Research Directory

This is a directory of people researching family and other topics in the West Penwith area - they welcome enquiries and contributions related to their interests as listed.

• Ian Argall in Porthallow, St Keverne parish, Cornwall
  Researching: ARGALL One-name Study. The ARGALL Family lived and farmed in Madron from about 1500 until 1864.
• Pat Banks
  Address: 105/10 Timbercrest Rise, WOODVALE, 6026 Western Australia
  Telephone: +(61) 8 9409 6113
  Researching: OSBORNE—St Levan. CFHS Member: 3548
• Jenny Beaumont in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Researching: Paul parish—CATTRAN (any time) and ROSE (from 1880).
• Richard T. A. Bolitho
  Address: 106 Eastbourne Avenue, Toronto,ON, M5P 2G3, Canada
  Telephone: +(1) 416 485 6856
  Researching: BOLITHO, HICHENS, YONGE, MACKWORTH-PRAED, PAYNTER, KEIGWIN, JOHNS (? JOHNES) families; Tin smelting at Chyandour (Madron & Gulval), Fishing, Ding Dong, Mining, Penzance, St Ives & Lelant, History; etc.; Railway history & technology.
• Anne Brooks
  Address: 30 Avondale Drive Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada E1B 1C2
  Researching: HORSWILL, and YELLAND in Penzance.
• Linda Camidge
  Researching: Penzance town since Georgian times.
• In-Pensioner 347 John C. Carbis
  Address: Ward 13 - 4, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, SW3 4SR.
  Telephone: +(44) 20 7881 5432
  Researching: CARBIS, anything and everything that has anything remotely to do and /or connected with the CARBIS name in any form.
  Website: CARBIS History site
• Arthur Coomb
  Address: 2 Treventon Road, Portscatho, Cornwall, TR2 5DX.
  Researching: One Name Study of GRENFELL and related names such as GREENFIELD, GRENFIELD, GRINFIELD, GREENFILL etc.
  Website: GRENFELL Family History site
• Dave and Irene Flaxman
  Address:PO Box 3, Liverpool L21 8PY, England
  Researching: BARNES, BODINNAR, CATTRAN, CHIRGWIN, COTTON, GRUZELIER, LADNER, MANN, PENTREATH, TREWAVAS, and VICTOR all from the Penzance Parish and associated families from elsewhere.
  Website: Families from Cornwall
• Janette Hannan
  Researching: TREMBATH and HOCKING of St Just in Penwith in late 18th Century.
• Jackie Hill
  Address: 88 Oak Road, Horfield, Bristol BS7 8RZ, England
  Researching: PIDWELL, especially in Penzance. CFHS Member: 11014
• Dot Hosking Huntley of SW Oregon, USA
  Researching: HOSKING, MATHEWS, OATS, DAV(E)Y, RESEIGH, PASCOE, especially around St. Just in Penwith. My 3^rd and 2^nd great-grandfathers, John Hosken and William Hosking, were the sextons at the parish church.
• Sally Knowles
  Researching: Crysede silks in Newlyn and St. Ives.
  I am looking for any photographs or samples of work produced by Crysede in the 1920s and 30s. Also anyone who remembers the works, had relatives who worked there or remembers its reputation. Also any details of the key characters. All input is important.
  Crysede was set up in Newlyn in 1920 by Alec Walker and his wife Kay (Kathleen) Earle. They produced brightly coloured printed silks based on Walker's avant garde abstract paintings. In 1925 Tom Heron joined the company and moved the Crysede works to new premises in St Ives. After several years of success and critical acclaim in the media—locally, nationally and internationally—the company went in to voluntary liquidation in 1938, after which it was taken over by Cresta, a rival silk company set up by Tom Heron. Cresta itself was later taken over by Debenhams.
• Robert Lawry
  Researching: Lawry, Cargeeg and Penrose surname in the St Just area.
  Would like to hear from anyone who has those names in family trees or even Quick, Edwards or Ellis. My GGGrandfather Richard Lawry was born in St Just 1823 to Thomas Lawry and Jane Penrose.
• Lorraine Mansfield
  Address: Box 74, Noble Park, Victoria, Australia 3174
  Telephone: +(61) 3 9798 5955
  Researching: TREWERN and TRAHAIR and all related families plus areas where they lived in West Penwith prior to 1854.
• Windsor B. Murley of New York State, USA
  Researching: MURLEY—anywhere; TREGONING—Gulval; TRIGGS—Gulval; PENROSE—St. Buryan; BLEWET(T)—Gulval; LANGWORTHY—Penzance; MARTIN—Ludgvan; DUGDALE—Gulval.
• Kerrie Myers
  Address: PO Box 229, Casula NSW, Australia.
  Researching: GILBERT, STEVENS,LADNER,FRIGGENS,PEAKE—Uny Lelant.
• John Nance
  Address: 7 South Pacific Ave, Mount Pritchard, NSW. 2170 Australia.
  Researching: NANCE, JOB, THOMAS & BUCKETT families from the Scilly Islands, Penzance & Madron areas.
  Website: The Nance Family of New South Wales
• Nic Nicholas
  Address: 26 Woodhurst, Chatham, Kent ME5 9SL.
  Researching: I am interested in anything to do with the NICHOLAS family of Mousehole from the year dot to 1900s.
• Rick Parsons—the owner of this site. See my Home Page for contact information.
  Researching: RENOWDEN, TRENORDEN, RENODEN, TRENOWDEN—anywhen, anywhere.
  Website: Renowden Family One Name Study
• Doug Phillips
  Researching: PHILLIPS.
  Website: Phillips Worldwide DNA and Surname Project.
  Doug is interested in contacting any male PHILLIPS descendents in the West Penwith area with a view to DNA testing. The system is completely private and he is prepared to fund the required kits.
• Gweneth Phillips
  Address: 13 Greenham Cres, Mt. Waverley, Vic Australia, 3149
  Telephone: +(61) 3-9807-7715
  Researching: MARTIN Towednack, CHELLEW Gulval, TONKIN Madron, PENBERTHY St. Ives, DAVEY, FOSS and RESEIGH St. Just in Penwith, UREN Ludgvan, BOTTRELL Sennen.
• John Preston
  Address: 27 Sandhills Lane, Barntgreen, Birmingham B45 8NU.
  Researching: TONKIN and PRESTON—C19^th.
• Sandra & George Pritchard
  Address: BarraDower, 2 Penhalvean Cott's., Penhalvean, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 6TQ.
  Telephone: +(44) 1209 860194
  Researching: VINGOE & all derivatives.
• Veronica Rashleigh
  Researching: RASHLEIGH—Lelant; HOCKING—Lelant; BRYANT—Lelant; THOMAS—Lelant; PETERS—Lelant; EDWARDS—Lelant, St Ives; UREN—Lelant, St Ives; GOLDSWORTHY—Lelant, St Ives.
• Sue Samotis (Harry)
  Address: P.O. Box 324, Oscoda, MI 48750 USA.
  Researching: HARRY, TREVORROW and JAMES and related families from the Penzance and St. Ives areas.
• Maureen Selley
  Researching: PRAED/PRADE in Lelant, St Ives, Paul.
  Website: Maureen's page on the Cornish Extended Family site.
  Website: Praed On-line.
• Alan Sharpham
  Address: 8 Sheriff Way, Port Macquarie NSW 2444, Australia
  Telephone: +(61) 2 6581 3994
  Researching: CARE—St. Ives, HUTCHENS—St. Buryan, OLIVER—St. Erth.
  Website: The family history of Alan & Jeanette SHARPHAM.
• John Smith
  Address: PO Box 1074 Eastwood NSW 2122 Australia
  Researching: ANDREWARTHA/ANDRAWARTHA and TREWARTHA anywhere. From the late 1700s the Andrewartha name was often shortened to ANDREW(S) or ARTHA/ARTHUR.
  
