The Cornish Crier, Volume 14, Number 4 Kevardhu/December 2008
Newsletter of the Cornish Heritage Society East for the Cornish of New England, New York and New Jersey

By Gerry DeLazier
On Sunday, September 14, we met at noon in Bloomingdale at the home of Gerry DeLazier where we had our usual pasty lunch and meeting. Then we moved on to the Long Pond Ironworks and Village, established in 1867, in Hewitt where we were given a walking or riding tour of the ironmaking village. At this location bars of cast iron were made from iron ore mined in the surrounding area. Following is a short description of the process which is taken from their brochures”

“Most 18th and 19th century blast furnaces were stone stacks with heat-resistant interior chambers, where the ore was smelted into cast iron. The furnaces were loaded from the top with three ingredients: iron ore, fuel (charcoal or coal) and limestone (a chemical-fluxing agent). Adjacent waterwheels powered huge bellows or piston engines that blasted air into the furnace, raising the temperature inside to the 1,800-2,500 degrees Fahrenheit required to smelt iron.

Blast furnaces operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for most of the year. Acres of forest were turned into charcoal and tons of ore brought from local mines to satisfy the furnace’s insatiable appetite. Twice a day, workers tapped the furnace to drain the liquefied iron into molds dug into the sand-lined casting-house floor. These bars of cast iron, known as “pigs”, were sold to foundries and other manufacturers, where they were reheated and worked into a wide variety of iron and steel products.”

Because of the extreme heat and humidity that day, some of the group took advantage of the riding tour. Others walked but by the end of the tour there were only 8 of the perspiring walkers and our guide who completed the walking tour. The riders, of course, were more comfortable.

Professor Lew Bird and Margaret Carne will preent a program about John Betjeman a revered English poet who is buried at St. Enodoc in Cornwall.

Mt Hope Miners Church Re-dedication Day
Ice Cream Social - August 23, 2008
By Anne Stephens
Photos by Phil Reynolds
ca. 1990 2005 2008
Volume 14, Number 4 Kevardhu/December 2008
The day dawned bright,
shiny and warm. The lemonade and
ice cream with fresh strawberries
were cold and delicious.
The church was open to the
public for the first time since 1984,
and gave us a step back to the past.
The cooperation of the
organizing groups, MORRIS
COUNTY PARK COMMISSION,
MORRIS COUNTY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY and the HISTORICAL
SOCIETY OF THE ROCKAWAYS
co-ordinated this special day which
included the rededication of the
miners’ church, plans for the future,
and the Faesch Choral group
rendition of the old favorite songs.
We were welcomed by Judith
Schleicher and Mark Texel of the
Morris County Park Commission,
the Rockaway Township Mayor
Louis Sceusi, and also by Richard
Stephens, the 1868 mine captain of
the Mt Hope Mine. The latter was
protrayed by John Dunado. I could
hear him welcoming my own and
Bernice’s great grandfather, Edward
Rodda to Mt.Hope.
Across the street the Faesch House was opened to the public for tours of the
restoration. For those members who were at our field trip to the Faesch House in 2006 were happy to see the amount of
restoration that has been completed in the short time.
There were oral histories taken from those who have memories of Mt Hope. Besides the several people dressed in
timely 1868 outfits, there was also a horsewoman riding her horse dressed in 1868 riding outfit.
Besides myself, several CHSE member atended this speciial day, Bernice Elliott, Bob Carlyon with his wife, Sandy,
Andre and Linda Verge with their 2 daughters.
There are many pictures of this day are online at the website of the Historical Society of the Rockaway at
http://historyguild.org/histrock/photos/program4.htm. There are many photos of the the church, inside and outside, showing
the restoration that has already been accomplished.

President’s Message: Joan Iva Wheeler
In lieu of a direct message from our President, the editor
was asked to convey her apologies for being unable to complete
her regular message. Joan is a very busy lady, especially during
election time. However, we are delighted to report that she was
re-elected to her position on the Fanwood Town Council.
Congratulations, Joan! Also, she recently had a bad fall and
broke her leg, but she is expected to recover smoothly. Fast
recovery, Joan!
The editor would also like to thank our members for there
wonderful contributions to our newsletter. It surely enhances our
quality and is a fine legacy to pass down our heritage to others
in the future. We truly encourage our members and readers to
offer their own family history and share their knowledge of
Cornish life and reminiscences. Please contact your editors to
insure that your contributions are sent. We will gladly retype and
edit your material for publication. THANKS! Your Editor

