MORCOM/BE ONE NAME STUDY

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERwilliam

BIRTH:
Q2 1921 in St Austell CON.

DEATH:
ABT 2006

GENERAL NOTE:
Executor to Elizabeth Annie (04801) widow of John MORCOM

SOURCES:
GRO Index Births
Personal:MORCOM, Christopher John

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERrichard

BIRTH:
16Feb1956 in MI USA. Jim TIBBITTS has b. Feb.1955

DEATH:
04Aug1999 Place not specified Age at death: 43

SOCIAL SECURITY:
SocialSecurity No: 368-66-7503State No.Issued: MI

SOURCES:
Social Security Death Index 2013
Web Site TIBBITS Jim

BIRTH:
ABT 1865 in NC USA. US Census 1880:Zeb B V MORCOM, 15, son., unmarried, Zeb and his parents b. in North Carolina

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1880-AFT 1880: District 261,Middle Creek,Wake County NC USA

SOURCE:
1880 USA Federal Census

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPedward

BIRTH:
ABT 1897 in USA. Census UK 1901: Clara "ANGONE", age 4, granddaughter, b. in the USA; 1911: "Clara MORCOM", 15, wife's daughter, single, USA citizen

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1901-AFT 1901: Pengegon Hill,Camborne,CON

SOURCES:
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
Personal:ANGOVE Wendy

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1827 in Sunny Corner CON. Census 1841: age 14, b. in Cornwall; 1861: 33, wife, b. Gwennap Second forename and birth place from First Families web site

EMIGRATION:
Oct 1877 in "Durham"Immigration Note: Elizabeth, aged 50, sailed with Frederick, Jessie and Lottie, who are assumed to have been her children. In March of the same year another Frederick ALLEN, age 23, had sailed on the "Durham"

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Commercial Road,Penryn,CON

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Copper Miner in Gwennap Parish.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Immigration records Victoria, AUS - Public Records Office
Web Site - First Families PRIOR Robert Alfred

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1836 in Gwennap CON. Census 1841: age 5, b. in Cornwall; 1851: 15, dau., b. Gwennap; 1881: 45, wife, b. Gwennap

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-AFT 1851: Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Church Town,Cubert,CON

Residence Note:
Census 1841: HO 107/7 137/7

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Grocer & Draper in Cubert Church Town.

GENERAL NOTE:
Emma's niece Emilie (Emily Jane - 08951) was with them in Cubert in 1881

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
GRO Index Marriages

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1838 in CON. Census 1841: age 3, b. in Cornwall; 1851: 13, dau., b. Gwennap; 1861: 23, sister-in-law [living with sister Elizabeth & her husband William ALLEN], single, b. Gwennap; 1881: 43, wife, b. Gwennap

CHRISTENED:
29Mar1838 in Gwennap CON.

DEATH:
1887 in Liskeard CON.

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1841-AFT 1851: Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Commercial Road,Penryn,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Bay Tree Hill,Liskeard,CON

Residence Note:
Census 1841: HO 107/7 137/7

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Draper's Assistant, Linen in Penryn.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc
Family Tree for Netherwood/Chudleigh on Ancestry.co.uk

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1796 in CON. Census 1841: age 45, b. in Cornwall; 1851: 55, head, married, b. Gwennap; 1861: Henry MORCOM, 65, head, married, b. Gwennap

CHRISTENED:
09Apr1796 in Gwennap CON. son of Mark & Grace MORCOMBE

DEATH:
06Jan1862 in Redruth CON. Q1 1862 Age at death: 66

BURIAL:
09Jan1862 in Gwennap CON. of Sunny Corner

PROBATE:
-£600 Sole Executor: Henry MORCOM, farmer & son, of Gwennap

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1861: Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish,CON <

Residence Notes:
In 1841 Henry's household contained (relationships not stated):Elizabeth 41Mark 17Mary 15Elizabeth 14Henry 12Thomas 9Emma 5Grace 3John 1Grace 81
Henry's household in 1861 included Elizabeth TRESIZE, 23, niece, unmarried, domestic servant, b. Gwennap

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Parish Officer in Gwennap Parish.
1850 Tax CollectorOccupation Note: In March 1850, at the Sheriffs Court in Truro, Henry MORCOM "who had collected the rent charge in lieu of tithes for the parish of Gwennap since the commencement of the year" gave evidence against his predecessor Mr John THOMAS, of Gluvias, schoolmaster> THOMAS, who had previously collected the Gwennap tithes had failed to pay over the amount collected to Paul WILLIAMS the lessee of the parish tithes. Source: West Briton 8 March 1850..
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Farming 7 acres, employing one man in Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish.
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Tax Collector in Gwennap.
BEF Q3 1869-AFT Q3 1869: FarmerOccupation Note: As given at dau.Helen's marriage..

