> > WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - transcribed by Lorena Loubsky > > 23 Jan 1857 > . > > WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL > > BIRTHS > > At Carnbrea, near Redruth, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. John CARPENTER, > late of Carnbrea, but now in Australia, of a daughter. > This would have been Elizabeth, daughter of John and Betsy CARPENTER, (nee STEVENS). John was the son of Richard and Sarah nee RULE; Betsy the daughter of Joseph & Sarah (no maiden name). According to a note I've made in my file, John "went away for work" and was never heard of again. Indeed in the 1861 census, Betsy and Elizabeth were living with Joseph and Sarah in Carn Brae. As ever, if anyone recognises these names, please drop me an email. I've not got anything more on the STEVENS family, but have done a lot of work on the CARPENTER line. Yvonne in Plymouth, waiting for snow!
Thank you transcribers!!! This is my father's grandmother's birth announcement. As Yvonne said, she was Elizabeth CARPENTER, daughter of John CARPENTER and Betsy STEVENS. The birth announcement helps confirm her story that she never knew her father- he went away to work, never returned, and they didn't know what happened to him. It also gives me a lead on where to look for him. Betsy STEVENS was born January 18, 1857, the dgter of Joseph STEVENS and Joice PROUT. Joseph was born abt 1895 in St. Agnes parish and he is probably "Joseph STEPHENS christened 1 Oct 1797 St. Agnes, son of Thomas and Susanna." I'm not sure if his parents are Thomas STEPHENS/Susanna STEPHENS married 1783 or Thomas STEPHENS/Susanna WATERS married 1787, as they appear to having children around the same time in St. Agnes. If anyone has had any success sorting the 2 families out, I'd love to hear from you. --Roberta Richards Peeples Woodland, California -------------------------------------------------- From: "Yvonne Morgan" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 3:09 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] West Briton, 23 January 1857 - CARPENTER birth >> >> WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER - transcribed by Lorena Loubsky >> >> 23 Jan 1857 >> . >> >> WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL >> >> BIRTHS >> >> At Carnbrea, near Redruth, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. John >> CARPENTER, >> late of Carnbrea, but now in Australia, of a daughter. >> > > > This would have been Elizabeth, daughter of John and Betsy CARPENTER, (nee > STEVENS). John was the son of Richard and Sarah nee RULE; Betsy the > daughter of Joseph & Sarah (no maiden name). According to a note I've made > in my file, John "went away for work" and was never heard of again. Indeed > in the 1861 census, Betsy and Elizabeth were living with Joseph and Sarah > in Carn Brae. > > As ever, if anyone recognises these names, please drop me an email. I've > not got anything more on the STEVENS family, but have done a lot of work > on > the CARPENTER line. > > Yvonne in Plymouth, > waiting for snow! > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message