The story of the Vyvyans and what they have accomplished and endured is incredible. When my great, great Grandfather left Cornwall at the age of 18, he had nothing. His family was poor and the economy of Cornwall was in decline and yet ten years later he owned over a hundred acres of land. (He eventually owned over 300 acres of land.) This is a story of accomplishment, persistence, resourcefulness, and the people who lived it.

Includes the Reports of the Institution, which, prior to the establishment of the Journal, were issued separately.

John Reed (1830-1908) married Charlotte Rowe in 1853, and they emigrated from Cornwall (via Canada) to Palmyra, Wisconsin in 1853-1854. After Charlotte's death, he married Sarah Evans in 1876. Descendants lived in Wisconsin, California and elsewhere. Includes much Cornish ancestry.

The story of the migration of the Cornish people throughout the world is an epic. Payton is one of the world's leading scholars of the movement of Cornish people over time, both within the UK and to the major mining and agricultural districts of the world. This book follows new research over the last six years.