Hi Bill Most of the families I am encountering were certainly not old Cornwall but to find them at the same address after over more than 100 years is quite something. I know the Curnows through distant cousins Andrew and May Berryman who lived at Trelocke, Nancledra, Andrew came from a well-known Berryman family in Towednack and now both are , sadly passed on and buried in Towednack Church yard with a truly Cornish headstone. Cheers Pat -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Hester Sent: Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:22 PM To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 19 Sep 1851, BMDs,CURNOW/SEMMENS marriage at Ludgvan Hi Bill That is really interesting about the Curnows. I did know you had a lot of information about them but not that much. It would be interesting to see where and who my Curnows connect to. Are all the lines on a site on the Web like the Carbis are that we could look at? When I read the entry in the West Briton I immediately looked at my Tree as I have a number of John Curnows but couldn't make a connection. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Curnow" <wjcurnow@kernow.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: 21 July 2010 14:31 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 19 Sep 1851, BMDs,CURNOW/SEMMENS marriage at Ludgvan > Pat, > > Thanks for the interesting comment. > > The Curnow clan does not appear to be one of the ancient families of > Penwith. They seem to have first appeared at Towednack during the 16th > century, most likely having relocated from St. Keverne or vicinity. Their > initial "beachhead" at Towednack was at or near Embla, so the Curnow folks > you knew at Amalebrea (or Amalebra as the OS prefers) in the mid 20th > century were within a kilometer or so of where their ancestors had planted > a > stake in the ground 4 centuries before. The earliest Curnow family > reasonably well documented at Towednack was headed by Thomas Curnow > (1588-1643) and his wife Catherine. At this stage of our never ending > Curnow Family Tree Project, more than 42 thousand descendants of their > marriage have been identified, and the 16th generation is beginning to > assemble. > > > Bill Curnow > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Banks" <tencreek@tpg.com.au> > To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:34 AM > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 19 Sep 1851, BMDs,CURNOW/SEMMENS > marriage at Ludgvan > > >> Hi Bill >> >> There were Curnow's at Amalebra when I was last there just after the war. >> In Gulval I'm finding the ancestors of girls I went to school with - >> living >> then on the same farm. >> >> Cheers >> >> Pat >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Curnow >> Sent: Wednesday, 21 July 2010 6:30 PM >> To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 19 Sep 1851, BMDs,CURNOW/SEMMENS >> marriage at Ludgvan >> >> The West Briton (Friday, 19 Sep 1851) included the following marriage >> announcement: >> >>> Marriages >>> >>> At Ludgvan, on Saturday last, Mr. John CURNOW, of Towednack, to Miss >>> Elizabeth SEMMONS, of the former parish. >> >> >> The groom was actually William Blytho CURNOW (1830-1901, s/o James CURNOW >> & >> Dorothy BOLITHO). He was born at Amalebrea, Towednack on 01 Nov 1830 and >> died in the small community of Mustard, near Webster, Washington County, >> Pennsylvania on 15 Aug 1901. >> >> Elizabeth SEMMENS was baptized at Ludgvan on 25 Oct 1829, d/o Pascoe >> SEMMENS >> >> & Elizabeth CURNOW. She and her husband were first cousins, once >> removed. >> The couple had at least one child, a daughter Elizabeth born in 1853. >> >> The marriage did take place at Ludgvan on 13 Sep 1851, and the event was >> registered at Penzance during 3Q1851. Following Elizabeth's death (where >> and when are unknown), William remarried in Pennsylvania in 1874. >> -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 313 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com 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 CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message