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Post by donne on Apr 5, 2012 18:29:39 GMT -5
Richard DONNE/DUNN is my g.g. granduncle and was my last family link to the community at Kerthen Wood up until his death in 1871 - he never married. Prior to that the family seemed to have been there from the early 1700s. I can trace him through the 1851 to 1871 censuses and I have his death certificate. The problem is - where was he in 1841? He appears to have lived on a smallholding leased from the manor of Godolphin (probably the same land which the family was leasing in the 1780s) and this seems to have been sublet in 1841 - but it would tie up a loose end to know where he was at the time.
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 6, 2012 4:48:18 GMT -5
Roger - could you supply a little more information please, such as whether he was baptised 1790 son of Richard and Elizabeth or 1792 son of James and Mary? It might make it a little easier to find him. CT
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 6, 2012 5:07:45 GMT -5
Based on the information from the Burial record and the 1871 Census I have searched the 1841 Census using both Ancestry images and the Cornwall Online Census Project with no success. I even resorted to searching for anyone named 'Rd', 'Ric*' living at Crowan but have been unable to find him. CT
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Post by donne on Apr 6, 2012 5:45:14 GMT -5
Thanks for looking, CT. For your information, the dates I have for Richard are b. 10 Oct 1791, bap. 5 Feb 1792, d. 3 Jun 1871 (all at Crowan) and bur. 6 Jun 1871 at St Erth (it's a shorter distance from Kerthen Wood to the St Erth churchyard than to Crowan's!). He was the son of James DUNN and Mary LOBB. His younger brother James, my g.g.grandfather had left Kerthen Wood in the early 1800s and lived most of his life in St Blazey. I can only assume that Richard was seeking his fortune elsewhere in 1841, perhaps overseas.
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 6, 2012 7:45:00 GMT -5
And there is also the possibility that he been a little naughty and was incarcerated at the time! So you could try checking Criminal Registers and then there is always the possibility he was in Wales so it would be worth checking the Census there if you have not already done so. CT
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Post by donne on Apr 6, 2012 12:00:12 GMT -5
Funny you should say that, CT! I've suspected that brother James may have been the James DUNN convicted at the Truro Quarter Sessions of 20 April 1819 where the following case is recorded (CRO catalogue at A2A): "George Stephens and James Dunn, both of St. Blazey, labs., indicted for entering William Phillips' house and for assaulting him: each fined £2.10s.0d. and imprisoned until fine paid".
However, it's a common name, and I haven't found any corroboration. so I haven't 'convicted' him on the evidence of this single entry. As for Richard, I've not yet found any evidence of wrongdoing.
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Apr 6, 2012 17:55:25 GMT -5
That was just something to think about. I actually had a look at the Criminal Registers myself and found three Richard Dunns but none appeared remotely likely to be your man. I have also just now checked the 1841 Wales Census and Richard does not appear to have been there either. CT
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