Richard GONINON

                   They reaised their familyh in Connor Downs.  Edward was a miner.  Sometime after 1861 they moved to Crane in Camborne.  Catherine died on the 15 OCt 1875.  Edward remarried to EWlixabeth Edwards at the Redruth Registry Office on 13 Nov 1878.  Elizabeth was a spinster, age 51 of NOrth Parade, Camborne.  The witnesses were Emma dn Wliza Edwards.  Edward died on the 23 of July 1882 and was buriedin Camborne churchyard on teh 27 of July.  There is a headstone and rememvered with him are Catherine and his daughter Emily and granddaughter EWmily Hosking and also Elizabeth his sedcond wife who died in 1885.

Edward was baptised at Camborne Church on the 6th April 1811. He married Catherine Williams at Camborne Church on the 24th Feb 1834. Both were of Camborne Parish and both made their mark. Edward and Catherine had thirteen children (Edward, Elizabeth, Richard, John, John William, Elizabeth, William Henry, Matthew, Catherine, Catherine Jane, Eliza Ann, Emily and Mary Anna). They raised their family in Connor Downs. Edward was a miner. Sometime after 1861 they moved to Crane in Camborne. Catherine died on the 15th Oct 1875.Edward remarried to Elizabeth Edwards at the Redruth Registry Office on the 13th Nov 1878. Elizabeth was a spinster, age 51 of North Parade, Camborne. Both made their mark. The witnesses were Emma and Eliza Edwards. Edward died on the 23 rd July 1882 and was buried in Camborne Churchyard on the 27th July. There is a headstone and remembered with him are Catherine, his daughter Emily and granddaughter Emily Hosking and also Elizabeth his second wife who died in 1885.
                  

                   Richard was probably born in 1812 although his baptism has not been found. On the 1861 census his age is recorded as 48 and his Parish of birth as Crowan. Richard married Betsy Cock at Gwithian on the 12th June 1834. They were both of Gwithian Parish and both made their mark. The witnesses were Charles Cock and William Harris. They had five children, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, two sons named Richard and another daughter, Jane. In 1841 the family was living at Connor Downs. Betsy died in 1844 and Richard married Maria Garterel at Phillack Church on the 28th March 1845 (note the marriage cert reads Carterel but it is believed that Maria was a Gartrell and sister to Belinda who married Richard's brother, Matthew). Richard gave his age as 33 and he was a miner living at Connor Downs. Maria was a spinster, age 33, living in Hayle. Both made their mark. Her father's name was Benjamin. They had two children Richard and Louisa. In 1861 Richard , Maria and Louisa are living in Camborne (East Charles St) and Richard's occupation is given as a baker. Richard died on the 1st July 1871 and was buried in Camborne Churchyard on the 4th July. There is a headstone.
                  

                   Matthew was baptised at Camborne Parish Church on the 22nd Sept 1814. In 1841 he was living in Connor Downs. He married Belinda Gartrell on the 2nd Nov 1845 at Gwithian Church. He gave his occupation as a farmer. Belinda was 30 and a spinster living in Connor Downs. Her father was Benjamin Gartrell, also a farmer. The witnesses were John Holman and John Andrawartha. They had two children in Cornwall (Matthew Henry & John Gartrell) before they migrated in 1849 to the United States, settling after a while near Mineral Point in Wisconsin. They had sailed on the ship 'Bark Marquis of Chandos' and arrived in New York on the 5th May 1849. They had three more children (Matthew Henry, Benjamin and Louise).They built a house at Vinegar Hill in Iowa (deed dated 11th May 1852) and then on the 21st May 1855 bought 80 acres in Benton,LaFayette County, WI. They subsequently moved to Iowa County,WI. The first Matthew Henry died in 1853 and is buried at Old Vinegar Hill cemetery just across the state border in Iowa. John also died at a young age, possibly on the voyage over. Matthew applied for US citizenship on the 15th Jan 1856. Belinda died in 1868 and Matthew in 1883. Both are buried at the Providence Cemetery, near Hazel Green in Lafayette County, WI.

Descendants of Matthew a
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                   Ann was baptised at Crowan Parish Church on the 16th Feb 1817. She married Thomas Williams at Gwithian Parish Church on the 17th Nov 1835. They were both of Gwithian Parish and both made their mark. Children found to date are Elizabeth, Henry, Richard, William, Charles, Mary Anna, Grace and John.
                  

