History

The story of the Carbis names, so far as the records are concerned, starts around 1303 in Looe, Cornwall. Then progresses to the middle of the fourteenth century with Richard and Johan Carbines [Carbis] family of St.Minver, Cornwall. Then on to an early Will of a certain Benedict Carbis of the parish of Phillack, Cornwall dated 22nd July 1601.

From a study of the various locations of the various early Will, it may be seen that the Carbis peoples in the sixteen hundreds, appear to have been settled in three main areas of Cornwall. In Helston, Phillack and Mevagissey. Only in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, did the family name spread into the St.Just. St.Ives and into the Redruth areas, with tin and/or copper miners being the primary occupation of those families that migrated around Cornwall.

The story continues onwards until today. However, it would be very pleasant to think that this surname may in fact be far older than most current thinking would allow ………… Today there are some one hundred and fifty [this number changes upwards from one month to another] Carbis families and others Carbis families that are connected via their maternal side scattered around the world. In Cornwall of course, Devon, Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Wales, Scotland, Switzerland, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the United States of America. Only recently has there come to light at least one Carbis family living in Canada, and so it goes on.

We are all [mostly] looking for that very elusive link that takes us further back from 1st July 1837 dateline, when the government in England and Wales first introduced legislation that required the registration of all births, marriages and deaths. To be able to join one Carbis family to another Carbis family, in turn finding somewhere a more common ancestor. In finding more common ancestors, this in turn reduces the apparent numbers of possible separate and individual families.

This, in a sense, only happen when Carbis people get together we are all together from time to time, to talk and to show what has been achieved so far. To hopefully in the process of talking with others of a like mind, begin to find some other common links.

Please pay a visit to the Guest Book and also leave your name and address there and on the Enquiries page. Please leave a note of any of your comments and other family information, that you feel will be of assistance to us all. We Carbis people are all very important to each other in this family name quest.

‘Thank you again for taking the time to pay a visit to the Carbis Society web site’.

Origins

A short history lesson for those not yet aware of the origins of the Carbis surname.

Carbis in the original Cornish may have been ‘Car-Pons’ which is thought to have meant a ‘Cart-Bridge’. From the Handbook of Cornish Surnames by G. Pawley White.

Carbis from it’s far older Cornish name of ‘Car-Bons’ may also generally be understood to mean ‘Camp on a bridge’ or a ‘Paved causeway’. These may well have been borrowed from the Latin during the Roman occupation of about 55BC – 410AD.

As a Breton place name, the word may be applied to ‘Places far from streams’, so that the Middle Breton equivalent [about 1465 AD] of this word is ‘street’. All very confusing, but there is more.

Dexter’s Cornish and Welsh Elements of Local Surnames gives ‘Car- as a ‘Camp’. Additionally ‘Kar-, Ker-‘ as in Carbis, meaning a ‘Rock’; is given by C. L. Estrange Owen in the 1931 edition of his History of Surnames of the British Isles.

As early as the 14th century, usually showed the second syllable in the form ‘bous or bows’ with further changes to ‘bis’ from the 16th century, it is this last change that has remained with this particular family’s surname spelling.

In Scotland there is today the small town of Culrain, Sutherland which was previously known as ‘Carbisdale’ the origin of which is described as Norse, coming as it does from ‘Kjaarbolsta’ meaning ‘copse-stead’, with the suffix ‘dalr’ meaning ‘dale’. Similarly, in the Gaelic, ‘Caerr’ pronounced ‘Car’, means ‘brushwood or fearny wood’ and ‘Bost’ meaning ‘settlement, or steading’.

Culrain – of the old ‘Carbisdale or Carbustell’ of 1548 AD, the modern name is said to have been imposed from Coleraine in Ireland.

The area of Carbisdale, in spite of its small size, was probably noted on the early maps owing to its position at the major junction of a number of tracks which would have been used by cattle drovers of that period. An important battle was fought nearby which was to end in the defeat of Montrose and his men on 27th April 1650 at Craigchoynechan, besides Carbesdell. Montrose a popular hero was eventually captured and subsequently beheaded. [Reference; The Statistical Account of Scotland 1987].

It is suggested that this place is not marked on later maps simply through the lack of space, as other names were added. There appears to have been no definite decision to remove or change the name. Today, the castle that is built on the site of the old Culrain Lodge in 1910 was named Carbisdale Castle, which implies that the name has continued to be used locally for a considerable number of years. And as may be fitting, it is still in use today, as a Youth Hostel.

Phoenicians

Some years ago whilst working in the Sultanate of Oman, it was necessary from time to time to visit the local Gulf airline offices in Muscat, to arrange for a return air flight to the United Kingdom. It was on one of these visits that having first pronounced my surname, I proceeded to spell out CARBIS, at which point the young lady on the other side of the counter, said something to the effect that ‘It was not necessary, as this old family name, was also in use by the Lebanese’.

