Hi Irene That does seem a fair way to go, and it was presumably in search of better work - I guess agricultural labour, although others will know better than I do about the types of employment available around St Kew. However, I think they must have walked: "Even as late as 1760 there was scarcely a stretch of road in the county fit for wheeled traffic, and it is said that there was then only one cart in Penzance...." (F E Halliday, A History Of Cornwall, 2001 edition, p 306). best wishes Tony Tony Bennett Cheshire, UK -----Original Message----- From: Irene Marlborough <[email protected]> To: cornish-gen <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 20:24 Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Mary Rule This is a neat little bit of analysis to sort out who's who. Thanks very much - it's very instructive. I was also interested that your THOMASes could have moved from St Kew to the Camborne area. Mine appear to be going the other way. I have been curious as to what would make people move a reasonable distance like this. I have Richard ROSKELLY (lots of variant spellings) and his wife Avis (nee THOMAS) who married at St Keverne, baptised their first child there in 1695 but by the baptism of the next child in 1696 were in St Kew. It seems quite a long way really - 50 miles or so by road. They'd have had to walk, wouldn't they? Maybe a cart for their belongings? Richard's brother John and his wife Mary CHEIFER made the same trip a bit later sometime between 1709 and 1714. Why would they go to St Kew and leave the rest of the kin behind? Just wondering.... Best wishes, Irene ------------------------------- 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