GENERAL NOTE:
Niece Joanna DAVEY (07516) was living with them in Census 1841.Grandfather Digory MORCOM left a house and part share or dole in Wheal Fortune mine, parish of Gwennap, "with one half of the ...... and materials to the said share belonging" to Grace, his widowed mother. This was to go to her sons Henry and Thomas on her death.The will of his uncle, also Digory MORCOM, left 50 guineas to his nephew Henry.

SOURCES:
Marriage Index bef.1837 Cornwall FHS
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Will Digory MORCOM (06362)
GRO Index Deaths
1983 BOOK Cornish Heritage
Burials Gwennap Index 1610-1900

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
1839 in CON. Census 1841: age 1 yr., b. in Cornwall; 1851: 11, son, b. Gwennap; 1861: 21, son, b. Gwennap

DEATH:
Oct 1865 in Santiago Chile. Death in Santiago, Chile was reported in the Royal Cornwall Gazette of 25 Jan 1866 Age at death: 26

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1861: Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish,CON

Residence Note:
Census 1841: HO 107/7 137/7

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Carpenter & Joiner in Gwennap.Occupation Note: Living with his parents.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
BMD Announcements Royal Cornwall Gazette Index in Courtney Library
Web Site:"The Cornish in Latin America" - Dr Sharron SCHWARZ
Personal MORCOM Colin Gregor

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1826 in Gwennap CON. Census 1841: May MORCOM" age 15, b. in Cornwall; 1851: Mary Ann, 25, dau., unmarried, b.Gwennap

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1851: Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish,CON

Residence Note:
Census 1841: HO 107/7 137/7

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Copper Miner

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1831 in CON.

DEATH:
Died before birth of second Thomas

SOURCE:
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn GWENNAPdigory1

BIRTH:
ABT 1832 in CON. Census 1841: age 9, b. in Cornwall

CHRISTENED:
07Apr1834 in Gwennap CON. son of Henry (farmer) & Elizabeth MORCOM, of Gwennap

DEATH:
Dec 1841 in Sunny Corner CON. Died of inflammation Age at death: 9

BURIAL:
14Dec1841 in Gwennap CON.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Sunny Corner, Gwennap Parish,CON

Residence Note:
Census 1841: HO 107/7 137/7

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Parish Register copy
Personal ROSS Dick and June
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

BIRTH:
ABT 1863

CHRISTENED:
24Aug1863 in Probus CON. son of Mary MORKAM

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERgeorge

BIRTH:
ABT 1856 in St Austell CON. Census 1861: Anna age 6 sister-in-law (but this term has been misused in census before - could it mean step-daughter? However, there is a Mary Anna MORCOM born in Q4 1854 Redruth)

GENERAL NOTE:
NB Could she be Mary H MORCOM (20056)?

SOURCE:
Personal ROSS Dick and June

BIRTH:
ABT 1723 in CON.

CHRISTENED:
20Aug1723 in St Minver CON. son of Edmond & Jane MOORCAM

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERgeorge

BIRTH:
ABT 1823 in CON. Census 1841: Elizabeth MORCOM, age 18?, b. Cornwall

CHRISTENED:
15Sep1823 in St Mewan CON. Betsy, dau.of George (miner) & Anne MORKHAM

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Alsevear,St Austell,CON

GENERAL NOTE:
Left 1s. in her father George's will. IGI has a baptism for Ann on 15 Sep 1823 dau.of George & Ann MORKHAM in St Mewan - is this another sister or mistake for Elizabeth?

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Will Somerset House Index

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERgeorge

BIRTH:
ABT 1835 in St Stephen in Brannel CON. Census 1841: age 7, b. Cornwall: 1851: 15, son, b. St Stephens

CHRISTENED:
03Aug1835 in St Stephen in Brannel CON. son of George & Ann MORKHAM

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-BEF 1851: Alsevear,Treverbyn, St Austell,CON

SOURCES:
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERgeorge

BIRTH:
ABT 1820 in St Mewan CON.

CHRISTENED:
10Mar1820 in St Mewan CON. son of George & Ann MORCOMB (did William die and hence the confusion about George Clemo known as William? BEWARE - confusion)

SOURCE:
BEF 1994 IGI UK

BIRTH:
New Jersey State Census 1895: "native born white female, 5 to 20.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1895-AFT 1895: Randolph,Morris Co.NJ USA

SOURCE:
Census NJ State 1895

BIRTH:
New Jersey State Census 1895: "native born white female, 5 to 20.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1895-AFT 1895: Randolph,Morris Co.NJ USA

SOURCE:
Census NJ State 1895

BIRTH:
New Jersey State Census 1895: "foreign born male other than Irish or German, between 20 and 60 years old".

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1895-AFT 1895: Randolph,Morris Co.NJ USA

Residence Note:
Randolph is right next to Mine Hill - an iron ore community, not far from Rockaway.

