Childrens’
Employment Commission Report of 1842
for Mines in Cornwall and Devon
NAME INDEX
All
the names that appear in this report (male and female) are alphabetically
indexed below. Where available the age of the individual is included,
as well as the mine and parish where they worked. The page numbers
relate to Ian Winstanley’s transcript, available from the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre at www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk.
Hard copy of this index available (see Books
& Articles Page)
A
B C D E
F G H J
K L M N
O P R S
T U V W
Y
| Name |
Age |
Mine |
Parish |
Task |
Page |
| Allen,
Eliza |
20 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
107 |
| Arthur,
S. P. |
40 |
|
Gwennap |
Mine
surgeon |
96 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Bailey,
George |
56 |
Dolcoath |
Camborne |
|
115 |
| Baker,
James |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
|
| Barham,
Charles |
|
|
|
Author |
|
| Barkla,
Jane |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Barnett,
Francis |
|
Charlestown
United |
St.
Austell |
Mine
Agent |
135 |
| Bassett,
Lady |
|
East
Wheal Crofty |
Illogan |
Trustee |
33,
92 |
| Bell,
Dr. |
|
|
Illogan |
Schoolmaster |
|
| Bennett,
William |
|
Wheal
Kitty |
St.
Agnes |
|
116 |
| Bosanko,
William |
|
Carn
Brea |
Redruth |
|
110 |
| Bishop,
Richard |
16 |
East
Wheal Rose |
Newlyn
East |
|
126 |
| Blewett,
William |
16 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
138 |
| Bawden,
Ann |
U18 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Bowden,
Grace |
|
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62,
101 |
| Buckingham,
Martha |
14 |
Consolidated
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
128 |
| Buller,
Mary |
15 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
140 |
| Burnett,
Charles |
36 |
West
Wheal Hewell |
Gwennap |
|
107 |
| Burrows,
Richard |
26 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
107 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Carlyon,
Mr |
|
|
|
Mine
surgeon |
23,92 |
| Carkeek,
Elizabeth |
18 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
105 |
| Carne,
Joseph |
|
|
Penzance |
JP |
134 |
| Carne,
Mr. |
|
Wheal
Coates |
St.
Agnes |
Mine
manager |
12 |
| Carpenter,
H |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Carpenter,
Nicholas |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Carpenter,
Richard |
30 |
Carn
Brea |
Illogan |
|
110 |
| Carthew,
Edward |
|
Balleswidden |
|
Mine
Agent |
131 |
| Chapman,
Thomas |
15 |
East
Wheal Rose |
Newlyn
East |
|
127 |
| Cloak,
Nicholas, S. |
31 |
Carnon
Consols |
|
|
117 |
| Cobbledick,
John |
37 |
Dolcoath |
Camborne |
|
123 |
| Collins,
James |
14 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
139 |
| Collum,
William |
|
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
28 |
| Coom,
Caroline |
11 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
140 |
| Cotty,
Catherine |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Crougy,
John |
44 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
106 |
| Cullis,
William |
17 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
139 |
| Curnow,
Elizabeth |
24 |
Consolidated |
Gwennap |
|
129 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Davey,
Elizabeth |
|
Charlestown
United |
St.
Austell |
|
138 |
| Davey,
Elizabeth |
|
Dolcoath |
Camborne |
|
23 |
| Davey,
Stephen |
|
Gwennap
Mines |
Truro |
Surgeon |
108 |
| Davey,
William |
42 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
Mine
purser |
25,95 |
| Davis,
Capt. R. N. |
|
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
12,14,17,25,37,44 |
| Davis,
William |
|
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
Mine
purser |
25,95 |
| Dawe,
Ann |
U18 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| De
Dunstable, Lord |
|
|
|
|
23 |
| De
La Beche |
|
|
|
|
5,6,53 |
| Down,
Ann |
U18 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Dunn,
Rev. Samuel |
|
|
Camborne |
Wesleyan
minister |
119 |
| Dunstan,
Thomas |
16 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
103 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Eastlake,
Joseph |
U18 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Ellory,
Mr. |
C
45 |
Wheal
Friendship |
St.
Hilary |
Mine
agent |
123 |
| Evans,
Eliza |
17 |
Budnick
Consols |
Perranzabuloe |
|
111 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Fall,
Sally |
19 |
Gwennap
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
107 |
| Fidock,
Thomas |
13 |
East
Wheal Crofty |
Illogan |
|
114 |
| Fox,
R. W. |
|
|
|
|
22 |
| Francis,
Fanny |
17 |
United
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
111 |
| Francis,
Henry |
16 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
103 |
| Francis,
Mr. |
|
United
Mines |
Gwennap |
Mine
agent |
21,61 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| George,
Absolom |
13 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
140 |
| George,
Henry |
59 |
Charlestown
United |
St.
Austell |
|
136 |
| Giddy,
Joseph |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Gilbard,
Joseph |
23 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
94 |
| Glanville,
John |
|
North
Roskear |
Camborne |
|
26 |
| Grig,
Jane |
U17 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Gurney,
T. P. |
|
|
Marazion |
Mine
surgeon |
96 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Harris,
James |
38 |
Gwennap
Mines |
|
|
|
| Harris,
Abraham |
54 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
105 |
| Harris,
George |
|
|
Redruth |
Overseer
of Poor Rate |
109 |
| Harris,
William |
15 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
101 |
| Hellery,
Richard |
30 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
94 |
| Henwood,
W. J. |
|
|
Penzance |
|
5,11,15,55,91f |
| Hooper,
Jane |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Hosking,
Elizabeth |
17 |
Charlestown
United |
St.
Austell |
|
137 |
| Hosking,
Jane |
|
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Jeffrey,
Joseph |
17 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
93 |
| Jeffrey,
Richard |
9 |
Consolidated
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
130 |
| Jenkin,
James |
|
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
29 |
| Jenkin,
Sarah |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Jenkin,
W. |
|
|
Camborne |
Teacher |
75 |
| Jenkins,
A. |
|
|
|
|
101 |
| Jennings,
Jos. |
42 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
Mine
agent |
103 |
| Jewell,
Jane |
21 |
East
Wheal Crofty |
Illogan |
|
117 |
| Jewell,
Rev. Thomas |
|
|
St.
Just + St. Agnes |
Wesleyan
Minister |
133 |
| Johns,
Mary |
14 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
105 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| King,
James |
20 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
93 |
| Knuckey,
Ann |
|
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Knuckey,
Mary |
|
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Knuckey,
Tamasin |
|
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Lanyon,
Richard |
|
|
Camborne |
Mine
surgeon |
18,
20f, 60, 115 |
| Lemon,
Sir Charles |
|
|
|
|
6,48,89 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Magor,
J. P. |
|
|
Redruth |
JP |
110 |
| Manuel,
Charles |
16 |
Carnon
Consols |
|
|
118 |
| Manuell,
Mary |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Martin,
Catherine |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Martin,
John Henry |
12 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
100 |
| Martin,
Mary A. |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Martin,
Thomas K. |
14 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
101 |
| Matthews,
Mr. |
|
Wheal
Friendship |
|
Mine
manager |
17 |
| Menier,
Richard |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Middleton,
Mr. |
|
East
Wheal Rose |
Newlyn
East |
Mine
agent |
126 |
| Michell,
John |
|
North
Roskear |
Camborne |
|
26 |
| Mitchell,
Edward |
|
East
Wheal Rose |
Newlyn
East |
Mine
purser |
126 |
| Mitchell,
Edward |
16 |
East
Wheal Rose |
Newlyn
East |
|
126 |
| Morcom,
Elisha |
13 |
Consolidated
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
130 |
| Morom,
Christina |
53 |
East
Wheal Crofty |
Illogan |
|
117 |
| Moyle,
Elizabeth |
U18 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Moyle,
Mary |
51 |
|
|
|
107 |
| Moyle,
M. P. |
|
|
Helston |
Chemical
analyst |
12f,
51,54 |
| Moyle,
Thomas |
|
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
27 |
| Moyle,
Thomas |
37 |
Trevascus
|
Camborne |
Mine
agent |
51,112 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Nankarvis,
John |
U18 |
|
|
|
|
| Newton,
Richard |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Nicholas,
H. |
|
|
Kehelland |
Teacher |
75 |
| Nicholls,
Mary |
U18 |
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
62 |
| Nicholls,
Michael L. A. |
11 |
United
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
116 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Oates,
Charles |
41 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
108 |
| Oats,
Mr. |
|
Wheal
Vor |
Breage |
Mine
agent |
123 |
| Odgers,
Richard |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Orby,
James |
18 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
103 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Pace,
Mr. |
|
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
Mine
surgeon |
36,93ff,97 |
| Pascoe,
Christina |
17 |
Consolidated
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
129 |
| Pearce,
Mr. Edmund |
|
|
Tavistock |
Mine
surgeon |
98 |
| Penhall,
John |
50 |
Fowey
Consols |
St.
Blazey |
|
141 |
| Penrose,
Ann |
U18 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Petherick,
Capt. |
|
Dolcoath |
Camborne |
|
23,119 |
| Phillips,
Mr. |
|
|
Tucking
Mill, Illogan |
Teacher |
75,80,119 |
| Back
to Top |
|
| Reed,
James |
22 |
Fowey
Consols |
Tywardreath |
|
62 |
| Reed,
Mr. |
|
Wheal
Vor |
Breage |
Mine
agent |
123 |
| Richards,
James |
|
Dolcoath |
Camborne |
|
26 |
| Richards,
John |
|
Consolidated
Mines |
Gwennap |
|
128 |
| Richards,
John |
13 |
East
Wheal Rose |
Newlyn
East |
|
114 |
| Richards,
William |
46 |
North
Roskear |
Camborne |
|
122 |
| Richards,
William |
18 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
104 |
| Roberts,
Henry |
38 |
Wheal
Coates |
St.
Agnes |
|
117 |
| Roberts,
Joseph |
11 |
East
Wheal Rose |
Newlyn
East |
|
124 |
| Robinson,
Mr. |
|
|
St.
Austell |
Mine
surgeon |
97 |
| Rodda,
John |
|
Trethellan |
Gwennap |
|
27 |
| Rogers,
Rev. Hugh |
|
|
Camborne |
Rector |
75,113 |
| Roscorla,
Mary Ann |
12 |
Tresavean |
Gwennap |
|
105 |
| Rowe,
J. |
|
|
Tucking
Mill, Illogan |
Teacher |
75 |
| Rowe,
Mr. |
|
Levant |
St.
Just |
Mine
agent |
17 |
| Rowett,
William |
13 |
Charlestown
Mines |
St.
Austell |
|
| |