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Birth 1830 🏛️ William IV accedes to the throne | Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset 📍 ⓘRachael Grist 1881 Census |
Baptism 27/06/1830 🏛️ Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens | All Saints Church, Church Street, Nunney, Somerset, BA11 4LW 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View |
Lived (11) 1841 | Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset 📍 ⓘ1841 Census 📎 View |
Lived (21) 1851 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine | Trudoxhill, Nunney, Somerset 📍 ⓘ1851 Census 📎 View |
Occupation (21) 1851 🏛️ Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace | Agricultural Labourer ⓘ1851 Census |
Marriage (26) 05/05/1856 🏛️ Crimean War | Elizabeth Jane JESSER Westminster, London, Middlesex 📍 |
Lived (31) 1861 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert | Market Place, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with Elizabeth Jane JESSER ⓘ1861 Census 📎 View |
Occupation (31) 1861 | Hairdresser ⓘ1861 Census |
Lived (41) 1871 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced | 24? Alfred Street, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3DZ 📍 with Elizabeth Jane JESSER ⓘ1871 Census 📎 View In 1871 John Cornish aged 16 born Westbury was a visitor |
Occupation (41) 1871 | Hairdresser ⓘ1871 Census |
Event (50) 1880 🏛️ Education Act | Involved in election bribery & corruption court case ⓘBritish Newspaper Archive 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View |
Event (50) 11/07/1880 | Newspaper article re theft from his shop ⓘNewspaper Clipping 📎 View |
Lived (51) 1881 | Market Place, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with Elizabeth Jane JESSER ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View In 1881 Annie JESSOR niece aged 14 born Tytherington was living with the family |
Occupation (51) 1881 | Hairdresser ⓘ1881 Census |
Marriage (61) 12/03/1891 🏛️ Free elementary education | Sophia HOWES All Saint's Church, Church Lane, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3BT 📍 ⓘFree BMD 📎 View |
Lived (61) 1891 | 24 Market Place, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3DG 📍 with Sophia HOWES ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View |
Occupation (61) 1891 | Hairdresser & County Court Bailiff ⓘ1891 Census |
Lived (71) 1901 🏛️ Second Boer War | Market Place, Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 with Sophia HOWES ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View The 1901 Census includes a May Stevens, granddaughter aged 7 born Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire |
Occupation (71) 1901 🏛️ Death of Queen Victoria | County Court Bailiff ⓘ1901 Census |
Death (75) 03/1905 | Westbury, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘDeath Civil Registration Index |
Burial 09/03/1905 | Westbury Cemetery, Bratton Road, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 3HS 📍 ⓘRachael Grist p. 39, no. 312 William Cornish Westbury 9 Mar 1904? age 74 H Percy Talbot |
Children with Elizabeth Jane JESSER
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b. 1858, Putney, London, Surrey
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b. 1860, Westbury, Wiltshire · m. Henry John CARTER
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b. 1863, Westbury, Wiltshire
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b. 1865, Westbury, Wiltshire
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b. 1870, Westbury, Wiltshire
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b. 1871, Westbury, Wiltshire
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b. 1876, Westbury, Wiltshire
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