SOURCE:
Census NJ State 1895

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERrichard

BIRTH:
06Jan1861 in Par CON. GRO: Q1 1861 in St Austell. Census 1861: age 3 months, dau., b. Tywardreath; Census 1870 NJ: age 9 ; 1880 CA USA. Emma TREGONING, age 19, keeping house, b. England

DEATH:
26May1945 in Berkley, Almeda Co.CA USA. California Death Index gives her parents as BRENTON and MORCOM Age at death: 85

BURIAL:
28May1945 in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland CA USA.

EMIGRATION:
Arrived in USAImmigration Note: Arrived before 1870 census.

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Par, Tywardreath,CON
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Randolph,Morris Co.NJ USA
1880-AFT 1880: Almaden,Santa Clara County CA USA

GENERAL NOTE:
Methodist.

SOURCES:
GRO Index Births
IGI USA & Canada
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
1870 Census Morris Co., NJ USA
Census USA 1880 - LDS Index
Ancestral File LDS
Death Index California 1940-1997
Organisation Cornish-American Connection
Newspaper Archives San Francisco Call

Family Code: St ISSEYjohn

BIRTH:
or Avice

CHRISTENED:
27Oct1730 in Gwennap CON. dau.of John MORCOM & Tryphena nee BRAY

BURIAL:
17Aug1777 in Gwennap CON.

SOURCES:
Cornwall FHS Marriages pre 1837
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Personal PATTERSON Violet/Parish Records etc

BIRTH:
ABT 1900 in CON. Wife's birth date in same source was 5 yrs too late. She is recorded as MORKAM in the GRO deaths

SOURCE:
2001 Web Site

BIRTH:
NB Insufficient evidence to be certain that her maiden name was MORCOM.

DEATH:
1913 in Balmain South NSW AUS. Reg.No. 1913/837

RESIDENCE:
-1913: Balmain South,NSW AUS

SOURCE:
BMD Records NSW Registry Indices

RESIDENCE:
ABT 1866 Melbourne,VIC AUS

SOURCE:
CD Australia Vital Records Index 1788-1905

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1886-AFT 1886: Adelaide,SA AUS

SOURCE:
Births-Index of Registrations South Australia 1842-1906

BIRTH:
NB Insufficient evidence to be certain that her maiden name was MORCOM.

DEATH:
1928 in Woollahra NSW AUS. Reg.No. 1928/8271. Daughter of William and Mary.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1928 NSW AUS

SOURCE:
BMD Records NSW Registry Indices

BIRTH:
Parents: Neil and Mary

DEATH:
1926 in Port Macquarie NSW AUS. Reg.No. 1926/5947. Winifred daughter of Neil & Mary MORCOM

SOURCE:
BMD Records NSW Registry Indices

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERwilliam

BIRTH:
17Jan1888 in Penwithick CON. GRO: Q1 1888 in St Austell. Penwithick is 3 miles north of St Austell town. Census 1891: age 3, son, b. St Austell; 1901: 13, son, b. St Austell; 1930 SD: 42, head, first married at 25, b. England, owns own home worth $1,200, immigrated 1910.

DEATH:
20Nov1972 in Central City, Lawrence Co.SD USA. Social Security: Nov 1972.Age at death: 84

SOCIAL SECURITY:
SocialSecurity No: 503-01-9392State No.Issued: SDLast Residence: Central City,Lawrence,SD 57754 Lump Sum Payment to: Central City,Lawrence Co.,SDLump Sum Payment to: Englewood,Lawrence Co.,SDLump Sum Payment to: Lead,Lawrence Co.,SDLump Sum Payment to: Savoy,Lawrence Co.,SDLump Sum Payment to: Spearfish Canyon,Lawrence Co.,SDLump Sum Payment to: Terry Peak,Lawrence Co.,SD

EMIGRATION:
Left Southampton in "St Paul" Arrived in New York 22Sep1907Immigration Note: English, single, age 25. This is the nearest arrival at Ellis Island for an Arthur MORCOM, who was said by his family to have arrived in 1906. About 30% of arrivals at Ellis Island were not recorded in the Apr 2001 database. Arthur should have been c.19

RESIDENCES:
1888 Penwithick,CON
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: Carluddon, Treverbyn parish,nr St Austell,CON
BEF 1901-AFT 1901: Treverbyn,St Austell,CON
Butte,MT USA
-1910: Houghton Co.MI USA
1910-1919: Lead,Lawrence Co.SD USA
BEF 05Jun1917 824,Fifth St,Lead,SD USA
1919-1922: Bushnell,NE USA
1922 Bender's Park,Lead,Lawrence Co.SD USA
BEF 1930-AFT 1930: Lead,Lawrence County SD USA
-BEF 1972: Central City,Lawrence Co.<

Residence Notes:
Arthur's son John Merritt relates that his father and brother William initially went to Butte, but as there was no work there, moved on to Hancock MI
Dan TOMS: The city of Lead was named after the large number of leads, or outcroppings of ore, in the area. it grew rapidly after the discovery of gold and in 1880 had a population of 1,440. Many died in accidents in the Homestake and other mines.

