Hello list; I have nothing specific to add re William Perry's burial, which obviously is a bit of a problem, but have come across similar cases. The various parish records have entries for those from elsewhere who died in the parish, even if they were from a nearby parish. This happened quite often in St. Levan, strangely enough. So it would be no surprise if young William was not taken back to the mainland for burial. Further to the completeness of the records, there seem to be quite a few missed. I have Thomas Bolitho born about 1774 and Frances Bolitho born about 1775 or 6 whose names do not appear in St. Just Baptisms. Frances at her second marriage in 1839 to Charles Richards gave her Father's name as James Bolitho and in 1851 gave her home parish as St Just. As far as I can tell there was no-one else named Bolitho having children in St Just in the early 1770s.. Of cousre we also have the quirkiness of some parish clerks. My favourite in my family is the Breage parish clerk who repeatedly referred to my 3xgreatgrandmother Jane Sampson of Treleggo as Jenifred Sampson of Treloggas. In St Wenn in early 1800s we find the wife of Willliam Brokenshire is variously Jennifer and Jane. Any mind readers out there? Cheers for now, Horton in Pz

There are many similar names that were used interchangeably, especially in earlier times. In this case, Jane, Joan, Joann, Jennifer (also spelled Jenifer, Jenpher and other variants), Jennie, and Jessie were very common variants not only of the same name, but also sometime used variously by the same person on different records. I see this commonly on my tree, and there is a much more in-depth explanation of this at the following link: http://www.whatsinaname.net/female-names/Jane.html David Coppin OPC for Cardinham and St Winnow -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bolitho via Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 12:50 PM To: Cornish Email Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Missing burial My favourite in my family is the Breage parish clerk who repeatedly referred to my 3xgreatgrandmother Jane Sampson of Treleggo as Jenifred Sampson of Treloggas. In St Wenn in early 1800s we find the wife of Willliam Brokenshire is variously Jennifer and Jane. Any mind readers out there? Cheers for now, Horton in Pz

Another name which caused me some confusion was Caroline. Caroline turns up in my family as Kate. Regards, Christine -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Coppin via Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2015 9:25 a.m. To: 'Bolitho'; cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Missing burial There are many similar names that were used interchangeably, especially in earlier times. In this case, Jane, Joan, Joann, Jennifer (also spelled Jenifer, Jenpher and other variants), Jennie, and Jessie were very common variants not only of the same name, but also sometime used variously by the same person on different records. I see this commonly on my tree, and there is a much more in-depth explanation of this at the following link: http://www.whatsinaname.net/female-names/Jane.html David Coppin OPC for Cardinham and St Winnow