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President’s Message I hope all are surviving the Drought of 2012. It has greatly affected Wisconsin, and though we have received some rains in the past couple of weeks, I’m afraid we will be seeing the remnants of this for years to come. Cornwall finally was relieved of its drought status in May of this year. The bottom line: the powers of nature are universal.

The Gathering of 2011 and of the future It is hard to believe that, when you read this, the Gathering of 2011 in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, will be one year old. Not having attended a Gathering for a few years, I was delighted to re-experience the camaraderie and sharing that took place, and even at one of my favorite places in the world.

Again, we are still looking for a host for the Gathering of 2013. We on the Board are aware that it might be difficult to plan the Gathering with only a year left, and we ask that if any society might think of planning one, let us know, and we’d be happy to help negotiate those arrangements.

A Lesson in Genealogy As a teacher, the summer let’s me catch up with the world. This past week I took a trip to Northern Wisconsin to visit relatives on the German side of the family. The trip helped me come to some im- portant conclusions about this genealogical thing we do.

I printed off a couple of pedigree charts and headed north. My goal along the way was to stop at a couple of cemeteries. One was to find my father’s parents and the other was to find my paternal grandmother’s parents. The second turned out to be a bit of an ordeal and had to speak with the cemetery’s office. The information didn’t seem to match too well, and I set out to find the plot that seemed the most appropriate. I hit pay-dirt (rather irreverent pun, sorry) and found not only my great grandparents, but others from that immediate family. I was elated enough with the discovery to return to thank the woman in the office who had helped me. We ended up having a lengthy dis- cussion about cemeteries and their uses as historical documents, parks, and places of contempla- tion.

I got to my relatives’ house. They are my first cousin and her husband. I was excited to share the news of my discoveries, and my cousin and I started out with a couple of memories and a laugh or two. Before I got to my specifics, her husband, a good guy who had married into the family even be- fore I was born, questioned why we had to dwell about talking about the past: what is done is done and over with. I guess, being the Doubting Thomas that I am, I question that, too, sometimes.

Others question that as well. There are going on two thousand hits on the Internet for “Why study genealogy?” Some reasons listed by the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society website are: It answers “Who am I?”, it strengthens family ties, it creates a legacy for the descendants, but the one I like the best is: “Because it is an engrossing hobby - like a detective story, full of clues, mysterious characters, missing persons, and all very personal.”

The funny thing about the initial incident was that within a few minutes, the three of us were all talk- ing about the past and family relationships. He was participating, not even knowing that his actions contradicted what he had said a few minutes earlier. Our history is our history: it’s interesting and pertinent.

42 Message con’t: I left two days later. Before leaving, I found out from my cousin, that I had some more relatives in a cemetery not too far away. They were more my father’s in-laws than blood relatives. My aunt (my fathers sister and my cousin’s mother) was also there. My cousin complained a bit that even though there were other relatives who lived near there, they didn’t bother to visit the graves. I didn’t ask ex- actly where it was, but decided to continue my exploration, and after a quick question to a clerk at a convenience store, I found the cemetery and the family plot. They were well kept and nicely deco- rated… by my cousin. That’s when I truly learned the meaning of “Why study genealogy?” It is to honor those who passed before us. Tom

Susan I. Pellowe November 10, 1939 – July 16, 2012

In 2003 Sue was named a Distinguished Alumna by Albion College in Michigan, a distinction seldom awarded to one in the arts. In her response Sue said, “I have been able to do a lot of things, almost none of them what I started out to do! My path has been determined by saying YES to opportunities presented. Life in the arts is like that: you cre- ate and you create many opportunities for yourself, but you also must be ready to seize opportunities that others offer you – to say YES. That’s how most of these credits of mine happened.”

Sue had many credits! British Music Hall performer, travel writer and book editor, world-traveling actress, as- sociate professor of theater, theatre critic, symphony manager, artistic director, author, photogra- pher, Methodist historian, of Cornwall,… to name a few.

Sue wore so many hats, and wore them all well, exuding such energy and joy of living. It is difficult to do her justice in a few paragraphs! She was honored to be made a Bard of the Cornish in 1996 for her dedication to preserving and promoting Cornish culture. She gave unselfishly of her talents and her love of Cornwall in her 20 plus years with the Cornwall Heritage Society at the biannual Gatherings, traveling to Australia for the held there to celebrate the Cornish, co-organizing the Illinois Cornish Society with Jim Wearne and as a member of Celtic Women International, serving on the Board of Directors and present- ing at First Friday events.

It has been said, “Susan Pellowe inhabits Susanna Wesley – or vice versa”, brings her to life in her impersonation, as Sue worked from decades of study and familiarity with Wesley material.

