It's always great to get Bill's untiring efforts to correct the errors in the newspapers and to fill in the gaps where possible. I must say, it's always frustrating when the newspapers announce, "birth of a son..." if only they could give us full details. Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and best of luck with breaking down those brick walls in 2015. Liz in Penzance -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Curnow via Sent: 09 December 2014 13:00 To: Julia Mosman; cornish-gen@rootsweb.com; cornish@rootsweb.com Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] The West Briton, 29 Oct 1858, BMDs, THOMAS or JAMES birth at Towednack The West Briton (Friday, 29 Oct 1858) reported the following birth at Towednack: "At Penderleath, Towednack, the wife of Mr. James THOMAS, of a son." A significantly different version of the same event appeared in The Royal Cornwall Gazette (Friday, 29 Oct 1858): "... and at Penderleath, in the same parish [Towednack], the wife of Mr. Thomas JAMES, of a son." While there is no record of a James THOMAS at Penderleath, Thomas JAMES and family were long term residents in that small community. The infant son may have been short lived, since he was not with his family at the 1861 or subsequent census enumerations. Bill Curnow Port Charlotte, FL, USA ------------------------------- 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

I agree with you, Liz, about Bill's valuable contributions. But what really gets me is the reporting of a woman as 'the wife of ??' Just a chattel, of course! Kind regards Chattel of Michael Hungerford > To: wjcurnow@kernow.com; cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 13:43:56 +0000 > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] The West Briton, 29 Oct 1858, BMDs, THOMAS or JAMES birth at Towednack > From: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > > It's always great to get Bill's untiring efforts to correct the errors in > the newspapers and to fill in the gaps where possible. > > I must say, it's always frustrating when the newspapers announce, "birth of > a son..." if only they could give us full details. > > Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and best of luck with breaking down > those brick walls in 2015. > > Liz in Penzance > > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Curnow via > Sent: 09 December 2014 13:00 > To: Julia Mosman; cornish-gen@rootsweb.com; cornish@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] The West Briton, 29 Oct 1858, BMDs, THOMAS or JAMES > birth at Towednack > > The West Briton (Friday, 29 Oct 1858) reported the following birth at > Towednack: > > "At Penderleath, Towednack, the wife of Mr. James THOMAS, of a son."