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John Roskruge (1799 - 1876)

John Roskruge
Born in Ruan Major, Cornwall, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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Husband of — married 26 Jun 1830 (to 1876) in Mullion, Cornwall, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at about age 77 in St Anthony in Meneage, Cornwall, Englandmap
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Biography

John Roskruge was baptized in Ruan Major,[1] Cornwall, on 22 March 1799. His parents were named John and Mary.‍[2]‍[3]

John's parents were the John Roskruge (of Ruan Major) and Mary Murrish (of St Keverne)[4] who were married in St Keverne on 16 January 1798.[5]

On 26 June 1830 John Roskruge, a bachelor farmer of St Keverne, obtained a Licence for the Solemnization of Holy Matrimony in the parish church of Mullion[6] between him and Loveday Shepherd, a spinster of Mullion.[7] The marriage duly took place on 27 July 1830.[8]

John and Loveday had eleven children:

  • Mary Joanna Roskruge was baptized in St Keverne on 12 May 1831;[9]
  • Augusta Elizabeth Shepherd Roskruge was baptized in St Keverne on 21 May 1833;[10]
  • John Roskruge was baptized in St Keverne 7 October 1834;[11]
  • Thomas Shepherd Roskruge was baptized in St Keverne on 20 November 1836;[12]
  • Francis Roskruge was baptized in St Keverne on 14 February 1838;[13]
  • Loveday Nicholas Roskruge was baptized at the Carharrack[14] Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on 26 July 1840 (aged 3 months);‍[15]‍[16]
  • Augustine Mark Sheppard Roskruge was baptized in St Keverne on 28 December 1841;[17]
  • James Roskruge was baptized on 29 August 1843 (St Keverne Wesleyan);[18]
  • Augusta Elizabeth Shephard Roskruge was born in the first quarter of 1845 (birth registered in the Helston district);[19]
  • Gerald William Roskruge was baptized in St Anthony in Meneage[20] on 25 June 1851;[21]
  • Ada Roskruge was baptized in St Keverne on 11 September 1853.[22]

The two Wesleyan baptism records do not give the father's occupation, but the others all say that he was a farmer. The first seven baptism records say that the family lived at Trenoweth in St Keverne (or Trenoweth Mill for Mary Joanna's baptism).

Trenoweth is about a kilometre east of Porthoustock, and a similar distance north-east of St Keverne church town.‍[23]‍[24]

The 1841 census record for the family is as follows.

Trenoweth, St Keverne, 6 June 1841:[25]
John Roskruge (age 40–44, Farmer)
Lovdey Roskruge (age 35–39)
John (age 6)
Thomas (age 4)
Francis (age 3)
James Corlyon (age 30–34, Male Servant)
Charles Peters (age 20–24, Male Servant)
John Nicholls (age 16, Male Servant)
Ann Martin (age 20–24, Female Servant)

On census day 1841 the eldest child, Mary, was in the household of her Shepherd grandparents (Mark and Joan) in Mullion. The free image of this record available on FamilySearch is unfortunately illegible,[26] but FreeCen provide a transcription,[27] and pay sites have legible images.

Mark and Joan Shepherd's residence was at Tremenhee, on the northern edge of Mullion church town.[28]

The second daughter, Augusta, had died at age 7, and was buried in St Keverne on 28 October 1840.[29]

The birth of the daughter Lovedy Nicholas Roskruge was registered in the second quarter of 1840, and the General Register Office birth index confirms that her mother's maiden surname was Shephard.[30] She must have died before the 1841 census, but it seems that her death was not registered.