Recently, even as her physical strength was waning, Sue traveled to and Cornwall to get images for a DVD she was creating about the Wesleys. She worked on with determination in her last months to complete her book about her Dad, and the Cornish lads who came to Michigan to become Methodist ministers. She was also creating a CD about mermaids. “What kind of hat would a mermaid wear IF she wore a hat?, Sue asked me years ago. Perhaps she has discovered the answer!

Susan Irene Pellowe passed away on July 16, 2012 after a valiant fight against ALS. She was born in Detroit, MI on November 10, 1939 to Lila Peck Pellowe and William Charles Smithson Pellowe. She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law Myra and Ramon Burge of Issaquah, WA, her sister-in-law Mary Lou Pellowe of Adrian, MI, her nieces Nancy Alarcon of Redmond, WA and Deborah Pellowe of Adrian, MI, her nephews Scott Burge of Annapolis, MD, and Chris Pellowe, of Adrian, MI, and her cousin and cousin-in-law Mary Jane and Bob Dick of Petosky, MI.

A memorial service will be held for Sue at 11 AM, Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St. (at North Michigan Ave.), Chicago, IL 60611.

43 Correspondence from Societies and CousinJack Website

From Dick Baker: The Southwest Wisconsin Cornish Society webpage has been updated. Go to http://cornishfest.org. ****************************************************************** I expect you have a link to the folk band “Show of Hands” but if not, enjoy this: Show of Hands Also thank you for the link on your website to the Cornish Maritime Trust where I am a Trustee. Submitted by Marcus Clark, Nantewas, Lamorna, Pen- zance. email: [email protected] l++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Editor thanks Joe Trewyn for his kind words in the note he sent me from the Milwaukee Cornish ======The - Want a Vocabulary List? John Ellery Gillingham’s photo from facebook Portrait of the Italian historian Polydore Vergil and a contemporary My Cornwall Magazine features a long running se- map by famous16th century mapmaker Sebastian Munster, Basle, ries of language lessons and offers these sources: 1538. You can find a vocabulary list and a recording of the ——————————————————————————————— dialogue . There is also a comprehensive glossary The California Cousins gathered in the eastern si- which you can use to increase your vocabulary. Or erra for their 21st annual gathering. Bridgeport Me- you can get a printed copy by phoning the Cornish morial Hall in Mono county was the setting for dinner Friday night. Mike and Juliet Kiernan were the Language Partnership on 01872 323497. guests from Cornwall. Mike is the Director of the From The Cornish Immigrant, newsletter Greater Cornish Global Migration Programme. Mike is espe- Milwaukee cially interested in the cemeteries as the Cornish ______traveled around so much that it was hard to follow them. He at least can find them where they finally end up. Saturday they toured Bodie State Park, had a lunch, and then after cleaning up ended back at the Hall for dinner. After dinner Gage McKin- ney naturalized the newest crop of Cousin Jacks and Jennies.

