MORCOM/BE ONE NAME STUDY

SOURCE:
GRO Index Marriages

EMIGRATION:
Left St Day Arrived in Kellog, IdahoImmigration Note: Ports of arrival and departure not known

SOURCE:
Immigration Records Cornubian Index 1911-1916?

BIRTH:
ABT 1652 GUESS 20 year pre marriage

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules

BIRTH:
ABT 1690 in CON.

CHRISTENED:
08Feb1690 in Gwennap CON. son of Hercules MORCAM (Patterson has b.1690)

RESIDENCE:
Gwennap,CON

GENERAL NOTE:
Richard MORCOM made a will on 1 Apr 1770, proved 29 Nov 1771 - could be any Richard. The 1770 will mentioned:children: John, William and Richard;grandchildren: John and Richard (note from Violet PATTERSON)

SOURCES:
Marriage Index bef.1837 Cornwall FHS
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

BIRTH:
ABT 1691 in CON.

CHRISTENED:
25Oct1691 in Redruth CON. son of Edmond MORCOM - BEWARE but S.of G.will details seem to fit this family but Richard who died in 1772 names nieces and nephews

BURIAL:
20Oct1772 in St Minver CON. Gentleman

WILL:
18Jan1771

PROBATE:
06Nov1772 Executors: Constantine MOYLE & Abraham BROWN

GENERAL NOTE:
He also left £5 to godson John BARRON and niece Margaret REBOUSE, and legacies to 5 servantsDavid MORCOM said there were 2 wills for Richard MORCUMB in Bodmin Probate Registry: 1771 and 1772.

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

BIRTH:
30Mar1699

CHRISTENED:
05Apr1699 in Hatherleigh DEV. Base son of Mary MORCOM

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

CHRISTENED:
27Nov1715 in Redruth CON. son of Thomas MORCOM

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

BIRTH:
ABT 1718 in CON. Note from Batch P002351

CHRISTENED:
13Nov1718 in St Minver CON. Richard, son of Edmond & Jane MARKHAM

GENERAL NOTE:
We have no proof that the following refers to this Richard but CHECK. Sherbourne & Yeovil Mercury Index mentions a Richard MORCOMB of St Minver CON [deceased estate] on 2 dates: 15 Feb and 22 Feb 1773.

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

CHRISTENED:
04Apr1724 in Gwennap CON. son of Thomas MORCAM

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn

BIRTH:
ABT 1729 in CON.

CHRISTENED:
22Jun1729 in Gwennap CON. son of Digory & Catherine MORCOM

DEATH:
ABT Jun 1737 in CON.

BURIAL:
01Jul1737 in Gwennap CON. Bishops' Transcripts has reversed names to Digory son of Richard

SOURCES:
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc
Personal DIX Christine
Parish Register copy

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn

BIRTH:
ABT 1737 in CON. NB Ann SHIPLEY has Henry MORCOM not Richard in this generation of the line of descent

CHRISTENED:
31Dec1737 in Gwennap CON. son of Diggery MORCOM

SOURCES:
Marriage Index bef.1837 Cornwall FHS
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc
Personal SHIPLEY Ann
Personal DIX Christine

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules GWENNAPrichard

BIRTH:
ABT 1750 in Gwennap CON.

CHRISTENED:
10Aug1751 in Gwennap. or 3 Aug 1751 on IGI, son or Richard & Catherine MORCOMBE

DEATH:
Oct 1815 in Gwennap CON. Age at death: 65

BURIAL:
08Oct1815 in Gwennap CON. CFHS Entry 332 Fiche Ref. F79 1/9

WILL:
01Sep1815

PROBATE:
15Mar1816 Executors: Samuel & Edmund MORCOM (sons)

EDUCATION:
CON

RESIDENCE:
Pennance Common,CON

SOURCES:
Marriage Index bef.1837 Cornwall FHS
Monumental Inscription
Burial Index Cornwall bef.1837
Will Somerset House Index
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules GWENNAPrichard

CHRISTENED:
28Feb1779 in Gwennap CON. son of Richard & Alice MORCOM

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPwilliam1

BIRTH:
ABT 1792 in Gwennap CON. Census 1841: c. 40, b. Devon, living with brother Thomas;1851: 57, married, b. Gwennap, visitor with brother-in-law William CORNISH (06996). Also Ann MORCOM, unm., b.Gwennap, sister-in-law.Census 1861: Richard widower, 65, living by himself, b.CON

CHRISTENED:
04Mar1792 in Gwennap CON. son of William & Elizabeth MORCOMBE

DEATH:
15Feb1871 in Combmartin DEV. Q1 1871 Barnstaple district Age at death: 77

BURIAL:
AFT 15Feb1871 in St Peter Advincula Church, Combe Martin DEV. He wished to be buried in Combe Martin in a walled grave with iron railings similar to Captain John IRWIN's grave. He is, in fact buried just below such a grave and next to a DOVELL grave on right of path to church

WILL:
29Jan1859

PROBATE:
27Mar1871 Executors: Sarah & Elizabeth (his wife and daughter) and John DOVELL of Combmartin who had married his niece Mary Ann Kidwell MORCOM. Sarah and Elizabeth had died before the will was proved.