At the time of the 1851 census the family were living at Carne Vean in St Anthony in Meneage. (Note that the record of Gerald William's baptism[20] had the abode as Carne).‍[31]‍[32]

Carnvean, St Anthony in Meneage, 31 March 1851.[33]
John Roskruge (Head, 52, Farmer of 18 acres, Ruan Major)
Lovedy Roskruge (Wife, 43, Mullion)
Mary Roskruge (Daughter, 19, St Keverne)
John Roskruge (Son,16, Scholar, St Keverne)
Thomas S. Roskruge (Son, 14, Scholar, St Keverne)
Francis Roskruge (Son, 12, Scholar, St Keverne)
Mark L. Roskruge (Son, 9, Scholar, St Keverne)
James Roskruge (Son, 7, Scholar, St Keverne)
Augusta Roskruge (Daughter, 6, Scholar, St Keverne)
Gerald H. Roskruge (Son, 4 months, St Anthony)
Jane Williams (Servant, unmarried, 21, House Servant, Manaccan)

In 1861 they were at Pennare in St Keverne, which had also been their abode in 1853, when Ada was baptized.‍[22] Pennare is in the northern tip of St Keverne, very close to Flushing in St Anthony.[34]‍[35]

Pennare, St Keverne, 7 April 1861:[36]
John Roskruge (Head, 62, Farmer of 80 acres empl 1 Lab & 2 boys, Ruan Major)
Lovdey Roskruge (Wife, 52, Farmer Wife, Mullion)
Thomas Roskruge (Son, 24, Farmer Son, St Keverne)
Augustine M. S. Roskruge (Son, 19, Farmer Son, St Keverne)
Augusta E. S. Roskruge (Daughter, 16, Farmer Daughter St Keverne)
Gerald W Roskruge (Son, 10, Scholar, St Anthony)
Eda Roskruge (Daughter, 7, Scholar, St Keverne)
James Carlyon (Servant, unmarried, 50, Gardener, St Keverne)
Henry Pearce (Servant, unmarried, 20, Carter, St Keverne)
Thomas Tresize (Servant,14, Carter, St Anthony)
Mary Ann Pearce (Servant, 18, Dairymaid, St Keverne

Three of the children were still living with their parents in 1871. The address was Trewothack in St Anthony.[37]

John Roskruge (Head, 72, Ruan Major)
Lovedy Roskruge (Wife, 62, Farmer's Wife, Mullion)
Thomas S Roskruge (Son, 34, Farmer 180a 2 Lab 5 Srvnt, farming with father, St Keverne)
Bessie Roskruge (Daughter, 26, Farmer's Daughter, St Keverne)
Ada Roskruge (Daughter, 17, Farmer's Daughter, St Keverne)
James Carlyon (Servant, unmarried, 62, General Servant Indoor, St Martin)
Margaret Russell (Servant, 17, General Servant Domestic, Breage)
George Ham (Servant, unmarried, 24, Farm Servant Indoor, St Austle)
William Saunders (Servant, unmarried, 20, Farm Servant Indoor, Breage)
Edward White (Servant, 11, Farm Servant Indoor, St Keverne)

John Roskruge of Trewethick in St Anthony, aged 77, was buried in St Keverne on 14 November 1876.[38]

