flushing
Cornwall
|
1891
Census
|
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Tremethick
William J.
|
40
|
Commissioned
Boatman
|
Landewednack
|
Penryn,
Cornwall
|
1881
Census
|
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Trenoweth
John
|
60
|
Coastguard
|
Mullion
|
Cornwall
|
1841
Census
|
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Trevan
Isaac
|
35
|
Coastguard
|
East
Looe
|
St
Endelion, Cornwall
|
1851
Census
|
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Trevorne
Ephraime
|
42
|
Coastguard
|
Boscastle
Bridge
|
In
County
|
1841
Census Forrabury
|
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Trethewey
Henry
|
38
|
Boatman
|
Boscastle
|
Plymouth
Devon,,
|
1891
Census Forrabury
|
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Tucker
Thomas
|
?
|
Chief
Boatman
|
Sennen
1872 – 1875
|
?
|
Michael
G Tucker Rel.
|
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Tucker
William
|
40
|
Coastguard
|
Falmouth
|
Shobrooke
Devon
|
1891
Census
|
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Triggs
Ebenezer
|
40
|
Coastguard
|
Portreath
|
Not
County
|
1841
Census Illogan
|
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Tripconey
Bartholomew
|
35
|
Coastguard
|
Porthoustock
|
Cornwall
|
1841
Census, St Kevern
|
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Truscott
William
|
33
|
Boatman
|
St
Just in Penwith
|
Launceston
|
1891
Census
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| Name |
Age |
Position |
Where
Serving |
Where
Born |
Reference |
| U |
|
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Uren
Phillip
|
40
|
Coastguard
|
St
Ives
|
Cornwall
|
1841
Census
|
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| Name |
Age |
Position |
Where
Serving |
Where
Born |
Reference |
| V |
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Vater
Walter
|
37
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Boatman
|
Sennen
|
Ibberton.
|
1881
Census
|
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Vincent
William J.
|
30
|
Coastguard
|
Falmouth
|
St.
Austell Cornwall,
|
1891
Census
|
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Vingoe
John
|
24
|
Coastguard
|
Gweek
1822
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Paul
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George
My wife has received information on
an ancestor who served in the Coast Guard in Cornwall although
born in Cork, Ireland. I though you might be interested in
adding some of this information to your website.
Richard Rollins, Barrie, Ont, Canada
THOMAS SLINEY.
ADM 175/6
Station: Porthillic.
Port:Gweek.
District: Falmouth.
30.6.1843 from H.M.S. Victory, Boatman.
From 1851 Census Mawnan, Cornwall. HO 107/1911 INCOMPLETE New
House.
SLINEY Thomas Head Marr ?8 Coastguard Cork Ireland
"
Mary Wife Marr
Plus children
"Royal George",
No. Entry
Born C.G.Station
5 1q.2.1854 Thomas Sliney A.B.
43 Seamount Cork. Falmouth C.G. District
Falmouth
Discharged to
29.4.1816 to Station.
.......... . . . . . . . . . . ..
