Cornish American Heritage Society building. dueis toopen in2018. alternate public use for the current Cornish Studies Library part ofthe grant terms Council has tofind an the current sites occurring towards the end of 2017. As Construction will begin in 2016 with phased closures of Timetable Read what the project will do: Read what we have done: Heritage Site. Brewery building at the heart of theCornish Mining World Kresen Kernow will also safeguard thehistoric share in Cornwall’s rich and distinct history. prove access and attract wider audiences to celebrate and range ofevents, exhibitions and activities which will im- dynamicties, volunteering opportunities and adiverse cil, it will provide abespoke building, excellent digital facili- Funded by theHeritage Lottery Fundand Cornwall Coun- ronment Record, for thefirst time. Studies Library andthe Cornwall and Scilly Historic Envi- Cornwall, as well as Cornwall Record Office, theCornish tion of manuscripts, books and documents related to library space, bringing together the world’s largest collec- Kresen Kernow will be an exemplary modern archive and ing from theHeritage Lottery Fund! wall's new archive centre, has secured £11.7 million fund- We are delighted toannounce thatKresen Kernow, Corn-

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- teller! And when that storyteller wasan American IHow lovegood a by story told a master story- Cowboys”. the California Cornish Cousins,themed “Cornish …..while attending Grass the Valley Gathering of 7,2015June Gage Duane and worked thissame land, raising cattle. grandfatherfather and before himownedand life of a rancher cowboy. His great said, inhischarmingly articulateway, he lived the “As a child,I ascould soon sita horse,” he the remains of warm and , Duane began…. a fresh scent offoothills’ the Ponderosa pines and We sipped cool drinks while the breeze combined from where weall sat. and raiseda onranch justa mileacross the valley was ready totell ofthe experience of being born chaps today stocky frame,full white beard, ten himself up tohisfull 5ft 6 inches, and with Western Gateway ParkSaturday, on 7,drew June Duane Nissen, the speaker at the picnic in for a treat,tohear atrue bitof western lore. Cornishman, a real cowboy,I knew wewere in

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Messach an Lewydh (Message from President)

Echoing the Bardic call for “Peace”, I greet you all in the Cornish spirit.

Our visit with the California Cornish Cousins was a lovely early summer gathering. To learn of the strength, vitality, and good humor with which those folks celebrate their Cornishness was an experience I’ll never forget. Cal Cousins know how to spread the word about our culture! Within their ranks as well as out in the communi- ty, American-Cornish women and men are teaching heritage. Thank you to the Grass Valley group for a very warm welcome.

One of the goals of CAHS, of course, is to broaden awareness of the deep, rich culture which is Cornish, not only for our own members but in the wider community, as well. I was interested to read in Simon Reed’s ‘END COLUMN’ in the February/March issue of myCornwall magazine that he and other dedicated purveyors of our heritage have created a website dedicated to “doing” Cornish Culture. www.cornishculture.co.uk, an attractive, user-friendly site, has a wealth of information about various aspects of Cornish tradition. I recommend it to your perusal and have, in fact, created a 10-question quiz called “Doing” Cornish Culture which appears be- low. Have a look at it. Go to the website, and if you are so moved, send me your answers. You may find your- self getting lost in the many subjects covered. I challenge you to take advantage of this bit of learning! Win- ners announced in the next issue of Tam Kermewek.

And, just as a reminder, Viki Wilson, Deputy Editor of the other fine magazine, Cornwall Today , writes a col- umn profiling those of us in the diaspora who celebrate and remember Cornish ancestry. She would love to hear from you and would do an email interview, featuring information about your Cornish family. Don’t be shy about offering to share your story. It’s a wonderful way to strengthen the cord binding us to the homeland. Viki can be reached at [email protected]. We look forward to reading your story.

All in the Cornish spirit. Kathryn Herman, CAHS President **Jan Davis, Ron Carbis and Carolyn Haines have had their stories in Cornwall Today and myCornwall publications

“DOING” CORNISH CULTURE

A 10-question quiz on Cornish traditions. (Open book quiz with answers to be found at www.cornishculture.co.uk)

1. What is “crying the neck?” 2. What sport is a Cornish tradition? 3. Who was Tom Bawcock? 4. During the 19th century, who was a ‘pellar’? 5. Name 3 Cornish folk songs. 6. When is the Flora held? 7. Traditionally, what is placed in the marriage bed of newlyweds? 8. What are ‘dollies’ made of? 9. What is a Plain an Gwarry? 10. In the Cornish national anthem we sing, “We’ll set Trelawny free!” A. Who was Trelawny? B. Where was he? C. Why do we have to set him free?

Send your answers to Kathryn Herman at [email protected] Winner(s) to be announced (with great fanfare!) in the next issue of Tam Kernewek

42 Correspondence from Societies Geelong Branch participated in the National Celtic Festival at Portarlington for three days over the and Cousin Jack Website Queens Birthday long weekend. Our stall area was the largest we have ever had.

Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) Conference We were joined for part of the weekend by Max Beck. Max displayed a publication that he wrote titled A Dif- This year’s conference was held at Georgian College in ferent Earth. The saga is based on a true story of his Barrie. There was not a great deal of interest at our booth. Cornish ancestors living in poverty in Cornwall. They However, we sold two copies of Volume 2, and some at- decide to make the break and sail to South Australia tendees took information brochures and forms. Although and ultimately to the Victorian goldfields. it was quiet, our attendance at this event continues to ena- At the festival many interesting conversations with ble us to get the TCA name introduced and presented passers by were entered into. One was with a lady throughout the Ontario genealogical community. from the Trewhella family. Her grandfather invented It was also suggested by Caroline Wiley that we consider the Trewhella Jack, improving a design of his uncle. contacting the 40-50 OGS affiliated genealogical groups in Ontario with the goal to provide them with general in- Cornish Association of Victoria newsletter formation regarding the Toronto Cornish Association, its ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ mandate and what it has to offer as well as details on our From the Toronto Cornish Association notes: latest publication on Cornish Emigrants to Ontario. These details could be included as a specific article within their Ann Crichton-Harris brought an article from "History To- member newsletters. day" that has the 14thC Cornish translator John Trevisa con- cerned with the impact of Latin and French on grammar TCA newsletter school language standards in 1385, then 56 years later wor- *************************************************** ried that the negative impact of abandoning other languages Bardic Ceremony would disconnect from the wider world.