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1821-AFT 1822: Nether Stowey,SOM
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Combe Martiin,DEV
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Cornish Arms,Frogpool, Gwennap Parish,CON
ABT 1851-ABT 1853: St Agnes,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Combe Martin,DEV

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Mining Ag[ent] in Combe Martin.
1851-1853: Mine Manager for Wheal Golden Consols in Penhale, St Agnes.Occupation Note: Probably also Manager of the Wheal Golden Silver Lead Mining Company which preceded the Wheal Golden Consols - this started in 1847 when the Combe Martin & North Devon Silver Lead Mining Company finished. Many of the Directors of the C.M.& N.D. S.L. Co. were common to the Wheal Golden concerns..
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Lead Mine Agent in Combe martin.

GENERAL NOTE:
Believe mine at Combe Martin closed soon after 1822.There is a standard War Grave stone inserted in Richard's grave and it covers the lower part of his stone (which appears to have a verse, i.e. not further names). The inscription on the modern stone is:2167 Private A HINES, 28th BN Australian Infantry16th August 1916 age 37Far away from the land of the battle he sleeps in a hero's grave[The Commonwealth War Commission gives his name as Augustus HINES, born in Sydney, AUS, son of Allen and Elizabeth HINES.]Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: No.3 Supplement mentions Richard MORCOM, page 1288, 24 June 1857, No.1759: Letters Patent to Richard MORCOM of Redruth, Mining Agent, for "Improvement in Dressing Ores" London 1857, fol.pp.4, 6d.Chart received from Source 135 says Richard was "Mine Agent for the silver mines of Combe Martin and brother of Thomas MORCOM".

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
GRO Index Deaths
Will Somerset House Index
Monumental Inscription
Personal WARBURTON Michael J
Personal MORCOM David M T
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERrichard

BIRTH:
ABT 1803 in CON. Census 1841: age 35. Family transcribed as MARCOM in Cornwall OnLine transcription

CHRISTENED:
10Jul1803 in St Enoder CON. Son of John and Elizabeth MORKHAM

DEATH:
09Jun1844 in St Austell CON. Q2 1844 Died in Tywardreath of "decline". Death registered by Jane MORCOM, present at the death at Par.Age at death: 41

BURIAL:
15Jun1844 in Par, Tywardreath CON.

PROBATE:
WILL

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Par, Tywardreath,CON

Residence Note:
In 1841 apart from his wife and seven of his children, Richard's household included Samuel LUKE, age 35, and John WAKEM, age 9 {Was he a relative of Jane nee WAKEHAM?]

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Copper Miner in Par.Occupation Note: Also miner on death certificate.

GENERAL NOTE:
Census 1841 also shows Samuel LUKE 35; and John WAKEN age 9 [NB wife Jane's maiden name], living with family.

SOURCES:
Marriage Index bef.1837 Cornwall FHS
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Personal REDICAN Joe

BIRTH:
ABT 1803 in Gwennap CON. Census 1841: age 35, b. Cornwall; 1851: 48, head, married, b. Truro; 1861: 58, head, married, b. Gwennap; 1871: 68, head, married, b. Gwennap

DEATH:
19Oct1874 in Truro CON. Q4 1874 Age at death: 71

BURIAL:
-£800, resworn £1500. Executor: William JORY of Bissoe, parish of Perranworthal, CON, mason

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-AFT 1851: Kenwyn Street,Kenwyn,CON
BEF 1851-AFT 1871: Strangeway Terrace,Kenwyn Parish,Truro,CON

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Builder in Kenwyn.
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Retired Carpenter in Truro.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Proprietor of Land in Truro.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Retired builder in Kenwyn.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
GRO Index Deaths
Will Somerset House Index

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPrichard

BIRTH:
1808 in Gwennap CON. Census 1841: age 30, b. in Cornwall; 1851: 43, head, married, b. Gwennap; 1861: 53, head, b. Gwennap

CHRISTENED:
12Apr1808 in Gwennap CON. son of Richard and Patience MORCOM

DEATH:
04Jan1868 in Amlwch, Anglesey AGY. Q1 1868. Register says: age 59 Parys Mine Agent of Ednyfed Hill, Amlwch Port Age at death: 60

BURIAL:
AFT 04Jan1868 in St Eleth New Cemetery, Amlwch AGY. Grave Inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Captain Richard MORCOM of the Parys Mine Amlwch (late of Cornwall) who departed this life Jan 4th 1868 age 60. In the Record Book he is the Parys Mine Agent, age 59, of Ednyfed Hill, Amlwch Port

WILL:
03Nov1865

EMIGRATION:
Immigration Note: A R MORCOM and a N MORCOM arrived in San Francisco in 1852, Could this have been Richard and his son Nicholas Cornelius. A Richard Cornelius also arrived in California in 1864 but this could also have been Richard MORCOM (19078)

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1827-AFT 1827: Lifton Village,DEV
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Carharrack, Gwennap Parish,CON
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Banns nr Mount Hawke, St Agnes Parish,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Chapel Street,Amlwch,AGY
-04Jan1868: Efnyfed Hill,Amlwch Port,AGY

Residence Note:
In 1841 Richard's household contained (relationships not stated):Hannah 30Catherine 12Nicholas 8Thomas 4

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 11Dec1806-AFT Mar 1829: Labourer in Manganese MineOccupation Note: Note on marriage entry and on Catherine's baptism in 1829..
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Copper Miner in Carharrack, Gwennap Parish.
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Copper Mine Agent in Wheal Golden nr St Agnes.Occupation Note: Wheal Golden closed in 1855.
BEF 1853-AFT 1853: Managing Agent in Nancekuke mine, Illogan.
Occupation Note: Richard also worked, at some time, in the Combe Martin mines.Mich WARBURTON has found evidence that Richard MORCOM was supervising mining operations for iron in North Devon between January 1856 and March 1856. They were working for their former employer Frederick KNIGHT in attempts to start iron mining on Exmoor..
-1868: Mining Captain in Parys Mine, Amlwch.Occupation Note: David MORCOM believes he was a mechanical engineer.The North wales Chronicle of march 7th 1863 reports that a band of Hope meeting at the Wesleyan Sunday School on February 27th was addressed by Mr MORCOM and others. Was this Richard or his son Joseph Bickford?.

