Searching For the Grave of My Great Great Grandmother, a Miner's Wife in California's Gold Country
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- Опубліковано 23 січ 2024
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Date of adventure: 1/18/24
While at my grandma's 90th birthday party last week, my aunt assigned me a mission: find the grave of my great-great-grandmother, Eliza Yelland Perryman. We knew my great-great-grandfather was a miner in Kennett, CA -- which is now submerged under Shasta Lake. But where are their graves? Join me on a history hunting expedition!
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Greetings from Cornwall, Sarah Jane. We live remotely on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, which is about 12 miles from St Austell where we often go grocery shopping. Cornwall is a very beautiful county in the south west of England. Many people here consider it to be separate from the rest of the UK because of its Celtic heritage. Also, there's been a bit of a revival in the Cornish language in recent decades. Cornwall has a fabulous coastline with over 200 beaches, which can become very busy with holidaymakers during the summer. Evidence of mining is everywhere and tin mining dates back to the Bronze Age, but is no longer mined commercially. In the St Austell area, china clay extraction has been taking place for over 250 years and carries on to the present day, especially at one vast opencast site. Well that's enough local information to bore anyone, so why not visit Cornwall and experience your ancestor's roots for yourself? Durdatha whye!
Hahaha when looking for Thomas and Eliza I found lots of ancestors visiting Bodmin! :-)
The Cornish miners have an incredible history in California and especially Virginia city Nevada. they were the movers and shakers and teachers of the new guys in Western mining.
The story of pencils starts in england in the graphite/lead mines. For many decades, the world depended on england for the production of the writing element.
He may have been a poor miner but in his life he traveled halfway around the world twice. Easy to see where you get your desire to explore.
Hi Sarah! I watched your video about Borax. Of course it made me curious so I googled it. It shows a satellite view of the big borax pit and Boron. Pretty interesting stuff. Take care; maybe I’ll see you again. ❤
"...dammed graveyard..." oh boy...
"...treasure..."
Definitely drunk irreverent woman.
Not all miners are poor. Poor people have the plaques on the cement slabs. The size of his tombstone is witness to his success, the fact that he was able to raise as many sons as he did is also testament to his success. I'm a very successful miner and I'm not poor. Just because I like to play in the dirt and play with rocks I, personally, have more gold than Fort Knox. The only poor miners are unsuccessful, drunks,bad gamblers, and or visit the whores. Awkward.
@@daveallen6369you dont explore anymore your videos are mostly about and your what you call compoud!?!!😢
@@jwfinley7808 Give her a little time...things slack off a little for her in winter. People who grew up in California don't ever seem to be able to put up with cold weather. There's a little gal who works at a gas station in Macon ( herein northeast Missouri) whose lived here for about 10 years...and the cold still bugs the hell out of her. Just my $,02 on the deal.
Sarah, I want to thank Thomas and Eliza for having a family which resulted in US having YOU! Great video.
You probably hear this all the time but you are such an inspiration. Thank you for doing what you do!
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Our Grandmothers were absolutely incredible women. Imagine forging your way through the wilderness of early America with your husband and having 12 or more children. There were no doctors, hospitals or modern medicine. If you were lucky there was a competent midwife nearby. We owe our Grandmothers eternal love and respect.
My grandparents on my dad's side are buried in that same cemetery in Redding. My great great grandpa on my grandpa's side helped build the Shasta dam and My great grandpa on my grandma's side was born in Kennett. My family settled in Shasta county in 1853 to mine for gold at Texas springs which was a mining camp near Redding.
Wonderhussy is by far the best story teller on the Tube. Love this video.
Sweet episode. You remembered those forgotten, and for a moment gave life to them.
I live in the south west UK about 30 miles from St Austell. Cornwall is well know for it's tin mining history. Some mines actually extended out under the sea the seams were so long. Pasties were made with a thick rolled crust as tin mines also contained arsenic. The main part of the pasty would be eaten and the crust thrown away to prevent arsenic poisoning. It would be great if you could ever come to Cornwall or the rest of the UK for a ancestors hunt.
