Hi Hazel, Welcome, and thankyou for your intriguing post! I'm struggling a bit, because I'm not aware of a Wherry Island, although Wherrytown seems to fit the location for the TONKIN families quite well (most of the references seem to be for the Newlyn or Penzance area, and Wherrytown was between the two. There was a unique mine, driven out in the sea at low tide, and this is the main claim to fame. Wherrytown was effectively destroyed by a storm in 1962, and the site is now a park and lake, and a supermarket! But among those letters must be some that would be of interest for Christmas! Please pick out the best of them, and somehow add it to what I hope will be the festivities on the List! As for the others, I'm sure that the Cornish Records Office or the Cornish Studies Library would be interested in these letters. This is the link for depositing records with the Cornish Studies Library: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=25295 Very best, and thanks in anticipation! John This message and any attachments are confidential and may be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the recipient please email the sender and delete this message and any attachments from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message and attachments, or disclose the contents to any other person. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this message and any attachments are virus free, We can take no responsibility if a virus is actually present. We advise you to carry out your own virus check. > From: hazelmagann@optusnet.com.au > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:52:09 -0800 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 - WELCOME TO GODREVY LIGHTHOUSE!!! > > Hi John > I live in Australia and find the Cornish site extremely interesting > especially the bit of history and description of some of the places. > > My family lines come through the Tonkin/James connection my ggxgrandfather > was John Henry Tonkin. > > I was in touch with Arthur Basil Tonkin whose father was James Tonkin a > Baker who plied his trade on Wherry Island. I was wondering Arthur wrote me > wonderful letters and also gave descriptions of his beloved Cornwall > including some family recipes. > > So would anyone be interested in copies of these letters? If so I could > either scan or copy and post. > > Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas. > Hazel E. Magann OAM, FBDHS. > Lethbridge Park, NSW > > > ------------------------------- > 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