[Index]
Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - )
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - )

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Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER (1902 - 1984)
Richard Thomas CORNISH (1860 - 1924)











Elsie Eliza WOOFF ( - 1938) Emanuel WOOFF ( - 1917) Emmanuel WOOFF
Elizabeth WOODHOUSE
Eliza PALMER ( - 1919)




b. 1904 at Queensland, Australia
m. 1926 Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER (1902 - 1984) at Queensland, Australia
Near Relatives of Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - )
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 Samuel SOPER 1862 Okehampton, Devonshire 20 Jun 1926 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64
Mother in Law Margaret Ann GUNN 08 Dec 1930 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia

Father Richard Thomas CORNISH 1860 Queensland, Australia 1924 Queensland, Australia 64
Mother Elsie Eliza WOOFF 1938 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Self Myrtle Anna CORNISH 1904 Queensland, Australia

Husband Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER 29 Jun 1902 Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 82

Brother James Emmanuel CORNISH 1884 Queensland, Australia 1960 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 76
Brother Richard Thomas CORNISH 1886 Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1961 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 75
Brother Walter Charles CORNISH 1891 Queensland, Australia 1974 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

Nephew Arthur Samuel COWLEY 1904 Queensland, Australia 1983 Queensland, Australia 79
Nephew Percival Francis COWLEY 1905 Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 79
Nephew Mervyn Cecil COWLEY 01 Jan 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 17 May 1945 Queensland, Australia 27
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Marjorie May SOPER 1914 Queensland, Australia 1971 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 57
Nephew Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER 1915 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Nephew Cyril Francis Owen SOPER 1917 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 1949 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 32
Niece Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law Emily Harriet Grace SOPER 17 Jul 1885 Queensland, Australia 21 Nov 1958 Queensland, Australia 73
Sister in Law Margaret Ann SOPER 1887 Queensland, Australia 1955 Queensland, Australia 68
Brother in Law Samuel SOPER 1890 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 78
Brother in Law William Francis SOPER 1892 Queensland, Australia 08 Oct 1892 Queensland, Australia 0
Sister in Law Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER 1895 Queensland, Australia 1929 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 34
Brother in Law Henry George SOPER 1897 Queensland, Australia 1968 Queensland, Australia 71
Sister in Law Olivia Pearl SOPER 1900 Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law Herbert Cecil SOPER 1908 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Sarah Amelia SMITH 1889 Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1974 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 85
Sister in Law Ada May FARQUHARSON 1885 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Ivy Tasmania FODEN 1907 Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law Edna May MACGACHIE 1903 Queensland, Australia 1997 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 94
Events in Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - )'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1904 Myrtle Anna CORNISH was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1924 20 Death of father Richard Thomas CORNISH (aged 64) Queensland, Australia Note 2 52, 60
1926 22 Married Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER (aged 24) Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 60
1930 26 Residence Home Hill, Queensland, Australia Note 4 37
1938 34 Death of mother Elsie Eliza WOOFF Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Note 5 18
1984 80 Death of husband Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER (aged 82) Queensland, Australia Note 6 18
Note 1: Myrtle Amma Cornish
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Myrtle Amma Cornish
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1904
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1904
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: Richard Thomas Cornish
Mother: Etsie Elime Wooff
Page Number: 5294
Registration Number: 11649
Note 2: 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 3: Reg No 1926/C47 - Qld

Townsville Daily Bulletin 31 March 1926
WEDDING.
SOPER— CORNISH.
St. Helen's Church of England, Home
Hill, was the scene of a pretty wed
ding, when the Rev. N. Michael, in the
presence of a very large gathering
solemnised the marriage of Mr.
Ernest Soper, fourth son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. Soper, of Home Hill, and Miss
Myrtle Cornish, only daughter of Mrs
E. E. Cornish and the late Mr. R. T.
Cornish, of Hazelglen, Home Hill
(says the 'Herbert River Express').
The bride who was given away by her
brother, Mr. W. T. Cornish, wore a
frock of brocaded satin morocaln em
broidered in pearls. Her embroidered
veil was held in position by a ban
deaux of pearls and orange blossoms.
She also carried a beautiful sheaf of
white and pink chrysanthemums and
real orange blossoms. Miss Farqu-
hasen, of Toowoomba, was bridesmaid
and the two little train bearers were
Missel Ethel and Joyce Cornish, nieces
of the bride. The church was beauti
fully decorated for the occasion. After
the ceremony, the bride's mother en
tertained over 30 guests at a reception
at Hazelglen. The honeymoon was
spent at the Barron Falls, the bride
travelling In a costume of tight brown
morocaln with hat to match.
Note 4: SOPER Ernest Arthur Frederick - farmer; Myrtle Anna - hd
Note 5: 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 6: 1984 57263 Ernest Arthur Frederick Soper Samuel Soper Margaret Ann Gunn
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Reg No 1926/C47 - Qld
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Reg No 1926/C47 - Qld
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Myrtle Amma Cornish
in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Myrtle Amma Cornish
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1904
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1904
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: Richard Thomas Cornish
Mother: Etsie Elime Wooff
Page Number: 5294
Registration Number: 11649
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Townsville Daily Bulletin 31 March 1926
WEDDING.
SOPER— CORNISH.
St. Helen's Church of England, Home
Hill, was the scene of a pretty wed
ding, when the Rev. N. Michael, in the
presence of a very large gathering
solemnised the marriage of Mr.
Ernest Soper, fourth son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. Soper, of Home Hill, and Miss
Myrtle Cornish, only daughter of Mrs
E. E. Cornish and the late Mr. R. T.
Cornish, of Hazelglen, Home Hill
(says the 'Herbert River Express').
The bride who was given away by her
brother, Mr. W. T. Cornish, wore a
frock of brocaded satin morocaln em
broidered in pearls. Her embroidered
veil was held in position by a ban
deaux of pearls and orange blossoms.
She also carried a beautiful sheaf of
white and pink chrysanthemums and
real orange blossoms. Miss Farqu-
hasen, of Toowoomba, was bridesmaid
and the two little train bearers were
Missel Ethel and Joyce Cornish, nieces
of the bride. The church «u beauti
fully decorated for the occatlon. After
the ceremony, the bride's mother en
tertained over 30 guests at a reception
nt Hazelglen. The honeymoon was
spent at the Barron Falls, the bride
travelling In a costume of tight brown
morocaln with hat to match.