Grand Maureen Fuller conducted the ceremo- Fast forward to 2015, the debate continues in the EU. ny at Wallaroo and gave special recognition to our ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ new Cornish , Derek Trewarne, Melbourne, Wendy Benoit, Ballarat, and Rob. Lloyd, Bendigo. Cornwall leads the way in The CASA (Cornish Assoc. of South Australia) Choir and the floral dancers participated making it a very £250m venture to attract Chinese visitors significant afternoon. By WMNlynbarton | Posted: August 03, 2015

Cornwall has been chosen to be at the forefront of a £250 million investment to attract Chinese visitors to the UK.

The Lakeview Country Club, a 30 year old holiday village near has been bought for £12,500,000 as the first part of the venture.

The British Chinese partnership behind the deal has also obtained permission to extend the 100 acres, creating what they claim will be the largest and most desirable private wa- terside village in Britain.

Scott Mann, Conservative MP for said it was great news. "Cornwall is a beautiful county and is working hard to stimu- Pasty Tea late its tourist economy, therefore, we welcome the Chinese Always a great night with about 80 others and ably involvement in the building project along with Chinese visi- entertained by the CASA choir at the evening tors, with open arms." concert. Malcolm Bell, chief executive of Visit Cornwall, said it would help propel Cornwall into the ranks of one of the world's leading tourist destinations. 43 Correspondence con’t: Chinese con’t:

The partnership behind the deal, The London Group Plc economy and the South West in particular relies heavily and SinoFortone Group, have today announced the signing on tourism, generating £9.6 billion in spend in the region of a Memorandum of Understanding which will see a total last year alone. of more than £250 million invested in the tourism infrastruc- ture of the . "The product development seen in the South West over the last decade has been phenomenal and this new influx The purchase of the Lakeview Country Club, which will be of infrastructure investment, catering to domestic and key renamed Waterside Luxury Village, Cornwall, is the first international markets, is much welcome indeed. step. Read more: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/ The private village has been designed by award-winning Cornwall-leads-way-250m-venture-attract-Chinese/story- architects Evans and Shalev, designers of the Tate Modern 27536599-detail/story.html#ixzz3iRcE5c24 in St Ives The team will also create three more sites in Lon- don, and The Lake District. ______

Peter Zhang, managing director of SinoFortone Group pre- Fancy a Cornish pasty on-the-go? dicted hundreds of jobs would be created and the deal would mean "long term economic growth for the British and World's first drive-through pasty shop to open Chinese people." He said: "The UK is the most popular European destination By WMNlynbarton | Posted: June 19, 2015 for Chinese investment and visitors, our SinoBritish tourism concept is a tremendous opportunity for us to make more of this great market." Britain has long been a popular tourist destination with over 100,000,000 trips being taken within the UK every year al- most half of which are from overseas.

At present only 1% of visitors are Chinese, which the part- nership behind the deal says presents a "huge opportunity" for Chinese people to visit Great Britain and experience its In a frantic world on-the-go it's possible to buy almost eve- rich and historic culture. ry type of fast food without having to leave the comfort of your own car. However until now, motorists in Cornwall The combined group has been working with the Ministry of have not been able to pick up their favourite snack – the Tourism and Visit Cornwall to ensure that its designs are pasty – at a drive-through. optimal to meet a series of demanding specifications in- cluding a range of luxurious villas, a state-of-the-art visitor A couple from the Portreath Bakery aim to change that in centre, spa, dining facilities and sports venue. a few weeks time and open the world's first drive through pasty shop. Owner Marion Symonds, who once appeared A five star ho- on the Great British Bake-Off, said it was simply "a dream tel, a wide vari- come true". ety of outdoor pursuits and She said work was well under way on the new premises in Mandarin Wilson Way, Pool, near Redruth, which would also feature speaking re- a 100-seater restaurant. ceptionists and tour guides are "The plans have been in the pipeline for 18 months and I also seen as am buzzing that it is nearing completion," she said. crucial. "It was a derelict site before we moved in and we will have something for everyone here, including a cosy corner, superfast WiFi connection, and all our seats will be able to It is hoped that the contract will be finalised in time for the see into the bakery where the products are being made. Chinese State Presidential visit in October 2015, where the signing of the documents may be witnessed by the Presi- "Everything we sell will be locally produced and we have dent of China. agreements with Cornish Coffee, Roskilly's and Rodda's." Mr Mann said links to China would "help Cornwall to grow" and added that and "it would be great to see Mandarin be- Read more: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Fancy-pasty-World ing taught in local schools." -s-drive-open-weeks/story-26728059-detail/story.html#ixzz3iRk9TTkb James Berresford, VisitEngland Chief Executive said: 44 "Tourism in England makes a vital contribution to the Correspondence con’t: Ian Saltern–Stratton–for his work with Cornish Identity Lenice Stuchbury–Victoria, Australia–for her continuing work I have done well with the old maps on Vision of Britain, you can for Cornwall in Australia often find things on the ordinance maps that are nowhere else. www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps These new Bards are joining the ranks of 500 existing members of the College of Bards. The increasing interest around the Cor- Cornish list serve nish language is reflected in the number of people (almost half ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ recognized this year in this area.

