Family Group Sheet for William Long
Husband:

William Long
Birth:

Abt. 1756
Baptism:

2 Oct 1756 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Marriage:

10 Aug 1783 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Father: Hugh Long
Mother: Martha Youren
Wife:

Ann Blamey
Birth:

1754 in Gwennap, Cornwall, , England
Father: John Blamey
Mother: Catherine Quick
Children:
1
Name:

Hugh Long
M
Birth:

Abt. 1784 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Marriage:

28 Feb 1810 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Death:

1831
Burial:

Gwennap Parish Church, Cornwall, England
Spouse: Elizabeth Hodge
2
Name:

Mary Long
F
Birth:

1787
Marriage:

23 Apr 1810 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Spouse: James Chapman
3
Name:

Barbara Ann Long
F
Birth:

Abt. 1789
Baptism:

22 Jan 1789 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
4
Name:

William Long
M
Birth:

1791
5
Name:

Catherine Long
F
Birth:

1794
6
Name:

Martha Long
F
Birth:

Abt. 1799
Baptism:

25 Aug 1799 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Marriage:

26 May 1817 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England
Spouse: Michael Williams
Notes
William Long

Notes from Jilliam Trethewey:

 

William Long and Ann Blamey were married at Gwennap on the 10th August 1783. Neither could read or write as both signed the marriage register with a cross. The witnesses were Daniel Blamey, brother of the bride, and John Barnett.

 

The Blamey family also lived in Gwennap. Ann was most likely the daughter of John and Catherine Blamey. John Blamey married Catherine Quick in 1747 at Gwennap. They had 15 children: John 1748, James 1749, Catherine 1750, Elizabeth 1753, Ann 1754, Daniel 1756, Mary 1758, Joel 1759, Mary 1761, Leah 1762, Francis 1764, Jane 1766, Catherine 1765, Ambrose 1768 and William 1770. Probably more than one of these children died in childhood.

 

Altogether there were at least eight Blamey families in Gwennap around the time Ann was born, probably all related. Of the three Ann Blameys born in Gwennap between 1751 and 1759, only John's daughter (see above) had a brother Daniel (later to be a witness at her wedding).

 

The most famous member of the Blamey family in Australia was Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey (1884-1951), who was Chief of Staff in World War I and who commanded the Allied Land Forces in New Guinea and the south western Pacific in World War II. His father was Richard Blamey, born c1846, who lived in Newquay, Cornwall, before emigrating to Qeensland in 1862. Whether there is a link between the Field Marshall's family in Newquay and the Gwennap Blameys is yet to be established.

 
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Family Group Sheet for William Long
Notes (con't)

Notes from Jilliam Trethewey:

 

William Long and Ann Blamey were married at Gwennap on the 10th August 1783. Neither could read or write as both signed the marriage register with a cross. The witnesses were Daniel Blamey, brother of the bride, and John Barnett.

 

The Blamey family also lived in Gwennap. Ann was most likely the daughter of John and Catherine Blamey. John Blamey married Catherine Quick in 1747 at Gwennap. They had 15 children: John 1748, James 1749, Catherine 1750, Elizabeth 1753, Ann 1754, Daniel 1756, Mary 1758, Joel 1759, Mary 1761, Leah 1762, Francis 1764, Jane 1766, Catherine 1765, Ambrose 1768 and William 1770. Probably more than one of these children died in childhood.

 

Altogether there were at least eight Blamey families in Gwennap around the time Ann was born, probably all related. Of the three Ann Blameys born in Gwennap between 1751 and 1759, only John's daughter (see above) had a brother Daniel (later to be a witness at her wedding).

 

The most famous member of the Blamey family in Australia was Field Marshall Sir Thomas Blamey (1884-1951), who was Chief of Staff in World War I and who commanded the Allied Land Forces in New Guinea and the south western Pacific in World War II. His father was Richard Blamey, born c1846, who lived in Newquay, Cornwall, before emigrating to Qeensland in 1862. Whether there is a link between the Field Marshall's family in Newquay and the Gwennap Blameys is yet to be established.

 
Hugh Long

See wife's (Elizabeth's) notes for 1841 and 1851 census entry.

 

Notes from Jillian Trethewey.

 

Hugh Long (~1784) and Elizabeth Hodge were married at Gwennap on the 28th February 1810. Hugh signed his name but Elizabeth signed with a cross. The witnesses were William Hodge and Crastin Morcom. At last the Parish Register gives a little more detail: each time one of his children was baptised it was noted that Hugh was a tin minor and the family were living at St Day.

 

Hugh and Elizabeth Long were the last of our Long family to live probably all their lives in St Day and Gwennap. By the time their children were adults the mines around St Day were closing and the younger generation had no choice but to go elsewhere in search of work. The eldest son Hugh (~1819) and his wife and family emigrated to South Australia c1847. William is believed to have gone to Mexico to work in the mines and died there. His widow and three of his children emigrated to Australia. John, Joel, Martha and Francis went north to Stoke Climsland on the Cornwall/Devon border. Later Martha and her husband William Trethewey joined the rush to the Victorian goldfields.

 

Hugh (~1784) is most likely buried at St Day. The 1840 Tithe Map of Gwennap and St Day records that Elizabeth Long rented a garden, area 5 perch, in the village of St Day. This Elizabeth may be Hugh's widow*. There is no mention of Hugh. The 1841 Census of St Day is illegible in places but certainly there was no mention of Hugh or Elizabeth in the 1851 Census of St Day, suggesting that they had already died. (But see Elizabeth's notes for 1851 census details.)

 

If any descendants of William, John, Joel or Francis still live in Cornwall they won't be tin miners. In 1986 the last tin mine operating in Cornwall closed. The major industry in Cornwall now is tourism.

 

* According to Bessie Long, Hugh (~1784) was killed at Wheal Gorland Mine in 1831 and was buried at Gwennap Parish Church.

 
Barbara Ann Long

Baptism date could be June!

 
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