From the Grass Valley Union newspaper via the Kenderwi Kernewek newsletter of California From the Kenderwi Kernewek newsletter 44 Correspondence con’t: CORNISH BOAT, BARNABAS, IN THE QUEEN’S "Cornwall ’s ruined tin mines have been named DIAMOND JUBILEE PAGEANT ON THE THAMES among the world ’s 27 must see places before you die by a top US broadcaster." Cornish tin mine has joined the Taj Mahal, Sydney Opera House and the Northern Lights in the top sights in the world to see before you die. American broadcaster, CNN says the tin mines are a ‘dramatic counterpoint’ to the wild seas of the Cornish coast. Count House at Botallack, St. Just, Cornwall is one of the most stunning locations and stands on the cliffs of the Crowns Mine. It was the hub of the day- to-day running of the mine in the 1860’s. This is Barnabas, the only boat from Cornwall, which sailed the 450 miles to London for the Queen’s Jubilee Pageant on the Thames. With a huge St Piran’s flag, she was prominent in the flotilla of boats and barges. Barnabas is the only survivor from St Ives, of the thousand strong fleet of lug rigged seine and drift net fishing boats, regis- tered at Cornish ports, at the turn of the 19th century. She is very similar to the Spirit of Mystery sailed to Australia by Pete Goss. She was built for Barnabas Thomas and was originally reg- istered in 1881. Her number SS 634 is said to have been chosen because number 634 in the English Methodist Hymn book was the hymn, ‘Will your anchor hold in the storms of life?’ Barnabas continued to fish until 1954 when she was sold as a yacht. She was given to the National Maritime Museum Trust in the 1970s and in 1985 she was restored to her orig- inal state. To read her story and source of the photo: www.cornishmaritimetrust.org/#/thebarnabas/ 4537219866 The Towanroath Engine House at Wheal Coates From the CAV newsletter Mine is a stone’s throw to the rugged Cornish *********************************************** coast. Around 3000 engine houses were built in the Train Services to Cornwall May Be Cut 18th and 19th centuries but the last closed in the 1930’s and the remains were declared a UNESCO The Government is considering slashing direct rail services World Heritage Site in 2006. between Cornwall and London by one third, in the re- organisation of transport to the south west of England, when it invites four short-listed firms to bid to run trains on the Great Western line based on a specification drawn up by the Department for Transport (DfT). The new operator will take charge of services throughout the south of Eng- land and , for 15 years, from next April. Officials at have been told by DfT civil servants they can expect to lose three daily inter-city services from Pen- zance to London. Many are particularly angry as the Transport Minister, Ms Theresa Villiers, told MPs in the House of Commons in December that whoever took over the franchise would be expected to provide at least what train firm First Great Western does at the moment. Liberal Democrat MP for St Ives Andrew George has secured an From Cornish list serve 22 Jul 2012 emergency meeting with Transport Minister Villiers. He said: "With seriously overcrowded trains, over inflation, For more go to Mailonline ticket increases and other service cuts, the Government should be enhancing the to Paddington service rather than cutting it." 45 From the CAV newsletter Correspondence con’t: The first of the UK Census 2011 results are out! 532,300 people normally lived in the on census The combined CAV groups have been busy over the past few day in March 2011 – an increase of 6.5% since 2001. This months. Speaker Tren Harvey told about his growing up in St. census is the first time people could identify themselves as Just during the early years of WWII. He told about using under Cornish under either ethnic group or national identity. the stairs as their aid raid shelter. From CAV and NSW newsletters Bill Phillips chaired the election of committee members and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, their new president is Rev. Prof. Robert Gribben. In July 65 people gathered for lunch and afternoon tea. Moira Drew spoke on her family’s trip to the gold fields from Burra to Bendigo during the mid 1800’s. Moira has been working on ‘The Overland Gold Project’. More information can be found at: Overland Gold Website. A group from the CAV have indicated an interest in following the route to or from Kernewek Lowender in 2013. ======Future talks include: What’s new at FamilySearch, Your Meth- DNA shows Welsh and Cornish to be ‘purest’ Britons odist ancestors, Cornish Miners and the Castlemaine Diggings Jonathan Leake, Science Editor Published: 17 June 2012 National Heritage Park and Bendigo, It’s Cornish. Sounds like excellent programming—wish I could be there. NATIVE could lay claim to be the most ancient of Taken from CAV newsletter Britons, according to scientists who have drawn up a genetic map ——————————————————————————————— of the British Isles. They studied variations in DNA taken from thousands of people living in rural areas. The aim was to work out where the ancestors of people in different regions came from — and how much they have intermingled over the centuries. The re- sults showed that the Welsh, followed by the Cornish, remain among the most genetically distinct of all the groups on mainland Britain. They carry more DNA that could date back to the tribes that colonised Britain after the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. “The people of Wales and Cornwall are different from the rest of southern and central England,” said Peter Donnelly, professor of statistical science at Oxford University and director of the Well- come Trust centre for human genetics. Donnelly and his colleagues, who will be describing their work at the Royal Society’s summer science exhibition, to be held in Lon- don on July 3-8, say there is some uncertainty about why the Cor- Cornwall’s Athletes competing in London 2012 Olympics or nish and Welsh have retained such a distinct profile, similar to that Paralympics, as part of Team GB (UK, Cornwall, , found in the peoples of and . One possibility is that and Channel Islands). they are “relic” populations, tracing their ancestry back to the tribes that first moved into Europe and Britain as the ice receded. Else- OLYMPICS: where, such peoples would since have been displaced or diluted James Honeybone – of – Fencing (Men’s Saber) by migrants. Helen Glover – of /Penzance – Rowing (Women's Pairs) Another is that the western parts of Britain were populated by mi- Annie Vernon – of – Rowing (Women’s Eight) grants from the Atlantic coasts of France and . Jemma Simpson – of Polgooth - Running They are not, however, the most genetically distinctive of all British Ben Ainslie - Sailing (Men's Finn class) people tested. That claim lay with the people of the Orkneys, Louise Bond-Williams and Sophie Williams – Fencing whose genes show them to be Scandinavian — as might be ex- (Women’s Sabre) pected for islands that were controlled by Vikings from AD875 to Wendy Houvenaghel – Cycling (Women’s Team Pursuit) 1472. In the study Donnelly and his colleagues analysed the differences PARALYMPICS. at 500,000 points in the DNA of 2,000 people. Only rural dwellers Matt Whorwood – of - Swimming were included, and all had to have had all four grandparents born in the same area. The researchers also compared the genetic pro- Our Congratulations to Helen Glover and Ben Ainslie, Gold files of British populations with those of European groups, to get an Medal winners! And to all who gave their all in the competi- idea of where the ancestors of modern Britons hailed from. tions. The Cornish and Welsh are likely to be delighted to have their 46 Correspondence con’t: 3rd Cornish Cultural Celebration of the Southern Sons of Cornwall Nowra, Australia October 26-28, 2012

SSOC is holding another wonderful Cornish weekend, with interesting speakers from Cornwall and around Australia, the first Bardic ceremony in NSW, Sunday service, a Din- ner & Celtic concert, Whale Watch tour, and lots of other fun & friendship with people from NSW, interstate, and from Cornwall speakers Sharron Swartz (Latin America: Cousin Jack & the New World) and Nigel Pengelly (Cornish Communication in the 21st C). From NSW newsletter ————————————————————————

It’s not that Cornwall Became part of England It’s just that the English forgot that identities confirmed — but the study could undermine similar claims by other regions. Cornwall was not part of their country The people of Norfolk, for example, have long claimed descent from the Iceni, the ancient tribe of which Boadicea is said to Courtesy of NSW newsletter have been the warrior queen. However, Donnelly and the study leader, Professor Walter Bodmer, a leading Oxford geneticist, found that the people of East Anglia are genetically little differ- myCornwall ent from those found across the south as far west as Dorset. Based in the mining town of , myCornwall is Corn- Similarly, the DNA taken from Scots showed they had strong wall's most feature-filled magazine, including news, histo- genetic similarities to the northern English. Donnelly said peo- ry, art, events and much more. I'd love to hear from all ple in southeast and central England had some DNA from the cousin Jacks and Jennies of the world, so please send me pre-Roman population of England but with additions from sub- your news, stories, letters and anything else you think we sequent Anglo-Saxon and Danish Viking settlers. “The people should hear about. I look forward to hearing from you! of this region are a real genetic cocktail.” Email: [email protected] From www.savecornwall.org ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Celtic Symbol Website In response to a query by Jan in California on our Cor- nish List Serve: “I don't know any meanings of Celtic Symbols, but I did google it and found this web site: Celtic Symbols I hope that this might help you. Diane in Wisconsin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Thomas Alverne BOLITHO January 7, 1930—May 11, 2012

Richard died suddenly following a pedestrian accident. Son of the late Cmdr. and Mrs. W.A. Alverne Bolitho. Married for 53 loving years to Isobel (nee Allen). Beloved father of two sons and daughter-in-laws, and grandfather to one granddaughter. Brother to 2 sisters, Proudly Cornish he was a loyal supporter of his community, his employer and most of all his family. He died a spry 82 yrs. old, enthusiastic about so many things, ready to give advice and help, generous and kind to a fault, always the gentleman. A good man who lived a good life and will be fondly remembered and cherished by us all. Funeral services were held May 15, 2012. Globe and Mail Inc. Toronto, ON 47 John Ellery Gillingham’s photo from facebook BEAUTY

The beauty of this land, the beauty of it all, The beauty of this country, the beauty of Cornwall.

The beauty of the sand and sea, the beauty of the heath, The beauty of the flowers, the beauty underneath.

The beauty of its people, the beauty of its kin, The beauty of its folklore, the beauty of within.

The beauty of the , the beauty of , The beauty of a , the beauty of baked.

The beauty of St Piran’s flag, the beauty of the tartan, The beauty of the flying chough, the beauty of the anthem.

The beauty of the mines, the beauty of the moors, The beauty of the fishermen, the beauty of the shores.

With all these things so beautiful, nowhere else would I rather be But in Cornwall, my land, my country, the heart inside of me.

