Genealogy Chat

Thank you, sorry very new to this and unsure of the different ways of doing things ;)

Elenor Penzance library is the nearest! But I suggest you google for Cornwall County Libraries - their Site should lead you to loads of information on Cornish Family History. Good luck. Olde Crone (Hayle, near Penzance)

hmm no that wont work cant find the place at all lol, how would i go about finding the correct library or is it a case of email them all and cross my fingers?

wow my first bit of real detective work ;) tell me if im doing the right thing here. I assume prospect place in penzance could possibly have been knocked down now and rebuilt on so if i find an old map to see the nearest landmark or something, then look in present day to see the closest library? would that work?

It's very difficult to do address searches on Ancestry censuses and there's no guarantee that someone living there 1901 would still be there in 1923. But you could e-mail the relevant records office/library and ask them nicely if they could check the electoral roll for that year or maybe the one before to see which adults are living there. (Elizabeth would qualify to vote after 1918 if she was married). nell

Nell, youre great!! how about that address, its exact, would there be anyway the address could be looked up to see who lived there, or was that what you just got for me?

This one would be an elderly mum: birth Elizabeth Jane Maddern Year of Registration: 1881 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Penzance County: Cornwall Volume: 5c Page: 257

Possible on 1901 St Mary Cornwall Joseph T Fry abt 1859 Sancreed, Cornwall, England Head Victoria Fry abt 1860 Madron, Cornwall, England Wife >>>>Leonard Fry abt 1891 Madron, Cornwall, England Son Elizabeth J Fry abt 1882 Madron, Cornwall, England Daughter Edward E Fry abt 1889 Madron, Cornwall, England Son George E Fry abt 1887 Madron, Cornwall, England Son Jessie Fry abt 1894 Madron, Cornwall, England Daughter Mary A Fry abt 1897 Madron, Cornwall, England Daughter Joseph J Fry abt 1900 Madron, Cornwall, England Son If this is the father of your grandfather, then its likely grandfather was named after his father and his father's father Joseph. nell

You could try finding Elizabeth Jane Maddern's marriage to Mr Nichols. Their ages and fathers' names would help you locate them on the 1901 census. You could look for a death for Elizabeth Jane and a later marriage for Leonard Fry senior.

This is confusing as hell, so grab a coffee and sit comfortably ;0) My Grandfather was registered in Cornwall as Leonard Joseph Fry, his mother was Elizabeth Jane Nicholls formerly Maddern. I have his birth certificate and there is a line though fatther on the certificate. Now, my mother can remember whilst living with her parents when she was little, living with a man also called Leonard Fry, thought to be her grandfather, and a step mother, who was not called Elizabeth. Where did Elizabeth go and where did this leonard come from? Anyone have any ideas on how I could even begin to track these names. On the certificate Leonard Joseph Fry was born at 7 Prospect Place, Penzance, Cornwall on 13/05/1923