The Cornish Crier, Volume 12, Number 1 March 2006 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Ann Trezona Dalrymple We have installed a new cabinet in the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall to house our considerable collection of books about Cornwall which were donated by Nancy Heydt. It has been a blessing that those books do not have to be transported to each meeting. Any member is welcome to borrow a book or books for their use and we would welcome any donations to our library. During the past year, we have been donating money to St John’s Methodist Church for a special fund they have established to build an elevator for the handicapped in their church. There were five members of our society who attended the 13th Gathering of our national group, Cornish American Heritage Society. They reported to our membership that they really enjoyed the meetings, learned a lot and were delighted to meet so many people with a Cornish background. The 14th Gathering of the Cornish Cousins will take place in the summer of 2007 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, a place where many of our ancestors went to hard rock mine. I would encourage anyone who is interested in attending to watch the Crier for more information. A CHSE publicity committee was formed this year to inform the public about our meetings. We are always looking for new members and hope that you will encourage your family and other people with a Cornish background to attend our meetings and enjoy the comradeship that we experience. A year ago we celebrated our tenth anniversary as a society and hope that the society has contributed to your awareness of your Cornish ancestry. Anne Stephens has been working on a data base called Connecting Cornish Cousins. Anne includes in that data base the family names being researched by our membership. This is a good reference for you. You might even find a new “cousin” on that list. Please, if you haven’t already returned the questionnaire with your dues, do so. We would like this list to be included in the mailing of the next Crier. We encourage you all to come to meetings and we are always looking for new and different programs to present at our meetings. If you know of anyone who would be willing to present a program, please let Barry Tracy our program chairman or myself know. We need to keep our society alive and thus honor our Cornish heritage. Attend the meetings and enjoy the company of those who have a common background with you. We have now completed a successful year and need to look back to see what we have accomplished. CHSE has taken a step in the right direction by the decision of the membership to pay our dues at the same time to celebrate St Piran’s Day. This date is a reminder for us all to pay those dues and to celebrate our Cornish backgrounds as well. This decision has facilitated an easy transition into the new CHSE year and makes it easier for the treasurer and the membership chairman to start out the new CHSE year. You have probably noted that we have enhanced the dues so that those who wish may contribute a greater amount for their dues although that is certainly not a requirement of membership. When I look back on the things that we have accomplished, I realize that we have had an active year. We lost our dear friend Nancy Heydt to Florida. That was a great loss but Barry Tracy and Anne Stephens have ably taken up the slack and we have moved into a new Cornish Crier format. Volume 12, Number 1 Page 2 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 About forty people gathered for the launch of these two books on a very sunny, warm January day. Cornwall the Hidden Land was launched by Dick Cole, from the Cornwall Archeological Unit and present chairman of Mebyon Kernow. He spoke of the importance of this reprint, which cleared the way forty years ago to promoting a "modern sense of Cornishness." It also awakened Cornish people to the value of the Cornish language and culture, and the fight for Institutions for Cornwall, for example the Cornish Assembly, a Cornish Development Agency, a Cornish University and devolution for Cornwall. "The foundations of these successes were clearly laid by the early pioneers in the Cornish movement." The new timeline shows how much has been already achieved and how much there is to do. The introduction by Professor Philip Payton illustrates how the book has had a lasting influence on many. Cost £5. Postage 50p UK, £1.00 Europe, surface mail the rest of the world, 75p. Available from Noonvares Press, An Gernyk, Leedstown, Hayle TR27 6BA,Cornwall, UK. Please make cheques payable to Noonvares Press in pounds sterling only. Information from:01736-850332 or email trevenen@tesco.net. Crygyon Kernow Ogas ha Pell/Cornish Ripples near and Far by Ann Trevenen Jenkin is her second poetry book. This was launched by Donald Rawe, writer, poet, dramatist, publisher and bard. He spoke enthusiastically of this second volume, praising Ann’s apparently simple style, comparing it to Blake or Clare. Her poems range over the whole world, from Cornwall, the March to London to the Celtic World, or back to the Cornish scene. There are poems in Cornish with English translations, and poems about the Cornish overseas. Donald summed up his impressions: Bryallen offers a world view through Cornish poetry. She is unique in the breadth of her vision and the depth of her roots. This book is available from the same address and with the same conditions as the one above. Cost is £7. Postage 60p UK, £1.20 Europe and £1.10 surface mail the rest of the world. Both books can also be ordered online from: Just Cornish (www.justcornish.com or Truro bookshop (www.cornwallbooks.com) . From: Ann Trevenen Jenkin. (Address as above) A Church Phone: a little Cornish levity A man in the far north of England decided to write a book about churches around the country. He started in his home town and started working south from there. Coming to a very large church he began taking photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign which read “£10,000 a minute”. Seeking out the pastor, he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that the golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven, and if he pays the price, he can talk directly to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in various places