yes Anthony my maternal grandfather advised me that the surname of veale came from SIR ROBERT DUC DE VILLE i remembered this for a long time in my later years i found his name meant prince of the town a rough which meant he was a child born of the town or in today's vernacular a bastard well thats quite common to day been trying to find a connection got as far as 1630 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Bennett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Surnames and given names in Cornwall > Hi Ken > > I think Robert de Mortain (b abt 1031) was the second holder of the title > Earl of Cornwall. He was the half brother of William the Conqueror. The > first earl, Brian de Bretagne, was another Norman. If I'm not mistaken > Norman, or rather French, forenames were pretty much integrated into > Cornish as well as English naming patterns over the 100 years or so > following the Conquest. > > Best wishes > > Tony > > Tony Bennett, Cheshire, UK > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 1 Dec 2012, at 09:06, Ken Ozanne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Phoebe, >> Particularly in the west, the language of Cornwall at the time >> surnames were becoming common was neither English nor French but Cornish. >> We >> don't have any original parish records from the 16th century (the ones we >> do >> have are transcriptions made in Jacobean times) so it is not possible to >> tell if any of the originals were in Cornish. (I'm inclined to think >> not.) >> >> But there must have been an element of translation at some stage. >> >> Wasn't the first Earl of Cornwall named Robert? An obvious place for >> the origin of the name. >> >> Best, >> Ken >> >>> >>> From: Phoebe <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:03:43 +1100 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] surnames and given names in Cornwall >>> >>> Greetings, all. Another interesting thread! Here's my contribution. >>> >>> Some years ago a Stephens friend pointed out that Stephens, Roberts, >>> Richards, etc are all cornish forms, whereas Stephenson, Robertson, >>> Richardson etc are english forms. This fits my knowledge of anglo-saxon >>> and the history of the english language: "son" is a danish ending (as >>> opposed to "ing", an anglo-saxon ending) and tends to indicate ancestral >>> origins within the Danelaw. Cornwall was well outside the Danelaw and >>> even if the people had spoken a form of english they wouldn't have been >>> affected by that. >>> >>> Subsequent research has alerted me to a cornish habit of using given >>> names, both female and male, as surnames - without even a terminal S. >>> (Ignore Cliff Richard - he was born Harry Webb.) In all cases the given >>> name is the basis of the surname, not vice versa. But with society the >>> way it was, how did female names get to be surnames? A man would be >>> differentiated from other men of the same given name by his father's >>> name (or his occupation etc, but just focusing here on given/surnames), >>> and his wife and daughters just got lumped in with him. My guess is that >>> a man surnamed Betty or Pheby was born out of wedlock - a guess based >>> simply on common sense and social history, plus a remembered story of a >>> man born out of wedlock in Russia whose surname was in the feminine >>> form: not his mother's first name but her actual surname, feminised as >>> she would herself have used it. >>> >>> And when looking particularly at Roberts I realised that Robert is >>> neither a cornish nor an english name: it's french. Most or all the >>> surnames in Cornwall based on men's given names seem to be french, >>> though a mixture of norman and parisian forms. Why? Did the ancestors of >>> all these families cross to Cornwall with (or follow) the Conqueror? Did >>> some of them originate in Paris, not Normandy? William handed big chunks >>> of Cornwall to his supporters, but I don't know that these were >>> necessarily all born in Normandy. >>> >>> Any takers on these questions? >>> >>> Bev Edmonds' message was very useful to me personally re Annis - I'd >>> never thought of a silent G, but it makes sense. Ralph is correctly >>> pronounced "Rafe", as in Ralph Vauhan Williams (good cornish surname >>> there, though in his case welsh) or as in calf, half, palm, calm or - >>> best of all - golf; we just get it wrong. (Rock Hudson in, I think, >>> "Giant", refers to a cow's baby as a "cal-f".) Thanks, Bev. >>> >>> Phoebe >> >> ------------------------------- >> Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] >> >> Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription >> information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Greetings, all. Another interesting thread! Here's my contribution. Some years ago a Stephens friend pointed out that Stephens, Roberts, Richards, etc are all cornish forms, whereas Stephenson, Robertson, Richardson etc are english forms. This fits my knowledge of anglo-saxon and the history of the english language: "son" is a danish ending (as opposed to "ing", an anglo-saxon ending) and tends to indicate ancestral origins within the Danelaw. Cornwall was well outside the Danelaw and even if the people had spoken a form of english they wouldn't have been affected by that. Subsequent research has alerted me to a cornish habit of using given names, both female and male, as surnames - without even a terminal S. (Ignore Cliff Richard - he was born Harry Webb.) In all cases the given name is the basis of the surname, not vice versa. But with society the way it was, how did female names get to be surnames? A man would be differentiated from other men of the same given name by his father's name (or his occupation etc, but just focusing here on given/surnames), and his wife and daughters just got lumped in with him. My guess is that a man surnamed Betty or Pheby was born out of wedlock - a guess based simply on common sense and social history, plus a remembered story of a man born out of wedlock in Russia whose surname was in the feminine form: not his mother's first name but her actual surname, feminised as she would herself have used it. And when looking particularly at Roberts I realised that Robert is neither a cornish nor an english name: it's french. Most or all the surnames in Cornwall based on men's given names seem to be french, though a mixture of norman and parisian forms. Why? Did the ancestors of all these families cross to Cornwall with (or follow) the Conqueror? Did some of them originate in Paris, not Normandy? William handed big chunks of Cornwall to his supporters, but I don't know that these were necessarily all born in Normandy. Any takers on these questions? Bev Edmonds' message was very useful to me personally re Annis - I'd never thought of a silent G, but it makes sense. Ralph is correctly pronounced "Rafe", as in Ralph Vauhan Williams (good cornish surname there, though in his case welsh) or as in calf, half, palm, calm or - best of all - golf; we just get it wrong. (Rock Hudson in, I think, "Giant", refers to a cow's baby as a "cal-f".) Thanks, Bev. Phoebe

Hi Ken I think Robert de Mortain (b abt 1031) was the second holder of the title Earl of Cornwall. He was the half brother of William the Conqueror. The first earl, Brian de Bretagne, was another Norman. If I'm not mistaken Norman, or rather French, forenames were pretty much integrated into Cornish as well as English naming patterns over the 100 years or so following the Conquest. Best wishes Tony Tony Bennett, Cheshire, UK Sent from my iPhone On 1 Dec 2012, at 09:06, Ken Ozanne <[email protected]> wrote: > Phoebe, > Particularly in the west, the language of Cornwall at the time > surnames were becoming common was neither English nor French but Cornish. We > don't have any original parish records from the 16th century (the ones we do > have are transcriptions made in Jacobean times) so it is not possible to > tell if any of the originals were in Cornish. (I'm inclined to think not.) > > But there must have been an element of translation at some stage. > > Wasn't the first Earl of Cornwall named Robert? An obvious place for > the origin of the name. > > Best, > Ken > >> >> From: Phoebe <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:03:43 +1100 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] surnames and given names in Cornwall >> >> Greetings, all. Another interesting thread! Here's my contribution. >> >> Some years ago a Stephens friend pointed out that Stephens, Roberts, >> Richards, etc are all cornish forms, whereas Stephenson, Robertson, >> Richardson etc are english forms. This fits my knowledge of anglo-saxon >> and the history of the english language: "son" is a danish ending (as >> opposed to "ing", an anglo-saxon ending) and tends to indicate ancestral >> origins within the Danelaw. Cornwall was well outside the Danelaw and >> even if the people had spoken a form of english they wouldn't have been >> affected by that. >> >> Subsequent research has alerted me to a cornish habit of using given >> names, both female and male, as surnames - without even a terminal S. >> (Ignore Cliff Richard - he was born Harry Webb.) In all cases the given >> name is the basis of the surname, not vice versa. But with society the >> way it was, how did female names get to be surnames? A man would be >> differentiated from other men of the same given name by his father's >> name (or his occupation etc, but just focusing here on given/surnames), >> and his wife and daughters just got lumped in with him. My guess is that >> a man surnamed Betty or Pheby was born out of wedlock - a guess based >> simply on common sense and social history, plus a remembered story of a >> man born out of wedlock in Russia whose surname was in the feminine >> form: not his mother's first name but her actual surname, feminised as >> she would herself have used it. >> >> And when looking particularly at Roberts I realised that Robert is >> neither a cornish nor an english name: it's french. Most or all the >> surnames in Cornwall based on men's given names seem to be french, >> though a mixture of norman and parisian forms. Why? Did the ancestors of >> all these families cross to Cornwall with (or follow) the Conqueror? Did >> some of them originate in Paris, not Normandy? William handed big chunks >> of Cornwall to his supporters, but I don't know that these were >> necessarily all born in Normandy. >> >> Any takers on these questions? >> >> Bev Edmonds' message was very useful to me personally re Annis - I'd >> never thought of a silent G, but it makes sense. Ralph is correctly >> pronounced "Rafe", as in Ralph Vauhan Williams (good cornish surname >> there, though in his case welsh) or as in calf, half, palm, calm or - >> best of all - golf; we just get it wrong. (Rock Hudson in, I think, >> "Giant", refers to a cow's baby as a "cal-f".) Thanks, Bev. >> >> Phoebe > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Apologies if this has been asked before but yesterday's posting about BC records being made available on-line reminded me of what may be an extremely useful collection of genealogical records which are held in the University of British Columbia Special Collections. These are the Humphrey Toms Papers, details below. Please could someone help with making direct contact with the UBC (I have tried by e-mail but no reply) to enquire as to whether these can be searched or copies made. Ideally, if possible, it would be great if a complete copy was made and deposited with either the Cornwall Record Office or the Society of Genealogists to make them more accessible to researchers. Details and links are: Humphrey Toms Research Papers University of British Columbia Special Collections at the Irving K Barber Research Centre http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/ http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/inventories/rescolt.html Toms, Humphrey, 1911-1983 Humphrey Toms fonds. - 1555-1980. 3.6 m of textual records. Humphrey Toms was a plant pathologist at the Agricultural Research Centre, University of British Columbia. During his vacations he visited libraries and records offices in London, Devon, Cornwall, California and Salt Lake City. The fonds consists of correspondence, copies of vital statistics records and parish registers, maps, family trees, wills and his personal notes on families in Devon and Cornwall collected as part of his genealogical research which centred principally on the towns of Stratton and Bude in Cornwall. Inventory [PDF] available. http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/PDF/T/Toms_Humphrey.pdf Thanks Nigel Bond

Hi all - . This is the last month of 1856 to post, and that means we've almost completed 20 years of WB issues. That's a lot of effort and magic, done without mirrors but a great dependence on computers, cameras, and microfilm, and an even greater dependence on consistant, considerate comrades in transcription who have been ever willing to lend a hand when needed. . I'd like to thank them publically for all that effort and dedication.(but you know they were having fun, too...) . An Archives search for Cornish-gen returned over 36,000 posts today - not all ours, by any imagination, but definitely quite a few of them were... . So stick with us, we've already got 1857 almost ready for you. . MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE, Julia, . ps - we'll try to keep the format for the BMDs; thanks for noticing and letting us know you like it . Current transcribers are Isabel, Lorena, Bill C., Maurine, Bern C., Graham and Sue, and Julia Webmaster, Co-founder, and Official record keeper: Rita Please visit our website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad And we need to thank the St. Pirrans Society of Minnesota, and the Cornish-American Heritage Society, who paid for the microfilming of the newspapers; without them, we couldn't have done the transcriptions. .................................................................................................................. WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER 5 DECEMBER 1856 . ADVERTISEMENTS . CONVEYANCE OF PRISONERS . CONSTABLES willing to CONTRACT for the safe Custody, Maintenance, and Conveyance of PRISONERS from Liskeard to the Gaol at Bodmin are desired to send TENDERS, in writing, to the Clerk of the Peace, at St. Austell, on or before the Third day of January next, stating the Rate of Charge per head, for the Conveyance and Maintenance of One, Two, Three, or more Prisoners committed or delivered into custody on the same day, the Contracts to take effect from the time of signing the same, and to continue for an indefinite period, subject to a power to determine the same either by the Justices of the said County, for Misbehaviour or Incapacity of the Contractor, or by three months' notice in writing by either party, and the Contractor to enter into a Bond, with two sufficient sureties in One Hundred Pounds each for the due performances of the Contract. . COODE, Clerk of the Peace, . Dated December 1, 1856 . LOCAL INTELLIGENCE . SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE - We understand that Lady MOLESWORTH (of Pencarrow) has given directions that the poor of St. Mabyn parish shall be supplied with soup during the winter months, at her expense. . ST. COLUMB NEW BANK - A dinner was held on Friday the 28th ult., at the New Inn, kept by MR. J. WALKEY, to celebrate the laying of the foundation stone for the intended new bank, a sum of money for that purpose having been placed at the disposal of the builder and tradesmen employed, by the liberal proprietor, MR. THOS. WHITFORD. About thirty-five sat to table under the presidency of MR. WILLIAM ENGLAND. After dinner the chairman, in a well-timed speech, spoke of the proprietor as the founder of the feast, in terms of the highest eulogium, which was received by the company with several rounds of applause. The chairman next called on Mr. RICHARD COTTON to address the meeting, which he did at considerable length, commenting on the laying of the stone, the great improvement to the town the intended bank would be, the good taste and spirit the enterprising proprietor had evinced, and the confidence he had placed in St. Columb tradesmen to whom the execution of the work had been ! entrusted. Several other toasts were given and responded to, interspersed with cheerful songs, which excited universal good feeling, and caused one and all to separate highly pleased with the evening's entertainment. . THE FISHERY - the boats belonging to Newquay are bringing in, when the weather permits, from one thousand to five thousand fine herrings per boat daily. . ST. AUSTELL FAIR - This fair on Monday last, was well attended, and business was very brisk, both buyers and sellers being plentiful. Fat cattle sold readily at from GBP 3 to GBP 3.3s. per cwt., sheep fetched 6d per lb. . RILLA MILL FAIR - This fair, held on Monday last, was well supplied, both as to quality and quantity. A splendid ox of Mr. THOMAS KITTOW'S, of Brenda, excited general attention. Mr. JOHN DINGLEY, of Netherton, Mr. DIGORY KITTOW, Mr. J.H. TREHANE, of Stockadon, Mr. DINGLE of Darley, and others, also exhibited some prime Christmas beef. Many butchers from Plymouth, Devonport, Launceston, Liskeard, Callington, and other towns were in attendance, and made purchases to grace their stalls with at the coming Christmas market. The sheep also were of first rate quality, and would bear comparison with any in the county. . SHIPPING CASUALTIES - the steamer "Dublin" Capt. PENTIN, from London