My HAWTON family is from the Stoke-Climsland parish in Cornwall. Anybody with any tie-ins to them??? R. Aubrey Hawton Orillia, ON CANADA L3V 6H4 Quoting katze@senet.com.au: > Well Annette, I'll take you up on your suggestion since I have been > lurking > until now. My interest is in Houghton/Haughton/Horton/Horten/Hawten and > any > other variation anyone can come up with. All variations appear in my > family > history and I have no idea which one is correct. > > My gggrandmother was Caroline Haughton, born in Mawgan in Pydar, > Cornwall, UK > in 1823 to Thomas Haughton and Jane (nee Chivell). She married Joseph > Ford in > 1845 and they emigrated to South Australia in 1847. Caroline died in > 1892. I > have managed to trace back a further 2 generations in Mawgan in Pydar, > and > beyond that the family moved from somewhere else, probably Cornwall. > Caroline's > sisters Anne, Maria and Mary also came to South Australia, and so did > her > nephew Nicholas. I am interested in tracing back further, as well as > finding > out what happened to the remaining family in Mawgan in Pydar, and > finding any > living descendants from Caroline's brother and sisters. > > If anyone has any data on the Houghton/Haughton/etc families from > Cornwall, I > would really love to hear from you. I will gratefully accept data from > text, > gedcom, excel, etc files or just an email. > > Leandra Prior > Adelaide, South Australia > katze@senet.com.au > > ------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using SE Net Webmail. > http://webmail.senet.com.au/ > > --- This mail sent through Motionlink Webmail http://www.motionlink.net/