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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...
Cornish people or Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon) are an ethnic group associated with Cornwall, in the south west of Great Britain, administered as part of England, and a recognised national minority in the United Kingdom. The Cornish thus represent a distinct ethnic group within the UK, which can trace its roots to the ancient Britons who inhabited southern and central Great Britain before the Ro...
This project is for those buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cornish, York County, Maine. It's also known as Cornish Cemetery . Find a Grave
G=* Wilfred Grenfell 1865–1940=J=* Jeon So-mi b. 2001=L=* Arthur Lobb 1871–1928=R=* Robert Terrill Rundle 1811–1896=Y=* James Yeo 1789–1868* John Yeo 1837–1924=Wikipedia=* Cornish Canadian * Canadian people of Cornish descent
Cornwall ==Historic County of England.===== Image right - St.Piran's Flag of Cornwall - Created by Jon Harald Søby - Own work; Public Domain, Wiki Commons ===Related Projects===Cornish People>===== People Connected to Cornwall >===== Cornwall Famous People ===Cornish History>===== Historical Cornwall >===== Historic Buildings of Cornwall ===Cornish Resources>===== Cornwall - Bastardy Bonds and...
Historic Cornwall History of the County of Cornwall - England Image right - Arms of the Duke of Cornwall: Sable, fifteen bezants. Bezants, adopted at an early period as a symbol of Cornwall, appearing frequently in Cornish heraldry. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wiki Commons Please join the project and add information if you can.
British Mine workers (non-coal)= Pictured right Wealden Iron Ore Pits For British Coal Miners please go to: has occurred in Great Britain since approximately 2700 BC. A diverse range of minerals has been extracted by underground mining, ranging from industrial minerals such as limestone through to precious metals like gold. Plans, sections and shaft information exist, recording many of these wo...
This project will gather information about Cornishmen who mined metals and minerals like copper, kaolinite, and tin. Young Cornishwomen who worked at the mine surface may be added to the Bal Maidens project.=Featured Profiles=* William Carbines 1893–1912 Second Class Passenger on the RMS Titanic * Richard Trevithick 1771–1833 Developer of the First High-Pressure Steam Engine* James Webber Third...
This project will gather information about people who were born in Cornwall and who died in Colorado. Cornwall is one of the Celtic nations. Many Cornish people came to Colorado during the mining boom. They were called "Cousin Jack" or "Cousin Jenny".=Featured Profiles=* Susan Benson 1859–1944 Autobiographer* Levinia Champion 1837–1912 Subject of the Book No Wealth for Levinia * John Johns 1839...
Cornish settlement in Tasmania Cornish people first arrived in Australia with Captain Cook, most notably Zachary Hickes, and there were some Cornish convicts on the First Fleet, James Ruse, Mary Bryant, along with several of the early governors. South Australia, with its emphasis on being free of convicts and religious discrimination, was championed by many Cornish religious dissenting groups a...
Cornish settlement in Victoria Cornish people first arrived in Australia with Captain Cook, most notably Zachary Hickes, and there were some Cornish convicts on the First Fleet, James Ruse, Mary Bryant, along with several of the early governors. South Australia, with its emphasis on being free of convicts and religious discrimination, was championed by many Cornish religious dissenting groups a...
C=* Betty Christian* Brenda Christian* Charles Richard Parkin Christian 1883–1971* Gerard Christian 1870–1919* Ivan Christian 1919–1991* John Lorenzo Christian 1895–1984* Tom Christian 1935–2013* Warren Clive Christian 1914–2003=M=* Matthew Edmond McCoy 1868–1929=Q=* Arthur Quintal I
Cornish settlement in Queensland Cornish people first arrived in Australia with Captain Cook, most notably Zachary Hickes, and there were some Cornish convicts on the First Fleet, James Ruse, Mary Bryant, along with several of the early governors. South Australia, with its emphasis on being free of convicts and religious discrimination, was championed by many Cornish religious dissenting groups...