Open Gorsedh Article in the Western Morning News by Lyn Barton sent via email Saturday 5 September, 2015 from Susan Davey , Cornwall ———————————————————————————————-- Improvements for Cornwall rail service A weekend program of events, with over 400 Bards meeting on if First Great Western negotiations go ahead the Saturday. By CMJason | Posted: October 12, 2014 Bards join the Gorseth only by invitation, in recognition of service or contribution to Cornish culture. The organisation is well known A NEW £360 million fleet of trains has been announced for Corn- in the county and its ceremonies are always eye-catching as the wall today that will speed up the travel time from the Duchy to bards are dressed in pale blue robes with a range of specially London when they are introduced in 2018. The new trains will crafted regalia worn by the organisation's senior figures. replace the 40-year-old High Speed Trains (HSTs similar to NSW's XPT) currently used on the to Paddington ser- The open Gorseth is an event where new bards are welcomed vice and will be made up of seven nine-car and 22 five-car units. into the organisation. The event is marked by a number of com- The five-car units can be coupled together to provide ten-car petitions open to entrants of all ages and experience. In addition trains. The news comes after First Great Western struck a deal to writing, the Gorseth's competitions include painting, photog- with the Department for Transport earlier today. raphy and calligraphy. Gorseth Kernow actively encourages young people to participate in the events and competitions which are an important part of Cornwall's rich cultural heritage.

The 20 New Bards for 2015:

Cora Boyns Buchanan–Roseudgeon, Penzance–for her work with Archives and Publications Tony Burt–, Pamela Cox–Gunnislake, Stephen Gadd –, Peter Harwood–Stratton, Bramwell Hayes– They will all be 'bi-modes', i.e. able to run as electric trains under Welwyn Garden City, Kathryn Jones–Roche, Peny Melmoth– the wires as far as Newbury and then on diesel power to Corn- St. Ives, Rosalind Peskett–Penzance, Ruth Webb–St. Austell, wall, and will mean a 24 per cent increase in seats for customers by examination in the and continuing work for once they are all in service in 2018, creating more than 1,000 Cornwall additional seats at peak times across the route every day. As Robyn Coates–Victoria–for her continuing work for Cornwall in bi-modes, they are future proofed against any further extension Australia of electrification to the South West, as they can operate in elec- Kim Cooper–Redruth–for services to Cornish heritage tric mode as far as the limit of the electrified network. Ivor Corkell–Camborne–for services to the Old Cornwall Society movement and industrial heritage They are similar to the new Super Express Trains that will run to Anne Knight–St. Agnes–for her strong support for Cornwall’s Bristol and South , but have been specially modified for heritage the run to Cornwall and will utilise higher engine operating power Leon Pezzack–Mousehole–for his work with traditional rowing to cope with the track gradients and will have larger fuel tanks to boats and maritime history operate the longer distances on diesel power through to Pen- Anthony Richards–St. Keverne–for his work with music and zance. This and the use of automatic sliding doors, rather than heritage in Cornwall slam doors, will help speed up typical journey times from London Karen Richards–St. Keverne–for her work with Cornish heritage to Penzance by up to 14 minutes. and education Edward Rowe–Buddock Water–for his work as ambassador for Read more: http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Improvements-Cornwall-rail- the Cornish identity service-Great-Western/story-23116333-detail/story.html#ixzz3itrIBU3S 45 Poem by in A Handbook of the Cornish CORNWALL THE POOREST Language Cornwall is the UK's poorest region - and is now less wealthy On the dedication page of A Handbook than Poland, Lithuania and Hungary. Statistics produced by Eu- of the Cornish Language, Henry Jenner rostat - the EU's equivalent of the office of national statistics— (1848-1934) includes a poem written in show average wages in the Duchy now stand at £14,300 a year. Cornish to his wife, Kitty Lee Jenner (1853–1936). He signs this Gwas Myhal The relative wealth of the area is then driven further down by the (servant of ), which is the Cor- higher cost of living—meaning people in the Duchy have less nish spelling of his Breton . spending power than most of the rest of Europe. This book, published in 1904, is widely seen as the beginning of the revival of Cornwall is ranked down with the Welsh valleys as the poorest the Cornish language. The autograph part of the UK, and is in the top ten most deprived areas in west- manuscript includes instructions to the ern Europe. printer, such as using an Old English font for Kitty’s initials, whilst the printers’ proofs show amendments and corrections Jenner Average wages in Britain stand at £23,300 - just above the EU made to his text. These give a fascinating insight into the develop- average of £20,750. Inner London is the richest part of the ment and publication of this seminal work. whole EU, with average wages standing at more than £71,000.

These documents can be found in the Henry Jenner collection Newsletter of Cornish Association of New South Wales (reference X1141) at Cornwall Record Office. This collection also contains manuscripts for many of Jenner’s other works including his unpublished memoirs, research notes and publications demonstrating both Henry and Kitty’s diverse interests and an extensive series of correspondence between Henry, Kitty, their daughter Ysolt and their wide range of friends and associates. The collection will be catalogued and partially digitised as part of TCA Founding Member Dasserghi Kernow, an HLF funded project exploring the Cornish Margaret James Korany language revival. This project, led by MAGA (the Cornish Lan- (1946 – 2015) guage Partnership) will be getting underway soon.

