Many thanks for the suggestions in finding my ancestors who went off to South Africa. I found one ancestor - Nigel Elford Prout (born 1881 South Petherwin/Launceston) on a shipping list on Findmypast which first started my search in the S.A. I only wish the S.A records were organised along the same lines as our National Archives. Anything of interest in our N.Archives you can send for and pay with a credit card. Receipt of the records follow very shortly after. Unless things have changed in the past couple of years, not so with the S.A. records. With Nigel Elford Prout, I was lucky in finding a very kind person who looked up some details for me. I didn't like to push my luck so looked around for anyone who could get a copy of his Will. One person said they wanted £25 to get the Will, another, £10 (cash) - I chose the latter. A risky thing to do, but It was worth it in the long run as it gave me his wife's name and also named a son. With the free search recently of the WW1 records on Ancestry, I found (quite by accident) Nigel's brother - Frederick Prout - also in South Africa through his war pension details. Had no idea that he also went to S.A. and I can now stop searching for him in the British census/FreeBMDs records. He is nowhere to be found on the Passenger Lists, but from ANCESTRY24 (a free search) there is mention of a collection online called - Transvaal Deceased Estates Index - which might help anyone searching for their S.A ancestors. There is mention of a Frederick Prout with his date of death, passport number and which archive I can find him in. Have no idea if he is mine, but will try to find out. Just hope some of this might help others with ancestors lost in South Africa. Isabel.

In 1928 one of my husband's Cornish cousins, Samuel Ernest Radcliffe, arrived at Quebec on 30th September with his 'wife' and three 'daughters' travelling on passports issued in Jersey (Channel Islands) about a week before they embarked on their transatlantic voyage at Southampton. Samuel's wife was definitely still living and as far as I can tell there had been no divorce. His 'wife' Florence Bray also had a living spouse but no divorce. Once arrived in North America it seems that Florence and her daughters reverted to using the surname Bray and at various times Samuel referred to both Florence and her daughters as nieces. I would be most grateful if someone could tell me whether this was an unusual event or was it widely known that passports could be easily obtained in Jersey without proof of marriage etc? Best wishes Rosemary Rodliffe Our resources available on-line: Links from <http://www.thornburypump.co.uk/rs_resources.html> http://www.thornburypump.co.uk/rs_resources.html to: Black's Guides to Cornwall 1879, Gloucestershire 1875 and South Wales 1883; Kelly's Directories of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire 1900 Newnes Round the Coast 1895 Return of Owners of Land in Norfolk 1873 Advice on dating UK portrait photographs

WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER 7 November, 1856 . Births. . At Trevrè , Kenwyn, on Friday last, the wife of E.T. Carlyon, Esq., solicitor, of a daughter. . At Truro, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. Pine, saddler, of a son. . At Truro, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. John Nodder, of a daughter. . At Penryn, on Saturday last, the wife of the Rev. James Mayne, of Constantine, of a daughter. . At Falmouth, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. John Pitts, butcher, of a son; and on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. John Triggs, merchant, of a son. . At Penzance, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. Frank Symons, of a daughter; and on Wednesday, the wife of Mr. John Oliver, eating house keeper, of a daughter, . At St. Ives, the wife of Mr. John Michell, of a son; and the wife of Mr. James Langford, of a daughter. . At Boswednack, in the parish of Zennor, the wife of Mr. Thomas Boase, of a son. . At Treen, in the parish of Zennor, the wife of Mr. Thomas Mann, of a daughter. . At Hayle, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. H. Harris, of a son; and the wife of Mr. George Jones, of a son. . At Hayle Copperhouse, lately, the wife of Mr. Edward Chegwin, of a daughter. . At Gwinear Church town on the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas Williams, of a daughter. . At Manor Downs, in the parish of Gwinear, on the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas White, of a son. . At Camborne, on the 23rd ult., the wife of Mr. James, draper, of a daughter. . At Redruth, the wife of Mr. John Bishop, cooper, of a daughter; the wife of Mr. Richard Harris, of a son; and the wife of Mr. James Harris, of a daughter. . At Trethawle, in the parish of Menheniot, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. Thomas Pollard, of a son. . At Bodmin, the wife of Mr. William Ellery, of the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia, of a son; the wife of Mr. Charles Ham, of twins; and the wife of Mr. William Lander, of a son. . At Camelford, on the 23rd ult., the wife of Mr. Broad, blacksmith, of a son; and on Friday last, the wife of Mr. Samuel Langdon, of a daughter. . At Liskeard, on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. Henry Brendon, chemist, of a son, . At Tavistock, on the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. James Harvey, assayer, of a daughter. . At 2 Landsdowne place, Plymouth, on Friday last, the wife of J. Fincher Trist, Esq.., of a son. . At Alton terrace, Plymouth, on Saturday last, the wife of W.H. Paddon, Esq., of a a daughter. . At 7 Boon's Place, Plymouth, on Wednesday last, the wife of Alfred Broad, Esq. of a son. . MARRIAGES . At the Superintendent Registrar's Office, Falmouth, on Saturday last, Mr. John Pool, Bible Christian Minister, to Miss Emma Jane Southard, both of Penryn; and on Tuesday last, Mr. Daniel Phillips to Miss Marian Symons, both of St. Gluvias. . At the Registrar’s Office, Penzance, on the 27th ult., Mr. John Trevorrow, of St. Ives, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Hosking of Penzance; Mr. Naboth Osborn to Miss Grace Harry, both of Sennen; and on Monday last, Mr. James Goopanew, of Gulval, to Miss Mary Jane Hancock, of the same parish. . At the Friends' Meeting House, Penzance, on the 29th ult., Mr. Thomas Edmunds, of Tottenham, Middlesex, to Rebecca, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. Hallat, grocer, of Penzance. . At Wesley Rock Chapel, Penzance, Mr. Joseph Barnes, of Stable Hobba, to Miss Ann Maria Rodda, of Tredavoe. . At Madron, on Saturday last, Mr. Samuel Lukes, of Illogan, to Jane, third daughter of the late Mr. Jacob Curnow, of Madron. . At the parish church of St. Just, on Saturday last, Mr. Thomas Botheras to Miss Lucinda Veale; and on Monday, Mr. Richard Veale to Miss Peggy Veale. . At Illogan Church, on Saturday last, Mr. Joseph George, of Portreath, to Miss Mary Ann Champion. . At the Ebenezer Chapel, Luxulyan, on the 22nd ult., Mr. William Williams, of Bodmin, to Miss Elizabeth Nicholls, of the same place. . At the Registrar's Office, Bodmin, last week, Mr. John Hooper, of St. Tudy, to Miss Hannah Barratt, of the same parish. . At the Methodist Chapel, Bodmin, last week, Mr. Wm. Henry Cock, of St. Winnow, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Honey, of Lostwithiel. . At Tavistock Church, on the 30th ult.,Mr. Gibbs, of London, to Miss Floyd, of Tavistock; and on Saturday last, Mr. Mitchel, engineer, of Devon Great Consols, to Mrs. Floyd, mother of the above Miss Floyd. . Deaths. . At Tredrea, on Saturday last, Michael Beauchamp, only child of M.H. Williams, Esq., aged 5 months. . At Truro, on Monday last, Mr. John George, hairdresser. . At Truro, on Monday last, after a painful illness, the wife of Mr. Richard Rowe, aged 28 years. . At Penryn, on the 30th ult., Nanny, wife of Capt. R. Gilbert, of the schooner "Helston," aged 47 years. . At Goldsithney, on Saturday last, Jane, widow of the late Capt. John Grose, aged 48 years. . At Penzance, on Saturday last, Jane, wife of Mr. James Bevan Coulson, merchant, aged 27 years; and Mrs. Sally Stranger, aged 45 years. . At Madron, on the 27th ult., Mary, wife of Mr. William White, aged 77 years; and at Trevethack, in the same parish, Louisa Jane, infant daughter of Mr. William Wallis. . At Carnella, in the parish of Zennor, Miss Christiana Mathews, aged 31 years. . At Illogan Church-town, on the 20th ult., Miss Mary Gribble, aged 24 years; and at Illogan Downs, on Saturday last, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Daniel Roberts, aged 19 years. . At Hayle Copperhouse, on Sunday last, Mary Jane Thomas, infant daughter of Mr. William Mitchell. . At Penpol, in the parish of Phillack, on Sunday last, Philippa, daughter of Mr. Peter Oatey, aged 5 years. . At Pool, on Saturday last, Mr. James Trewhela, agent at Tincroft mine, aged 46 years. . At Tuckingmill, on Friday last, Mr. James Rowe, aged 28 years. . At Redruth, on the 30th ult., Mr. Richard Lawry, aged 51 years; on Friday las, the wife of Mr. John Maddern, innkeeper, aged 67 years; and on Sunday, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. Josiah Prowse, aged 21 years. . At Hill Head, St. Columb, on Monday last, Mr. Henry Cock, aged 58 years. . At Charlestown, on Friday last, Mr. James Louis, aged 88 years. . At Spit, near Fowey, last week, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John Hellier, aged 46 years. . At Cardynham Lodge on Saturday last, after a short illness, Miss Grose, daughter of William Grose, Esq., of St. Kew, aged 17 years. . At Laweddon Mills, near Bodmin, on the 26th ult., Mr. Samuel Higman, late of Roche, aged 25 years. . At Camelford, on Saturday last, the infant child of W.D. King, Esq. . At Tregoodwell, near Camelford, on Saturday last, Mr. John Chenoweth, aged 90 years. . At Liskeard, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. John Williams, of the Roseland Vale Foundry, aged 44 years. . At Coldrenick, in the parish of St. Germans, on the 25th ult., Nicholas, only surviving child of Mr. Nicholas Sharp, sub-contractor on the Cornwall Railway. . At the Vicarage, Padstow, on Saturday last, after a lingering illness, Helena Sibella, eldest daughter of the Rev. R. Tyacke, aged 17 years. . At Plymouth, on the 29th ult., Emma, wife of Mr. N. B. Symons, of Hampt, Stoke Climsland, aged 24 years. . At East Stonehouse, on the 29th ult., Katharine, wife of Thomas Bate, Esq., late of Truro, and daughter of the late George Skipp, Esq., of the Grange, Gloucestershire, aged 75 years. . At Plymouth, on Saturday last, Mr. Henry Heydon, eldest son of Mr. H.H. Heydon, printer and stationer, aged 32 years. . At Budleigh Salterton, on Sunday last, John Beckley, Esq., late of Lymington, in the county of Hants, since of Paignton, aged 63 years. . At Eton, London, on Sunday last, Georgina, wife of Charles Edward Coleridge, Esq., barrister-at-law, aged 21 years. . At Lime Grove, Chertsey, on the 26th ult., Julia Frances, wife of James Thomas Edge, Esq., and daughter of Samuel Trehawke Kekewich, Esq., of Peamore, Devon.