                   William was baptised at Crowan Parish Church on the 1st April,1819. He married Grace Hosking on the 18th July,1842 at St Just Parish Church. Grace was a spinster, age 21 living in Churchtown, St Just. Her father was John Hosking, a husbandman. William was also living in Churchtown,St Just and both made their mark. The witnesses were John Hosking and John Frezear. They settled with their family in Gwithian Parish (Prazelore and Connor Downs) and William was a miner all his life. He died in 1884 and was buried at Gwithian Church on the 20th February. William and Grace had eleven children, one boy (William) and ten girls - Grace, Mary Jane, Ann, Elizabeth, Alice, Catherine Francis, Jennifer, Martha, Frances Hosking and Louisa. William junior migrated to the US and eventually settled in Butte, Montana
                  

                   Mary was baptised at Gwinear Parish Church on the 18th June 1826 (at the same time as her brother, John). Mary married John Noble on the 6th March 1840 at Gwithian Parish Church. Mary gave her age as 19 so she was probably born in 1820. John was a bachelor, aged 27 and a miner. His father was William Noble also a miner. Both made their mark and the witnesses were Wm Farr and John George. Two children identified to date, John and Jane.
                  

                   John was baptised at Gwinear Parish Church along with his sister Mary on the 18th June 1826. In 1841 he was living at Connor Downs and in 1851 he was in Calstock as a copper miner. He married Elizabeth Thomas at Gwithian Parish Church on the 15th Feb 1853. They were both living in Connor Downs. Elizabeth was 23, a spinster and her father, Thomas Thomas, was a miner. Both made their mark and the witnesses were William Moon and William Mitchell. John and Elizabeth had four children, Elizabeth Mary, John, Amelia Martha and Richard. John may have died in Australia in June 1858 although this doesn't tie in very well with the date of birth of their last child, Richard, which was the 25th Jan 1859 in Camborne.
In 1841 he was living at Conner Downs and in 1851 he was in Calstocdk as a copper miner.
At his marriage witnesses were William Moon and William MItchel.
                  

                   Henry was baptised with his sister, Jennifer, on the 22nd Sept 1833 at Gwinear Parish Church. His age given at the 1841 census (12) suggest that he was born in 1828 or 1829 but, to confuse the issue even further, the family bible gives a birth date of 14th July, 1827 (although this was entered much later). At the time of his marriage Henry was living in Connor Downs and he was a miner. He married Mary Ellis on the 12th October, 1850 at St Ives Parish Church. Mary was a spinster living in St Ives and her father, Thomas Ellis, was a miner. Having tried America first, sometime around 1857 Henry went to Australia. Mary followed with their children in 1863 aboard the sailing ship 'Golden South' which arrived at Melbourne on the 26th Feb 1863. They lived in Victoria and South Australia before settling in Tasmania. They had ten children, Henry, Richard, Mary, William and John Thomas born in Cornwall and Robert Richards, Edgar, Edward Francis, Robert Matthew and Wesley born in Australia. Henry died of T.B. on the 11th Feb 1886 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania.

Henry was the son of Richard and Mary Ann Goninan and he was baptised at Gwinear Parish Church in Cornwall on the 22nd September 1833 along with his sister Jennifer (although he had been born on the 14th July 1827). 
At the age of eight he was working in the tin mines around Camborne and as a young man he went to the Keweenaw (Upper Michigan) where he worked at the Copper Falls mine. He returned home and on the 13th Ocotber 1850 he married Mary Ellis at St Ives Church. They had five children before Henry took himself off to Australia and the goldfields in Bendigo, Victoria.

In due course Henry sent for Mary and she sailed, with the children, from London on the ship Golden South. The Golden South was in collision with another ship in the English Channel and had to return to London for repairs. Mary and the children finally arrived in Melbourne on the 26th Feb 1863

Henry and Mary had five more children in Australia. Henry worked at the copper mines of Moonta before the family moved to Tasmania where they settled.There is a lovely story about Mary that has been handed down through the generations -'Mary was known in the minefields as a very good cook and in the 1880's she was asked to judge the cornish pasties at the Zeehan show in Tasmania (then a major mining town). After closely studying the entries she announced she would not award a prize because there was not a cornish pasty among the whole lot. One can imagine the outrage amongst the ladies. Nevertherless Mary stuck to her guns, softening a little by saying there were a number of good pasties there, but again, there were no cornish pasties. She then made an offer, "bring me these ingredients, bring in a stove or camp oven, and I will teach you how to make a real cornish pasty". The organisers did just that and the hall was crowded out. For a number of subsequent years, the making of Grannie Goninon's Cornish Pasty was a highlight of the Zeehan show'
                  

                   Jennifer was baptised, along with her brother Henry, on the 22nd Sept 1833 at Gwinear Parish Church but was probably born in 1830 or 31. In 1841 and 1851 she was living in Connor Downs and she married John Chegwin, a miner of Angarrack on the 20th August 1853 at Phillack Parish Church. John was 22 and a bachelor. They both made their mark and the witnesses were Thomas Blewett and Stephen Thomas. They had a daughter Charity.
They migrated to Moorhead, Minnesota where they homesteaded for a year or so. They found farming was not, as they had always thought, an easier occupation than mining, so they decided to move eastward to Hancock, Michigan where John found work at the Quincy Mine. Jennifer died there in 1884.