to Penzance and Waterford, fell in with the schooner "Favourite," of Dublin, east of the Lizard, on Saturday, dismasted. The steamer gave her a rope and towed her some hours, in fact until the rope parted. The schooner's crew declined to cut away the rigging, and they got entangled in the fan of the screw, so that it would propel but not back, and the steamer was compelled to relinquish the schooner and put into Penzance and repair. She sailed on Monday, but again put back, something having gone amiss with one of her cylinders. The sloop "Endeavour" of Milford, from Wales for Hayle, with culm, was assisted into Penzanve on Monday by a Mousehole boat with loss of main boom and split mainsail. . PENZANCE INSTITUTE - The lecture on Monday evening was by the Rev. J.B. FRENCH, Wesleyan Minister, of Newlyn, on "The Superiority of Biblical Poetry." Mr. French took poetic passages from almost every book of the Old and New Testaments, referred to the impossibility of rendering a translation equal to the original, and, having quoted some of the choicest morceaux of Shakspere, Milton, Spenser, Shelley, and other English poets, contrasted with them the still finer poetry of the bible. . BODMIN COUNTY COURT - The monthly sitting of this court was held at the Assize Hall, on Wednesday last, when there were thirty-seven cases entered on the plaint-book, and four summonses taken out for commitment. In fourteen cases, debt and costs were paid into court; fifteen were settled or withdrawn; in two cases, judgments were signed by consent, and the remaining ten cases were heard and disposed of by his Honor. The court rose soon after one o'clock. . Re JOHN TABOIS TREGELLAS - This insolvent, who was described as having been late a mine-agent, of the town of St. Austell, and formerly of Truro, general merchant and adventurer in mines, came up to-day under his petition. His debts appeared in his schedule as amounting to upwards of GBP 2600, and his assets to GBP 345. The insolvent's explanation of the insolvency was, heavy losses sustained in his business, and the general depression of trade. The insolvent was not opposed. His Honor carefully looked through the various items in the schedule, (which were numerous), and after making a few remarks on some of them, considered the insolvent entitled to the benefit of the act, and ordered his discharge forthwith. . HARVEY v HARRIS - This was an action brought by Mr. HARVEY, a tailor, carrying on business at Bodmin, against RICHARD HARRIS, (a journeyman, late of his employ) for clothes supplied to his son, and for money lent. Defendant denied the debt, but the case being clearly proved by plaintiff, judgment was given for him, and payment ordered forthwith. . EAST PENWITH SESSIONS - At a petty sessions, held at Camborne, on Tuesday last, before MR. J.P. MAGOR, chairman, Mr. C. REYNOLDS, Rev. URIAH TONKIN, Mr. RICHARD DAVEY, and the Rev. THOMAS PASCOE, justices; the following case occupied a considerable time, and appeared to excite great interest. . EMMA ABRAHAMS, the wife of a miner residing at Leedstown, in the parish of Crowan, summoned Mr. JOHN PEARCE, a grocer, carrying on an extensive trade at the same place, for having assaulted her on the 20th of September, and 21st of October last. Mr. HENRY ROGERS appeared for complainant, and Mr. FREDERICK HILL for defendant. . Complainant stated that she had been dealing at defendant's shop for about eight years, and in the early part of September last, defendant met her in the road and put a small jar of gin in her basket. She took it home, but did not drink it, and a jar was produced in court with the gin in it. On the 20th of September she said she went to the defendant's office and paid him GBP 1 on account of what she owed him, and defendant on that occasion took hold of her improperly, which was the assault complained of. Defendant, she said, on the morning of the 21st of October, came to her house and asked her to send her children out, and offered to take her out for a drive. She also stated that her husband was now indebted to Mr. Pearce about GBP 8.10s., and that GBP 13 had been paid since the summons was issued. . On cross-examination, complainant admitted that she had told her husband of all that occurred on each occasion; that Mr. Pearce's office was adjoining his shop, and that there were many persons in the shop at the time; that she did not make any alarm, and was afterwards served with goods by Mrs. Pearce; and that she continued to deal at the shop for a month afterwards, but made no reference to the assault complained of. . On the 27th of October, she obtained a summons for the assault on the 21st of October, but did not have a summons for the assault on the 20th of September, until the 4th of November. Mr. Hill addressed the Bench at great length on behalf of the defendant, commenting on the improbability of the story, and the suspicious circumstances of the case. MRS. THOMAS was called, who stated the complainant showed her the jar produced a short time before, with no gin in it. The Chairman said that the Bench had given the case the most careful attention and investigation, as it was an important matter to both parties, and they were unanimous that no case had been made out, and they did not believe the statements made by Complainant. Both summonses were therefore dismissed with costs. . DEFICIENT MEASURES - At the Penzance petty sessions, before Mr. COULSON, Mayor, and Mr. BORLASE and Mr. J.J.A. BOASE, magistrates, MRS. THOMAS, of Gulval, was charged by the Inspector of Weights and measures for Penzance, with having, on the 23rd of October, sold oats which were of deficient measurement. The coachman at Mr. T. BOLITHO's (the Coomb), purchased ten bushels of oats of Mr. Thomas on the day in question, at 8s.9d. a bushel. He considered them to be a very fair sample, and, after making his purchase, was induced to weigh them, not from any suspicion, but out of curiosity. The weight was very much under what the sample indicated, and by the recommendation of Inspector OLDS, the oats were measured, and turned out nearly one gallon on a bushel short; MRS. THOMAS at once offered to allow 3s. for the deficiency. Thomas did not now deny this deficiency, but excused it by saying that the tub by which it was measured was a borrowed one. The Mayor said the bench had heard ! the explanation of the mistake, and this, with other mitigating circumstances, had caused them to lower the penalty of 40s. to one of 20s. including costs. . TRURO POLICE - On Friday last, before the Mayor, Mr. EDWARD MICHELL, and Mr. NANKIVELL, and MR. PADDON, magistrates, JOHN LONG, blacksmith, living in Union-street, Truro, was charged with an aggravated assault on his wife, SARAH LONG. It was stated that he was a drinking man, and in the habit of ill-using his wife. On the previous night he beat her with a candlestick, and cut her head severely. He now promised the magistrates that he would behave better in the future. He was ordered to find two sureties, himself in GBP 20, and two sureties in GBP 10 each, to keep the peace for six months, or in default to be committed for three months. He found the sureties and was discharged. . On Monday last, DIGORY WROATH and JOHN FARR, two boys, blacksmith's apprentices, were summoned for breaking glass in premises belonging to Mr. THOMAS TRELOAR, near the Steam Mills. Mr. Treloar is in a foreign country, but the premises, which are unoccupied, are looked after by Mr. FARLEY, builder. The two boys were throwing stones and breaking the windows when Mr. Farley, who happened to be there, ran out and caught them. He now said if they would pay for the damage done, and the costs of the hearing before the magistrates, by the 15th instant, he would withdraw the charge against them; and they were released on that condition. . JOHN PEARCE, of St. Austell, van-driver, was charged before the Mayor and Mr. PADDON, with being disorderly, and insulting MR. EDWARDS, hairdresser, Duke-street, in his shop, and preventing him from attending to his business. The case was first heard on the 24th ult., and adjourned till Monday last for the attendance of Mr. Edwards's sons as a witness. It appeared that Pearce, the van-driver, went to complainant's shop to purchase a toy-fiddle. The price of new ones was 3s.6d., but the van-driver purchased a damaged one for 2s.6d., and took it to St. Austell, where his employer expressed her disapproval of it, and it was sent back, and taken to complainant's shop by another van-driver. Mr. Edwards refused to take back the fiddle and refund the money, and in consequence Pearce visited him on the 22nd ult., and much altercation took place between the parties. Mr. Edwards threatened to send for the police, upon which Pearce left the shop, but returned in about half an hour, whe! n