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Location: Cornwall, England
Surnames/tags: Cornwall Isles_of_Scilly
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- To assist with Cornwall profiles that are Unsourced, Unconnected or have 'suggestions/errors'
- Under "Topics" below, click & choose one to work on in your "spare time"
- Feel free to add your ancestors who emigrated to whatever country.
Family site with rich Cornish connections
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Welcome to the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Team page!
Team Leader: Sarah Grimaldi
Team members: Gillian Thomas | Lizzie Griffiths | Pip Sheppard | Nan Lambert | Sally Douglas | Kylie Haese | Ken McEvoy | Brad Cunningham | Darren Gladman | Martin Hobbs-Watson | Dave Roberts| Terry Conroy | Terry Poole | Carol Baldwin | Lawrie Bingham | Andrea Pack | John Spencer | Susie MacLeod | Duane Merritt | Ros Haywood |Fran Weidman | Sarah Grimaldi | M Rosewarne | Terry Conroy | Alison Moulden | Denise Peterson | Kai Schenck |Elizabeth Viney | Jean Hollis |Karyn Homburg | Anon Chizlett | Jerry Ellis | Irene Marlborough |Heather Lawn |Malcolm Rowlands | Susan Pearson | Sandra Williamson | Doug Warren
Goal
The Cornwall and Scilly Isles Team covers the county of Cornwall, England and the Scilly Isles. Our goal is to ensure that all Cornwall and Scilly Isles profiles are of a high standard, as complete as possible, and connected to the global tree.
All profiles where the person was born in Cornwall should have an England Sticker with Cornwall as the county. {{England Sticker|Cornwall}}
Topics
- Cornwall and Scilly Notables
- The Pellyne Name Study, which originally focussed on Pellynes in Lanreath, has expanded its horizons to the rest of Cornwall as well.
- The Stanton Name Study has many Cornish Stantons; a page covering their migration within the county and out can be found here
Team Member Specific Interests
- Lawrie Bingham has a problem requiring fresh eyes research - Volunteers, One pace forward - march and private message Lawrie for queries/answers.
- Two profiles for Walter Tresize being Tresize-45 and Tresize-22 both showing Margaret Old as the spouse
- Were to be merged but, parents are different. Need to ascertain correct connection - both profiles have birth records showing different parents and the question is who married Margaret Old?
- Believed the two Walters are related through their fathers being brothers. The marriage of Walter Tresize to Margaret Old was witnessed by Edward Tresize (brother, father, cousin?). One Walter would have been 36 and the other 28.
- Complicated, as both names Tresise and Tresize are common (note the S and Z). Although not shown on the profile the missing Baptism may be at https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=baptisms&id=3511800
- Confusing the issue, two separate DNA links have been traced to each Walter but they do not appear to have a strong connection.
- Roger Davey - Davey family around Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth.
- Gillian Thomas - Cornish immigrants to Australia
- Pip Sheppard - Parish of Gulval is the main interest.
- Lizzie Griffiths - Sloggett Family of Bodmin
- Nan Lambert One Place Study for the parish of Landulph
- Sally Douglas Trethew(e)ys from the Roche and the other china clay areas of mid-Cornwall.
- Ken McEvoy Treloar and Carkeek families, from Redruth and Wendron
- Kylie Haese Is a transcriber for the OPC Cornwall website. Ancestors from St-stephen in Brannell, Roche and St Austell. A member of the Sourcerers Team so willing to add sources for Cornwall profiles that need them.
- Brad Cunningham Maternal ancestors in Ladock, Truro, Probus, Redruth. Mother's family name is Juleff (Jolliffe)
- Terry Poole Cornish miners that emigrated in the 1800’s to California, USA to work in the gold mines.
- Ros Haywood - OPC for Maker and Rame; family surnames Haywood, Dunstone, Avery, Ley; family origins Maker, Rame, Millbrook, Cawsand, Kingsand, Mevagissey
- Fran Weidman - Cornwall mining disasters and the St. Just area mining families
- Elizabeth Viney - Greet One Name Study, families in the Roseland Peninsular
- Doug Warren - Primary surnames: Warren, Paull, Noake, Common(s), James, Savage, Bullock, Oats Secondary surnames: Arundel, Curnow, Williams, Shakerley, Tonkin, Tresize, Michell, Treeves, Nicholas, Ellis, Matthew, Bennet, Pears, Cock, Langdon, Trethewy, Hender, Durant, Trevathion, Pellour, Plises, Wrotham, Bohun, Godolphin. Beauchamp, Killigrew, Trenouth, Tregarthen, Thomas Main places: Pendeen, Trewellard, Boscaswell, St Just in Penwith, St Column Major, Newlyn, Sennen, St Agnes, Towednack, Gulval
Team Challenges
We have one challenge team connected to the England Project. Members of the England Counties teams are encouraged to join and participate from time to time in WikiTree challenges for England.
- Mighty Oaks A team for all the "Thons"
Cornwall and Scilly Resources
If you are interested in helping with Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, please feel free to look at the England Project page and sign up via the G2G post. If you have any questions about Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly, please contact the team leader above.
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1. John Harvey -1759 Founded Harvey and Co of Hayle which was the largest Foundry and Engineering Works in the world they designed and built and supplied Beam Engines and Pumps throughout the world where there were mines and damns.
