Samuel SEMS

   Research Notes:

1841 England Census:

Age given: 40 years
Birthplace given: Cornwall
Dwelling: Penponds, Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Copper Miner

Present were wife Sally (40), children: Samuell (15), copper miner, Sally (20), mine girl, Maryann (16), mine girl, Thomas (14), miner, Elizabeth (12), John (10), William (8), Joseph (6), Henrey (4), Eliza (2)

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1851 England Census (surname spelt Sims):

Age given: 50 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling: Victoria St., Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Copper Miner
Status: widowed

Present were children (born in Camborne): Elizabeth (20), John (18), copper miner, William (16), copper miner, Joseph (14), copper miner, Henry (12), Eliza (10), James (8), scholar, lodger Honor Dunstone (21) of Camborne, copper ore dresser

   Marriage Information:

Samuel married Sarah ("Sally") MARTIN, daughter of Thomas MARTIN and Sarah MEAN, on 1 Mar 1821 in Camborne, Cornwall. (Sarah ("Sally") MARTIN was born in 1801 in Camborne, Cornwall, christened on 15 Nov 1801 in Camborne, Cornwall and died before 1851.)

   Marriage Notes:

Samuel Sems, miner, and Sarah Martin

Witnesses: William Sems, John Tangye