Cornwall to Scotland

[Rfarace]

I have a 3GG, William Stevens, ironstone miner, that moved from Redruth, Cornwall to Scotland, moving about in the Ayrshire and Dunbartonshire area (Kilmarnock, New Kilpatrick, Dalry) before 1853 when he married.

1) Would a move from Cornwall to Scotland be considered an emigration, or simply a move?

2) Would most likely have traveled over land or by sea?

I’m basically wondering if there are any records of the move, and if I can determine when the move was made.

Thank you!

[Elwyn Soutter]

Cornwall and Scotland are all in the same country ie the UK. So this was not a migration. Think of moving from one US state to another.

No migration records exist for a move within the UK.

Your ancestor probably moved by sea. There were frequent coastal journeys at that time up and down the UK and they were not expensive for passengers. Plymouth – Liverpool – Glasgow or Plymouth - Dublin – Glasgow are possible routes.The railway reached Redruth in 1852 but didn't run through to London or further afield till 1859, so that doesn’t appear to have been an option.

[oldfashionedgirl]

Have you searched for him on the 1851 census?

Did he have children born in Scotland as you could narrow down when he moved North by those.

Good luck

[softly softly]

Associated link previously posted.

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=873279.0

John

[softly softly]

When William died in Dalry (Ayr) in 1883 aged 48 his mmn given as Langdon.

John

added

William Stevens married Elizabeth Menzies/Mennies 1853 Kilmarnock.

Possible 1851 census ref 1915 11 15

If this is him in Redruth then any possible move between census date and marriage 4.7.1853


The death certificate of William Stevens in 1883 records his parents as George Stevens & Honor Langdon.

1841 census shows William aged 14  with parents George and Honor + siblings. William occ Mason
1851 *******
1861 census scotland aged 35
1871 census scotland aged 44
1881 census scotland aged 55

His death age should be around 57/58 not 48.


George Stevens and Honor Langdon marries 20.4.1814 Illogan, Cornwall

Any move to Scotland was then between 1841-1853

[Rfarace]

John, can I presume you located the 1841 census and George/Honor marriage record on Ancestry? I have tried finding a way to search those records from home (I run up to our town library in order to use Ancestry), and thought I found some sources of Cornish data but I didn’t find those. I will head to the library to retrieve those records.

Also, I should have noticed the discrepancy in age given on William’s death record and that which simple math would have told me!

Re: Scotland and England being in the same country, I know some Scots that would skin me for saying that while singing “Flower of Scotland.” Scotland, England, and Wales are all separate countries comprising Great Britain, and together with Northern Ireland are the United Kingdom, which I’ve just learned is considered a “sovereign country,” and therefore there are countries within countries. Being separate but part of the whole UK, I had no idea whether there were emigration requirements or recording.

Thank you all!

[hanes teulu]

Cornish Births, Deaths, Marriages on line

https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/
These are transcripts only. Vary search with Honour as well as Honor and Stephens as well as Stevens.

Good luck

[Rena]

To give you an idea about the length of the journey.

Somewhere in my files, I have a 19th century advert by a sailing ship's owner.   The journey from Aberdeen to London was six hours by sea.  The North Sea down the east coast of the UK is quite a treacherous ocean.   

From Glasgow through the Irish Sea down to Cornwall could probably take the same amount of time or a bit longer with a fair wind.

[Jebber]

For future reference, a  little extra information regarding the UK. Prior to  partition in 1921 the whole of Ireland was a part of the UK.