We saw in the last blog that Edwin Pascoe had a number of different occupations from 1881 to 1911. Another example of a man with multiple occupations, this time with even greater contrasts, can be found in the Kenwyn database. James Noble was born in 1849 in the heart of mining country at the Consols … Continue reading Kenwyn and a man of all trades
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High status secular surnames in early modern Cornwall
If your name is Knight or Bishop does this mean you have a long-lost ancestor who was a mounted warrior or a bemitred ecclesiastic? Sadly, in most cases, the answer is no. In my The Surnames of Cornwall I opted for the possibility that these names might have been given to those who were servants … Continue reading High status secular surnames in early modern Cornwall
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