Cornish settlement in New South Wales Cornish people first arrived in Australia with Captain Cook, most notably Zachary Hickes, and there were some Cornish convicts on the First Fleet, James Ruse, Mary Bryant, along with several of the early governors. South Australia, with its emphasis on being free of convicts and religious discrimination, was championed by many Cornish religious dissenting g...
Manor of Alverton, Cornwall, Engalnd= The Manor of Alverton was a former manorial estate located in the hundred of Penwith, west Cornwall, England, UK.===History===The first historical details of the manor were recorded in the Domesday book which stated that before the Norman conquest the manor was owned by a Saxon lord known as Alward.[1] There were 3 hides of land but Alward had paid tax only...
Tresillian House, Cornwall, England= Tresillian House is a country house in the parish of Summercourt, Cornwall, to the northeast of St Newlyn East, off the A3058 road, northeast of Newquay, Cornwall, England. It became a Grade II listed building on 30 May 1967. It is most associated with the Bennet family historically; John Bennet, Curate of Antony was once owner of the house and in 1837 it wa...
C=* Enrique Cood 1826–1888=S=* Edmundo Searle 1893–1982=Wikipedia=* Chilean people of Cornish descent
Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, England= Tintagel Castle ( Cornish: Dintagel, meaning "fort of the constriction") is a medieval fortification located on the peninsula of Tintagel Island, adjacent to the village of Tintagel in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The site was possibly occupied in the Romano-British period, as an array of artefacts dating to this period have been found on the pen...
B=* Hector Bolitho 1897–1974* Henry Braddon 1863–1955=C=* William Colenso 1811–1899=T=* Edward Robert Tregear 1846–1931=W=* George Marsden Waterhouse 1824–1906=Wikipedia=* New Zealand people of Cornish descent
B=* Thomas Blamey 1884–1951* John Langdon Bonython 1848–1939* John Langdon Bonython 1905–1992* John Lavington Bonython 1875–1960* Edward Braddon * Henry Braddon 1863–1955=C=* Joseph Edmund Carne 1855–1922* Benjamin Carvosso 1789–1854=D=* Don Dunstan 1926–1999=E=* John Earle 1865–1932=F=* John Pascoe Fawkner 1792–1869=H=* Bob Hawke =K=* Philip Gidley King 1758–1808
Restormel Castle, Cornwall, England= Restormel Castle (Cornish: Kastel Rostorrmel)[1] lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston, Tintagel and Trematon. The castle is notable for its perfectly circular design. Although once a luxurious residence to the Earl of Cornwall, the castle became ...
The right to choose High Sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall, rather than the Privy Council, chaired by the Sovereign, which chooses the Sheriffs of all other English counties, other than those in the Duchy of Lancaster. This right came from the Earldom of Cornwall. In the time of Earls Richard and Edmund, the steward or seneschal of Cornwall was often also the sheriff.This is...
Heligan Estate, Cornwall, England= Heligan (meaning "willows" in Cornish) is first recorded in the 12th century.[1] The estate was bought by Sampson Tremayne in 1659.[2] Heligan House was built by William Tremayne in 1603 in Jacobean style,[2] but only the basement of that house remains. The house was substantially rebuilt in 1692 by Sir John Tremayne (1647–1694) in William and Mary style [2] a...
Levinia Perry arrived in Mountain City, Colorado Territory, from Cornwall, England, on September 21, 1863. The day she stepped off the stagecoach, she married her sweetheart Hugh Champion, who had waited for her for two long years.This book, authored by her granddaughter Amy Hoskin Hill and adapted by the author's grandson Dennis Mayfield, tells the true story of Levinia's struggles in the mini...
Launceston Castle, Cornwall, England= Launceston Castle (Cornish: Kastell Lannstefan) is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.===Early history===The castle is a Norman motte and bailey castle raised by Robert, Count of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror shortly after the Norman conquest, possibly as early as 1067. Others attribute its foundation to Br...