another dispute and very high words again ensued; in the end the police were sent for, and police-constable WOOLCOCK took Pearce into custody. Complainant had his son as witness, and Pearce produced a blacksmith called TEAGUE, of Grampound, as a witness, and his cause was defended by MR. JOHN EDWARDS, attorney. The evidence was so conflicting as to what took place in the shop, that the magistrates eventually dismissed the case, and ordered the parties to pay the costs between them. . PENRYN POLICE - On the 22nd ultimo, before Mr. J. B. READ, Mayor, and Mr. STEELE and Mr. A. TEAGUE, magistrates, Jonathan WARMINGTON was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and using obscene language in West Street, at eleven o'clock the previous night. The officer stated that at the time he apprehended the prisoner, he was almost in a state of nudity, and very violent. He was fined five shillings and expenses, or to be committed for one month to hard labour. He was committed in default of payment. . On the 27th ult., William YENDALL, landlord of the Fifteen Balls, West Street, was summoned before the Mayor, Mr. J.B. READ, and Messrs. A. TEAGUE, J. STEELE, and S. STEPHENS, borough magistrates, for keeping his house open for the sale of beer, on Sunday morning the 23rd ult. It appeared from the evidence of the police officers, Merrifield and Jarrett, that on the morning in question, they visited the defendant's house at a quarter past nine, when they found a pewter pint and a glass containing beer, a man in the kitchen, and another hid in the back yard. The defendant's answer to the charge was, that the men alluded to by the police, came there, one for the purpose of assisting him to fill some barrels, the other to look at his garden. The magistrates, however, considered the case proved, and fined the defendant 20s. and expenses, which were paid. . Levi WITCOMBE of the Cross Keys public-house, Commercial Road, was summoned for being drunk and disorderly, and was fined five shillings and expenses, which he paid. . PENZANCE POLICE - On Tuesday last, before Mr. W. BORLASE and Mr. J.J.A. BOASE, magistrates, William THOMAS, of Penzance, labourer, was charged with assaulting police constable William BARNES, in the execution of his duty. He assaulted a man named SMITH, at "Hare's Horse and Jockey" beer-shop, and was removed by the request of the landlady. Outside he turned on the constable, for which he was fined GBP 1 and costs,and in default committed for one month to hard labour. . ST. AUSTELL PETTY SESSIONS - At these sessions held on Tuesday last, before Mr. SAWLE, M.P., Mr. TREMAYNE, and the Rev. C. LYNE, magistrates, John STEPHENS, of Charlestown, was charged with assaulting Charles PIDWELL of the same place, for which the defendant was fined GBP 1 and costs. A butcher of St. Austell, named Richard WILLIAMS, who, after several warnings, still persisted in hanging his meat outside his door on the market days, was fined 10s; and William and Richard CUNDY, of St. Stephens, were fined 1s. And costs, and John CUNDY and John COMMINS, of the same parish, were fined 5s. and costs, for leaving their waggons in the street, to the danger of the public. . COMMITTAL - On Thursday last, a lad named TIPPET was committed for trial by the Rev. C. LYNE, on a charge of stealing 10lbs. Of candles from Boscundle mine, in the parish of St. Austell. . INCENDIARY FIRE - On Friday night last, about twelve o'clock, a house in the village of Mount Hawke, in the parish of st. Agnes, belonging to a quiet respectable person of that place, was wilfully set on fire, but fortunately it was quickly discovered, the door being in a blaze at the time, and immediately inside of the door was deposited a quantity of tallow, which communicated with some wood work. The people of the house were in bed, and there is every reason to believe that the fire would have lead to fatal consequences, if it had not been so soon discovered. There are strong suspicions of the parties concerned in this affair, and it is hoped those suspicions will lead to their detection and conviction, as a more malicious deed has never been perpetrated in the locality. . ACCIDENTS - We stated last week, on good authority, that Mr. LANYON, a farmer of St. Allen, had driven over an elderly female called HARRY, in Pydar-street, Truro, through which she received very serious injuries. We have since been informed that it was not a Mr. Lanyon, of St. Allen, but of a neighbouring parish. . At Penzance on Thursday the 29th ult., as a dog-cart with four persons in it, and driven by Mr. QUICK, surgeon, of Trewellard, was proceeding up Alverton-lane, a little girl, daughter of Mr. TREGARTHEN, cabinet-maker, was crossing the road and was unavoidably knocked down. The wheel passed over her thigh, the bone of which was broke. The little sufferer was at once attended to and is doing well. . RAILWAY ACCIDENT - On Thursday morning the 29th ult., the passengers by the up train due at Redruth at 10:30 were alarmed by the engine running off the line between the end of the viaduct and the station; after tearing up the sleepers, the engine ultimately embedded itself by the side of the railway. After about a quarter of an hour's delay, another engine was obtained from the Carnbrea station, and the train proceeded on its journey. . DISTRESSING SUICIDE - On Wednesday morning last, a woman named Betsy JAMES, living in a house in Plain-an-gwarry, Redruth, committed suicide by throwing herself down a deep well behind the house in which she lived. She called her son in the morning, as was her usual custom, and went downstairs to light the fire and prepare the breakfast as he thought; but on his coming down he found nothing done, and went in search of her. He found her shawl lying on the pump handle, and on further examination, found she had thrown herself down the well. The body was recovered, but life was extinct. On Wednesday, an inquest was held on the body, before Mr. John CARLYON, county coroner, when a verdict of "Temporary Insanity" was returned. . CORONER'S INQUESTS - The following inquests have been held by Mr. John CARLYON, county coroner. On Thursday, the 27th ult., at Zelah, in the parish of St. Allen, on the body of Thomas Henry PLYNT, aged four years, who caught his clothes on fire on Wednesday, and was so severely burnt before any one arrived to his assistance, that he died from the injuries he received, a few hours afterwards. From the evidence given at the inquest, it appeared that the mother, who is a widow, had left the house only a few minutes before, to put out some clothes to dry. Verdict, "accidental death". . On Friday at Twelve Heads, in the parish of Kenwyn, on the body of Francis UREN, a miner and small shopkeeper, aged 42 years. On Thursday last he had gone to Devoran to buy some coal, and had loaded one of the trucks of the Devoran and Redruth Railway Company with it. He rode back in the truck which formed the hindmost of a train of seven trucks, and when the train had arrived at a place called Busveal Gate, near Twelve Heads, the guard proceeded to uncouple the hindermost truck, and told the deceased to sit quiet until it had stopped. Instead of doing so, however, he appeared most unaccountably to catch hold of the last truck on the other part of the train; and as that moved on, he was dragged out of the truck he was in and fell on the rails, while the unconnected truck was still in motion. This truck then came on and went over him; and he died from the injuries thus received, just as he was carried home at a short distance off. Verdict, "accidental death." . The following inquest has been held before Mr. HITCHENS, county coroner: On Monday last, in the parish of Mullion, on the body of Walter TREZISE, aged 53 years, whose death occurred on the 29th ult., from injuries received on the 11th of that month, by being thrown down by a horse, on which a boy was riding at the time at a swift gallop. The deceased was proceeding towards his house, in the neighbourhood of Mullion, along a highway of considerable width, but being near to the hedge on the right-hand side, and hearing a horse coming behind him, he, without looking to see where the horse was, crossed to the other side of the road, where the horse came upon him and knocked him down. The occurrence happened, no doubt, by the deceased's crossing the road heedlessly, and the jury believing that it was purely accidental on the part of the boy, returned a verdict of "accidental death" at the same time animadverting strongly on his conduct of riding so fast. . CHANGE OF NAME - The Queen has been pleased to grant permission to Mr. BLAGROVE, of Lifton Park, that he and his issue may use the surname and bear the arms of BRADSHAW, in compliance with the will of his grandfather, Mr. Robert Haldane BRADSHAW. .

