Hi, I belong also to a group, the dalesfhs, which currently has a discussion going on the Brunskill family, as follows, which I thought you might find of interest. I will leave it to you to get in touch with them. Jonathan Kirton, Canada Begin forwarded message: From: david Thomas <uwsheep@yahoo.com> Date: May 21, 2009 11:05:58 PM EDT (CA) To: dalesfhs@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [dalesfhs] Lead minig Reply-To: dalesfhs@yahoogroups.com The Alpine Mine in Dubuque, Iowa, USA was at one time known as the Brunskill, Southwell and Trueb Mine (http:// www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=MINING). The following from "The History of Dubuque County Iowa" (http:// books.google.com/books?id=aoQUAAAAYAAJ) J. Brunskill arrived in Dubuque in 1836 (page 368). Joseph Brunskill purchased the "Catfish Mills" on April 25, 1839 at Rockdale (page 473). On June 10, 1865, The Old Settlers Association was formed in Dubuque, and James Brunskill was an original member (page 410). James Brunskill served with the Union Army in the Civil War (page 419) and enlisted on Aug. 16, 1862 in Company C ot the 21st Iowa Infantry (page 428). [probably the son of Joseph Brunskill, see below.) 1860 Federal census for JULIAN TWP., DUBUQUE CO., IOWA First-last (bold print)-age-occupation (if any) and place of birth Joseph Brunskill 50 smelter England Elizabeth 48 England Margaret 15 Iowa Joseph 13 Iowa James 11 Iowa David 7 Iowa http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clark42/wc05/ wc05_162.html Joseph “Jossy” Brunskill Elizabeth “Betsy” W. Woodward m. 31 May 1871 James Woodward Brunskill Maria Frost b. 31 May 1849, Dubuque Co., Iowa d. 14 Mar 1891, age: 41 occ. Worked in Family Smelter, Farmer d. 14 Mar 1891 Children Nettie Elizabeth Brunskill Lulu Rebecca Brunskill [Died as Child] Wilbert Woodward Brunskill Edwin Joseph Brunskill Grace Maria Brunskill James William Brunskill ____________________________________ David L. Thomas 7641 Sawmill Rd. Madison, WI 53717 uwsheep@yahoo.com Eat Lamb, Wear Wool, Enjoy Sheep Milk Cheese ________________________________ From: Richard McGarry <rick_mcg@tiscali.co.uk> To: dalesfhs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:37:50 AM Subject: Re: [dalesfhs] Lead minig David Morris may be able to answer this question. In his book "The Dalesmen of the Mississippi" he tells the story of several families of lead miners, who migrated, in the mid 19th century, from Swaledale to the Great Lakes area of the U.S. For example, on page 49, he describes how the Erie Canal was opened in 1825, linking the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and New York, thus greatly facilitating the journey. William CALVERT, from Gunnerside in Swaledale, took this route in 1839, arriving at the "village" of Chicago in June, and then walked 200 miles to "New Diggings" in Wisconsin. David Morris continues :-- "... [In 1842], young William COATES, aged 9, travelled on a similar route with his parents from Swaledale, but they were shipwrecked on Lake Erie and lost all their belongings. Eventually they reached Dubuque, Iowa, where the family settled and found work in lead mining. In 1836 dalesman Joseph Brunskill and his wife are known to have followed a similar route to Cleveland, south of Lake Erie and thence to Akron, Ohio. The Brunskills later settled in Rockdale, on Catfish Creek, Ohio, south of Dubuque." And again on page 72, David Morris writes :-- "Joseph Brunskill came to America in 1833 with his wife, formerly Elizabeth WOODWARD. After working as a wood chopper and labourer in Cleveland, Ohio, for three years, he and his family moved to Dubuque. He worked as a miner for a while and then rook a partner and, in 1845, built a smelter at Rockdale, near Dubuque. This developed into an extensive business, and when he retired in 1871, he was acknowledged as a man whose ability and excellent judgment had done mush to promote the prosperity of the Dubuque area." It does seem possible that this Joseph Brunskill may have been responsible for the lead ingot found at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The Dubuque Local History Library and/or the Iowa or Wisconsin State History Libraries might have some information on his company and of ships lost on Lake Michigan. The Appendix to this book contains an excellent bibliography on this topic. Richard McGarry ============ ========= ========= ====== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Ryder" <patricia5ryder@ btinternet. com> To: <dalesfhs@yahoogroup s.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:07 PM Subject: [dalesfhs] Lead minig > The following query has been sent to the Dales museum at Hawes and I > wonder if any of our members on the e-mail group can help. > > " Die marks of lead > companies, stamped into lead by hot > irons, can still be seen on the doors of > blacksmiths' shops, (eg Gunnerside). > > Would any of them say J Brunskill 800 ??? > > I am looking for information on an old Lead Bar (?). I hope you can help. > I believe it to be made of lead but am not sure. It was found on the > bottom of Lake Michigan in the United States of America, roughly 30 years > ago. It is about 1 foot long with the words J BRUNSK ILL 800. I have > linked this name to Thomas Armstrong's novel Adam Brunskill and was hoping > you could help. Do you have any information on how mines would mark the > bars they made? I am hoping to find out how old the bar is, where it came > from, and what ship it may have been in when it sunk. Anything you can > tell me, or point me in a direction to look for more information would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thank you for your time > > Annette " > > I will forward all replies > > Regards > Pat Ryder > Wensley > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (5)Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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