around the country, he found more such phones, with the same sign, and the same explanation from each pastor. Finally the man arrived in Cornwall. Upon entering a church, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone but THIS time, the sign read, “Call 25p”, fascinated, the man asked to speak with the pastor. “Reverend, I have been in cities all over the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone, and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven, and that I could use it to talk to God. But in all the other churches, the cost was £10,000 per minute. Your sign says 25p per call. Why is that?” The pastor, smiling benignly replied, “Son, you’re in Cornwall now and it’s a local call.” Launch of Two New Books Cornwall: the Hidden Land by Richard & Ann Jenkin, and Crygyon Kernow Ogas Ha Pell/ Cornish Ripples Near and Far, by Ann Trevenen Jenkin, on Saturday 21 January 2006, at Leedstown Village Hall From CORNISH WORLD, ISSUE #42 Forwarded by Libby Luke of the Cornish Association of Victoria, Australia (contact tomluke@optusnet.com.au), attributed to Peter Williams, Ponsanooth Volume 12, Number 1 Page 3 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 JOYS OF FAMILY RESEARCH JOHN HENWOOD OLIVER of St. Teath JANE BENNETTS OLIVER of Pool, Illogan Anne HONEYCHURCH STEPHENS When I started researching my ancestry, my sister, Jane Spinello, gave me a slip of paper with names, birth dates and most of all home parishes of my Great Grandparents OLIVER. This was information she had received from talking with my Mother’s cousin, Bess Cannon. The big item was that John was from St. Teath and Jane was from Pool, Illogan. I started with the CFHS and the 1851 census and found a John OLIVER in St. Teath and a Jane BENNETTS in Pool, Illogan. What a break! My sister also gave me a copy of this great picture of John and Jane with their children taken c. 1892. All the children but their son, Albert (1882-1884). I researched Jane BENNETTS and found that her father was Richard BENNETTS of Camborne and have followed his line back to 1784. Richard BENNETTS was a copper miner who died in sometime between the 1841 and 1851 Cornwall census. Jane’s Mom was Elizabeth BLIGHT from Pool. According to the 1861 Cornwall census, Elizabeth and her children moved back with her father in Pool. Her father, William BLIGHT was a shoemaker in Pool. Researching John H. Oliver gave me more results. St. Teath was a small parish with a large OLIVER family. Great luck with this line. Putting my name in the CFHS journal as an OLIVER researcher gained me a letter from Dickon OLIVER, who is researching all OLIVERS from Cornwall. He then sent me a copy of an OLIVER family tree dating back to 1510, which I was eventually able to connect with my John Henwood OLIVER. John HENWOOD OLIVER was born in St. Teath in 1836 to Thomas Henwood OLIVER and Mary HOCKEN. He moved west to Pool, Illogan, as per the 1861 Cornwall census, where he worked as a copper miner. John and Jane married and moved on to Avoco, Wicklow County, Ireland where they had their first three children. They then moved on to NJ. Their fourth child, John OLIVER, my grandfather, was born in Mine Hill (Randolph Township) in 1871. Other children followed, William, Richard, Helena and Albert. In 1880 they had moved to Port Oram (later changed to Wharton). John Henwood OLIVER was one of the many Cornish miners who came to the iron mine area of northern NJ during the 1800s. Their children were: Mary Elizabeth (Aunt Polly) married Andrew ELLIS, had 7 children and lived out her life in Port Oram/Wharton. Thomas Henwood (Uncle Henwood) married Jane MARTIN and moved up to Oxford Furnace where his family remained. Sara Jane married Fred KING and lived on Dewey Ave. in Port Oram/Wharton. They had one daughter, Florence KING PEDRICK. Helena (Aunt Lena) married Bob KING and lived in my favorite house on the corner of Main St. and Dewey Ave., Wharton. They had one daughter, Nelly KING BRAY. Richard and William both developed “consumption” and died as young men in the late 1890s Albert died as a toddler (1882-1884). Do you have a story to share about your family researches? We would be happy to hear from you and print your story in The Cornish Crier. I have just found another 4th cousin. By making contacts with other researchers, a distant relation living near Toronto put me in touch with a descendant of Reuben Oliver, who was a brother of my Thomas Henwood Oliver. She is now living in New Jersey and has sent me the information on her line. Climbing your family tree is great fun, but it is never completed. It goes on forever. Volume 12, Number 1 Page 4 4 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 Groom/Bride Marriage Date MOREOM, Isaac 25 JUN 1871 BARSEN, Avis Groom, England, born England, miner Bride, Mt Hope, born England PARSONS, John 31 APR 1871 McROY, Elen Both of Mt Hope, Groom born England, miner PASCO, Thomas 04 JUL 1875 MERTON, Ellen Rebecca Both of Mt Hope, Groom, born England, miner, 25 Bride, born Morristown, NJ PHILLIPS, Henry 16 JUN 1877 YEO, Mrs. Grace Groom Port Oram, miner, 33, Bride 39 PRISK, Joseph, Rev 02 OCT 1870 DUNN, Eliza Jane Both of Mt Hope, Groom born England, miner, Bride 22, dressmaker PRISK, Samuel 4 JAN 1873 TREWEEKE, Rossetta Groom, Mt Hope, born England, Bride, Dover, born England ROBBERTS, James 24 NOV 1873 HILL, CATHERN Both of Mt. Hope ROWE, Mark 31 JAN 1871 CERLYON, Elizabeth Groom, Mt Hope, born England, miner Bride, Mt Hope, born England SMITH, John O 20 JUL 1872 COOK, Aruintha V Groom, HIbernia, born England, miner, Bride, Rockaway Valley, born NJ STEPHENS, Martin 27 OCT 1872 STEPHENS, Mary J Both of Rockaway Tebo Mine, both born England, Groom miner THOMAS, John 19 NOV 1873 ROBBERTS, Elizabeth Both of Allen Mine VINE, James 31 JUL: 1880 HILL, Allice Both of Mt. Hope Groom, born England, miner 26, Bride 20 MARRIAGES OF CORNISH IMMIGRANTS IN MT HOPE, NJ The following listing of marriage is from the microfilmed church records, Book 1, of the Mt. Hope Methodist Church, Rockaway, Rockaway, NJ. This microfilm is located at the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Twp., Morristown, NJ. Groom/Bride Marriage Date ARTHUR, William 04 OCT 1873 STEPHENS, Cathern Both of Mt Hope BINNEY, John Walter 19 APR 1871 TRETHEWAY, Mary Jane Groom, Mt Hope born England, miner Bride, England, born England