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| 👶 Birth | 08 Dec 1842 | Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘBirth Certificate 📎 View Father: George Cornish, Gardener Mother: Charlotte Cornish, formerly Taylor Informant: George Cornish, father, Westbury Registered: 5th January 1843 🏛️ Mines Act — women and children banned from mines |
| ⛪ Baptism | 08 Jan 1843 | St Margaret's Parish Church, Corsley, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 7QE 📍 ⓘRachael Grist William of George & Charlotte Cornish, Westbury, Gardener, R.C. Griffith 8 Jan 1843, Corsley, Wiltshire - 1179/4 fiche 2, p. 190, no. 515 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1851 (9) | Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘ1851 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration · Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace |
| 🏠 Lived | 1861 (19) | Edward Street, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘ1861 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert |
| 💼 Occupation | 1861 (19) | Agricultural Labourer ⓘ1861 Census |
| 💒 Marriage | 26 Dec 1866 (24) | Eliza SNELGROVE St Stephens Church, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, Middlesex 📍 ⓘFree BMD 📎 View 📎 View The witnesses were David Snelgrove and Harriet Cornish 🏛️ Transatlantic telegraph cable completed |
| 🏠 Lived | 1866 (24) | Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 |
| 💼 Occupation | 1866 (24) | Farmer |
| 🏠 Lived | 1871 (29) | Bere's Mere Farm, nr Wellhead Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with Eliza SNELGROVE 📎 View 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced |
| 💼 Occupation | 1871 (29) | Farm Bailiff |
| 🏠 Lived | 1873 (31) | Wellhead, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with Eliza SNELGROVE ⓘBirth Certificate |
| 💼 Occupation | 1873 (31) | Yeoman ⓘBirth Certificate |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (39) | Plough Inn, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with Eliza SNELGROVE ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View In 1881 Annie B Cornish (Niece) born Westbury aged 8 Scholar was living with the family |
| 💼 Occupation | 1881 (39) | Innkeeper & Farmer of 20 Acres employing 1 boy ⓘ1881 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1886 (44) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 with Eliza SNELGROVE ⓘBaptism Records |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (49) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 with Eliza SNELGROVE ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 💼 Occupation | 1891 (49) | Farmer ⓘ1891 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (59) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 with Eliza SNELGROVE ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes |
| 💼 Occupation | 1901 (59) | Farmer (Employer) ⓘ1901 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 1904 (62) | Farmer |
| ✝️ Death | 18 Jun 1906 (64) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 Fatal Syncope, Heart Failure ⓘDeath Certificate 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 18th June 1906 Birch Hanger, Bratton Road, Westbury aged 63, farmer Certificate from F a O Silvester Coroner for Wilts Inquest held Jun 19th 1906 🏛️ Labour Party wins first seats |
| 🪦 Burial | 21 Jun 1906 (64) | St James' Church, Church Road, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4SY 📍 Aged 63 📎 View William Cornish of Bratton Buried June 21st 1906 aged 63 W.J.B Hayter Vicar of Westbury |
| ⚖️ Probate | 14 Jul 1906 (64) | Salisbury, Wiltshire 📍 Effects: 179 12s. 5d. 📎 View CORNISH William of Birchanger Bratton Wiltshire farmer died 18 June 1906 Administration Salisbury 14 July to Eliza Cornish widow Effects £179 12s. 5d. |
Children with Eliza SNELGROVE
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b. 1867, Easterton, Wiltshire · d. 1907, Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA
b. 1868, Easterton, Wiltshire · d. 1921, Blue Bell Farm, Earls Croome, Worcestershire · m. Naomi Ann GAISFORD
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b. 1870, Westbury, Wiltshire · d. 1954, North Bradley, Wiltshire
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b. 1872, Westbury, Wiltshire · d. 1955, 64 Bradley Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire · m. William SCULL
b. 1873, Wellhead, Westbury, Wiltshire · d. 1959, Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, London, Middlesex, N11 3BP · m. Catherine Rebecca SNELGROVE
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b. 1875, Westbury, Wiltshire · d. 1956, Trowbridge, Wiltshire · m. Frederick COOMBS
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b. 1876, Westbury, Wiltshire · d. 1959, Westbury & District Hospital, Westbury, Wiltshire · m. Edith Sarah SMITH
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b. 1880, Westbury, Wiltshire · d. 1965, 18 Manor Road, Taunton, Somerset · m. Sidney Herbert POWELL
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b. 1881, Westbury, Wiltshire · d. 1968, Trowbridge, Wiltshire · m. Lilian M SUTTON
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b. 1884, Bratton, Wiltshire · d. 1963, Trowbridge & District Hospital, Trowbridge, Wiltshire · m. Charles JONES
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b. 1885, Bratton, Wiltshire · d. 1963, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire · m. Mary Elizabeth TARGETT
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b. 1888, Bratton, Wiltshire · d. 1975, Bodfari, 288 Southwick Road, North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire · m. Robert George WILSON
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