When one starts to consider a little more the possible course of events of the early Bronze Age and the requirements for access to high-grade tin and copper, there is a possible connection. It should also be borne in mind that in this period the Phoenicians, who were renowned travellers and merchant traders, had founded Carthage on the north coast of Africa. Thus, it may be assumed that in those early days, some adventurous merchant traders sailed out from the Mediterranean, following no doubt a route, which may have been taken by the Greek explorer Pytheus in about 300BC, who first discovered the ‘Tin Islands’.

Following the west coast of Hispania [Spain and Portugal] and then Gaul [France] having stopped off at Venti in Armorica [situated on the south coast of the Brittany peninsular] or Vannes, as it is known today, before venturing the crossing of the west end of the English Channel. Rounding Lands End between the Scilly Islands and then reaching further still around the north coast of Domnonia [Cornwall] to make a final landing in the general area of what is today St.Ives, Carbis Bay and Hayle, known as the Red River, due to the discolouration from the residual washings from tin ores. Then one, who having decided to settle, went on in some small way to assist in developing the trade in tin from Cornwall on to the Continent

It is of course a very charming story, however, there are some today who will wish to disagree with that statement. Nevertheless, it is pointed out that in general, this period of history, has been distorted by so many different writers in the past, that it has become more than a little difficult to determine the exact truth of past events, especially those so far back in the Cornish history.

Places and History

History does show however, that Cornwall was at that time the centre of the then known world’s tin mining or rather ‘streaming’ as it was then termed. In fact mining as such did not really commence until sometime in the eleventh century.

One of the earliest mines is that of Carbisse [1584] which was located near Carbence Valley, St.Ives, which was later to be merged with the Wheal Providence mines in the early eighteen hundreds.

The Mount Carbis mine alongside the Sparnon mines above Clinton Road, Redruth. There are also other long disused Carbis named mines and/or shafts south and east of Buller, Cornwall; and lastly there is the Carbis Tin Mine at St.Austell. Tin mining in Cornwall is now very much an industry of the past and as such are now legends in their own right. The engine houses that now stand forlorn against the skyline, are in themselves a monument to the enterprise and skills of those forgotten miners of so many years ago.

Nevertheless, to return to the Carbis name, there are a number of related place names in Cornwall as for instance Carbis Bay just to the east of St.Ives, Carbis at Roche, St.Erth, and in Stithians. Just north of St.Austell there is the hamlet of Carbis with Carbis Mill Farm and Carbis Cottages. Close by there is the now defunct Carbis Brick and Tile Works, which are to be found in the triangle of the three villages of Roche, Bugle and Stenalees. Also within this area are to found Carbis Moor and Carbis Common which are located a little to the south of the village of Penwithick.

At St.Erth, there are today the ruins of the Carbis Mill, which was first mentioned on the 27th January 1650 as a ‘stamps’ mill, then as a ‘flushing’ mill and again later as a ‘griest’ mill. There is a tradition that boats once used to come upriver to Carbis Mill. This may well have been case, but it would have to have been before 1338 when the first bridge at St.Erth was built and there is a deed of this date which makes mention of such a bridge. The last miller of Carbis was a Mr Richard BERRYMAN who died in 1941. His widow then kept the mill operating for a further seven years, until the costs of transporting grain and the added expense of general repairs to the mill made it uneconomical. The main point of interest is that this mill has two independent waterwheels and two pairs of stones.

The production of bricks and tiles at the Carbis Brick and Tile Works, Roche, was in operation from about 1883 until 1941, producing a buff coloured brick without a frog. It is listed as an important producer of bricks and tiles that had an office and shop on the site. With a tramway from the pit to the works that comprised, three cupola kilns, a square stack, with a waterwheel driving rolls and pug mills. [The production of bricks and flour, is dealt with at some length in ‘The Book of CARBIS People’]

From tin and bricks to bananas. In Adelaide, South Australia, Jane COOPER remembers as a child, seeing boxes of bananas labelled ‘Carbis Banana Company’ in the East End Market where her Uncle worked. This information has been confirmed by John ZIMMERMAN, and is now recognised as the ‘Carbis Banana Agency’ [reference CM/3446 dated 1st June 1996].

In South Africa in the town of Pietermaritzburg, there is a Carbis Street in the suburb of Scottsville, which was so named after a prominent local councillor of that name. Councillor Peter CARBIS who was Mayor for the twelve months 4th August 1894.

