Alias Watch....!

[Mal]

I thought I would post this to help with those darn ALIASES that CT loves so much... If you look on pages 7-8 of Madron Book 1 which you can download for free in PDF it gives a list of the aliases

ALIAS WATCH

Ley/Lea alias Kempthorne
ftom Vivians
Cossen alias Maddern/Maddren
from Vivians, Madron Book etc
Kearne alias Tresilian
from Vivians
Davies alias Gendall
from OPC/Philimores etc
Chynoweth alias Trevelissick
from Vivians
Thomas alias Roberts
Thomas alias Angove
Thomas alias Polgoone (?)
Thomas alias Daddow
Stevens alias Stinion
Stevens alias Row
Stevens alias Roe
Stevens alias Trevawin
Kegwin alias Hoskyn
Symons alias Crankan
Rowe alias Chepy
Richard alias Maddern

Davy, Davis, Davies etc alias Rowan
....oh no.... ;D

Bodennar alias Noye
This one is interesting because there seems to be a connection between the Harry, Noye and Bodinnar families at Paul, and later Carvosso although I haven't been able to establish anything yet.

Ankow allias Harries
Anmear alias James
Harries alias Penreeth
Harries alias Cleare (?)
Trembath alias Hoskin

I have included some of the names I have seen popping up here from time to time, so perhaps, added to bad spelling and variants, if you can't find an ancestor, check what the aliases were too!!!

M

[Zenobia]

I've tangled with aliases in a number of my families.

In Gwithian I have Bennett Harry of Angarrack, who has several children baptised as children of Bennett Angarrack.

My Richard Roberts, who called himself 'alias Trevernan' (from his landholding) was called by his inventories "alias Jenkin", which finally led me to discover his marriage as "Richard, son of Robert Jenkin".

Also in Gwithian I have Lawrence Rondall, who alternately appears as Lawrence Tolsethan, and whose son John calls himself John Lawrence.

And in Gulval and Lelant I have the Bennatts alias Kerrow family, which is further confused by the progenitor, Bennatt Kerrow having two sons (born two years apart) named James, who alternately call themselves James Bennatts, James Kerrow, James Bennats alias Kerrow etc. (usually adding 'the younger' or 'the elder'.)

[Cornish Terrier]

And then there is Trewhela alias Polglase and Polglase alias Trewhela from the Breage area.

[Mal]

What I see with many aliases is that may refer to the place where the family came from and/or the "clan" to which people belonged.

Looking over the channel I found this about the use of aliases in France, given that Cornishmen have a good dose of Norman and Breton blood in them then perhaps it's worth considering these factors too..

Alias Surnames or Dit Names

In some areas of France, a second surname may have been adopted in order to distinguish between different branches of the same family, especially when the families remained in the same town for generations. These alias surnames can often be found preceded by the word "dit." Sometimes an individual even adopted the dit name as the family name, and dropped the original surname. This practice was most common in France among soldiers and sailors.

[tonymitch]

Bit like the Welsh....I used to work with several David Jones' who were nearly all related. They all adopted, or to be accurate had Alias' forced upon them, usually corresponding to physical characteristics. We had Dai Bryn; Dai Womble; Dai Scarface and even a Davy Crocket, because he always wore a hat.

[white]

Jul 23, 2009 17:53:46 GMT -5 tonymitch said:

Bit like the Welsh....I used to work with several David Jones' who were nearly all related. They all adopted, or to be accurate had Alias' forced upon them, usually corresponding to physical characteristics. We had Dai Bryn; Dai Womble; Dai Scarface and even a Davy Crocket, because he always wore a hat.

My Father,David White, who worked for the Coop for many years as a bread delivery man was always known as Dai the Bread.
But have you heard of "Dai Flathead".
2 Londoners visiting the Rhondda popped into one of the little pubs for a drink. Stood by the bar they noticed a man coming in who was about 4 foot tall and almost as wide.They imediately started to laugh at his appearance. One of the locals then reprimanded them for laughing and said that Dai, known as "Dai Flathead" was a local hero and that no one would like to see him ridiculed.He told the tale of Dai being underground when they had a roof fall. Dai, who was 6 foot tall at the time, held up the roof whilst the others escaped.
The 2 Londoners apologised for their laughter, but did ask how Dai had such a large cauliflower ear. They were told that this was where they hit him with the sledge hammer to get him out. ;D

[Mal]

I found a reference by William Gwavas to a certain member of the family referred to as "Pedngwynn" because of his white hair, apparantly very typical in "Celtic" countries. I can't remember which one it was, but add to this that Gwavas was an alias of Hicks and vice versa and that Pedngwyn (Penwyn) might have been translated into English giving "Whitehead" and you can see how easily messy it can get...

[londoner]

mpsgg.com/WDIM/WDIM_24.html

one of the best - and easy to understand, definitions of the use of Alias

[Mal]

Jenny and I have just established that MARY-MOLLY-POLLY may be one to watch out for too....!