GENERAL NOTE:
Report in West Briton 21 oct 1853:"GIG ACCIDENT. On Friday night last, as Captain Richard MORCOM, managingagent of Nancekuke mine, Illogan, and two others, were returning from PerranFoundry, on their way to Redruth, the horse made a sudden turn on to anotherroad to the one on which they were going, when Captain Morcom suddenly fellover and lay in a senseless state for some time. On being taken up andremoved to his own house, Mr. PRYSE, surgeon, was speedily in attendance,and dressed his wounds; but we regret to state that he still lies in adangerous state, suffering much from the bruises and the shake of the fall. "Richard MORCOM's Will:Mine Agent of Amlwch Port, Anglesey, North WalesShipping and mining interests to wife Hannah and unmarried children.John C, Patience, Elizabeth C: £100 each when John is 21Nicholas Cornelius, Joseph Bickford, John C, Agnes BRAY, Catherine GARLAND, Harriet BRAY, Patience, Elizabeth.Witnesses: James and Susan NETTLE (Nettle occurs within the MORCOM line too)Executor: Mr James WILLIAMS of the Parys Mine, and sons Nicholas & Joseph MORCOM.Census 1851: Nancy MOLLARD servant

SOURCES:
Personal MORCOM David M T
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Personal:MORCOM Michael
Cornwall FHS Baptism Database 1537-1916
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
GRO Index Deaths
Grave Inscription

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules GWENNAPrichard

BIRTH:
1811 in Gwennap CON.

CHRISTENED:
21Apr1811 in Gwennap CON. son of John & Joanna MORCOM

DEATH:
1839 in Lanner CON. "Died of haemoptysis" = spitting of blood.

BURIAL:
03Oct1839 in Gwennap CON.

SOURCES:
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: GWENNAPjohn2

BIRTH:
ABT 1811 in CON.

CHRISTENED:
17Jun1811 in Gwennap CON. son of John & Joanna MORCOM (NB 2 couples named J&J)

GENERAL NOTE:
NB Could be son of Johanna nee OPPIE who also married a John MORCOM

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas

BIRTH:
ABT 1811 in CON.

CHRISTENED:
03Nov1811 in Gwennap CON.

DEATH:
1812 in CON.

BURIAL:
19Nov1812 in Gwennap CON.

SOURCE:
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas

BIRTH:
ABT 1815 in CON. Census 1841: age 24, b. Cornwall, living with his younger siblings Elizabeth, Eliza and Henry

CHRISTENED:
24Dec1815 in Gwennap CON. son of Digory, miner of Crofthandy

DEATH:
May 1842 in Crofthandy CON. Age at death: 26

BURIAL:
30May1842 in Gwennap CON.

RESIDENCE:
1815-AFT 1841: Crofthandy, Gwennap Parish,CON

Residence Note:
In 1841 Richard was living with his siblings Elizabeth, Eliza and Henry.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

BIRTH:
ABT 1819 GUESS c.20 years pre marriage

SOURCE:
Marriage Index BOYDS

BIRTH:
ABT 1819 GUESS c.20 years pre marriage

SOURCE:
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas1

BIRTH:
BEF 13Oct1819 in Redruth CON. Census 1841: age 15; 1851: 31, head, married, b. Redruth; 1861: 42, head, married, b. Redruth; 1871: head, married, b. Redruth

CHRISTENED:
13Oct1819 in CON. Richard, son of John (miner) & Joanna MORCOM of Redruth (from tree seen at FHS Truro)

DEATH:
13Sep1876 in Buller Downs, Redruth CON.

WILL:
04Aug1876 Witnesses: John COMBELLACK of Lanner, grocer and James WICKETT or West Trevarth, accountant. Solicitor: R H HOLLOWAY of Redruth. Value under £200. Will names his widow Eliza, and 3 children: John, Richard, and Eliza Ann INCH.

PROBATE:
30Nov1876 in Bodmin CON. Executor: widow Eliza MORCOM. She inherited his leasehold premises; remainder to three chidren on her death.

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-AFT 1851: Wheal Buller, Redruth Parish,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Wheal Buller Downs, Redruth Parish,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Wheal Buller, Redruth Parish,CON

Residence Note:
In 1861 there was a boarder in the household: John RODGERS, 18, unmarried, miner, b. redruthIs this the Richard MORCOM, farmer of Bullers Down, in the 1873 Kelly's Directory?

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1841-AFT 1871: Copper & Tin Miner in Wheal Buller, Redruth.

GENERAL NOTE:
There was also a visitor Harriet Paynter, age 19, unmarried,b. Redruth in the household in 1871 at the time of the censusCensus 1881: Eliza says she is farmer's widow

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Will Somerset House Index

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1824 in Gwennap CON. Census 1841: age 15, b. Cornwall.