Wonder Hussy! You drove right down my street, LOL! We live in Shasta Lake City. I know exactly where the cemetery is that you went to. Having done a ton of genealogy myself I am quite happy that you found the graves you were looking for. I'm somehow happy you drove by my house.
Can you imagine if she actually responded?
Eliza was probably buried in the same plot as Thomas. I worked casualty and mortuary for the US Army for about 7 years and that's what we do with spouses and children of Soldiers that have perished if the Family wishes to use the same space. The ground is reopened and the loved one is either placed on top, or the casket is reopened and an urn is placed inside if possible. However, usually only one individual is added to any individual plot, and yes, the grave has to be dug deeper for this to happen if another casket is placed.
Thank you for sharing a little bit of your family history ❤
i think you're right Carol. 💕 FindaGrave shows Thomas in Sec.12, Lot 2, Grave 3 & Eliza in Sec.12, Lot 2, Grave 2.
Sarah, Huell Howser in his California's Gold series had an episode about the miners from Cornwall who emigrated to California to work in the mines in and around the Sacramento area. I am pretty sure that he attended a festival in Grass Valley and enjoyed a Pasty at a local Pasty kitchen.
And some cider..😉
That's what we do!
Any comment that mentions Huell Howser gets a big thumbs up from me. 'Amazing'!
Absolutely,miners of that era came to Grass Valley to do hard rock mining.
This is the BEST episode of WH ever made!!!! I have seen them all! We love you Sarah!
I totally agree with your comment, this is one of the best that Sarah Jane has be close to her in one way, or the other.
Agree.
The very best! Will be buying pasties tomorrow!
@@focomaticmy wife makes a tasty pastie.
Your sense of humor cracks me up. They are probably stacked in the grave.
Call me weird, but this video actually made me tear up at the end...
Me too. I can only listen to her talk without taking a breath for about 10 minutes. It starts to literally hurt after that.
That was spectacular. Plus, what an amazing discovery. You have a real talent for telling compelling stories and this one was captivating. Thank you.
I am a family historian......I love the search.....❤
I am sorry miners lived such short lives back in the day. Thank you for sharing your epic quest with me.
I am happy that you found your roots. You are absolutely right about the importance of knowing and respecting your roots. I always loved your storytelling ability and your creative imagination. You are not weird...you are a lovely interesting person. I loved hearing and seeing your ancestry. Keep up the good travels and adventures!
That's what they did in the 1930s. They flooded towns. In Western Massachusetts back then, four towns were flooded and obliterated, in order to create the Quabbin Reservoir, a water supply for Boston. BTW: You could do a charcoal rubbing of the long passage on that grave marker. Put a piece of paper over it, take a pencil, and see what shows up on the page.
As a former monument mason I’ve spend a lot of time in cemeteries. It’s always more fun walking around reading names than going to the office to get the plot number. Safe travels Hussy. 👍🏼👍🏼
Sharing humor while memorializing your ancestors is a wonderful thing.
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❤ Awesome great great Grandma/grandfather find!❤
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There is a historical monument in East Texas with my great great great... grandfather (Jaun Flores) on it. He was an original Spanish land grant settler that managed the shipping and settlement in 1708. And speaking of grandfathers you would have loved to interview mine. He was arrested for robbing a train in 1923, worked for a circus wrestling a bear(like "Bear" Bryant), his brother was knighted in Italy after WW2, and his other brother my great Uncle Buford blew a man up with dynamite for stealing his moonshine in the mid twenties -- he was a true to form "Hollywood" moonshiner.
Sarah that was beautiful! Hugging their stone choked me up and brought tears. Thank You ❤
My Dad and I were never very close. As a kid I spent one summer with him. He had a little sail boat that he used for fishing on lake Shasta. Some of my best memories of my father are on that lake.
Sarah, my Mom’s family was from Cornwall, and my Mom was a Pasty wizard. I learned to make them as she got older, and got quite close to hers. I am in Arizona for the winter and would be happy to make them for you and your sister. Or send you her recipe. We always ate ours with a side of Coleslaw, poured lots of catsup on them. Best dinner ever.
It was the great awakening. They fled England, Scotland, and Ireland. A book called From Death to Life is about the great awakening that started in Cornwall.
that's not the reason people left the UK - it was economic. The 18th century saw a religious revival in the UK but not with emigration to the US.