You can read a little more here: It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of Margaret http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=1178. James Korany, one of the original founding members of the cur- rent Toronto Cornish Association. Margaret James was born just Archives and Cornish Studies Summer newsletter after the Second World War on a family dairy farm near Praze in Cornwall. She went to High School in Camborne, after which she attended the new University in Sussex. This is a progressive Dyski Kernewek – Learn Cornish! modern university born of the anti-colonialist times. Many foreign students attended and it was there that Margaret met her hus- Goolan –Gull band, Bahgat Korany, from Egypt. After University, she began teaching English and Social Sciences which took her to the Ge- Palores-Chough neva International College, Cairo American College and finally the Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School in Quebec where she ended her career. Margaret wrote a beautiful thesis on Kanker– Crab Cornwall, tracing Cornish travels to Ontario in the 19th century. Unfortunately she never presented it. Legest– Lobster For those who knew her, she will be remembered for her warm smile, composure, keen mind and level-headed approach to life. Pysk-Fish She always had such a quiet demeanor, tenacity and remarkable courage. Margaret bravely endured cancer for several years, Reun– Seal was always joyful as she survived each bout. We remember a kind and gentle woman who always warmed the days we spent Morhogh– Dolphin with her. She made marvellous pasties. 46 Rosalie Armstrong, TCA ON THE CORNISH LANGUAGE 22nd ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN CELTIC FESTIVAL Cornwall’s Celtic Cornish language has a history that is at in Glen Innes, 30 April – 2 May, 2015: least 5,000 years old. According to archaeologist Professor The Year of Wales Sir Barry Cunliffe and archeo-linguist Dr John Koch, Celtic originally developed from ''Indo-European' in southwestern Friday night after the opening ceremony 18 Cornish from 3 Iberia, around the Tagus estuary,c.4,000 BC. states got together at the Imperial Hotel for a convivial meal. Saturday morning saw improved weather with the sun out as 22 It then became the lingua franca of the Atlantic sea-trading (including 13 CANSW members) marched in front of a large routes, becoming adopted by and Western Britain crowd with tartan and St Piran's flag showing. by 3,000 BC; and the remainder of Britain by 2,000 BC.

In the early Bronze Age, the language split into two distinct dialects: Goidelic (Gaelic or QCeltic) and Brythoni (British or P-Celtic). These, in turn, diversified into distinct region- al languages during the post-Roman centuries, British or P- Celtic becoming Cumbric, Welsh, Cornish and Breton.

Six nations currently retain speakers of their own . These are: Ireland, Scotland, the , Wales, Cornwall and .

That Cornish died out in the late 18th century is an oft- Up to the Standing Stones where mud was a small problem but repeated myth, with native speakers, with some knowledge, as usual a varied day of events and meeting old friends and col- being reliably attested as alive as late as 1914, well after a leagues was rewarding. concerted and successful effort to revive the language was under way.

Presently, around 560 people in Cornwall count Cornish as their first language, with between 3,000 and 4,000 people using the language on a regular basis, but as a second lan- guage. Cornwall’s Unitary Council has a Cornish Language policy that is currently seeing thousands of street signs and settlement nameplates being presented in bilingual form.

Since 2002, Cornish is a protected language under the Eu- ropean Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. De- spite this, and the facts at hand, UNESCO, advised by Lon- don, declared Cornish as extinct in 2009. Protests and evi- Sunday morning we were very pleased to have around 40 join- dence from Cornwall itself achieved a change of heart and, ing with us for our 19th Cornish Stone Ceremony; and then a in 2010 UNESCO listed Cornish as alive but critically en- fine day of events. dangered.

In Cornish, the opening verses of the Book of Genesis (v. 1 - 5) appear as follows: “Y’n dallathvos Duw a wrug an nev ha’n nor. Hag yth esa an nor neb composter ha gwag, hag yth esa tewlder war vejeth an downder, ha spyrys Duw a wre gwaya war vejeth an dowrow. Ha Duw a leverys: ‘Bedhens golow,’ hag y feu golow. Ha Duw a welas an golow, fatell o va da, ha Duw a dhybarthas an golow orth an tewlder. Ha Duw a elwys an golow dedh ha’n tewlder ev a elwys nos, hag y feu gordhuwher ha myttyn, an kensa jorna.” Next year is the Year of Isle of Man (author and archeologist) Cornish Association of New South Wales newsletter 47 Cornish Association of New South Wales newsletter

Launch of Parish Registers Online My visit to the Gathering of the California Cornish at National Library of Ireland Cousins in Grass Valley, June 5 – 7,