Hi Julia I havent been able to verify the 1761 Callington burial you mention (the OPC has COAD) or the 1540 Liskeard marriage (this seems extraordinarily early). Any clues as to where to find them? The ALIASing was particularly prevalent in Cornwall in the 1500s, and as the article says - much of it was due to the continued usage of patronymics into the mid 1500s. In virtually all the Cornish ALIASes I have seen, one or both of the aliased surnames was a patronymic. One interesting example was CODE als HUMPHREY of Constantine which ran for 3-4 generations before they all reverted to HUMPHREY. I have speculated it occurred when Aves RICHARD, widow of Humfry Richard, remarried Robert CODE in 1574, and her son who had gone by the patronymic name of Thomas Humphry added the Code as an alias. Another possibility is a base birth - an extraordinarily high proportion of births in Constantine around 1600 were illegitimate. We also had an example of a double patronymic in Penwith, cant find it but I recall something like John Thomas Maddern, viz John the son of Thomas and grandson of Maddern, which got converted into John Thomas als Maddern in the 1580s before they finally settled on Maddern, The CODE alias LAWRENCE thing is particularly odd as they pop out of nowhere. I have Sampson who has one son in South Hill ,William Lawrence 1693-1757, and another Sampson Code als Lawrence 1697-1754. Sampson jr christens his 7 kids Lawrence, while William christens his eldest "Code als Lawrence" 1720. After that they are all Lawrence. Far off in Stoke Gabriel Devon we have Philip Lawrance als Coed born to John in 1610, but on the same day he baptises another son plain COED, and a few years later another one CODD. It's hard to make much sense out of this. JF ----- Original Message ----- . From: <hainesc@msu.edu> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] FW: Use of "Alias" (als) in Cornwall > In Cornwall, use of surname aliases occurred most frequently in the > period when use of surnames was being established - the 1460's to > 1600's. By the 1500's, the practice of using alias surnames in > Cornwall was sufficiently established for them to be recorded in > official documents, as evidenced by frequent mentions in various > registers -especially those of Breage - wills, and manorial court > documents. One of the earliest uses of aliases in Cornwall was a > marriage in Liskeard in 1540 for Thomas LAWRENCE alias CODE. The last > mention in this line appeared in 1761, in Callington, recording the > death of Margaret LAWRENCE alias CODE. For this family, use of the > alias was worthwhile for 221 years. >

ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL. The annual meeting of this institution was held at Truro on Friday last, when there was a larger attendance than usual, and the chair was taken by the President, Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., &c. On the table were arranged a number of specimens, many of them rare and curious, in Natural History, Geology, Mineralogy, &c. . The president opened the proceedings by requesting Mr. Tweedy, one of the secretaries, to read the report. Mr. Tweedy then read the following REPORT OF THE COUNCIL.. Your council believe they may congratulate you on the past year having been one of decided progress. Periodical meetings of the members for reading and discussing communications, and for the examination of such presents as may from time to time be made to the society have been held. The additions to the museum have been very considerable, and the number of visitors has been large. The support which the Town council of Truro have liberally afforded to the institution, has enabled the members to continue to offer to the public the opportunity of visiting and inspecting the museum, on the afternoons of three days in the week gratuitously, and during the past year upwards of 4,000 persons have availed themselves of this privilege. Your council, in consequence of Saturday being a day on which a considerable number of excursion trains come to Truro during the summer months, have opened the museum on that day, instead of on a Friday, and they have also extended the hours during which the museum is open in the winter months. The council have also reduced the fee for admission at those times, when the museum is not open gratuitously, to sixpence. The orderly conduct, and the intelligent appreciation of the various objects of interest by a large class of visitors, from whom no pecuniary support can be expected, is a source of much gratification to your council, as they feel assured it will be to all who desire the intellectual progress of the many. . Among the subjects brought under discussion at the evening meetings of the society, your council may mention the communication by Mr. Charles Fox, of a photographic copy of an inscription on the sarcophagus of a Sidonian King, which was discovered at Sidon in the spring of last year. It is the only [country] and it is supposed to be of about the fifth century B.C. Mr. Fox has also furnished the society with a translation of the inscription, and with a copy of the head placed at the top of the sarcophagus. . Mr. Whitley's brief notice at our last annual meeting of the [but ]circles on Carnbrea and on Dartmoor, has elicited several communications respecting similar discoveries in other parts of the kingdom, and in Scotland, especially one from Mr. Maclauchlan, to whom we are indebted for so much valuable information respecting the antiquities of the county. This subject is not exhausted, and it will afford your council much pleasure to see it further investigated, and to be enabled to lay before you the result of such investigations. To the younger members of the society a search for such objects would surely add to the interest of their rambles on our moors. . Mr. Couch of Polperro, favoured the society with a paper on the old bridge at Looe. The record of a structure dating form the early part of the fifteenth century, and which has now been destroyed to make way for building better adapted to the requirements of modern times, and of the ancient towns between which it was the connection, will possess an interest for the antiquary which renders it desirable that it should be preserved. . Mr. Osler, at the request of the members present, favoured the meeting with some very interesting observations of the structure and habits of the Teredo navalis and of the means by which this destructive mollusk is enabled to commit its ravages, of which several specimens were on the table. . A description of the fungus of the genus Geaster or earth star, was communicated by Mr. W. Tweedy, jun. to accompany some specimens which were exhibited, and which had been found in a hollow in an elm tree at Truto Vean. . Mr. Whitley drew attention to an inscribed stone of a very early date of which a sketch furnished by Mr. Kent, of Padstow, had been published in the journal of the Archaeological Society for 1845, but which appears to have escaped the notice of our local archaeologists; a proof of the importance of local societies to which such communications may be made, and by whom a record of them may be preserved. . Mr. Brown exhibited imprints of the date of 1645 of official reports made to the Speaker of the House of Commons relative to that time. It is intended during the ensuing winter to resume these meetings, which are calculated to keep alive an interest in the objects of our institution. . Among the presents during the last year, your council, while acknowledging the kindness of those donors who have presented to the institution relics of the war in the Crimea, are particularly indebted to Colonel Aylmer, R.A., for the many interesting specimens illustrative of the ancient remains of the Chersonesus. Mr. H. H. Vivian has presented to the society a valuable series of specimens illustrative of the coal formations of Swansea and its neighborhood. Mr. Whitley has given a considerable number of fossils from North [??] . LIST OF PRESENTS. –-MR. TWEEDY also read the following list of presents to the society during the past year: - 351 specimens selected from the Trade Collection of the Great Exhibition; by Her Majesty's Commissioners for 1851.. A large collection of Natural History, consisting of upwards of 300 specimens; bequeathed by the late Mr. Clement Jackson, of East Looe.. A variety of interesting specimens of Natural History, &c., &c., presented by W.P. Cocks, Esq.. Blackbird of a grey colour; by Thomas Opie.. Two specimens of copper from North Basset; by Mr. Wm. Michell.. Greenough's Geological Map of India, by Dr. Carlyon.. Synopsis of the Classification of the British Paleozoic Rocks, part 3rd; by Professor Sedgwick.. Specimens of phosphate of iron, native copper, potatoe stone, crystals in granite, pearl spar, spathose iron, goethite, quartz coated with chalcedony, and oxide of zinc; by Mr. Tweedy.. A series of specimens of coals used by Mr. Hussey Vivian, M.P., to illustrate his lecture at the Truro Institution; by H.H. Vivian, Esq. M.P. . Stone Cannon Shot, &c. ; ancient figure from St. Mawes; a piece of marble from Sebastapol, by Dr. Bullmore. Crocodile from Banks of Ganges, by Mr. Edward Wilson. Five Russian shot and one shell from Sebastapol, by H. S. Stokes, Esq.. Bittern, by Mr. W. Newcombe.. Coal Mine Reports, by Joseph Dickinson, Esq.. Specimen of Coral, by Augustus Smith, Esq.. Specimens of Slate from Braunton, with fossils from Braunton and Swindon, Isle of Wight and the Railway Cutting Treviddo; by Mr. Whitley.. Specimens of Fossils from the inferior Oolite, by Mr. John Jones, (Gloucester).. Two Snakes from Montreal, by Mr. Robert Spry Reed.. Specimens of the woods growing in Canada West, by Mr. S. H. Budd.. Two Norwegian coins, by Mr. Carlson.. Quarter Spanish dollar, by Mr. Francis.. Specimen of native Bismuth, specimen of black Jasper; Granite with spots of suphuret of iron and copper; and brown and red hematite in quartz, by Mr. Richard Pearce.. Two black head Gulls, by Mr. Crossman.. Shot found in the Camp-field, Truro, supposed to be one used by Cromwell's army; by Mr. John Pascoe.. Specimen of Green Carbonate of Copper, Fibrous Malachite from North Basset, and specimen of Contorted Micaceous Schist, from Ben Lomond, near Inversnarld; by Mr. E.J. Spry.. A variety of interesting specimens from the Crimea, by Colonel Aylmer.. Cotton Worm from Georgia, by Mr. W.R. Rouse.. Fossil Stem of Palm from Sutherland, by Mr. D. Gunn. Sea Slug, by Mr. John James. Idol from Easter Island, native Cloth from Tahiti, by Lieut. Parkyn, R.N.. Impression of the Seal of the Borough of St. Ives, by John Hayward, Esq.. Specimen of Quartz from East Wheal Unity, Lithomarge from Wheal Jane, Iridescent Pyrites from Wheal Jane, Asphaltam or Mineral Pitch from Poldice, Chlorite deposited on Quartz Crystals, and Tungstate of Iron or Wolfram in acicular crystals, from Poldice, Fluor Spar with crystals of sulphate of lime from Poldice, and Botryoidal Copper from Clyjah and Wentworth, by Mr. W. Rickard. .Specimen of Lievrite from near St. Austell; by Mr. H. C. Hodge. .The Physical Geography of the South Western Counties of England, by Mr. Whitley. .Presents from the several societies of their reports as follows: - Proceeding of the Zoological Society of London; Leeds Philosophical and Literary Institution; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society; Geological and Polytechnic Society. West Riding Yorkshire; and Scarborough Philosophical Society. Mr. ENTS rose to propose that the report be received, adopted, and printed. He did so with a great deal of pleasure because he was convinced that a great amount of work had been done during the last year. He believed that exactly in proportion to the work done was the modesty of the report which had been drawn up. Rev. T. PHILLPOTTS seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. .The following papers were then read: . - ORNITHOLOGY - A paper, entitled "Notes on the Ornithological occurrences in Cornwall for the year 1856", by Mr. E.H. Rodd, of Penzance, was read by Dr. BARHAM. - I am not aware that the past year has afforded any additions to the Ornithological Fauna of Cornwall, but some birds of rare occurrence and interest have been noticed, which indeed may generally be expected in a county like ours, presenting as it does, so many features favourable to the habitat of land and water birds. I was fortunate enough a few days [copy non-existant….] Land and England. .Dr. Vigurs dredged it up alive a few miles from Falmouth harbour in 1851; and he informed Mr. Lovell Squire about a week ago, that he had frequently procured them both from the harbour and bay. Mr. Cocks considered the fish scarce in our neighbourhood, not a rare one. Its rarity arises from the naturalist being ignorant of its habitats, and selecting ground for his dredging operations incompatible with the movements of the fish. .Mr. Cox added a list of specimens taken in 1855 and also this year; amongst the latter were Labrus variegates, by Mr. H. O. Bullmore; Lernea branchiales, by Miss Vigurs; Teredo palmulata, specimens from Mr. H. Fox, Miss Vigurs, and Mr. N. Tredidder; wood from the keel of a Dutch barque in Mr. Trethowan's yard, Little Falmouth; Cynthia morus, Forbes, from dredger's refuse, Falmouth bay, by Mr. H. Bastian; Actinea plumose, from Mill-pond bar, by Mr. W.K. Bullmore. Several specimens in ornithology were also mentioned by Mr. Cocks. The Green Shark, Totanus glottis, shot near the reservoir of the Falmouth waterworks. Pigmy Curlew, shot at Swanpool, in the possession of Mr. Howard Fox; and the Arctic Tern, shot in the harbour by Mr. Cox; rather plentiful this autumn. ANCIENT ENCAMPMENT. - Dr. BARRAM [Barham??] said he would read a few lines from one who he hoped would by-and-bye become a very valuable fellow--abourer. It was an account of an encampment in the parish of Cubert, by Mr. W.E. Michell, and was as follows: - The parish road from Newlyn to Cubert, about half a mile from the latter place, bisects an encampment which I have not seen noticed in any of your reports. It consists of a single circular rampart, about ten feet high on the outside, and a ditch. It stands on high ground, and is about 100 feet in diameter. The interior, on both sides of the road, is now used as a garden.. NOTICE OF THE COPPER-TURF OF MERIONETH. - By William Jory Henwood, F.R.S., F.G. S.; read by Dr. BARHAM. The copper ores which have been found in some abundance amongst the mountains of Merionethshire have not occurred in such long and regular lodes as characterize many other metalliferous deposits; but were, for the most part, obtained from the net work of irregular strings, which, chiefly composed of quartz and carbonate of lime in ever varying proportions, and frequently mixed with epidote and other minerals, conform more or less to the natural joints of the hornblende slate or greenstone. The district to which my labours were directed, a few years ago, is a wild and romantic one, well known to tourists, about three or four miles north west of Dolgelley, on the way to Trawsfynnydd, and occupies the irregular triangle included between the rivers Mawddweh and Babi. Although the surface is generally steep and rough, there are some gently declivities, and small vales so slightly inclined as to have permitted the formation of peat; and it is in these that the copper-turf has been wrought. At Bryn Coch, numerous short, thin veins and isolated spots of copper pyrites occur in a small rock eminence, and the water oozing and trickling from it enters a field long cultivated, but from its infertility called Cae Drwg "the bad field." The soil was examined in my presence, and gave traces of copper. At Bearhos there are small quantities of antimonial grey copper ore, of copper pyrites, and of the blue and green carbonates of .....[incomplete] . CRIMEAN ANTIQUITIES [missing text] . County Corn Markets -skipped. Fairs for November -skipped

WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISERFriday, 7 November, 1856 - part 3 LETTER TO THE EDITOR – . Capt. Charles Thomasson on Mining Education. [Please note that the name is THOMASSON at the start, but is printed as THOMAS at the end.] . To the EDITORS of the WEST BRITON . Sir, --Mr. Bond, in this letter which you published on the 31st ult., defends with great ability the position taken by the promoters of the Mining School, Truro, and makes the best excuse of the case admits of, for the attack which Mr. Punnett made on the Cornish miners. He also seems to think that my strictures were uncalled for. I beg to thank Mr. Bond for so kindly reprieving me, and to state that I cannot doubt of the good intentions which the gentlemen referred to, were influenced by, in every step they took in this matter. I cannot, however, approve of Mr. Punnett's speech. If any ungracious word dropped from my pen respecting any of them, I now beg to express my sorrow for it. . After criticizing my letter, Mr. Bond has presented to the general reader a view of the whole subject very different to that which every miner will take. Mr. Bond thinks it a matter of great importance, that the German miners are well acquainted with the scientific terms in geology and mineralogy;;but he does not appear to think very much of the Cornish miner having so correct a knowledge of the bearing and non-bearing rocks of Cornwall, as the Germans have of theirs, nor of the Cornish miners having taught the Germans some important mechanical lessons, as to the more economical working of their mines, and preparing their ores for market. In the judgment of the practical miner, and of the mine adventurers, these things are the only important matters - the scientific terms used, only the outer adorning - "the tinsel." . In my comparison of the class-educated German miners, and the Cornish with a common school education, and a training on the mine, I wished to present to every one who had any interest in mining, the great superiority of the latter. In one case which came under my notice, I thought that by the expenditure of a very small sum, three horses would accomplish all that twenty-four men had been doing. In another case that but few Cornish tin mines could be worked to meet the cost with such stamps as I saw in Germany. In the third case I thought Cornish management would result in handing over to the adventurers GBP 2000 a year, when the German mode of working would yield no profit. These are the telling, the sterling facts which do, and must, weigh with all capitalists. .On this subject I take the liberty of giving an extract from Mr. Hopkin's letter published in the Mining Journal, on the 25th ult; - . "Notwithstanding our apparent ignorance and the want of refinement, we are beforehand in the great industrial improvements - manufactories, mines, commerce, and navigation. Our private and public companies are developing the hidden mineral treasures of the continent by means of Cornish miners, in the very countries where it is alleged that more refined miners are available. How is it then that neither foreign nor English companies will entrust the charge of their establishments to any of those who have been trained in the continental schools? The industry of the Spanish nation has been almost ruined from the system of educating all for doctors and professors, and none for working purposes. " . "The demand for good, steady, practical Cornish miners, is much greater than the supply, whilst none apply for the so much lauded school-trained miners. Most stringent orders have been received from India and from the colonies, not to send out any but real practical men; and they complain that our foreign possessions are overcrowded with the diplomas and certificates of unpractised hands. The practical men alone appear to make the mineral discoveries, and convert the same to useful purposes, and not the highly educated young men. I have seen men who have been trained in the silver mines of Saxony, the lead mines of the Hartz, and the iron mines of Belgium and Prussia, quite equal to the best of our practical men, but they have been trained in the same kind of schools as our own." . The writer of the excellent letter from which the above extract is taken, has seen indifferent parts of the world, probably, so much of mines and miners as any man alive, Mr. Henwood, of Penzance, alone excepted. Would not Mr. Henwood write so strongly as Mr. Hopkins has, taking similar views of this matter, if he could be induced to express his sentiments on this subject? The fact is that gentlemen who have no personal knowledge of practical mining cannon possibly form any correct ideas of the qualifications required for battling with hard rocks, deceptive appearances in lodes, torrents of water, and heated and impure air, and for setting tribute and tutwork bargains to the sharp, clever, working miners. We think the Truro school will never send forth men fitted for such work. .. It is all very well for young men to be taught chemistry and mathematics, but the most profound knowledge of these, if possessed by the miner, would not much improve him for practical purposes; and if a young man spends much of his time in the acquisition of knowledge of chemistry and mathematics, he cannot pay that attention which is necessary to prepare him for performing all the duties of a mine agent. If the young miners, captain's sons, as well as others, are to be rendered more efficient by education, the means must be placed within their reach, and all that is necessary, we think, can be had in existing schools, and at the institution rooms. If some assistance could be had from government, or from private subscriptions, to enable parents to keep their children longer at school, and to furnish them with suitable books and maps, there can be no doubt that young men brought up in the mines would, according to the variety of their native talents, be qualified for carrying on to the benefit of their employers every department of mining. These, we believe, are the views entertained by almost every person who has any personal knowledge of, or interest in, mining. . Is it not then to be regretted that the almost unanimous voice of the county, and the opinion of the government officers, in favour of assisting local schools, was by any means turned aside. . I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, . CHAS. THOMAS .Killivose, Camborne, November 4th, 1856.

thank you Julia, I have an Alias in my family line and this has helped me understand it better. > > Hi All - > > I've been told this article has helped some people with problems > they've had in finding relies. It was written with lots of help and > examples from people on the List; the original may be found on my > website, freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell, under > Genealogy. There's also an article on the Poor Laws which might be of > interest as well. > > Hope this proves of help to some. > > Cheers, > > Julia >  . > > > > The CURIOUS CUSTOM > of USING ALIASES by J. Mosman > . > While Cornwall is not singular in its use of aliases, the practice > has been long-standing, and is very important to genealogical > researchers. Many 'brick walls' can be attributed to this cause; but > with luck, perhaps an aged person with a good memory, and lateral > thinking, one may overcome the difficulties. >  . > As John Chynoweth said, in his book "Tudor Cornwall", "There are > particular problems in identifying some individuals in Cornwall > because of the many families which changed their surname, used > aliases or patronymics, had more than one living child with the same > given name, or had cadet branches with the same surname." These > practices were not limited to "the gentry" who, because of land > interests, made limited use of patronymics. According to Chynoweth, > in the 1569 Muster Lists, 41% of the able-bodied men of St. Ives thus > mustered had the forenames of their fathers as surnames. > . > What is properly termed an 'alias'? The online 1911 Encyclopedia says: > ALIAS - (Latin for “at another time”) [or “otherwise”], a term used > to connect the different names of a person who has passed under more > than one, in order to conceal his identity, or for other reasons; or, > compendiously, to describe the adopted name. The expression “alias > dictus” was formerly used in legal indictments, and pleadings, where > absolute precision was necessary in identifying the person to be > charged, as “John Jones, alias dictus James Smith.” The adoption of a > name other than a man’s baptismal or surname need not necessarily be > for the purpose of deception or fraud; pseudonyms or nicknames fall > thus under the description of an alias. Where a person is married > under an alias, the marriage is void when both parties have knowingly > and wilfully connived at the adoption of the alias, with a fraudulent > intention. > . > > Evidently, by 1911, the term had negative connotations, but that was > not so in earlier times. > . > In Cornwall, use of surname aliases occurred most frequently in the > period when use of surnames was being established - the 1460's to > 1600's. By the 1500's, the practice of using alias surnames in > Cornwall was sufficiently established for them to be recorded in > official documents, as evidenced by frequent mentions in various > registers -especially those of Breage - wills, and manorial court > documents. One of the earliest uses of aliases in Cornwall was a > marriage in Liskeard in 1540 for Thomas LAWRENCE alias CODE. The last > mention in this line appeared in 1761, in Callington, recording the > death of Margaret LAWRENCE alias CODE. For this family, use of the > alias was worthwhile for 221 years. >  . > In other parts of Britain, use of surname aliases became common in > the 1500s for southern areas, slowly spreading northward. In 1575, > John VOVVEL alias HOOKER, gentleman, published "Order and usage of > keeping the parlement in England" in London. 75 years later, a > genealogist maintains "surnames were just settling into common usage > in this section of rural Yorkshire [in 1646], and parish records > contain many alias names." The Ireland TENURES ACT, 1662, contains > mention of dame Jane CHICHESTER, alias ITCHINGHAM, wife, and in > Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Catherine Finlay alias KNIGHT appears. > . > By the end of the 18th century, as surnames were more or less static, > use of an alias was not as pronounced in "respectable" families, and > by the mid-1800's such use became associated with criminals, and > those trying to escape their past. > . > Most historians believe that the use of Cornish Surname aliases > usually reflects one of the following circumstances: >  . > 1. Retention of patronymics. During the 16th century many men were > reluctant to abandon ancestral names and consequently retained the > forenames of their fathers or grandfathers as surnames. For example > William HARRY of Luxulyan in 1547 was described as William HARRY > alias WATT - Watt being his grandfather's forename. > > . > > 2. Retention of topographical reference points - especially in > relation to a manor or place name from which some families derived > their surnames. A case in point is that of John RICHARDS of Bosavarne > (1547) who had a son Thomas BOSAVARNE (1620) who had a son Martin > THOMAS alias BOSAVARNE (1620). > . > > One can often determine where a person lived, as well as other > tidbits, by their surname; for example, JOHN RIPPER alias CROHALL, or > Cariohall, (meaning "of Crawle"). In the 16th century, it was not > unusual for a farmer to be born and grow up on a particular farm, for > example Tresize, and be known as John Thomas TRESIZE, son of Thomas > TRESIZE; he would then marry, and either buy or rent another farm, > and become John Thomas TREGONNING; lastly, as a prosperous farmer, he > moved to a much bigger farm, and became John Thomas TREGAIR (which in > Cornish means “camp town”.). > >  . > 3. Commemoration by descendants of a marriage to a heiress, or to a > member of a "socially superior" family. > > In some cases, persons legally changed their names to obtain an > inheritance from a line in their family which was in danger of 'dying > out'. In St. Austell, Sir CHARLES GRAVES SAWLE GRAVES is such an > example. He was Charles Graves Sawle, with his mother's maiden name > as his second name; on his maternal uncle's death, he took that > gentleman's surname, and became his legal heir. > >  . > 4. Illegitimacy. For example John RESKYMER had an illegitimate son > with Margaret GERBER named John RESKYMER alias GERBER. In later > generations the son may well have been baptised as John Reskymer > GERBER which, as with the use of an alias, served the purpose of > publicly proclaiming his parental origins. >  . > 5. Rights of inheritance, and other economic reasons. > . > > For instance, in the days of copyhold land, a persons’ entitlement to > land was recorded only in the manor court rolls. Deeds as we know > them did not exist. The only “proof” one had that one owned > particular land was in the “copy” rolls. If a woman was widowed, and > later remarried, the children of her first marriage often took the > name of the step-father. But, to maintain their right to their > inheritance, they would use the step-father’s name as an alias. There > were variations in this practice. In one well-documented case, circa > 1558, William CAMBORN(E) married Elinor Wilton PAYNTER, a widow with > seven children, and adopted the surname of her first husband, > becoming William CAMBORNE alias PAYNTER of Trelissick, St. Erth. > Their descendants used both Paynter and the alias, with the use of > Paynter eventually overtaking the use of Camborne.. > > . > Of course, aliases might be used in cases of adoption, as well. > . > It must be kept in mind that not everyone in a particular family used > the same, or any, alias, and an alias might be used by someone who > married into the family, not just those born into it. As the example > from Liskeard shows, the use of particular aliases could be a > long-lived practice; in that case, the alias was maintained for 221 > years. > . > Fortunately, the use of two (or more) surnames sometimes appear in > wills, the benefactor wishing to be unambiguous about the potential > beneficiary. Manorial records and, later, land records may also be > sources of information. . Spelling, however, was fluid, and most > frequently records were in Latin. >  . > As for forenames, traditional Cornish naming practices almost > guaranteed serveral persons with the same fore-and-surnames occurred > in every generation, which encouraged the use of nicknames and > aliases. One often finds variations on a theme, such as a man called > Tiny (because he was a very big baby), a father called John, and a > grandfather called Jack -all of whom were legally named John. > > . > 1. Persons were often given the fore-names of their godparents. In > the 1550's, five ERISEY daughters were baptised; four of which were > given the name of one godmother. > . > 2. Many families gave multiple children in the same generation the > same forename - for instance, Marianne SYMONS, Mary Ann SYMONS, Mary > Anne SYMONS, and Mary SYMONS in Ruan Lanihorne circa 1815-1830. Be > sure to check for burial records, as assuming Marianne b. 1817 is the > same person as Mary Anne, b. 1828, could lead to quite interesting, > and misleading, results! > . > 3. During the early 1800's, the Cornish adopted the custom of using > Paternal Grandmother's names as second given names. Interestingly, > one example is William Stanbury TREGLOWN, whose paternal grandmother > was Jenifer STANBURY; "Stanbury" came from the village near > Morwenstow where they lived. Not only is he an example of the use of > paternal grandmother's names, it ties to "topographical" references > too. > . > Less frequently, the maternal grandmother's name was used. > . > Of course, the mother's maiden name was also used in naming children. > Many families followed this practice. It always is worthwhile to > investigate "middle" names as possible maiden names for a mother or > grandmother. > . > In all these cases, use was made of the names to distinguish a > particular line, or family, from another, and to tie the family to > the maternal line as well. > . > A very well-known Cornish habit was to give names to people which > tied into personal features, or a person's job, etc. The result could > be a teasing name they never escaped (Moley Brown). In addition, many > ordinary Cornish folks 'adopted' a forename of their own choice, and > were known by that name throughout their lifetime, especially toward > the end of the 1800's. Ellen THOMAS of Camborne took the name > "Nance", and was married and buried under that name; all records of > Ellen disappeared after her baptism. > . > The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser newspaper of 1836-1855 often > mentioned aliases; most were ordinary names, but some were slang. For > instance: > . > > > John HORN alias HORNABROOKE > Frances LETCHER, alias KEAST (a widow) > Mrs. Nancy DOWNING, alias DUNN, ELIAS, BRYANT (precisely as printed - > she was marrying J. WILLIAMS, her 4th husband) > Alfred PURELL, alias Alfred PILCE > John KELLY, alias John MARTI, alias LITTLE JACK > Elizabeth CULLIS, alias Rough Face Jack (she was pock-marked) > Samuel GLASSON, alias The Ferret, of Truro (quite infamous in his day) > Francis O'NEILL, alias "One-eyed Lankey" > . > > And of course, the infamous John Nicholas TOM, alias Sir William > Percey Honeywood COURTENAY of Canterbury, who succeeded in fooling an > entire county into believing he was of noble birth. See the West > Briton transcriptions, June, 1838 for his story. > . > > It benefits a researcher to keep in mind that names found in the > census which don't agree with baptismal records are not necessarily a > mistake - they could reflect an alias. > . > > As Jim Thompson, a Cornish Rootsweb lister, has said -"These aliases > or nicknames can often help with genealogy, or more often defy > attempts to figure them out until more research is done." > . > "My great grandmother was born Catherine Berryman, but was always > called Katie Clinch and later Old Katie Clinch. The Katie bit was > self-evident, and later the old bit was logical as she lived to be > 104, but Clinch was a mystery until I obtained some old large scale > maps and some help from Rick Parsons. She was born at Polmanter Water > in Towednack according to all family lore, but there on the map at > Polmanter Water was a tiny lost hamlet of “Rough and Clinch”. When I > did get her birth certificate it was listed as Clinch Towednack". > . > "My great grandfather Philip Hosking was known as Black Fel, due to > his dark eyes and hair." >  . > One genealogist has been quoted as saying “I attribute the use of > aliases to the Cornish sense of humor, and a plot to discourage > genealogists in future generations.” Unfortunately, for many, that is > all too true. There is no doubt that the use of aliases can be a > fascinating, if not perplexing, topic for all genealogists studying > the history of Cornish surnames. > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to > CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject > line and body text.  If you want, MIME digests, email > CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >   Carolyn Haines Holt, MI 48842

