Jemima SMITH

   Research Notes:

1861 England Census:

Age given: 30 years
Birthplace given: , Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Treswithian Downs, Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Miner's Wife

Present were husband John Keverne (33) of St. Keverne, children (born in Camborne): William J. (9), Jane (7), James (5), scholar, Joseph (3), May A. (11 months). Jemima's mother, Jane Smith (66), miner's wife, was present.

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1871 England Census:

Age given: 40 years
Birthplace given: , Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Kehelland Village, Camborne, Cornwall

Present were husband John Kevern (42) of Camborne [sic], copper miner, children (born in Camborne): William J. (19), copper miner, Jane (17), mine girl, Joseph (15), copper miner, James (13), farm labourer, Mary H. (11), Eliza (8), Jemima (4), Margaret A. (3), Samuel (2), Thomas (3 weeks), mother Jane Smith (74) of Camborne, widow, charwoman

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1881 England Census:

Age given: 49 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Kehelland, Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Ag. Lab.'s Wife

Present were husband John Keverne (52) of Camborne, ag. lab., children (born in Camborne): Eliza (17), tin stream lab., Jemima (14), ditto, Margaret (12), ditto, Samuel (11), scholar, Elizth. (7), scholar, lodgers [son-in-law] Samuel Heather (22) of Camborne, tin miner, and [daughter] Mary Ann Heather (20) of Camborne.

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1891 England Census:

Age given: 59 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Kehelland, Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Tin Miner's Widow*

At home were children (born in Camborne): Jemima (24), tin streamer, Bessy (17), ditto

* This is an error. John Keverne died in January of the following year.

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1901 England Census:

Age given: 69 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Kehelland, Camborne, Cornwall
Status: widowed

At home was widowed daughter Eliza Wellington (37), and her children: James (16), tin miner, John (15), Sidney (13), Florence (9)

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Jemima Keverne of Kehelland died aged 75 years (burial record).

   Marriage Information:

Jemima married John KEVERNE, son of James KEVERNE and Margaret PEARCE, on 4 Oct 1851 in Camborne, Cornwall. (John KEVERNE was born in 1828 in St. Keverne, Cornwall, christened on 18 Jan 1829 in St. Keverne, Cornwall and was buried on 13 Jan 1892 in Camborne, Cornwall.)

   Marriage Notes:

John Kevern, full age, of Treswithian Downs, bachelor, miner, son of James Kevern, husbandman, and
Jemima Smith, minor, of Treswithian Downs, spinster, daughter of William Smith (deceased), miner

Married by Banns

Witnesses: William Smith, John Duckham