Joseph Bryant - Underground Miner Cornwall
 

Name: Joseph Bryant
Date and Place of Birth: 20 December 1816 Goldsithney, Cornwall
Parents: Alexander Bryant and Grace Rodda
Date and Place of Baptism: 21 Sep 1817 Perranuthnoe, Cornwall
Marriage: Anna Ford, 21 July 1838 St. Perrans C of E, Perrauthnoe, Cornwall
Occupation: Underground Miner
Address where lived: Goldsithney, Perranuthnoe, Broad Lane at Altarnun and St Teath all in Cornwall
Date, place and cause of death: 5 Jan 1877, St Teath, Cornwall, Chronic Pneumonia.
Burial: St. Teath, Cornwall
Details of Will: Unknown
Memorial Inscription: Have

1841 Census
St Perran Uthnoe, Cornwall
Joseph Bryant 20 Miner Y
Anna Do 20 Y
Jane Do 2 Y
Grace Do 1 Y

1851 at Broad Lane, Altarnun, Cornwall
Joseph Bryant Head Mar 33 Miner Cornwall Altarnun
Anna Do Wife Do 32 Do Do
Jane Do Daur U 12 At home Do Do
Grace Do Do Do 11 Do Do Do
Robert Ford Do Son 9 Scholar Do Do
Mary Ann Do Daur 5 Do Do Do
Marianna Do Do 3 Do Do Do
Joseph Do Son 1 Do Do
Benjamin Do Do 2 Mo Do Do

1861 at the same address as 1851:
Joseph Bryant Head Mar 44 Copper Miner Cornwall St Perran
Anna Do Wife Mar 43 Miner's Wife Do Do
Robert F Do Son Un 19 Do Son Do Do
Mary Do Daur Un 15 Do Daur Do Altarnun
Marina Do Do Un 14 Do Do Do Do
Joseph Do Son 12 Do Son Do Do
Benjamin Do Son 10 Scholar Do Do
John Do Son 7 Do Do Do
Anna F Do Daur 6 Do Do Do
Ellen Do Grand Daur 4 Do Do
Emily Do Daur 2 Do Do

1871 Census still at the same address:
Joseph Bryant Head Mar 54 Miner Cornwall Perran
Anna Do Wife Mar 52 Do Do
Mary Ann Do Daur Unm 25 Do Altarnun
Benjamin Do Son Unm 20 Miner Do Do
John Do Son Unm 18 Do Do Do
Emily Do Daur 12 Scholar Do Do
Caroline Do Daur 9 Do Do Do
William Do Son 3 Do Do
Gertrude D Do Gd Daur 2 Do Do

This looks like him in 1841. There are quite a few other Bryants or Briants living nearby, and it looks as though there are quite a few relatives living with Joseph and Anna.

St Perran Uthnoe, Cornwall
Joseph Bryant 20 Miner Y
Anna Do 20 Y
Jane Do 2 Y
Grace Do 1 Y
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William Bryant 35 Miner Y
Philip Do 35 Y
William Do 14 Miner Y
James do 12 Y
Elizth Do 8 Y
Grace do 5 Y
Benjamin Do 2 Y
??? Do 4 mo Y (sorry, can't read his name)

1851 at Broad Lane, Altarnun, Cornwall
Joseph Bryant Head Mar 33 Miner Cornwall Altarnun
Anna Do Wife Do 32 Do Do
Jane Do Daur U 12 At home Do Do
Grace Do Do Do 11 Do Do Do
Robert Ford Do Son 9 Scholar Do Do
Mary Ann Do Daur 5 Do Do Do
Marianna Do Do 3 Do Do Do
Joseph Do Son 1 Do Do
Benjamin Do Do 2 Mo Do Do

Joseph's birthplace has just been "Do Do"d from the top of the page so it could be that the enumerator couldn't be bothered to put where these people were really born. The only person on the page whose birthplace isn't Altarnun is someone who was born in another county.

Have sent you an email........am off to bed~~~~

1861 at the same address as 1851:
Joseph Bryant Head Mar 44 Copper Miner Cornwall St Perran
Anna Do Wife Mar 43 Miner's Wife Do Do
Robert F Do Son Un 19 Do Son Do Do
Mary Do Daur Un 15 Do Daur Do Altarnun
Marina Do Do Un 14 Do Do Do Do
Joseph Do Son 12 Do Son Do Do
Benjamin Do Son 10 Scholar Do Do
John Do Son 7 Do Do Do
Anna F Do Daur 6 Do Do Do
Ellen Do Grand Daur 4 Do Do
Emily Do Daur 2 Do Do

And this is them in 1871 still at the same address:
Joseph Bryant Head Mar 54 Miner Cornwall Perran
Anna Do Wife Mar 52 Do Do
Mary Ann Do Daur Unm 25 Do Altarnun
Benjamin Do Son Unm 20 Miner Do Do
John Do Son Unm 18 Do Do Do
Emily Do Daur 12 Scholar Do Do
Caroline Do Daur 9 Do Do Do
William Do Son 3 Do Do
Gertrude D Do Gd Daur 2 Do Do

Fertile lot, weren't they????? lol

Oh, and his baptism is on the FamilySearch Record Search pilot site - Joseph Bryant baptised 21 Sep 1817 Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, parents Alexander and Grace.

Joseph Bryant
 

Fantastic info. I knew there lots in the family from research done 20 years ago. (Obviously working in the dark paid off lol!) For me the icing on the cake is Broad Lane at Altarnun. I've been there the last two years and it is a quaint village. Now when I go back (soon I hope) I will have a specific address so that is really wonderful. The church has the most wonderful carved church pew ends from the 1400s and is called the Cathedral of the Moors. It has a baptismal font with crudely carved faces on each corner. The first time I was with a Backroads Tour Group and they detoured for me to have a look and everyone thought it really special, I was over the moon. Thank you again Julie :D:D:D