That's a wonderful family story, the American dream.
One of your best Sarah Jane.
Peace.
Sarah, You're a great historian, orator and storyteller. Thank you for what you do.
You girl have the touch
Good job 👍👍👍👍👍 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
History is as awesome as you and your videos ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Wonderhussy
The magic beans were working overtime,,, when your happy everyone is happy for you , I believe after years of following you ,this was the happiest I've ever seen you enjoy your family ..❤
You have a beautiful singing voice!
Great video, I'm fascinated by history and family history. Whoever buried Great grand ma was responsible for the headstone. My grandfather passed away first and the headstone only had his name. I asked my mom why and she gave me the run down. Long story short, granddaughter, me; got permission from responsible party to update the headstone. Headstone now has both their names ❤🎉
I was refreshed by the enthusiasm expressed when she finally was able to go somewhere and tell a story. I also enjoyed the expression of sincere gratitude for those who built the foundations for our soft lives . some people overlook the perspective that gratitude provides.
Imagine that! So cool that he was a miner! Wow! So cool Sarah!!!!❤❤❤
Awesome video Sarah
Brought a tear to my eyes thinking of my Great Great Grandparents who were from Scotland.
Thank you.
My husband Luck Cornish comes from miners in Cornwall, England. All his Cornish family here, including Luck, are miners here in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Australia and Alaska! We have Facebook Cornish family in England. The history of Cornish miners is also in the State Museum in Carson City, Nevada! You might even be related to Luck. Who knows! Cool history!
Isn't there a well known term for the Cornish cousins? I guess it was my cousin Joe or something. So the new guys were always referred to as cousin. I have no connection with the UK but I've always been impressed with the history of the area. Those guys sure can stack up rocks too. love the history.
Cornwall is a gorgeous area, especially along the water with all the tiny roads and gorgeous cottages. I hope you make it there one day. ☺️💕
Far be it from me to disagree. Cornish American here.
What can you say, nothing but good things about this Video well done . Happy Trails
I’m still sad ,I didn’t get to😢see you in my town Boron , and still was a good remembrance of your great great grandparents and your uncle great great, rip 🪦 guys and gal, thanks BigAl California
My parents gravestone is like that. It’s at a National Cemetery. His name is on the front, hers on the back. Sad that I can’t see both at the same time, but I presume that’s how it’s done to achieve that stunning precision look at the National Cemeteries. Also, since they share one plot, the first to die is buried deep, leaving room on top for the other. I’m so glad you’re enjoying learning about your ancestors! ❤
I heard a joke the other day, Why do they bury lawyers 12 feet down, cause deep down they are really nice guys?
My parents were buried like that, father deep and mother 12 years later.
Now, that's funny.@@mpgofast
The problem is Devil runs the world. He is lier and murderer. That's why we've got the Gospel about the God's kingdom.
Jehovah would put everything in order. The dead will be resurected and we'll meet our beloved ones again! :-)
I'm so happy for you, Sarah
Love this so much. Never feel "morbid" in cemeteries. They are meant to be visited!
I was just at the cemetery that handled my brothers death today. Was he buried there? No, he was cremated there. They have their own equipment. Creepy? Not really. I'm kind of intrigued about what it looks like 'back there'. I have his ashes on the mantle and I may adhere to one of his wishes and bury his little box somewhere he would like to be. Anyway, A cemetary is an interesting place. If you like history, visit a cemetery. The information there takes a little thought to suss out. When you see ten kids that died before the age of ten around the time of the plague you can put it all together. The folks that work at the cemetery I was at today are nice people. I kind of like it there.
I agree ❤
What a great story about your ancestors and finding those awesome graves! I noticed at the bottom of Edward Yelland's tombstone that LOOM was printed at the bottom and I wondered if he was a weaver. However, a Google search revealed that LOOM means Loyal Order of the Moose, so since he also had the Masonic marking, perhaps he did a lot of good things with these groups. May they all rest in peace.
Family history is very interesting as we find out all the various locations and work history that has played a big part of development of life. We have connections to more people than we realize!
