Clement CORNISH

1885 – 1963 · Bratton, Wiltshire

Father: William CORNISH · Mother: Eliza SNELGROVE

👶Birth 21/10/1885	Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘFree BMD Ref: 5a 143 Westbury, W Baptism Records 1939 NHS Register
⛪Baptism 04/04/1886	St James' Church, Church Road, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4SY 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View
🏠Lived (6) 1891 🏛️ Free elementary education	Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View
💼Occupation (6) 1891	Scholar ⓘ1891 Census
🏠Lived (16) 1901 🏛️ Second Boer War	Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View
💒Marriage (27) 1912 🏛️ Sinking of RMS Titanic	Mary Elizabeth TARGETT Shepton Mallet, Somerset 📍 ⓘFree BMD
🏠Lived (30) 1915 🏛️ First World War	Fairfield Farm, 34 High Street, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, BA13 4DL 📍 with Mary Elizabeth TARGETT ⓘStreet Index 📎 View
🏠Lived (42) 1927	Fairfield Farm, 34 High Street, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, BA13 4DL 📍 with Mary Elizabeth TARGETT ⓘGrant of Probate
🏠Lived (54) 1939 🏛️ Second World War	Fairfield Farm, 34 High Street, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, BA13 4DL 📍 with Mary Elizabeth TARGETT ⓘ1939 NHS Register 📎 View
💼Occupation (54) 1939	Farmer Fairfield Farm, 34 High Street, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, BA13 4DL 📍
🏠Lived (58) 1943	Fairfield Farm, 34 High Street, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, BA13 4DL 📍 with Mary Elizabeth TARGETT ⓘWill
🏠Lived (74) 1959	Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘObituary of George Cornish in Wiltshire Times
🏠Lived (74) 1959	Fairfield Farm, 34 High Street, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, BA13 4DL 📍 with Mary Elizabeth TARGETT
✝️Death (78) 26/11/1963 🏛️ Beeching cuts	Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘFamilyhistoryonline Probate Index Wiltshire MI Index: Clement CORNISH Date of death 1963 Age Notes b 1885 husb of Mary Elizabeth father Ref Num 25658 Place Dilton Marsh, WIL
🪦Burial abt 28/11/1963	Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘGrave Headstone 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View Headstone on path next to side of church at rear: IN LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER CLEMENT CORNISH 1885-1963 IN GOD'S KEEPING. AND OF HIS WIFE MARY ELIZABETH WHO DIED 11TH APRIL 1969 AGED 92 YEARS. A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER REST IN PEACE.
⚖️Probate 21/02/1964	Winchester, Hampshire 📍 Effects: £4642 ⓘProbate Index 📎 View

Children with Mary Elizabeth TARGETT

William Clement CORNISH

b. 1915, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire · d. 1915, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire

Ruth CORNISH

b. 1916, Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire · d. 1993, Bath, Somerset · m. Bertram Alfred Kenneth HESTER

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