By Juliet M. Jenkin, Redruth, Cornwall Written while sitting on the cliffs overlooking Botallack Mine, St Just 27 July 2012

48 Helping Hands Needed

John Moyle (also known as Jack) was born in East I am researching the surname MERRIFIELD from St Stonehouse, Devon in 1874, the youngest child of John Agnes Parish. John HARRIS married Ann MERRI- Moyle and Ann (nee Eade). Following his mother’s death FIELD ON 17 Jan 1811 in St. Agnes Parish, Cornwall. in 1877 and John Moyle’s regular absences from home Ann was born in 1790 and John in 1790-92. They em- with the Royal Marines, John and his brother Simon were igrated to Mineral Point, WI by 1850. I have had put into the Union Workhouse in , Cornwall. He problems researching her line as we previously was an inmate (scholar) of the Workhouse on the 1881 thought her name was Ann Mary FIELD. UK Census, was a farm labourer at , Cornwall If you have any information you can contact Cathy by 1891 and was a navy working in Devonport by 1901. In Lampshire at: [email protected]. August 1907 he emigrated to the USA on the `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` “Philadelphia” and on the US 1910 Census was living in In 2001 I met a man on a plane flying from Chicago to Negaunee, Michigan. On the “Philadelphia’s passenger Indianapolis and he told me of the Cornish descendants in list, he gave his father’s name and address as John Wisconsin. For whatever reason l have just remembered this and am absolutely fascinated to find out more. I am Moyle, Holmbush, . After 1910 he seems to myself Cornish born in Redruth, but have lived away from have disappeared. I was not able to find him on the US Cornwall for most of my life. Could l please be included in 1920 or 1930 Censuses. Contact was lost with his brother your newsletter? Best Regards, Nigel Masters, Boston. Simon and family living in St. Keverne from about this If you perchance are the person he met please feel free to date. Before he emigrated John (Jack) Moyle used to visit contact him by Email: [email protected] but my grandmother Clara Moyle (Simon’s wife) according to tradition “didn’t like him!” and so that chapter closed. Is A Piano Falling - there anyone out there who knows anything about the movements of John (Jack) Moyle after 1910? Did he mar- Show me a piano falling down a ry, and have a family? When and where did he die? Are mineshaft and I’ll show you …. there, by chance, any living descendants reading this? I thought that I might have found him some time ago on the A-flat miner. US 1930 Census in Michigan but have not recorded this so probably my find was incorrect. Any help appreciated. Perhaps the 1940 Census will be the answer to my pray- ers. From Illinois Cornish Society newsletter Sent by Terry Moyle. Replies can be sent to the editor: (Sue outdid herself with this last letter) Carolyn Haines at [email protected]

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Messach a dhiworth Skogynn Pryv Bardh Meur

Gorsedh Kernow

Mick Paynter, Grand Bard of the Cornish Gorseth, was unable to attend the CAHS Gathering in Mineral Point in August 2011. He provided the Gathering with a 20 minute DVD in which he explains the Gorsedh and the of the Gorsedh. The message is in both Cornish and English with the English translation following the Cornish. We have received permission to have this DVD copied so that we may loan it to organizations for use at their meetings. The loan period is for 30 days.

WARNING: The scenery in this DVD may invoke a sense of homesickness, even among those who have never been to Cornwall.

Send loan request to: Richard W. Baker, CAHS Historian 1520 Coventry Court Reedsburg, WI 53959-1448

E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 608-524-1490 Cell 608-963-3529

Include the name of the organization, mailing address, name of responsible party, and the date needed by. Please order at least 30 days prior to the needed date. The borrowing organization is responsible for returning the DVD on time and for the return mailing cost.

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Wheal Jane - The Final Mining Years - remarkable photographs by John Peck, 'official' photographer from 1969 until its closure in 1992.

Celtic Cornwall - Alan Kent explores the sites associated with the Cor nish Celts and provides an insight into the landscape, life and traditions that have made Cornwall and its people 'different'. *Alan has won a place for one of his entries and a first for another one in the Cornish Gorsedd Competition for 2012.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information. Kind regards Denise

Denise Lyons Marketing Manager Halsgrove Publishing DDI: 01823 653 775 www.halsgrove.com 50 Items con’t:

New CD Released by Wadebridge Male Voice Choir

Wadebridge Male Voice Choir’s latest CD Then & Now has just been released. The CD is aptly named from traditional numbers like ‘Nessun Dorma’ to contemporary modern pieces like ‘Angels’. Naturally there is a strong Cornish flavor in the CD; including songs like ‘Cornish Hearts’ specially composed for the International Male Voice Choral Festival 2007 by Gareth Churcher. (Held in Cornwall)

The CD can be obtained from Paypal.com send to [email protected] $25 US includes shipping and handling.

