There is a Spanish word 'seron' which means pannier or large basket.   Cochineal and jalaps would be coming from Mexico so a spanish name for a container seems likely. Joy ________________________________ From: Peter Cox <peter@simbatech.net> To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 16 April, 2010 14:24:00 Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] weekly news, 18 April 1851 NEWS 144 Scrons of Cochineal; Anybody know what a scron is?  I can find no reference anywhere on the Internet for it Peter > The Royal Mail steamer "CLYDE" from Mexico and the West India, brought > besides passengers, the following on freight:  928,777 dollars on > merchants account; 81,828 dollars for the dividends; 460,504 dollars in > value god dust, bars, &c; 144 Scrons of Cochineal; 38 ditto of Jalaps, and > 93 packages of sundries. ------------------------------- 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

Nice work. Put 'serons of cochineal' into google image. J On 16 Apr 2010, at 15:37, Joy Langdon wrote: > There is a Spanish word 'seron' which means pannier or large > basket. Cochineal and jalaps would be coming from Mexico so a > spanish name for a container seems likely. > > Joy > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Peter Cox <peter@simbatech.net> > To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, 16 April, 2010 14:24:00 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] weekly news, 18 April 1851 NEWS > > 144 Scrons of Cochineal; > > Anybody know what a scron is? I can find no reference anywhere on the > Internet for it > > Peter > >> The Royal Mail steamer "CLYDE" from Mexico and the West India, >> brought >> besides passengers, the following on freight: 928,777 dollars on >> merchants account; 81,828 dollars for the dividends; 460,504 >> dollars in >> value god dust, bars, &c; 144 Scrons of Cochineal; 38 ditto of >> Jalaps, and >> 93 packages of sundries. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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