BOLITHO, Thomas 31 JAN 1871 YEOMANS, Maggie Groom, Dover, born England, Bride, Mt Hope, born NJ CHAPMAN, John 5 AUG 1871 VENTON, Emily Groom, Mt Hope, born England, miner Bride, England, born England BINNEY, John Walter 19 APR 1871 TRETHEWAY, Mary Jane Groom, Mt Hope born England, miner Bride, England, born England BOLITHO, Thomas 31 JAN 1871 YEOMANS, Maggie Groom, Dover, born England, Bride, Mt Hope, born NJ CHAPMAN, John 5 AUG 1871 VENTON, Emily Groom, Mt Hope, born England, miner Bride, England, born England COREY, William 27 APR 1872 BEACH, Caroline Both of Mt Hope, both born England, groom miner DANIELS, George 1 DEC 1873 JEFFREY, Nannce Both of Mt Hope DANIELS, Samuel 1 JUL 1871 HOUGHTON, Mary Both of Mt Hope. both born England GILBERT, John 23 FEB 1871 JEFFERY, Mary Jane Groom Mt Hope, engineer, both born, England JEWELL, James 04 JUL 1869 NANCARROW, Elizabeth A Both of Mt Hope. Groom, 21, born England. miner, Bride, 16 JOHNS, John 24 JUN 1873 GROGGIER, Jane Both of Mt Hope. Both born England, Groom miner MOREOM, Isaac 25 JUN 1871 BARSEN, Avis Groom, England, born England, miner Bride, Mt Hope, born England PARSONS, John 31 APR 1871 McROY, Elen Both of Mt Hope, Groom born England, miner NEW INTERNET ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST There is a new special interest Rootsweb mailing list about ancestors who emigrated from Cornwall to America. Covers genealogy, culture, history and emigration topics. This is similar to the other Cornish mailing lists, theCornish-L list and the Cornish-Gen-L list. There is o charge for this list. If interested--Subscribe to: CORNISH-AMERICAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Volume 12, Number 1 Page 5 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 My TALLON family lived in St. Ive, Cornwall from about 1861 to 1884. My grandmother, Catherine Tallon was born in St. Ive to Henry and Elizabeth Tallon in 1865. She lived there until 1881 when she immigrated with her sister, Mary, to the Upper Peninsula, MI. They traveled to meet up with their brothers, Thomas and William. By 1884, Elizabeth Pascoe Tallon, now a widow, sent/or brought all of her ten children to Michigan. Her husband, Henry Tallon died in 1878, following a cervical fracture (neck) of some years duration. Since he worked as a miner in St. Ive, I wonder if the injury was from a mine accident. The five sons of Henry and Elizabeth were miners as were all five of their daughters’ husbands. In 1888, William Honeychurch, another Cornish miner, traveled from Ogdensburg, NJ to Ishpeming, MI. There he met and married Catherine. They had three children in MI and then William brought his family back to New Jersey settling in Wharton. Catherine raised her eight children in Wharton, NJ and resided there until her death in 1963 at the age of 97. The parish of St Ive is situated in South Eastern Cornwall. It should not be confused with St Ives which is a fishing port and popular holiday destination in the far West of Cornwall. St Ive is pronounced locally as St ‘Eve’. Those of us who have ancestors from St. Ive Parish are very fortunate to have access to the informative website of Lynda Mudle-Small, OPC for the Lynher Parishes of St. Ive, Linkenhorn and South HIll. URL: http://www.lynherparishes.co.uk/St%20Ive/StIve.htm Population of St. Ive from 1801-1991 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Just as in the iron ore era of Northern New Jersey the population of St. Ive rose and fell with the fortunes of the mines. BY ANNE STEPHENS St Ive is a large rural parish of 5888 acres. To the north the parish is bordered by the south east corner of Bodmin Moor and Caradon Hill is prominent from most points within the parish. Also to the north is the parish of Linkinhorne which shares much the same history affected by the mid Victorian mining boom, as does St Cleer, another parish which forms the eastern boundary. The A390 Callington to Liskeard road goes across the southern part of the parish where the parishes of Menheniot and Quethiock lie. To the east the River Lynher divides the parish from South Hill. The parish has two ancient encampments dating from prehistory. One is at Tokenbury on the edge of the moor and the other is a large conical hill on the eastern border of the parish with the River Lynher running around two sides of it, this is known as Cadsonbury. The ancient manor of Trebeigh was run by the monks of Tavistock Monastry until the Norman invasion. In 1150 it was given to the Knights Templar to enable them to raise money for the crusades. There is a long-standing but unsubstantiated legend that there is a tunnel from Trebeigh to the church in which the knights used to hide all their valuables. It is likely that St Ive village developed as this time as a dormitory for the freed workers on the estate. The estate later passed to the Hospitallers of St John, until the Dissolution. After this it passed to the heirs of the Killigrews of Woolston and by marriage to John Wrey in whose family it remained until the 1960's. Other estates mentioned in the Domesday Book are Appledore, Bicton and Penharget. The parish used to be a large rural area of rolling landscape with wooded valleys and the population was sparse with the largest village being St Ive itself, sited on the A390. However the demography of the parish was radically altered with the mid-Victorian mining boom centred around Caradon Hill. South Caradon Mine situated just over the parish border was at one time the largest and most prosperous copper mine in the world and miners flocked to the area seeking employment in the 1830’s to 1850’s, especially as at this time the mines further west were beginning to fail. On the very edge of the moor under the shadow of Caradon Hill a mining settlement was established, originally known as Bodmin or Bodmon Land it is now called Pensilva. As the Caradon mines began to fail (from the 1870’s onwards), the population fell as many left the area to find work with a large percentage of those emigrating. St Ive went back to its peaceful rural existence. In 1930 Pensilva was described as “a Moorland village ….. the inhabitants are chiefly smallholders and farmers, regrators and retired business men and army and navy pensioners.” 