CHRISTENED:
01Oct1824 in Gwennap CON. son of Mark (miner) & Elizabeth MORCAM of Gwennap (Entry no.460 on page 6 of Bawden Index)

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Carharrack, Gwennap Parish,CON

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Miner in Carharrack, Gwennap Parish.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
INDEX by W H BAWDEN

BIRTH:
ABT 1824 in Kenwyn CON. Census 1851: 26, single, lodging with Ann HICKS, 50, widow, b. Kenwyn

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Prainshead?,St Cleer,CON

SOURCE:
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851

BIRTH:
ABT 1824 in ENG. US Census 1880: 56, single, b. England, boarding with John SHANE, 33, overseer R.R..

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1880-AFT 1880: District 31,Gulf,Chatham County NC USA

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1880-AFT 1880: Miner in Gulf.

SOURCE:
1880 USA Federal Census

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERwilliam

BIRTH:
BEF 05Sep1824 in St Mewan CON. Census 1841: age 17; 1851: age 26, head, mar., b. St Stephens; 1861: 36, head, mar.., b. St Stephen; 1871: 46, head, mar., b. St Mewan; 1881: 55, head, mar., b. St Stephen; 1891: 64, head, mar., b. St Mewan; 1901: 76, head, mar., b. St Austell

CHRISTENED:
05Sep1824 in St Mewan CON. Richard, son of William MORKHAM and Ann (IGI Batch No.C021781)

DEATH:
08Apr1901 in St Austell CON. Q2 1901 Age at death: 76

WILL:
06Sep1888 Witnesses: George HUDDY & Israel NETTLE. Richard signed with his mark.

PROBATE:
31May1901 Granted to his widow Mary MORCOM. Gross £156.0s 6d, Net £188 4s 3d. All left to Mary subject to payment of his debts.

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Goonamarris, St Stephen in Brannel,CON
BEF 1851-AFT 1861: Quarry Close,Grampound, St Stephen in Brannel,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Bloomdale, St Stephen in Brannel,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1901: Penisker,St Mewan,CON

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Waggoner in St Stephen in Brannel.
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Farmer in Quarry Close, Grampound, St Stephen in Brannel.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Farmer of 25 acres in Bloomdale, St Stephen in Brannel.
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: China Clay Carrier in St Mewan.
BEF 1891-08Apr1901: Farmer in Penisker, St Mewan.

SOURCES:
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
GRO Index Deaths
Will Somerset House Index
Personal BREWER Paul

BIRTH:
ABT 1826 in CON. Richard MORCOM, 15, b. Cornwall in household of Andrew JENKIN, 40, farmer, b. Cornwall

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Trevoweth,Crantock parish,CON

SOURCE:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERrichard

BIRTH:
ABT 1829 in Tywardreath CON. Census 1841: age 12; 1851: 21, son, b. Tywardreath; 1861: Richard MORCUM, 31, head, married, b. Tywardreath; 1871: 41, head, married, b. Tywardreath; 1881: age 51, head, married, b. Tywardreath; 1891: 67, head, married, b. St Blazey

CHRISTENED:
14Jun1829 in Par, Tywardreath CON. son of Richard & Jane MORCOM, Doris Rule BABLE has 14 Dec 1831 Par

DEATH:
11Jan1895 in CON. Age at death: 65

BURIAL:
in Leekseed CON. CFHS Ref.57

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-AFT 1851: Par, Tywardreath,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Edgecumbe Row,Par,St Blazey,CON
BEF 1870-AFT 1871: Doddycross,Menheniot,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Par,St Blazey,CON
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: Par Lane,St Blazey,CON

Residence Note:
Census 1871 District 2, Schedule 071Census 1881: FHL Film 1341552 PRO RG11 Piece 2300 Folio 62 p.24

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Copper Miner in Tywardreath.
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Copper Miner in St Blazey.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Lead Miner in Menheniot.
BEF 1881-AFT 1891: Tin Miner in St Blazey.

GENERAL NOTES:
Nearby in 1881 census were: Mary 66 b.Tywardreath and Thomas 72 b.Crarick (Carharrick?)
Check: was this lease held by this Rchard:"The contents of this catalogue are the copyright of Cornwall Record OfficeRights in the Access to Archives database are the property of the Crown, © 2001-2006To find out more about the archives described below, contact Cornwall Record OfficeSt Blazey Lease Catalogue in Full new pageFILE - [no title] - ref. 1779/1 - date: 25 September 1885ContentsAssignment of lease £50(i) Thomas Barrett, St. Blazey Gate, miner(ii) Thomas Ellony, St. Blazey Gate, miner (Recital of lease of 23 June 1858 (a) Ernest Augustus, earl of Mount Edgcumbe (b) Richard Morcom ('the tenant')(a)-(b) -- plot of ground with a house and garden (13½ perches), St. Blazey for 99 yrs. or lives of (b), his wife Ann Morcom, their son John Morcom. Yearly rent, 6s.9d; heriot 2s.6d.Recital of assignment of 17 September 1873 (1)=(b) - (2) George Bovey. Also assignment of 2 April 1883, George Bovey to (i) Rec. (i) agreed with (ii) for sale of premises for residue of term).-- ground with house and garden at St. Blazey (as recital) for remainder of term.Witd. Walter Giles, St. Austell, surveyor.'Registered among the records of the manor of Tregrehan, Beever Beever, Helland & Bewes, stewards.'