The National Library of Ireland launched the entire collec- took me to a part of our country I had never visited tion of Catholic Parish register microfilms held by the before. A small American town an hour of so north- NLI yesterday. This New Online Genealogy Resource east of Sacramento, Grass Valley regularly celebrates comprises of almost 400,000 images of Catholic parish reg- its strong Cornish heritage and in June boasts warm ister microfilms. sunny days, cool evenings, and gorgeous sunsets. The dedicated website went live yesterday and I have not Cousin Jacks and Cousin Jennies from around the got any sleep since, as with over 390,000 digital images of the microfilm reels on which the parish registers are record- Grass Valley area as well as from northern California ed there's a lot of research to be done. drove for hours to attend the Gathering, themed The NLI has been working to digitise the microfilms for “Cornish Cowboys”. As well as having four visitors over three years under its most ambitious digitisation pro- from Wisconsin (Tommi and Bob O’Hagan, Vern and gramme to date. The parish register records are considered I), the meeting drew guests from Australia. Greg the single most important source of information on Irish Drew and his wife from Adelaide, South Australia family history prior to the 1901 Census. Dating from the joined the group with Greg speaking on Saturday 1740s to the 1880s, they cover 1,091 parishes throughout morning about “The Cornish in the Copper Triangle the island of Ireland, and consist primarily of baptismal and and Their Links to California”. Saturday evening Pro- marriage records. NLI’s Ciara Kerrigan, is manager of the fessor Roger Burt from the University of Exeter in digitisation of the parish registers, and previously said: “We Devon told of “Masons, Lodges and the Cornish Mi- announced initial details of this project last December, and received a hugely enthusiastic response from people world- gration”. wide with an interest in Irish family history. We are delight- Skillfully organized by Gage McKinney and his com- ed to announce that the project has been progressing well, mittee, the Gathering was a celebration of Cornish- and we will be able to publish all the digitised records ness through food, interesting information, music, a online from 8th July onwards." Well done Ciara, you cer- few minutes of society business, an opportunity to tainly did not disappoint and Ciara noted “This is the most catch up with friends, and a good bit of fun. significant ever genealogy project in the history of the NLI. It has been Gage’s habit over the years to confer The microfilms have been available to visitors to the NLI “Honorary Cornish” status on members and village since the 1970s. However, their digitisation means that, for folk. At this Gathering he presented certificates of the first time, anyone who likes will be able to access these recognition to several who have contributed in one registers without having to travel to Dublin.” way or another to Grass Valley’s history. He also per- Typically, the parish registers include information such as the dates of baptisms and marriages, and the names of the sisted in proclaiming Grass Valley “the most Cornish key people involved, including godparents or witnesses. Place in America” in spite of Mineral Point, Wiscon- The digital images of the registers are searchable by parish sin’s winning that debate at the Milwaukee Gathering location only, and will not be transcribed or indexed by the last August! It apparently remains an unsettled issue. NLI. A true highlight of the Gathering was a performance The registers are now available online at of the Grass Valley Male Voice Choir, directed by http://registers.nli.ie/ and well done to all at the National Eleanor Kenitzer. This group of 30 or so men, the Library of Ireland for making this possible. pride of the town, thrilled the audience with their mu-

Lorna Moloney sicality. Opening, of course, with a rousing rendition Linked in Familysearch.org Users of “Trelawny”, the group continued the program per- forming cowboy songs in keeping with the Gathering

theme of ‘Cornish Cowboys’. Such favorites as ‘Down in the Valley’, ‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’, and a heartrending ‘Take Me Home’ were presented under Eleanor’s capable direction.

Kathryn Herman, President CAHS

48 The French political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville toured and studied the new United States in 1830 and was in awe of the American tendency to form 30th Anniversary public associations of all types-religious, cultural, of the Milwaukee Area moral, political, business, etc. He said, “Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all dispositions con- Cornish Association stantly form associations. Feelings and opinions are recruited. The heart is enlarged. The human mind is developed only by the reciprocal influence of people on each other.”

In our thirtieth year, we held our traditional pasty So, for thirty years, we simply did (and will continue luncheon on Saturday, May 2. Art Angove offered to do) what is very American. grace in Cornish, and lunch included beef and pork, rutabaga and potato pasties with delicious sides. Happy Anniversary! Tommi O'Hagan's chutney was special. Members from Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Fort Atkinson, as +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ well as Ingelside, Illinois pulled into the parking lot after at least an hour of driving. Cornwall victorious in Rugby The cultural event of the day was Bard Jim Wearne, with his guitar, singing a fine concert of Cornish folk Cornwall won the County Rugby Championship for the music. He feels, composes and sings. His presenta- first time since 1999 as they beat Lancashire 18-13 at tion went from the sad and wistful “I'm a Stranger in Twickenham. Since 2009, Lancashire had only previous- this Country” to the humorous “Mushy Peas.” As he ly once lost the Bill Beaumont Cup, in 2012, when they says in remarks on his CD “Kowetha”: All my songs were beaten by Hertfordshire. reflect some aspect of Cornwall or my relationship with Cornwall. As I get older, my feelings for Corn- Cornwall's victory ended a run of three successive de- wall are deepening. The meeting closed with Art feats in the County Championship final (2001, 2013, Angove giving a prayer in Cornish and Jim Wearne 2014). The Duchy have now won it four times (1908, leading all in singing “Trelawny.” 1991, 1999 and 2015). Since 2003 Lancashire have only failed to make the final twice - in 2004 and 2008. …… They have won the trophy seven times in that period. It was a very rainy night when over fifty enthusiastic Cornish captain Kyle Marriott enjoyed his second victory friends of Cornwall attended an organizational meet- over Lancashire in a county final at Twickenham, having ing on November 1, 1985. Sue and Roger Jenrich of also played for the Devon side that won 27-6 in 2007. Brookfield presented an excellent program about their experiences while living in Penzance when Cornish Association of Victoria, Ballarat newsletter

Roger was an exchange teacher there in 1983. Peri- odicals, pamphlets, books and artifacts from Corn- wall were displayed. The Milwaukee Area Cornish Society was off and running!

Was that start a record breaker? No…but for a little- recognized Celtic ethnic group in a very European city, it was BIG!

How did we achieve thirty years of existence? The formula is simple -- exceptional central working groups. Why does it matter? It's about celebrating a separate people in world history and their culture. It's about rehearsing personal identity and one's person- al story of immigrant ancestors who came to Ameri- ca.

49 Taklow a Vern (Items of Interest)

Sons of Jamaica Inn By Jill Batters

Jill’s third novel launched in May 2015. Adventure and intrigue inspired by Cornwall’s infamous Jamaica Inn and its equally famous Trelawny family. ‘They buried him in the dead of night, six feet under; beside a gnarled and stunted old oak that had watched over the middle field between the Jamaica Inn and Hele Farm for as long as anyone could remember.’