Dear Cornish cousins Many Cornish people came to British Columbia to work in the mines, to search for gold, to farm or find a new life. The BC Archives has just uploaded more than 70,000 scanned and indexed documents relating to BMDs in the province. In the past, indexes were available, but now you can see, free online, the actual image of the original document, which may provide extra information. Phase I of the project is complete: Births 1854-1903 Deaths 1872-1991 Marriages 1872-1936 Phase II to be complete by the end of this year will add more information and images, and some pre-1872 records, and deaths overseas during WWII. And each year, the records of one year will be added as the number of years elapsed moves along. Access to the new images is through the Royal BC Museum, rather than the Archives, so bookmark the URL below. It's likely to be busy for the next few days since it's new, so if you can't get through come back later, maybe when BC researchers are asleep ;-) See a sample document here: http://www.keele.ac.uk/history/currentundergraduates/tltp/WOMEN/HANNAM/TEXT/HAN156A.HTM Access - http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/BasicSearch enjoy Fran Aitkens Victoria BC Canada and OPC for St Ewe, Cornwall

Hope he belongs to someone. Thomas TRUSCOTT of p. of St Stephens Co of Cornwall and Mary CROUCHER of D. [Didmarten] Lic. 20 Feb 1766 Oldbury & Didmarten in Glos. Bev

There are three parishes in Cornwall called St Stephen. However, the TRUSCOTT name is very common at St Stephen-in-Brannel, so I guess Thomas probably came from there. (See: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StStepheninBrannel/index.html). Ian Argall Cornwall Maintainer Genealogy UK and Ireland (GENUKI) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:43:32 +1000 From: "B. Edmonds" <[email protected]> Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Stray [Thomas TRUSCOTT] and Mary CROUCHER 1766 in Didmarten, Glos To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Hope he belongs to someone. Thomas TRUSCOTT of p. of St Stephens Co of Cornwall and Mary CROUCHER of D. [Didmarten] Lic. 20 Feb 1766 Oldbury & Didmarten in Glos. Bev ------------------------------

Some possibilities: Buscaverran, Buscaveran Kerthen, Kerton, Kirthen Poldrouse Vellanusan, Vellanuson (or Hallgarrack?) Bob Bolitho On 30/11/2012 4:29 AM, Bill Curnow wrote: indecipherable names Biscaverran Poldrouke Wellsarah Herton Wood

Trevor, It's a very good bet that HERTON WOOD is KIRTON WOOD. Sorry but I can't help with regard to the others. I'm copying this message to the Cornish Genealogy List in hope that somebody there might be able to help with "decoding" the remaining names. Bill Curnow Ludgvan OPC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Harvey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:10 PM Subject: [CORNISH] CROWAN Parish > Friends, > > I am transcribing the Crowan Baptismal Register for the FREEREG website, > for the years 1813 - 1824. > > The curate in the early years was careful to put the 'abode' of the > parents as the actual hamlet or farm. Later on they were all put down as > living in Crowan. > > However, his writing was not too good and I have a number of > indecipherable names which make no sense to me (coming as I did from > Lanner), Hopefully some may make more sense to you if you are familiar > with the area. > > Here are a few to be gong on with. What I need is the current spelling of > the name, so that it can at least be identified by a future researcher. > > Biscaverran > > Poldrouke > > Wellsarah > > Herton Wood > > Trevor Harvey > > living in Kent where it ahs stared raining again, but not the levels > you've been having recently I hope! > > ps > I've been unsuccessful in reaching the OPC for Crowan Parish. > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to [email protected] > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email [email protected] > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Trevor, I think the name Poldrouke  sounds like Poldark, and Biscaverran was also spelled Buscaverran is the later census'(.although that isn 't much help.) Udy

Hello, Many thanks to Bill Curnow and Julia Mosman for the above issue’s transcription . I don’t know which of you is responsible for the set up of this BMD transcription, but it is wonderful! All-Cap surnames, plus a line space between each town’s entry makes it so easy to scan and identify names for which one is searching! Thank you, thank you! Meli

The West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, Friday, 28 Nov 1856 - transcribed by Bill Curnow . BIRTHS . At Truro,on Sunday last, the rife of Reginald ROGERS, Esq., of a son. . At Truro, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. C. TRUSCOTT, photographic artist, of a son. . At Pansanooth, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. Henry OWEN, of a daughter. . At Penzance, on Saturday last, the wife of Capt. John STEPHENS, of the “Celerity,” of a daughter. . At Ludgvan, on the 20th instant, the wife of Capt. James PENBERTHY, of a son. . At St. Ives, the wife of Mr. William Mitchell JENNINGS, of a son. . At Georgia Lane, in the parish of Towednack, the wife of Mr. Edward EDDY, of a daughter. . At Hayle Foundry, on Friday last, the wife of Capt. John GRENFELL, of a son. . At Tuckingmill, in the parish of Gwinear, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. Nicholas MEDDEN, of a son. . At Camborne, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. Abraham BONDS, of a daughter. . At Tuckingmill, on the 15th instant, the wife of Mr. Isaac THOMAS, of a daughter. . At Redruth, on the 20th instant, the wife of Mr. F. W. DABB, of a son. . At Redruth, the wife of Mr. Hugh PASCOE, of a son; the wife of Mr. William ELLIS, of a daughter; and the wife of Mr. James POLGLASE, of a son. . At Chacewater, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. John BUNT, of the Red Lion Inn, of a son; the wife of Mr. Josephus GEACH, of a son; the wife of Mr. John JOSE, of a daughter; and on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. Joseph EASTLICK, of a son. . At Wheal Prosper, near Chacewater, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. Michael BARRATT, of a son, since dead. . At St. Austell, on the 20th instant, the wife of Mr. George HUDDY, grocer, of a son; and on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Samuel HARRIS, tinman, of a daughter. . At Stockadon Villa, Callington, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. W. J. TREHANE, of a son. . At Liskeard, on the 13th instant, the wife of Alfred PRIDEAUX, Esq., surgeon, of a son. . At Liskeard, on the 20th instant, the wife of Albert Charles Lyne GLUBB, Esq., solicitor, of a daughter. . At West Looe, on the 19th instant, the wife of Mr. Wm. PENTER, of a son. . At East Looe, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. John COBINGS, of a daughter. . At Bodmin, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. William STEPHENS, of a son. . At Camelford, on the 20th instant, the wife of Mr. Wm. HAWKEN, draper, of a son. . At Treniffle, near Launceston, on the 13th instant, the wife of H. R. TRELAWNY, Esq., of a daughter. . At Kingsbridge, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. W. BALKWILL, druggist, of a daughter. . At Swansea, on the 15th instant, the wife of Mr. John P. CHRISTOE, of a son. . At Apsley Cottage, Wellington Mines, Canada, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. W. MORCOM, of a daughter. . At 197 Lonsdale-street, Melbourne, South Australia, on the 18th of July last, the wife of Mr. M. A. ALEXANDER, formerly of Exeter, of a son. . . MARRIAGES . At. St. Mary’s, Truro, on Wednesday last, Mr. Charles ROLLS to Miss Emily WILLIAMS, both of Truro. . At Helston, on the 20th instant, Mr. William WESTON, of Falmouth, to Miss BURTON, of the former place. . At. St. Ives, Mr. John ROWE, of St. Ives, to Miss Margery HENDERSON, of Ramsgate, Kent. . At Illogan, on the 20th instant, Mr. RETALLACK, sen., of Portreath, to Mrs. EDWARDS, of Pool; and on Sunday last, Mr. James HOCKING to Miss Priscilla JILBERT, both of Illogan. . At Baldhu, on the 18th instant, Mr. Thomas Baily VISICK, to Miss Ann MILLETT. . At Budehaven, on the 14th instant, Mr. James HALLETT to Miss M. A. WILLS, of Budehaven; and on the 20th, Mr. Samuel HORE, of Bridgerule, to Miss Betsy UGLOW, of Bude. . On the 30th ult., Mr. George SERPELL, of Treworgey, in the parish of Duloe, to Miss Phillippa HOCKEN, of Tredinnick, in the same parish. . At the Independent Chapel, Barnstaple, on the 17th instant, Mr. EDGER, grocer, to Miss E. VELLACOTT, sister of Mr. VELLACOTT, draper, Barnstaple. . At Berry Church, near Totnes, Devon, by the Rev. W. B. COSENS, Henry Turney COLE, Esq., of Totnes, eldest son of Ralph COLE, Esq., of Portland-square, Plymouth, to Susie, second daughter of Henry ADAMS, Esq., of the Plains, Totnes. . At City Road Chapel, London, on Saturday last, by the Rev. Robert YOUNG, Mr. William MARTYN, jun., late of Ruanlanihorne, in this county, to Miss HAMMOND. . At Simla, on the 1st ult., William Alexander ROSS, Esq., Lieut. Bengal Horse Artillery, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of the late Major-General Sir William SLEEMAN, K.C.B. . . DEATHS . At Truro, on Saturday last, Mrs. Philippa Tingcomb LANGMEAD, eldest daughter of the Rev. John POMERY, rector of St. Erme, aged 35 years. . At Falmouth, on Saturday last, Mary, widow of Mr. Richard BARNICOAT, Custom House officer, aged 90 years; and on the 27th instant, Mr. William CORDER, aged 64 years. . At Pendennis Castle, on the 20th instant, Mr. James MUDFORD, gunner