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules GWENNAPrichard

BIRTH:
ABT 1834 in Kea CON. Census 1841: age 7; Census 1851: Richard MOORCOMB, age 17, son, b. Kea - he was living with his father Samuel and step mother Mary.

DEATH:
ABT 1879 in CON. Wife was "married" in 1861 and 1871 censuses (although he was absent from home). There is no mention of his being deceased when his daughter Alice married in 1878, but Elizabeth Jane was a widow by 1881.Only suitable CON death cert.for a Richard in Cornwall between 1860 and 1881 is Q2 1862 Truro, but this is very likely to be a different Richard.In view of his travels, a death overseas or on board ship seems more likely.

RESIDENCE:
ABT 1834-AFT 1851: Slitscombe, Kea,CON

GENERAL NOTE:
It is possible that he is same man as the Richard MORCOM (09078) who was in California between 1868 (when he was 33) and 1872, when he was in a Register of Foreign Born Voters. However, in view of his daughters later settling in Victoria, there is a possibility that he was the Richard, age, 30 on the "Tornado" which arrived in Victoria on July 1866. He may have been accompanied by a cousin William MORCOM (08525) and John MORCOM, possibly the son of another cousin. It is not impossible that he was in both Victoria and California as some Cornish miners "followed the gold".

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
GRO Index Marriages

BIRTH:
ABT 1835 in ENG. Age 33 in 1868 California Electoral Register? Could this be the same man as Richard MORCOM (12139), husband of Elizabeth Jane nee PASCOE, whose husband was absent in both the 1861 and 1871 census, and who was a widow by 1881?

DEATH:
NOTE: There is a possibly 19th Century gravestone in Red Men's Cemetery, Nevada Co., California which only has R.M.MORCOM [or MORCUM] but much more evidence is needed before we can decide whose grave this is. Cf Richard MORCOM 12139.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1872-AFT 1872: CA USA

GENERAL NOTE:
it is alt is also possible that this Richard is the Richard MORCONER, age 35, W, b. England in Nevada Twp, Nevada Co in the California 1870 Census

SOURCE:
Electoral Register Foreign Born Voters of California 1872

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERgeorge

BIRTH:
ABT 1838 in St Stephen in Brannel CON. Census 1841: age 5?, b. Cornwall? 1851: 13, son, b. St Stephens; 1861: 24, head, married, b. St Stephen in Brannel; 1871: 33, head, married, b. St Stephens

CHRISTENED:
24Feb1839 in St Stephen in Brannel CON. son of George & Ann MORKHAM

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-BEF 1851: Alsevear,Treverbyn, St Austell,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Chetan, Charlestown, St Austell,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: 9,Trethurgy, Treverbyn, St Austell,CON

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Waggoner carrying china clay in St Austell.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Iron Miner in Treverbyn, St Austell.

GENERAL NOTE:
His father gave the rest of his possessions (after bequests to his other children) to be shared between Mary Anna (note Anna) and Richard. Richard was a farmer, son and sole executor of his father's will.

SOURCES:
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871

Family Code: GWENNAPwarne

BIRTH:
08Jul1839 in Gwennap CON. Registered on 29th July as son of William MORCOM and Emma (nee WARNE). This is too early a birth date to be the same Richard who is in this family in the 1881 Census - so this child presumably died in infancy. No death found, but 1830s/40 GRO incomplete

Residence Note:
Mother signed birth certificate with a cross and described herself as of "Pulla"

SOURCE:
Birth Certificate

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St COLUMB MAJORjohn

BIRTH:
1840 in Newlyn East CON. Census 1841: age 1 yr, b. Cornwall; 1851: 11, son, b. Newlyn.

CHRISTENED:
07Jun1840 in East Newlyn CON. son of James & Philippa MORCOM

RESIDENCES:
1840-AFT 1841: Mitchell, Newlyn East,CON
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Nancemear Gate,East Newlyn,CON

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Agricultural Labourer in Newlyn East.

SOURCES:
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851

Family Code: GWENNAPwarne

BIRTH:
ABT 1842 in Carharrack CON. Census 1851: age 8, son, b. Gwennap

CHRISTENED:
16Jul1851 in Carharrack Wesleyan Methodist CON. son aged 9 of William & Emma MORCOM

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Sparry Bottom, nr, Carharrack, Gwennap Parish,CON

SOURCES:
Parish Register copy
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851

Family Code: GWENNAPjohn2

BIRTH:
ABT 1843 in Sparry Bottom, Gwennap CON. Census 1851: age 8, son, scholar, b. Gwennap; 1861: 17, son, b. Gwennap; 1871: 27, son, unmarried, b. Gwennap

CHRISTENED:
02Sep1848 in Gwennap CON. Richard, son of Thomas (miner) & Elizabeth MORCOM of Sparry Bottom. jane and Dick ROSS had 25th August 1848

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1851-AFT 1871: Pennance, Lannarth, Gwennap Parish,CON

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Copper Miner in Lannarth, Gwennap Parish.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Tin Miner in Lannarth.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Personal ROSS Dick and June
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
16Mar1844 in Gwennap CON. Census 1851: age 6 yrs, son, scholar, b. Gwennap; 1871: MORECOMB, 27, head, married, b. Gwennap; MORCAM on Census 1881: age 37, head, married, b. Gwennap; 1891: 47, head, b. Gwennap. GRO Q1 1844 Redruth

CHRISTENED:
09Jul1844 in Carharrack Wesleyan Methodists CON. Son of Henry and Ann, age 4 months

DEATH:
Q2 1896 in West Bromwich STS. Age at death: 52

RESIDENCES:
ABT 1844-AFT 1863: Carharrack, Gwennap Parish,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Back Ter (or Ten),Feock,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Woodgreen,Waterworks Houses,Wednesbury,STS UK
Engine Cottages,Brunswick,Wednesbury,STS

Residence Note:
1871: District 19 Schedule 065; 1881: PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2856 Folio 103 Page 20

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1862-AFT 1862: Engineman in Carharrack, Gwennap.
1863 Copper Miner in Carharrack.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Engine Driver Steam Vessel in Feock.
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Engine Driver (Water Works) in Wednesbury.
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: Engine Worker, Water Works in Wednesbury.

