Edwin Ernest Albert CORNISH

1868 – 1921 · Easterton, Wiltshire

Father: William CORNISH · Mother: Eliza SNELGROVE

👶Birth 02/12/1868	Easterton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘFind My Past Ref: Devizes 5a 83 Baptism Records
⛪Baptism 03/02/1869	Market Lavington, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 Baptism
🏠Lived (3) 1871 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced	Bere's Mere Farm, nr Wellhead Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 📎 Census
🏠Lived (13) 1881	Plough Inn, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 📎 Census
💼Occupation (13) 1881	Scholar
💒Marriage (26) 19/09/1894	Naomi Ann GAISFORD St Swithin Church, Walcot, Bath, Somerset 📍 ⓘGillian Cornish 📎 Marriage
🏠Lived (26) 1894	Corsham, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘGillian Cornish
💼Occupation (26) 1894	Licensed Victualler
🏠Lived (33) 1901 🏛️ Second Boer War	Kings Arms, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire 📍 with Naomi Ann GAISFORD ⓘ1901 Census 📎 Census In 1901 Edwin's brother Percy and his Aunt (assumed to be relation of his wife), Agnes B. Davis, widow, aged 69 and born Colerne, Wiltshire and a servant Amelia Chaines, aged 17, a domestic cook born in Chippenham also lived with them.
💼Occupation (33) 1901 🏛️ Death of Queen Victoria	Publican & Farmer ⓘ1901 Census
🏠Lived (43) 1911 🏛️ National Insurance Act	Puckrup Farm, Twyning, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Gl20 6EL 📍 with Naomi Ann GAISFORD ⓘ1911 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (43) 1911	Farm Bailiff
💼Occupation bef 1921 🏛️ Irish Free State established	Owned a farm Blue Bell Farm, Earls Croome, Worcestershire 📍 ⓘGillian Cornish
✝️Death (53) 21/08/1921	Blue Bell Farm, Earls Croome, Worcestershire 📍 ⓘFind My Past Ref: 6c 124
🪦Burial abt 24/08/1921	St Nicholas Church, Earls Croome, Worcestershire 📍 Grave: 166818 ⓘGillian Cornish 📎 Grave The headstone reads: In Loving Memory of EDWIN ERNEST CORNISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST 21ST. 1921 AGED 52 YEARS. ALSO OF ALBERT HENRY SON OF THE ABOVE KILLED IN ACTION SEPT.R 20TH 1917 AGED 21 YEARS. "WAITING IN A HOLY STILLNESS WRAPT IN SLEEP." NAOMI ANN CORNISH, BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER AGED 95 YEARS RE-UNITED APRIL 16TH 1964.
⚖️Probate 01/11/1921	London, Middlesex 📍 Effects: £5471 2s 9d 📎 Probate CORNISH, Edwin Ernest Albert of Blue Bell Farm, Earls Croome, Worcestershire died 21 August 1921 at Worcester. Administration London 1 November to Naomi Ann Cornish widow. Effects £5471 2s 9d

Children with Naomi Ann GAISFORD

Albert Henry CORNISH

b. 1895, Corsham, Wiltshire · d. 1917, Passchendaele, Ypres, West Vlaanderen, Belgium

Ernest Reginald CORNISH

b. 1897, Corsham, Wiltshire · d. 1985, Bournemouth, Dorset · m. 1920 Elda Maud BROWN

Dorothy May CORNISH

b. 1899, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire · m. 1929 Charles Leonard HITCHINGS

Claude William CORNISH

b. 1902, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire · d. 1979, Cirencester, Gloucestershire · m. 1936 Winifred Elsie RYLANDS

Cyril George CORNISH

b. 1905, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire · d. 1972, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset · m. 1935 Olive Grace Alberta BURDGE

Stanley Walter CORNISH

b. 1907, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire · d. 1988, Bournemouth, Dorset · m. 1948 Eveleen Lily PENNEY

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Edwin Ernest Albert CORNISH

Bere's Mere Farm, nr Wellhead Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire

Kings Arms, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire

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