“Leave him with his uniform and guns. If this body is ever discovered, it will be too late to lay blame on any living soul.’ £12-95 (includes world-wide delivery) {Signed copy} Go to: www.jillbatters.co.uk or Email: [email protected] ______

Battle Beneath the Trenches By Robert Johns

You may have heard of the 'Cornish Miners Battalion' of WW1, and I am pleased to say that I can now state with certainty that this was not a myth, as my grandfather, a tin miner, was a part of that battalion. He, together with a group of over 200 other Cornish miners from this battalion, was trans- ferred from the DCLI into the Royal Engineers at , to form the 251st Tunnelling Compa- ny; this Company then being posted with haste to the Western Front. Their story was one of enormous success, probably the most successful Tunnelling Company on the Western Front; certainly they were recognised by Field Marshall Haig in his reports to the War Office, possibly the only Company to ever achieve such recognition.

After extensive research, I have now authored a book about these Cornishmen and the 251st Tunnelling Company, 'Battle Beneath The Trenches', which has just been published by Pen & Sword. Apart from identifying their achievements in the war, the book also covers life in Cornwall at the outbreak of World War1 and the lack of opportunity when the men returned from the front. The BBC, as well as the local media, have expressed interest in this book and I believe it will be well publicised, which will be good for this previously untold story of . If you need any further information, or would like to talk directly, please contact me at [email protected] or through my web-site www.robertkjohns.co.uk. (ISBN 9781473827004). It is also available on Kindle $22.95 via Amazon or hard cover $25.27 and up.

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KERENZA: A NEW AUSTRALIAN

Rosanne Hawke’s new book for younger readers, Kerenza: A New Australian, is the story of a girl’s journey from Cornwall to the wild Australian Mallee in 1911.

Kerenza isn’t sure about leaving her village in Cornwall and taking a steam- ship to Australia, but she can be brave for her da’s sake. Where he sees a farm, she and her Mam see endless bush and flies and hard work from dawn to dusk. But with new friends and many adventures Kerenza might just make it her home.

Rosanne Hawke is a Bard of Cornwall and has a Cornish Corner on her website where readers can discover more about Cornwall, Cornish people and their influence in Australia. www.rosannehawke.com https://shop.scholastic.com.au/Search/kerenza $15.99 plus S/H

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My name is Christopher Haines, I am the great-grandson of 2 Cousin Jacks and 2 Cousin Jennies who emigrated to Michigan, to work in the copper mines of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I began creating designs for t-shirts in 2012, under the brand name of TotallyCoolTees (totallycooltees.com). I started creating Cornish themed designs under the TotallyCoolTees brand, but I wanted to expand my Cor- nish efforts, to promote my Cornish heritage, and love of Cornwall, which lead to the creation of CornishME. Café Press: http://www.cafepress.com/dd/97583082, hosts the same logos on products like car magnets, hats, bags, cups, etc.. All items are available ordered individually or in quantities.

Chris For Cornwall. For Cousin Jack Car magnet

Kernow with a heart

Enjoy Kernow A mine is a hole in the ground any- Tote bag where in the world with at least one Cornishman at the bottom of it 51 Items con’t:

Agent of Peace

The work of Emily Hobhouse, pacifist, in Britain and Europe during World War I, and her efforts to get peace talks started

In the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902 Emily Hobhouse championed the cause of the women and children herd- ed into camps by Kitchener’s army. By 1914, a confirmed pacifist, she felt passionately that civilians suf- fered more than combatants. Throughout the war she was anxious for a negotiated peace. In , in 1916, through the German Ambassador—extraordinarily—she obtained permission to visit German- occupied and Berlin. A chance meeting with the German Foreign Secretary made her realize peace talks were possible. She put forward a plan to get talks started, to which he agreed, but in England she was snubbed by the Foreign Office. She worked tirelessly for the release of civilian internees and bet- ter food for Belgium. Her "Open Christmas Letter" was answered in a letter by 155 prominent Pacifist and feminist German and Austrian women. Emily Hobhouse was an extraordinary woman and a key figure in the struggle for women’s emancipation.

Available from Amazon.com—Kindle $13.70, Paperback from $10.42 to $14.42

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BIBLE CHRISTIAN METHODISTS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

This book is written by Rev. Ted Curnow and will be launched on 11th October at the Eastwood Community Centre in Adelaide. Ted has been researching this for many years and it covers most Bible Christian Chapels in South Australia.

Quoting from the Uniting Church Historical Society website:

This remarkable story documented for the first time in detail from first-hand colonial reports, captures the passion of ministers and lay people alike to build chapels and to establish a ‘new world’ on Christian values. They left their homeland, family and friends to venture into an arid frontier on the other side of the world. The Movement was born in controversy and its story still reaches out to challenge the status quo and mediocrity of our times. The book describes an impossible mission built on the ‘pennies and prayers of the poor’ amid isolation, sickness, sacrifice, exciting revivals and growth. It details the history and describes many small country chapels with numerous names of early settlers. Approximately 500 pages in length and generously illustrated it is a valuable reference for libraries and those interested in the story and drama of our non- conformist Christian heritage.

To enquire about this book contact Ted on email: [email protected] Or snail mail address: UCHS, 44a East Ave, Black Forest, SA 5035 http://historicalsociety.unitingchurch.org.au

