Level : All Time to read :3 mins During a family history research visit to the UK in 2015 I took a day off from the West Devon Archives and drove to Cornwall. Walking along Penzance’s main street I was surprised to come across a blue wall plaque for Sir Robert Menzies’ maternal great grandparents and grandfather who had lived nearby. It commemorates John and Catherine Sampson, as well as their son John Jr, a miner who immigrated to Australia with his wife Mary Jane in 1864