Sylvia’s Recipe Corner
SAFFRON CAKE OR BUNS
2-1/2 lbs. flour 1 lb currants
3/4 lb shortening (butter or Crisco) 4 oz. lemon peel (chopped fine)
1/2 tsp salt 2 pkg. yeast
1/8 cup sugar 2 grams saffron
Steep saffron for at least 1 hour in 1 cup warm water – add 2 tsp. sugar and pinch of salt. Prepare
yeast as directed on package. Mix dry ingredients – rub in shortening, then add fruit. You can add more fruit
if you wish. Add yeast, mix together and add saffron. Slowly add about 1 more cup of warm water, until
mixture is the consistency of bread dough. Let dough rise in warm place until double in bulk. Punch down and
let rise again. After second rising divide into two loaves and bake in 375 degree oven for 30 – 40 minutes.
This is Lottie Trythall’s (Virginia Richmond’s mother) handwritten recipe. Lottie was my mother’s
best friend. Her recipe was really basic, so I’ve added a few directions.
Back in the 1930's one of the wonderful parts of Christmas was the baking of saffron buns or saffron
cake. Along about the middle of November our family would receive a parcel from Aunti Mabel or Auntie
Lizzie, my mother's sisters. It always contained a rolled up copy of the "West Britain" and there was no doubt
about what was hidden between the pages - two or three packages of very aromatic saffron.
About four evenings before Christmas Mom would set the saffron to "steep" in boiling water. It had to
be left near the coal stove overnight. The next day the currants had to be cleaned, checked for stems and
stones, and washed. The flour was rubbed into the shortening (or butter) and the dough was kneaded well,
formed into buns (some with a small bun on top of the big one) and at least two loaves put into baking tins.
The rising and baking took several hours, but oh what wonderful results! There was enough to provide us with
buns with our cup of tea before bedtime, for slices of cake for "company" and plenty of breakfast buns to last
the whole Christmas season.
Although saffron cake was made a few more times during the year, the ones at Christmas and Easter were
really special, and set the stage for the holidays.