• Josie Taylor in Sydney, NSW
  Researching: the surnames ROWE and NOBLE in 19thC St Just in Penwith.
• Roy G.Tonkin
  Address: 74 Hummingbird Crescent London, Ontario, Canada N6J 4M4
  Researching: TONKIN family, especially Henry TONKIN; wife Ann; William Bone TONKIN, son, bap. 1 Jun 1806, Paul; Elizabeth Mathews TONKIN, dau., bap. 30 Nov 1817, Paul age 2; Ann TONKIN, dau., bap. 30 Nov 1817.
• Susan Toulson of San Ramon, CA USA
  Researching: RODDA, WHITE, OATS, TREMBATH, KEVERN primarily in St. Just in Penwith, Pendeen & Madron.
  Family Tree: is available on Rootsweb's World Connect project, under user ID # stoulson59.
• John Tremewan
  Address: P O Box 25 189, St Heliers, Auckland, NZ
  Telephone: +(64) 9 528 4837
  Researching: TREMEWEN (AN) and PERMEWAN. Probably originated in St Buryan in the mid 17th Century with Bevis "MEWAN", believed to be an illegitimate son of Arthur, the last LEVELIS of Trewoofe. Later, the names spread through most of West Penwith. Neither name is now found in Cornwall or the UK, however a very few PERMEWANs remain in Australia and a few TREMEWENs in Australia, Canada and the USA. (Not to be confused with the TREMEWANs of Perranzabuloe, St Agnes, Roche etc.)
• Sue Walther
  Address: Ribblehead House, Norwich Rd, Besthorpe, Attleborough, Norfolk. NR17 2LB
  Researching: DENNIS in Penzance and nearby.
• Greg Way
  Address: 34 Furneaux Road, Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon
  Researching: HOULSON/HULSON/ULSON in the Penzance/Madron area between 1700 and 1925.
• Phil Whitfeld
  Address: Cornwall College
  Researching: Robin and Dicon Nance, furniture makers of St. Ives between 1930 and 1960. Interested in talking to anyone with items of furniture, recollections of either the Workshops or the Shop, or personal/professional recollections of Robin and Dicon.

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