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Celtic Myth and Religion: A Study of Traditional Belief

McFarland Publishers and the Celtic Cultural Heritage Foundation are pleased to announce the publication of a unique new book entitled 'Celtic Myth and Religion: A Study of Traditional Belief' by Harvard trained Celticist, writer, teacher and singer Sharon Paice MacLeod. Ms. MacLeod has studied a number of Celtic languages, including Cornish.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Celtic mythology and religion, encompassing numerous aspects of ritual and belief. Topics include the presence of the Celtic Otherworld and its inhabitants, cosmology and sacred cycles, wisdom texts, mythological symbolism, folklore and legends, and an appreciation of the natural world. Evidence is drawn from the archaeology of sacred sites, ethnographic accounts of the ancient Celts and their beliefs, medieval manu- scripts, poetic and visionary literature, and early modern accounts of folk healers and seers. New translations of poems, prayers, inscriptions and songs from the early period (Gaulish, Old Irish and Middle Welsh) as well as the folklore tradition (Modern Irish, , Welsh, Cornish, Breton and Manx) complement the text. Information of this kind has never before been collected as a compendium of the indigenous wisdom of the Celtic-speaking peoples, whose traditions have endured in various forms for almost three thousand years.

Print ISBN: 978-0-7864-6476-0 Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7864-8703-5 $35.00

Email: [email protected] www.mcfarlandbooks.com

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HORN OF PLENTY

Brave storyteller Will Coleman strides, pipes, drinks and rows his way across Kernow, welcoming Spring, celebrating Summer, from Helston Flora to May Day, St Just Lafrowda to Regatta, telling Cornish creation tale of the Horn Of Plenty.

AWEN FILM You have to see this! Made by community becoming film-makers led by a bard [for his organization]. Just 5 minutes to see Will Coleman as a storyteller for all! He has written for kids a mermaid’s tale, but lots of others. Sue Pellowe saw him once in a Truro bookshop entertaining 100 children and adults! So watch here, clicking on the arrow on lower left corner: http://vimeo.com/41724325 From Illinois Cornish Society newsletter (Sue’s last as editor) ______

Mine Owners and Mines of the Colorado Gold Rush By Laurel Michele Wickersheim and Rawlene LeBaron

This fascinating look at Colorado's gold rush is based on Thomas Corbett's classic directory of Colorado's known gold mines, silver mines, coal mines, and ore mills. This long out-of-print mining directory is a snapshot in time of Colora- do's 1879 gold rush mines, listing each documented mine along with its own- ers, officers, and key employees. A brief discussion of each mine includes the date discovered, location, nature of the ore, etc. Mines are listed alphabetically by county, with a separate section devoted to coal mines and ore mills. The authors have edited and corrected the original compilation, and inserted inter- esting historical and biographical notes throughout the text. An extensive full name index, plus facsimile reprints of maps, photos, vintage postcards, and three old mining stock certificates enhance this work. This is a wonderful com- panion to Lost Cities of Colorado, but it stands alone admirably as a reference for genealogists because it names mine owners and reports the yield for most of the mines. It is a unique reference for historians, genealogists, geologists, and anyone drawn to the excitement and adventure of the old West.

Paperback available for $41.00 at MineOwners or amazon.com

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Members’ Interest Page

By Jim Thomas [email protected]

This is Members’ Interest Page No 15, where we try and connect members who may not know that they are researching the same surnames. I have been doing this page off and on for the past five years and I am wondering if anyone is get- ting any benefit from it. I am currently re-running names that have been in previous pages because many of the names in my database appear only once or twice. I am running names with at least four or five people interested.

Since my last Members’ Interests Page I have received some suggestions for changes to the format of the page to better serve our members. I will be looking at some new ways to present the information and possibly generate more interest and comments. I look forward to hearing from you.

Bennett / Bennetts

Connie Bastian [email protected] Barbara Bray [email protected] Dorothy Duddy [email protected] Dorothy Hubbs P.O. Box 411, Gladwin, MI 48624 Phyllis Igoe [email protected] Sharon Markworth [email protected] Hope Northington 44 W. Hathaway Rd, Mobile, AL 36608 Rosemary Rene’ [email protected]

Richards

Connie Bastian [email protected] Pierre Fisher [email protected] Ann Hanton [email protected] Jerome Hoffman [email protected] John & Janice Iverson [email protected] Eileen Memory [email protected] Kathie Oakden [email protected] Phillip Richards [email protected] Mary Lou Smitheram [email protected] David Thomas [email protected] Jim Thomas [email protected] Jean Timmermeister [email protected]

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Open Cornish Gorsedh Awards , September 1 15 new Bards inducted Medal Bras Map Trevethan Rag gonis dhe Gernow gans nebonan usi ow triga yn-mes a Gernow. Jennifer Capper - Saffron Walden The Paul Smales Medallion By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for For services to Cornwall by someone living outside Cornwall. Cornwall. Flora "Tommi" O'Hagan – Myrgh an Vermayl: 2008 (Daughter of the Ken Cocks - Vermillion) – a Minnesota Range: For services to Cornish Sport. Past President of the Cornish American Heritage Society (CAHS), maintaining world-wide contacts for a "Cousin Jack or Jenny" through- Sarah Cooke - Launceston out the Diaspora, enabling people to visit libraries in the U.S.A. to ac- By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for cess microfilm of the "West Briton". Cornwall. Skoos Kowethas Kernewek Loundres Jowdy Davey - Perranporth Rag gonis dres ehen dhe Gernow ha dhe dus Kernewek. By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for London Cornish Association Shield Cornwall. For outstanding services to Cornwall and .

