John Warcup Cornforth Jr.

Male7 September 1917–8 December 2013

Brief Life History of John Warcup

When John Warcup Cornforth Jr. was born on 7 September 1917, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, his father, John Warcup Cornforth, was 32 and his mother, Hilda Kennedy Eipper, was 30. He married Rita Harriet Harradence in 1941, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 8 December 2013, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 96, and was buried in Clayton, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Warcup Cornforth Jr.
1917–2013
Rita Harriet Harradence
1915–2012
Marriage: 1941

Sources (6)

  • John W Cornforth, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
  • John Cornforth, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John W Cornforth Jr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1941Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1918

    Age 1

    WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

    1918

    Age 1

    Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.

    1945

    Age 28

    The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

    Name Meaning

    English (North Yorkshire and Durham): habitational name from Cornforth in County Durham, named with Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron, cran ‘crane’ (see Crane ) + ford ‘ford’.

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

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