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William CORNISH

1788 – 1867 · Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset
Partner: Ann READ · Partner: Mary PARFITT
Father: William CORNISH · Mother: Mary WATERS
👶Birth
1788
🏛️ Industrial Revolution transforms Lancashire
Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset 📍 Baptism Records
Baptism
27/06/1788
Trudoxhill Congregational Chapel, Foghamshire Lane, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset, BA11 5DG 📍 Baptism Records
FreeREG (www.freereg.org.uk)
📎 Baptism 🔗 Link

Church: Trudoxhill Congregational Chapel, Nunney, Somerset
Baptism: 27 Jun 1788
Person: William
Father: William CORNISH
Mother: Mary
Abode: Trudoxhill
Father Occupation: Labourer

💒Marriage (24)
01/06/1812
🏛️ Regency period
Ann READ
All Saints Church, Church Street, Nunney, Somerset, BA11 4LW 📍 Marriage Certificate 📎 Marriage
💒Marriage (51)
13/06/1839
Mary PARFITT
All Saints Church, Church Street, Nunney, Somerset, BA11 4LW 📍 Marriage Certificate 📎 Marriage 📎 Marriage
💼Occupation (51)
1839
Collier Marriage Civil Registration Index
of son George
🏠Lived (53)
1841
Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset 📍
with Mary PARFITT 📎 Census
💼Occupation (53)
1841
Agricultural Labourer 1841 Census
🏠Lived (63)
1851
🏛️ Irish Potato Famine
Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset 📍
with Mary PARFITT 📎 Census
💼Occupation (63)
1851
🏛️ Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace
Agricultural Labourer 1851 Census
🏠Lived (73)
1861
🏛️ Death of Prince Albert
Marsden Road, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset 📍
with Mary PARFITT 📎 Census
💼Occupation (73)
1861
Agricultural Labourer 1861 Census
💼Occupation (79)
1867
🏛️ Second Reform Act
Yeoman Death Certificate
✝️Death (79)
14/03/1867
Warminster Street, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍
Old Age Free BMD
Ref: 5a 115 Westbury W.
Aged 78
Death Certificate
Marriage Civil Registration Index
Not shown as deceased when son George married in 1839
📎 Death Cert

Aged 78, Yeoman, Old Age
Informant: Hester Bullock, present at the death, Warminster Street, Westbury

🪦Burial
21/03/1867
Trudoxhill Congregational Chapel, Foghamshire Lane, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset, BA11 5DG 📍
Aged 78 Burial Records 🔗 Link

Place: Trudoxhill Congregational Chapel
Burial: 21 Mar 1867
Person: William CORNISH
Age: 78
Abode: Village of Trudoxhill
Notes: Died at Westbury, Wilts on Thursday March 14th; buried at the Chapel Burial Ground Trudoxhill; we hope that he trusted in Christ for life.

Children with Ann READ
F
b. 1813, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset
M
b. 1816, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset · d. 1898, The Butts, Westbury, Wiltshire · m. 1839 Charlotte TAYLOR · m. 1871 Mary CORNISH
F
b. 1819, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset
F
b. 1823, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset
M
b. 1830, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset · d. 1905, Westbury, Wiltshire · m. 1856 Elizabeth Jane JESSER · m. 1891 Sophia HOWES
F
b. 1833, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset
Children with Mary PARFITT
M
b. 1827, Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset
Notes

He was left £50 in the will of his uncle Benjamin

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