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James Emmanuel CORNISH (1884 - 1960)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	James Emmanuel CORNISH (1884 - 1960) + Sarah Amelia SMITH (1889 - 1974)	Richard Thomas CORNISH (1860 - 1924)
		Elsie Eliza WOOFF ( - 1938)	Emanuel WOOFF ( - 1917)	Emmanuel WOOFF
				Elizabeth WOODHOUSE
			Eliza PALMER ( - 1919)

b. 1884 at Queensland, Australia

m. 1920 Sarah Amelia SMITH (1889 - 1974) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

d. 1960 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 76

Near Relatives of James Emmanuel CORNISH (1884 - 1960)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Emanuel WOOFF			1917	Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Grandmother	Eliza PALMER			1919	Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Father in Law	John James SMITH	abt 1863	London, Middlesex, England
Mother in Law	Ellen GARRETT	abt 1864	Chatham, Kent, England	1964	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	100
Father	Richard Thomas CORNISH	1860	Queensland, Australia	1924	Queensland, Australia	64
Mother	Elsie Eliza WOOFF			1938	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Self	James Emmanuel CORNISH	1884	Queensland, Australia	1960	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Wife	Sarah Amelia SMITH	1889	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1974	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	85
Brother	Richard Thomas CORNISH	1886	Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1961	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	75
Brother	Walter Charles CORNISH	1891	Queensland, Australia	1974	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	83
Sister	Ethel Maud Emily CORNISH	1893	Queensland, Australia	1894	Warwick, Queensland, Australia	1
Brother	Percy Norman CORNISH	1896	Queensland, Australia	1960	Queensland, Australia	64
Brother	William Henry CORNISH	1900	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1965	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Sister	Mable Elizabeth CORNISH	1902	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1917	Ingham, Queensland, Australia	15
Sister	Myrtle Anna CORNISH	1904	Queensland, Australia	1997	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	93
Nephew	Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH			1942	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Nellie SMITH
Sister in Law	Ada May FARQUHARSON	1885	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER	1895	Queensland, Australia	1929	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Sister in Law	Alice Beatrice WINTERS	1905		1990	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	85
Sister in Law	Ivy Tasmania FODEN	1907	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Edna May MACGACHIE	1903	Queensland, Australia	1997	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	94
Brother in Law	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82

Events in James Emmanuel CORNISH (1884 - 1960)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1884		James Emmanuel CORNISH was born	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1920	36	Married Sarah Amelia SMITH (aged 31)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1924	40	Death of father Richard Thomas CORNISH (aged 64)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1938	54	Death of mother Elsie Eliza WOOFF	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1960	76	James Emmanuel CORNISH died	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52

Note 1: James Emmanuel Cornish in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: James Emmanuel Cornish Birth Date: 30 May 1884 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1884 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Richard Thomas Cornish Mother: Elsie Eliza Wooff Page Number: 3067 Registration Number: 005540

Note 2: James Emmanuel Cormish in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: James Emmanuel Cormish Spouse Name: Sarah Amelia Smith Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1920 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1920 Registration Number: B026586 Page Number: 770

Note 3: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Richard Thomas Cornish Death Date 14Oct1924 Death Place Queensland Father's Name James Henry Cornish Mother's Name Anna Watkinson Registration Year 1924 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 003485 Page number 334 Warwick Daily News 22 Oct 1924 DEATH. CORNISH.—At his residence, Home Hill, on the 14th October, 1924, Richard Thomas Cornish; aged 64 years.

Note 4: 17 May 1938 • Rosecliffe Street Highgate Hill Brisbane Queensland Australia Elsie Eliza Cornish Event date: 17/05/1938 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1938/B/39553 Products available: Mother: Eliza Palmer Father/parent: Emanuel Wooff Courier Mail (Brisbane) 18 May 1938 CORNISH. — The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cornish, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Cornish, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cornish (Toowoomba), Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cornish (Ingham), Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Cornish (Proserpine), Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Soper (Home Hill), and Families are invited to attend the Funeral of their deceased Mother, Mother-in-law, and Grandmother, Mrs. Elsie Eliza Cornish, to leave the Funeral Parlour, 501 Stanley Street, South Brisbane, This (Wednesday) Morning, at 10 o'clock, for the South Brisbane Ceme- tery.

Note 5: James Emmanuel Cornish in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: James Emmanuel Cornish Death Date: 14 Jul 1960 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Richard Thomas Mother's name: Elsie Eliza Wooff Registration Year: 1960 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: B039152 Page Number: 590

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: James Emmanuel Cormish in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: James Emmanuel Cormish Spouse Name: Sarah Amelia Smith Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1920 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1920 Registration Number: B026586 Page Number: 770

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: James Emmanuel Cornish in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: James Emmanuel Cornish Death Date: 14 Jul 1960 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Richard Thomas Mother's name: Elsie Eliza Wooff Registration Year: 1960 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: B039152 Page Number: 590

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: James Emmanuel Cornish in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: James Emmanuel Cornish Birth Date: 30 May 1884 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1884 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Richard Thomas Cornish Mother: Elsie Eliza Wooff Page Number: 3067 Registration Number: 005540

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