Brief Life History of Etta Virginia
When Etta Virginia Cornett was born on 15 June 1871, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, her father, Freeling B. Cornett, was 28 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Delp, was 24. She married William or Willie Winchester Hines on 31 December 1893. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1920 and Elk Creek District, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 1 June 1946, in Grayson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Comers Rock, Grayson, Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (22)
- Ellen Cornett, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- E V Cornett in household of F B Cornett, "United States Census, 1880"
- Etta Cornett in entry for W W Hines, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
Spouse and Children
1872–1951 Male
1871–1946 Female
Children (7)
1895–1933 Male
1896–1899 Female
1900–1968 Female
1900–
1902–1977 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1842–1888 Male
1847–1908 Female
Siblings (12)
1865– Female
1866– Male
1868–1944 Female
1871–1946 Female
1875–1946 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 1
1872 · The Amnesty Act
Age 1
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Age 23
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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