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1	Possibly a foundling from Lucca Hospital.	Bartolomea ?
2	Headline: Obituary of Bishop Agnellus Andrew, Effective religiou communicator on television and wireless (675) Source: The Times Issue Date: Tuesday January 20, 1987 Word Count: 714 Story Text: The Right Rev Agnellus Andrew, OFM, who extended the scope and professionalism of religious broadcasting within the Roman Catholic Church, died yesterday, He was 78. Agnellus Matthew Andrew was born on May 27, 1908, at Crosshill, near Glasgow. He was educated at the Jesuit College, Garnet Hill, and at London University. He entered the Franciscan Order in 1925 at the age of seventeen. He was ordained in 1932 and went to St Francis monastery at Gorton, Manchester. He originally planned to stay only a short time to recuperate from illness, and then intended to go to Rome. Instead he remained until 1954, working at first as a missionary and taking retreats. In his spare time he brought gaiety to the back streets of Gorton with productions of Gilbert and Sullivan. In 1939 he was appointed assistant chaplain at the city's university. There he remained until 1942, when he gave himself over to broadcasting. Four years later he became Roman Catholic adviser to the BBC, going at the same time to the BBC staff college for training. In 1954 he went to Broadcasting House to continue his BBC work, this time with the full-time post of Roman Catholic assistant to the head of religious broadcasting. The Corporation made it clear at the time that the appointment did not presage any increase in Roman Catholic broadcasts. As well as advising, Andrew was active as a producer and director. He became the first Catholic priest to appear on British television, and soon won a health reputation as an innovative commentator through his introductions to masses from Notre Dame and Tongerloo Abbey, Belgium. In 1956 he was summoned by the BBC at an hour's notice to the Hungarian frontier when the Russian tanks rolled into Budapest. Back home, on a quiet Sunday afternoon, families were treated to the sight of the Franciscan interviewing the escaping refugees. Later that year he went, with producer Humphrey Fisher, son of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to a Hungarian refugee camp near Vienna, for a television link-up via Eurovision. The programme, Trais Kirchen, proved dramatic and emotive viewing. In 1968 Andrew saw the opening of the National Catholic Centre for Mass Media (later the Catholic Radio and Television Centre) at Hatch End, Middlesex, a venture for which he had worked tirelessly, raising over pounds 125,000 to pay for the new studio. The electronic media, he had earlier declared, provided the Church with an effective platform from which to get its message to the masses. But, he warned, 'a large proportion of people sit and let the thing drip over them without any discrimination or choice. The switch is not used often enough'. The postal address of the new centre was St Gabriel's House; Gabriel was the patron saint of telecommunications, said Andrew, 'because he was the world's first announcer, and he did a pretty good job of telling the Good News'. Hatch End became a world centre for the training of clergy, nuns and laypeople in television and wireless techniques. The octagonal studio was able to open into an adjacent, diamond-shaped chapel so that a huge television church could appear in minutes. Andrew's reputation travelled to Rome, and in 1980, at the age of 71, he received a personal summons from the Pope. He was appointed vice-president of the pontifical commission for social communication, a comparatively new body. In practice, he was now in charge of the Vatican's press and broadcasting organization. He was, at the same time, created Bishop of Numana, a titular see in north Italy. It was an inspired appointment, which made him the most senior British member of the Roman Curia. It surprised some, however, who knew that he favoured a more open form of ecclesiastical government. His new job gave him direct access to the Pope, a distinct advantage for one who, in common with most journalists, had experience the frustrations of dealing with the Vatican. He remained in Rome until 1983 when he returned to this country as chairman of the communications committee of the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales, a post he still held at the time of his death. On television he captivated the viewer with his fine voice and eloquent hands. He enjoyed music, and founded the Greyfriars Players choral and orchestral society.	Agnellus Matthew Andrew
3	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	R. Barcellone
4	Married; 7 children; at death.	Concetta Benassi
5	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	C. Bunyan
6	RAF Motor Mechanic Aircraft Man No. 1692017	Aldo Joseph Colognori
7	Married twice; 8 children; at death.	Andrea Colognori
8	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	A.J. Colognori
9	Two girls born in this family with the name Carolina (one in 1801 and one in 1802); there is only one girl shown on the 1811 census which implies that one of the girls died young but due to there being no age on the census document, unable to tell which one.	Carolina Giuseppa Colognori
10	Married; 1 child; at death.	Joseph Colognori
11	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	L.M. Colognori
12	No baptism record found in Barga records for Luigi but appears in all four census records of the family and baptism records of his children also confirm.	Luigi Colognori
13	Two girls born in this family with the name Carolina (one in 1801 and one in 1802); there is only one girl shown on the 1811 census which implies that one of the girls died young but due to there being no age on the census document, unable to tell which one.	Maria Costanza Carolina Giuseppa Colognori
14	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	M.J. Colognori
15	Listed as "Andrea" in the 1821 census and "Michele Angelo" in the 1841 census.	Michele Angelo Andrea Colognori
16	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	S.A. Colognori
17	Died single.	Elizabeth Cunningham
18	Alive in 1871 census. Can't find record of marriage or death.	Mary Cunningham
19	Married; 3 children; at death.	Mary Ferla Dastey
20	1911 Census shows age as 14 but DOB would make her age 11 - this needs checked?	Raiphella Di Ruzza
21	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	M. Doherty
22	No reliable source but parents may be either Daniel&Fanny or John&Ann Watt according to leads	Elizabeth Forbes
23	Birth date shown as 19-Oct-1890. This is incorrect. Actual birth date is 15-Oct-1890. (Source her granddaugher)	Mary Gordon
24	Died single.	Reno Guidi
25	Not married; no children; at death.	Ricki Hugh Kearsey
26	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	S.A. Kearsey
27	Unmarried in 1884 (Barga Census 1884; 85/237/278) aged 54 therefore probably no children.	Teresa Lucignani
28	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	C.A. Mair
29	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	C.J.W.M. Mair
30	Married twice; 3 children; as of death.	John Mair
31	Married; 3 children; at death.	John Mair
32	Not married; 1 child; at death.	John Antony Mair
33	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	J.T. Mair
34	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	M.A. Mair
35	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	M.C. Mair
36	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	N.M. Mair
37	Married; 3 children; as of death.	Peter Mair
38	Married; no children; at death.	Peter Charles Mair
39	Married; no children; as of death.	Catherine Eda McIvor
40	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	I. McLaughlan
41	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	S. McNulty
42	Unmarried at death.	Livia Mocogni
43	No children	Lucia Mocogni
44	Unmarried and no children at death (probably but not confirmed)	Pia Mocogni
45	Unmarried and no children at death (probably but not confirmed)	Virginio Mocogni
46	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	A.P. Morris
47	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	M.T. Morris
48	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	T. Morris
49	May have had another spouse? Two listed on death certificate?	Angelo Piacentini
50	Cause of Death: Burning injuries sustained while at work through a paint spraying machine exploding and causing fire through which deceased's clothing was set alight.	Annie Dastey Reilly