Joseph Trevail married Jane Rundle on 19 Jun 1837, in Luxulyan, Cornwall. The same two surnames in the same small farming community: once again, I'd be more surprised to find no connection between these families.
Joseph Trevail, baptised 24 Jun 1816, at Luxulyan, was the son of John Trevail and Elizabeth [maiden name unknown]. Jane Rundle, baptised 5 Jan 1818, at Luxulyan, was the daughter of Nicholas Rundle and Mary Ann Burn.
At Tregarden Farm, Luxulyan, in 1841, there were Joseph Trevail (25) Farmer, Jane (20), Nicholas (3), Ellen (1), Charles Trevail (20) and Philip Trevail (40). The 1841 census, annoyingly, doesn't give clues to the relationships between household members, but this latter would be exactly the right age to be the Philip Trevail, father of Jane Trevail, mother of Silvanus Trevail.
Joseph and Jane Trevail had at least 12 children:
- Nicholas Rundle Trevail bap. 28 Jan 1838 in Luxulyan
- Ellen Trevail bap. 22 Sep 1839 in Luxulyan
- Mary Ann Burn Trevail bap. 29 Dec 1841 in Luxulyan
- Emma Jane Rundle Trevail bap. 25 Feb 1843 in Luxulyan (nothing further)
- Elfrida Trevail bap. 4 Feb 1845 in Luxulyan (died 1921, see below)
- Joseph Rundle Trevail, born 1847, bap. 21 Jun 1847 in Luxulyan
- Dahlia Trevail born 1849, bap. (as Cordelia) 27 May 1849
- Charles Trevail born 1852 (no birth registration nor baptism)
- Olivia Trevail, born 1854 (per census), bap. 20 May 1855 in Luxulyan
- Nancy Rundell (sic) Trevail born 1855, bap. 20 May 1855 (disappears)
- Kate Trevail born 12 Nov 1857, bap. 27 Dec 1857 in Luxulyan
- Jane Rundle Trevail, born March quarter of 1860, bap. 29 Mar 1862
In 1851, again at Tregarden Farm, Luxulyan, the household comprised: Joseph Trevail (35) Farmer of 118 acres, Jane (34), Nicholas R (13) Farmer's Son, Ellen (11), Mary A (9), Alfreda (6), Joseph (4), Delilah (1), John Couch (17) Farm Servant, William Browne (17) Farm Servant, John Tamblyn (60) Vitenary Sergant (sic) - they mean Veterinary Surgeon LOL - from
Broadoak.
Then Jane Trevail died, also in the March quarter of 1860, aged 43.
In 1861, the widowed Joseph Trevail (45), was farming 118 acres at Tregarden Farm, Luxulyan, Nicholas R Trevail (23), Ellen (21), Elfreda (16), Joseph (15), Delcia (sic) (12), Charles (9), Olivia (7), Nancy (5), Kate (3) and Jane R (1).
There are no records for Emma Jane Rundle Trevail, other than the baptism in 1843, so my feeling is that she must not have survived infancy.
There is a civil registration for Nancy, as well as a baptism and she's on the 1861 census, aged five, but there are no further records: she simply disappears.
In the last quarter of 1865, Joseph Trevail remarried to Eliza Roach, in Plymouth registration district, and went on to have another two daughters:
- Hetty Trevail born 23 Apr 1866
- Emily Trevail born 1868 (died 1893, aged 25)
Then the following item appeared in the London Gazette of 20 Aug 1869:
"Joseph Trevail, of Tregarden in the Parish of Luxulyan, in the County of Cornwall, Farmer, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in the County Court of Cornwall, holden at Bodmin on the 14th day of August 1869, is hereby required to surrender himself to John Basset Collins, Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 4th day of September next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at the said Court."
In 1871, Joseph Trevail (55) was living at
Redmoor,
Lanlivery with new wife Eliza (45), Kitty (assume they mean Hetty) (4) and Emily (2), as well as Charlotte Ann Roach (12), listed as Daughter-in-law, but I imagine they mean Step-daughter.
In 1881, still at Redmoor,
Lanlivery, were Joseph Trevail (65) Butcher & farmer of 2½ acres, Eliza (56), Hetty (14), Emily (13).
Joseph Trevail died, aged 75, on 1 Apr 1891. He is buried at Lanlivery Parish Church and, having found these details in a record set called "Cornwall Memorial Inscriptions", we can probably assume that there may be a headstone there.
In 1891, Eliza Trevail (66) widow, farmer was still at Redmoor, Lanlivery, with her daughters Hetty (24) and Emily (22).
Emily Trevail died on 24 Oct 1893, aged 25 and is buried at the parish church in
Lanlivery. Again, these details are from "Cornwall Memorial Inscriptions".
In 1901, Eliza Trevail (76) widow, living on own means, alone at Churchtown, Lanlivery Rural, Bodmin. Eliza died on 26 Nov 1904, aged 80 and is also buried at Lanlivery parish church, according to the "Cornwall Memorial Inscriptions".