Born in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall he was the first of nine children born to Nicholas Curnow & wife Elizabeth (Cooke) who had been married in the same parish in 1832.
His early life was spent doing agricultural labor and then mining when he was physically large enough for the work. He married Mary Ann Wearne at the Wendorn parish church on 26 Jan 1860 and they settled at Trewennack in the southern part of Wendron.
In 1867 he made an excursion to the U.S. with two of his brothers and a brother-in-law but was back home by 1871. On 25 July of that year he landed at New York with his wife and 3 small children aboard the SS City of Washington, having sailed from Liverpool.
The family settled in Plymouth where Nicholas found work as a canvassing agent and then as a tea salesman. Three more children were born in Plymouth but by 1900 two of the six had died.
He and Mary Ann both died in 1918 and are buried in Shawnee Cemetery.
His early life was spent doing agricultural labor and then mining when he was physically large enough for the work. He married Mary Ann Wearne at the Wendorn parish church on 26 Jan 1860 and they settled at Trewennack in the southern part of Wendron.
In 1867 he made an excursion to the U.S. with two of his brothers and a brother-in-law but was back home by 1871. On 25 July of that year he landed at New York with his wife and 3 small children aboard the SS City of Washington, having sailed from Liverpool.
The family settled in Plymouth where Nicholas found work as a canvassing agent and then as a tea salesman. Three more children were born in Plymouth but by 1900 two of the six had died.
He and Mary Ann both died in 1918 and are buried in Shawnee Cemetery.
Born in the parish of Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall he was the first of nine children born to Nicholas Curnow & wife Elizabeth (Cooke) who had been married in the same parish in 1832.
His early life was spent doing agricultural labor and then mining when he was physically large enough for the work. He married Mary Ann Wearne at the Wendorn parish church on 26 Jan 1860 and they settled at Trewennack in the southern part of Wendron.
In 1867 he made an excursion to the U.S. with two of his brothers and a brother-in-law but was back home by 1871. On 25 July of that year he landed at New York with his wife and 3 small children aboard the SS City of Washington, having sailed from Liverpool.
The family settled in Plymouth where Nicholas found work as a canvassing agent and then as a tea salesman. Three more children were born in Plymouth but by 1900 two of the six had died.
He and Mary Ann both died in 1918 and are buried in Shawnee Cemetery.
His early life was spent doing agricultural labor and then mining when he was physically large enough for the work. He married Mary Ann Wearne at the Wendorn parish church on 26 Jan 1860 and they settled at Trewennack in the southern part of Wendron.
In 1867 he made an excursion to the U.S. with two of his brothers and a brother-in-law but was back home by 1871. On 25 July of that year he landed at New York with his wife and 3 small children aboard the SS City of Washington, having sailed from Liverpool.
The family settled in Plymouth where Nicholas found work as a canvassing agent and then as a tea salesman. Three more children were born in Plymouth but by 1900 two of the six had died.
He and Mary Ann both died in 1918 and are buried in Shawnee Cemetery.
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