Sources

  1. ↑ Ruan Major, information from GENUKI.
  2. ↑ John Roskruge, 1799: Ruan Major parish register, FamilySearch film # 004280043, image 368 of 1621.
  3. ↑ John Roskruge, 1799: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" database (FamilySearch, 20 March 2020).
  4. ↑ St Keverne, information from GENUKI.
  5. ↑ John Roskruge and Mary Murrish, 1798: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 14 April 2015), Cornwall > St Keverne > Marriages, 1771-1812 > image 60 of 111; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  6. ↑ Mullion, information from GENUKI.
  7. ↑ Marriage licence appilication, John Roskruge and Loveday Shepherd: "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912" database with images (FamilySearch, 24 April 2019); the Devon Record Office, Exeter.
  8. ↑ John Roskruge and Loveday Shepherd, 1830: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 14 April 2015), Cornwall > Mullion > Marriages, 1813-1837 > image 21 of 28; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  9. ↑ Mary Joanna Roskruge, 1831: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 2 February 2018), Cornwall > St Keverne > Baptisms, 1813-1835 > image 85 of 103; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  10. ↑ Augusta Elizabeth Shepherd Roskruge, 1833: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 2 February 2018), Cornwall > St Keverne > Baptisms, 1813-1835 > image 95 of 103; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  11. ↑ John Roskruge: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 2 February 2018), Cornwall > St Keverne > Baptisms, 1813-1835 > image 101 of 103; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  12. ↑ Thomas Shepherd Roskruge, 1836: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 14 April 2015), Cornwall > St Keverne > Baptisms, 1835-1901 > image 10 of 138; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  13. ↑ Francis Roskruge, 1838: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 14 April 2015), Cornwall > St Keverne > Baptisms, 1835-1901 > image 16 of 138; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  14. ↑ Carharrack, information from GENUKI.
  15. ↑ Lovdey Nicholas Roskruge, 1840: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" database (FamilySearch, 18 September 2020).
  16. ↑ Loveday Nicholas Roskruge, 1840: Cornwall Online Parish Clerks database, Gwennap Wesleyan Methodist Circuit baptisms transcribed by Althea Barker. (Click "more".)
  17. ↑ Augustine Mark Sheppard Roskruge, 1841: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 14 April 2015), Cornwall > St Keverne > Baptisms, 1835-1901 > image 32 of 138; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  18. ↑ James Roskruge, 1843: Cornwall Online Parish Clerks database, St Keverne Wesleyan baptisms transcribed by Terry Moyle. (Click "more".)
  19. ↑ General Register Office: search birth registrations for Augusta Roskruge, 1845, mother's maiden surname Shephard.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 St Anthony in Meneage, information from GENUKI.
  21. ↑ Gerald William Roskruge, 1851: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 2 February 2018), Cornwall > St Anthony in Meneage > Baptisms, 1813-1905  image 17 of 30; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Ada Roskruge, 1853: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 14 April 2015), Cornwall > St Keverne > Baptisms, 1835-1901 > image 64 of 138; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  23. ↑ Trenoweth, shown in a 25 inch Ordnance Survey map from 1906 (provided by the National Library of Scotland).
  24. ↑ Trenoweth shown in the Cornwall Council Interactive Map.
  25. ↑ John Roskruge and family at 1841 census (piece 138 book 1, folio 34, page 20). FamilySearch film # 007763905, image 33 of 886.
  26. ↑ Census piece HO107/138/9, folio 6 page 5 and folio 7 page 6, FamilySearch film # 007763905, image 234 of 886.
  27. ↑ Mary Roskrouge at 1841 census (piece 138 book 9, folio 7, page 6), Tremener, Mullion. Free UK Genealogy "General Register Office: 1841 Census Returns database", FreeCEN (accessed 28 June 2021).
  28. ↑ Tremenhee, Mullion, shown in a 25 inch Ordnance Survey map from 1906 (provided by the National Library of Scotland).
  29. ↑ Augusta Elizabeth Shephard Roskruge burial, 1840: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 14 April 2015), Cornwall > St Keverne > Burials, 1813-1855 > image 69 of 106; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.
  30. ↑ General Register Office: search birth registrations for Lovedy Roskruge, 1840, mother's maiden surname Shephard.
  31. ↑ Carne Vean shown in the Cornwall Council Interactive Map.
  32. ↑ Carne, shown in a 25 inch Ordnance Survey map from 1906 (provided by the National Library of Scotland).
  33. ↑ John Roskruge's household at 1851 census (piece 1913, folio 51, page 10, schedule 32). Free UK Genealogy "General Register Office: 1851 Census Returns database", FreeCEN (accessed 28 June 2021).
  34. ↑ Pennare in St Keverne, shown in the Cornwall Council Interactive Map.
  35. ↑ Penare, shown in a 25 inch Ordnance Survey map from 1906 (provided by the National Library of Scotland).
  36. ↑ John Roskruge's household at 1861 census (piece 1573, folio 59, page 2, schedule 11). FamilySearch film #&nsp;004034561, image 620 of 1417. (Household continues in next image.)
  37. ↑ John Roskruge's household at 1871 census (piece 2305, folio 33, page 3, schedule 15).
  38. ↑ John Roskruge burial, 1877: "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010" database with images (FamilySearch, 30 November 2016), Cornwall > St Keverne > Burials, 1855-1901 > image 55 of 102; Kresen Kernow, Redruth.




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