The place name of Carbis Bay is reputed to have been as a result of the Great Western Railway [GWR] Company requiring an easier word for the English tongue to get around, rather than the original Cornish name of Barrepta Cove. This Cornish name has evolved through the centuries, with at least two differing spellings and consequently differing interpretations from Parrupter c.1499 and Porthreptor c.1580. Carbis Bay, the village c.1884, was renamed from the coastal bay, which in turn derived its name from the farm of Carbense [Carbis] situated in the valley leading down into the bay. The Carbis Bay Hotel was designed and built under the supervision of the famous Cornish architect, Sylvanus Trevail in 1894. Having been designed as a hotel, it has fortunately remained so throughout its history and in private ownership.

People

For the most part just who those enterprising persons may have been has yet to be determined. Nevertheless, it would seem that whoever he [or she] may have been, they must have been someone of prominence within that community. Generally speaking, a surname would not have been selected lightly especially in some instances over such along timescale. So who may have these people been?

The names bestowed on mines and mine engines in particular, usually bore the name of the shaft over which it was erected, or as was more usual, the surname of the person who had been chosen to act as a ‘god-parent’ at the christening and starting ceremony. An interesting example of this was the small and one of the last to be built by the Perran foundry, which was erected at the Mount Carbis Mine, Redruth in September 1881 and christened the Mount Carbis Tottenham Engine.

There are of course people, some of whom from way back in time, have already been mentioned, others extracted from various old documents such as: -

• Subsidies of 1522, Military Survey or 1522 and the Tinners Muster Rolls of 1523;
  CARBONS, CARBONS, CARBOMS, CARBOUS and CARBOUSE
• Cornwall Muster of 1569;
  CARBES, CARBOUSE and KARBUS
• Protestation Returns of 1641;
  CARBENS, CARBOES, CARBUS, CARBUSH, CARBYNE and CARBYNS
• Hearth Tax of 1662
  CARBENS, CARBES, CARBINES, CARBOUSE and CARBUS

These are but a few of the possible forty something variants of the base name of CARBIS.

But more recently in the eighteen hundreds there are some people to note in the Redruth area, [See Frank Mitchell’s book ‘Annuals of a Ancient Cornish Town – Redruth]

In the 1854 Rate Book for Redruth, by the authority of the Poor Law Commission, Jno [John] CARBIS Exs [expenses?] for the house at Carbis Row, Redruth.

From the 1856 Kelly’s Directory, Redruth, under Traders, there is a mention of a John CARBIS – hairdresser of Cross Street. Also there is a mention of one William CARBIS – Farmer of Trewirge, Carkeek.

On page 140 and again on 1247 of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s [RNLI] book of ‘Lifeboat Gallantry’ there is a mention of a Thomas CARBIS who, as the Coxswain of the Penzance, Cornwall self-righting lifeboat the ‘Richard LEWIS’ was awarded a ‘silver medal for gallantry’ on two separate occasions.

In 1884, amongst those to be found in Pigot’s Directory, is one William CARBIS Esq. under the heading of Nobility, Gentry and Clergy.

As in all such research, there are those persons, who for one reason or another have fallen foul of the law, with consequences that involved imprisonment and/or transportation – to the colonies. In the main however, there are all the other usual trades and professions from assayers, farmers, grocers, miner and others, who in one form or another support themselves and their families. All these individuals, good or bad, have only one reason for being what they are [you do what you are – you’re born with a gift] most having been given a better chance to change and progress by their parents.

Databases and Enquiries

As has been previously mentioned there are a number of comprehensive databases from which specific information may be offered.

The four main databases which cover ‘christenings, births, marriages and deaths, vary from between 2300 3500 records; whilst the 1841 –1901 Census compilation contains 1300 records. This last was constructed the census material and is ongoing as information comes to hand. The purpose of this particular database is that it allows an individual to be tracked over a period of some sixty or so years.
Additionally there are Lists for:

• Arrivals and shipping
• Criminals Bankrupts
• Masters and Apprentices
• and others of a minor nature

Please feel free to come back to me, especially if you are a newcomer to this family surname, leaving your name and contact details on the ‘Contact’ page.

It would also greatly help, if you would be so kind, as to outline in general terms something of your own research, together with any ‘brick walls’ that you may have come across. There are no promises to knock the walls down, but it may be possible to provide some penetration points, which may be worthwhile considering.

Thank you for coming this far with me.

Index to Carbis People

The manner in which this Index has been compiled, is in the main purely random and relies very much on the order in which the surnames of individual families have been donated to the Society.

For example, the first Carbis family to commence being researched was that of John C. CARBIS which was then followed by a succession of other Carbis families, all of whom have been allotted PRIME numbers prefixing the lower case Carbis e.g. 1carbis

To identify individuals within any given family, further reference is required to be obtained from the various family Registers or Descendent Reports, from which it is then possible to select the persons identifying number followed by the name of the FIRST person on that particular Chart and/or Tree e.g. 1carbis. John C. CARBIS. Alternatively the surname could be the name of the person submitting the original information.

