Nicholas John Care Drew
Today, the postman brought a birth certificate for Rev'd Julyan's grandad.
Nicholas John Care DREW, born Ninth December 1903 (Mum's birthday and the day before mine!) at 2 Camberwell Street, Penzance. Son of Frederick Drew and Elizabeth Nicholas Drew formerly Ninnis (I have Ninnes). Frederick was a Grocer's Cellarman, and the birth was registered on Eighth January, 1904.
So now I can work out where Rev'd Julyan fits into our big tree: Frederick was the son of George DREW, b.c.1836, Penzance) and Elizabeth Jane BLEWETT (b.c. 1835, Paul).
Nicholas John Care was my fifth cousin, so Julyan DREW is my 5th Cousin 2 times removed.
Wednesday night:
I had been wondering about the absence of Camberwell Street from a modern street map of Penzance. This, from Julyan: "Camberwell Street is now a council yard that sits in an area bordered by Penwith Street, Adelaide Street and Mount Street and ran parallel to the latter two. Just for added interest, I was born just up the road on the end of St James's Street and was baptised in the former chapel at the bottom of Mount Street, now flats."
Also from Julyan, a wonderful story of village life. "My Granny (that is NJC's wife) Florrie (nee Thomas) was a Mousehole woman and once went on holiday as a child all the way to Penzance to stay with an aunt in Mount Street! Another time she went to Pendeen but hated it, fogbound all the time and every night spent listening to the sound of the foghorn!"
Simpler times, eh?
Nicholas John Care DREW, born Ninth December 1903 (Mum's birthday and the day before mine!) at 2 Camberwell Street, Penzance. Son of Frederick Drew and Elizabeth Nicholas Drew formerly Ninnis (I have Ninnes). Frederick was a Grocer's Cellarman, and the birth was registered on Eighth January, 1904.
So now I can work out where Rev'd Julyan fits into our big tree: Frederick was the son of George DREW, b.c.1836, Penzance) and Elizabeth Jane BLEWETT (b.c. 1835, Paul).
Nicholas John Care was my fifth cousin, so Julyan DREW is my 5th Cousin 2 times removed.
Wednesday night:
I had been wondering about the absence of Camberwell Street from a modern street map of Penzance. This, from Julyan: "Camberwell Street is now a council yard that sits in an area bordered by Penwith Street, Adelaide Street and Mount Street and ran parallel to the latter two. Just for added interest, I was born just up the road on the end of St James's Street and was baptised in the former chapel at the bottom of Mount Street, now flats."
Also from Julyan, a wonderful story of village life. "My Granny (that is NJC's wife) Florrie (nee Thomas) was a Mousehole woman and once went on holiday as a child all the way to Penzance to stay with an aunt in Mount Street! Another time she went to Pendeen but hated it, fogbound all the time and every night spent listening to the sound of the foghorn!"
Simpler times, eh?
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