Yea they did walk across the plains, there were hundreds and it was a tough journey where only the strong and wise survived. He was a tough man for sure, and now you are here to show us the mines he worked in whether you knew it or not. 😮💖
Well done WH, a great video with fun and feeling, news and nonsense, as well as laughs and love.
Thank you,I love this one so much❤ ❤ ❤And when Eliza handed Thomas his pasty It was probably still hot So he tucked it into his clothing and it kept him warm On the way to work and for a while there after❤
My wife and I did the same thing, but had to drive 1k miles to Duluth MN to find ancestors. Had to peruse a hug book in the back office and found my Great Grandfather and Great Great Grandmother. It was very interesting.
Duluth, Minnesota has had the reputation for being the only major city in America with a declining population. Check it out: in 1960 it was 110,000, in 2010 it was 81,000. Doomed.
That’s so amazing. How proud you must be of discovering this for yourself and family.
I don’t care how weird you may think you are. You are a beautiful soul. Cheers ❤️😊
Got to have a good sense of humor and you do. Great job Sarah.
A Cornish pasty sound good, but a Cornish game hen sounds even tastier right now.
You and I have a lot in common. A certain irreverence and the need to find humor in all the absurdities of life and death. But I had a tear rolling down my cheek when you stood at those graves for a moment of silence and I wouldn’t be surprised if you shed a tear too. Love you WH.
You are such an awesome person. I am so glad you were born to. Everything about you is so beautiful god bless you wonderhussy❤
I think your gifts are sweet and well received by your great great grandparents 😊..adventure runs in the family …they would be proud of you today with all your adventures!
Awesome stream in so many ways. If your ancestors is anything other than Indigenous peoples… than your story is exactly as you so well stated.
Thus video gift to your family is awesome…. You are the Queen of adventure, historical and cultural video logging.
Well done young lady. You are an inspiration to all of us.
Despite your adorable craziness, I've spotted a real depth in you Sarah.
This video was so sweet.
Love you.
It's in your blood. They live on through you! Good job.
Hey hey hey its Wonderhussy Wednesday!
Huge smiles came on my face when you mentioned Sierra City. We used to rent a cottage there every year for our annual "dog vacation". Ten years in a row but stopped when we moved out east. WE LOVE SIERRA CITY!!!! Such a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, place. Our hearts long to return some day....
Great video Sara! Very interesting indeed. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thanks for the share of your family history. Stay warm N dry Sarah Jane.
So nice to meet your family! A wonderful experience!
I really enjoy your perspective on the lighhter side of reality! Keep the 'light' on!
Love your history videos now back to the video thanks wonder Hussey
The Cornwall people came to Wisconsin too for mining of galena which is in our section of unglaciated area SW Wisconsin. Dramatic scenary found in MN. IA. Illinois as well.
Isn't it amazing that you were able to spend a few moments with your great great grandparents , very good video.
Sarah Jane, Wow, finding old relatives is cool. My dad did that when he got older.
Seeing Austell being used in the name of a town made me smile…I was born in the small town of Austell Georgia about 20 miles west of Atlanta in 1953…the Austell Hospital was a sprawling 5 room facility with 2 doctors on regular staff 🫣🫣🫣…thank you Sarah Jane for this wonderful video 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
This reminds me. I was supposed to go to my buddies grave on the 21st. He was a leo who was hit by a drunk driver going the wrong way on the freeway. I am headed over now. Miss you.
Ellis Island began processing immigrants in 1892 so it is not likely that your ancestor came through there. My great, great grandmother arrived at the docks at the Bowery (southern Manhattan, NYC) from Odessa in 1849 and at that time they only had to register with the dockmaster. Sarah, I really enjoy your posts very much and look forward to them every Wednesday! So much history out there!
Sarah, you could make the text on the back of the headstone readable by taking a rubbing. You place a thin sheet of tracing paper over the stone and rub it with a pencil or charcoal or such. You cant take the paper away for a keepsake.
You can buy sticks of "vine charcoal" at many art supply stores that make rubbings easy. Just break off a straight piece and use the long side of it.
You CAN take the paper away!