From the newsletter of the Cornish Association of South Australia

52 Duane con’t: Cousins Designate “Cornish Town USA” Every year in early June the herd of 100 or so cattle were driven to high country where they grazed until It’s official: Grass Valley is the most Cornish place in America. And so is October, allowing the grass in the lowlands to grow Gold Hill, Nevada. And soon, New for winter feed. The tale of people they met along the Almaden, CA. And after that perhaps way to summer meadows, people who became friends an historic settlement near you. The year after year (except for the angry housewife whose first “Cornish Town, USA” plaque rose bed was trampled), described characters fit for a was unveiled during the California Brett Harte novel. His hilarious portrayal of rough, Cornish June 2015 gathering and tough women and men confirmed what we have come presented later to Mayor Jason Fouy- to know as the Wild West. Cattle ranching in northern er at a meeting of the Grass Valley California was/is not for the faint-hearted. City Council. Council members en- The young man grew to love the rugged life of simple thusiastically embraced their city’s “Cornish Town” designation, as food and open air. He learned and absorbed the phi- did Robin Galvan-Davies, CEO of the Greater Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. losophy of land management and humane animal treatment. His family’s concern for the animals in Also in June, the California Cousins presented a plaque to Gold their care was evident in his cautioning listeners to Hill, Nevada, an historic mining settlement one mile from Virginia “never name them” and that his father could never City. Gold Hill was the location of the Cornish enclave near the “eat his own beef”. rich mines of the Comstock Lode. Today younger men do the sleeping on the ground in a bedroll around a campfire while Duane, whose ag- In October the Cousins will present a “Cornish Town” plaque to ing bones may not welcome the hard reality of a night New Almaden, CA. a Cornish settlement and site of the largest out under the stars, manages maintenance and super- mercury mine in the Western Hemisphere. vision of the ranch. We hear much about Cornishmen as miners, mine en- “Our mission is to promote Cornish culture,” said CCC president Gage McKinney. “One of the ways we’ve done that over the years gineers, even as shopkeepers and hotel owners, but is by hosting gatherings in places where the Cornish settled. Now Duane opened our eyes to the cultural contribution we are recognizing those places.” made by a family of immigrant Cornishmen who bought, settled, tamed, nurtured the land, and raised “These California Cornish towns owe a debt to many of the earlier beef cattle which helped feed the nation. Cornish mining settlements in America,” McKinney said. “It was Cornish cowboys must be remembered as a significant part of people from Mineral Point, for example, who came to California by our heritage as well as being integral to our great the hundreds during the Gold Rush.” Western tradition. And Duane Nissen, a colorful storyteller and chroni- What the Cornish towns across the country have in common is minerals. They were the places where the Cornish immigrants in cler of California history, is another star in Grass Val- the19th and early 20th century brought their mining skills. Wher- ley’s crown. ever copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold were found, the Cornish Kathryn Herman miners drilled the deep shafts, followed the veins, and operated the pumps. They also helped to build churches, establish schools and create communities on the Western frontier. McKinney de- scribed the Cornish as just one of the many minority cultures in the world whose language has been displaced and folkways are dying. “We want to celebrate all the people who made America,” McKinney said, “and we want to share our culture as we do our pasties.”

McKinney hopes that someday Cornish towns will be desig- nated from one coast of America to the other.

Newsletter of the California Cornish Cousins

How about it folks? Let’s get busy identifying towns in 53 Opening Ceremony and pasties our own states! BBC RADIO CORNWALL Montreal Celtic Festival On its website, BBC Radio Cornwall has a series of pod- casts related to places in Cornwall that tell a story of World John & Joanna White drove to Montreal and transported War 1. lots of the TCA material required for the TCA table. Ann Stories featured include: C-H, Barbara G-B and John Senders went by train at their , Cornwall: Big Bang own expense, and stayed with a friend. Nancy Dale also St Ive, Cornwall: Birthplace of a pacifist who appealed for represented the TCA at this Gathering of Celtic Societies peace in Montreal. All of these TCA members went to Montreal , Cornwall: From apprentice to War Aircraft at their own expense. Crew Rosalie Armstrong appeared in the opening event. She did St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall: Cornish Prisoners of War not wear her Cornish Bard blue gown and head-covering. She gave a brief speech, during which she explained the Each story has a written summary and then you can listen. background to the and why she was una- There are 25 stories and they can be found at: ble to wear her bard robes at this event. The Montreal Festival was generally a great success; virtu- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p33rz ally all of the Celtic people were represented. Irish, Scots, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welsh, Cornish, Isle of Man (Manx), and Galici- ans. There were 58 display tables and 18 speaker and per- The Council of Gorsedh Kernow formance events that took place over the two days of the is delighted to announce that the Festival. new Grand Bard elect is Merv ****************************** Davey from Withiel. Merv, whose Bardic name in Cornish is Telynor an Weryn meaning Folk Harper, Builders unearth 200-year-old qualified as a social worker in 1974 smuggling network in Cornish pub and has worked in a variety of social care situations. Affectionate- Smuggling is as old as taxation but builders were still ly known as “Dr Folk”, Merv Davey thrilled when they suddenly came across a 200-year-old was born in Newquay and lists network of tunnels in a disused Cornish warehouse, used among his many interests Cornish studies, folk dance, guizing and by smugglers to spirit drinks right under the exciseman's kayaking. He was one of the found- nose. Read the full story (3 June 2015): ers of Lowender Peran, Cornwall’s own Celtic festival, and plays banjo http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-518612/Builders- for the North Cornwall Ceilidh Band. It is, however, as a Cornish Bagpiper unearth-200-year-old-smuggling-network-Cornish- at the head of parades and processions that he will be recognised by pub.html many. Toronto Cornish Association newsletter “The highlight of my year is doing duty as Bodmin Town Piper on St Pi- ______ran’s Day,” said Merv, “and at the end of the procession we lead some 500 children through some Cornish dances and they have an absolute ball.” Biographies

Merv, was made a bard in1978 at stone circle near In the late 1800s and early St. Buryan, West Cornwall, through examination in the Cornish language, 1900s, publishing companies Kernewek. sent representatives across America to compile local his- “It is a great honour to be elected as the next Grand Bard of Cornwall,” tories and interview area resi- said Merv, accepting the invitation, “and a wonderful opportunity to work dents. While some privately with Gorsedh Kernow in promoting, and sharing my enthusiasm for, Cornwall’s distinctive culture and Celtic identity.” printed local histories published biographies, this infor- mation is usually brief and the genealogical data is limited. He will assume full duties as Grand Bard of Cornwall at the Open This section of our website includes biographies gleaned Gorsedh bardic ceremony to be held at St Austell on Saturday 5th Sep- from various volumes. Each biography identifies the origi- tember 2015. nal work. Searchable by surname. http://www.cornwall24.net/2015/04/gorsedh-kernow-announces-new- http://www.genealogymagazine.com/biographies.html grand-bard-elect/ Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