THE REEDS
By R.M. Reed
Charter Member of the C.H.S.E.
Now that the summer has past, the daylight hours grown
shorter and the 300 feet of fencing put up around my property, I
would like to tell you about another Cornish American family of
mine, the Reeds.
First, I would like to thank Ed Martin of Cornwall for his
researching and sharing the Reed information prior to their coming
to America, with myself and cousin, Barbara Flannery Fernandez.
I will begin with my ninth great-grandparents, Philip Reed
and his wife Joan (---?---). Philip was born in Wendron and died
there in 1605. Joanne also died there in 1605. Together they had
three children, one, James was my eighth great-grandfather.
Skipping through my other great-grandparents and their
families, I’ll begin with Thomas and Elizabeth Bolitho Reed, my
first great-grandparents. I told you of my Bolitho connections in the
Cornish Crier of June 2007. Thomas was born in Carmenellis, the
son of William Reed and Rachel Johns. He and Elizabeth were
married 14 January 1865. Together they raised nine children, two of
whom came to America: Edith Emily Rachel Reed and my
grandfather, David Henry Reed.
Edith was born in Carnmenellis in 1871. I discovered her
living in a small village called Cottonwood, Stevens County, in
the state of Washington. She married Thomas Jenkin on 23
October 1899 in the farm house of her father-in-law. Thomas was
born in Carmenellis, also on a place called Carmenellis Hill. Three
years after they married, they moved to a small town in British
Columbia, Canada, called Greenwood, where Thomas worked as a
master mechanic. After visiting friends in Nelson, B.C. Edith
became ill at her friends' home, and she died of heart failure, on 18
Oct 1912. She is buried at Nelson, in a Masonic plot.
I have wondered if my grandfather ever went out to
Washington State or up to British Columbia to visit his sister and
brother-in-law, or if his last contact with them was at home in
Cornwall. I’ll never know.
My grandfather David came to America in 1890, settling
in Ishpeming, MI. He was born in Redruth 16 March 1868 and
was listed there as a tin miner at the age of 13. I have a copy of
his Letter of Intention to become an American citizen, but don’t
believe he ever did, since my grandmother, Josepha Jane
Tremethick, whom he married on 28 September 1901, lost her
citizenship, because she was married to an alien during WWII. She
did get it back in 1943, however. My grandfather was a miner in
Ishpeming for several years and died there, in August 1943. My
grandmother died there also in 1950.
My dad was the second son of six children born to David
and Josepha, on Aug 1906. I found him living in New Jersey in
the 1930 Census, with the Walton Lewthwaite family, as a border
in their home, on Richard Mine Road, Rockaway Township,
Morris Co., NJ.
He was 23, a miner and father of two children: William and Dona. He married
my mother on 24 March 1925 in Marquette, MI. He left his family in Detroit, with
his in-laws, until he could provide for them here in New Jersey.
As the story goes, my grandfather had my dad fired from an iron mine in
Negaunee, MI, when he found him working there, because he did not want any of his
three sons to become miners. My cousin, Barbara Flannery Fernandez, the oldest
daughter of my dad's sister, Retha, told me that she remembers as a small girl in
Ishpeming, our grandfather telling her and her sisters to “get up to Camborne Hill," a
signal for them to climb the stairs and get to bed.
Unemployed and having a family to support, my dad took advantage of his
connections to his Aunt Emma Jane Tremethick Jewell, who was married to Sam
Jewell the mining captain at the Richards Mine here in New Jersey and with that
connection ended up working as a miner there.
After the arrival of my mom, brother and sister, he was laid off from the
Richards Mine and found work as a miner at the Oxford Mine, Warren Co., NJ during
which time my sister Sharon was born.
Eventually, they moved back to the Richard Mine area prior to 1937, because
I was born in a home there, where the foundation still stands, on Richard Mine Road.
At the time I was born, my birth certificate showed my dad working at the Alan
Wood Mine, in Mine Hill, Morris Co., MJ. This meant that we had to move again and we did in 1938, to a small mining village
called “Scrub Oaks,” consisting of 40 company-owned homes. It was quite an experience being raised there. In the Cornish Crier
of August 2002, I wrote about that period. That’s where the last of the Reed children were born: Beverly and Charles.
My mother was born in Dec 1905, in Negaunee, MI. I wrote about her Chellew family in the Cornish Crier of February
2002. I recall at times her letting me help her make pasties, by allowing me to dice some of the meat, while she did the rest. She
loved to cook and bake and enjoyed the many thanks she received for her efforts. Mom made pasties to sell as well, to the workers
at Picatinny Arsenal, village families and the employees at the Scrub Oaks Mine. In the early 1950s she also sold them from a
rented store-front in Dover, Morris Co., NJ. All the baking being done in a tiny kitchen and brought down by car to be sold.
We lived there until the mine, where my dad had spent the majority of his 50 years under ground, closed. My dad passed
away on Christmas Day in 1968, and my mom in February 1983 at the home of my brother, William, in Toms River, NJ.
It has been 78 years since my parents made their way
down from Michigan, to raise six children, from whom came
16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. As might be
expected, there have been several bumps along the way. One
example being was that my brother, at the age of 17, was