GENERAL NOTE:
CHECK Is he Richard (00247) son of Henry & Ann?

SOURCES:
GRO Index Births
Biography Cptn. Elisha MORCOM for MI State Who's Who.
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Marriage Certificate

BIRTH:
ABT 1845 in Crantock CON. Census 1851: age 7, grandson of William ROWE, scholar, b. Crantock; 1871: 26, b. unmarried lodger in household of Elias C GLASSON, 30, miner. 1881: 36, head, married, b. Crantock;1891: 45, b. Crantock; 1901: 55, head, married, b. Crantock1911: Richard MORCON, 65, married, b. Crantock

DEATH:
05May1924 in St Columb. Q2 1924

PROBATE:
£1114.6s.6d. executor James Goad WILLIAMS, farmer

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Church Town Crantock,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Park Cottage,Cubert,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Trevail,Cubert,CON
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: Trevail Grocer Shop,Cubert,CON
BEF 1901-AFT 1911: Trevail,Cubert,CON
BEF 1924-05May1924: Trevain,Cubert,CON

Residence Note:
Census 1881: FHL Film 1341551 PRO RG11 Piece 2298 Folio 87 p.11. In 1891, Richard's household consisted of wife Elizabeth, children Louis, Alfred, Albenia and Mary, and general domestic servant, Mary E TOZER, age 17, born Cubert

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Miner in Cubert.
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Iron Miner & Shop Keeper in Trevail, Cubert.
BEF 1901-AFT 1901: Grocer - employer in Trevail Grocer Shop, Cubert.
BEF 1901-AFT 1911: Grocer & Butcher on own account, at home in Trevail, Cubert.
-05May1924: Farmer in Trevail, Cubert.

GENERAL NOTES:
We do not know if it is the same Richard who married Lucy Jago PASCOE and Elizabeth Ann RICKEARD, but as both marriages were in Cubert, and Lucy died in Q1 1875, we assume so for the time being. CHECK!!
Birth may not have been registered. Was he an illegitimate son of one of the unmarried ROWE daughters by a MORCOM father? Beware possible confusion with Richard Hotten MORCOM.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911
GRO Index Marriages
GRO Index Deaths
Will Somerset House Index

Family Code: PROBUSwilliam PROBUSthomas

BIRTH:
ABT 1848 in St Ewe or Ladock CON. Census 1851: age 3 yrs, son, b. St Ewe; 1861: 13,son, b St Ewe; 1871: age 23, son in law of Ann HAWKE, married, b. Ladock; 1881: 33, head, married, b. Ladock; 1891: 43, head, married, birth place not known; 1901: 52, head, widower, b St Enoder;1911: 62, head, widower, b.Ladock.he was then living next door to Richard MORCOM (15586) who was also descended ftom Thomas MORCOM (15164)

DEATH:
30Apr1942 in St Austell CON. Age at death: 94

BURIAL:
04May1942 in St Stephen in Brannel CON. Page 228, No.1822 St Stephen in Brannel Burials: Richard MORCOM age 94 of Stepaside, St Stephen

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Paramoor,St Ewe,St Austell Union RD,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Poor House (nr Rectory),St Michael Caerhays,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Little Polgooth, St Ewe,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: High Street,St Stephen in Brannel,CON
BEF 1891-AFT 1911: Stepaside, nr St Stephen,CON

Residence Note:
In 1901 Richard had two boarders Barnard RETALLACK 25, married, stone mason, b. Bodmin and Maria RETALLACK 22, married, b. St Enoder, and also a visitor Maria RETALLACK 77, widow, b. Withiel

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Agricultural Labourer in St Michael Caerhays.
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Agricultural Labourer in Little Polgooth, St Ewe.
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Farm Labourer in St Stephen in Brannel.
BEF 1891-AFT 1911: China Clay Labourer in St Stephen in Brannel Parish.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911
GRO Index Deaths

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas

BIRTH:
Q3 1848 in Gwennap CON. Reg. in Redruth. Census 1851: age 2, son, b. Gwennap; 1861: 12, son, b. Gwennap. Family says b.St Day. Aged 18 when he emigrated in 1867

CHRISTENED:
05Nov1848 in Gwennap CON. Richard, son of Henry (miner) & Jane MORCOM of Rosewood

DEATH:
22May1900 in Stawell VIC AUS. Ref.7186. Son of Henry and Jane nee ALLEN. Wesleyan.Age at death: 52

BURIAL:
23May1900 in Pleasant Creek Cemetery, Stawell VIC AUS. Grave No 888 in Source 804 is probably a misreading of Grave 883 in which both his wife Charlotte and daughter Charlotte are buried.