OCCUPATIONS:
China Clay worker in St Austell, CON.
ABT 1907 Miner for Quincy mine in Houghton Co., MI.
1910 Miner in Lead.Occupation Note: Worked as surface miner in the Open Cut..
BEF 1913-AFT 05Jun1917: Foreman in Gold Mine for Homestake Mining Co.in Lead SD.Occupation Note: Dan TOMS: "The Cornishmen of Lead, South Dakota" (1997):"Discovered in 1876 and incorporated in 1877, the Homestake is still one of the great gold mines of the world. Over the years many Cornish residents of the city have been among the company's employees, who ranged in number from a high of about 3000 around the turn of the century to approximately 1000 today.Two shafts provide access to the underground workings of the Homestake. The lowest working level of the mine is 8000 feet underground. The Homestake, the longest continuously operating gold mine in the world, still produces about 1300 troy ounces of gold each day, valued at about $500,000.".
Occupation Note: Registered for draft on 5 Jun 1917 in Lawrence Co SD. Form No. 1623 No 10. had declared his intention to apply for citizenship. Dependents; wife and three children under 12, but did not claim exemption from draft. medium height and build, blue eyes, light brown hair..
1919-1922: Owner of Barber Shop in Bushnell, NE.
1922 Gardener for Superintendent for Homestake Mining Co.in Lead.
BEF 1930-AFT 1930: Florist - Greenhouse in Lead.

GENERAL NOTES:
A. C. TODD "The Cornish Miner in America":But in the clay pits of St Austell a man would have to work very hard to earn as little as 20 cents a day, so clayworker Arthur Morcam dragged himself off to Butte (Montana), arrived in the middle of a depression, moved on to Houghton (Michigan, where I grew up) was given a job by the Cornish captain at the Quincy (a Kendall from Roche) and then, with Philip Dyer (whom he had known at Penwithick), came to rest in the Homestake, no more to shovel muck but to direct men on the shift".Elsewhere in his book A.C.Todd mentions the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota, and the nearby town of Lead, pronounced `Leed'. He also says that Arthur (from Penwithick) had all five of his sons serving in the 1939-45 War.
Dan TOMS quotes from the Lead Daily Call newspaper of 1913 a description of carol singing outside the town pharmacy by a group of 16 Englishmen who sang five Cornish carols written by Thomas Merritt of Illogan. They included a Arthur MORCOM.TOMS also lists among the prominent businessmen of Lead in the early years of the 20th century "the MORCOM Family (Morcom's Apparel)". [DWT Note: there were also drapers among the possible ancestors of Arthur MORCOM in Cornwall]
Jack MORCOM "The Arthur and Maggie MORCOM Family":Jack describes an incident while Arthur was working at the Open Cut: "A memorable event while working at this job was helping to stretch the cable across the Open Cut when the noted tight rope walker, Ivy BALDWIN, walked across the Open Cut during the July 4th celebration in 1916.......Margaret and Arthur MORCOM were devout Methodists and worked in many church activities throughout their lives. Margaret taught Sunday school for many years. After Arthur's retirement, he became a charter member of the Young at Heart organization of which he was president for many terms......Arthur visited Cornwall, England for the first time in 1958, fifty two years after coming to America"

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
1996 Social Security Death Index
Passenger Lists -Ellis Island Records
USA - World War I Draft Registrations Card 1917-1918
1930 USA Federal Census
1995 Book Spokane, WA USA The Cornish Miner in America
Dec 1997 Article "The Cornishmen of Lead, SD" from Cornwall FHS Journal No 86
Local History:SD USA Some History of Lawrence Co.
Personal MORCOM Jack-The Arthur and Maggie MORCOM Family
Organisation Cornish-American Connection
Personal MORCOM Eric
GRO Index Births

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1910-AFT 1910: Carlisle,Cumberland County PA USA

GENERAL NOTE:
Source 1810 US Federal Census. "MORCOM" dubious. John C, age 26-44, male child under 10, 2 females 26-44, two females under 10, Four non MORCOMs in residence

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules St ENODERwilliam

BIRTH:
BEF 09Sep1785 in St Enoder CON. Census 1841: age 55, living at Goonamarris; 1851: 65, head, married, born in St Enoder

CHRISTENED:
09Sep1785 in St Enoder CON. William son of John MORKHAM and Elizabeth

DEATH:
23Aug1860 in St Stephen in Brannel CON. Age at death: 75

BURIAL:
26Aug1860 in St Stephen in Brannel CON. Grave 739. St Stephen in Brannel Burials Page 7, No.53: William MORCOM age 75 of Gownamarner

WILL:
03Feb1859

PROBATE:
03Oct1860 in Bodmin CON. Executor: widow Ann MORCOM. Witnesses: John BULLOCK and David SKIDMORE.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1851: Goonamarris, St Stephen in Brannel,CON

Residence Note:
1851: James and his wife Lavinia were living with them.

