John Reed

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Kerry Gamble's tree @ genes

• Census. John was a Copper Miner and Small Farmer. John REED / Martha KEMP Marriage Registration - Vol 9 Page 157. 1841 Census Shows - John REED (Copper Miner - age 20 ) living at Polmarth, Wendron, Kerrier-Cornwall with his wife Martha (age 20) and their children Mary (age 1) and John (age 3 months). HO107 / 139 12 17. 1851 Cornish Mining Index Show - John Reed (age 34 ID - 8165) working at a Mine at Wendron. 1851 Census Shows - John REED (Miner - age 34) living at Colvenor, Cornwall with his wife Martha (age 36 - Atend In The House) and their children Mary Ann (age 11 - Scholar At Home), John (age 10 - Scholar At Home), Elizth (age 8 - Scholar At Home), Martha (age 7 - Day School), William Richd (age 5 - Day School), Thomas (age 3 - At Home), Jane (age 2 - At Home) and James (age 4 months - At Home). [Contains several spelling mistakes]. HO107 / 1912 RD 309 ED. [ John's wife Martha died before 1861. 1861 Census Shows - John REED (Copper Miner - Widower - age 44 ) living next-door to his brother Nicholas REED at Polmarth, Carnmemellis, Wendron, Helston-Cornwall with his children Mary A (Miner's Daughter - age 21 ), William (Copper Miner - age 15 ), Thomas (Tin Miner - age 13 ), Jane (Scholar - age 12 ) and James (Scholar - age 10 ). RG9 / 1570 58 20.

John married Martha Kemp in Dec 1840 in Helston, Cornwall England. (Martha Kemp was born circa 1815 in Wendron, Cornwall England and died before 1861 in Cornwall England.)