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Walter Charles CORNISH (1891 - 1974)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH ( - 1942)	Walter Charles CORNISH (1891 - 1974) + Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER (1895 - 1929) Alice Beatrice WINTERS (1905 - 1990)	Richard Thomas CORNISH (1860 - 1924)
		Elsie Eliza WOOFF ( - 1938)	Emanuel WOOFF ( - 1917)	Emmanuel WOOFF
				Elizabeth WOODHOUSE
			Eliza PALMER ( - 1919)

Pic S1. In Memory of ALICE ELIZABETH FLORENCE CORNISH Died 22nd March 1929 aged 34 years

b. 1891 at Queensland, Australia

m. (1) 1914 Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER (1895 - 1929) at Queensland, Australia

m. (2) 1930 Alice Beatrice WINTERS (1905 - 1990) at Brisbane, Queenland, Australia

d. 1974 at Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia aged 83

Near Relatives of Walter Charles CORNISH (1891 - 1974)
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	Walter Charles CORNISH	1891	Queensland, Australia	1974	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	83
Wife	Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER	1895	Queensland, Australia	1929	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Wife	Alice Beatrice WINTERS	1905		1990	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	85
Son	Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH			1942	Queensland, Australia
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
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	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
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	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82
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	Ivy Tasmania FODEN	1907	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Edna May MACGACHIE	1903	Queensland, Australia	1997	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	94

Events in Walter Charles CORNISH (1891 - 1974)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1891		Walter Charles CORNISH was born	Queensland, Australia
1914	23	Married Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER (aged 19)	Queensland, Australia	Reg No 1914/C626	52
1924	33	Death of father Richard Thomas CORNISH (aged 64)	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52, 60
1929	38	Death of wife Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER (aged 34)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1930	39	Married Alice Beatrice WINTERS (aged 25)	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	Note 3	18
1938	47	Death of mother Elsie Eliza WOOFF	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1942	51	Death of son Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
1974	83	Walter Charles CORNISH died	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	18
1974	83	Burial	Toowoomba Garden of Rememberance, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	90

Note 1: 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 2: Reg No 1929/B7257 - Samuel Soper and MArgaret Ann Gunn

Note 3: Walter Charles Cornish Event date: 01/03/1930 Event type: Marriage registration Registration details: 1930/B/8023 Spouse: Alice Beatrice Winters

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: Water Richard Samuel Cornish in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Water Richard Samuel Cornish Death Date 13 Aug 1942 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1946 Registration Place Australia Father Walter Charles Cornish Mother Alice Elizabeth Florence Soper Registration Number 004199 Page number 477

Note 6: Walter Charles Cornish Event date: 31/12/1974 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1975/C/1368 Products available: Mother: Elsie Eliza Wooff Father/parent: Richard Thomas Cornish

Note 7: Walter Charles Cornish Birth 1892 Death 1974 (aged 81–82) Burial Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia Plot 462-C-4 Gravesite Details Age 83. Buried 02-Jan-1975. Son of Richard Thomas & Elsie Eliza (Wooff); Husband of Alice Beatrice (Winters)

Source References:

18. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Queensland bdm index, Title: Queensland bdm index

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Walter Charles Cornish Event date: 01/03/1930 Event type: Marriage registration Registration details: 1930/B/8023 Spouse: Alice Beatrice Winters

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Walter Charles Cornish Event date: 31/12/1974 Event type: Death registration Registration details: 1975/C/1368 Products available: Mother: Elsie Eliza Wooff Father/parent: Richard Thomas Cornish

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Reg No 1914/C626 - Qld

- Reference = (Name, Notes)

- Notes: Reg No 1914/C626

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

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180670144/walter-charles-cornish (Burial)

- Notes: Death 1974 (aged 81–82) Burial Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia Plot 462-C-4 Gravesite Details Age 83. Buried 02-Jan-1975. Son of Richard Thomas & Elsie Eliza (Wooff); Husband of Alice Beatrice (Winters)

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