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Cornwall
The Rosetta Stone of Cornwall, England
As I continue to pursue connecting as many Cornwall Babbs as possible, I came across a record from the 1851 Census that demonstrates a connection between Cornwall Pedigree 02 & Cornwall Pedigree C. It isn’t an exact connection but shows that the families are related so that we know they belong together, even though the […]
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Ernest Babb – From Cornwall to Galveston
Ernest Babb (a descendant of Cornwall Pedigree 02 living in Bristol) left his family behind in England and came to Galveston several years after the deadly hurricane of 1900 and worked as a House Carpenter. There was a giant project underway in the city at this time to raise the the entire city by 17 […]
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The DNA Waiting Game Begins – Cornwall Edition
I was contacted tonight by a descendant of the line we know as Cornwall Pedigree 02. To date I have never met anyone of any Cornwall lineage that could help facilitate a Y-DNA test and I might have trouble sleeping tonight out of pure excitement. Why is that you ask? Well, we in the US […]
MoreThe Babbs of Cornwall, England
Continuing my series about the Babbs throughout England, we now come to the county of Cornwall, which is the very South West tip of England. Cornwall borders Devon, which is where the lion share of Babbs in the country originate. So, it is an important component to understand the big picture. Here we find an […]
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