Stephen Leslie Gainey - Redruth Gloria Knight – : By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for For forty years the 'backbone' of "Cornwall Tapes", as she has striven Cornwall. to encourage supporters, who form a personal link as "chatterers" to the lonely, the blind or poorly sighted often in isolated places or cut-off Lady Mary Holborow - Ladock by retirement. Note: Gloria and her husband John, are behind the res- For services to Cornwall. cue of the live concert CD that was for sale at Mineral Point. Peter James Mundy - Bendigo, Victoria , Australia For services to Cornwall in Australia. Werison an Gannas Rag avonsyans a Gernow yn-mes a Gernow. Richard Ormond - Mullion, Helston The Ambassador’s Trophy For services to Cornwall and the language. For the promotion of Cornwall beyond Cornwall.

Pat Parkins - South Brent, Devon Beatrice Curnow – Arghans Bew: 1980 (Quicksilver): By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for Well-known throughout the Diaspora for her love of the Cornish Lan- Cornwall. guage, the Pirantide Celebrations in Perranporth and for forty years’ organisation of the Breton Festival in L’Orient, The F.O.C.S./ Colin Rescorla - and Deputy Secretary of The Twinning for Cornwall Associ- For services to Cornish craftsmanship. ation.

Elizabeth Mary Sutcliffe - Whittleford, Cambs Aventuryans Kernow By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for Rag kowlwrians dres ehen yn Kernow gans nebonan usi ow ti- Cornwall. skwedhes dallethieth ha drehedhes sewena. Cornwall Enterprise Arwyn Huw Thomas - London For outstanding achievement in Cornwall by someone showing initia- By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for tive and attaining success. Cornwall. Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust – Accepted by Susie Smith – Commu- Morris Watts - Plymouth, Devon nity Fundraising Manager: By examination in the Cornish Language and continuing work for Initially the "First Air Ambulance", financed by public fundraising and Cornwall. donations from the Cornish people, the service owes much to the pio- neering work of Geoff Newman in 1986 and links with the local health Julie Wheeler - Nowra, New South Wales, Australia authority. For services to Cornwall in Australia.

Catherine Hawke Whitford - Mineral Point, Wisconsin, USA For services to Cornwall in the USA.

Continued next page Bottom right column 54 Going Up Hill, Here are verses one, two and five from

Coming Down “Going Up , Coming Down.” What’s It All About?? Goin' up Camborne Hill, comin' down, Here is a helpful summary, from My Cornwall Magazine, of a Goin' up Camborne Hill, comin' down, song we all know and have sung. The 'osses stood still, The wheels turned around, For a couple of centuries, there has been a close association Goin' up Camborne Hill, comin' down. with steam power and transport in the British Isles. In the Victorian Age, there was a whole network of railroads through- White stockins, white stockins she wore, out Cornwall. Even today, there is still a full-service railway White stockins, white stockins she wore, operating- and Wenford-with old steam locomotives White stockins she wore, providing the power. Trains leave from a restored station and The same as before, do a one mile route that includes all the smells and sounds, Goin' up Camborne Hill, comin' down. slamming doors, steam and soot of the “good old days.” Goin' up Camborne Hill, comin' down, Engineer Goin' up Camborne Hill, comin' down, was a key to this piece of Cor- The 'osses stood still, nish culture. “Captain Dick” The wheels turned around, was a very big man and was Goin' up Camborne Hill, comin' down. very strong. For the mining industry, in mid- 18th century, he invented a pump that drew water out of the mine. He then developed a steam engine to lift ore from the depths. That led to the construction of a car- riage for land travel that was powered by steam instead of horses. This new invention was finished on Christmas Eve in 1801 and Trevithick tried it out immediately. His workshop, where ideas became working ma- chines, was in Camborne.

