On a recent trip to Cornwall, I was able to visit Kresen Kernow (the County Archives) -- and do some research on my GG Grandfather Thomas White.
Thomas was killed in a mining accident in 1854 at the Levant Mine in Pendeen, Cornwall. There are newspaper reports on his death, which provide fascinating (and gory) details.
On a previous visit to the Mine, one of the volunteers showed me copies of the Levant Mine paybooks, which showed my Thomas White being paid to take a load of ore from the Mine to the Quay at Penzance.
On this visit to Kresen Kernow, the Archivist let me look at 3 Cost Books they had from the time period 1849-1854. It was incredible to be able to handle these 170 year old books! The books were filled with familiar names, and I was able to find my GG Grandfather Thomas White, AND his Father Edward White (my GGG Grandfather) -- both were Tributers. There were multiple entries for them, and I took hundreds of photos of the various pages/entries. Now to sort them all out and add to the Family Tree -- it may be a long project!
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