declared as being missing in action aboard the USS Texas
during WWII, and found on a September 1943 issue of the
Saturday Evening Post, where he is shown smiling and
looking through the hole, made by a German shell, off the
coast of France. That was the first time my parents knew he
was alive, since they had received the telegram from the War
Department.
The blessings, though, have outweighed the the
bumps. Through the years the Bill and Mary Reed family are
still spreading the branches of our Cornish American heritage.
I am the last one left of the original six and will
continue researching my roots with the hope that one of my
family members will continue to add where I leave off. Time
will tell.
The CARLYON FAMILY of Breage, Cornwall, Michigan and New Jersey
By Bob CARLYON
[great-great-grandson of William and Mary (Roberts) Carlyon]
William Carlyon and Mary Roberts were married by banns on March 29, 1835 at Breage, Cornwall.
They had six children:
1. Peter b. Dec. 1836
2. Mary Jane b. c. 1840
3. Thomas James b. Dec. 26, 1841
4. Sarah b. March 19, 1854
5. Thomas H. b. Feb. 1858
6. Elizabeth Jane b. Feb. 1860
Brothers Peter and Thomas James both were
miners in Cornwall, were married and had families.
They left Cornwall to seek work in the United States.
They arrived in Mount Hope, NJ in 1865 and worked
a year in order to bring their families to Mount Hope.
Thomas Carlyon married Jennifer Rule at Breage in
1862, and one daughter was also born in Breage. As
recorded in the family Bible, six more children were
born, five in Mount Hope, and one in Hibernia, NJ.
One of those born in Mount Hope was my grandfather
Peter Carlyon, who was born on Dec. 26, 1874.
Brother Peter Carlyon, born in December
1836, had ten children. Three were born in Cornwall,
three in New Jersey, two in Scranton, PA, and two in
Michigan. They both worked in Mount Hope and
Hibernia until about 1898, and then moved west.
Thomas and his family went directly to Ishpeming, and Peter worked in the Scranton coal mines for several years, and then went to
Michigan.
Around 1899 my grandfather married Lillie Holmes of Hibernia, NJ, and they had five children born and raised in
Ishpeming, MI. One was my father Thomas James Carlyon, born in 1900. He took up the family trade and became a miner as a
youth. Jennifer (Rule) Carlyon died on Oct. 6, 1906. Both my grandparents were avid hunters and fishermen. At that time the Upper
Peninsula was still mostly virgin forest, and provided good sport. Both
worked the night shift in the mine, and during the days loved hunting on
snowshoes in sub-zero weather.
In the mid-1920s my grandfather and his grandchildren returned to
Rockaway, NJ, accompanied by my father Thomas James Carlyon. Two
brothers, Richard and William remained in Ishpeming, and the others
came east and settled in New York State. Richard raised his family in
Michigan, and William was killed in the Barnes & Hecker mine cave-in.
He left a widow and children.
My father continued mining in Mount Hope upon his return to New
Jersey. However, in the mid-1950s he gave up mining for a factory job.
This was about the time of the Barnes & Hecker disaster, when three of
the Carlyons were lost. This may have been the reason for leaving the
mines. As far as I know, he was the last of our line to mine.
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Great grandparents
Thomas James Carlyon b. 12/26/1841
Jennifer Rule b. 1836
Mount Hope Miner’s cottage
To the left is a photo of the home where Peter
Carlyon, Bob’s grandfather was born in 1874
My father married Olive Sutton when he
returned to New Jersey. They had two daughters,
Lois, and another infant daughter who died. The
mother Olive died as well. In 1930 he married
my mother, Dorothy Richards, resulting in two
sons: the writer, Robert L. and his brother
William Peter Carlyon.
Growing up, we still carried on the
family tradition of hunting and fishing. My
grandfather and father both raised beagle hounds,
and whenever possible, grandfather, father,
brothers, uncle and cousins all went hunting. It
was fun! My father died at age 63, but my
grandfather lived to reach 92. The last year he
hunted he was 90. I piggybacked him to a deer
stand. It was great!
Our family always gathered for birthday
parties. The highlight was my grandfather's
birthday. The cake was always filled with
candles. In later years, he did need help in
blowing them out. We always got together on the
holidays. My Carlyon grandma always had plenty
of saffron buns. These are good memories.
I hope I can pass them on to my children
and grandchildren. My wife Sarah, whom I
married in 1967, was born and raised in Dorset,
England. She is not Cornish, but close. We have
two children: a son Thomas James, and a
daughter, Susan, as well as three grandchildren:
Nathanial Carlyon, Yelena Carlyon, and Ryan
Graf. No Thomases, Peters or Williams yet.
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We appreciate Bob sharing his family story with us. For those who haven't, won't you
be kind to send it to the editor? Thanks, Bob. --- Ed.
Belerion Books
Jim Thompson of Belerion Books has donated the following three CD books to the CHSE Library. A full
listing of Belerion Books is available ot the website: <www.belerionbooks.com>
Jim has announced this Special Offer from Belerion Books with this coupon code: B59CFX
A 10% off until 12/31/08 on all CD books,15% on orders of $25 or more.
Other offers will be announced in 2009
Penzance Natural History & Antiquarian Society 1888-1889
Author: various
Copyright: 1889
Description: 98 pages, many leading scholars of the day were members of this society. The book is a fascinating look at
the society’s activities for the year 1888-1889.
