Hello Bob I may well be the only English subscriber to this list - if not the others are only lurking. Cornwall is an English County, and it is possible that your Annie Ellis's middle name commemorates a place in Cornwall which is normally spelt Luxulyan. Mining and quarrying are (or rather, were) major industries in Cornwall - particularly for tin and copper, and for china clay. How much do you know about research in theUK - or have you already found UK vital record info for the children and a marriage for James and Mary Ann? Dick Mathews (searching in Montgomery township for information about William Augustin Mathews) -----Original Message----- From: BobR@aol.com <BobR@aol.com> To: PAMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com <PAMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 30 January 2000 10:52 Subject: [PAMONTGO-L] Quarrys in Montgomery County >Hi Everyone, > >I have a gg grandmother Annie Luxeon ELLIS, b. AUG 1847 in the Cornwall >District of England. She first appears in the 1850 US Census, as a resident >of Upper Merion Township, and being 3 yrs old. Also shown are her parents, >James 35 (Quarryman), Mary Ann 32, and siblings, James 7, William 5, and >George 8/12. They are also indexed as "Born in England", along with, I >believe, an older sibling, Elizabeth, b. 15 OCT 1838, and probably working >elsewhere as a domestic. > >I have two questions for the list. First, does anyone have anything else on >this family? They have been particularly elusive for myself and a friend, >also a lister, who descends from Elizabeth. Second, does anyone know where >a quarryman would work in Upper Merion Twp in 1850? I know they used to >dig lime at Port Kennedy, and there is a huge rock quarry on DeKalb Pike in >King Manor, but have no idea if either of these were operating in 1850. > >Many Thanks, > >Bob Reifsneider >Orange Park, FL > > >==== PAMONTGO Mailing List ==== >List owner ndwilson@swbell.net > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > >