Cecelia Henrietta Cornu

Brief Life History of Cecelia Henrietta

When Cecelia Henrietta Cornu was born on 17 May 1825, in Cormondrèche, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, her father, David Francois Cornu, was 30 and her mother, Henrietta Egalite Baulard, was 31. She married Charles François Robellaz in 1849, in Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1854. She died on 14 September 1882, in Cormondrèche, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the age of 57, and was buried in Cormondrèche, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

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Family Time Line

Captain James Brown
1801–1863
Cecelia Henrietta Cornu
1825–1882
Marriage: 26 December 1854
Charles David Brown
1856–1926
James Fredrick Brown Sr.
1859–1923

Sources (21)

  • Cecelia Henrietta Cornu, Legacy NFS Source - birth: 17 May 1825; Corcelles, Neuchatel, Switzerland
  • Cecelia Henrietta Cornu Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Cecelia Hennetta in entry for Charles David Brown, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Heloise.

French: from Old French corne ‘horn’ (from Late Latin corna), an unflattering nickname for a cuckold, or a metonymic occupational name for a hornblower or worker in horn.

English (Middlesex): variant of Corn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Converted in 1852 by Mormon missionaries who opened a mission in Switzerland, Cécile and Charles emigrated to the United States in the spring of 1854. Widowed, she becomes the 8th wife of James Brown …

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