EMIGRATION:
in "Chariot of Fame" Arrived in Victoria, Australia Jul 1867Immigration Note: Code B, Fiche 268, Page 001. His brother Henry was also a passenger and this, therefore, seems a more likely ship than the Tornado in 1866 (cf First Families 2001 entry by Kym Adrian EDWARDS)

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Tolcarne, nr, St Day, Gwennap Parish,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Halwidden Moor, Lanner, Gwennap Parish,CON
ABT 1878 "St Days",Pomonal nr Stawell,VIC AUS
ABT 1899 Moyston,nr Stawell,VIC AUS
21May1900 "St Days",Pomonal nr Stawell,VIC AUS

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Copper Miner in Lanner, Gwennap Parish.
ABT 1878-21May1900: Farmer (orchard) in St Days, Pomonal nr.Stawell.Occupation Note: Richard is credited with originating the apple growing industry which grew up around the Grampians - though another source gives the credit to Dr SYME. Richard developed a complicated gravitational irrigation system for his orchard. According to a report in the "Ararat Advertiser" he was exporting apples to London before 1890..
-16Dec1883: Miner for Stawell Pleasant Creek Cross Reef Company.in Stawell.Occupation Note: In the Annual Report of the Chief Inspectors to the Chief Secretary of Mines there is report [No 25] of a Richard MORCOM being "injured compo" [injured and received compensation from the Cross Reef Co.) on 16 Feb 1883 in Ararat District, Stawell Division. For the machinery accident he received £12 10s. This Richard is the only MORCOM of that name known to be resident in the Stawell/Ararat district at that time. We cannot rule out the possibility that one of two other Richard MORCOMs, known to be resident elsewhere in Victoria in the 1880s, may have worked at Ararat for a time..
BEF 1899-AFT 1899: Miner in Moyston.

GENERAL NOTE:
He is probably the Richard MORCOM of Stawell who on 22 Sep 1884 purchased 3000 shares at 4s.0d in the Wlheal harriet Gold Mining Com. N/L at Cathcart near Ararat

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
GRO Index Births
BMD Records Victoria AUS Federation Index 1889-1901
BMD Records Victoria AUS Pioneer Index 1836-88
BMD Records Victoria, AUS VicGold database
CD Australia Vital Records Index 1788-1905
BMD Records VIC AUS PRO 1896-1913
Book:"Pomonal: A Picturesque Place" by Isabel ARMOR
Electoral Roll Federal Referendum 1899 - Victoria
Victoria Mining Accidents Index CD
Mining Shareholders Index [Victoria] 1857-1886 CD
Cemetery Record-Death Dates:Stawell VIC AUS 1870-1982
Cemetery Record-Burial Dates:Stawell VIC AUS
Personal MORCOM Paul A, Australia
Personal ROSS Dick and June
Personal EDWARDS Kym Adrian

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas2

BIRTH:
Q2 1849 in Highfield, Bilston STS. Reg in Dudley. Census 1851: age 2, son, b. Sedgley; 1861: son, age 11, scholar, b. Bilston; 1871: 23, b. Staffordshire, lodger in the house of Mary Lloyd, widow, aged 67;1881: age 31 b.Highfield Bilston; 1891: 41, head, b. Highfield; 1901: 51, head, b. Highfield, Bilston; 1911: 61. father, married 36 years.b. Bilston, his house had seven living rooms and bedrooms

DEATH:
Q1 1920 in Aston WAR. Age at death: 70

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Highfields,Sedgley,Wolverhampton,STS
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: 10,Corser Street,Wolverhampton,STS
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: 15,Sandy Lane,Bordesly,WAR
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: 47,Oliver Street,Aston,WAR
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: 17,Chapman Road,Walsall,Birmingham,WAR
BEF 1901-AFT 1901: Chapman Street,Aston,Birmingham,WAR
BEF 1911-AFT 1911: 23,Golden Hillock Road,Aston,Birmingham,WAR

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Draper in Bordesly.
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Gasmaking Machine Fitter
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: Foreman Electrical Engineer in Walsall.
BEF 1901-AFT 1901: Machine Fitter in Aston, Birmingham.
BEF 1911-AFT 1911: Mechanic Cycle Makers in Birmingham.

SOURCES:
GRO Index Births
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911
GRO Index Deaths

BIRTH:
ABT 1850 in ENG. US Census 1880: 30, single, b. England, boarding with William RESCORLA 48, married, keeping a restaurent, b. England

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1880-AFT 1880: Main Street,District 5,Plymouth,Luzerne County PA USA

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1880-AFT 1880: Working in mines in Plymouth.

SOURCE:
1880 USA Federal Census

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPthomas1

BIRTH:
ABT 1853 in Redruth CON. Census 1861: 8, son, scholar, b. Redruth; 1871: age 19, son, b. Redruth

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Wheal Buller Downs, Redruth Parish,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Wheal Buller,Redruth,CON

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Miner in Wheal Buller.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn KEAdennis

BIRTH:
Q4 1857 in Truro CON. GUESS BC Census 1861: age 3, son, b. Kenwyn

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Wheal Prosper, Kea,CON

Residence Note:
Addresses as for parents

SOURCE:
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERgeorge

BIRTH:
Q2 1863 in St Austell CON. Possible birth. Census 1871: age 8,son, scholar, b. St Austell; 1881: 17, single, servant, b. St Austell; 1891: 27, grandson, b. St Stephens; 1901: 33, b. St Stephens, nephew of Hannah nee KNIGHT married to Samuel PHILLIP, 43, farmerIn 1891 Richard was living with his grandparents Edward & Elizabeth PHILLIPS, aged 72 and 70, both born St Stephens; 1911: 49, widower, nephew of Samuel PHILLIPS, b. St Stephens

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Trethurgy, Treverbyn, St Austell,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Tipton, St Kew parish,CON
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: Newgate, St Stephen in Brannel,CON
BEF 1901-AFT 1911: Lanjeth nr Hornick,St Stephen in Brannel Parish,CON

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Farm Servant in Tipton, St Kew.Occupation Note: Working for James CERNDY?, 29, married, farmer of 45 acres, b. St Austell and his 24 yr old sister..
BEF 1901-AFT 1911: China Clay Labourer in St Stephen in Brannel Parish.

