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Richard: Thanks for the message. My step-father was Cecil Watters. He was the son of Ernest and Nora and was born in 1906 in Ashton. I looked at the censuses 1881 and 1891. The father Thomas named Waters on his 1876 marriage certificate) and his two sons, Burt and Ernest, were listed as Watters in 1881 but it changed to Waters in 1891. In the 1901 census, Thomas and Ernest were listed as Waters. Burt left for the US in 1900 and the ship manifest had him as a Watters. Ernest joined him a little later and called himself Walters. So it was a big mess-up. Maybe there were transcription errors. The Breage parishes have several generations of Ernest's ancestors as Waters, which I think is the correct name. By 1906, when my step father was born, both Burt and Ernest called themselves Watters.
My half-brother and sister still live in the Breage.  area. They are the children of Cecil Watters. Not sure if you are in their generation or one later. You mentioned Nora as your great grandmother in one place and your grandmother in another. Who was your father and mother? Do you live in Cornwall? Again, thanks for your message, David (Pegg)

I am very interested in finding out if there were any people with the Pegg(Peggs, Pegge) surname in Suffolk in the 17th and 18th centuries (or before). If you know of any, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. I am wondering how the Peggs were distributed across the eastern midlands. My paper trail ends in 1760 in Cambs, so Suffolk towns near the Suffolk-Cambs border would be particularly interesting. Regards David Pegg

Janey: Once again I apologize for my mistake in misidentifying the maiden name of Emma Pascoe. I thought it was my duty to let people know of the correction. After all, this is a forum and the information might be of interest in future searches. I was, however, quite surprised at the rather unforgiving reaction. Maybe i should have just ignored the fact. It was an honest mistake. There are many Pascoes in the Breage area and two Emmas in Breage at the about the same time. What changed my mind was the identification of Emma Pascoe (thanks to people on this forum) in the recently published 1911 census. My sister then remembered someone living in the same household in Ashton (now deceased) giving her a note with Emma's maiden name of Meager on it. Anyway, I still would appreciate anyone telling me if it is possible to access non-conformist (Methodist, in this case) parish records. The registration in Helston (covering Breage) give information on the BMD of Emma Pascoe (nee Meager) but the Breage parish record (C of E) doesn't mention the family.  There is also the same BMD info from Family Search. I have seen a marriage between Emma's parents, John Meager and Elizabeth in 1849 which fits well with the birth of their first child, John, in 1850. Emma came 3 years later. I don't know the maiden name of Elizabeth (it could be Johns?) I have two candidates for the grandparents. Richard and Elizabeth/ Sidney and Grace. Richard and Elizabeth were married in 1821. Richard and Sidney were born about the same time (c1790) and both had a son called John, born c 1825. As you suggested, I should try to get hold of the 1849 marriage certificate of John and Elizabeth. Can this be obtained in the records office in Truro or Helston? I am now living in the US but my sister still lives in Cornwall. Thanks again. David

Thanks Mabel. Unfortunately, I don't understand what you mean by accessing the "image"  of Emma Watters. I accessed the 1911 censuses on Ancestry.com. By the way, Emma Pascoe was rumoured  to be a "Bal Maiden" sometime in her life. Not surprising really, since her father was a miner. Her nickname was "Bobo". David

sheeleyesq and Althea: Thanks for the information. Another source recently sent me the thread on the Houghton Cty, MI deaths. I am sure this Samuel and his son. Their ages were consistent with their birth dates. Samuel's parents had the correct names also. I don't know the cause of death but it could well be an accident in both father and son were involved. Mining has always been a dangerous occupation. I did see the death of an Ann Pasco in Canada and wondered if it was Ann Pascoe (nee Johns). The age relative to birth date is close. I guess the informant, William Pasco, was a grandson, the child of one of her daughters, maybe. Her son, William was not married at the time of his death.
I found Emma Pascoe on a New York passenger list in 1867. She traveled with her mother, and two siblings, Alfred and Jane. Emma was listed at 9 years old. That would put her birth date at 1858 instead of the 1856 that I had estimated from her later censuses. It appears the Emma returned to Cornwall after her father's death. She married a widower in Helston in 1873. He was 28 and she was only 15-17, depending on her birth date, 1856-1858. Her birth record is still a mystery. I found an Emma Jane Pascoe born in the Helston registration district in 1858 (I think Breage would have been in this district). I have no other indication her middle name was Jane but she did have a sister called Jane. This might be her. I have no record of her death. I know from local people that she lived quite a long time. Her husband died in 1904. She would have been only about 45 then. She might have remarried. i couldn't find an Emma Pascoe in the 1911 census. Once again, any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards David