When Cornelis DeSwarte was born on 1 March 1846, in Nieuwvliet, Zeeland, Netherlands, his father, Pieter Bartholomeus de Swarte, was 58 and his mother, Suzanna Thomas, was 43. He married Emma C Tower on 12 April 1900, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. He lived in Metomen, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States in 1900. He died on 8 July 1917, in Harford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Harford Cemetery, Harford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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From an old Roman family name, Cornélius, which is of uncertain origin, possibly a derivative of Latin cornu ‘horn’. This was the name of a 3rd-century pope who is venerated as a saint. The name was particularly popular in the Low Countries, and immigrants contributed to its frequency in the north of England from the 1400s. However, it is now seldom used in Britain.
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