It should also be noted that individual family trees continue to be updated and/or improved upon over any period of time. Also that the person numbered one on the chart or tree is not necessarily the root person of that family.

Of the following families it should also be noted that:

• There are a number of families that have been compiled from details that may be found in Wills, various Census data and from IGI information.
• In many instances these families are still awaiting a link to a recognised family tree.
• The reference to a ‘Folder’ in the last column is purely an administrative item of storage and is related to that particular family. Where this refers to a number [Folder 2.47] the second part of this number [.47] indicates the identifying number of this individual on the family tree.

ID	Family ID	Name	Location	Folder
1	1carbis	1.1 John Charles CARBIS	Chelsea	Folder 1
2	1carbis	1.3 Frederick Charles CARBIS Snr	Deceased	Folder 2
3	1carbis	1.4 Christiana [JOHANSEN] CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 1
4	1carbis	1.37 Hannah B CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1
5	1carbis	1.38 Sophie K [CARBIS] SRINIVASAN	Malaysia	Folder 1
6	1carbis	1.39 Christopher H CARBIS	USA	Folder 1
7	1carbis	1.45 Susan KELLY	Cornwall	Folder 1
8	1carbis	1.46 Ruth ELWIN-JONES	Australia	Folder 1
9	1carbis	1.56 Arron C KELLY	Cornwall	Folder 1
10	2carbis	1.3 Frederick Charles CARBIS Snr	Deceased	Folder 2
11	2carbis	2.2 Annie CRUICKSHANK	Deceased	Folder 2
12	2carbis	2.3 Harold G CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 2
13	2carbis	2.4 Violet CARBIS	South Africa	Folder 2
14	2carbis	2.5 Marion A [CARBIS] BRADBURY	South Africa	Folder 2
15	2carbis	2.7 Frederick Charles CARBIS Jnr	Deceased	Folder 2
16	2carbis	2.9 Victor CARBIS	South Africa	Folder 2
17	2carbis	2.11 Louise [CARBIS] BASSON	South Africa	Folder 2
18	2carbis	2.13 Frederick C CARBIS	South Africa	Folder 2
19	2carbis	2.14 Allen CARBIS	South Africa	Folder 2
20	3carbis	3.30 Jean M STAUNTON	Australia	Folder 3
21	4carbis	4. Elizabeth CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 1.1
22	5carbis	5. William CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 1.2
23	6carbis	6. Frederic CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 1.3
24	7carbis	7.8Jason CARBIS	Cambridge	Folder 1.4
25	8carbis	8. Molly DAVIS	Australia	Folder 8
26	9carbis	9.19 Ruth Elizabeth JENKIN	Australia	Folder 9
27	10carbis	10.19 Mrs Pamela M ROBINSON	Essex	Folder 1.9
28	11carbis	11. Dawn CURLEY	Australia	Folder 11
29	12carbis	12.7 Robert & Glynnis CARBIS	South Africa	folder 12
30	13carbis	13.66 Edward PHINNEY	USA	Folder 13
31	13carbis	13.9 Gerrie & Ray CASELEY	USA	Folder 13
32	14carbis	14. Elizabeth Carbis FERRIERA	South Africa	Folder 14
33	15carbis	15.3 Hugh Kenneth CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 15
34	15carbis	15.7 Michele & Bob YOUNG	Cornwall	Folder 15
35	15carbis	15.9 Rev. Nicholas CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 15
36	15carbis	15.15 John Oats CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 15
37	15carbis	15.20 Ann Elizabeth Jane [Jean] BARNES	Cornwall	Folder 15
38	15carbis	15.22 Hugh Brian MARTIN	Cornwall	Folder 15
39	15carbis	15. John CARBIS	Wirral	Folder 15
40	15carbis	15.136 Dennis DAWSON	New Zealand	Folder 15
41	16carbis	16. Mrs Sandra WILLIAMSON	Australia	Folder 15
42	17carbis	17. Ernest Hampton MacDONALD	England	Folder 17
43	18carbis	18.1 John Leslie CARBIS	Australia	Folder 18
44	18carbis	18.5 Mrs Fay Adele CARBIS	Australia	Folder 18
45	18carbis	18.201 Barbara TREVALLION	Australia	Folder 18