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1838-AFT 1841: Farmer in Goonamarris.
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: Farmer of 18 acres in Goonamarris.
Yeoman

GENERAL NOTE:
William's will mentions his wife Ann, and 5 children: John (who has a son named William), William, Elizabeth MOUNTER, Richard and JamesSee also a William & Jennifer nee YATES in the same area

SOURCES:
Marriage Index bef.1837 Cornwall FHS
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Wills UK

BIRTH:
ABT 1836 in Kea CON. Census 1861: 25, unmarried, b. Kea, niece visiting James CHEEL, 50, Methodist clergyman, b. Rainbow, Kent, and his wife Diana, 64, b. Kea {in 1851 b. Perranworthal. She was Diana MAY when married in Penzance Q1 1839.

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: ?Parr?,LAN

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Dressmaker in?Parr?.

SOURCE:
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861

BIRTH:
ABT 1827 in North Carolina NC USA. US Cenus 1850: age 23, b. North carolina

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1850-AFT 1850: Gold Hill,Rowan County NC USA

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1850-AFT 1850: Labourer in Gold Hill, Rowan County.

SOURCE:
1850 USA Federal Census

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1810-AFT 1810: Atacapas County LA USA

GENERAL NOTE:
Source: 1810 US Federal Census. Aged 10 to 15 with over 45 male and 16-25 female. Eleven others in household

BIRTH:
ABT 1798 in Pennsylvania PA USA. US Census 1850: aged 52

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1850-AFT 1860: Representative District 3,Orleans,LA USA

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1850-AFT 1850: Merchant in Orleans.

GENERAL NOTE:
W R NORCOM in 1850 and 1860 but in 1850 family listed asMrs MORCOM, 47, b. PA?Margaret? MORCOM, 22, b. PAMary Ann NORCOM?, 19, b. PAJulia NORCOM, 17, b.PAWilliam NORCOM, 14, b. MississipiJohn NORCOM, 11, b. MississipiThomas NORCOM, 9, b. MississipiCatherine NORCOM, 7, B. LousianaAs not found elsewhere as MORCOMs assume NORCOM is correct

SOURCES:
1850 USA Federal Census
1860 USA Federal Census

BIRTH:
ABT 1889 Census 1841: age 50, b. Cornwall

RESIDENCE:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Castle Street,St Mary,Truro,

OCCUPATION:
BEF 1841-AFT 1841: Female Servant in Caslte Street, St Mary, Truro.Occupation Note: Working for William PENROSE, 45, and his two 15 yr old sons William and John.

SOURCE:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841

Family Code: GWENNAPhercules GWENNAPjohn

BIRTH:
12Jun1840 in CON. Probably the John MORCOM born Q2 1840 in Truro Registration District, Ref 9 298 US Federal Census 1900: John MORCOM, age 59, b. June 1870 [should be 1840], married 29 years, born England, of English parents, immigrated 1876, naturalized, rents his houseUS Census 1910: John MORCUM, 69, head, married 38 years, John and his parents born in England, arrived in USA 1877, works as astrologer at home on his own account. Owns mortgaged home.John MORCOM's stage name of Mons. or Signor VERTELLI was taken from a guest at his father's Temperance Hotel, Dr Horatio Thomas WHITTELL. He was a temperance lecturer and close friend of the MORCOMs.

CHRISTENED:
16Aug1845 in Tuckingmill CON. son age 5 of Samuel (railway agent) & Mary MORCOM of Tincroft

DEATH:
08Jan1914 in West Berkeley CA USA.

EMIGRATIONS:
Left London or Plymouth 1849 in "Orator" Arrived in Port Adelaide SA 02Oct1849
1876 Arrived in San Francisco 02Oct1877Immigration Note: His father's 1891 obituary refers to his son John in America.

RESIDENCES:
1840-ABT 1849: In CroftTuckingmill,nr Pool,CON
ABT 1849-ABT 1853: Reedy Creek,SA AUS
ABT 1853-ABT 1865: Adelaide,SA AUS
ABT 1865-1877: Travelling in Australia, New Zealand, China and japan,
ABT 1877-ABT 1898: Travelling in USA,
BEF 12Jun1900-08Jan1914: University Avenue,Oakland Township,West Berkeley, Sixth Ward SE,Alameda County CA USA
BEF 19Apr1910-AFT 19Apr1910: San Pablo Avenue,Oakland Township,Berkeley City,Alameda CA USA

