Travelling - North Devon to Camborne 1840s

[osprey]

Doubt the pace could have been that fast. The Ramblers reckon 3 mph over moderate distances and 2.5 over longer ones.
Just checked timings on some stages of the West Highland Way - 12.5 miles of flattish route timed at 5.5-6 hours, 20 miles of hillier walking timed at 10-12 hours.

[Biggles50]

It happened regularly.

My Wife’s Dorset family moved in stages from Bridport to Sherborne to Taunton to Manchester.

Her Great Great Great Grandfather had a clock making business in Bradford yet he married one of his Wives in Birmingham.  We have no idea when or how they even met.

My Great Grandmother lived and worked from Ulverston around Morecambe Bay,
Lancaster, and St Annes before settling down.

I found Grandfather living in Lancaster yet on the next census he is working in Manchester before moving back.

With Trades one avenue that frequently happened was they went Jobbing, moving town to town obtaining work and experience.

Moving around is not new, on The Repair Shop there was one refurbishment that they did of a knife grinders cart, the owner’s ancestor had pushed said cart from Italy to London and settled there.

My own Great Great Grandparents independently travelled from central Italy to live and work in Bradford and then in Edinburgh (and yes some were Ice Cream makers and vendors).

 

[Philezra]

Thank you for this - I suppose types of travel were minimal....walking, horse....? Just wondering WHY Camborne, out of all the places....why not go North?

[KGarrad]

Tin mining
Copper mining

Camborne was just a village until transformed by the mining boom which began in the late 18th century and saw the Camborne and Redruth district become the "richest square mile in the old world".

Apart from the mines themselves, Camborne was also home to many important related industries, including the once world-renowned foundry of Holman Bros Ltd (CompAir). Holmans, a family business founded in 1801, was for generations, Camborne's, and indeed Cornwall's largest manufacturer of industrial equipment, even making the famous Sten submachine gun for a stint during the Second World War.

Then there was Camborne School Of Mines, planned in 1829.

On Christmas Eve 1801, the Puffing Devil – a steam-powered road locomotive built by Camborne engineer Richard Trevithick – made its way up Camborne Hill in Cornwall. It was the world's first self-propelled passenger carrying vehicle.

[Philezra]

Yes but he was a Carpenter. He did, together with his son Frank start a very successful building business with many properties within Camborne (hopefully) still there?

[rosie99]

Have you considered that he may have moved to take up an apprenticeship

[Philezra]

The trouble is that I am completely ignorant as to the possibilities/logistics in life back then.

I am forever picking up on things (from the great helpers on this site) that I simply would never consider!

Thank you for this.

[rosie99]

Where is he in 1851

Ignore that I see you have another post on his whereabouts 
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=893750.msg1;topicseen#new

[KGarrad]

Yes but he was a Carpenter. He did, together with his son Frank start a very successful building business with many properties within Camborne (hopefully) still there?

Mines needed carpenters!

Indeed, most industries needed carpenters.