46	19carbis	19. John Charles & Lorna [MILLER] CARBIS	Australia	Folder 19
47	20carbis	20.1 David Stanley Paul CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 20
48	20carbis	20.2 Stanley George CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 20
49	20carbis	20.3 Mrs Margaret Ury [CARBIS] THOMAS	Cornwall	Folder 20
50	21carbis	21. Frank T CARBIS	USA	Folder 21
51	22carbis	22. Anthony John CARBIS	Dorset	Folder 16
52	23carbis	23.10 Guy & Maria CARBIS	USA	Folder 23
53	23carbis	23.13 Ronald & Sharon CARBIS	USA	Folder 23
54	23carbis	23. 34 Susan & Berleley JEFFREES	USA	Folder 23
55	23carbis	23.38 William & Mary [CLEMO] CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 23
56	23carbis	23.118 Claire & Ron AVERY	Kent	Folder 23
57	23carbis	23.122 Alan T WILLS	USA	Folder 23
58	24carbis	24.15 Rosa Betty CARBIS	New Zealand	Folder 24
59	24carbis	24.17 Mrs Rosalie Jane GAGLIARDI	New Zealand	Folder 24
60	24carbis	24.45 Pauline Gwennyth HUNTER	New Zealand	Folder 24
61	24carbis	24.51 Esme JONES	New Zealand	Folder 24
62	24carbis	24.97 Mrs Valda Una WILLIAMSON	New Zealand	Folder 24
63	24carbis	24. Barry Parker	New Zealand	Folder 24
64	24carbis	24. Rosemary Anne WISHART	Australia	Folder 24
65	25carbis	25.2 William Henry CARBIS	Scotland	Folder 25
66	25carbis	25.4 Heather Linda CURTIS	Scotland	Folder 25
67	25carbis	25.46 Bryan Linton CARBIS	Scotland	Folder 25
68	25carbis	25.47 Barry [Barf] William CARBIS	Scotland	Folder 25
69	25carbis	25.57 Eric CARBIS	Scotland	Folder 25
70	25carbis	25. Jeanette ROGERS	Scotland	Folder 25
71	26carbis	26. Neal James CARBIS	USA	Folder 1.7
72	27carbis	27. Frances & Grace CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.8
73	28carbis	28. Mary CARBIS & David MARTIN	Australia	Folder 1.17
74	28carbis	28. Ian GREGORY	Australia	Folder 1.17
75	29carbis	29. James Frederick & Mary CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.10
76	30carbis	30.1 Henry & Mary [ROBERTS] CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 30
77	30carbis	30.64 Terry & Judith CARBIS	Australia	Folder 30
78	30carbis	30.117 Valerie Rose GLENN	Australia	Folder 30
79	30carbis	30. Dr. Caroline RICHARDSON	Derby	Folder 30
80	30carbis	30. Ron NICHOLLS	Deceased	Folder 30
81	31carbis	31. William & Honor [STONE] CARBIS	Deceased	Folder 1.11
82	32carbis	32. Paul ROSKROW	Kent	Folder 1.12
83	33carbis	33. William & Sarah [THOMAS] CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.13
84	34carbis	spare	spare	spare
85	35carbis	35. Keith & Susan A CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.15
86	36carbis	36. John Kenneth CARBIS	Cheshire	Folder 36
87	37carbis	37. Beverley Julie [CARBIS] FRENCH	Wales	Folder 1.16
88	38carbis	38. David Ernest CARBIS	Hertfordshire	Folder 38
89	38carbis	38. & Sarah LAWRENCE	Hertfordshire	Folder 38
90	38carbis	38.11 Doreen D [CARBIS] BIRCH	Bournemouth	Folder 38
91	39carbis	39. Andrew CARBIS	Australia	Folder 1.17
92	40carbis	40. Colin P E CARBIS	Australia	Folder 1.18
93	41carbis	41. L & A I TREWARTHA	Cornwall	Folder 1.19
94	42carbis	42. Helen GREY-BROOKS	Australia	Folder 1.20
95	43carbis	43. James CARBIS	USA	Folder 1.21
96	44carbis	44. Geoffrey Michael CARBIS	Dorset	Folder 44
97	45carbis	45. Clifford J Eynon CARBIS	Wales	Folder 1.22
98	46carbis	spare	spare	spare
99	47carbis	47.63 Frances David & Judith CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 47
100	47carbis	47.66 Lindsey Joanna CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 47
101	47carbis	47.111 Mrs Phyllis REES	Deceased	Folder 47
102	47carbis	47.127 Mrs Mary REES	Cornwall	Folder 47
103	47carbis	47.138 Jon REES	Suffolk	Folder 47