GENERAL NOTE:
CHECK: Are the pre 1881 and 1901 Richard MORCOMs identical? The husband of Ruth, and presumed father of Olive, was recorded in 1901 as about five years older than the earlier Richard. Did his relatives wrongly inform the enumerator about his age, or did the enumerator erroneously read 38 in the household schedule as 33?A 21 year old Richard MORCOM arrived in New York on 14 September 1883 aboard the "City of Rome" from Liverpool. Could this explain the difficulty of finding him in the 1891 UK census? Did he and Olive (of whom no further record has been found] return to the States after 1901?

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911

BIRTH:
BEF 1864

EMIGRATION:
Arrived in California 1864Immigration Note: 7702 p.39

SOURCE:
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index Vol.2 H-O 1991-95 Supplement ed. P.William Philby etc

Family Code: ILLOGANarthur CONSTANTINEjoseph

BIRTH:
13Apr1868 in Parkside, Adelaide AUS. Ref.No. b p16. Parents John James MORCOMB & Sarah Ann BILLEY

DEATH:
19May1946 in Eastwood, Norwood District AUS. There is Richard MORCOM whose death date is given as 1 May 1946 in the SA Cemetery Card Index Age at death: 78

SOURCES:
Personal GOULD Bronte
Births-Index of Registrations South Australia 1842-1906
Cemetery Card Index SA Genealogy and Heraldry Society [Recd.from Bronte GOULD 2/01]

Family Code: ILLOGANarthur CONSTANTINEwilliam

BIRTH:
10Jul1869 in nr Woodside, Nairne District SA AUS. Ref.No. b74 p325

DEATH:
30Oct1909 in West Perth WA AUS. Reg. No. 578. Unmarried. Richard worked his brother, Joseph's, gold mine while the latter visited his dying brother. Richard died while Joseph was away or shortly after his return.Age at death: 45

BURIAL:
AFT 30Oct1909 in Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth.WA AUS. Wesleyan Area, Section CA, Grave 0083A.

PROBATE:
07Dec1909 Died intestate - letters of administration granted to his brother Joseph MORCOM of Boogardie. Source: Supreme Court of W.A., Probate records 1832-1940, Letters of Administration, file no. 170/09 [Information from Paul A MORCOM].

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1899-AFT 1899: Warracknabeal,VIC AUS
1906 Boogardie,Coolgardie,WA AUS
1906 Kurranwang, Kunalling,Coolgardie,WA AUS

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1899-AFT 1899: Farmer in Warracknabeal.Occupation Note: Assumed it is this Richard MORCOM in 1899 as it is known that several brothers in this family farmed in the Warracknabeal district.
1906 Battery Hand in Boogardie, Coolgardie.
1906 Labourer in Kurrawang, Kunanalling.

SOURCES:
Births-Index of Registrations South Australia 1842-1906
Electoral Roll Federal Referendum 1899 - Victoria
Electoral Rolls - Australia 1901-1936
Cemetery Record West Australia Metropolitan Cemetery Board
Personal MORCOM Paul A, Australia

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St COLUMB MAJORjohn

BIRTH:
15Oct1869 in St Agnes CON. GRO Q4 1869 in Truro. Census 1871: age 1 yr, son, b. St Agnes; 1881: 11, son, scholar, b. St Agnes; 1920 MI: 50, head, widower, b. England, immigrated 1888, naturalized 1904.

DEATH:
AFT 12Sep1918 Named as next of kin in Draft Registration Card of his son James

EMIGRATIONS:
1889
Left Southampton in "Oceanic" Arrived in New York 09Oct1912Immigration Note: Richard MORCOM , age 44, single, place of residence Bingham Canyon, Utah. Age fits the Michigan Richard but more proof needed that it is the same man.

RESIDENCES:
1869-AFT 1871: Trewellas, St Agnes,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Trewartha, nr. Mithian, St Agnes,CON
BEF 1897-AFT 1903: Houghton Co MI USA
BEF 1920-AFT 1920: Hecla Street,District 130,Laurium,Houghton County MI USA

OCCUPATIONS:
01May1897-03Nov1903: Miner for Calumet & Hecla Mine in Houghton Co.. MI. USA.Occupation Note: He was a widower (with son James) according to mine record (on 1 May 1897 when he was hired at Calumet & Heckla Mine, Michigan, US). His cousin James T Morcom also worked in the mine..
BEF 1920-AFT 1920: Plumber in Laurium.

SOURCES:
GRO Index Births
02Apr1871 Census Cornwall (Ross) CON
03Apr1881 Census Cornwall CON
1920 USA Federal Census
Work Applications Calumet & Hecla Mine Houghton, MI, USA
Passenger Lists -Ellis Island Records
USA - World War I Draft Registrations Card 1917-1918