SLINEY, Thomas
Muster Book ROYAL GEORGE Apl June 1855
(in Baltic Campaign)
ADM 38/4663 page 78
No.5. Thos SLINEY, A.B. born ?S{Fr}eamount, Cork, age 43
when joined ship) 1854
from Porthellier Coastguard Station, Falmouth Divn 12.2.1854
info from
Eileen Stage, 150, Fulwell Park Ave, Twickenham Mddx TW2 5HB
1851 Census Parish Mawnan Piece No 1911 Enumeration District 2
Folio 613 Schedule 38
Address: New House [different transcriptions
gives Thomas and family born Cork Ireland]
Thomas SLINEY Head 38 Sex M Occupation
Coast Guard Service Place of birth ....., COR
Mary SLINEY
Wife 39 Sex F Occupation - Place
of birth -, COR
Mary SLINEY
Dau 17 Sex F Scholar Place of birth -,
COR
Edward SLINEY Son 15
Sex M Scholar Place of birth -, COR
Maurice SLINEY Son
14 Sex M Scholar Place of birth -, COR
Thomas SLINEY Son
9 Sex M Scholar Place of birth -, COR
1861 Census
Parish Constantine Piece Number 1568 Enumeration District 6
Folio Number 85 Schedule Number 14 Living at Passage Cove
Thomas SLINEY Head Age 48 Sex M Employment Coastguard
Service Born at ......., COR
Elizabeth SLINEY Wife Age 42 Sex F Employment - Born at
Devonport, DEV
Elizabeth SLINEY Dau Age 4 Sex F - Born at Constantine,
CON
Ellen SLINEY
Dau Age 3 Sex M Employment - Born at Constantine, CON
James SLINEY Son Age 1 Sex M
Employment - Born at Constantine, CON
1871 Census
Parish Constantine Piece Number 2298 Enumeration District 6
Folio Number 88 Schedule 47
Thomas SLINEY Rel HD Age 58 Sex M Occupation Retired
Coastguard Born at,,,,,,,?, IRL
Elizabeth SLINEY Rel Wife Age 51 Sex F Occupation - Born at
Devonport, DEV
Elizabeth SLINEY Rel DA Age 14 Sex F Occupation - Born at
Constantine, CON
James SLINEY Rel SO Age 11 Sex M Occupation Scholar Born at
Constantine, CON
John SLINEY Rel SO Age 9 Sex M Occupation Scholar Born at
Constantine, CON
1881 Census Dwelling: Durgan Census Place
Constantine, Cornwall, England
Thomas SLINEY Head M Male 68
Cork, Ireland Coast Guard Pensioner (Navy)
Elizabeth SLINEY Wife M Female
61 Devonport, Devon, England Pensioners Wife
1891 Census Civil parish: Budock
Ecclesiastical parish: Penwerris County: Cornwall
Registration district: Falmouth Sub registration
district: Falmouth
Sliney, Thomas Age: 71 Relation:
Head male Occupation: pensioner Where Born:
Cork,Ireland
Sliney,Elizabeth Age: 71 Relation:
Wife female Where
Born: Devon, Devonport
Sliney, John W. Age: 28 Relation: son
male Occupation: clerk Where Born: Cornwall, Helford
Deaths Dec 1891 County: Cornwall Sliney
Thomas age 78 Falmouth District Vol 5c pg 125
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Here
is a photo of another Coast guard. This is Jim Trace and it
was sent in by Ian Griffin of Toronto Canada. 
Ian
says that James TRACE was one
of my Great Grandfathers) - Born: 09 Jul 1848, at 2
Marlborough Row in the sub-district of Morice, Devonport, UK
the son of John TRACE, a labourer, and his wife Jane
(formerly WILLIAMS).
On the 22 Aug 1869, he married Maria
CLUTTERBUCK (1848-1932), in the Parish Church of Stoke Damerel,
Devon.
The entry for his marriage in the parish register gives
his profession as 'mariner'; this likely indicates that he was
already in the RN at the time of his marriage.
Their first child was born in Aug 1875: A child was born at
Devonport; and after this date the next few children were born
in Ireland. So he may have transferred to the coastguard
sometime after Aug 1875.
A
family bible records the dates of birth for his children
during postings to the following CG stations: Ireland
1876-1885: - Sheephaven, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal, 1876 -
Downings Bay, Ireland 1880.
- Bormoney, Co. Mayo, 1883. - Rosmony, Westport, Co. Mayo,
1885.
In
1835 he returned with his family to the mainland and served in
England from 1885 to around 1913:
- Branscombe, Devon, in 1885. - Porthleven,
Cornwall before 1891 and this appears to be his final posting,
where he and his family appear in the 1891 Census for
Porthleven. James TRACE and some of his family are shown
living at the CG Station there; James is shown as Head of the
family, age 42, and he is classified as Chief Boatman,
H.M.Coast Guard. He probably retired in about 1903, after
which time he moved to live at Breage, until his death in
1927; he and his wife are buried in the parish cemetery in
that village. James was apparently a successful gardener,
judging from the size of the cabbages and broccoli in
his garden at Breage, as shown in the photo of him in his
retirement, taken about 1925.
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