Thomas Carnow et al 1841 age 30

[sue]

Hi

I have just stumbled across an entry on Freecen/Cornwall Online that looks as if it could be Curnows - but I can't identify BMs etc. for them, or otherwise trace them.....

1841 Ludgvan at Newtown

Piece: HO107/142/12 Penwith ED 16 Folio 32 Page 9

Thomas Carnow age 30 ag lab born in county
Elizabeth Carnow age 40 born in county
Elizabeth Carnow age 10 born in county
Mary Carnow age 5 born in county
Richard Carnow age 5 born in county
Thomas Carnow age 3 born in county

Maybe I am having an aberration, I don't know; but would appreciate any help in identifying these people, as they have just jumped out at me from nowhere whilst I was (I thought!) finalising the identity of a Richard Curnow.

(FS/FMP/Ancestry indexes don't come up with this Richard Carnow chap when I search...... so I'm wondering if this be a transcription error.......)

All help appreciated!

Sue

[Cornish Terrier]

Sue - the only letter of the surname that is a little ambiguous is a/u so the name is C_rnow. That second letter has a break at the top but the left side of that same letter is slightly curved making it look a little like an 'a'. I will go with Curnow.

In my database is a family that was part of the old IGI and I suspect member-submitted. The information back then was that Thomas Curnow married Elizabeth Harris at Germoe 8th July 1834.
It was mostly about son Thomas supposedly born at Germoe 5th February 1838 and died (place unknown) 23rd April 1916. He supposedly married an Elizabeth Davies in 1860.

No other children were shown bt the birthdate for the elder Thomas was given as 25th January 1813.

Now - the Germoe PR shows that Thomas Curnow married Eizabeth MOYLE, widow at Germoe on July 8th 1834 so there will be some work to do in order to sort this out.

OPC has a baptism for Mary Ann Curnow d/o Thomas and Elizabeth at Germoe in 1836 but I have not yet found the others.

Eldest daughter Elizabeth is no doubt a daughter from the previous marriage of Elizabeth.

CT

[Cornish Terrier]

An online tree from Ancestry has Thomas as son of Hannibal Curnow and Alice Rowe. Son Thomas married and died in South Australia.

I will try and follow up on that later tonight.

CT

[sue]

Hmmm... Thanks for that, definitely Curnows then....

I am fairly confident Thomas Curnow 22 August 1813 son of Hannibal & Alice Rowe married 24 June 1834 Ludgvan to Jane Curnow 1816 of Matthew & Jane Williams. Witnesses James Taylor & Matthew Curnow.

In 1841 they are at Nanceddon Ludgvan Thomas Curnow tin miner, with children Mary 7 (baptized 22 June 1935 Ludgvan) and John 2 (baptized 29 September 1839 Ludgvan, a previous John 16 October 1836 having been buried 12 February 1837 I believe.)

In 1851 and 1861 they are still at Nanceddon & have added Elizabeth born 11 Aug 1841 baptized 3 Oct 1849, Richard Rowe 10 October 1847, Alice White 13 October 1850 and Thomas 22 January 1854 – and I have Thomas & Jane plus the 2 youngest, Alice & Thomas, on the passenger list of the Queen Bee arriving South Australia 10 March 1865.


As it's at present a new-to-me Richard Curnow c1835 I'm concerned to identify, he can't belong to this family if he lived to adulthood, even if he was having a sleepover with Thomas & Elizabeth (whoever they may be) in 1841, given that Thomas & Jane have a Richard Rowe Curnow 1847 present 1851 & 1861.

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As to the marriage of a Thomas Curnow to widow Elizabeth Moyle at Germoe 1834, both at that time of Germoe..... I'm stumped right now! (I'm thinking temporary interlopers in the Ludgvan area 1841.... ...)

Sue

[Cornish Terrier]

Actually the earlier information I had shows Thomas as son of Thomas and Mary Curnow.

Age 30 in 1841 certainly does not fit as son of Hannibal so I think I have a lot of work to do ............. tomorrow!

CT

[Cornish Terrier]

AH! - there was a Thomas Curnow baptised at Mawgan in Meneage in 1811 to Thomas and Mary Curnow. That might give me something to work with.

CT