Huguenots in Cornwall ??

[babscarly]

Hi, I'd also like to trace Huguenot ancestors but haven't had any luck at all. It was passed down through my family that the surname Carlyon came from Coeur de Lion and our Ancestors arrived in Cornwall from France to escape persecution. Any information would be very much appreciated.

[Lannandrey]

Hi babscarly, welcome to RootsChat. Everyone has been super helpful. You say you haven't had any luck at all.

Where have you been searching? As I posted before, I'm very new at this and already "cocksie" found me. We go back 10 generations in the direct line.

cocksie recommeds the Cornwall Family History Society. Hi cocksie, which membership? I'm "non-UK". What's the difference between "individual" and "family"? I could ask the Society, but asking here may answer for us both.

I wish you better luck on RootsChat. Luck's a strange bedfellow. Who was it said, "I worked really hard for xty years then I got lucky". 

[cocksie]

I went for individual non UK membership (can't remember how much but it seemed very reasonable, particularly when I found everything they had in their online database!).  I suspect family would mean that other family members could access using different usernames and passwords - which seems patently mad to me if I think about it so possibly ignore this theory.
cocksie

[cocksie]

Lannandrey
I have been working through my "to do" list, one of the items being to reciprocate with info on my alleged connection with the Lanndryes (and multiple spellings thereof).  I think I have attached a chart from William Landrye down to one of my paternal great grandparents (It would be impossible for any of that generation to still be living).  The info has been collated by myself so I call it the "alleged" connection and a work in progress!  Tried to send it as an attachment with a pm but cannot do it - hence tailored chart to finish where it does.  It runs horizontally over several pages - haven't quite mastered the software yet.
cocksie

[Lannandrey]

Happy New Year!

Thanks for your advice re the Cornwall Family History Society. I submitted my application and await membership. See you there!

Thanks too for attaching your chart. I'll print it and sort it out in my "map room" aka the wall! Attaching it gives everyone access to it which is great. We'll see how many other Laundrys come out in the wash.

I see Soby and Sobey in your chart. That's a big name in Canada. Sobeys is a supermarket chain. What software are you using? I should compile my chart into compatible software. And save it in three different places, I know, I know.

I'm confident we share descent from John Laundry and Elizabeth Willes m. 12 July St. Neot. I'm also more confident about your finding Elizabeth Willes's birth in 1580. It's a reasonable inference if she named a daughter Jone after her mother and a son William after her father. Time will tell!

Ann

[Jools33]

Hi, I have a similar help request. I have just discovered a Huguenot connection in my tree, the surname is Gruzelier. The actual link is Anne Gruzelier born in Madron, Cornwall in 1701 to parents Jean Gruzelier (b1670) & Magdalene Bilbau (b1680). That is the only information that I have & researching a Huguenot line is a new venture for me so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[supermoussi]

Might be worth a look in the Huguenot Society's library if you haven't done so already:-

http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/

[Lannandrey]

Hello coxsie,

We've been out of touch for almost 2 years! Where does the time go? Rhetorical question.

I'm happy to report that my "genealogy binges" followed by long periods of digestion and reflection are shared by other Landreys and variants, including My American Cousin Lynn Smith in West Virginia, CFHS Member Number 23255 who emailed August 1,

Thank you so much for getting back in touch. Since I first started this whole genealogy thing some 20+ years ago, I seem to be following a pattern of absolutely manic activity, followed by long dry spells. I'm suddenly all inspired again!

She too is striving to confirm her descent from William Landry (I'll use that spelling rather than flip back and forth).

The PDF of her connection with us is too big to attach. I'm certain that I'm descended from William. Today's goosebumpy headsmack is his birthday: October 22nd 1620. My dad Joseph Irwin Landrey (deceased September 24 2004) was born October 22nd 1919. 299 years apart heck, lets make that 300. As my parents used to say "good enough for government work".

I've also been in contact with my cousin (used loosely I haven't mastered numbers and removes) Brenda Quintrell CFHS Member Number 01839. She's been a member of the CFHS so long she's one of the "renumbered".

I hope this message finds you well. If you get back in touch we should exchange real emails. My name is Ann Landrey, my email is ann.landrey@gmail.com

Ann