Cynthia - Forgot to tell you, my THOMAS family ended up in Nevada City. Hmm! Are we related??? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Zieber" <czieber@earthlink.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? I don't know what kind of mines they had there, but just north east a short distance were the copper mines of Houghton County, with many Cornish miners, including my Thomas relatives after 1875. Cynthia in Grass Valley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Davis" <jandavis3@cox.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? Wow, thanks for sending that! Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Zieber" <czieber@earthlink.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? "Rockland is an unincorporated community in the township at 46°44'17?N 89°10'47?W.[3] The Rockland Mine opened in 1847 and a post office named Rockland opened in January 1853 and closed in September 1860. A post office also opened at Minnesota Mine in May 1857, which was renamed to National in March 1861. In December 1863, the National post office was changed to Rockford. A settlement named Rosendale was laid out by the Minnesota Mining Company in 1858. Another settlement named Williamsburg was platted by William Sheppard and William Davey. A third settlement named Webster was platted by James Cooper. The three adjacent plats were consolidated into Rockland in 1864" Wikipedia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Davis" <jandavis3@cox.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:03 PM Subject: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? > Hello listers - I just learned that a relative might have been in Michigan > for awhile before coming out to California in the 1850s. We found a > reference to his being in Rockland, Ontonegon County, Michigan. Can > somebody tell me if that place has the same name? What mining activity > would have taken place there back then. > Does anybody have access to census records or anything that might list him > around 1851-1856? His name was Joseph Thomas and his brother John might > have been with him. > Thanks for any help! > Jan Rickard Davis in San Diego > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

Jan - no, my Thomas family stayed in the Calumet area of Michigan, with two brothers going to Virginia, Minnesota. When my grandfather left Michigan, he went to Chicago. Our living in Grass Valley does have to do with the Cornish, however. We came to visit to find out about the Cornish heritage of the area and fell in love with it. Where in Cornwall was your Thomas family from? Mine were from Camborne, then to St Cleer, then New Jersey, then the UP. Cynthia in Grass Valley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Davis" <jandavis3@cox.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? Cynthia - Forgot to tell you, my THOMAS family ended up in Nevada City. Hmm! Are we related??? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Zieber" <czieber@earthlink.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? I don't know what kind of mines they had there, but just north east a short distance were the copper mines of Houghton County, with many Cornish miners, including my Thomas relatives after 1875. Cynthia in Grass Valley

My THOMAS family was from the Tergonissey in the St. Austell area. My RICKARDs were from Camborne. They all ended up in Nevada City. I had several families come from Cornwall, (RICKARD, PERRY, CHEGWIDDEN, THOMAS, HICKS, MOORE, HOSKIN), none of them knew each other. They were from all over the duchy. I am 75% Cornish, 5th generation Californian. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Zieber" <czieber@earthlink.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:59 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? > Jan - no, my Thomas family stayed in the Calumet area of Michigan, with > two > brothers going to Virginia, Minnesota. When my grandfather left Michigan, > he > went to Chicago. > > Our living in Grass Valley does have to do with the Cornish, however. We > came to visit to find out about the Cornish heritage of the area and fell > in > love with it. > > Where in Cornwall was your Thomas family from? Mine were from Camborne, > then > to St Cleer, then New Jersey, then the UP. > Cynthia in Grass Valley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Davis" <jandavis3@cox.net> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:19 PM > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? > > > Cynthia - Forgot to tell you, my THOMAS family ended up in Nevada City. > Hmm! > Are we related??? > Jan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cynthia Zieber" <czieber@earthlink.net> > To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 6:03 PM > Subject: Re: [CORNISH] THOMAS in Michigan?? > > > I don't know what kind of mines they had there, but just north east a > short > distance were the copper mines of Houghton County, with many Cornish > miners, > including my Thomas relatives after 1875. > Cynthia in Grass Valley > > > > ------------------------------- > 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