Hello Graham,   I think that the marriage of John Eames and Jane Pryor may not be the right one.     On the Cornwall OPC database there is a baptism of Emma Jane Prior at St Kew 8th Feb 1857, parents John and Ann. There is a marriage at St Kew 10 May 1845 of John Prior and Ann Wills.  Bride's father's name is Joseph.   There is a baptism of Jane Wills at St Kew 7th Aug 1836, parents Joseph and Jane.   There is a marriage indexed on FreeBMD Dec 1863 which includes the names John Eames and Jane Wills in the four names listed.   Regards,   Joy ________________________________ From: Graham Price <genetree@tpg.com.au> To: cornish@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 24 January 2013, 1:18 Subject: [CORNISH] PRYOR OR PRIOR Good morning all. I recently posted the following on the Hertfordshire list, but have changed the subject heading and deleted some of the body, so as not to cross-post. Seems I need some help around the St. Kew/Bodmin area. "While going back on some of the earlier family connections of Bennett and Tester (MDX & HRT), I came across some Eames - one in particular John b. c.1835 St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Police Inspector at Hillingdon, Uxbridge, in the 1871 census, so I was wondering if anyone had any Eames connections thereof? He seems to have risen in the ranks quite fast. He may or may not have married a Jane Pryce, Marylebone district June Qtr 1859. Interesting though, that in the 1871 census at Uxbridge (RG10 piece 1307 folio 60 page 36) there is a niece Emma 15, shown as surname Pryor according to the transcription on FMP, but could it be Pryce? Difficult to make out either way. Both Jane and Emma are shown to be born in Cornwall, St Kew?? If anyone has a chance to view the census data, could they give me their opinion on the surname? On the original marriage index for 1859 it is written as Jane Pryce. Hmmm!  In the 1851 census of Cornwall there is a Jane Pryor 9 yrs, born St. Erth. There is an Emma Prior in the birth index for1856, Bodmin reg. district, Cornwall, shown in the 1861 as born St. Kew, father John 40 born St. Kew, mother Anne 35 born St. Kew, so seems on the right track here so far but I still have not been able to find Jane coinciding with this info in the earlier census data, e.g. 1841. Interesting! (or confusing!) Has anyone heard of St. Erth?" Best wishes Graham Melbourne Oz ------------------------------- 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