88888888888888888888888888 West Briton newspaper transcripts at: http://freepages. genealogy.rootsweb.com/wbritonad Transcribed by: Rita Bone Kopp,OPC for St Stephen In Brannel and Julia Symons Mosman OPC for St Austell along with Isabel Harris, William Kemp and LaVelda Faull Volume 12, Number 1 Page 6 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 THE PATENT RECORD - A patent has been applied for by Samuel H. STEPHENS and another, Helston, for machinery for reducing tinstuff and other partially pulverised ores to extract the metal therefrom. A trade mark in class 34 has been registered by D. LITTLE, Truro. THE ARMY - The name of Lieut. W.E. COPELAND, 2nd Brigade, Western Division, Royal Artillery, who has been reading with the Rev. J.K. RASHLEIGH, Luxulyan Vicarage, appears as 17th in order of merit, on the list of the 81 successful candidates, in the recent October qualifying examination for Army Commissions. MORRAB HOUSE, PENZANCE - It is stated that Mr. KING, Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools for this district, has purchased Morrab House, Penzance, for the sum of £2,800. This prettily situated residence has for a long time been in the market, and Mr. King was one of the bidders when the house was recently offered for sale by auction. THE ST. IVES HARBOUR QUESTION - Mr. Bedford BOLITHO has very kindly offered to guarantee the funds needed towards carrying out the work proposed with regard to St. Ives Harbour. A meeting of the Town Council on the subject is reported in our third page. DEATH OF A CORNISHMAN IN AMERICA - Intelligence has been received at Camborne of the fatal accident to Mr. John Thomas JEFFERY at Leadville, North America. Deceased, who was about forty three years of age, was a native of Camborne, and left England twenty one years ago. SUDDEN DEATH AT REDRUTH - On Monday morning Mr. John CARLYON, coroner, held an inquiry at the King's Head at Redruth, into the cause of death of Mrs. Ann H. PAULL, who was discovered on Sunday afternoon dead in bed at her house, situate in a court opening from Fore-street. The deceased, who was 65 years of age, had, it appears, been suffering for some time from an ulcerated throat and seemed in rather poor circumstances. On Sunday there was great hemorrhage which, according to the medical evidence, resulted from complaint of the stomach. The jury, of which Mr. W. WALES, jun., was foreman, returned a verdict "That deceased died from natural causes." MEVAGISSEY HARBOUR - The usual monthly meeting of the trustees was held on Monday, under the presidency of Mr. Matthias DUNN (Vice chairman). There were five candidates for the office of harbour-master, all being from Mevagissey. They were Capts. D.G. WILLIAMS and E. LELEAN, and Messrs. Henry HUNKIN, James WILSON, and James BARBER. Eight voted for Capt. D.G. Williams and one for Capt E. Lelean, and the former was consequently duly elected. MEVAGISSEY WESLEYAN METHODIST HOME MISSIONS - Sermons in connection with the above were preached in the Wesleyan Chapel, Mevagissey, by the Rev. T.H. BAILEY, of Lostwithiel, on Sunday. On Monday evening a public meeting was held, under the presidency of the Rev. W.T. PULLEN (Wesleyan), Mevagissey, when addresses were given by the Revs. BICKLEY and STOCKER (of Mevagissey), and T.H. Bailey (of Lostwithiel). Collections were taken at each service in aide of the Home Mission Fund. SALTASH-TRAVELLING WITHOUT A TICKET- Abraham RALPH, formerly of Carnmarth, Gwennap, steward to Mr. Michael WILLIAMS, Guaton Hall, near Plymouth, and living at Yealmpton, appeared before the magistrates at Saltash on Tuesday, charged with travelling from Grampound-road to Saltash in a second-class carriage without a ticket. Mr. MATTHEWS, prosecuted on behalf of the railway company. Defendant was convicted and fined £1 and £3. 7s. 6d. costs. THE EXPLOSION AT KENNAL VALE - On Tuesday afternoon at Ponsanooth, an inquest was opened before Mr. Coroner CARLYON and a jury, of which Mr. T. ODGERS was foreman, touching the death of Wm. DUNSTAN. On the facts being made known to the coroner, the Home Office was communicated with, and Major CUNDILL, Royal Artillery, Her Majesty's inspector of explosives, was immediately sent down. Major Cundill travelled from London by the night mail, and on Tuesday morning made an inspection of the demolished building in company with the coroner. On arriving at the place where the inquest was held, Mr. Carlyon, addressing the jury, said:- Before I swear you I must inform you that you must all attend here again on Thursday morning, at eleven o'clock. The fact is that Her Majesty's inspector of explosives is not quite prepared, from the examination he has made, to come to any decided opinion about the cause of the accident. He wants to prepare himself further, and that he will do it in time for Thursday. To-day the body will be identified, and we shall adjourn to hear the evidence of the witnesses on Thursday. The jury were then sworn, and went to view the body, which lay in the house adjoining. Thomas GROSE then formally identified the body as that of William Dunstan, who worked at the powder mills. The Coroner - That is all we shall be able to do to-day; I must bind you over to appear here again on Thursday. West Briton, Thursday 10th November, 1887 >>>>> Volume 12, Number 1 Page 7 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 FATAL EXPLOSION AT KENNAL VALE POWDER WORKS - At a few minutes after eight o'clock on Monday morning the village of Ponsanooth, near Penryn was suddenly thrown into a state of most painful excitement by the loud report (heard for miles around) of an explosion at the Kennal Vale Gunpowder Company's Works. Within a very few minutes the entrance gates of the factory were besieged by a large crowd, all anxious for information, and dreading that the news would be of the most sorrowful kind. As the explosion occurred just before the men left for breakfast it was feared that there had been great loss of life. As the villagers congregated women shrieked and fainted and children cried bitterly. It was, however, quickly ascertained that only one man had been killed and one other injured. At seven o'clock in the morning the men had resumed work, operations having been suspended since one o'clock on Saturday afternoon. At 8.50 a.m. all were startled by a loud report. Upon the manager hastening to the factory, he found that a serious explosion had occurred in the upper presshouse, a building used for compressing the