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William Henry CORNISH (1900 - 1965)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	William Henry CORNISH (1900 - 1965) + Edna May MACGACHIE (1903 - 1997)	Richard Thomas CORNISH (1860 - 1924)
		Elsie Eliza WOOFF ( - 1938)	Emanuel WOOFF ( - 1917)	Emmanuel WOOFF
				Elizabeth WOODHOUSE
			Eliza PALMER ( - 1919)

b. 1900 at Townsville, Queensland, Australia

m. 1922 Edna May MACGACHIE (1903 - 1997) at Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 1965 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 65

Near Relatives of William Henry CORNISH (1900 - 1965)
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	Robert MACGACHIE	1863	Scotland	1925	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	62
Mother in Law	Phoebe THOMPSON
Father	Richard Thomas CORNISH	1860	Queensland, Australia	1924	Queensland, Australia	64
Mother	Elsie Eliza WOOFF			1938	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Self	William Henry CORNISH	1900	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1965	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Wife	Edna May MACGACHIE	1903	Queensland, Australia	1997	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	94
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
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	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 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
Brother in Law	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82

Events in William Henry CORNISH (1900 - 1965)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1900		William Henry CORNISH was born	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1922	22	Married Edna May MACGACHIE (aged 19)	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 2	52
1924	24	Death of father Richard Thomas CORNISH (aged 64)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1938	38	Death of mother Elsie Eliza WOOFF	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1939	39	Military Service	Ingham, Queensland, Australia	Note 5
1965	65	William Henry CORNISH died	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 6

Note 1: William Henry Cornish in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: William Henry Cornish Birth Date: 20 Oct 1900 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1900 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Rivjard Thomas Cornish Mother: Elsie Elizabeth Wooff Page Number: 5294 Registration Number: 011672

Note 2: William H Cornish in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: William H Cornish Spouse Name: Edna M Macgachie Marriage Date: 1922 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Year: 1922 Registration Number: 17560

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: William Henry Cornish in the Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945 Name: William Henry Cornish Birth Date: 20 Oct 1900 Birth Place: Townsville Queensland Year Range: 1939 - 1948 Enlistment Place: Ingham Queensland Service Number: Q218379 Next of Kin: Edna Cornish Series Description: B884: Army Citizen Military Forces

Note 6: William Henry Cornish in the Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Name: William Henry Cornish Gender: M (Male) Birth Date: 12 Oct 1900 Birth Place: Queensland, Australia Death Date: 4 Feb 1965 Death Place: Queensland, Australia Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens and Crematorium Burial or Cremation Place: Holland Park West, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia Has Bio?: Y Spouse: Edna May Cornish

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: William H Cornish in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 No Image Text-only collection Report a problem Name: William H Cornish Spouse Name: Edna M Macgachie Marriage Date: 1922 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Year: 1922 Registration Number: 17560

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: William Henry Cornish in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: William Henry Cornish Birth Date: 20 Oct 1900 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1900 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Rivjard Thomas Cornish Mother: Elsie Elizabeth Wooff Page Number: 5294 Registration Number: 011672

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