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Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - 1997)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - 1997) + 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

d. 1997 at Townsville, Queensland, Australia aged 93

Near Relatives of Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - 1997)
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	1867	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	08 Dec 1930	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	63
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	1997	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	93
Husband	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Townsville, 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	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
Nephew	Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH			1942	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27
Niece	Marjorie May SOPER	1914	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	57
Nephew	Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	1915	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	53
Nephew	Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	1949	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	32
Niece	Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER	1920	Queensland, Australia	2009		89
Sister in Law	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	73
Sister in Law	Margaret Ann SOPER	1887	Queensland, Australia	1955	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Cairns, 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	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Olivia Pearl SOPER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1988	Janelli, New South Wales, Australia	88
Brother in Law	Herbert Cecil SOPER	1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1989	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	81
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	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

Events in Myrtle Anna CORNISH (1904 - 1997)'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)	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	18
1997	93	Myrtle Anna CORNISH died	Townsville, Queensland, Australia
1997	93	Burial	Belgian Gardens Cemetery, Townsville	Note 7	90

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

Note 7: Myrtle Soper Birth unknown Death 1997 Burial Belgian Gardens Cemetery Belgian Gardens, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia Plot Section F14, Row 16 Memorial ID 228129188

Source References:

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

- 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

- Reference = (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Reg No 1926/C47 - Qld

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.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Myrtle Soper Birth unknown Death 1997 Burial Belgian Gardens Cemetery Belgian Gardens, Townsville City, Queensland, Australia Plot Section F14, Row 16 Memorial ID 228129188

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