powder into cakes by hydraulic power after it has been received from the incorporating mills, and before it is sent to the granulating house to be broken into grains. This house was utterly demolished. Only one man, William DUNSTAN, was known to be at work within the building at the time of the explosion, and another James PADDY, was engaged with a horse and cart taking powder to and from the building. Paddy was found lying in a water-course about fifteen yards from the front of the building. He was considerably burnt about the face and hands, was badly cut about the head, and had his right leg and right arm broken. Perfectly conscious when found, he stated that he had backed his cart to the door of the house for the purpose of discharging some gun-powder dust in barrels which he had brought to be pressed. DUNSTAN was within the house and about to receive the powder from him when he (Paddy) saw a flash and remembered no more. At first no trace was found of the poor man Dunstan, but very soon afterwards a leg was discovered about five yards from the house, and the remainder of his body under a bank on the further side of a road, some 30 yards from the building. Of course, life was extinct. The cart standing in front of the building was much damaged, and with the horse had been apparently blown to some little distance. The horse was much singed, but with the exception of a slight cut from a splinter of glass, appeared to be otherwise uninjured. Some of the other buildings in the vicinity were damaged by the slating being shaken off by the concussion, and window sashes, &c, blown in, but beyond this the remaining buildings of the factory were uninjured. Nor would the explosion have communicated to any of them. At present no one is able to assign any cause for the explosion. Dr. BLAMEY of Penryn, was soon in attendance upon Paddy, who by his direction was removed to the Cornwall Infirmary at Truro, and there is reason to hope that he will recover. William Dunstan has unfortunately left a widow and a family of nine or ten children. Every precaution was taken at the works to reduce the risk of danger to a minimum. A farmer named KIRKE, who recently took an evicted farm at Lineshane,[?] Kerry, has been shot dead by Moolighters early. FATAL MINE ACCIDENT IN CORNWALL - Mr. GRENFELL, county coroner, held an inquiry at Herland Cross, Breage, on Friday afternoon, concerning the death of William SIMONS, miner, who was killed on the 1st inst. at West Frances Mine. John PRYOB, a miner working at the same mine, stated that on the evening of the 1st inst. he and the deceased went underground by the skip-road. When they arrived at the 105 fm. level Simons said he heard the skip coming, and witness told him to get out of the way, but instead of doing so deceased remained where he was until the skip came upon him, and when too late he tried to jump out of the way. There was plenty of time to get clear, but the deceased appeared to have lost all power over himself, and to be unable to move. Witness was quite sure the deceased was not the worse for liquor. The skip knocked deceased away, and on going to him witness found him sitting by the side of the travelling road. He said, "I am a dead man." Witness helped him on one side, and with assistance brought him to the surface in the skip. He was dead before they got there. The travelling road was by the side of the skip-road, and was the way by which they might and ought to have gone down. The men need the skip-road because it was easier and speedier to travel by. Witness had heard Capt. ROWE, one of the agents, tell the miners not to use the skip-road. The shaft was not divided. Mr. PINCHING, inspector of mines, who had been at West Frances on the previous day and examined the shaft, read to the jury the clause in the Mines Act referring to such cases. The clause stated that a shaft used for drawing ores, and with ladders or man-engine for the ascent and descent of miners, should be divided, but as there were no ladders or man-engine need in this shaft, which was flat enough for the men to walk down, it would seem that the Act did not apply in this case. He considered, however, that all such shafts should be divided, and had no doubt that such was the intention of the Legislature, but those who drafted the Act, by using the words "ladders or man-engine, only made it compulsory where either one or the other were used. The jury, of which Mr. W. Hendy SHEPHERD was foreman, returned their verdict - "That the deceased was accidentally killed by being struck with the skip at West Frances mine," and they added as a rider "that the travelling road by the side of the skip-road shall be made more convenient for the men travelling on it than it has hitherto been." DISTURBING THE SALVATION ARMY AT LISKEARD. - At the Liskeard Borough Police-court on Monday, before Mr. BORLASE CHILDS (Mayor), Mr. A. HINGSTONE, and Mr. W. NETTLE, magistrates, Joseph MARTIN pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent conduct at the Salvation Army Barracks on the 31st October. "Lieutenant" Widowfield said that, although Martin's conduct was bad, she wished the Bench to deal leniently with him, as he had pleaded guilty. The Mayor told Martin that he had made himself liable to a fine of £5, or two months' imprisonment, but the Bench would deal leniently and fine him 1s. and costs. His Worship added that the next person brought there for a like offence would be dealt with more severely. The Army people were entitled to protection, and they should have it. Volume 12, Number 1 Page 8 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 From the moment he could comprehend the talk of his elders, a young Cornish lad knew that he and other Cornish people were different; that Cornwall was different; that “being Cornish” was different. Why? He was not certain and probably would never really understand just why, but would be for sure realize that it was absolutely true! History would show him as it has enlightened others, that the Cornish were different, different than any other people on the face of the earth. The Cornish knew it and all those that came in contact with them soon realized it also. “They have Cornish eyes,” wrote Steinbeck in Travels with Charlie, concerning a group of inhabitants of New England. The Cornish had different tastes, amusements, food, opinions, outlooks