St Piran Flag, patron saint of the Cornish miners
*NAME MEANING:
CARVOLTH:  
possible carn-(m)volgh, rock pile of the thrush (m mutates to v) (thrush is
actually molgh los)

The Carvolth lineage originally comes from Cornwall in England.  They lived mostly
around the central areas of Cubert, Gwennap and Redruth and were usually employed as
miners in the copper and tin mines.  Women were also employed in the mines.  They
worked on the surface and were known as BAL MAIDENS. Conditions in the
mines were horrific with many men and women losing their lives at a young age.  This
was either through tunnel collapses, or lung diseases associated with mining.

Map of Cornwall

However it was in the mid 19th century that mining reached its zenith, before foreign competition depressed the price of copper and later tin, to a level that made Cornish ore unprofitable. This led to a large proportion of the Carvolth families migrating to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, United States of America and South America.

The name lives on in most of these countries except for New Zealand.  South America has a derivative of the name. The last Carvolth birth in the United Kingdom was recorded in 1951. In the 1911 United Kingdom Census only nine names are recorded and now only two Carvolths remain on the 2008-2009 Electoral Roll. They were possible born in South Africa.  In the 1955 British Phone Book five names are listed, two possible the same person. In the 1954 Australia Electoral Rolls, forty-nine names are recorded including one family in Western Australia.  In the 1930 Census for the United States three names are listed.  The Carvolth families have grown considerable in these two countries since then.

A special thanks to Susan Rieck (nee Reed) for all her information and photos and sending me on the right path.  Also to my new found cousins, Gary Davis and Ian Munt, for all their information and photos.


* Other Useful Links
The Haddrell Family
Reed Australia
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Champ, Brisbane, Wilton, Reed Family
Tree Webmaster: Peter Champ
Rossow & Beitzel Genealogy Pages Webmaster:
Anne McLean
Family Search LDS Site
Ancestry.com
Roots Web
Curious
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Scotlands People
Genuki
Find My Past
National Library of Australia
Western
Australia Index for Births, Deaths and Marriages
Tasmanian Index for Births, Deaths and
Marriages
New Zealand Index
for Births Deaths and Marriages
Papers Past - New
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Passenger
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"Prince's of Somerset, UK and Australia" are now on FACEBOOK



Prince Family Reunion 2009

David Prince has researched and published a detailed history of the Australian
Somerset Prince's.  This has been copied several times by people who are
remotely related to the Prince line.  I am directly descended from Harry Prince
and Jessie Robb as my Grandfather was one of their many children.  With all of David's
research I have given his name as my source. Some of the research is my own.

In 2000 and June 2009 David organised a PRINCE FAMILY REUNION at Gatton,
Queensland.  Many of the direct descendants and their families attended.  I attended
with my family and had a wonderful day as we were very close to the Gatton families.  

We spent many childhood holidays, with our cousins, at Uncle Henry and Aunty Nora's property, which is just outside of Gatton.  We always loved getting up extra early to help Colin and Joyce milk the cows and feed the pigs.  I think we were more of a hindrance then a help....they were so patient with us!  Please read the stories section.

Map of Somerset

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"Ballad of Bully Forbes" 


Emu Creek
(composer and copyright owner Dennis Taberner)