He was Richard Trevithick's father-in-law
2 .Henry Harvey-1700 John Harvey's son who took over Harvey and Co and improved and developed the business he played a large part in making Hayle in Cornwall as the largest Mining Port.as well as increasing exports of the various mining products
3. Arthur Woolf-901 Famous Cornish Engineer for inventing a high-pressure steam engine which was used all over the world where there was a mine
Its common knowledge that he invented the first low pressure Steam Engine and also the worlds first Steam Locomotive but he also was an inventor as follows little known facts about him
1801 His Steam Powered Puffin Devil climbed a hill in Camborne making this the first successful steam locomotive
1803 He built and drove a Steam Bus in London carrying passengers
1804 He demonstrated a steam locomotive at Penydarren in Wales which reached eight and a half miles pulling 10 tonnes of iron with 70 passengers
He also designed a steam powered threshing machine which seperated grain from the stalks.
His high pressure boiler was used to improve James Watt's engines in factory's and ships and his Cornish engines was used all over the world to pump water from mines
1816 Whilst in Peru he joined the rebel of Simon Bolivar fighting for independence from Spain he invented a gun for Bolivar.
He also invented a indoor heater
He also planned to build a tower in London 300 meters high to celebrate the Reform Act this tower would have been as high as the Eiffel Tower but sadly he did not live long enough to begin the project
And he allegedly could throw a sledgehammer over the top of a Cornish Engine House
He died in Dartford, Kent whilst designing a refrigerator and was buried there.
There is a stain glass window in Westminster Abbey with him appearing as St Piran with a Cornish Flag
Truly a remarkable man
I just wanted to let you know that Roger Davey will be stepping down as Team Leader of Cornwall for the England Project. He has been an amazing TL and we are all very grateful for his enthusiasm for Cornwall and Cornish genealogy. A new TL will be appointed as soon as possible. Thank you Roger and all the best. Elizabeth :-)
The English Civil War 1642-1651
The resistance of some churches in allowing their records to be transcribed and it still happens in some parishes for the earlier records
edited by Roger Churm
Also estimated to be six million people worldwide with Cornish Ancestry
I have been a member of the Cornwall team for a number of years, but have not exactly been proactive. Largely my fault, but I have not been inactive! My main interests are the Rashleigh family. This impacts also on notables, aristocracy and medieval. There are many less notable Rashleighs as well involved in mining, agriculture and fishing. There are spin off families as well, Bray, Jose and Trethowan.
Just wanted to pop by and say I'm quite pleased to be a member of this team! My specific area of research has been St Just in Penwith, focusing on the Tresise, Trewren, and Tonkin surnames (so many T's!). Please let me know if I can be of assistance for anyone stuck there =)
Best, Sarah
Regards to all
Roger Davey - Cornwall Team Leader
Could I have a little help I am working on a family group that appear to originate in a place call Polgrean in Cornwall I am not finding any links to the place, it is not in the category list for Cornwall and without place details reluctant to create a new category. Appreciate any assistance.
On another note the England challenge is now one team the Might Oaks see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Mighty_Oaks
Also this link on your team page is non-functioning Cornwall Place Categories
Regards Janet
The record has it listed as Polgrean, Cornwall, England so could be a transcription error thanks for the suggestion. It comes up as a surname in searches I have run so far. Birth place is only given as Cornwall in the 1841 census. Back to the research :)
Also a Polgrean Farm South of Helston
Suggest you create one yourself - https://www.wikitree.com/contact/category/ OR contact the Categorization Project - https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Categorization
Looks like this is maybe an error - I have put a question on G2G https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1029233/lanteglos-by-fowey-category
For others reading this - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanteglos-by-Fowey
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Lanteglos-by-Fowey,_Cornwall_Genealogy
https://www.opc-cornwall.org/Par_new/l_m/lanteglos_by_fowey.php
Regarding Polruan - you will find birth, baptism, marriage, death sources will state a registration district name rather than a village/town/parish name - exceptions in some cases
edited by Roger Davey
See the answer here - https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1029233/lanteglos-by-fowey-category?show=1030542#a1030542
Cheers to all
Roger Davey, Cornwall Team Leader
We welcome to the team Susie Macleod - many of you will know she stepped down as Leader of the England Project & will concentrate on her Cornwall connections. Cheers to all Roger Davey Cornwall Team Leader
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Game-159 Richard Game of Gulval and Penzance, Cornwall. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Game-165 John Game of Penzance, Cornwall.
The only other persons of this surname that I can find in Cornwall in the late-1500s/early-1600s is a Christopher Game (only one source, his marriage in Penzance, and Christopher may be a brother to the two above listed profiles).
Just looking for some guidance on how to proceed. THANKS!
New Zealand born - Maxx completed the Orphan Trail with flying colours. Welcome Maxx. Roger Davey Team leader
14/6/1791 From what I can see this is the correct one. The Walter Tresise probably married Ann Thomas in St Keverne 8/10/1795. Will check further and confirm As my great grandmothers is a Trezise I have had many problems with this family's surname
Roger
Under "Topics" are Cornwall profiles that are Unsourced, Unconnected or have 'suggestions/errors'
The County Statistics Page gives a weekly update on the 'improved' figures
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Cornwall_Emigrants
Feel free to add your ancestors who emigrated to whatever country. If you are not comfortable making entries please put the Wiki ID in the public comment space.
The table is sortable on Surname or country
Kind Regards
Roger Davey Team Captain
Sharryn Nankervis - enjoy the ride Sharryn.
Lawrie Bingham needs fresh eyes research assistance.
I note William Bickford has a profile which needs some improvement with URL sources & a bio tidy up before we add him
But I noticed there are some with the wrong Cornwall eg US etc When the list is next issued could they ensure its Cornwall England Thanks