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1. Although the surnames are different the signiatures on both marriage records are the same - therefore he used two names.
2. When the first three children to Mary Anne were baptised he was known as 'Hosking alias Collick' meaning he was using the name Hosking but was also known as Collick.
3. In 1841 the family was at Porthcullumb with six children - Henry 13, Elizabeth 11, William 9, John 7, Mary 4 and Andrew 2. If you compare these names and ages with the list of children in my earlier post you will find a perfect match.
4. In 1841 there are only three people named Hugh Hosking in Cornwall - Hugh at St Erth age 40, Hugh at Mawgan in Meneage age 15 and Hugh at St Cleer age 4.
If you read through the Andrew Hosking thread again you will find the answer to that one.
It is all to do with the Will of Andrew Hosking who died in 1813 and was buried at Lelant. He was the husband of Mary Vellenoweth and father of only three children - Andrew, Ann and Catherine.
His Will basically said that if Andrew had heirs then they were to inherit but if that were not the case then the heirs would be children of his daughters Ann or Catherine.
Andrew Hosking never married and had no known children.
Ann married widower William Bosustow in 1818 when she was age 44.
Catherine married widower Henry Rosewarn at age 60.
Following is a quote from Carol in the Andrew Hosking thread:-
It is significant that Hugh Hosking took over Porthcullumb immediately after Andrew Hosking jnr who was buried at St Erth 7th April 1836.
And a further quote from Carol:-
So the executor of the Will of Andrew Hosking jnr is Hugh Colleck (sic.) whom we know by now also went by the name of Hosking.
We know from the Census records that Hugh Hosking was born at St Erth and we know from Census records that he was born sometime in the mid-late 1790s.
When Hugh Hosking died iin April 1870 his age was recorded as 74 which also matches roughly with the Census.
The only baptism record that is any match for this is that of Hugh Collick at St Erth in 1795.
That Hugh Hosking alias Collick assumes Porthcollumb via the Will of Andrew Hosking jnr suggests that he is not only the sole executor of that Will but according to the 1813 Will of Andrew Hosking snr he must also be the sole living heir.
All of that combined says that Catherine Collick must have been Catherine Hosking daughter of Andrew and Mary. She was the only child of Andrew and Mary to produce a child albeit an illegitimate child.
One further consideration - we know that ages recorded in the Census and at death/burial can, and often are, inaccurate but it is also not unusual to find errors in the Parish Registers.
I think it likely that the child was given the name 'Hugh Collick' to identify the father but when the entry was made in the register the Clerk mistakenly entered Collick as the mother's surname rather than Hosking.
It was not that unusual for wives to travel with their husbands aboard the vessel their were working on. You will sometimes find wives aboard fishing vessels as well.
Not at all! I think it is great that your are taking so much interest and being so careful about it. You obviously want to get things right and you also want to be able to find the information for yourself.
I enjoy helping people with genealogy and passing on a few of the tricks I have learned over the last few years in particular.
And when someone joins this forum and throws up a problem that nobody has ever been able to solve then I am in my element! ;D
So take your time and ask any questions you want.
CT
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