Phylis Cornell
19 December 1922–2009 (Age 86)
McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
The Life of Phylis
Phylis Cornell was born on 19 December 1922, in McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. She died in 2009, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 87.
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World Events (3)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 1
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights
Age 1
Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1927 · Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple Dedicated
Age 5
The dedication of the Latter-day Saint Mesa Arizona Temple took place on October 23, 1927. The temple was dedicated by Heber J. Grant.
Name Meaning
1 Americanized form of any of the numerous Continental European surnames derived from Latin Cornelius ( see Cornelius ), for example French Corneille or German Kornel.2 Swedish: Latinized form of Horn , meaning ‘horn’; probably a soldier's name.3 English: reduced form of Cornwell 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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