Hi All - I've been told this article has helped some people with problems they've had in finding relies. It was written with lots of help and examples from people on the List; the original may be found on my website, freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell, under Genealogy. There's also an article on the Poor Laws which might be of interest as well. Hope this proves of help to some. Cheers, Julia . The CURIOUS CUSTOM of USING ALIASES by J. Mosman . While Cornwall is not singular in its use of aliases, the practice has been long-standing, and is very important to genealogical researchers. Many 'brick walls' can be attributed to this cause; but with luck, perhaps an aged person with a good memory, and lateral thinking, one may overcome the difficulties. . As John Chynoweth said, in his book "Tudor Cornwall", "There are particular problems in identifying some individuals in Cornwall because of the many families which changed their surname, used aliases or patronymics, had more than one living child with the same given name, or had cadet branches with the same surname." These practices were not limited to "the gentry" who, because of land interests, made limited use of patronymics. According to Chynoweth, in the 1569 Muster Lists, 41% of the able-bodied men of St. Ives thus mustered had the forenames of their fathers as surnames. . What is properly termed an 'alias'? The online 1911 Encyclopedia says: ALIAS - (Latin for “at another time”) [or “otherwise”], a term used to connect the different names of a person who has passed under more than one, in order to conceal his identity, or for other reasons; or, compendiously, to describe the adopted name. The expression “alias dictus” was formerly used in legal indictments, and pleadings, where absolute precision was necessary in identifying the person to be charged, as “John Jones, alias dictus James Smith.” The adoption of a name other than a man’s baptismal or surname need not necessarily be for the purpose of deception or fraud; pseudonyms or nicknames fall thus under the description of an alias. Where a person is married under an alias, the marriage is void when both parties have knowingly and wilfully connived at the adoption of the alias, with a fraudulent intention. . Evidently, by 1911, the term had negative connotations, but that was not so in earlier times. . In Cornwall, use of surname aliases occurred most frequently in the period when use of surnames was being established - the 1460's to 1600's. By the 1500's, the practice of using alias surnames in Cornwall was sufficiently established for them to be recorded in official documents, as evidenced by frequent mentions in various registers -especially those of Breage - wills, and manorial court documents. One of the earliest uses of aliases in Cornwall was a marriage in Liskeard in 1540 for Thomas LAWRENCE alias CODE. The last mention in this line appeared in 1761, in Callington, recording the death of Margaret LAWRENCE alias CODE. For this family, use of the alias was worthwhile for 221 years. . In other parts of Britain, use of surname aliases became common in the 1500s for southern areas, slowly spreading northward. In 1575, John VOVVEL alias HOOKER, gentleman, published "Order and usage of keeping the parlement in England" in London. 75 years later, a genealogist maintains "surnames were just settling into common usage in this section of rural Yorkshire [in 1646], and parish records contain many alias names." The Ireland TENURES ACT, 1662, contains mention of dame Jane CHICHESTER, alias ITCHINGHAM, wife, and in Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Catherine Finlay alias KNIGHT appears. . By the end of the 18th century, as surnames were more or less static, use of an alias was not as pronounced in "respectable" families, and by the mid-1800's such use became associated with criminals, and those trying to escape their past. . Most historians believe that the use of Cornish Surname aliases usually reflects one of the following circumstances: . 1. Retention of patronymics. During the 16th century many men were reluctant to abandon ancestral names and consequently retained the forenames of their fathers or grandfathers as surnames. For example William HARRY of Luxulyan in 1547 was described as William HARRY alias WATT - Watt being his grandfather's forename. . 2. Retention of topographical reference points - especially in relation to a manor or place name from which some families derived their surnames. A case in point is that of John RICHARDS of Bosavarne (1547) who had a son Thomas BOSAVARNE (1620) who had a son Martin THOMAS alias BOSAVARNE (1620). . One can often determine where a person lived, as well as other tidbits, by their surname; for example, JOHN RIPPER alias CROHALL, or Cariohall, (meaning "of Crawle"). In the 16th century, it was not unusual for a farmer to be born and grow up on a particular farm, for example Tresize, and be known as John Thomas TRESIZE, son of Thomas TRESIZE; he would then marry, and either buy or rent another farm, and become John Thomas TREGONNING; lastly, as a prosperous farmer, he moved to a much bigger farm, and became John Thomas TREGAIR (which in Cornish means “camp town”.). . 3. Commemoration by descendants of a marriage to a heiress, or to a member of a "socially superior" family. In some cases, persons legally changed their names to obtain an inheritance from a line in their family which was in danger of 'dying out'. In St. Austell, Sir CHARLES GRAVES SAWLE GRAVES is such an example. He was Charles Graves Sawle, with his mother's maiden name as his second name; on his maternal uncle's death, he took that gentleman's surname, and became his legal heir. . 4. Illegitimacy. For example John RESKYMER had an illegitimate son with Margaret GERBER named John RESKYMER alias GERBER. In later generations the son may well have been baptised as John Reskymer GERBER which, as with the use of an alias, served the purpose of publicly proclaiming his parental origins. . 5. Rights of inheritance, and other economic reasons. . For instance, in the days of copyhold land, a persons’ entitlement to land was recorded only in the manor court rolls. Deeds as we know them did not exist. The only “proof” one had that one owned particular land was in the “copy” rolls. If a woman was widowed, and later remarried, the children of her first marriage often took the name of the step-father. But, to maintain their right to their inheritance, they would use the step-father’s name as an alias. There were variations in this practice. In one well-documented case, circa 1558, William CAMBORN(E) married Elinor Wilton PAYNTER, a widow with seven children, and adopted the surname of her first husband, becoming William CAMBORNE alias PAYNTER of Trelissick, St. Erth. Their descendants used both Paynter and the alias, with the use of Paynter eventually overtaking the use of Camborne.. . Of course, aliases might be used in cases of adoption, as well. . It must be kept in mind that not everyone in a particular family used the same, or any, alias, and an alias might be used by someone who married into the family, not just those born into it. As the example from Liskeard shows, the use of particular aliases could be a long-lived practice; in that case, the alias was maintained for 221 years. . Fortunately, the use of two (or more) surnames sometimes appear in wills, the benefactor wishing to be unambiguous about the potential beneficiary. Manorial records and, later, land records may also be sources of information. . Spelling, however, was fluid, and most frequently records were in Latin. . As for forenames, traditional Cornish naming practices almost guaranteed serveral persons with the same fore-and-surnames occurred in every generation, which encouraged the use of nicknames and aliases. One often finds variations on a theme, such as a man called Tiny (because he was a very big baby), a father called John, and a grandfather called Jack -all of whom were legally named John. . 1. Persons were often given the fore-names of their godparents. In the 1550's, five ERISEY daughters were baptised; four of which were given the name of one godmother. . 2. Many families gave multiple children in the same generation the same forename - for instance, Marianne SYMONS, Mary Ann SYMONS, Mary Anne SYMONS, and Mary SYMONS in Ruan Lanihorne circa 1815-1830. Be sure to check for burial records, as assuming Marianne b. 1817 is the same person as Mary Anne, b. 1828, could lead to quite interesting, and misleading, results! . 3. During the early 1800's, the Cornish adopted the custom of using Paternal Grandmother's names as second given names. Interestingly, one example is William Stanbury TREGLOWN, whose paternal grandmother was Jenifer STANBURY; "Stanbury" came from the village near Morwenstow where they lived. Not only is he an example of the use of paternal grandmother's names, it ties to "topographical" references too. . Less frequently, the maternal grandmother's name was used. . Of course, the mother's maiden name was also used in naming children. Many families followed this practice. It always is worthwhile to investigate "middle" names as possible maiden names for a mother or grandmother. . In all these cases, use was made of the names to distinguish a particular line, or family, from another, and to tie the family to the maternal line as well. . A very well-known Cornish habit was to give names to people which tied into personal features, or a person's job, etc. The result could be a teasing name they never escaped (Moley Brown). In addition, many ordinary Cornish folks 'adopted' a forename of their own choice, and were known by that name throughout their lifetime, especially toward the end of the 1800's. Ellen THOMAS of Camborne took the name "Nance", and was married and buried under that name; all records of Ellen disappeared after her baptism. . The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser newspaper of 1836-1855 often mentioned aliases; most were ordinary names, but some were slang. For instance: . John HORN alias HORNABROOKE Frances LETCHER, alias KEAST (a widow) Mrs. Nancy DOWNING, alias DUNN, ELIAS, BRYANT (precisely as printed - she was marrying J. WILLIAMS, her 4th husband) Alfred PURELL, alias Alfred PILCE John KELLY, alias John MARTI, alias LITTLE JACK Elizabeth CULLIS, alias Rough Face Jack (she was pock-marked) Samuel GLASSON, alias The Ferret, of Truro (quite infamous in his day) Francis O'NEILL, alias "One-eyed Lankey" . And of course, the infamous John Nicholas TOM, alias Sir William Percey Honeywood COURTENAY of Canterbury, who succeeded in fooling an entire county into believing he was of noble birth. See the West Briton transcriptions, June, 1838 for his story. . It benefits a researcher to keep in mind that names found in the census which don't agree with baptismal records are not necessarily a mistake - they could reflect an alias. . As Jim Thompson, a Cornish Rootsweb lister, has said -"These aliases or nicknames can often help with genealogy, or more often defy attempts to figure them out until more research is done." . "My great grandmother was born Catherine Berryman, but was always called Katie Clinch and later Old Katie Clinch. The Katie bit was self-evident, and later the old bit was logical as she lived to be 104, but Clinch was a mystery until I obtained some old large scale maps and some help from Rick Parsons. She was born at Polmanter Water in Towednack according to all family lore, but there on the map at Polmanter Water was a tiny lost hamlet of “Rough and Clinch”. When I did get her birth certificate it was listed as Clinch Towednack". . "My great grandfather Philip Hosking was known as Black Fel, due to his dark eyes and hair." . One genealogist has been quoted as saying “I attribute the use of aliases to the Cornish sense of humor, and a plot to discourage genealogists in future generations.” Unfortunately, for many, that is all too true. There is no doubt that the use of aliases can be a fascinating, if not perplexing, topic for all genealogists studying the history of Cornish surnames.

WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - transcribed by Lorena Loubsky 7 November, 1856, part two . REGISTRAR GENERAL'S RETURNS. - The quarterly returns of the Registrar Gneral show that the births in England during the quarter ending September 30th, amounted to 157,653, and the deaths to 91,330, the increase on the quarter being 66,303. The emigration during the same period, from the ports of the United Kingdom at which there are government emigration agents, amounted to 50,228, of whom 19,225 were of English origin. The deaths during the quarter were under the average of the preceding ten summer quarters. . In Cornwall the deaths during the quarter were 1511; in the corresponding quarter of the last year, 1367. The births in the last quarter were 2792; in the corresponding quarter 288. In the Camelford district there had been much diarrhœa, and in some parts hooping-cough and measles; in the St. Agnes and Redruth districts, scarlatins (scarlatina??), had been prevalent. The fall of rain during the quarter at Truro amounted to 7.4 inches; at Falmouth, 6.3 inches; at Helston, 6.4 inches; at Exeter, 6.6 inches; and at the Greenwich Royal Observatory , 5.8 inches. . FALMOUTH SHOW FAIR. - This fair took place on Thursday the 30th ult., when grain, roots, and vegetables were exhibited in a part of the Market House, lent for the occasion by Mr. Bottrall, steward of the manor. The cabbages were of enormous size. One, in the lot exhibited by Mr. Renfree, jun., weighed forty-seven lbs., and in Mr. Hayman's lot there was one of forty-three, and the other five about forty lbs. each. Mr. Renfree was awarded the first prize, and Mr. Hayman the second, but on weighing the two lots it was found that Mr. Hayman's was the heaviest by twenty lbs. The turnips, marigolds, carrots, &c., were very fine; and there were some very superior samples of potatoes exhibited; no prizes were offered for them, but we hope this deficiency will be remedied at the next exhibition. The umpires were Messrs. Rogers, Commerrans, St. Just; and T Selley and T.S. Skinner, of Falmouth. The attendance was not as great as we have sometimes seen; the latter part of the day was ve! ry unfavourable and marred the pleasures of the fair. There were but few cattle, and they were sold. Some very fine sheep, from the estate of Mr. Doble, Trefusis, also sold readily at fair prices. . The prizes were awarded as follows: White wheat, eight gallons, first prize, Mr. J. Bray, Mylor; second ditto, Mr. S. Doble, Mylor. Red wheat, first prize, Mr. Joseph Olver, Budock; second ditto, Mr. J. Bray, Mylor; second ditto, Mr. S. Doble, Mylor. Red wheat, first prize, Mr. Joseph Olver, Budock; second ditto, Mr. J. Bray, Mylor. Barley, first prize, Mr. J. Bray, Mylor, second ditto, Mr. Ed. Bullmore, Trescobeas. Oats, first prize, Messrs. T. and H. Martin, Perranarworthal; second ditto, Mr. Joseph Hocking, Trewen. Swede Turnips, nine competitors; first prize, Mr. Nat. Spike, Falmouth; second ditto, Mr. E.A. Bullmore. Yellow Turnips, first prize, Mr. S. Doble; second ditto, Mr. J. Bray. White Turnips, ten competitors, first prize, Mr. J. Bray; second ditto, Mr. Joseph Olver, Carrots, first prize, Mr. J. Renfree, jun., Penjerrick, Budock; second ditto, Mr. R. Nichols, Budock. Long Marigolds, first prize, Mr. J. Renfree, jun. (skipped remainder) . TRURO CATTLE MARKET- skipped . LARGE PIG.-skipped . LOW PURCHASE. - A house, containing two large rooms, with a wastrel, situated in the front street of the borough of Tregony, was purchased, land free, by James Allen, alias Jemmy Carey, dealer in marine stores, of Mrs. Martha Vennard, for the sum of four pounds. . EARLY CLOSING. -skipped . FALMOUTH – A GREAT NUISANCE. - skipped . PILOT FISH. - This fish is sometimes caught on our shores, but rarely more than one or two at a time. Last week, however, there were nearly one hundred taken along the shores of Falmouth harbour. . BARQUE LAUNCHED. - On Thursday the 30th ult., a very fine clipper barque named "Francis Banfield," was launched from the building yard of Mr. Peter Gibson, of Ayres Quay, Sunderland, of the following dimensions:- 120 feet keel and fore rake, 26 feet 7 inches beam, 17 feet depth of hold, measures 355 tons, n.m., 390 tons builders' measurement, and will be classed ten years A. 1 at Lloyds. Messrs. F. Banfield and Sons, of Scilly, are the principal owners; she will be commanded by Capt. James Thomas, who holds a share. This vessel was christened by Mrs .Thomas, the master's wife, as she slided off the stocks to the water; her fine proportions on her native element called forth hearty cheers from the numerous spectators whilst her anchors were being weighed. A steam tug towed her down the river to the south docks. She is built of very excellent materials, bends and toprails principally teak, is thoroughly metal fastened and sheathed on the ways with Muntz metal, is intended for! the Cape trade, and has excellent accommodation for passengers; she is now loading at Sunderland for Cape Town, and will sail about the 12th instant. . COAST GUARD. - Lieutenant Auchmuty Tylden Freeze, R.N., who has been serving in the Crimea, has resumed his duties at Penzance; Mr. Thomas Osmer, who temporarily discharged his duties, has been removed to the Portlow station. . BODMIN COUNTY COURT. - The monthly sitting of this court was held at the Assize Hall, on Wednesday last, when there were forty-two cases entered on the plain book. In two cases judgments were signed by consent, thirty-one were settled before the commencement of the court, and the remaining nine cases were heard and disposed of by the judge. In the case of Richardson Gray. V. James Vivian Bennetts, plaintiff is an innkeeper at Endellivon, and defendant a mine agent now residing at the Mariner's Arms, Roche, but at the time of contracting the debt, he was a farmer living at St. Kew. The action was brought for recovery of the sum of GBP 13 12s. 2d., for grogs and ale supplied to the defendant. Defendant not appearing, and the debt being proved by plaintiff’s wife and son, judgment was given for plaintiff for the full amount claimed. . CRUELTY TO A BOY. - At the Guildhall, Falmouth, on Wednesday last, George Williams, mate of the schooner "Ariel", of that port, was charged with having committed a gross assault on a boy named Robert Lawry, of Liverpool. From the evidence of one of the seamen, named Harris, it appeared that on the 244h ult., when off the Lizard, the boy being rather dilatory in lighting the fire, the mate threatened to hang him in the rigging, which he afterwards did and then took him down and jumped on him. The mark of the rope was distinctly visible on the neck of the boy. The magistrates, after severely reprimanding the prisoner, fined him in the penalty of GBP 5 including costs. . STEALING FROM A BOILER HOUSE. - On Tuesday last, at Falmouth, before Mr. John Borlase, magistrate, John Roberts was charged with stealing three sovereigns, the property of Walter Perry, of Wendron. The prosecutor said he was a miner, and worked at Wendron Consols mine. At about nine o'clock on Friday night last, he went to the boiler house, and changed his clothes prior to his going to work. In one of the pockets of his waistcoat were three sovereigns wrapped in paper. When he returned the next morning he found them missing. The prisoner it appeared had been in the habit of sleeping in the boiler-house, and during the absence of prosecutor searched the pockets of his clothes. He was taken into custody by police constable Caddy, of the Falmouth police force, at Vinson's beer-shop, in the Moor. The prisoner acknowledged he took the money, and he was accordingly committed to take his trial at the next Sessions, at Bodmin. . PETTY SESSIONS FOR EAST KIRRIER. - At these sessions held at Penryn, on the 29th ult., before Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Usticke, Mr. J. Borlase, and Mr. F. M. Williams, magistrates, Thomas Champion, Thomas Guest, and Henry Guest, pleaded guilty of having, on Sunday the 28th of September, at Pennance farm, in the parish of Budock, used a greyhound and three other dogs, for the purpose of taking game and rabbits. They were fined GBP 1 each, including costs, or in default to be imprisoned for fourteen days each, with hard labour. . William James Troon, of Mawnan Smith, was charged with assaulting William Hill, innkeeper, at Mawnan Smith. Fined GBP 1 14s. and costs, or twenty-one days' imprisonment. . Wm. Chirgwin, of Gwennap, was charged by Thomas Opie, with assaulting him. It appears that between nine and ten o'clock in the evening of the 11th of October, complainant was walking with his sweetheart, on Lanner-hill, in Gwennap. Defendant came up with a cart and asked Opie the road to Redruth. Opie answered, "you know as well as I do," and told him to go on. Whereupon defendant jumped out of his cart, and struck the complainant, and his companion. Defendant was fined GBP 1 17s. 6d. and costs, and in default committed for twenty-one days' to hard labour. He was also fined 1s. and 15s. costs, or to be committed for seven days, for assaulting the female who was with Opie. . TRURO POLICE. - On Monday last, before the Mayor and Mr. Paddon, Henry Tippet, painter, was charged with stealing a fowl, the property of John Palmer, of the King's Head Inn, Lemon Street. After, however, the case had been partly entered into, Mr. Palmer declined to prosecute, as prisoner's wife was in his employ. Prisoner was therefore discharged, with a caution from the magistrates. . Thomas Brown, of Penwethers, was charged with stealing a silver watch from George Polkinhorne, of Truro. On Sunday night, about ten o'clock, Brown was drinking at the White Horse Inn, Lemon Street. Polkinhorne came into the same room, and an altercation took place between them, which led to blows. In the affray, Polkinhorne found his watch was gone from the chain; he called out, and another person found the watch in Brown's possession, and took it from him. Brown was given into custody, both for the assault and for stealing the watch. The magistrates, however, did not consider there was proof of a felonious intention on the part of Brown; but they fined him 10s. for the assault, and costs, which he paid and was discharged. . John Abdul, a man of colour, was charged with begging and pretending to be deaf and dumb. He promised the Mayor that he would leave the county, and he was discharged, a policeman accompanying him out of town. . Catherine Bassett was charged with assaulting Jane Courtier. The complainant, a respectable young woman, was going up Lemon Street, between nine and ten on the night of the 25th ult., when Bassett and two other disreputable females were coming down the street, when Bassett without the slightest provocation, gave complainant a violent blow in the pit of the stomach, which knocked her against the shutters of Mr. Harris's jeweller's shop. She was ill some days afterwards, and brought up blood. Bassett was fined 10s. and costs, and in default committed for one week to hard labour. . Catherine Clymas, alias Secombe, of Bosvigo lane, was fined 2s 6d. and costs for assaulting Ellen Hayes, of Calenick street; in default of payment, she was committed for one week. . LISKEARD POLICE. - On Monday last, Mr. R. Oliver, of St. Keyne, farmer, Mr. Charles Willcocks, of Dulce, farmer, Mr. John Westlake, of Liskeard, farmer, and Mr. William Wills, of Liskeard, miller, were summoned before the justices of the borough of Liskeard, for furiously riding and racing their horses through the street and on the public highway to the danger of the public, at eleven o'clock at night on Saturday the 18th ult. The case assumed rather a serious aspect against the parties as the evidence proceeded, and Mr. Grylls, solicitor, attended to watch the case on behalf of the friends of the deceased Mr. Sweet (who was supposed to have been ridden over on the night in question and died from concussion of the brain), applied to have the case adjourned for further evidence, to which the magistrates assented, and the further hearing was accordingly adjourned to Thursday next. . FIRE. - On Thursday night the 20th ult., Bosvisack farm house, in the parish of Kenwyn, was burnt down. The fire broke out about eight o'clock, and its origin is not known. The house was a large one, and the roof thatched. . CORONER'S INQUESTS. - The following inquests have been held before Mr. HICHENS, county coroner: On the 31st ult., in the parish of Illogan, on the body of William Humphreys, of the same parish, aged sixteen years. The deceased worked at South Dolcoath mine in that parish, and on the preceding day, whilst pursuing his labour there, accidentally fell into one of the shafts and thereby received such injuries as to cause his immediate death. Verdict, "accidental death." . On Wednesday last, in the parish of Uny Lelant, on the body of Richard Vereo, aged forty-two years. The deceased worked in Wheal Margaret mine in the same parish, and while going in the course of his employment from the sixty to the fifty fathoms level, fell into a winge at the fifty fathoms level down to the sixty fathoms level, and thereby received such injury to one of his legs as by loss of blood therefrom, to occasion his death before he could be taken to the surface. Verdict "accidental death." . HUNTING APPOINTMENT. - The F.B.H. (Mr. W. Williams) will meet on Tuesday next at Marthen in Constantine; and on Saturday, at Pelean Cross; each day at half-past ten o'clock. . Mr. Trelawny's Hounds will meet on Tuesday next, at Marley; and on Saturday, at Smith-Lee; each day at half-past ten o'clock. . Mr. Deacon's Hounds will meet on Saturday next, at Birch Wood; on Monday, at Pelland Corner; on Thursday, at Bratton; and on Saturday, the 15th, at Northcombe; each day at half-past ten o'clock. . Mr. Collins harriers will meet on Monday next, at Perran Church, at half-past ten o'clock. . ROYAL CORNWALL SAILORS' HOME. - The following is the weekly report from the 28th October to the 4th November inclusive; Remained by the last report, 7; admitted since, 5; discharged,3; remaining, 9. Of these, in the sick ward, remained by the last report, 3. Of this number simple fractures, 1; internal disease, 2. Average number victualled each day, 10. Remaining in the superintendent's hands, GBP 48. . CORNWALL INFIRMARY, November 5. - Admitted this day five in-patients, three cured, and two relieved. No beds vacant. Fifty-six patients in the house. . PRICE of STOCKS - skipped . POSTSCRIPT. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1856 >From the London Gazette. Tuesday, November 4, 1856 Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Cornwall - Royal Cornwall Rangers - Richard Henry Stackhouse Vyvyan, to be Ensign. . BANKRUPTS James Watling Knights, corn-merchant, Ipswich, Robert Jukes Stirrop, currier, Ironbridge, Salop. Charles Hammond Thompson, common brewer, Conisbrough David Imrie, merchant and shiper, Manchester Joseph James Reynolds, share-broker, Thredneedle-street. Stephen Greaves, cloth-manufacturer, Eccleshill, Yorkshire John Doughty, builder and auctioneer, Castle Donnington, Leicestershire. Heaton Wright, timber-dealer, Burnley, Lancashire. James White, baker, Vauxhall walk, Surrey. Samuel Biggin, Henry Biggin, and Paul Smith, saw manugacturers, Sheffield. Samuel Biggin, jun., saw manugacturer, Sheffield. John Vickers, spirit-merchant, High-street, Southwark. Francis Seaward, licensed carman, Abechurchyard City. Samuel Bone, beershop-keeper, Dagenham, Essex. . FOREIGN NEWS . We read in the Times (second edition), from Paris - "It is whispered that a treaty of commerce between Russia and France, and very favourable to the latter, is on the tapis. If this be true it would explain the amenities exchanged between the two Courts. It may also explain the postponement to 1861 of the tariff reforms." . The Siecle (after describing the decided refusal of Lord Palmerston to enter into any transactions which had not for their basis the complete execution of the treaty of Paris) says: "It has nevertheless been recognized on both sides that no better alliance can exist for England than that of France, and for France no more fruitful alliance than that of England; the discussion on the execution of the treaty of the 30th of March has therefore ceased. If we are well informed, dispactches were sent off on the 31st of October, which will remove all the partial difficulties that exist, which have moreover proceeded rather from subordinates than from the governments themselves. The treaty of the 30th March will be executed in all its rigour, and afterwards, if Russia or any other government wishes to submit questions to the Congress of Paris, the Congress will examine them with that spirit of progress beyond the range of which it is now impossible to effect anything in Europe that! is destined to last." . The arrangement lately effected by the Cabinet of Vienna for the evacuation of certain points of the Pontifical territory hitherto occupied by the Austrian troops has just been carried out. The movement of retreat commenced a few days ago and ended yesterday. The Austrian troops recross the Po and proceed to Padua. They are replaced by detachments of the 2nd Swiss Regiment, in the service of the Holy Father. Ancona and Bologna are now the only two points that continue to be occupied by the forces of Austria. Thus a combination has been effected which, by diminishing the corps of occupation, lessens at the same time the expenses of the Pontifical administration, and restores it to the fullness of its rights and powers. . A letter from Vienna in the Assemblee Nationale says - "I mentioned to you in a former letter that the fortifications ordered by the War Department were being carried on at different points with great activity. I can now state that reinforcements of troops are being quietly directed towards Lombardy. The battalions of Tyrolean Chasseurs so justly celebrated for the use of the rifle, have been sent in that direction. They proceed to different parts of Italy in small bodies, and when there will be concentrated and placed on a war footing. Considerable uneasiness is felt here on the subject of the change of policy, so opposite to our interests, which has been for some time visible in the Duchies of Parma and Placentia. The reports which reach the government from Lombardy point out all the danger to which we are exposed by the marked intimacy, which is now apparent, between the Regent of those Duchies and the King of Sardinia. It appears decided to stifle, by a large display of! military force, any manifestation which may have for its object to place Parma and Placentia under the immediate protectorate of the Piedmontese government. Such a thing could not be tolerated on the frontiers of our Lombardo-Venetian possessions. No energetic measures will be wanting to strike at the root of the evil." . Corn EXCHANGE. - skipped . LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET. - skipped

