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Passenger ferries between Truro and Falmouth
« on: Sunday 06 May 07 12:22 BST (UK) »
Has anyone any information on the passenger steamships that ran between Truro and Falmouth in the 19th century?  I am particularly interested in the company "Benney & Co"; they owned, amongst others, steamships called "New Resolute" "Queen of the Fal".
Benney is my paternal grandmother's name, and the steamship company was owned by relatives of hers.
I have a huge and seemingly immoveable brickwall in the early 18th century - so have decided to attack it from a sideways direction .....!!!
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Re: Passenger ferries between Truro and Falmouth
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 06 May 07 14:52 BST (UK) »
Have a look at the following site.  There are a number of references to the Benney family.

http://www.falmouth.packet.archives.dial.pipex.com/id33.htm

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Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse
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Re: Passenger ferries between Truro and Falmouth
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 06 May 07 15:16 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that David - I had seen the information before - but good to be reminded of where it is!!  Thanks for taking the trouble!
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Re: Passenger ferries between Truro and Falmouth
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 06 May 07 17:45 BST (UK) »
This may be old hat but have you tried the Cornwall OPC site - absolutely stacked full of really useful stuff. 

http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/

Could not research my Cornwall lot without it......

Jude
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Re: Passenger ferries between Truro and Falmouth
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 06 May 07 22:22 BST (UK) »
Thanks Jude - yes I am familiar with the OPC site - lots of very useful information as you say!
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