Really well done! You’re right, Grandpa would have loved your channel and Grandma never misses an episode! So proud of you ❤️
Great idea, great work on the geneolgy ,great family. Lovely episode. ❤
Love how you pronounce F E D E R A L G O V E R N M E N T! Thanks 🙏 for posting this morning…I needed this! Is Grandma doing okay? Hope she got a kick out of her birthday party 🥳! ❤
Sarah, I reckon your Cornish family members will appreciate your gesture. Fruits from overseas were still quite the treat until long after they migrated. Respects to your Cornish California mining family from Sarah in Blackpool, Lancashire (family from the mining town of Castleford, Yorkshire). Btw you got the pronunciation spot on.
That’s a cool area your people are from up near Redding. I’m a truck driver and I got to spend a little bit of time through there. I really liked Fort Jones, Etna, Mount Shasta. I’d love to go up there on my own and explore. Have fun Wonderhussy. I love your work! You helped me learn to love the desert.
This is awesome! Good for you Sarah! ❤
Great video Sara. Its always nice to know the folks of your past family. I noticed earlier in the video that your Uncle Edward Yelland is a honorable Mason and the only thing you forgot to do was to leave a penny at each grave site you visited just to show you were there. Thanks for sharing....
There is chance that Edward Yelland was a member of the Western Star Lodge No. 2, founded in Redding in 1854. His name might be registered in the Lodge rolls.
Oh that was AWESOME! I loved the story you shared of your great great grandparents, and I was very excited when you found their graves! I'm glad that the cemetery had an office with good records and directions.....that in and of itself was a huge blessing....as an amateur genealogist myself, I can't tell you how deflating it is to go to a cemetery where your ancestors are known to be buried, but the records have been lost to a fire or something! I also enjoyed hearing about the story of the mining town where your great great grandparents lived--remains of which are now under Lake Shasta!!! There are other old mining towns in other parts of California which suffered the same fate too. Thanks for mentioning the Saint Thomas ghost town by Lake Mead.....I definitely need to watch the video you made there.....I have wanted to visit that ghost town, but I have never managed to find it--despite many visits to Lake Mead while staying in Las Vegas. 5 star video!!! Thanks a bunch! 👍😀♥️
So far, one click(from me). I like your response.
Yay !! Glad you're out n about again!
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Thank you God for the lives of Sarah Jane's ancestors.
You are one amazing lady! Best content creator on UA-cam.
Sarah goes on a sentimental journey and discoverers her heritage. What a sweet and fun video. Thanks for sharing, Sarah.
Great video Sarah...we should never forget how we came to be...especially in that Era of hard work and short life spans.
If you want warm in Redding, stop back by in the middle of summer. Purt regular 100+ F. You're actually there at the right time weather-wise.
Way to go Wonderhussy getting to your family roots ❤️⛏️🤔
I missed a few of your videos, so catching up on your videos and historic facts, reminded me why your so popular, your narrative is hypnotic and comical and I’m surprised that your not getting more subscribers ..come on UA-camrs, let give Sarah more subscribers…
The thought is what counts.😊
If you come to the upper peninsula of Michigan, pasties are the official food of the Yoopers.
Great show 👍
My great-grandmothers name was Eliza! She made SURE folks didn't mistake her as an Elizabeth either! 😂 I love the name.
The way graves are set. Is you could have two graves set one on top of the other. It's not that your grandma didn't have her own grave or tombstone. It's still full practice now. The second name is added later to the original tombstone. My parents have the same set up. It's called, 'till death do us part.'
History and personal history in general is wonderful 👍😊
Outstanding... It is nice to know that you had a thomas in your family background... From doubting Thomas.... You make life just a little brighter!
Thank you Wonderhussy. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing. Very entertaining. You are a great story teller.
My great grandfather's family came from Cornwall in the later 1800's to work in Anniston,Al to work for their friend Samuel Noble's pig iron factory and mines which is how Anniston was founded.
St.Austell is lovely btw.
I lived in Red Bluff for 42 years before moving to Mississippi. I had 3 kids and we spent nearly every weekend at Lake Shasta. Whiskeytown has a nice beach. Fond memories. I'm weird and I like to wander in cemeteries and spent many pleasant hours getting stoned and wandering around where your great-grandmother is. The graveyards here in MS are much older than the 1860s.