OCCUPATIONS:
Owner of Cooperage in Bank Street , Adelaide.Occupation Note: Orders for barrels were to be placed at Morcom's Hotel. John had a rope suspended from the beams of his building so that he could practice gymnastics. [Source: Manning Index of South Australian History].
ABT 1862 Acrobat in Adelaide.Occupation Note: He practiced acrobatics etc with his brother James, but John soon joined the Lenton Brothers' Troup and left Adelaide.
ABT 1863-ABT 1865: Trapeze Performer in Travelling in Australia.
1865-AFT 1870: Tightrope Walker in Travelling in Australia & New Zealand.
ABT 1870-1877: Magician in Australia, China, Japan.Occupation Note: A Japanese account says that Mr & Mrs Vertelli gave a conjuring and magic show at the Goethe, Yokahama for ten days in December ?1871?.
1877-1887: Magician in West Coast of USA.Occupation Note: He was also performing as a ventriloquist, and tightrope walker between 1881 and 1891.
1887-1897: Magician in Touring major cities of USA.
BEF 12Jun1900-AFT 12Jun1900: Showman in Berkeley.Occupation Note: Unemployed for 12 months.
1900-ABT 1910: Making & selling marionettes, illustrating and making shadow puppets. Also astrology and card reading.in Berkeley.
BEF 1910-AFT 1910: Astrologer in Oakland, Berkeley.