54 Caroline Wiley introduced to the group the Cornish Coast Introduction to the Cornish Coast Path Path. She, her husband and two young children travelled along parts of this path two years ago in July 2013. Caro- The Cornish Coast Path is a coastal path that begins in line presented a number of photos she had taken along the Marsland Mouth (near in North Cornwall) and fin- path as well spoke to the Path’s history, its route, various ishes at Cremyll (near ). It is almost 300 miles websites and guidebooks, as well as highlighting featured long and can be broken into two parts – South Coast Trail attractions found along its length. John Webb had shared (Land’s End east to Cremyll – 141 miles) and the North with Caroline a Youtube video of the part of the Cornish Coast Trail (Marsland Mouth west to Land’s End – 155 Coastal Path he and Joanna hiked while on vacation in miles). The Cornish Coast Path is one part of the South Cornwall a few years earlier. Caroline incorporated this West Coast Path which was designated as a National Hike video into her presentation and we enjoyed viewing the in 1978. Historically, the Cornish Coast Path has its ori- spectacular scenery of Cornwall as seen from the Path. gins with the Coast Guard who used the path to go from Lighthouse to Lighthouse monitoring the bays and coves The video can be seen via the link: found along the coast while patrolling for smugglers. The https://www.youtube.com/watch? Cornish Coast is covered by England’s right-of-way laws v=C73yMRgZxVI&app=desktop as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act of 2000 which keeps historic footpaths open to the public Toronto Cornish Association newsletter even when they pass through private property. The Cor- ______nish Coast Path, as part of the South West Coast Trail, is maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers called the KL and KK South West Coast Team. There are a variety of websites and guidebooks available Wednesday evening was presented by the Cornish comedi- on line which can provide a tremendous amount of detail an Kernow King (Ed Rowe), making his first trip to Aus- about the Cornish Coast Path. From sample hikes of vary- tralia – but is al- ing lengths and difficulty, accommodation and pubs, to ready talking of guided tours and details of various geographic features coming back again. found along its length. He made extensive Features found along the Cornish Coast Path: use of ‘audience 1. North Cornwall – and its associated castle participation’, in- near Boscastle; High Cliff (Southern Britain’s highest cluding lists of sheer-drop cliff at 735 feet); Newquay Harbour “What I love about Cornwall” and 2. West Cornwall – St. Ives Bay and the town of St. Ives; “What I hate about Land’s End; ; St. Michael’s Mount; Lizard Cornwall”; the fact Point (most southerly point of mainland Britain). that this was the Grand Bard’s birth- 3. South Cornwall – The Menacles (a reef that has day made her a tar- wrecked numerous ships over the years); Pendennis Cas- get! Maureen and tle; Whitesands Bay; fishing harbours of Mevagissey and Chris Dunkerley Gorran Haven; harbours of Par and Charlestown (both of found themselves which were used extensively in china clay mining); and on stage trying to the fishing village of Polperro. locate various Cornish towns on an outline map of Corn- wall – which was declared a tie and needing a “dance off” to determine the winner. Maureen readily accepted the challenge, but Chris just as readily said that “She can have it!” (Kernow King then admitted that Maureen had actual- ly won, but he just wanted to see her dancing…) His humour was not everyone’s “cup of tea”, and some of the locals may be been a bit bemused by some of the spe- cifically Cornish references, but the audience got plenty of laughs.

Newsletter of Cornish Association of South Australia 55 View from the trail at Land’s End A similar algorithm, called stemming, returns not only results Google Your Genealogy with your keyword, but also with terms based on the keyword stem - such as "powers," "power" and "powered." Sometimes 1. All Terms Count - Google automatically assumes an implied Google can be a little too helpful, however, and will return results AND between each of your search terms. In other words, a basic for a synonym or word that you may not want. In these cases, search will only return pages that include all of your search use "quotation marks" around your search term to ensure that it terms. is used exactly as you typed it (e.g. "power" surname genealogy)

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Newsletter of Cornish Association of South Australia So nice to read about Cornwall News. I liked the article on John Curnow Laity who was born near where my Grandfather Peter C. Curnow came from. He came to America as his uncle told him there was Copper work here in Missouri. Betzey (Curnow) Ball

Darvosow (Events) Synsas (Contents) Trelawny Male Voice Choir Lottery page 41, 60 Toronto, Canada Grass Valley Gathering 41, 53 8 Sept 2015 President’s Message / Quiz 42 [email protected] Correspondence 43–45 Poem / Cornwall Poorest / Margaret 23rd Annual Cornish Festival Korany 46 Mineral Point, Wisconsin Cornish Language / 22nd Aust. Fest 47 Irish Parish Records / Grass Valley 48 25-27 Sept 2015 30th Anniversary / Cornish Rugby 49 Cornishfest.org Items of Interest 50–52 Cornish Town, USA 53 California Cornish Cousins BBC Radio / Montreal Celtic Festival / 25th Gathering and Reunion Smuggling Tunnel / Biographies 54 Cornish Coast Path, KL and KK 55 Stockton, CA Google your Genealogy 56-57 3-5 Jun 2016 Member Information 58 http://www.califcornishcousins.org CAHS Information 59 The Pasty / Events 60 18th Cornish American Gathering Where?? When?? 2017??