As I understand it, a mine agent or captain would have been employed by the mine owner(s) to keep control of the miners who were largely self employed. The miners were allowed to sell whatever they could extract but had to pay quite a lot for the privilege and the mine agents were there to make sure they paid it. Kay -------Original Message------- From: Helen Appelbe-Jackson Date: 10/08/2010 17:48:37 To: CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Back ground info Hi Everyone I was wondering if anyone could help with some background information. One of my ancestors was, according, to the marriage certificate I have, was a mine agent. Can anyone tell me what that entailed and what kind of background they would have come from. I have an illegitimate forbear in St. Ives who's father was the mine agent on the above certificate. Given that his son may have embellished his father's profession I need to know which of several candidates is his father. The father is also implied on the birth certificate but all the candidates live at least 5 miles away and I am assuming that a tinner/miner wouldn't move far away from his mine especially several miles down the road to get a girl pregnant if you excuse my turn of phrase. I know that St. Ives was a shipping harbour so would that have something to do with it. I hope this makes sense. Cheers Lennie <file:///C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationery\ana bnr2.gif> ------------------------------- 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