in the Royal Artillery, aged 39 years. . At St. Mawes, on Friday last, Mr. Philip VARCOE, mason, aged 81 years. . At Helston, on the 19th instant, Alfred, youngest son of the late Mr. RILSTONE, aged 17 years; on the 20th, Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph BERENGER, jeweller, aged 13 years; and on Sunday last, Susan, youngest daughter of Mr. John CURRY, aged 30 years. . At Sithney, on the 20th instant, Mrs. Elizabeth LANDER, aged 82 years. . At Porthleven, on Sunday last, Mrs. Elizabeth JAMES, aged 76 years. . At Penzance, on Monday last, Thomas, eldest son of Mr. A. POOLEY, eating-house keeper, aged 16 years. . At Newlyn, in the parish of Paul, on the 17th instant, the infant son of Mr. Richard RICHARDS. . At Chyandour, on Monday last, Mrs. MANN, at an advanced age. . At Collorian, in the parish of Ludgvan, on the 20th instant, Mr. John TONKIN, aged 63 years. . At Church Town, Ludgvan, on Sunday last, Mr. Thomas BEAR, aged 21 years. . At Hayle, on Friday last, Mary Ann, infant daughter of Mr. John SIMONS, aged 2 years. . At Angarrack in the parish of Phillack, on Saturday last, Mary Jane, infant daughter of Mr. John SYMONS. . At St. Just in Penwith, on the 11th instant, Mr. John TREZISE, aged 49 years; and on the 13th, Mr. James ROWE, for many years agent at Wheal Owles Mine, aged 63 years. . At Camborne, on Sunday last, suddenly, much respected, the wife of Mr. William TYACK, of the hotel, aged 62 years. . At Camborne, on the 19th instant, William, son of the late Mr. W. CLIFTON, aged 5 years; and Mary Ann, wife of Mr. BURLEY, aged 66 years; on Saturday last, William, son of Mr. Nicholas TEMBY, aged 8 years; and on Sunday, John, brother of the above, aged 5 years. . At Pool, on the 18th instant, Elizabeth Emily, daughter of the late Capt. Henry JAMES, formerly of Tincroft Mine, aged 9 years; and on Tuesday last, Mr. Joseph SOLOMON, aged 85 years. . At Redruth, on Monday last, Mr. A. RUNNALLS, butcher, aged 60 years. . At Kerley, near Chacewater, on the 15th instant, Mr. Grace WILLIAMS, aged 102 years; and at Cock’s Hill, Sophia, second daughter of Mr. Joseph CARNE, butcher, aged 6 years. . At Probus, on Sunday last, Mrs. Agnes DABB, in the eighty-fourth year of her age; having been, for upwards of sixty years, a most exemplary and useful member of the Wesleyan Methodist society in that place. . At Hendra, in the parish of St. Enoder, on the 13th instant, Mr. Thomas SCOBLE, aged 36 years. . At. St. Austell, on the 20th instant, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John WARNE, schoolmaster, and eldest daughter of Mr. C. PENROSE, carpenter, aged 32 years. . At West Looe, on the 14th instant, Mr. ANGEAR, aged 61 years. . At East Looe, on the 19th instant, Mr. Joseph WATERS, aged 77 years; and Thomas, son of the late Capt. Joseph WATERS, aged 13 years. . At Cardinham, on the 15th instant, Mr. Arthur RICH, aged 94 years. . At Trebyan Farm, near Bodmin, on the 17th instant, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. TREVENNING, Mr. FROST, Superannuated Excise Officer, at an advanced age. . At Trevening, in the parish of Michaelstow, on the 13th instant, Mrs. HOSKIN, daughter of the late Mr. Samuel BASTARD, aged 30 years. . At 29 William-street, Plymouth, on the 12th instant, Mary Caroline, wife of Mr. Harry FRAMPTON, aged 51 years. . At his father’s residence, Dunford-street, Stonehouse, on the 20th instant, Mr. Thomas Stokes RUSSELL, late commander of the screw steam ship “Simla,” belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, aged 46 years. . At 70 Durnford-street, Stonehouse, on Wednesday last, Henry, third son of Mr. John Robins VIVIAN, aged 11 years. . At Kingsand, on Friday last, Mr. George MOASE, aged 77 years. . On Friday last, William, son of Mr. Robert LEE, of Mount Edgecumbe estates, aged 18 years. . At Northgate, Totnes, on the 16th instant, after a long illness, Caroline Frances, wife of Rear-Admiral MICHELL, C.P., aged 49 years. . At Exeter, on the 16th instant, after a short illness, Thomas TROOD, Esq., of Chapple House, Moorwinstow, in the county, much beloved and regretted, aged 84 years. . At 76 Camden-road, Villas, London, on the 19th instant, suddenly, David BOGUE, Esq., publisher, Fleet-street. . At 10 Kensington Palace-gardens, London, on Friday last, James Meadows RENDEL, Esq., F.R.S., C.E., aged 56 years. . In London, on Tuesday last, Caroline, wife of Mr. Thomas WILLIAMS, cabinet-maker, formerly of Truro, aged 37 years. . At his residence, in Clarence-street, Gloucester, on Friday last, Mr. John W. MARTIN, aged 40 years. . At the Limerick Depot, on the 18th instant, Lieutenant William Hopper Lorents MOYLE, 16th Regiment of Foot, aged 18 years, youngest and eigth son of John Grenfell MOYLE, Esq., of 23 Blomfield-terrace, Harrow-road, London.

Thank you Mary I have found this name pre 1600 and wondered if it was a longish version of Ann or Anna. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mary Hester" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:21 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Annam what is this given name ? > *Annam* is a female name of Arabic > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic>origin, > أنعام, meaning *"God's Blessing"*. It has spelling variations such as > *Anam*, > *Anum*, *Anaam*, *Annam*, *Annum*. > > Mary

West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser 28, November 1856 - transcribed by Lorena Loubsky . Local Intelligence . THE WESTERN CIRCUIT. - Now that Sir Alexander COCKBURN has accepted the office of Chief Justice of Common Pleas, there are not less than four out of the fifteen judges of the Superior Law Courts who were counsel who traveled the Western Circuit, and at the same time, namely, Chief Justice Cockburn, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, Mr. Justice ERIE, and Mr. Justice CROWDER. . THE NEXT BISHOP. - It is confidently stated in well informed circles at Cambridge, that Lord Palmerston's choice of the new Bishop of Ripon lies between two Divinity Professors at that University - Mr. SELWYN, Lady Margaret's Professor, and Mr. Edward Harold BROWNE, Norrisian Professor, and Vicar of Kenwyn in this county. . TRURO TOWN COUNCIL. - A meeting of the Town Council was held on Monday last, when there were present the Mayor, Mr. E. MICHELL, and Messrs. STOKES, CHAPPEL, Job, ROUSE, PASCOE, S.T. WILLIAMS GATLEY, HEARD, HALL, JAMES, SOLOMON, UGLOW, CLYMA, SPRY, and Dr. BARHAM. . A letter was read from Captain KEMPE recommending the abolition of the policemen's fees, and in lieu thereof to increase their pay 3s. per week. It was stated that the policemen themselves were averse to the alteration. The letter was referred to the watch committee. . Reports were presented from the quay, public works, and market committees. The first, in reference to the repair of the sluice at Lemon-street bridge, was referred back to the committee to obtain estimates for the repair, or the cost of a new galvanized iron sluice. The report of the public works committee was adopted; and a portion of that of the market committee, recommending an improvement in the fireplaces in the market, and forbidding the cooking of meet within the market. The resignation of PRATER, one of the policemen, was put in, and an advertisement was ordered to be issued for his successor. Prater has been appointed a policeman at Falmouth. . [A long article regarding the political opinion of Senor Gavazzi was given, & has been omitted.] . LECTURE BY GAVAZZI - the Italian reformer, Gavazzi, delivered a lecture on Sunday afternoon last, in the Green Market, Truro, "On the Evangelisation of Italy." A very large assemblage, estimated at between two and three thousand, collected to hear the eloquent Italian, who addressed them on the subject of his lecture with exceeding earnestness and powerThe lecture was respectably attended, and a collection was made at the close to defray expenses. . MR. DAWSON'S DRAMATIC READINGS. - On Tuesday evening there were dramatic readings of the "Merchant of Venice" by Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, at the Assembly-room, Truro, when there was a respectable attendance and the readings of Shakespeare's admired drama were given with great propriety and effect. Part 2, comprising Collin's Ode on the Passions, were rendered in a very beautiful and striking manner, with the assistance of some of Mr. Dawson's family; and the whole entertainment gave much satisfaction. . TRURO INSTITUTION. - One of the most interesting and instructive lectures with which the members of this institution have been favoured, was that delivered on Friday evening last, by Mr. George SMITH, of Trevu, on the "Ruins of Ancient Empires, and their testimony to the truth of Sacred History." . Yet it was less a lecture, in the strict sense of the word, than an extemporaneous address. His mind richly stored with results of assiduous researches into the world's early history, he delighted his hearers by narration of facts and graphic description of scenes beyond the scope of fiction; his subjects being gathered from the monumental remains of Egypt, Persia, and Babylonia. . Remarking that almost the only sources of information regarding pro-Hellenic ages were those monumental remains and the Inspired Scriptures, he made it the main purpose of his argument to assert the correspondence of those remains, when rightly understood, with the records of Holy Writ, against the assertions and the reasonings of men of science who seek to establish an antagonism between those two sources of knowledge. For the purpose of his argument, he declined availing himself of the authority of scripture as divine