General Notes

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First Generation
To be found on Page 1 of Orson Lee Treloar's book Robert1 TRELOARTH marri
ed as Treloar. Children were baptised as Trelowarth. He married Alice JO
HN in Wendron, CON.ENG, 3 Oct 1574. Alice died 26 January 1603 in Wendro
n, CON.ENG.  This is the first marriage of Treloar in Wendron Parish Recor
ds.  This family genealogy assembled from Wendron Parish records onl
y.  A Robert Trelowthas appears in the Duchy of Cornwall Assession 15 Ja
me s I (1618).  Probably died prior to Assessions of 1626.
The information cont ained on these pages has been primarily based on info
rmation from the book Treloar Genealogy by Orson Lee Treloar.  To see
his research notes you should o rder the film from your nearest LDS centr
e. Adoption of surnames began about 1 066 and were quite commonly us
ed by the
13th century.  Treloar is a Cornish n ame, and the Cornish people came fr
om a mixture of Celtic and Iberian people. It was originally spelled Trelo
warth.  Proof of this is found in early gove rnment and church records.  T
he earliest record of the place Trelowarth is found in the very ancient re
cords when the Duchy of Cornwall was an Earldom, 1333.  In 1493 we fi
nd it first used as a surname, Johannes (Latin for John) Trelowarth.  T
he earliest church record is for Wearne Trelowarth, baptized in Wendron pa
rish 1575.  The church records show the change in spelling of the name.  F
irst the "W" was dropped leaving Treloarth, then the "TH" was dropped leav
ing Treloar.  We have one branch of the family that spells it Trelour. T
he name means "Garden Home". Lowarth for garden, Tre for home or homestea
d. It was derived from the hamlet of Trelowarth. The hamlet is no longer t
here but Treloar Farm is.  We have seen the place.  It is a picturesque va
lley in Wendron Parish. The oldest record we have found of the place na
me Trelowarth is in the following excerpt taken from the records at Duc
hy of Cornwall Offic e, 10 Buckingham Gate S.W.1, London.
"HELLISTON IN KERRIER           (No. 47 1)    ASSESSION ROLL   7 EDWARD I
II     1333 EARLDOM OF CORNWALL NATIVE OF STOCK
(Crossed out John De Trelowargh)
EXTRACT 1 inserted William of Trelowargh, Native of Stock, holds in Bo
nd 1 messuage 23 acres of land in 1 parcel which he holds in TRELOWAR
TH at will of the Lord, paying per annum six and ei ghtpence at 4 usual qu
arters" In 1337 records from the same source show Willia m of Trelowargh h
olding land in Trelowarth.  John Cooke held the land in Trel owarth in 13
64 and by 1493 Johannes Trelowarth was involved in the land holding. Abo
ut 1850 there was a marked exodus from Cornwall to South Africa, Canada, A
ustralia and the U.S.A and later New Zealand.  This movement was d
ue to a lack of employment in the tin mines of Cornwall resulting in incre
asing har dship in that country."