- Only that 'Lower Division' will be 'Lower Dimson' (known as Body's Court), which is on the top edge of Gunnislake, Calstock Parish - so it doesn't sound as though he moved between these 2 dates.
Caroline
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:15:11 +0100
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> Subject: Re: Thomas Knight
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> From the 1851 Census
>
> Thomas Knight, Carpenter, aged 41, of Lower Division, Calstock, born in
> Calstock
> Ann, Wife, aged 39, born in Calstock
> John, Son, aged 6, born in Calstock
> Jane Ann, Daughter, aged 4, born in Calstock
> Thomas H., Son, aged 2, born in Calstock
> Henry Bowden, Apprentice, aged 21, born in Calstock
> Mary Body, House Servant, aged 17, born in Calstock
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>
> From the 1861 Census.
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> Thomas Knight, Builder employs 5 men, aged 51, of Gunnislake, born in
> Calstock
> Ann, Wife, aged 49, born in Calstock
> John, Son, aged 16, Carpenter, born in Calstock
> Thomas, Son, Scholar, aged 12, born in Calstock
> Emma Walters, Domestic Servant, aged 22, born in Mary Tavy, Devon
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> He disappears from sight thereafter.
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> Hope this helps
>
> Cheers, Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Robert Waterhouse
> Sent: 17 September 2010 09:23
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> Subject: Thomas Knight
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> Dear List,
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>
> I'm trying to research a Thomas Knight of Gunnislake, East Cornwall, who
> between 1854 and 1861 was a consultant engineer to the Tavistock Canal
> Company in West Devon. There is some correspondence of his with the canal
> company in the Devon Record Office, which suggests that he was a civil
> engineer rather than a mining engineer, though some of his work for the
> canal company involved underground engineering, so the distinction may be a
> little blurred.
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>
> Does anyone know anything about him, eg: where he lived, who else he worked
> for, his lifespan, etc, etc.?
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> Robert Waterhouse
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