104	47carbis	47. Joy GRANT	Australia	Folder 47
105	47carbis	47. Colin HOLLOW	Australia	Folder 47
106	48carbis	48. Arthur Rusden CARBIS	West Sussex	Folder 48
107	49carbis	49. Jack CROWNSHAW	Cornwall	Folder 1.23
108	50carbis	50. Thomas & Mary [FRANCIS] CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.24
109	51carbis	51. Harry & Hannah B [NICHOLLS] CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.25
110	52carbis	52. Peter & Agnes [WRIGHT] CARBIS	South Africa	Folder 52
111	53carbis	53. Chad William CARBIS	USA	Folder 1.26
112	53carbis	53.1 Kevin Daniel CARBIS	USA	Folder 1.26
113	54carbis	54. Nicholas & Mary Ann CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.27
114	55carbis	55. Richard & Elizabeth CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 1.28
115	56carbis	56. Mrs Sue ROBERTS	Cornwall	Folder 1.29
116	57carbis	57. Mrs Loki CARBIS	Australia	Folder 1.30
117	58carbis	spare	spare	Folder 1.38
118	59carbis	59. John & Betty [MILLS] CARBIS	Cornwall	Folder 59
119	60carbis	spare	spare	Folder 1.31-1
120	61carbis	61. Bill & Gwen PHILLIPS	Australia	Folder 1.31-2
121	62carbis	62. Terry CARBIS	Australia	Folder 1.31-3
122	63carbis	63. Mrs Sheryl M CARBIS	Wales	Folder 1.31-4
123	64carbis	64.6 Keith CARBIS	W. Yorkshire	Folder 1.31-5
124	64carbis	64.7 Roy & Linda CARBIS	W. Yorkshire	Folder 1.31-5
125	65carbis	65. Liz SOMMER	USA	Folder 1.31-6
126	66carbis	spare	spare	Folder 1.31-7
127	67carbis	67. Michael & Adele JENKIN	Cornwall	Folder 67
128	68carbis	68. Diana M AUSTRING	New Zealand	Folder 1.31-8
129	69carbis	69. Robin THACKABERRY	Australia	Folder 2.1
130	70carbis	70. Mrs Mary M L AKEHURST	Essex	Folder 2.2
131	71carbis	71. Gaylene CARBIS	Australia	Folder 2.3
132	72carbis	72. Jane Carbis VEAL	Sunderland	Folder 72
133	72carbis	72. Veronica ROSS	Sunderland	Folder 72
134	73carbis	73. Fiona DAVIES	Australia	Folder 2.4
135	74carbis	74. Dawn M KYLLONEN	USA	Folder 2.5
136	75carbis	75. Thomas CARBIS[H]	Deceased	Folder 2.6
137	76carbis	76. Craig CARBIS	Scotland	Folder 2.7
138	76carbis	76. Mariesha CARBIS	Scotland	Folder 2.7
139	77carbis	77. Beverley J CARBIS	?	Folder 2.8
140	78carbis	78. Samatha CARBIS	?	Folder 2.9
141	79carbis	spare	spare	spare
142	80carbis	80. Abel CARBIS c.1700	Deceased	Folder 2.10
143	81carbis	81. Nancy CARBIS c.1700	Deceased	Folder 2.11
144	82carbis	82. Able & Alice CARBIS c.1668	Deceased	Folder 2.12
145	83carbis	83. John COLBY	Kent	Folder 2.13
146	83carbis	83. Kathleen NESTOR	England	Folder 2.13
147	84carbis	84. Geoff CARBINES	Australia	Folder 2.14
148	85carbis	85. Mrs D R CARBIS	Plymouth	Folder 2.15
149	86carbis	86. Gaynor WATTERS	Australia	Folder 2.16
150	87carbis	87. Kris CARBIS	Canada	Folder 2.17
151	88carbis	spare	spare	Folder 2.18
152	89carbis	89. Keith RETALLICK	Devon	Folder 2.19
153	90carbis	90. Tim CARBIS	England	Folder2.20
154	91carbis	91. Unknown Welsh lady - CARBIS	Wales	Folder 2.21
155	92carbis	92. Douglas & Liz LOUBERT	Australia	Folder 2.22
156	93carbis	93. H C FAULKNER		Folder 2.23
157	94carbis	94. John GREGORY	Australia	Folder 2.24
158	95carbis	95. John HAYES	England	Folder 2.25
159	96carbis	96. C R THOMPSON	Devon	Folder 2.26
160	97carbis	97. Gerald WINTER	Australia	Folder 2.27
161	98carbis	spare	spare	Folder 2.238
162	99carbis	99. Mr VASSIE	Australia	Folder 2.29
163	100carbis	100. Deborah KELLY	Australia	Folder 2.30
164	101carbis	101. William Henry BURNS	Lancashire	Folder 2.31
165	102carbis	102. Susan STEVENS	USA	Folder 2.31-1
166	103carbis	103. 48 Jeanne LORD	Cornwall	Folder 2.31-2
167	104carbis	104. Maureen SELLEY	Devon	Folder 2.31-3
168	105carbis	105. Fiona CHRISTIE	Australia	Folder 2.31-4
