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Hello - I have put together a summary
of what I have .... This will be expanded
on the website, with narrative and census
and register details, etc ....

Joseph Fry ( soldier ) m Mary Stephens
Madron 26th January 1768
I believe him to have come from Devon,
I have two parallel leads which point in that
direction.

Their son was Joseph Fry, a sailor. He
lived in Penzance and sailed to the Channel Islands,
and I have reliable published narrative that
confirms that he was in Penzance in 1808.
I believe he married in Guernsey. I have some
information from the Guernsey census and
someone on the Island that confirms this.
I also have historical information which gives
background to the Devon and Channel Islands
connection with Penwith.

His son was also Joseph Fry, born Guernsey 1812.
He arrived in Landewdnack ( near the Lizard )
and married Jane Williams Eddy 3rd November 1835.
The Marriage Certificate shows he was named
Joseph John Fry. "A labourer of Lizard Town".
There was a cholera epidemic in Penwith in 1832,
which would explain the death of both his father
and wife before 1838, since at that time it is shown
on the register entry that his father was deceased.
Jane died and he re-married to Mary Ann Hall
in Germoe Parish. 6th October 1838. Joseph is
noted at "Joseph Fry, widower and husbandman,
son of Jospeh Fry, sailor. ( I have read the original
entry in the Registry ). They had 12 children.
Joseph Fry became a tin mine worker.
The Cornishman newspaper announcement of
his death 6th January 1882 gives his age as 62.
The address was given as 12, Prospect Place.

The 12 children were
Ann, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Elizabeth,
Susanna, Joseph Thomas, Rebecca, Martha,
Joseph Thomas, John Edwin and William George.
A number did not survive to adulthood.

Joseph Thomas Fry m Victoria Jasper.1878

They had seven children.
Joseph Thomas, Ernest, Elizabeth, Jessica,
Leonard, Annie and Joseph.

I am descended from
Jessica Fry m Edward Forward 1911
"Jessie" was my grandmother.

Best Wishes
Raymond

Hello and thank you for your reply ....
my interest is for a friend, who wondered where
the family came from ... and it seems they were related
in some way to a family with greater connections.
I'll get back to you shortly on all of this ....
Certainly your research fits in nicely with my own.
Best Wishes
Raymond

I am looking for the family of James Thurban in Devon.
They seem to have been in Devon for a matter of a few years.

James Thurban's family can be traced in Mousehole and Penzance ( Cornwall )
right to the present. But his first appearance is in the 1851 Devon Census at 11 Willow Street
Plymouth. Recorded as James  THURBIN - Lodger, unmarried, aged 26, a Shoe Maker
Journeyman, born Exeter-DEVON. He later shows in the 1871 Census Parish MOUSEHOLE, as
James THURBAN, aged 38, a CORDWAINER born  EXETER, Devonshire.

I have found
GEORGINA JILL THURBAN  ( note – same names as James’ daughter in Mousehole )
 Christened  26 OCT 1829   Saint Mary Arches, Exeter daughter of  ROBERT THURBAN and ANN 
and
ANN THURBAN  married  EDWARD ELLIS PENDER 10 MAR 1834   Saint Mary Arches, Exeter.

According to the marriage registry entry  23 OCT 1865   Madron, Cornwall,
JAMES THURBAN was  34;  he married CATHERINE CHIRGWIN ( 20 ) .
He died  Dec 1879 Thurban James ( 51 )   Penzance 5c 193  which suggests he was born 1828.
His son ( James Henry Thurban born Jun 1871 -Penzance )  died Sep 1892  East Stonehouse  5b 174   

Any ideas and help will be very welcome
Best Wishes   

Thank you so much, Cheryle,

Considering that there were only three Hannah Forwards around in 1881, of that age, by a process of elimination, looking at the John Forward who died in Hastings in 1908 aged 72 ( Courtesy of FreeBMD ) and by trolling through my notes, I can confirm that the only three John Forwards of that age were not married to any Hannahs, I can also confirm that the other two Hannah Forwards have been eliminated from possiblity of being the one you describe. So, she is my great grandmother. Of course, I will get a copy of the Registry Entry just to be absolutely sure. My grandfather also sailed in boats between Penzance and South Coast ports, as well as London and Hull, so it may well be that he took her to Sussex, after all I doubt she would want to settle in either Salford or Hull after all she went through. A restful place to live, I am sure ...
Thank you again,
I'll let you know the outcome ...
Very Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year

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