and above all, an ironic wit that was their chief forte. They had a special character, one that smoldered beneath the surface of their countenance; one that was always ready to reach a boiling point at the least kindling; one with an irascible temper, yet a heart as soft as clay; a character with an awesome and stubborn pride! They were even different from their fellow countrymen, the English, in their looks and demeanor. They were unlike them because the Cornishman’s ancestors and predecessors were not of the same blood lines. Their forefathers were originally from the eastern Mediterranean islands around Crete and from the Iberian Peninsula. It was around the year 1400 BC that these dark-eyed sailors from Crete, having sailed along the shores of western Europe, finally landed along Cornwall’s north shore near the Hayle River area. There they must have gazed upon the rocky cliffs of Cornwall with a feeling of homesickness as their native land was so similar in nature consisting of jutting rocks above the steep banks with the crashing waves of the ocean below. It would have been the time when King Minos ruled Crete, the time when Greek mythology made Crete the stage of many adventures of the gods and of heroes. Crete was the birthplace of Zeus himself, the principal god of the Greek pantheon, the ruler of the heavens and of the other gods and mortal heroes. It was a place where stones and pillars were erected for the dead and the living, a place where people struggled for independence almost to the point of seclusion from all others. Its towns strived to be autonomous, its groups were self-reliant and its families desired to be selfsufficient. So it was that this blood, with its fiery independence, its great respect and fear of the dead, and its constant desire to inscribe rocks and stones, flowed into the Cornish land and populated the area. This Cretan blood was soon mixed with the blood of the brave Iberian sailors and immigrants who, while hugging the coastlines, wandered from their peninsula to the south. The Celts were the earliest Aryan settlers in Europe. They had been driven westward by the succeeding waves of Teutons, Slovenians and other tribes of the far east. At one time they were the predominant race in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Northern Italy and Spain. The Romans called them “Galli” or “Gauls” or “Gaels”. They were finally defeated by the power of Rome and were absorbed into the different conquering races. At an early time these Celts had settled mostly in northwestern Europe and had divided into two branches with different dialects. One was the Gaelic of the Scotland, Ireland and Manx area while the other was the Cymric, who occupied the areas of Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. It was from this latter group that the blood of the Cornishman came. The Cornishman, even if he had been told he was descended from these three combinations of blood lines, would have disputed it. He would say that his “dark and foreign look,” prevalent among many Cornish, came from the thousands of Spanish sailors who were fortunate enough to make it to the Cornish shore when their great Armada was sunk by Sir Francis Drake’s fleet. No matter where they are descended from or their source of origin, they were and are different! As they are different, it follows that their land is different also. Cornwall, it has been said, “remains the tail of England, and rather splendidly detached.” It is a duchy of England against its will and is a land of legend, myth and ancient history. It is the land of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table. It has been said that Arthur is to the Cornish what Theseus was to the Greek, what Odin was to the Norse, and what Apollo was to the Roman. Arthur’s mythology is to be found in Cornwall with every turn and tale. Tintagel was his birthplace, Castle Dinas his hunting lodge, Camelford his stomping grounds and where he was fatally wounded, Wartstow Burrow claims it holds his grave. Nansavallen, where he lived for a great period of time, is translated into the Cornish “Avallen” or “apple tree”: and later called “Avalon” where the weeping queens took his body when he died. He had another lodge at Penzance and so on and so forth as the stories go and are told. Cornwall is a land that consists of less than 2000 square miles and has a shape not unlike that of Italy, being a boot! Like Italy, it is almost completely surrounded by water. On the north is the Atlantic and on the south the English Channel. To the west it tapers into the area known as “Land’s End” where it pierces and divides both of said large waters. To the east it is separated from Devon by the long, wide Tamar River, hence it is “surrounded by water, like an island”. >>>> Why Cornish are Different by David William Knapp, a “Cousin Jack” Volume 12, Number 1 Page 9 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 At Land’s end, where the town of St. Just is located, the terrain consists of large rocky shores of granite and slate and it contains little greenery. As one travels easterly, however, the land changes into meadows, hills, flowing rivers and green pastures filled with the wonderful golden gorse with its fragrant yellow flowers. Everywhere, from its most westerly rocks to its flowing Tamar river, one finds stone monuments, stone chambers, barrows, trenches, mounds, circles and the remains of ancient castles. There are hilltop forts of rock and the odd slanting stones left to mark the burial place of a Cretan priest, king or queen. There is evidence everywhere that the Cornish forefathers worshipped the earth goddess. There are hundred of symbols of eastern ritual wherein the dead were buried in tombs or implanted below rock formations. No other place in England does such symbolic monuments exist. These ancestors of the present Cornish believed firmly in immortality. They built these mighty slab, tip tilted, granite tombs, some in the shape of roods for reasons unknown to the modern historian as they were probably erected fourteen or more centuries before Christ was crucified on a wooden one. Cornwall doesn’t consist entirely of such monuments. It has its farms chiefly located in the easterly portion and they are second to none in production. It has a fishing industry that thrives along the lengthy coastline and