William Glasson of St Hilary

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CT

I agree with respect to Mary of 1858 most likely being the daughter of Belinda - she seemed to be very keen on children methinks.

I do believe that there is little or no information out there to determine exactly who William was. Even if the death entry is his it will unlikely contain valuable information as to his identity, unlike an inscription or the like. It may give his age.

I believe that if his age is correct, albeit rounded, in the 1841 census then it is most likely that the marriage certificate has an error. However, if his age is incorrect in the 1841 census then it is quite possible that his father was James - even more than possible the James, husband of Elizabeth Lemin you suggested earlier.

Lannanta

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Lannanta - the only thing of use I think we might get from the death certificate is William's abode when he died and hopefully a more accurate age which will either confirm or disprove the 1841 Census.

There may now be only a couple of things we can d.

1. pursue the Devon connection and, hopefully with a positive response from the Devon OPC, find everything we can about James' time across the border.

2. work on each of the of the known William Glassons and gather as much information as possible to help eliminate each until we arrive at the only possible solution.

The latter will been that we need to somehow acquire burial records for at least Redruth and possibly pre-1813 Crowan.

I think these may be the only Parishes of concern that I do not have covered.

CT

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Well at last some information. The William Glasson who died on the 8th August 1842 was aged 38, a miner, cause of death was an inflammation of the bowel, - making him most likely the son of James Glasson and Mary Blight, as their son William was baptised at Redruth on the 8th August 1803.

Now this William died at a place called Plain an Gwarry and more importantly the informant who made his mark was Thomas Glasson the occupier - and when you look at the 1841 census this must be the Thomas Glasson who was married to Ann Chipman - and this Thomas is also recorded as being the son of James Glasson and Mary Blight.

Now everything fits, including the marriage certificate, with the exception of the age of Belinda's husband at the 1841 census.

Just as a matter of interest CT, Thomas Glasson and Ann nee Chipman also had a well known grandson Alfred Bertram Glasson, one of the Aussies who was killed at Gallipoli.

Lannanta

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Lannanta - thankyou for the follow-up.

As I read it now it would seem that it must be the Census record that is the misleading item in this and that William should have been 35 rather than 25.

The suggestion now is that William was son of James and Mary (Blight) and therefore a brother to the James who married Elizabeth Lemin.

Another who would have done us a great service by living another nine years!

There must still be some lingering doubt with the husband of Belinda but everything does begin to make sense.

CT

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CT

Yes I believe that William Glasson, the husband of Belinda is the man who died in 1842 and therefore the brother of James Lemin Glasson, making the marriage certificate correct and only the 1841 census entry incorrect as you say.

I am also of the opinion that the reason that some of James Lemin's children being born in Devon was most likely due to the presence of another brother there - perhaps John.

Lannanta

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Lannanta - that would make sense.

In 1851 there is a John Glasson living at Plymstock with his married daughter Mary Williams.

John was born at Redruth about 1790 which certainly fits with the son of James and Mary.

Daughter Mary and all her family were born at Plymstock with Mary born about 1817.

CT

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Just a follow up on this family, in particular the double enumeration of the daughter Elizabeth in the 1851 census.

She appeared at Marazion with Richard and Elizabeth in North Country as a cousin and that is how I see it as well. But as mentioned earlier in this thread she was also at the house of John and Grace Woolcock in North Country, and I believe now that this is where she was living. The reason I say that is because after she married William Reynolds in 1860, her and her family continued on living there with John and Grace through the successive census.

Of course the name George appears in the Reynolds family - the 5th child born in 1868 was George Reynolds. Elizabeth nee Glasson appears in the census with her family up to the 1891 census. After that she is a widow, lived all her life at North Country in Redruth and appears to have died in 1922.

Lannanta