Brief Life History of Harriet M.
When Harriet M. Cornell was born on 5 July 1846, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, John Henry Cornell, was 47 and her mother, Amelia Hamilton, was 44. She married Russell Degen Atkins Tyng on 2 January 1870, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America in 1870 and Township of South Orange Village, Essex, New Jersey, United States in 1880. She died on 25 January 1882, at the age of 35.
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- Hariette M Tyng, "New Jersey State Census, 1915"
- Harriet Matilda Cornell, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
- Harriet M. Cornell in entry for Harriet Cornell Atkins Tyng, "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881"
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1847
A battalion of volunteers from New Jersey assisted during the Mexican-American War. They were active from 1847 to 1848 and divided among four companies. The battalion assisted during the Battle of Contreras and the Battle of Churubusco.
1861
No Civil War battles took place within the state boundaries of New Jersey, but its citizens participated extensively in the war. Volunteers that were turned away ended up serving in the militias of nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York. Whenever President Lincoln requested more troops, New Jersey responded quickly. In total, the state contributed over 88,000 soldiers (6,000 of which died).
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: shortened form of Cornwell , Cornwall , or of Cornhill, a habitational name from a place in Northumberland named Cornhill, from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron, cran ‘crane’ + halh ‘nook, recess’; or from Cornhill in London, a medieval grain exchange, named with Old English corn ‘corn, grain’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from some other place elsewhere similarly named.
English: variant of Corney .
English: possibly also a nickname from French corneille ‘rook, crow’, probably denoting a chatterer or someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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