HI,
JOINED A FEW WEEKS AGO AFTER DISCOVERING MY CORNISH ROOTS, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN TOO GREEDY AND/OR VAGUE IN MY QUEST FOR FAMILY INFO', SO I HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE THE SEARCH ONE ANCESTOR AT A TIME.
SARAH JANE LUKE WAS MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
b 14/7/1846 IN MERRO VELHO, BRAZIL
d 08/10/1936 IN AVOCA, Co WICKLOW, IRELAND
father; RICHARD LUKE
b APRIL 1810 IN GWENNAP, CORNWALL
d 1855 IN MERRO VELHO, BRAZIL
(his parents; John Luke, Redruth 1790-1834;
Sally Rawling c 1790)
mother; AMELIA KENDAL
b 1816 IN ST AGNES, CORNWALL
d 1884 IN TRURO, CORNWALL
(her parents; John Kendal 1790; Jane (Jennifer) Goldsworthy)
married JANUARY 1876 JAMES HIGGINS (MINE CAPTAIN)
b 23/2/1842 IN WHI CHANCE, SCORRIER, CORNWALL
d 29/1/1920 IN AVOCA, Co. WICKLOW, IRELAND
(his parents; Joel Kelly 1793 Gwennap 1877 Scorrier
Jane Kelly 1760 Cornwall)
brothers to SARAH JANE LUKE;
John 1849; Richard 1851; Francis.S. 1854 all born in Brazil
I BELIEVE THAT SARAH JANE'S PARENTS LEFT GWENNAP TO HELP WORK THE GOLD MINES OF MERRO VELHO, BRAZIL, SHORTLY AFTER HIS FIRST WIFE (EMMA TONKIN 1807-1843;REDRUTH) DIED.
SARAH JANE WAS ONE OF 4 CHILDREN BORN OUT THERE, BUT FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF SARAH JANE'S FATHER, AMELIA AND THE 4 CHILDREN RETURNED TO GWENNAP APPRX 1855.
CAN ANYONE PUT SOME MEET ON THE BONES?
I HAVE A TREE ON ANCESTRY.COM SHOULD ANYONE LIKE A LOOK (EMAIL ME ON jameshiggins1@sky.com)
CHEERS, JIM