GRAMPOUND:Nancarrow and Millett families

[dandenongs]

Hello all,

a friend recommended this site - so I thought I'd give it a go..


some of my ancestors were from Grampound - maybe some of you can help out or share some info?

Peter Millett (born circa 1803) married Mary Johns (born circa 1803) in about 1830 and settled in Grampound.

They had a number of children including Caroline, Grace, Elizabeth and Susan.


Susan came to Australia in about 1855 and settled in Maryborough Victoria. Elizabeth married a John Nancarrow and settled in Grampound where they had a number of children.

Grace married a Samuel Lucas Campion and was in Asutralia in the mid 1850's.

Caroline married a William Smith and had a number of children.

Anybody know whether Grampound has an historical society?

Anybody know where the cemetery is that would have taken Grampound dead people?

The Millett family was for a time associated with maintenance of the toll road out of Grampound.

Members of the Nancarrow family were employed in Grampound's tanning industries.


thanks all

Robert ..

in the blue dandenongs - an hour's drive east of Melbourne, Victoria

[ian.h]

hi robert,
 i came across 2 nancarrow living in australia when i was doing a search .
 annie may, dob 1892 eaglehawk vc
 stephen   , dob 1869 nerring  vc
 dont no if the info is any good to you.
atb ian.h
 

[dandenongs]

hello Ian,
thanks for the reply ...

there were about 3 or 4 separate Nancarrow families in Victoria in the 19th Century - as far as I can tell - my own Nancarrow family from Grampound wasn't connected to the Nerring or Eaglehawk Nancarrows.

My Nancarrows were settled initially in  Maryborough Victoria and then spread to places such as Mildura and Benalla.

good luck with your research

Robert

[Sueh2]

Hi Robert,

Are you certain that your family name was Millett? They are on the 1841 census as MERITT though of course this could be a transcription error.

Also for more info about Grampound have you looked at genuki.org.uk? It will answer some of your queries.

Best wishes    Sue

[dandenongs]

There seems some confusion over the family name  Millett - Merrit and variations -

you can see from the 1851 census - the name is Merrett - by the time of the 1861 census the name is now Millett - who knows why the name changed? Transcription errors?



http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/51908h.html

107    Grampound   
         Peter Merrett    Head    M    47        Labourer On Turnpike Roads    Truro Cornwall       
        Mary Merrett    Wife    M        47        Mevagissey Cornwall       
        Susan Merrett    Dau            12    At Home    Truro Cornwall       
        Elizabeth A Merrett    Dau            9    Scholar    Grampound Cornwall       

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kayhin/61551.html

13    1   Peter Millet    Head    M    55        Ag Lab    St Clements Cornwall       
            Mary Millet    Wife    M        57        Mevagissey Cornwall       
            Elizabeth Millet    Dau    U        19        Grampound Cornwall       
            John Nancarrow    Boardr    U    24        Tanner    Grampound Cornwall 
            Caroline Smith    Dau    M        30        St Clements Cornwall       
            Peter H Smith    Grnson        6        Scholar    Shoreditch Middlesex       
            Mary J Smith    Grndau            2        Shoreditch Middlesex       
            John M Smith    Grnson        8m            Shoreditch Middlesex       

later on the Millett name is preserved as a second given name by some family members ...