rocky shores which are habits for every kind of sea denizen. These same rocky shores with their hundreds of deep coves wee the homes and hidings places of the pirates of olden times and the smugglers of not too long ago. The prize and heart of Cornwall of yesteryear was neither its farming or fishing industries. Its life was not what was gained from the seas or fields nor the loot of the pirate or smuggler...It was what the Cornish took from the underworld. It was what he dug for! They were at home in the dirt! They were the “tinners,” or tin miners, above and under the surface of the ground; they were the copper seekers, the quarriers for rock, granite and slate; they were the clay workers; they were the “earthy people” and no one had a better knowledge or respect of the earth than they did. The earth was a religion to them. They loved it! They somehow visioned that by “working the ground” they were helping mankind and in doing that, almighty Providence itself. Mining was the mainstay of the economy in yesteryear and Cornwall was then producing most of the world’s tin and copper. At one time there were over 350 mines operating with over 50,000 Cornish, both men and women, working them. This then is a portion of the very interesting history of both Cornwall and its Cornish; these are some of the particulars that made them both “different”. 888888888888888888888888888888888888 Ed. This is a reprint from Kenderwi Kernewek, Newsletter of the California Cornish Cousins, Vol 14, No. 3. GLOBAL WARMING NOW A CORNISH CONCERN (Taken from Cornish World, Issue 42) Some of Cornwall’s best—such as The Lizard, the North Coast and St. Michael’s Mount are under threat if sea levels keep rising. And it seems inevitable without major changes. A recent publication by the National Trust highlights specific areas it believes may be affected. Loe Pool, at Porthleven, is one the biggest areas of concern if Loe Bar—the sand bar that separates Loe Pool from the sea—is breached. Crantock Beach could face dramatic changes as the sand dunes are migrating inland. The causeway that links St. Michael’s Mount to the mainland and the quay are both in danger of being flooded, making the mount a literal island. More frequent storms caused by global warming also pose a threat. The National Trust says that the report is a wake up call, and that the Trust would have to make some very hard decisions in the future about which areas to protect and which areas to let nature take its own course. It is anticipated that sea levels will rise by three feet over the next 75 years. Preliminary Announcement The Fourth Canvas A new novel by Neil Hawke To be published on May 26 by United Writers Publications of Penzance, ‘The Fourth Canvas’ is Neil Hawke’s first novel after a career writing non-fiction. A thriller, the novel is set in Vichy France and in wartime Cornwall, and is the story of a junior civil servant in the Vichy Ministry of Fine Arts who becomes the reluctant custodian of an Expressionist painting of the Head of State, Marshal PÈtain. Because the painting satirises the Marshal, it becomes hot property and its custodian, a marked man. This is a story of one man’s attempts to keep ahead of Vichy – and German – security as he makes a perilous escape through occupied France to what he believed was the relative safety of wartime Cornwall. What the civil servant failed to realise was that the insidious tentacles of Vichy security stretched a long way beyond France. Neil Hawke was born in Truro and brought up in St.Ives and until recently was Professor of Law at De Montfort University. ISBN 1 85200 119 4 Remember St. Piran’s Day March 5 Fly the flag Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 Volume 12, Number 1 Page 10 NEW MEMBERS We have five new members this quarter. James Rodda 12 Shady Lane Little Falls, NJ 07424 James has joined his wife, member Anne changing her membership to a family one. Carolyne Everett 105 Sandra Drive Parsippany, NJ 07054 973-334-0559 Carolyne was recruited by member, Mary Austin Three members of the PARKIN family. Sharon Parkin Hicks Warren Vincent Parkin John Charles Orlando Parkin, Jr. 35 Mc Gregor Ave 394 Maple Ave PO 177 Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856 Rahway, NJ 07065 Downs, IL 6175-0125 973-663-1513 732-382-4990 309-378-2044 The PARKIN family members are researching the following surnames: PARKIN, VINCENT, ROGERS and KINSMAN, from northern New Jersey and the Upper Peninsula, Michigan. CONNECTING CORNISH COUSINS PROGRAM Our co-editor Anne Stephens has been fastidiously compiling all of our submitted Cornish family information into a new database to assist those seeking common Cornish links to families and parishes in Cornwall. As our President Ann Dalrymple has mentioned in her message, this is a great research tool to locate not only real cousins, but those who may be able to assist us in finding more information about our particular Cornish ancestors, as well as for others to benefit from our own research. This works better when published and indexed material reaches the public notice for fluid interaction. We plan to publish this database in a future issue of the Crier, but first we must have your permission to do so. In order to protect your privacy, we have sent all members with their dues statement a simple response form to be returned with your dues. Realizing that not everyone wants their name, address, phone number or e-mail address availble to the general public, the form allows you to specify just what you authorize us to print. If we do not get your permission, we cannot print the data you previously sent us. Also, for new members, we will print your Cornish connection information in our New Members Column. And members may always add and update prior data. Don't fret; if you have never sent anything before, please do so now. The basic format will include three indexes. (1) Surnames and Parishes with a code number for the member who submitted that information. This code number will be alphanumeric: members' last name will be indicated by a letter corresponding to the first letter of their surname followed by numbers [which will be randomly selected]. For example, John SMITH could be given a code of S01. (2) This second index, alphanumeric, will indicate the name of the member submitting the information. (3) The third index will be an