Just in case you didn't get this message - came from another List I'm on, but I haven't seen a mention of this on the Cornish lists. World War One records free at Ancestry.co.uk >From Friday 9 November until Monday 12 November you can search the World War One records at Ancestry.co.uk completely free of charge. You will need to register (or log-in, if you have previously registered), but you shouldn't be asked for credit card details. The following links will take you direct to the records that are included in the offer: British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920 Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-1920 Hope this helps someone, and you're able to take advantage. Cheers, Julia

For all of you who have wondered what we've been 'eliminating' in our transcriptions, this is a fairly COMPLETE issue - minus the news of the French court, and the German military, etc. But all, or most of Cornwall, is included. This is the first of four parts - all transcribed by Lorena Loubsky, who at first had this so beautifully laid out to replicate the actual newspaper. Unfortunately, Rootsweb's servers won't allow Rich Text and great columns. It's her first try at transcribing the paper, and she's done extremely well. Hope you enjoy!! Julia ________________________________________________________ WEST BRITON and CORNWALL ADVERTISER Friday, 7 November, 1856 . POLITICAL NEWS . ....for re-election, and with them was associated Mr. S. Pascoe, merchant. Mr. Uglow, watchmaker, however issued a paper with only his own name thereon, and canvassed the electors. As the four candidates were all reformers, Mr. Passingham on the morning of the election withdrew from the contest, in order to avoid any disunion among his friends; and it was then supposed the Messrs. Davey, Pascoe, and Uglow, would have been elected without a contest. But soon afterwards it was ascertained that certain persons were dissatisfied that there should be no contest, and consequently Mr. George Hall, surveyor, was started, although he protested against his name being used for the purpose. Consequently, the poll was resorted to, and some degree of excitement created, the polling being active towards the middle of the day. . In the eastern ward there was also a contest. The retiring councilors were Mr. Spry, surgeon, Mr. George Clyma, printer, and Mr. M'Farlane Heard, printer. These offered themselves for re-election; but in addition, Mr. J. P. Endean, ironmonger, came forward, as the opponent (so he said), of "hypocritical Whiggery," and he was urged on and backed up by a certain class of Tories, it being due to the more respectable of them, to state that they held aleof from his movement. . It was perfectly clear from the commencement that Mr. Endean had not the slightest chance of succeeding. The poll, however, was kept open throughout the day, and about seven in the evening the Mayor, Mr. Stokes (contrary to the more recent practice in the borough) consented on a requisition by several electors being presented to him, to declare the poll in the Town Hall. A considerable number of people assembled, and the results of the poll were declared as follows: - Western ward – Uglow, 306; Hall, 195; Pascoe, 183; Davey, 122. Eastern ward – Spry, 301; Heard, 293; Clyma, 269; Endean, 69. The three first named in each ward were declared elected; after which all the candidates (with the exception of Mr. Spry who was not present) returned thanks to the electors. . Penryn. - Messrs. J.B. Read, G.H. Trenery, G. Bishop, and R. Rapson's term of office, as councilors of this borough, having expired on the 1st of November, they were all re-elected without opposition. . Falmouth. - The retiring councilors were Mr. W. Carne, Mr. E. Cobon, Mr. Eli Cuttance and Mr. T. H. Tilly. On Saturday last, the two first were re-elected , the other two declined to stand again, and Mr. E.C. Carne, merchant, was elected in the toom of Mr. Cuttance, and Mr. Webber, baker, in the place of Mr. Tilly. There was no political movement, and only a few papers were put in at intervals,. The poll was kept open until four o'clock , but not fifty persons voted. . Helston. - On Saturday last, Messrs. Thomas Phillips Tyacke, Jonathan Hodge, Henry Rogers, and William Caddy, were returned as councilors for this borough. The three former were elected in the place of Messrs. William Sleeman, Henry Roberts, and Thomas Julian, who had previously declared their intention to resign. The system in this borough, until within the last few years, has been for the corporate body to nominate and elect the new councilors annually, without reference to the burgesses; but this practice was about three years since put an end to by Mr. William Sleeman, who on his desiring to become a town councilor, made a personal canvass of every burgess, and for the first time gave them the opportunity of electing their own man. The same principle was followed by Henry Roberts; and to these two retiring gentlemen great credit is due for having adopted the proper mode of election of town councilors, and thus giving the burgesses the power to put the "right man in the ! right place." It was rumoured during the past week that other parties were coming forward as candidates for the above office; but it is believed that only one of the gentlemen really intended to offer himself; and it seems that his purpose was completely frustrated by leaving the matter to be managed as of old. . Penzance.- At the municipal election on Saturday last, Messrs. Borlase, Bellringer and House, the retiring members for the west ward were re-elected without opposition. In the east ward there was a contest between Messrs. Polklinghorne, Read, Branwell, Norton, Hemmings, Sampson, Boase, and Trembath. The last three were proposed by some party whose views differed from the majority of the electors. The numbers at the close of the poll were as follows: - Polkinghorne, 205; Read, 201; Branwell, 144; Norton, 121; Hemmings, 76; Sampson, 2; Boase, 1; Trembath, 1. Messrs. Polkinghorne, Read and Branwell were the elected members. . St. Ives. - The election of town councilors took place on Saturday last, when the retiring members were Mr. Matthew Trewhella, Mr. Tonkin young, and Mr. William Worth Kempthorne. Mr. Matthew Trewhella was re-elected; and Mr. Moses Martin, and Mr. Vivian Stevens Williams, were elected in the room of Messrs. Young and Kempthorne. . Liskeard. - Messrs. P. Clymo, Saml. Bone, James Parkyn, and John C. Isaac, the four retiring members, were re-elected on Saturday last. It was not expected there would be any opposition, but the Liberals who were on the qui vive discovered late on Friday evening that Mr. Sargent, solicitor, and a Tory, intended to offer himself, and that his partisans had been secretly at work, in the hope it be believed, of taking the Liberals by surprise. In this, however, he was defeated, for early on the Saturday morning the Liberals were at their post, and soon placed the men they had selected in a decisive majority. The result of the polling was as follows: - Mr. Clymo, 125; Mr. Bone, 104; Mr. Isaac, 104; Mr. Parkyn, 93; and Mr. Sargent, 31. . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . INSTRUCTION OF THE BLIND. - A meeting was held at Truro on Monday afternoon last, to consider the best method of instructing the blind of Cornwall, in reading and some branches of industry. Reports of the number and condition of the blind in various parts of the county were read , and it was agreed to engage William Baker, a blind man of St. Austell, who was present, to begin the experiment of teaching the blind at their own homes, at St. Just or Falmouth, as he has been for four or five years successfully engaged in this work in his own neighbourhood. . Circulating libraries, in raised type for the blind, are also in contemplation. The following letter by William Moon, the blind teacher of the Brighton Institution, inventor of the system of raised type most in use, has been addressed to Miss Caroline Fox: . "Brighton, October 15, 1856. My dear Madam, - The receipt of your letter and prospectus rejoices my heart greatly. We have lately started a home-teaching society in London also, to form lending libraries and supply the blind with books, through the medium of the teachers. Two blind teachers are now at work in London, and the plan is found to answer admirably, and I believe if the plan can be adopted throughout the country, it will become one of the greatest boons (in respect to reading,) that the blind have ever possessed. The teachers set out in the morning for their particular portions of their district for the day, taking with them two or four books in two bags slung across their shoulders. They make their first call and change the book, taking it to the n ext reader, and so shifting each book from one reader to another, till they complete their round for the day. By this means, one set of books supplies a large number of readers, and the books are conveyed from one to an! other without any difficulty. The teacher at each visit hears them read a little by way of improvement, &c., at the same time having a little spiritual conversation and prayer with them. I find the blind are generally the best teachers, and most acceptable to the blind. I will prepare you a list of my books as arranged for libraries. I have a young man in this county that would make a very good teachers, should you be in want of such. I esteem Mr. Baker's principles and exertions very much. Would John Andrews Arthur, of St. just, make a teacher? Should you be in want of any I could soon find them for you, if your society have funds. Could you get sale for the articles your blind could manufacture, they might be made to support themselves after a time, the plan of which I purpose sending you in my next epistle." . MAINE LAW. – A public meeting was held on Monday, in Union Hall, Bodmin, to hear from Mr. Mudge an account of the proceedings of the United Kingdom Alliance, at their recent anniversary in Manchester. The speaker went rapidly through the items of the report. The past year's expenses were GBP 8516, receipts GBP 9517. The Alliance Weekly News is nearly self-supporting, with an increasing sale. Over thirty-three tons of paper have been issued in their literary department. Letters of acknowledgement had been received from many members of parliament, amongst them one from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. These and many other facts were detailed by Mr. Mudge to a delighted audience, whose sympathy seemed thoroughly enlisted on the side of legal prohibition. . "TEMPLE OF PEACE" LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS. - On Monday last, the brethren of the "Temple of Peace" Lodge at Truro , dined at the Red Lion Hotel in that town, under the presidency of the Mayor, Mr. Stokes, with Mr. John Hamilton in the vice-chair. About forty of the brethren dined together, and the usual toasts followed. In the course of the evening it was stated on behalf of the Lodge, that the finances were in a prosperous state, and that they were yearly adding to their balance in hand. The evening was spent in a very pleasant and agreeable manner. . THE REDRUTH PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. - This society whose musical taste and talent have now become a matter of notoriety in the county, gave their first concert for the session in the Town-hall, Redruth, on Tuesday the 28th ult. The instrumental performers being violins, Messrs. Sims, J.F. Penrose, and James Hitchens; violoncellos, Messsrs. Nettell and Davey; double- base, Mr. Rodda; Flutes, Messrs. Penrose and Andrew; and piano, Mr. J. S. Mitchell. The vocalists were Messrs. J.S. Mitchell, Runnalls, N. Donnithorne, A Lanyon, and James Sims. The general impression produced by the evening's entertainment was so agreeable that we have no inclination to be critical; but we may venture an opinion that our Redruth friends, in their praiseworthy anxiety to realize the most elaborate creations of musical genius, have somewhat miscalculated the difficulty of achieving that object with the means at their command. . ODDS AND ENDS. – On Monday and Tuesday last, Messrs. Lloyd and Champion gave an entertainment