From the Isles of Scilly, we jump to the northern end of Cornwall. As befits a farming parish, all three of the Jacobstow children of 1861 who appear in the Victorian Lives database and who have been traced to at least 1891 were living on farms in 1861. Not that a farming life was the … Continue reading Jacobstow: Go west young man? Or perhaps south.
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Tanners, talkers and trappers? Three Cornish nicknames.
These three rare Cornish surnames originated in nicknames or occupational names. Croggon is usually assumed to come for the Cornish word croghen (leather or skin) and be a name for a tanner. Its connection with Grampound’s tanning industry and its concentration in Grampound and Creed until the 1800s look to prove the point. The only … Continue reading Tanners, talkers and trappers? Three Cornish nicknames.
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