Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Cornwall was born on 14 April 1837, in County Down, Ireland, her father, Thomas Cornwall, was 29 and her mother, Jane Brown, was 34. She married Albert Perry Rockwood on 5 January 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 5 January 1897, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (31)
- Susannah Rockwood, "United States Census, 1880"
- Susanna C Rockwood, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Susannah Cornwell in entry for Ruth R. O'Neil, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1853
Historical Boundaries: 1853: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from the county of Cornwall, which is named with the Old English tribal name Cornwealas. This is from Kernow (the term that the Cornish used to refer to themselves, a word of uncertain etymology, perhaps connected with a Celtic element meaning ‘horn, headland’), + Old English wealas ‘strangers, foreigners’, the term used by the Anglo-Saxons for British-speaking people.
variant of Cornwell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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