of a very amusing character to a crowded audience in the Town hall, Redruth. Mr. Chamption fully sustained his reputation as a singer and performer; and Mr. Lloyd;s characters were ably and pleasingly represented. On Wednesday evening, Messrs. F. Lloyd and Champion gave an entertainment in the School-room, Hayle, to a highly delighted audience. . TRURO WORKING MAN'S INSTITUTE. - A proposition having been made by certain members of this Institution that the Reading Room should be open on Sundays as on other days of the week, a special general meeting of members to consider the subject was held on Wednesday evening last, when the chair was occupied by the president, Mr. H. S. Stokes, and about one hundred members attended. The president having stated the cause of the meeting having been called, Mr. Hockin, on the part of the promoters of the proposition, stated, that it having come to their knowledge that many of the members and officers of the institution were about to leave if the reading room were opened on the Sabbath day, and being himself as well as those who joined him in signing the requisition from which this meeting resulted, really anxious for the success of the institution, they had come to the determination of withdrawing the proposition altogether. The President, Mr. W. H. Bond, Mr. Geo. Clyma, Mr. W. H.! Jenkins, Mr. T. Solomon, and Mr. H. Patrick addressed the meeting, congratulating it on the happy termination of this important matter. A vote of thanks to the President was carried with acclamation, and the members separated pleased with the result of the meeting. We are glad to hear that the reading room is in a flourishing state. There are about 150 members, and the treasurer, after paying all demands to the present time, has a balance on hand of GBP 9. .XXXXX TRURO INSTITUTION. - On Thursday evening the 30th ult., Mr. W. Parsons, from London, delivered a lecture entitled "The Romance of the Law Courts." In this he gave notices of some remarkable trials, but the lecture was less approved of than tat of the preceding week by Mr. Parsons. It was announced that on Friday evening the 7th instant, Mr. Thomas Garland, of Fairfield, would lecture "On the Writings of Charles Lamb." . PENRYN INSTITUTION. - The members of this society were favoured on Thursday the 30th ult., with an excellent lecture by Professor Hunt, F.R. S., on the "The Life of A Plant." With the aid of diagrams, he beautifully explained the three processes which comprise the life of a plant, vis., germination, lignification, and floriation, and traced these results to their primary causes. He dwelt at length, and with eloquence, on the subjects of light, heat, and actinism, and showed the powers of each on vegetation. Mr. Hunt himself was the first who made known to the world the three classes into which the prismatic colours may be divided, with the effects of each on the vegetable world. In speaking of the observations of the late Professor Forbes in the Egoean, he remarked that vegetation was found to exist in that sea at the depth of 300 fathoms from othe surface, whereas around our own coast it ceases to exist at the depth of seventy fathoms. This difference is to be attributed to! the inequality in depth to which light penetrates in these latitudes. After a very brilliant conclusion, the lecturer sat down amidst the warmest applause of the audience. Some inquiries in connection with the subject having been most kindly answered, a vote of thanks was unanimously given to the able lecturer. The next lecture will be delivered on Monday the 10th instant, by Mr. Henry Lowry, of Truro, entitled, "An evening with Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate of England." . PENZANCE INSTITUTE. - On Monday evening last, Mr. J.T. Blight gave his second lecture on the antiquities of Cornwall. The lecture was confined to the eastern part of the county, and many illustrations were given from the lecturer's own sketches, he having spent two months during the past summer in examining and making drawings of the most valuable ancient remains found east of Truro. There was a large audience, and a very interesting discussion after the lecture. . GRAMPOUND LITERARY INSTITUTION. - A very interesting and instructive lecture was delivered on Tuesday evening last, by Mr. Bond, of Truro, on "John Howard the Philanthropist." The lecturer ably reviewed the life of Howard, and the privations and dangers to which he was exposed in his visits to the prisons, and his journeys to distant lands in the cause of suffering humanity. A hearty vote of thanks was unanimously presented to the lecturer for his very able and instructive lecture. At the close it was announced that the next lecture would be given by the Rev. T.B. Hart, of Tregony, on "The Coals We Burn," with experiments. . LAUNCESTON MECHANICS INSTITUTE - On Monday last Mr. Robbins, one of the tradesmen of the town, delivered before this institute a very able and interesting lecture on "The past, present and future of the town of Launceston." In treating the subject he gave an epitome of its ancient history before the conquest, under William and his successors, and its first appearance as a representative borough in the time of Edward the First. He then treated of its financial and commercial state from the year 1820 to the present (a period within his own recollection), noting the various losses which the town had sustained in the removal of the assizes, and cessation of Manganese works, the loss of traffic by means of the South Devon Railway, &c. As to the future, he strongly urged the importance of a line of railway to Plymouth, either by way of Tavistock or Saltash. On this part of the subject there was considerable unanimity of opinion in the audience, but from the former part of the lec! turer several dissented. The subscription room was crowded, and more than one hundred could not gain admission. A night specially devoted to a discussion on the lecture is talked of by many, and it is probable that the committee will accede to the request. . SIR JOHN ST. AUBYN'S LIBRARY. - We are indebted to Mr. John Camden Hotten, bookseller, 151 Picadilly, for the following account of some of the more interesting articles disposed of at the recent sale of the valuable library and paintings of the late Sir John St. Aubyn, at Lime Grove, Putney, near London. The late Sir John. St. Aubyn was one of the principal patrons of Cornish literature and art. Opie, the painter; Wolcott, the rhyming satirist; Borlase, the historian; and Pryce, a mineralogist and philologian, all found in him a friend - and what is more, a purchaser of their works. . Of Opie's paintings, Sir John was a great admirer, and possessed six fine specimens; according to the catalogue they were,- . "A Portrait of Opie painted by himself;" "A Child feeding a Spaniel;" a large gallery picture (which hung in the staircase), entitled "A subject from Spenser's Faerie Queen;" "A Portrait of Opie when young, by himself;" and two "Family portraits of members of the St. Aubyn Family." Of Opie’s lectures on painting published after his death by his widow, we find that Sir John took twenty copies - double the number of any other subscriber. Pryce's Cornish Grammar was dedicated to him, and as some copies were in his library it is more than probable he was a good purchaser. Borlase's works were patronized by him, and the great historical of Cornwall thanks Sir John more than once in his prefaces for actual literary assistance rendered during their progress. . The principal rarities, apart from those relating to Cornwall, were: Les Presentes Heurs a lussige de Romme, Imprimees a Paris pour Germain Hardoyn, - printed on Vellum, and illuminated with fourteen large and twenty-two small miniatures. The date of this book was about 1510. It brought GBP 9 5s. A very fine specimen from Caxton's press - The Chronycles of England, folio, in black letter, printed in Westmynstre, 1480. It sold for GBP 28. A splendid Hebrew manuscript, "Book of the Ceremonies of the Passover," on thick vellum, with fifty large and small Miniatures. This realized GBP 20. A copy of Bartholomæus de Proprietatibus Rerum, printed by Wynken de Worde, sold for GBP 27. The Chronicles of England, &c., in twenty volumes, brought GBP 28. Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, a very fine copy, was sold for GBP 62. Romaunt de la Rose par Guillaume de Lorris et Jean de Meun, illuminated with ninety-eight miniature paintings, very spiritedly executed, and heightened with gold, the f! irst page with an illuminated border, printed on pure vellum; an early edition without place, date, or name of printer, but supposed by Verrard, about 1496. It was bought by a gentleman for GBP 210. . There were the usual large "Galleries" of Engravings found in most gentlemen’s libraries, together with good editions of the British classics, and works of reference, but the preference appears to have been given to works on Natural History, some of the finest Botanical and kindred scientific books figuring in the collection. The whole were in a very superior state, beautifully clean and insubstantial and frequently choice bindings. In short, any one could observe that the collection had been made by a man of taste and literary judgment. . All the principal works relating to Cornwall were there, together with some unique in their kind, and not to be found in any other collection. Of these latter I subjoin a short descriptive list: A Survey of the Islands of Scilly, 1652, a manuscript of thirty-two leaves. Sold for GBP 4 2s. Journal of a Tour to Upper Devon and Cornwall, a manuscript, illustrated with thirteen original drawings by H. Spence. Sold for GBP 4.8s, Autograph Letters, addressed to William Borlase, the historian of Cornwall, by Sir John St. Aubyn, Alexander Pope, Browne Willis, Dean Milles, Pennant, Dr. Stukely, Hutchins of Dorset, Ames, Gough, and other eminent antiquaries, in six folio and one quarto volumes. This very fine collection sold for GBP l50, and will, in all probability find its way to the British Museum. Copies of letters in the handwriting of Dr. Borlase, three folio volumes. Sold for GBP 13. Memoranda on the Cornish Tongue, and a large quantity of Manuscript Account Books, &c., connec! ted with the History of Cornwall; illustrated with numerous original drawings of antiquities, arms, monuments, coins, &c., nearly the whole being in the Autograph of Dr. Borlase, highly interesting and important, in eighteen vols. Sold for GBP 28. . A large quantity of Manuscript Remarks and Memoranda on Theological and other subjects in the Autograph of Dr. Borlase. Sold for GBP 16 16s. Amongst the printed books relating to Cornwall may be mentioned; - Carew's Survey of Cornwall, 1769, with manuscript additions in the handwriting of Borlase. Borlase on the Scilly Islands, 1756, with M.S. additions by Borlase. . Besides the collection of books, which numbered over 7000 vols., there was a very fine series of engravings illustrative of the art from the earliest period to the present time. The sale of this portion of the St. Aubyn collection occupied six days. It is greatly to be regretted that no large library in Cornwall was represented at the sale by an agent, and that with a few exceptions the literary labours of the St. Aubyn family will be scattered over England and America. . TRURO AND REDRUTH TURNPIKE TOLLS. - The annual letting of these tolls took place at the Town Hall, Truro, on Wednesday last. The tolls were put up by the trustees at GBP 4,200, and after a somewhat spirited bidding by several parties, they were knocked down to Mr. Bramble for GBP 4,400. It appeared, however, that some misapprehension had taken place; consequently the tolls were again put up and were ultimately knocked down to Mr. Harwood for GBP 4,412, being a decrease of GBP 93 on the last year's letting. THE PENZANCE SHIPPING COMPANY. – On Friday last the annual general meeting of this company was held at the Three Tuns Hotel, Mr. Joseph Carne in the chair. There being a balance in favor of GBP 342.18s 9d., a dividend of GBP 1 per share was declared. At two o'clock nearly forty gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner. BANK RETURNS. - skipped

