Brief Life History of Clarence N.
When Clarence N. Cornell was born on 6 August 1877, in Clearcreek Township, Warren, Ohio, United States, his father, George Tyler Cornell, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Gibbs, was 26.
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- Clarence Cornell in household of George T Cornell, "United States Census, 1880"
- Clarence N Connell, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Clarence N. Cornell, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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