revelation, and treated the writings of Moses as those merely of an uninspired historian having access to the best sources of information on the subject of his writings; and on this ground of comparison, he proved the superiority of the Mosaic records, in respect of credibility, to the translations from Manetho on which, it would seem, the scientific adversaries of divine truth chiefly base their reasonings. . Another course of argument taken by Mr. SMITH, from the remains of which he was treating, was in contradiction of the theory that the human race has progressed from a barbarous origin. In opposition to this opinion, he asserted that barbarism is a declension, and that this was clearly shown by the remains of sculpture and hieroglyphics in the countries of which he was speaking. The lecture, further, comprised several interesting statements of corroborations and elucidations of historic portions of the Bible, from the sculptured records brought to light through the ability and industry of the explorers of Babylonian ruins; and among these, Mr. Smith read a proclamation of Sennacherib concerning his [xxx] was with Hezekiah, King of Judah; the vaunting and untruthful style of which, he likened to the bulletins of Bonaparte. The lecture was, throughout, listened to with the utmost interest, and at its close, a unanimous vote of thanks was very cordially voted to the lecturer, on! the motion of Mr. Job, seconded by Dr. CARYLON. The next lecture was announced for Friday evening the 28th instant, by Mr. Alfred Lloyd FOX, of Falmouth, on "The Flowers of the Field." . HELSTON TURNPIKES - The gates on this trust were let by auction on Monday last, to Mr. PERCY, of Truro, for the ensuing year, at GBP 1930, after a spirited competition between Messrs. HARWOOD, SYMONS, LUGG, and others. . LONDON UNIVERSITY. - At the late examination at the University of London, we observe that Mr. Edwin ANDREW, son of Mr. B. Andrew, of St. Austell, took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine in the first class. . APOTHECARIES HALL, LONDON. - In the list of Medical Students who passed the preliminary examination in Classics and Mathematics, at the Hall on the 17th and 19th instant, we observe the same of Mr. Edward SHARP, of Truro; and on the 13th instant, Mr. John LANGDON DOWN, of Torpoint, passed his examination, and received certificate to practice. . THE LAW. – Mr. James Austin MEREDITH, son of Mr. J.H. Meredith, of Fowey, has passed his examination, and been admitted to practise as an attorney. . MARRIAGE LICENSES. - The Rev. T. H. BRITTON, Dean Rural of Pyder, has been appointed a surrogate for granting marriage license. . GOOD WRITING. - Any person passing Prince's-street Truro, will be struck with some specimens of penmanship; amongst them a Bank of England note, executed with the pen, almost equal to an engraving. To those who wish to write a good hand, a visit to the teacher is recommended. . WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. - CHARGE AGAINST A STATION MASTER. - At a Petty Sessions for East Kerrier, held at the Town Hall, Penryn, on Wednesday last, Mr. ENYS in the chair, George ROWE, late station master at the Scorrier Station of the West Cornwall Railway, and Richard MANN, late porter at the same station, were charged on separate summonses with having, on the 6th of November neglected their duty, whereby the passage of a train on the line was impeded. The information was laid under the 5th and 6th Victoria, e. 55, sec. 17, which makes such an offence summarily punishable by fine or imprisonment. . Mr. CORNISH, of the firm of RODD, DARKE, and Cornish, the solicitors of the company, appeared on behalf of the prosecution; the parties were undefended. . It appeared from the evidence that on the day in question, a luggage truck had been dropped at Scorrier by the up afternoon train, and that the station master and porter had, in pursuance of their duty, shunted it into the siding on the south side of the line, known as the sand siding; a small tramroad raised on pillars, and built for the purpose of taking luggage trucks, but not calculated, nor ever intended to bear the weight of an engine. After doing this, the porter (whose duty it primarily was,) had neglected to close the points, and had left the station on other business. The next train due was the down evening train, which on its passage would have closed the points without assistance, and would have rendered everything secure. But it happened that the next train which actually arrived was a ballast train from Redruth on its way to Calenick. . On hearing its whistle, the stationmaster, ROWE, came from his station house and gave the "all right" signal, without looking at the points. The train consequently came on and went off on the siding. The men on the train, about fourteen, all jumped off with the exception of the engine driver, Christopher HENDER, who stayed by his engine, reversed it, and brought it to a stand just as, having knocked three trucks already on the viaduct over the end of it, it came itself to the stop block. At this moment the outer pier gave way, and the engine fell with it into an inclined position, which brought its fore wheels down on the sand and rubbish of the pier, and left its hind wheels on the viaduct. . On this, Hender, having taken every precaution to avoid damage by the bursting of the engine, leaped from it into the yard a height of about twenty feet. The engine was afterwards brought back on the line with but trifling damage. . The magistrates, after hearing the evidence of Mr. C.P. CHARLTON, the company's superintendent (as to the relative duties of the accused), of Mr. SHERIFF the company's engineer, and of several other witnesses, and after having considered a testimonial of good character signed by several highly influential and respectable gentlemen, convicted the accused, and sentenced them to a fine of GBP 1 each, including the expenses, or in default of payment to one week's imprisonment. . They accompanied their decision with the remark that they considered that the relative duties of a station master and porter were not defined with sufficient clearness, and recommending a revision of the company's rules in this respect, a recommendation which the company's solicitor promised should be duly attended to. . The fines were paid. Both Rowe and Mann are discharged from the employ of the company. . SACRILIEGE AND ROBBERY. - On the night of the 13th instant, an entrance was effected into the Roman Catholic chapel, situate within a short distance of the house at Trelawny, and the most valuable portion of the communion service and the contents of the poor's box were carried off by the thieves. It is supposed to have been perpetrated by a gang of gypsies, who had been encamped in the neighbourhood, but struck their tents early the next morning, and had gone off before the robbery was discovered. On the following day another robbery was committed at a lodge at Trenant Park, the seat of W. PEEL, Esq. The house was broken open, and a sum of money, amounting to several pounds, carried off. . ROBBERY. - William COOKMAN, alias HOWARD, a shoemaker, of Penzance, was charged before Mr. T. S. BOLITHO, on Tuesday last, with having stolen a sheet and shirt from Minny Cottage, on Monday evening, the property of Mrs. SOWDEN. Mrs. Sowden saw her clothes safe on the line at half-past five. A little after six, Cookman was in the garden, under rather suspicious circumstances, and at ten was apprehended with the wet sheet round his body, the damp shirt in his pocket. He was committed to Bodmin to take his trial. . FIRE. - On Thursday last, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. William RULE, at Talvadan, in the part of Illogan, by which the stable and other outbuildings were destroyed, together with a rick of corn. Fortunately, the wind was favourable or the dwelling-house would have shared the same fate. . ACCIDENT. - An old woman called HARRY, seventy-seven years of age, met with a serious accident in Pydar Street, Truro, on Wednesday evening last, between seven and eight o'clock. She was crossing from one side of the street to the other, when Mr. LANYON, farmer, of St. Allen, was coming up, driving a gig. The gig came in contact with the poor old woman, and completely knocked her off the ground; Mr. Lanyon going on his way without rendering assistance. Some neighbours picked her up in an insensible state, when it was found that one arm was dreadfully smashed, the bone protruding through the skin. The sufferer was taken to the house of her daughter, Mrs. RANDALL, Pydar Street, and Mr. Truran, surgeon was sent for, and on arriving obtained further assistance. The surgeons extracted portions of the bone, and the patient is now in a very dangerous state. . FATAL ACCIDENT. - On Wednesday the 19th instant, an accident occurred at Portreath, by'which a man named John CURNOW lost his life. It appears that Curnow in company with another man, left the Hotel about seven o’clock to see if his (Curnow's) boat was secured for the night, but owing to the darkness of the night, it is supposed, that he missed his way and fell headlong over the quay. He was immediately taken up and medical assistance obtained, but from the dock being dry at the time, the fall produced concussion of the brain, and he died the following day. . CORONER'S INQUESTS. - The following inquest has been held before Mr. JOHN CARLYON, county coroner: - On Monday, the 25th instant, at Goonvrea, in the parish of St. Agnes, on the body of Susan MURRISH, aged 47 years. Deceased was a single woman, and resided alone in a house in which she sold groceries. From