GENERAL NOTES:
EXTRACT FROM OBITUARY OF PROF. J M VERTELLI BY THOS H KERR IN SPHINX [Magician's Magazine] 1914 Vol 12 No 12 Page 235"..........In 1862 , he won the championship medal for long range rifle shooting and in 1863 he made his debut as a performer on the flying trapeze. In 1865 he was employed by Barry Sullivan , the famouse tragedian, to appear in a triple trapeze act at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne. In 1866 he bacame a tight rope walker, accomplishing perilous feats on lofty wire ropes.Then followed magic work in which he was engaged at most exclusively for the rest of his professional career. After visiting every town of consequence in Australia and Tasmania, he left for Chine and Japan where he was very successful.On October 2, 1877, he arrived at San Francisco. from that city he made many coast trips - north and south - and finally left on an extended tour of the States in 1887. After appearing in many eastern cities, he returned to Berkeley, Calif. on April 5 1897. The next year, his son Harry, 22 years of age, was accidentally drowned in San Francisco Bay, while duck hunting. This was a sad blow to the father for he was an only son and gave promise of a bright future.In 1898 he was stricken with paralysis of both feet and was never afterwards able to use them, and for more than fifteen years could only wheel himself round his own house and garden. Three years ago he lost his wife, but in spite of this added sorrow he maintained a cheerfulness of disposition under desperate circumstances that was perfectly wonderful.After the paralytic attack, he turned his attention to astrology and card reading which then became his sole means of livelihood.He was a very honorable man in all his dealings, strictly temperate in his habits, cheerful in the midst of most discouraging conditions, and has left the world a record of a life well spent.
NOTES FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES ABOUT JOHN MORCOM/VERTELLIThere is a 24 page booklet entitled "The Great Monsieur Vertelli" by Robin Peirce and Bob Kerr,published by The Wright Group, Bothel WA in 1996. The subjects of the book include Thomaso VERTELLI, aeralists, tight rope walkers. It may be intended for a juvenile audienceISBN 9780780270626A report of a Frenchman walking across a wire stretched across a waterfall in the Mount Lofty Ranges is in the Express,25 August 1865, page 2e; also see Melbourne Illustrated Post, 18 September 1865, pages 133 & 135."Tightrope Feats [of M. Vertelli]" is in the Register, 17 and 20 April 1868, pages 2e and 2f,11 May 1868, page 2f, 3 and 30 June 1868, pages 2d and 2g, 17 January 1871, page 5c.From Article on Internet "Albumen and Sake" dated 5th June 2009:Dr. Colligan then showed me a list of people in an album at thePerforming Arts Museum (PAM) which made me salivate like a St. Bernard..............the "Australian Blondin" a Cornish man named John Morcom who went under the nom de sciure (sawdust name, his circus/acrobat/gymnastic pseudonym) ofSignor Vertelli. It's the only image I know of in existence that is identified. Matsuyama-San is the only one who has ever written about Vertelli as far as I know.The Argus (Melbourne) 18 April 1865The Theatre Royal was crowded iu all parts with a holiday audienco, assembled towitness the revival of " Leah, the Forsaken,"and the first appearanco of tho new gymnast,Vertelli............ Of the acrobatic display which followed the drama, we must say that Mons.Vertelli is an accomplished performer, and went gracefully and successfully through aBeries of tho aeriel feats with which the masters of tho flying trapeze art aro wont tothrill the nerves of thoir admirers.{NOTE: the above performance was also advertised as the first appearance in Australia of Vertelli,the only rival of Leotard]The Argus (Melbourne), Saturday 26th August 1865Report from Adelaide 25th August:"Mons. Vertelli today successfully crossed and re-crossed twice on a wire suspendednear the Mount Lofty Falls. The wiro was 100 feet in length. Had he fallen he wouldhave beon killed."The Argus (Melbourne), Tues 23 January 1866Report from SYDNEY Jan. 22:Mons. Vertelli walked on an iron wire one tbird of an inch in diameter atthe Prince ofWales Theatre on Saturday. He was loudly applauded.Advert in Daily Southern Cross NZ 1867Signor Vertelli's troup included four other male performers. Vertelli performed onthe tight rope(including carrying a young lady on his back) and trapezeThe Argus (Melbourne" 9 Sep 1868"Vertelli essayed on Wednesday night a feat of a very dangerous character. A wirorope," says the Hamilton Spectator, "was stretched fiom the Land Office to tho top of atree opposite, and, in tho midst of blue-fire illuminations, the acrobat was to walk frompoint to point with no other aid than his balance-pole. He succeeded in accomplishing thedifficult task, which is the more to his credit, inasmuch as ho narrowly escaped a violent death at the first start. Having advanced a short distance from ono of the extremities,his foot slipped, the balance-polo either broko or fell from his hands, and Vertelli onlysaved himsolf by clutching the wire, by means of which ho recovered his position."The Argus (Melbourne) : 9.10.68COLOSSEUM, Bourke street.Most Noble Hall in Australia.Engagement of SIGNOR VERTELLI and his talented troupe on Saturday, October 10,In their daring acts.Miss Montrose's daring act on wire rope, 50ft.high ; only lady in tho colony who porforms the daringact. Signor Vertelll carries a man on his back on the rope blindfolded.Miss Montrose also performs on the slack ropo,singlo, double, mid Hying trapeze.Top spinning and butterfly trick, as per Japanese, by Signor Vertelll[Vertelli and Miss Montrose were also on the same Colosseum bill on 12 February 1870A "characteristic" singer named Miss Montrose also appeared in Melbourne around 1870-72]
The Argus (Melbourne) October 19th 1868COLOSSEUM.-Engagement VERTELLI. Great sensation. Lady walks wire rope 60ft high. Ladyon slack-rope.The Argus (Melbourne) March 1st 1870After tho race Mons.Vertelli walked on a wire stretched between two treesin tho reserve, and wheeled a barrow across. This proceeding created some interest, as it was stated the last person who tried to perform a similar feat fell and was killed.In 1879/80 there is a press mention of "Ventriloquist Mystery" by Prof VERTELLI and Miss ROWLAND in Squires Opera House, SeattleSacramento Daily Record-Union. (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891September 17, 1881, Image 5Amphitheater and Menagerie.— -On X street, between Eighth and Ninth, Morgan.*Amphitheater and Menagerie is located, and open to-night for public patronage...... Besidesthe show of animals a troupe of acrobats, gymnasts, contortionists, ventriloquists andtight-wire performers are to appear nightly. These include ...... Professor Vertelli, a funambulist,[ rope walker] illusionist and ventriloquist. Just before dark each evening Vertelli will walk acrossX street on a half-inch wire cord and wheel a hand-barrow.Sacramento Daily Record-Union. (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891September 19, 1881, Image 3Morgan's Amphitheatre. — The amphitheater opened Saturday night, on X street/between ; Eighth , and Ninth...... Prof. Vertelli, the illusionist, ventriloquist and tight- wireperformer. The latter gave a very thrill open air exhibition on Saturday evening on atight wire across the street, - from a three story house top on the south sideide to a loftystaging opposite ......It drew an immense crowd ;on Saturday evening, tbat applauded thedaring performer warmly. :Sacramento Daily Record-Union. (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891September 24, 1881, Image 5Morgan's Amphitheater. At the great tent on X street, between Eighth and Ninth,there will be given this afternoon a matinee performance, preceding which Vertelli willmake the perilous trip over a wire stretched across X street, from house to scaffolding.Sacramento Daily Record-Union. (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891July 21, 1883, Image 5Vertelli, the magician and ventriloquist, will give his third exhibition in this city atAtlantic Gardens to-morrow. {Note: he gave a sixth performance at the same place on 12th August 1883]There was a letter awaiting a Mrs Vertelli at sacramento Post Office on Thursday May 5th 1881.On his brother's death James told a the Adelaide Mail that "He walked over the river below the rapids at Niagara on a wire, and also drove six geese harnessed to a tub across the same river, he himself being seated in' the tub. John was .also a crack swimmer, and won several medals. As a rifle shot he was also in tbe front rank, as is shown by the fact of his winning £50 and a gold medal when shooting against 400 volunteers on the South Parklands."
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954)" LATE Mr JOHN -MORCOM (VERT ELLI)Mr. James MORCOM of Adelaide, has received news of the death in America of his brother, Mr.JohnMorcom,' known professionally as Vertelli, at" the age of 73 years. John Marcom, was born in Cornwall, and was a" noted performer in South Australia "in the sixties. On. several nights ho performed on a trapeze hung from a pole projecting ont of one of the clock holes of the Adelaide Town Hull into the street at a height of about 60ft. Ho was anxious to walk a rope stretched from tho towers of tho town hall and the post office, but the authorities " would not allow it. He will be remembered by many as having appeared at tho Old Exhibition Grounds and Building. His most important engagement.was.at-the Melbourne Theatre Royal, when he was in receipt of £100 per week. He walked over the river below the rapids at Niagara on a wire, and also drove six geese harnessed to a tub across the same river he himself being seated in the tub.
In November 2012 Susan DUNN sent me the following information:"Finally we have an official date for the Mayor to unveil the sculpture of Vertelli/Morcom. The ceremony will be on November 30.It is definitely a sculpture, not a representational statue, and it is beingplaced on a very historic corner just near the site of the Old North Road(which Morcom would have travelled on), right in the heart of the city.The fact that the sculptor is AP (Bill) Dangar of the "Dangar Falls" familyis particularly felicitous.""Wording for plaque:ON THE WIRE, 2011This sculpture by BILL DANGAR was accepted as a gift from the artist to thepeople of Armidale by Mayor Peter Ducat and Councillors on 23 July 2012.On Monday April 2 1866, John Morcom OUT, known as Signor Vertelli, crossedDangars Falls on a wire rope at a height of about 600 feet above the gorge -firstly with a balancing pole, then with a wheelbarrow and then bysomersaulting across.He was watched by a picnic crowd of over 200 who ³enjoyed themselvesheartily² and who collected the sum of £11 pounds for him, according to areport in The Armidale Express of the time."

