helston

The Helston Branch

The Helston branch of the family are, like the St Just and Gwithian branches, descended from Edward and Annie who were married in Breage in 1695. Their first born was Edward who was baptised at Breage on the 18^th July 1697. This Edward married Ann Carter in Breage on the 27^th August 1719 and they had the following children:-

Edward baptised 28^th December 1720 at Breage

Henry baptised 29^th December 1721 at Breage

Elizabeth baptised 31st May 1728 at Sithney

Sarah baptised 28th December 1728 at Breage

John baptised 8^th June 1731 at Breage

Susanna baptised 1^st October 1733 at Helston

Of these children only Henry's line has been traced. He married Mary Rescrow in Helston on the 2^nd April 1748. Only one child has been found; Henry baptised at Helston on the 25^th September 1749. This Henry married Ann Plemmin in Helston on the 14^th October 1771. Henry signed his name.

They had five children all baptised in Helston,

Mary 17^th May 1772

Henry 16^th Sept 1774

Edward 2^nd Aug 1776

Elizabeth 16^th Jan 1778

Edward 17^th May 1780

The surviving Edward married Honour Martha in Helston on the 27^th September 1802 and they had four children,

Ann baptised 15^th October 1809 Helston

Edward baptised 16^th November 1817 Helston

Edward baptised 28^th June 1818 Helston

Henry (date not known)

At the 1841 census Edward and Honour were living in Meneage Street in Helston.

The surviving Edward married Sophia Moyle in Helston on the 23^rd Jan 1843 and they had the following children in Helston

Sophia Moyle born 1843*

Edward born 24^th Dec 1844

Sophia Moyle baptised 19^th May 1847 (name recorded as Gennennion)

Eliza Ann baptised 27^th June 1849

Henry baptised 18^th Feb 1852

Julia Ellen baptised 21^st Aug 1857

*note, the following appeared in the West Briton newspaper on the 23rd Feb. 1844

PUSEYITE PROCEEDINGS AT HELSTON. On Sunday, the 11th instant, a large concourse of people assembled in Meneage-street, Helston, to attend the funeral of an infant who had been baptised by a Wesleyan minister, but had been refused the rites of burial by the new curate. The father, Edward Goninan, who is a member of the Methodist society, had applied to the Rev. Gentleman, requesting his services at the child's funeral, when he was asked if the child had been baptized, and who had performed the ceremony? The father stated that the child had been baptised by a Wesleyan minister in the Wesleyan chapel, at which the curate expressed his regret, and said as it had not been baptized in the church he could not bury it. This decision of the curate was announced in the Wesleyan chapel, after the Sunday morning service, and the congregation was informed that one of their own ministers would bury the child in the afternoon. Accordingly, as already stated, a large concourse of people, who sympathised with the parents of the child, assembled to attend the funeral, when the body was taken to the chapel; and, after a service there, was conveyed to the church yard, the funeral service of the national church, as abridged by Mr. Wesley, being read by the Rev. Mr. Heyworth, from an elevation outside the wall. The body having been deposited in the grave, the large assembly returned to their homes, with a very different feeling from that of increased regard for the church of England. (note this child was Sophia Moyle Goninan who was born in 1843. daughter of Edward and Sophia Goninan)

At some point Edward jnr (born 1844) moved away from Cornwall and he was married in Wolverhampton in 1867. His wife's name was Sarah. The births of their first five children were registered in Rotherham in Yorkshire -

Edward Henry 1868

Alfred John 1871

Bertha Maud 1874

Leonard Joseph 1876

Ernest William 1879

There were two more children, both registered in Sheffield in Yorkshire,

Frederick Arthur 1882

Edward Henry 1884

Only three of these children survived, Alfred, Ernest and Frederick

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