GONINAN FAMILY TREE

ALSO GONINON AND GONINEN

	Although there are earlier references in the Breage Church records to Goninans it's not until the 1690's that it is possible to begin to make sense of the family tree. At that time there were two main families living in the Parish of Breage – Edward and Annie who were married on the 18^th November 1695 (Annie's maiden name was Stephens) and John and Thomasin who were married on the 1^st August 1699 (Thomasin's maiden name was Williams). It seems quite possible that Edward and John were brothers. It is almost certain that all family members alive today (wherever around the world) with the surname Goninan (however spelt) are descended from one of these two families.

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By 1841 (the first full census in the UK) four family groupings had emerged and these are referred to for convenience as the Gwithian, St Just, Helston and Perranuthnoe branches of the family.
Edward and Annie produced three branches (Gwithian, St Just and Helston) while the descendants of John and Thomasin form the Perranuthnoe branch.
Edward and Annie had six children baptised at Breage Church:-
Edward 18th July 1697 (Helston branch); William 9th April 1700; John 19th May 1702; Anne 19th June 1704;
Richard 6th Jan 1707 (St Just and Gwithian branches); Elizabeth 8th Feb 1709
John and Thomasin had five children baptised at Breage Church:-
Thomasin 19th Sept 1700; Richard 14th April 1703; John 18th Feb 1706; Henry 13th Sept 1711 (buried 14th Sept) and Henry 25th April 1717

The family tree below takes each branch in turn:-

1. The Gwithian Branch
Richard, son of Edward and Annie (baptised 1707) married Ann Rawlings at St Just Parish Church on the 6^th July 1733. St Just is only a few miles from Breage and is on the rugged atlantic coast. With the advent of steam power,
St Just was then emerging as one of Cornwall's major tin mining areas.
Richard and Ann had eight children. They were all baptised at St Just except their son Richard who was baptised at Helston. The children and baptism dates were as follows:-
Mary 28^th April 1734; Elizabeth 12th Oct 1735; Richard 7th Aug 1737; John 10th May 1741;
Edward 6th Jan 1749; Ann 27th March 1752; Peter 19th Aug 1756 and William on the same day.

The Gwithian branch continues with Edward (baptised 1749).
He married Elizabeth Osborne at St Just Church on the 28th Feb 1772 and they had a son, Edward, but Elizabeth must died shortly after. Edward then married Margaret Rodda, again at St Just, on the 2^nd May 1774. Soon after they must have moved to the Parish of Crowan because all of their children were baptised there. Crowan is near Camborne and was an important mining area.
They had at least eight children but their first four died young:-
Margaret, baptised 24^th July 1776
John, baptised 27^th Aug 1780
Margaret, baptised 28^th March 1782
Richard, born 1784
Mary, baptised 3^rd Sept 1785
Margaret, baptised 24^th June 1787
Ann, born 17^th Feb 1789, baptised 3^rd May 1789
Richard, born 19^th Feb 1790, baptised 21^st March 1790
We are fortunate that in the case of Richard his date of birth is recorded in the baptism register, which was unusual. Richard was the only surviving son and he married Mary Ann Tellam on the 17^th July 1810 at Camborne Parish Church. They both made their mark(ie could not write). Richard's occupation is given as miner. The witnesses were a Mary Richards and a John Gribbell.

They had the following children
Edward, baptised at Camborne 6^th April 1811
Richard, baptised at Camborne 31^st October 1812
Matthew, baptised at Camborne 22^nd Sept 1814
Ann, baptised at Crowan 16^th Feb 1817
William, baptised at Crowan 1^st April 1819
Mary, baptised at Gwinear 18^th June 1826
John, baptised at Gwinear 18^th June 1826 (probably Mary and/or John were several years old when baptised)
Henry, baptised 10^th Sept 1827 at Gwinear, it is assumed that this Henry died as a child although his burial has not been found.
Henry, baptised 22^nd Sept 1833 at Gwinear
Jennifer, baptised 22^nd Sept at Gwinear, ( again Jennifer and/or Henry were probably several years old when baptised.)

Gwithian branch cont'd
St Just branch
Helston branch
Perranuthnoe branch
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