Jemima Hornblower

Jemima Hornblower[1]

Female 1784 - 1855  (71 years)

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  • Name Jemima Hornblower 
    Born 21 Apr 1784  Chacewater, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 Dec 1855  St Luke Parish, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Marriage: SIMS, James jnr., batchelor, to Jemima HORNBLOWER, spinster, 3rd Feb 1803, both signed, James Sems, James Bawden, witness. Marraige by Licence. Gwennap-opc.com

    • The Origin of the Hornblower family

      The Hornblower surname probably began as an occupational name. According to one story, a Walter de la Grene living in England in 1320 was paid one penny per week for blowing the horn. Versions of the surname do appear in records dating back to the 1300s. including Blauhorn, Blawhorn, Horniblow, Hornblow, Hornisblow, Hornesblow, and Horneblow. The British National Archives contain deeds and papers of Hornblower family members living in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, dating as far back as the 17th century.

      Another Hornblower family tradition explains that Charles II of England (1630-1685) was captivated by the strains played by a bugler in his service. He therefore exclaimed that from that time forward the bugler, whose name was Green, should be the king?s ?horn blower.? As a reward for his service the king gave the bugler?s family an estate of Crown land at Kidderminster, near Stourbridge. Supposedly the Hornblower family crest with three bugle horns can be seen in the Tower of London.

      Apart from the great family of mining engineers who settled in Cornwall and in colonial America in the mid-eighteenth century, the best-known members of the Hornblower family are fictional. Fans of J. R. R. Tolkien recall that he tells of an important Hobbit family whose most famous member was Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom. Tobold introduced pipe-weed into the Shire. (Pipe-weed, probably a variety of Nicotiana, or tobacco plant.) Frodo Baggins had Hornblower blood. His great-grandfather Largo married one Tanta Hornblower.

      The second and probably most famous character with the surname is the British Royal Navy officer, Horatio Hornblower. The original character was created by C. S. Forester, (1899-1967) who wrote eleven novels and several short stories about the adventures of his hero, who lived during the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. In a 1951 movie Gregory Peck starred as Captain Horatio Hornblower. More recently, a series of movies for television based on Forester?s character retold the history of the naval hero.

      Before dismissing the fictional Hornblower, take a look at his pedigree chart. Yes, we can claim him as one of our cousins. C. Northcote Parkinson (best known for Parkinson?s Law) was so taken with the character of Horatio that he wrote a biography, ?The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower.? In creating a family tree for his hero, Parkinson placed him in the same Hornblower family as Jonathan and Ann Carter Hornblower.

      Parkinson?s family tree shows the naval hero descended from Jonathan Hornblower, engineer, 1717-1780, through a fictional son named Jacob. The pedigree includes three ancestors who are found on the real Hornblower family pedigree. So when people jokingly ask whether you are related to Horatio, you can answer ?yes.? Incidentally, on our family tree we do have an actual Horatio Hornblower, born in 1798 to Joseph Hornblower, 1755.
    Person ID I1519  Complete
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2009 

    Father Jethro Hornblower,   b. 16 Jul 1746, Chacewater, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1820, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Constance Ferris,   b. Abt 1752, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 12 Apr 1773  Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Sims,   b. Abt 1781, Stratton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Aug 1824  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 3 Feb 1803  Gwennap, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Matilda Sims,   b. 22 Aug 1804, Stratton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1887, London, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Roxanna Elvira Sims,   b. 01 Jul 1807, Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1893  (Age 85 years)
     3. Elvira Sims,   b. Abt 1809, Stratton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Juliana Sims,   b. 18 Jul 1814,   d. 1855, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    +5. James Hornblower or Henry James Hornblower Sims,   b. 1815/16, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1900, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F0142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Apr 1784 - Chacewater, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Feb 1803 - Gwennap, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Dec 1855 - St Luke Parish, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    On the Road to Cornwall
    On the Road to Cornwall
    Miner on Fore Street, Redruth
    Miner on Fore Street, Redruth
    Redruth was a mining center for centuries.
    Redruth Clock Tower
    Redruth Clock Tower
    The tower was built in 1828 to replace an earlier clock tower.
    Redruth Baptist Church and Viaduct
    Redruth Baptist Church and Viaduct
    Old Mining Exchange
    Old Mining Exchange
    On Alma Place, near Fore Street
    Tinners Hounds
    Tinners Hounds
    A tribute to the hounds that worked in the mines. Fore Street, Redruth.
    Chapel Street, Redruth
    Chapel Street, Redruth
    Looking towards Bank.
    West End, Redruth
    West End, Redruth
    A drapery store, reminding us that Richard Penrose 1773 was a draper as well as a miner.
    Cornish Engines & Discovery Center
    Cornish Engines & Discovery Center
    EPAL is East Poole and Agar Limited
    Old Mining buildings
    Old Mining buildings
    The Cornish flag can be seen at upper left: a white cross on a black background
    Another view of an old building
    Another view of an old building
    Abandoned buildings in Redruth
    Abandoned buildings in Redruth
    Relics of another age
    Relics of another age
    Display at Truro, Cornwall, museum
    Display at Truro, Cornwall, museum
    A variety of tin stamps. The lamb and the flag was adopted as the town of Redruth.

    Documents
    Family Tree for Horatio Hornblower
    Family Tree for Horatio Hornblower
    This is the family tree for the fictional character created by C. S. Forester. See note below, Origin of the Hornblower family, for a full explanation.

    Census Records
    English Census Middlesex 1851:  Civil Parish: St. Luke Old Street
    English Census Middlesex 1851: Civil Parish: St. Luke Old Street
    Jemima Sims is No. 10 on the list. The ink is faded. The entry is for Jemima Sims, Age 67, born abt 1784, born Kenwyn, Cornwall. She is a lodger, widow, occupation "Annuitant."

    Ancestry.com has transcribed her name as "Jimmie Sims," birthplace Kencott, Cornwall.
    1851 UK Jemima Sims.jpg
    1851 UK Jemima Sims.jpg

    Albums
    Redruth, Cornwall, England
    Redruth, Cornwall, England (14)
    Photos taken in Cornwall in June of 2008 including Redruth, Truro, and Land's End

  • Sources 
    1. [S221] Penrose Publication , Charles W. Penrose Family Organization, FHL US/CAN Fiche [6047361]., 1971 p7 (Reliability: 3).
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      1. Taken from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury ([15 ser #14085, pt 116)

      Jemima Sims, on the twenty-third day 1856 administration of the goods, chattels and credits of Jemima Sims, late of King Street, Bath Street in the parish of Saint Luke in the county of Middlesex, widow, deceased, was granted to Matilda Penrose, widow, one of the natural and lawful children of the said deceased having been first duly sworn to administer.

      Juliana Sims on the thirtieth day of Dec., 1856, administration of the goods, chattels and credits of Juliana Sims, late of King Street, Bath Street in the parish of? Saint Luke in the county of Middlesex, spinster, deceased, was granted to Matilda Penrose, widow, the natural and lawful sister of the said deceased having been first sworn duly to administer. Jemima Sims, widow, the natural and lawful mother and next of kin of the said deceased having survived the said deceased but died without having taken upon her the letters of administration of her goods, chattels and credits.


      Susan Howard comment: Juliana Sims died a few days following the death of her mother, Jemima Hornblower Sims. Matilda Sims Penrose was granted administration of the estates of her mother, Jemima, and her sister, Juliana.