HI Christine,
I just fwd your query to a friend who lives closer to NV and has done a lot of research in
that area. Hopefully she will have some suggestions for you.
Good luck,
Diane
I am looking for my ancestor's brother William TREGONNING (or
TREGONING)
born 1826 and his son John born 1851 in Cornwall, England.
I have found a record of their arrival in New York in 1866 aboard the SS
Pennsylvania. William is aged 39 and John 16. Their occupation is given as
Lab (short for Labourer?). In Cornwall William was a Miner.
In 1870 they appear in the Nevada Census at Buena Vista Township in Humbolt
County. Both are quartz miners. They are not living in the same house.
John listed as Jno (transcribed as Jonathon) is aged 19 and William (surname
transcribed as TUGORING) is aged 42.
I cannot find either William or John in the 1880 Census. The closest match
for William is a W TREGONNING aged 48 who lived at Mineral Hill, Eureka with
his wife S.
William however would have been aged about 54 and his wife Elizabeth (d.
1884) and daughter Elizabeth Ann were alive and back home in Cornwall.
Also at Mineral Hill is a John TREGONING aged 27 born England and his wife
Mattie born MO. The marriage of J.H.TREGONNEY to Mattie RICHARDSON took
place in Palisade, Eureka County in 1879. This is possibly the same John
from the 1870 census but I am not aware of a middle name. I have not been
able to find this couple in later census records for Nevada.
According to records from the Cornwall Record Office in Cornwall, England,
in 1882 administration of the estate of Nicholas TREGONING was granted to
Henry JENKIN, Carpenter of St Agnes (Cornwall), the lawful attorney of
William TREGONING one of the children of the deceased, now residing at
Patford?, Eureka County, State of Nevada U.S.A.
The transcriber of the above record was unsure of the place name however I
believe that the correct name is SAFFORD. According to a book available on
Google entitled 'Romancing Nevada's Past: ghost towns and historic sites of
Eureka, Lander, and White Pine Counties' in 1882 a William TREGONING was the
proprietor of the Safford Restaurant (p.40).
I am not sure if I am reading this correctly but after the heading SAFFORD
is (BARTH) (PINE MOUNTAIN) (PINE VALLEY). SAFFORD is 4 miles south of
Palisade along the poor road. According to this book the town of Safford was
abandoned in mid 1883.
I am hoping that there is someone on this list who may be able to help me
find out what happened to William and John TREGONING or who can provide me
with some ideas for further research.
Any replies would be appreciated.
Regards,
Christine
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