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MINERAL POINT - Catherine “Catie” A. Whitford, age 93, of Mineral Point, entered the gates of heaven on August 2, 2023 at the Mineral Point Care Center. Catherine was born

Merv Davey The surname Angove is derived from an gof, meaning the smith - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Are you a Barragwaneth? Cornish Bard and historian Merv Davey takes us on a tour of Cornish names The story of Cornish surnames is a fascinating one and far from limited to the old saying that 'by Tre, Pol and Pen, you shall know the Cornishmen'. In actual fact you will only know about one in 20 as Cornish scholar Dr Bernard Deacon points out in his new book The Surnames of Cornwall. Today we take our family names for granted but bynaming is a relatively recent practice in western Eur...

ONE of Cornwall's 'greatest characters' who was the 'life and soul' of any party has sadly passed away. David Muirhead, leader of Cadgwith Singers, also known as Tatty, has died aged 71 at Roscarrack House in Falmouth. Mr Muirhead was also the former chairman of Helston Marine Conservation Group, chairman of Cadgwith, Helford and District Fishermen's Society, one time secretary of the South-west Handline Fishermen's Association and on the Sea Fisheries Committee. Old boy David Muirhead at the 2019 Falmouth Grammar School reunion In 2008 he was awarded an MBE for tireless work in supp...