Thread: My Surname Interests, in Cornwall

Hi.,



I am trying to find all of my Cornish ancestors.



They mainly originate, from the Bodmin moor area.



Blisland, St Breward, being the main locations, but there are some, in St Minver, St Teath, St Mabyn, St Kew, St Agnes area, St Mewan, St Ewe, Lanteglos by Camelford.



My main surname interests are , Auger, Best, Broad, Colman / Coleman, Commmons, Glassson, Glanville, Hicks, Lemin / Lemon, May, Inch, Prater, Prout, Runnalls / Reynolds / Reignolds, Roose, Trevains, Trudgian, Vivian, Watts and Yelland.



Pips xx

Hi Pips

Have found this site very helpfuly for tracing Cornish relatives & it's free.



http://west-penwith.org.uk/index.htm



In "Search for Resouces" in top right corner type in your family name & it will return any census results for that surname. It is still being developed by volunteers but a great starting place.

Otherwise you can't go past this if you don't already have it.



http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.....htm#PageTitle



Happy searching

Ruth

Hi Iam looking for my Ancestors that lived in Bodmin,stJustand other areas of Cornwall RE Nicholas and the Matthews Famiy

[quote name='boydi']Hi Pips

Have found this site very helpfuly for tracing Cornish relatives & it's free.



http://west-penwith.org.uk/index.htm



In "Search for Resouces" in top right corner type in your family name & it will return any census results for that surname. It is still being developed by volunteers but a great starting place.

Otherwise you can't go past this if you don't already have it.



http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.....htm#PageTitle



Happy searching

Ruth[/quote]



Hi Ruth,



thank you. I am aware of the Penwith site. My 10 x g grandfather's will from 1647, is posted on there. A brilliant site to visit.



I also use the IGI Batch Nos for the Cornish Parishes.



For others, with Interests in the Penwith area, there is ...



http://azazella.proboards41.com/index.cgi





Happy Hunting

[quote name='staffy']Hi Iam looking for my Ancestors that lived in Bodmin,stJustand other areas of Cornwall RE Nicholas and the Matthews Famiy[/quote]



Hi Staffy,



If I can be of help, I will try.



Penwith Genealogy covers St Just

http://azazella.proboards41.com/index.cgi





and Ruth's link may help you also,

http://west-penwith.org.uk/index.htm

Hi Pips,



My G. Grandfather was called Samuel Reynolds born in 1861 (?)

in Bodmin. I have recently been told that he probably was originally a Runnalls. His father was named John. Have you any ideas on the name changing that went on. I do know that Rennalls became Runnals and then Runnalls - confusing or what !!!

If there is a connection between your Reynolds and Runnals and mine please let me know.

Regards,

Maureen.

[quote name='Musomaker']Hi Pips,



My G. Grandfather was called Samuel Reynolds born in 1861 (?)

in Bodmin. I have recently been told that he probably was originally a Runnalls. His father was named John. Have you any ideas on the name changing that went on. I do know that Rennalls became Runnals and then Runnalls - confusing or what !!!

If there is a connection between your Reynolds and Runnals and mine please let me know.

Regards,

Maureen.[/quote]



Hi Maureen.



My 4 x g grandmother, was a Runnalls, she was born in 1775 St Breward, near Bodmin.



I have come across several variants of the spelling of Runnalls.



Have you found John on the census ?



Happy New Year



Pips

Hi Pips,



Well with the help of a David Coppin he has sent me some info. John Renals or Runnalls married Eleanor Warn or Warner. I do have copies of the census records. Samuel my G Grandfather married Agnes Annie Brace in Staffordshire in 1889. Why he went there I don't know and why he changed the spelling of his name is a mystery. Between 1882 and 1884 he moved with his family to Devonport. His thrid child was named Eleanor Kate Reynolds who was my Grandmother - so the Eleanor fits in with this family. On Samuel's marriage he stated that his father was an overlooker and I presumed in the tin mines but it turns out that an overlooker was the top of the bottom of the heap in most jobs.

I have been searching since 1996 for Samuel so I hope that I am on the right track. If you can offer any more help it would be great.



Maureen.

[quote name='Musomaker']Hi Pips,



Well with the help of a David Coppin he has sent me some info. John Renals or Runnalls married Eleanor Warn or Warner. I do have copies of the census records. Samuel my G Grandfather married Agnes Annie Brace in Staffordshire in 1889. Why he went there I don't know and why he changed the spelling of his name is a mystery. Between 1882 and 1884 he moved with his family to Devonport. His thrid child was named Eleanor Kate Reynolds who was my Grandmother - so the Eleanor fits in with this family. On Samuel's marriage he stated that his father was an overlooker and I presumed in the tin mines but it turns out that an overlooker was the top of the bottom of the heap in most jobs.

I have been searching since 1996 for Samuel so I hope that I am on the right track. If you can offer any more help it would be great.



Maureen.[/quote]



I will try Maureen.



Re Staffordshire, my relatives, who moved there, were involved with the china clay and pottery industries.



Re the spelling of Runnalls .. I am told, it depended on how the enumersator personally spelled and the dialect of those speaking the name..



I will take a look over the next few days.

I have May and Inch in my family.
Please contact me so we can share information.