Post by GWENNAP CAPTAIN on Apr 6, 2008 8:10:12 GMT -5
HI TO ALL AT FORUM, I'M NEW TO ALL THIS SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME IF I HAVE ENTERED THIS REQUEST IN THE WRONG BIT.
STARTED MY FAMILY TREE IN NOV 07 AND QUICKLY ESTABLISHED MY ROOTS IN CORNWALL, BACK TO 1545. MY G G'DAD WAS JAMES HIGGINS( SON OF JOEL KELLY HIGGINS/JANE STEPHENS), FROM SCORRIER, WHO WAS A MINE CAPTAIN FOR WILLIAMS OF SCORRIER. HE MARRIED SARAH JANE LUKE, WHO WAS BORN IN MERRO VELHO, BRAZIL, WHILST HER PARENTS (AMELIA nee KENDAL; RICHARD LUKE) WERE OUT THERE WITH THE De LA RAY MINING CO. AMELIA RETURNED AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND RICHARD,WITH HER FOUR CHILDREN. AFTER MARRYING MY G G'DAD, THEY WERE SENT TO RUN THE MINES IN AVOCA, CO WICKLOW, IRELAND.
THE BLOOD LINE GOES BACK TO ROBERT E HIGGINS C1600, ALL IN CORNWALL,MAINLY IN/NEAR GWENNAP AND THE MINING INDUSTRY.
I HAVE A FAMILY TREE ON ANCESTRY.COM AND FOLKS ARE WELCOME TO SHARE THE INFO/PHOTOS THAT I HAVE ON IT.
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
JIM HIGGINS
STARTED MY FAMILY TREE IN NOV 07 AND QUICKLY ESTABLISHED MY ROOTS IN CORNWALL, BACK TO 1545. MY G G'DAD WAS JAMES HIGGINS( SON OF JOEL KELLY HIGGINS/JANE STEPHENS), FROM SCORRIER, WHO WAS A MINE CAPTAIN FOR WILLIAMS OF SCORRIER. HE MARRIED SARAH JANE LUKE, WHO WAS BORN IN MERRO VELHO, BRAZIL, WHILST HER PARENTS (AMELIA nee KENDAL; RICHARD LUKE) WERE OUT THERE WITH THE De LA RAY MINING CO. AMELIA RETURNED AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND RICHARD,WITH HER FOUR CHILDREN. AFTER MARRYING MY G G'DAD, THEY WERE SENT TO RUN THE MINES IN AVOCA, CO WICKLOW, IRELAND.
THE BLOOD LINE GOES BACK TO ROBERT E HIGGINS C1600, ALL IN CORNWALL,MAINLY IN/NEAR GWENNAP AND THE MINING INDUSTRY.
I HAVE A FAMILY TREE ON ANCESTRY.COM AND FOLKS ARE WELCOME TO SHARE THE INFO/PHOTOS THAT I HAVE ON IT.
LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
JIM HIGGINS