the evidence given at the inquest, it appeared that she was in her usual health on Sunday, but on the following morning some neighbours, seeing the blind down later than usual, fancied something must be the matter and requested Mr. John BARRETT who lived under the same roof but in a separate house, to ascertain how matters stood. He consequently forced an entrance, and found the deceased in bed quite dead. There were no marks of violence on the body; and Dr. WHITWORTH was clearly of the opinion that she died by the visitation of God from natural causes, either apoplexy, or the rupture of a vessel internally. The jury returned a verdict to that effect. . The following inquests have been held before Mr. JAGOE, county coroner: - On Tuesday the 13th inst., at St. Erney, by Landrake, on the body of Peter STRIKE, who was seriously injured a week since by a quantity of rubbish falling on him whilst at work on the Cornwall Railway. - Verdict, "accidental death." On the 20th instant, on the body of Cornelius QUILLER, who was drowned during the previous night in the Liskeard and Looe Canal, near Lamellion Bridge. On Wednesday afternoon he attended a sale of timber at the Commercial Inn, Moorswater. At about eleven o'clock at night he left the Inn in company with Thomas CHUDLEIGH. They walked a short distance together, when Chudleigh left him, and the deceased proceeded towards his home along the bank of the canal. It is supposed that before he got to the bridge he accidentally fell into the canal and was drowned. The jury returned a verdict of"found drowned." . ST. AUSTELL MATTERS. . To the EDITOR of the WEST BRITON. SIR, - Some time since the attention of the church-wardens of St. Austell, was invited to the subject of lightning conductors, and the dangers of attending the non-completion of the one on the tower; and again I should wish to call particular attention to the fact, that it has continued in that state from that time to the present period, to the danger of the inhabitants and to the blame of the churchwardens, and doubly so, when it must be remembered that some years since one of the pinnacles was during a thunder storm, struck by the electric fluid and precipitated into the house adjoining, where two persons narrowly escaped from being sent into eternity, the pinnacle from the tower passing direct through the bed from which they had just arisen. . One would be led to suppose, that after such an occurrence, the tower would not be left one day, much less nine months without such a security, and it is hoped that the attention of the churchwardens to this, will lead them to consider the imminent peril they put thousand of lives to at this period of the year. . Another matter to which I call attention is the following: The town of St. Austell supports two policemen to prevent all disturbances & c. in the town, but the one great fault is, that they can never be found when wanted, except at some petty quarrel, a public house, or after all the disturbance is over. . The attention of the public has already been drawn to the circumstance on the 5th of November, and the reason, it appears, why the police did not interfere with the tar barrels that were being burnt, was that the promoters, or rather burners of them, being young sparks of the town who have always plenty of money to spend in brandy and water, they could not conscientiously interfere. . It is hoped that in a short period an Inspector will be had at St. Austell, when they will be kept to their duty better than at present. . A third subject I should wish to call attention to is, the inconvenience to which the town has been put for want of a town clock. The present one appears to be altogether worn out, as it did not strike from Friday the 14th to Monday the 17th of November, a serious inconvenience to all the business houses in the town. It is also hoped that the proper authorities will inquire into this matter, and thereby confer a great boon on the inhabitants of St. Austell and the writer, who is, Sir, Yours respectfully, PRO BONO PUBLICO. St. Austell, November 18th, 1856 . There was a Special Report, covering at least 4 full columns of the last page, covering the Special Deferred meeting of the Quarter Sessions, which met to consider the new Police Act, and how the police should be formed in the county. . [As the report seems to have not survived our effort to post it, hope this summary is acceptable] . [There was much discussion regarding the “chief constable”, and the number of superintendents, as well as the person he might assign as his "deputy". Much discussion involved precise terminology; should the superintendents merely superintend, or investigate matters, take charge of evidence, and be responsible for the officers under him. It was also recommended that he have "superior education". Rate of pay for the superintendents and the chief constable greatly concerned the magistrates; the number of superintendents that had been recommended by the Committee was reduced, so that pay could be increased. The superintendent intended to act as "deputy" was thought to need at least GBP 20 more pay than the others, to adequately differentiate him from the others. One person proposed 3 "ranks" of superintendents - the deputy, two others who would be "first class", and 4 others, Another person suggested only 5 superintendents, with only one receiving a "first-class" pay rate, And ! so on.]

Is it possible also that Annam was recorded in a parish register by the incumbent as the latinised form of Ann or Anna at the time when such entries were made in that language? Having said that, the declension of Anna to Annam would not seem to be correct but the clergy in those days were not always right! For those wishing to delve further into the complexities of Christian naming conventions and origins, I find George Redmonds' book "Christian Names in Local and Family History" to be eminently readable and informative. Colin Ward On 27 November 2012 19:21, Mary Hester <[email protected]> wrote: > *Annam* is a female name of Arabic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic > >origin, > أنعام, meaning *"God's Blessing"*. It has spelling variations such as > *Anam*, > *Anum*, *Anaam*, *Annam*, *Annum*. > > Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. Edmonds" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:44 PM > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Annam what is this given name ? > > > Morning all > > > > Could someone please give me the alternative name for Annam. > > > > Bev > > ------------------------------- > > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription > information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

*Annam* is a female name of Arabic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic>origin, أنعام, meaning *"God's Blessing"*. It has spelling variations such as *Anam*, *Anum*, *Anaam*, *Annam*, *Annum*. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. Edmonds" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:44 PM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Annam what is this given name ? > Morning all > > Could someone please give me the alternative name for Annam. > > Bev > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My Melchizedek CRAGOE was born or baptized in 1712 in Boconnoc Parish. He was the son of Francis CRAGOE and Tamson TOM, who were married in Boconnoc in 20 April 1712. The CRAGOEs and CRAGOs favored Francis as a given or Christian name. Steade Steade Craigo, FAIA, Architect In a message dated 11/26/2012 3:04:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: My Melchizedek cousins all have Tremayne as surname, from Constantine and Wendron parishes. A ?X gt gmother brought the name into the Tremayne family from Crowan parish. I do not have my files with me at present, but I seem to remember that Gideon was another Biblical favourite in this family. Francis Dr Francis E Dunstan, On 25/11/2012 22:05, [email protected] wrote: > Hello, > > Thank you all. This on-going discussion has been very informative. > > I have seen a Jennifer (Jenny) ROWE and a Jenefer (Jenny) HAMLY in the > Cragoe/Crago line. > > I have also come across an early marriage of a Cragoe to a woman with the > FRANCIS surname. Thereafter, at first only Francis was used for sons in > the line, but later both Francis and Frances were used as given names for > male and female children for multi-generations. During the late 19th > century, Francis became Frank. This may due in part to Naming Patterns being > utilized. > > Thomas, Phillips, Stephens, and Nicholls may be similar surnames which > evolved into given names. > > I have come across Robin used for Robert. Such as Robin Hood (Robyn > Hode) of Sherwood Forest actually being Robert Hereward or Robert Earl of > Huntington. > > And since my Cragoe/Crago Cornish family in the Liskeard region were both C > of E and Separatists, new testament names were often used, such as > Thomas, James, John, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah. As well as Old > Testament names of Abednego, Hezekiah, and, the wonderful name, Melchizedek. > > Regards, > > Steade > > > ------------------------------- Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Anna M or Anna Maria Allan Lance -----Original Message----- From: B. Edmonds Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Annam what is this given name ? Morning all Could someone please give me the alternative name for Annam. Bev ------------------------------- Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Morning all Could someone please give me the alternative name for Annam. Bev