alphabetical list of members with references to their code number and families and parishes of interest. This should work out very well. We might do an annual update if enough interest is warranted, and we are sure it will be beneficial, as our newsletter is shared with other Cornish societies around the world. You never know, someone in the new Cornish society in Tasmania just might have the answers you have been seeking for years! We commend Anne for all of her hard work in preparing this database for the membership. Now it's up to you, our members, to contact us and help us help Thanks, Anne! From the desk of the editor, Barry Tracy Volume 12, Number 1 Page 11 Cornish Heritage Society East Newsletter March 2006 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 Membership Application for CHSE Name:________________________________ Phone:___________________________ Street: _______________________________ E mail:____________________________ Town:____________________________ State:____________ Zip:__________________ Cornish Ancestors (Names & parishes, if known) __________________________________________________ Continue on a separate sheet of paper, if necessary NOVEMBER 2005 MEETING Twenty-two members attended the Nov. 19 meeting “Christmas in November” our annual covered dish luncheon. The program “Reflections on the 13th Gathering” was presented by Bernice Elliott, Fred Varker and Myna Dumpert. Paul Dumbert showed the video of the “Presentation of the Plaque to Nancy” at the Gathering. Anyone up for the 14th Gathering in the Michigan Upper Peninsula? Here are some of members enjoying the Christmas luncheon at our last meeting DUES SCHEDULE The new dues schedule was agreed up by vote at the Nov. meeting. The new schedule enhances the basic (original) schedule with the addition of Sponsor and Patron. This will accomodate the members who wish to add a little to their membrship dues. This slight increase in income will enable the CHSE to meet the obligations to St. John's UMC for the use of a meeting place and add to their building program to make the church accessible according to ADA standards. Dear Anne, On page 47 of the December issue of the Cornish Crier under Funny Names, Hatevil‚ caught my eye. It seems that I have an ancestor named Hatevil Nutter‚. According to the references we have, he was born in England, came with his wife to New England in 1635, settled in what is now Dover, New Hampshire, owned a lumber business and a shipyard there. He was one of the first Elders of the church, and had no tolerance for Quaker missionaries. Since Hatevil‚ is an uncommon name here, but seems to be known in Cornwall, I thought you might like to know that another one of your Cousins‚ is acquainted with it. May good fortune smile on all your endeavors. My best always, Dorothy R. Paine Ogunquit, ME CORNISH CRIER ARCHIVES CHSE now has the first ten years of the Cornish Crier on a set of CDs. They are in the PDF format which is available to most computers. The fee for the 2 CD set is $5.00. Letters to the Editor Cornish Heritage Society East Formed to unite descendants of Cornish immigrants: to promote the study of the ancient culture of Cornwall; to forge and maintain bonds with Cornish around the world. We meet four times a year with an Annual Meeting on the Saturday nearest to St. Piran’s Day (March 5) President – Ann Trezona Dalrymple 197 Wykertown Rd, Branchville, NJ 07826 973-875-3758 Email: dalryab@nac.net 1st VP – Barry Tracy 2nd VP – Anne Stephens Secretary – Sylvia Stephens Hadowanetz Treasurer – Fred Varker Historian – Art Smith Membership : Individual $15. Family, within the same house is $20. Student: $5. Sponsor: $30. Patron: $50. Make checks payable to CHSE, send to: Cornish Heritage Society East Picture by Charles Winpenny Cornwallcam.com.uk The sun setting on the Great Flat Lode behind one of the Cook’s Kitchen engine houses Vol 12# 2 The Ford-Faesch Manor House of Mount Hope, NJ Our June meeting will include a trip to the Ford- Faesch Manor House in Mount Hope. Mining began in the Mount Hope area about 1710, and the mines were in operation for about 250 years. During the Revolution the mines greatly aided the American effort, and even Hessian prisoners were employed to bolster the war effort. Many actually preferred to stay in America after the war and left many descendants. They were soon followed by many other immigrants who would labor in the mines, the Cornish were outstanding among them. The manor house was built about 1770 by Jacob Ford, and was soon taken over by John Jacob Faesch, an ardent patriot for the American cause. Mr. Faesch was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1729, and came to America in 1765 to manage the Ringwood Furnace, also in New Jersey. He left there and commenced at Mount Hope in 1772. He was in control of several other nearby furnaces as well, and was indeed a very prominent member of society. He became a County Judge and Justice of the Peace, and was a member of the convention to ratify the federal constitution in 1787. In 1790 he removed to Morristown and later to Old Boonton, dying there in 1799. He was buried in Morristown with other family members. Please join us for this fascinating look into the rich local history at our doorsteps. The above information was gathered from the internet from various sources, among them the Biographical & Genealogical History of Morris County (1899) and an article published in the Neighbor News on 10 August 1994 by Evon Stecky. Though not on the tour itself. we recommend that those interested drive by the now sadly forlorn and hopefully to be restored old Mount Hope Cornish Methodist Church, almost across the road from the manor house. This was built for the miners by the company in 1868. In general structure the front and steeple greatly resemble the old church turned into a theater in Rockaway. We do not recommend walking around the area, as there is no parking, the gound is very uneven, and the traffic is a problem as well. However, we recommend that those who want a side trip after the tour drive by the well maintained old Teabo Cornish Methodist Church and view it from the exterior. Maps and directions will be provided at the meeting, and carpooling is recommened. We hope you will enjoy this memorable tour of America's treasured past. Please join us and bring your friends!