? Location of "Luggan" - Cornwall?
Victor Paul
Can anyone tell me where "Luggan" is? I suspect Cornwall as the parents
list that as their birth place. They then list (on this NZ birth cert)
their marriage place as "Luggan". The writing is fairly clear but there are
no other capital Ls to compare against.
I can't find it on my atlas, nor on the gazetter off the genuki home page.
Thanks in advance,
Victor Paul, Christchurch, NZ. email: v.p...@netaccess.co.nz
Famorley
Paul, I'll bet a bunch you're looking for the Parish of Illogan in
Cornwall. It frequently is pronounce "luggan".
Both my mother, a JORY, and my father , a MURLEY/MORLEY, were born there.
It's on the Notrh side of Cornwall, about 2/3 of the way to Lands End.
Fred
Ruth Marler
In article <31a5a2a9....@news.mac.co.nz>, Victor Paul
<v.p...@netaccess.co.nz> writes
If you place Camborne as the bottom left-hand corner of an equilateral
triangle, with Redruth as the bottom right-hand corner, and Portreath as
the top point... (line between each would be 4-5 miles) ....
then... Illogan is about a third of the way down from Portreath
....towards the base of the triangle!!!
Hope this helps
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from Ruth Marler in Hampton, Middlesex, UK
ru...@lamerton.demon.co.uk
http://www.lookup.com/cgi-bin/lookup/LU_home?71879,1048848
Looking for surname WIDDOWS anywhere for one-name study
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Mike Morrish
In article <31a5a2a9....@news.mac.co.nz>, Victor Paul
<v.p...@netaccess.co.nz> writes
>Can anyone tell me where "Luggan" is? I suspect Cornwall as the parents
>list that as their birth place. They then list (on this NZ birth cert)
>their marriage place as "Luggan". The writing is fairly clear but there are
>no other capital Ls to compare against.
>
>I can't find it on my atlas, nor on the gazetter off the genuki home page.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Victor Paul, Christchurch, NZ. email: v.p...@netaccess.co.nz
>
Illogan, which is north of Redruth. I'm a firm believer in the sound of
a word being more important than the spelling.
--
Mike Morrish Truro, Cornwall
researching MORRISH North Devon 1830 > London, and PASCOE Truro, Cornwall
.. also have some general data from Michelmersh, Hampshire.
David Holman
v.p...@netaccess.co.nz (Victor Paul) wrote:
>Can anyone tell me where "Luggan" is? I suspect Cornwall as the parents
>list that as their birth place. They then list (on this NZ birth cert)
>their marriage place as "Luggan". The writing is fairly clear but there are
>no other capital Ls to compare against.
>
>I can't find it on my atlas, nor on the gazetter off the genuki home page.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Victor Paul, Christchurch, NZ. email: v.p...@netaccess.co.nz
Victor,
This sounds like Illogan, pronunced 'illuggan'
It is a parish to the North and East of Camborne.
David HOLMAN
CFHS 2978
David Holman
3 Harbour Court,
North Parade,
Portscatho,
TRURO, Cornwall UK
Victor Paul
Mike Morrish <mi...@mikem.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <31a5a2a9....@news.mac.co.nz>, Victor Paul
><v.p...@netaccess.co.nz> writes
>>Can anyone tell me where "Luggan" is? I suspect Cornwall as the parents
>>list that as their birth place. They then list (on this NZ birth cert)
>>their marriage place as "Luggan". The writing is fairly clear but there are
>>no other capital Ls to compare against.
>>
>>I can't find it on my atlas, nor on the gazetter off the genuki home page.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Victor Paul, Christchurch, NZ. email: v.p...@netaccess.co.nz
>>
>Could be Ludgvan (near Penzance) or possibly, based on the sound,
>Illogan, which is north of Redruth. I'm a firm believer in the sound of
>a word being more important than the spelling.
>--
>Mike Morrish Truro, Cornwall
>researching MORRISH North Devon 1830 > London, and PASCOE Truro, Cornwall
>.. also have some general data from Michelmersh, Hampshire.
>
Thanks for this and the many other responses I got. I have found what
appears to be the correct idex entry for the marriage of the parents on the
birth certificate in Redruth district - so I guess "Luggan" = Illogan !
Victor