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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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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