169	106carbis	106.1 Winifred WINCHESTER	Portsmouth	Folder 2.31-5
170	106carbis	106.47 Julie DEIGHTON	Cornwall	Folder 2.31-5
171	107carbis	107. Denise Rochelle MARLETT	Australia	Folder 2.31-6
172	108carbis	108.4 Leslie Ann Carbis FOX	USA	Folder 2.31-7
173	109carbis	109. Mary CRIPPS-WARWICK	Berkshire	Folder 2.31-8
174	110carbis	110. John SMITH	Australia	Folder 2.31-9
175	111carbis	111. Debora MARZEC	Australia	Folder 2.31-10
176	112carbis	112. Carol Care FERGUSON	Australia	Folder 2.31-11
177	113carbis	113. Lesley GALE	Australia	Folder 2.31-12
178	114carbis	114. Trystan A T HALL	Falmouth	Folder 3.1
179	115carbis	115. Peter BRIGGS	Australia	Folder 3.2
180	116carbis	116. Michael Allen CARBIS		Folder 3.3
181	117carbis	117.Mrs Leanne GEAKE	Australia	folder 3.4
182	118carbis	118. Mrs C L SPITZNAGLE	USA	Folder 3.5
183	119carbis	119. William BURNS	Lancashire	Folder 3.6
184	120carbis	120. John LAWRENCE	Australia	Folder 3.7
185	121carbis	121. Muriel Kain THEO	Australia	Folder 3.8
186	122carbis	122. Kathleen Carbis FOLEY	USA	Folder 3.9
187	123carbis	123. Sharon I C RUSSELL	USA	Folder 3.10
188	124carbiis	124. Ellen HOLLOW	Australia	Folder 3.11
189	125carbis	125. Anne ECCLES	Australia	Folder 3.12
190	126carbis	126. Leigh CARBINES	Australia	Folder 3.13
191	127carbis	spare	spare	Folder 3.14
192	128carbis	128. Oliver LOAM		Folder 3.15
193	129carbis	129carbis. Michael LIBBY	Surrey	Folder 3.16
194	130carbis	13. Larry		Folder 3.17
195	131carbis	131. John JACKETT	Cornwall	Folder 3.18
196	132carbis	132. Roger JOERY	Surrey	Folder 3.19
197	133carbis	133. Dot STAUNCH	Australia	Folder 3.20
198	134carbis	134. R E MURDOCK	Cornwall	Folder 3.21
199	135carbis	135. Anne [Merrilyn] HARRISON	Tasmania	Folder 3.22
200	136carbis	136. John & Catherine [PEARCE] CARBIS	IGI	Folder 3.23
201	137carbis	137. H I MANNING	Devon	Folder 3.24
202	138carbis	138. Sylvia TUPPER	Australia	Folder 3.25
203	139carbis	139. John CARBINES	Australia	Folder 3.26
204	140carbis	140. Anthony James CARBIS	Australia	Folder 3.27
205	141carbis	141. Ted PEARCE	Australia	Folder 4.01
206	142carbis	142. Elva DOBBIN	New Zealand	Folder 4.02
207	143carbis	143. Sue OLD	England	Folder 4.03
208	144carbis	144. Rick PARSONS	Cornwall	Folder 4.04
209	145carbis	145. Richard SCANTLEBURY	England	Folder 4.05
210	146carbis	146. Phillip Marrack HOSKEN	Cornwall	Folder 4.06
211	147carbis	147. James CARBIS	IGI	Folder 4.07
212	148carbis	148. William CARBIS	IGI	Folder 4.08
213	149carbis	149. William Henry CARBIS	IGI	Folder 4.09
214	150carbis	150. James CARBIS	IGI	Folder 4.10
215	151carbis	151. William CARBIS	IGI	Folder 4.11
216	152carbis	152. James CARBIS	IGI	Folder 4.12
217	153carbis	153. William CARBIS	Shropshire	Folder 4.13
218	154carbis	154. Don COLLINS	Australia	Folder 4.14
219	155carbis	155. Peter J WILLIAMS	Australia	Folder 4.15
220	156carbis	156. Sir William CARBIS c.1537	Devon	Folder 4.16
221	15carbis	15. Maree ELSMORE	New Zealand	Folder 15
222	158carbis	158. Lynn WITZE	USA	Folder 4.18
223	159carbis	159. Melvyn MOYLE	Cumbria	Folder 4.19
224	38carbis	38. Ruth CARBIS	Wales	Folder 38
225	161carbis	Luke CARBIS	Australia	Folder 4.21
226	162carbis	162. Dean CARBIS	London	Folder 4.20
227	163carbis	163. Jack RACKSTRAW	New Zealand	Folder 4.22
228	164carbis	164. David & Beryl LANGSWORTHY	Cornwall	Folder 4.23
229	165carbis	165. Thomas CARBIS	Bradford	Folder 4.24
230	166carbis	166. Jean NEWBIGIN
231	167carbis	167. Richard FURNISH
232	203carbis	203. Michael J EGERTON	Devon	Folder 4.23
233	204carbis	204. Daniel A BROUILLETTE	USA	Folder 4.24
234	205carbis	205. Richard GRYLLS	Hertfordshire	Folder 4.25

