St Keverne Guestbook

Submitted by
Name: Jerry Williams
From: Iowa United States
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Comments:
Great site. Just like taking a walk back in time to see pics of the buildings that my great grandfathers some 4 generations ago walked in. Interesting pic of the Williams, Oats and Tripp families. Very well could be some of my relation since the Oates were married into the Williams family that I belong to.

Added: October 18, 2012

Submitted by
Name: Mary Kennedy
From: Australia
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Comments:
I am so excited. My son and his wife and taking me to Porthallow tomorrow. We are staying the night in Helston. I am catching up on where to go and what to see on this fantastic wealth of information website.

We are descendants of the Josiah White, the mysterious Porthallow guy.

I am hoping to find out if there are any distant cousins left in the area and also if the house that Josiah was born is is still standing in Porthallow.

Won't be able to sleep tonight. I am staying in Winchester.

bye all.

Added: August 25, 2012

Submitted by
Name: Rod Cross
From: Southampton
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Comments:
What a mine of information!
I am researching the family history for my friend's wife. Her great grandmother Amelia Lugg was born in St Keverne in 1852. I was hoping to find the names of her parent from the baptismal records only to discover that Amelia was, to put it politely 'a base child'! As a result, only her mother's name is recorded. Unfortunately, I cannot find a subsequent marriage nor burial for the mother so maybe she left St Keverne in disgrace!
Thanks for providing such invaluable information and for saving me a lot of legwork :D

Added: August 17, 2012

Submitted by
Name: David Middleton
From: England
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Comments:
My great great grandfather was stationed in St Keverne in 1871 at Land Virden? He was a Commissioned Boatman in the Coastguard Service and served aboard HMS Achilles and later HMS Warrior (now docked at Portsmouth Maritime Museum). I found his details in the 1871 census. He was married with four children, however they were probably in Falmouth or Buldleigh Salterton at the time of the census.

He was 5'8" tall, had auburn hair, grey eyes and a fair complexion with no marks or scars according to his Navy Record.

I hope this adds something useful to your archive.

Many thanks

David Middleton

Added: August 3, 2012

Submitted by
Name: Heidi Hopkins
From: San Luis Obispo, California
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Comments:
I've found a photograph marked "St. Keverne churchyard 1898" in my Mother's possessions. I think it is of a burial. Really, the photograph is of the back of the crowd, lots of people and black umbrellas and a young couple courting. I am quite taken with the photograph. It tells me "Love will always find you." Even in the darkest of moments, love will always find you. I've emailed your secretary to see if you all would like me to make a copy and send it to you.

Added: July 1, 2012

Submitted by
Name: Diane Donohue
E-mail: Contact

Comments:
I am one of the OPC's for St Keverne and there is a website http//cornwall-opc.org/ that gives additional information plus other related parishes to St Keverne.
Families did move between the parishes so you may find additional information.
The OPC (Online Parish Clerks) have no connection to the Parish Clerks but concentrates on family history research.

Added: May 9, 2012

Submitted by
Name: Erica Place
From: Melbourne, Australia
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Comments:
I was interested to see your references to the wreck of the barque "John". My great-great-grandfather, Captain John Whyte, at one time captained a ship of that name on voyages to and from Australia, and I would like to learn if this is the same ship. He also captained a number of other ships carrying migrants to New Zealand.
Captain John Whyte died in eerily similar circumstances to the wreck of the "John", in the wreck of the "Monumental City" on the Victorian coast in 1851 as a passenger from Melbourne to Sydney. He and his family had immigrated earlier to Melbourne.
So far I have been unable to trace John Whyte's origins in England.
I have tried to leave a message on Mark Sandford's web site without success.

Added: May 3, 2012

Submitted by
Name: David Smith
From: Stafford
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Comments:
A big thank you for making it so easy to trace ones family history in St Keverne, the Smith family farmed at Trelanvean and Trevithian in the 19th century. My grandfather left the area after becoming a Pharmacist, serving an apprentice in Helston with G Wakeham & Son starting in 1892. I noticed the History Society has just had a talk on the Titanic and SOS signals. My Grandfather's brother Jago Smith who had joined the British Sea Post Office and served on many RMS ships including Titanic where he perished, almost 100 years ago to the day. There is a memorial plaque to him in the church at St Keverne. The family are also connected to the Pengilly family by marriage,

Added: April 8, 2012

Submitted by
Name: Marie Meyer (Tripcony)
From: Melbourne, Australia
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Comments:
I went to St Keverne's many years ago and tried to gather info on the Tripcony family. Two first cousins, William and Thomas emigrated to Australia in the 1860-70 region. They landed in Western Australia and William ended up near Bendigo in Victoria - Thomas went to Queensland. My Dad was Benjamin Tripcony (1915-1998) & he was one of seven children, father William and Mother Helena (nee Duncan, from Perthshire in Scotland).

Added: March 21, 2012

Submitted by
Name: Wendy Sorrell
From: Olympia, Wa. USA
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Comments:
Hello! It is exciting to see our family in your records. My grandparents Samuel and Maria James owned Trelandvean in the 1800's. They traveled to America in 1840 and continued on the Oregon Trail to Oregon Territory. They settled in Jamestown which is also known as Rochester, Washington. There are still James descendants living on James Road and we gather once a year to honor our family's history. A book was written by my cousin David James and A.C. Todd entitled EVER WESTWARD THE LAND. It is also said that my grandfather found the St. Keverne Mirror on his property in 1835 while clearing for a road. Thank you for this great site! I hope to some day visit!

Added: February 21, 2012

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