John Pollock of Truro wrote concise histories of Cornish leaders Bodmin and Wenford Railway in his book Ten Cornish Giants. One of those giants is Richard www.bodminandwenfordrailway.co.uk Trevithick. In Pollack's words about the newly developed car- Taken from Cornish Immigrant newsletter (Milwaukee) riage, “He raised steam and, with seven or eight men hanging on for the ride, set off up Camborne beacon in pouring rain.” Bards con’t: Such an amazing feat became immortalized in the song that is familiar to Cornish all around the world. Attent Dres Ehen Far from the fanciful picture the song conjures up to the uniniti- Rag kowlwrians Kernewek dres ehen a dhendil aswonnans keswlasek. ated of a coach sliding on a snowy hill with the passengers Exceptional Endeavour scarcely knowing whether they are going up or down, it is be- For an outstanding Cornish achievement meriting international recogni- lieved to refer to the occasion in 1801 when Richard Trevithick's tion. steam locomotive first carried a load of passengers up a hill in Camborne. It has been said that the attendants had their legs Tassy Swallow: bandaged with white flannel to prevent the steam from burning The youngest Sports Ambassador for Cornwall at eighteen, having them. But the white stockings may refer to the girls at the fuse represented Great Britain four times in the Junior British Surfing Team, hoping to represent the country in Surfing and Snowboarding factory who wore them. The wheels turned around by the en- gine while the 'osses stood still and looked on, as everyone The Gorsedh of Cornwall else did, in amazement.

55 Tis Me tribes and scattered, the Roman formed a nation, and had The Cornish Cross an army train for that nation. Many battles took place be- tween these two people, and at first the Romans did not Over the years I have studied the Cornish Crosses, and have it all their own way, with many defeats and setbacks. read many books on this subject. Over my studies I know It is not widely known, that many of the Celtic tribes had that these crosses, are not only in Cornwall but have been women as their leaders, when we consider how long it took found all over and Ireland, and mainly on the women to get the vote in most modern countries, and still Saints Ways through these lands, although many have today we can almost count the numbers that go on to be been used over the years by farmers, and moved into leaders of a country, how strange it is to think how much church grave yards. The farmers have used them mainly women fell behind in history. for the foundations of buildings, and for use on hedge But getting back to my story, as the Romans started to de- rows, and I think the ones taken to the churches were to feat the Celts, mainly by surrounding each tribe, then starv- make the grounds holy. ing them, the legions started to carry banners, many re- What were they put there for and is there any other reason sembling the , this was thought to represent a for them? I believe there was originally a very important symbol of strength of the legions, and moving forward hun- reason, I believe that it was what the Ancient Egyptians dreds of years, this tradition filters down to the Germany and Phoenicians used to survey their building and navigate army in the first and second world wars. You might remem- the oceans of the world. Of course the crosses they used ber seeing scenes of their great parades in front of Hitler. were not made out of granite, but made out of a simple Even today many religious groups use a similar cross, with wood construction. It is known that the Phoenicians were the circle around it, at their ceremonies, like the Russia or- able to navigate the seas, and with this simple cross and thodox church. So is the true meaning of this cross reli- with a plumb line attached their calculation could be very gious, representing the death of the Son of God? After all accurate. The incredible Pyramids, which were worked out crucifixion was used long before Jesus, and we know that so acutely, has never been truly explained, but some meth- crosses were around centuries before A.D. Or was it an od like using a plumb line and a cross to find the horizontal ancient tool of so much value to the ancient people of this and vertical lines could have been used. world, and worshiped as a holy symbol, used by architects, The stone circles of Stonehenge and at Callanish in Scot- and navigators, who were probably priests and wise men? land is known to be more than 5000 years old, the ones in This story is one for thought. Callanish were built in the form of a Celtic cross, proof that Your Cornish friend, this knowledge predated the pyramids. Brian Stephens As I do not believe in little people coming from Mars or any where else, the cross looks like a perfect tool for angles, providing a plumb line is used to ensure that the vertical measurement is totally accurate. If you study the cross with its round circle, you can see that you have certain built in measurements of 45, 90, 135, and 180 degrees. If this was the case, then it can be understandable that this crude in- strument, was worshiped, and in the right hands, very ac- curate. Many great brains thought that these ancient peoples had not travelled the world, but Thor Heyderhal proved them wrong when he sailed from Egypt to the Americas, in a boat built just like the Egyptians had built in ancient times. The Celtic race were spread over all Europe, from Scot- land, Ireland, Wales. Cornwall, France, Germany and many other countries in the north. In Europe they had great gold mines, and they were wonderful at making bracelets, rings and necklaces, we have many examples here in our local museum at Truro. This gold was the great envy of the Romans, who unlike the Celtic people who lived in small 56 New Members Renewals

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