Joseph Cornett

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Cornett was born on 4 June 1811, in Armagh, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, his father, Alexander Cornett, was 11808 and his mother, Mary, was 27. He married Agnes Ard in 1830, in Hope Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 29 July 1854, in Port Hope, Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 43, and was buried in Port Hope, Northumberland and Durham, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Cornett
1811–1854
Agnes Ard
1817–
Marriage: 1830
Margaret Agnes Cornett
1831–1883
Maria A. Cornett
about 1848–1899
Sarah Cornett
1832–1915
Joseph Cornett
1833–
John Alexander Cornett
1835–1919
Maria Agnes Cornett
1836–1915
Robert Cornett
1837–
James Cornett
1838–
Mary Ann Cornett
1839–
Martha Cornett
1841–
Joseph Cornett
1851–1928

Sources (13)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Cornett - Cemetery record or headstone: birth: 14 June 1811; Armàgh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  • Joseph Cornett, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Joseph Cornett in entry for Joseph Cornett and Martha Eliza Brownscombe, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"

World Events (4)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): nickname for a cornet player, from Old French cornet ‘wind instrument made of horn or resembling a horn’, a diminutive of corn. Compare Corner .

Altered form of French Cornet , reflecting the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.

Americanized form of German Cornet , Kornet or Kornett, cognates of 2 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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