Memorandum of Association

Name

1. The name of the Association shall be the CARBIS ONE NAME SOCIETY and it is hereinafter included in the words ‘the Association’

Registered Office

2. There is no intention at present to have a single centralises office, although the current Owners Chelsea London address should suffice for the foreseeable future. Other appropriate locations in each of the various areas, as indicated below, may be used to serve the needs of the members.

Objects

3. The objects for which the Association is established are:

3.1 To provide a central organisation for persons of the CARBIS surname and other related persons.

3.2 The promotion of conservation of documents, photographs and all other related materials and monuments of CARBIS name significance.

3.3 To further the study of the CARBIS history and origins.

3.4 To either sponsor or self-produce a definitive publication of such study and research.

3.5 To provide for the acquisition and dissemination of genealogy information by and among Members of the Association; to encourage research, the publication of a newsletter devoted to the interests of the Association

3.6 To admit eligible persons to membership and to confer on them such rights and privileges as may be deemed expedient.

3.7 to do all other such lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

Income

4. The income of the Association whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Association, as set forth in this Memorandum of Association and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend or bonus, or otherwise howsoever, by way of profit to Members of the Association provided that, nothing herein contained shall prevent payment in good faith of remuneration to any officers or servants of the Association, or to any Member thereof or other person, in return for any services rendered to the Association.

Dissolution of Association

5. If upon the winding up or dissolution of this Association there remains after the
satisfaction of all its debts and liability any property whatsoever, the same shall be
not be paid or distributed amongst the Members of the Association, but shall be
given or transferred to some other institution or institutions connected with
Genealogy, to be determined by the Members of the Association.

How it will Work

There is no doubt that there may well be other formats for the successful running of such a Society and although the above forms the central principles for this ‘One Name Society’, how it actually works is yet something else.

For the time being there is no proposal to formally nominate a ‘Head Person’ of this Society, nor is there any formal body of individuals who would make up the governing body. As the Society stands in its infancy, it is a loosely knit group of individuals who have an interest in the continuing research of the history and genealogy of the CARBIS surname and similar related matters. In a sense the proposal is that each of the following locations will be self-supporting and that all this Memorandum of Association does, is to formalise the overall situation necessary to create such a Society.

The thinking behind all this is that there will be at least one central person in each of the locations who will form a ‘chain’ linking the Cornwall [or rather Kernow] element with each and all of you, who are the members of this particular Society. Therefore what is now proposed is that there are four locations around the world for distribution, co-ordination and for any other matters that requires his or her collective attention or thinking.

The three persons who have been approached are:

• Jean STAUNTON in Australia
• Rose GAGLIARDI in New Zealand
• Vivienne Kay BRADLEY in the USA
• John C. CARBIS in Chelsea. London

All of whom have accepted this extra workload that this may impose upon them and their families, for the benefit of the local membership of this Society.

On the subject of finance, it is proposed that an annual subscription fee of £8.00 [GB Pounds] be levied. This figure was one of four such sums of money that was indicated on the questionnaire at the 2000 CARBIS Gathering and is the one that garnered the most votes at that time. It is proposed that this will be collected in the various locations and maintained by the nominated person to offset expenses of distribution etc. These monies should be maintained in a separate bank account under the general heading of the ‘CARBIS One Name Society’.

Links

Cornwall Record Office
Email: cro@cornwall.gov.uk	Website: www.cornwall.gov.uk/cro
Cornish Studies Library
Email: cornishstudies.library@cornwall.gov.uk	Website: www.cornwall.gov.uk
Royal Institute of Cornwall
Email: RIC@royal-cornwall-museum.freeserve.co.uk	Website: www.cornwall-online.co.uk/ric
Public Record Office
Email: enquiry@nationalarchives.gov.uk	Website: www.pro.gov.uk
A2A (Access to Archives)
Email: a2a@pro.gov.uk	Website: www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
Family Records Centre
Email:	Website: www.familyrecords.gov.uk
Society of Genealogists
Email:	Website: www.sog.org.uk
Historic Manuscripts Commission (HMC)
Email:	Website: www.hmc.gov.uk
Cornish-American Connection
Email: J.M.Jenkin@exeter.ac.uk	Website: www.ex.ac.uk
Cornish Forefather Society
Email: pam@cornish-forefathers.com	Website: www.cornish-forefathers.com
Devon Record Office
Email: devrec@devon.gov.uk	Website: www.devon.gov.uk/dro
College of Arms
Email: enquiries@college-of-arms.gov.uk	Website: www.college-of-arms.gov.uk
Principle Probate Registry
Email:	Website:
Celtic Penfriends Society
Email:	Website: