Cornish Americans - Amerikanek kernewek =

Cornish Americans (Cornish: Amerikanek kernewek) are Americans who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry, an ethnic group native to Cornwall, a county in England. Although Cornish ancestry is not recognised on the United States Census, it is estimated that there are approximately 2 million people of Cornish descent in the U.S., which is four times the present population of Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

C

• John Marshall Clemens 1798–1847

F

• Edie Falco

G

• George St. Leger Grenfell 1808–1868
• Edward Burd Grubb, Jr. 1841–1913
• Edward Burd Grubb, Sr. 1810–1867
• Henry Bates Grubb 1774–1823
• Ignatius Cooper Grubb 1841–1927
• Margaret Grubb 1907–1963
• Nathaniel Grubb 1693–1760
• Peter Grubb
• Peter Grubb, Jr. 1740–1786

H

• Mariska Hargitay
• Rutherford B. Hayes 1822–1893

K

• Stan Keller 1907–1990
• Dirk Kempthorne

M

• Jayne Mansfield 1933–1967
• Thomas Grubb McCullough 1785–1848

N

• Francis T. Nicholls 1834–1912
• Thomas Clark Nicholls 1790–1847

P

• John Parke 1827–1900
• Samuel Pasco 1834–1917
• Samuel Penhallow 1665–1726
• Boies Penrose 1860–1921
• Charles W. Penrose 1832–1925
• R. A. F. Penrose, Jr. 1863–1931
• Spencer Penrose 1865–1939

R

• William Rawle 1759–1836
• Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945

T

• Glenn Thomas Trewartha 1896–1984
• John Johns Trigg 1748–1804
• Mark Twain 1835–1910

Resources

• Wikipedia: Cornish American
  • List: American people of Cornish descent
• Cornish American Heritage Society