Subjects incllude: Excursions into the Penwith countryside, St. Buyan Sanctuary, Ludgvan church, St. Mchael’s
Mount, Madron, Newlyn, Flora & Fauna, Garden Snails of Cornwall, Parson Rudall and the Botathen ghost, foreign plants in
West Cornwall, bird nesting on Scilly, the Cornish and Manx languages compared and much much more.
Book is scanned at 300 DPI grayscale, but is fully indexed and searchable.
Cornish Song Book
Author: Ralph Dunstan
Copyright: 1929
Description:
144 pages; the nice thing about this book in Adobe Acrobat format is the ability to simply click [print] and presto a nice copy
of the sheet music, need 10 copies for a little sing--along, no problem. Heck you could even have a laptop mounted on top
of the organ or piano and play along whilst reading it from the screen. Music instructors could project it onto a screen for a
whole choir to see! Great idea for your next Cornish gathering, about 175 songs in all. These songs have been scanned
with a new technique which should result in a cleaner printed copy than either B&W or normal grayscale.
New additions to our CHSE LIBRARY
Cornish Extended Family Website
(Note from Anne Stephens)
Jim Thompson also hosts a website: Cornish Extended Family website at: http://cornish-family.netfirms.com/
This is a website for anyone with Cornish heritage. I have a webpage with my picture and interests on it. From this
webpage I have received several emails from distant cousins that have been very helpful in filling out my family history.
Go to the website, click on members, Look at the alphabetical list for S, then scroll down to Anne Stephens, click on
that and voila, there ‘s my page.
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A Description of Cornwall 1769
Author: Anon
Copyright:1769
Description:
Published by Newberry and Carnan of London, 164 pages, 7 copper plates. Introduction by Jim Thompson.
This is a quite rare book and certainly one of the finest books dealing with all aspects of life in Cornwall with extensive
coverage of the Scilly Isles.
Topics:
Antiquities, Curiosities, Situation, Figure, Extent, Climate, Rivers, Lakes, Mineral Waters, Soils, Fossils, Caverns Plants,
Minerals,Agriculture, Civil Divisions, Ecclesiastical Divisions, Cities, Towns, Palaces, Seats, Corporations, Markets, Fairs,
Manufactures, Trade Sieges, Battles and the Lives of the illustrious men each county has produced.
Cornish Extended Family Website
(Note from Anne Stephens)
Jim Thompson also hosts a website: Cornish Extended Family website at: http://cornish-family.netfirms.com/
This is a website for anyone with Cornish heritage. I have a webpage with my picture and interests on it. From this
webpage I have received several emails from distant cousins that have been very helpful in filling out my family history.
Go to the website, click on members, Look at the alphabetical list for S, then scroll down to Anne Stephens, click on
that and voila, there ‘s my page.
Letter to the Editor
From: Robert Vivian <rpv47@hotmail.com>
To: cornishdesc@yahoo.com
Sent: Sunday, September 7, 2008 1:40:52 PM
Subject: THE CORNISH CRIER
Hi, Barry!
Congratulations on another fine issue (Sept 2008). Hope you'll be able to attend
the September 14 meeting, as it takes place on a Sunday.
I also enjoyed reading about your Maine and New Hampshire connections and write
to let you know that since John Libby was on Richmond Island in 1636, you are invited to
join the Order of the First Families of Maine, 1604-1652.
Please consider it. For more information go to the website:
http://offme.homestard.com/
Art and Kae Smith
Our members Art and Kae Smith recently
celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. A picture was
taken on July 5, 2008 at their favorite restaurant where
three of their children hosted a party for the lucky couple.
The children with their spouses and ten of eleven
grandchildren were in attendance. The oldest grandchild,
Adrian, age 23, had just returned from a tour of duty in
Afghanistan. He lives in Charleston, SC, so he wasn't
expected to attend. As the guests were getting ready to
order dinner, he walked in the door with his girlfriend.
They had been planning for several months to surprise his
grandparents. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful dinner and
afterwards all returned to the anniversary couple's home.
Upon arrival, there were 40 more friends and relatives
waiting to share champagne and cake. Even friends from
West Virginia made it. It was a great gathering and quite a
surprise!
The couple was married at the First Presbyterian
Church, July 5, 1958 in Elmira, New York by Rev. Martin
D. Hardin, the minister who baptized Kae as an infant. He
was Adlai Stevenson’s first cousin!!
Balmaidens
The fascinating story of the history of
Cornish women in the mining industry is
becoming available.
Lynne Mayers the author of two books
and a new one to come out very soon, has
made this topic her research mission.
We have her first 2 books in our CHSE
library. They are all published by Hypatia Trust,
Penzance, Cornwall.
1. Balmaidens 2004
2. A Dangerous Place to Work 2007
The third book,
THE BALMAIDENS:
A PORTRAIT OF WOMEN IN MINING
will be out soon. I keep checking with
Amazon.com website daily, as I hope that one
of the portraits will be of my great grandmother,
Caroline Riddle.
Ed. Anne
Start your day with fascinating photos of our own
Cornwall, provided by Charles Winpenny. Check
his website at: http://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/
Sunset at the Mt. Hope Miners’ Church
December 8, 2007
With a tradiitionally decorated Christmas tree
L-R: John Dunado, Mark Texel, The Faesch Carolers, Mayor Louis Sceusi
Photo by: Phil Reynolds
Historical Society of the Rockaways