Thomas Henry Curnow b 14 Jan 1864 Stithians

[sue]

Hi all

I am after some help in finding what happened to this young man after the 1881 census. I am guessing that he has emigrated - there is no apparent death record in UK in Freebmd.

This is the 1881 census entry:
At Trewithen, Stithians,
CURNOW John Head M M 51 Ag Lab Cornwall - Zennor
CURNOW Grace Wife M F 52 Cornwall - Mabe
CURNOW Mary E D U F 27 Dressmaker Cornwall-Budock
CURNOW William J. Son U M 24 TinMiner Cornwall-Mabe
CURNOW Thomas H. S U M 17 Tin Miner Cornwall-Stithians
CURNOW Elizabeth C. Dau - F 15 Help Mother Cornwall - Stithians
CURNOW Albert C. Son - M 11 Scholar Cornwall - Stithians

I should say at this stage that I am not currently interested in antecedents; "just" where he went after Spring 1881, as I wish to eliminate him from my enquiries. (But will come back to his family in the future, as I expand my pursuit of Curnows

14 Jan 1864 is an actual date of birth, rather than a baptism.

Any sightings in USofA, Australia et al gratefully received.

Thanks.

Sue

[newlyn]

There was a Thomas Curnow burial 25.11.1888 Chacewater Parish Church.
Thomas was aged 25.

I haven't checked any farther to see if this is the right Thomas.
But Chacewater is not that far away from Stithians.

[davidkingmartin]

Sue: This a "shot in the dark".
Thomas H Curnow 1900 US Fed Census,Teller, Colorado. I cannot aceess the detail.
Other sources: A miner. Died 1906, USA.(An Ancestry member source).
Thomas Curnow bap.(?) 14 July 1864 Lelant (wrong place but date may fit).Some of my data "matches" the 1881 Census return to which you refer...but it`s Lelant!

His mother may be Mary Roach.

David

[sue]

Thomas Curnows are tricky!

Thanks both for quick replies.

I have the full 1900 Colorado census entry for Thomas H Curnow. It gives detail of birth/age as July 1864, age 35 – which is another Thomas Curnow, my GGfather. And it is that Thomas Curnow birth date (not baptism) 14 July 1864 who is at Lelant 1881, with his widowed mother Mary, nee Roach. (There is only one Thomas Curnow born that calendar Q per Freebmd.)

If you had any more information surrounding the Ancestry source “Other sources: A miner. Died 1906, USA.(An Ancestry member source). “, which might give me clues, or an idea of the accuracy of the person's reasoning perhaps via the named immediate family, I would be really interested David (I am not currently an Ancestry member, I wouldn't use it much in the summer time..... )

The Chacewater burial: strictly the Thomas Henry Curnow I am looking for would have been 6 weeks short of his 25th birthday at a burial date of 25 November 1888 (given birth date of January 1864), and he already had the middle name Henry at date of registering birth, per Freebmd – but I shan't discount that burial. Oddly, I can't see a Freebmd death for Thomas Curnow to correspond to Nov 1888 burial...

Sue

[davidkingmartin]

Sorry,Sue. I cannot pin down my source ("a miner...died 1906").It may have come as an e-mail from a "treeholder", Apr 2009 (I exchange dozens of e-mails with persons, through Ancestry, GR or Geni...often in response to an error found on my Tree!)
David

[sue]

It's possible it came from a thread here, as in April 09 is when I was asking previously about my Thomas H Curnow!

Anyway, I just wish to report a sighting of Thomas Henry Curnow, born Stithians Jan 1864 son of John Curnow & Grace Pellow:

Browsing that fancy part of IGI/Family Search spoken of elsewhere on the forum a few times & that CT has just mentioned again keeps getting new additions, I have just managed to marry him off & thus definitely eliminate him so to speak ;D:
10 Jan 1885, at Stithians age 21, he married 25 year old Ellen Frounson Grubb, father John Grubb.
(And ah - this marriage is on Cornwall OPC too. Wonder if it was there all along & I missed it? Or a newish addition... Never mind. )

Sue

[Cornish Terrier]

Nothing like making sure you have him nailed!!

As a matter of interest with the marriage here.

I would almost be willing to bet that miss Grubb is actually Ellen TROUNSON Grubb (as in opposed to Frounson).

It is very easy to be confused between the capital T and F in these records and Trounson is certainly a name to be found in the area.

CT

[sue]

Nailing is what I'm after when I can! No point trying to con yourself on immediate ancestors, in particular!

As in Susannah Trounsen 7xGmother to some of us, then... yes, much better.

So many of these letters in older script look alike, it's a bit tough on transcribers who weren't taught that fine old writing in their youth.....

Sue