Well I'm only getting them once so obviously I'm not worthy! Bern -----Original Message----- From: cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sher Leetooze Sent: Friday, 9 November 2012 3:06 p.m. To: cornish@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH] today's e-mails Pat: Your message just landed in my in-box 1159 times!!! Must be something to do with the Cornish List! Only Cornish list messages are doing it. Sher At 09:51 AM 09/11/2012 +0800, you wrote: >WOW!!!!!!! That really is over the top! Poor you!! > >Pat > > - a glitch > > in my mail program! Boy, what a shock!! > > Sher > >

On 9 Nov 2012, at 1:06 PM, Sher Leetooze wrote: > Pat: > Your message just landed in my in-box 1159 times!!! Must be > something to > do with the Cornish List! Only Cornish list messages are doing it. > Sher > > At 09:51 AM 09/11/2012 +0800, you wrote: >> WOW!!!!!!! That really is over the top! Poor you!! >> >> Pat >> >> On 9/11/2012 8:56 AM, Sher Leetooze wrote: >>> Perhaps it was a glitch in my mail program, but.... the two >>> messages -one >>> from Andrew Rodger and one from Diane Tamullion each got caught >>> in some sort >>> of loop and downloaded just over 4500 messages - yes just over >>> forty five >>> hundred - into my in mail!!! Took me ages to get them all >>> deleted! Don't >>> know if it was something in these messages, or like I suggested - >>> a glitch >>> in my mail program! Boy, what a shock!! >>> Sher Given that this was happening immediately before and after Pat's message, that message is clearly not the cause; but nor, I think, are mine and Diane Tamullion's, nor the CORNISH content as a whole unless there is an intermittent failure of the List-server to delete messages once they have been downloaded my list-members. That leaves only a possible glitch in your settings. Depending on what mail- client software you are using, there could be a setting to ensure that your system sends a "delete" message to the server as each message comes down, and if that temporarily fails the message could just keep coming in as the next message in the queue until the failure ends. It might be worth pursuing if it continues to happen, as such volumes must be thrashing your download allowance! Andrew Rodger rodgera@audioio.com

WOW!!!!!!! That really is over the top! Poor you!! Pat On 9/11/2012 8:56 AM, Sher Leetooze wrote: > Perhaps it was a glitch in my mail program, but.... the two messages -one > from Andrew Rodger and one from Diane Tamulion each got caught in some sort > of loop and downloaded just over 4500 messages - yes just over forty five > hundred - into my in mail!!! Took me ages to get them all deleted! Don't > know if it was something in these messages, or like I suggested - a glitch > in my mail program! Boy, what a shock!! > Sher > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Pat: Your message just landed in my in-box 1159 times!!! Must be something to do with the Cornish List! Only Cornish list messages are doing it. Sher At 09:51 AM 09/11/2012 +0800, you wrote: >WOW!!!!!!! That really is over the top! Poor you!! > >Pat > >On 9/11/2012 8:56 AM, Sher Leetooze wrote: > > Perhaps it was a glitch in my mail program, but.... the two messages -one > > from Andrew Rodger and one from Diane Tamulion each got caught in some sort > > of loop and downloaded just over 4500 messages - yes just over forty five > > hundred - into my in mail!!! Took me ages to get them all deleted! Don't > > know if it was something in these messages, or like I suggested - a glitch > > in my mail program! Boy, what a shock!! > > Sher > > > > ------------------------------- > > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to > CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject > line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email > CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >------------------------------- >Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > >Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5381 - Release Date: 11/07/12 >20:22:00

Perhaps it was a glitch in my mail program, but.... the two messages -one from Andrew Rodger and one from Diane Tamulion each got caught in some sort of loop and downloaded just over 4500 messages - yes just over forty five hundred - into my in mail!!! Took me ages to get them all deleted! Don't know if it was something in these messages, or like I suggested - a glitch in my mail program! Boy, what a shock!! Sher

On 15 Oct 2012, at 9:42 PM, tabletweaver@aol.com wrote: > Just gone to consult the trusty OED. Apparently a yacht is a fast > light ship or boat not rowed with oars used for pleasure -especiallly > one built for racing. Originally it meant a pirate ship as it > means "a > chaser or hunter". So there we are. Up with the Jolly Roger and > avast > mi hearties! > > cheers (or yo ho ho!) > > Catherine Correct. It is an anglicization of the Dutch word "Jacht" which means the chase or hunt, or indeed a yacht as understood in English. There is a similar word in German (Jagd, meaning only the chase or hunt).

I googledmap Tregonissey Lane End and what came up was the Post Office right at where Tregonissey meets up with Slades Road. Also they had a street view of the building on line and I think I see why it's called Tregonissey Lane End as the building faces the intersections where Slades, Tregonissey, Agar and Carclaze all meet. Hope this helps. Diane in Wisconsin On 11/7/2012 10:39 AM, Metamorphosis wrote: > Hi Listers, > this is from Friends Reunited: > > For a limited time only, our sister site Genes Reunited is giving you unlimited access to view 1911 transcriptions for FREE! Discover detailed information about your ancestors! Don't miss out, the offer ends on 18th November 2012. View the 1911 census > > I found my WELCH family living at 'Slades, St. Austell' in a 'private house' with 5 rooms (2 parents & 6 kids in 5 rooms total.......). > > I grew up at Carclaze, and I know Slades Road ran from Tregonissey Lane End down to Polkyth; not sure if it was the same in 1911. > > Is there any way to pinpoint exactly where they lived? > > Any help would be much appreciated. > Elizabeth Lee Rahman > Ontario, Canada > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Listers, this is from Friends Reunited: For a limited time only, our sister site Genes Reunited is giving you unlimited access to view 1911 transcriptions for FREE! Discover detailed information about your ancestors! Don't miss out, the offer ends on 18th November 2012. View the 1911 census I found my WELCH family living at 'Slades, St. Austell' in a 'private house' with 5 rooms (2 parents & 6 kids in 5 rooms total.......). I grew up at Carclaze, and I know Slades Road ran from Tregonissey Lane End down to Polkyth; not sure if it was the same in 1911. Is there any way to pinpoint exactly where they lived? Any help would be much appreciated. Elizabeth Lee Rahman Ontario, Canada

I am carrying out for a friend some research on the LARK family in St. Stephen in Brannel and the surrounding area during the period 1750 to 1850. Please contact me if you believe we may be of help to each other. David Henwood CFHS 00037