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| 👶 Birth | 01 May 1844 | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘFind My Past 📎 View Father: David Snlelgrove, Farmer Mother: Eliza Snlegrove formerly Nash |
| 🏠 Lived | 1851 (7) | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘ1851 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration · Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace |
| 💼 Occupation | 1851 (7) | Scholar ⓘ1851 Census |
| ⛪ Baptism | 10 Oct 1852 | St James' Church, Church Road, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4SY 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View |
| 💒 Marriage | 26 Dec 1866 (22) | William CORNISH 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 (22) | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1871 (27) | Bere's Mere Farm, nr Wellhead Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with William CORNISH 📎 View 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced |
| 💼 Occupation | 1871 (27) | Farm Bailiff's Wife |
| 🏠 Lived | 1873 (29) | Wellhead, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with William CORNISH ⓘBirth Certificate |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (37) | Plough Inn, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with William CORNISH ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View In 1881 Annie B Cornish (Niece) born Westbury aged 8 Scholar was living with the family |
| 🏠 Lived | 1886 (42) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 with William CORNISH ⓘBaptism Records |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (47) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 with William CORNISH ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (57) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 with William CORNISH ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes |
| 🏠 Lived | 1911 (67) | Birchanger Farm, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4TA 📍 ⓘ1911 Census 📎 View Kelly's Directory records that Mrs Cornish was the farmer at Birchanger in 1911. 🏛️ National Insurance Act |
| 🏠 Lived | 1921 (77) | Greenhill Farm, Southwick, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘ1921 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Free State established |
| 📝 Will | 19 Sep 1924 (80) | ⓘWill 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1927 (83) | Greenhill Farm, Southwick, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘProbate Index |
| ✝️ Death | 15 Feb 1927 (83) | Greenhill Farm, Southwick, Trowbridge, Wiltshire 📍 Morbus Cordis (Heart Disease) ⓘFind My Past 📎 View Aged 82. Widow of William Cornish, farmer. Informant: M E Cornish, Daughter, present at the death, Southwick Registered: 17th February 1927 |
| 🪦 Burial | 19 Feb 1927 (83) | St James' Church, Church Road, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4SY 📍 Old Churchyard ⓘWiltshire Burials Index 📎 View Name: Eliza Cornish Age: 82 Burial: 19 Feb 1927 Place: St James the Great Church, Bratton Abode: Southwick |
| ⚖️ Probate | 03 May 1927 (83) | Salisbury, Wiltshire 📍 Effects: £753 1s 9d ⓘProbate Index 📎 View |
Children with William CORNISH
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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
Notes
Left £250 by her sister Annabella BENNETT
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