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 6 June 1841
1900 USA Federal Census
1910 USA Federal Census
Australian Newspapers
USA Newspapers
Personal ROSS Dick and June
Personal:HARDIMAN Allister

Family Code: PADSTOWthomas

BIRTH:
Q1 1861 in Padstow CON. Reg. in St Columb. Census 1861: William MARCUMB, age 1 month, son, b. Padstow; 1871: age 10 scholar b.St Merryn; 1881: age 19, unm., servant, b.St Merryn, in household of his cousin Matthew TUMMON;1891: William MORCUMB, 30, head, married, b. Padstow; 1901: William MORCUMB, 40, head, married, b. Padstow; 1911: William MORCUMB, 50, married, b. St Cleer

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1871-AFT 1871: Padstow,CON
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Trewithick,St Stephens Launceston,CON
BEF 1891-AFT 1891: Treloska,St Cleer,CON
BEF 1901-AFT 1901: Trethinnick,St Cleer,CON
BEF 1911-AFT 1911: Barbican,St Martins Lane,nr Liskeard,CON

Residence Note:
In 1911, in addition to his two sons, William employed Richard CRABBE, 14, farm worker, b. Looe, Cornwall

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1881-AFT 1881: Farm Servant (indoor) in Trewithick, St Stephens Launceston.
BEF 1891-AFT 1901: Game Keeper in St Cleer.
BEF 1911-AFT 1911: Farmer in Barbican.

SOURCES:
Census England and Wales 2 April 1871
Census England and Wales 3rd April 1881
Census England and Wales 5 April 1891
Census England & Wales 31 March - 1st April 1901
Census England and Wales 2nd April 1911

Family Code: PROBUSwilliam PROBUSgeorge

BIRTH:
Q4 1843 in St Austell CON. Census 1851 UK: age 6 yrs, son, scholar, b. St Blazey; 1861: 16, son, b. St Blazey; 1880 MO: as Andrew MORCUM, 36, b. in England; 1885 Iowa: age 42 yrs. Recorded as `MORCOMB' in GRO.

CHRISTENED:
27Dec1843 in St Blazey CON. son of George & Mary Ann MORCOM

RESIDENCES:
BEF 1851-AFT 1851: East Bridge,St Blazey,CON
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Bridge Road,St Blazey,CON
BEF 1880-AFT 1880: Elliott,Randolph Co.MO USA
BEF 1885-AFT 1885: IA USA

Residence Note:
Census MO 1880: FHL Film 1254712. National Archives Film T9-0712 Page 18A.

OCCUPATIONS:
BEF 1861-AFT 1861: Copper Miner in St Blazey.
BEF 1880-AFT 1880: Coal Digger in Eliott, Randolph Co., MO.
BEF 1885-AFT 1885: Miner in IA USA.

SOURCES:
GRO Index Births
BEF 1994 IGI UK
Census England and Wales 30 March 1851
Census England and Wales 7 April 1861
Census USA 1880 - LDS Index
1880 USA Federal Census
1885 Census of Cornish English Iowa State