Hi Julie According to her bio. Jayne Mansfield was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania which was in the Cornish area of Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. Her father worked in the slate industry. Ray has given the connection with St.Teath which is near Delabole - slate country as I remember? Cheers Pat On 14/06/2012 2:48 PM, Julie Wheeler wrote: > Hi all, > > I am giving a talk about the famous and infamous Cornish people at the > upcoming Cornish Cultural Celebration and came across Vera Jane/Jayne Palmer > aka Jayne Mansfield. Has it been proven that her greatgrandfather was Thomas > Palmer from St Teath, I can see in the various census etc. that it all > appears to fit.but is it true?? > > > > Cheers > > Julie > > Originally from Camborne, Cornwall > > Now in NSW, Australia > > OPC for Redruth > > President : Southern Sons of Cornwall > > <http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jwheeler/> > http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jwheeler/ > > > > Cornish Cultural Celebration October 2012 in the Shoalhaven > > <http://tinyurl.com/7n8exxz> http://tinyurl.com/7n8exxz > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email toCORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, emailCORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email toCORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email toCORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >