Brief Life History of Laura
When Laura Cornish was born on 16 August 1885, in Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, United States, her father, James Cornish, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Mary Richards, was 26. She married Graham Sewell Witte on 1 September 1923, in Houghton, Houghton, Michigan, United States. She lived in Houghton, Houghton, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. In 1923, at the age of 38, her occupation is listed as saleslady. She died in July 1969, in Houghton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Laura H Cornish, "United States 1950 Census"
- Laura Cornish, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- Laura Cornish, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from the county of Cornwall, from Middle English Cornish, Cornysh formed on the analogy of English, which was usually Normanized as Corneys. Not surprisingly, the surname is common in adjacent Devon, but it is also established as far afield as Suffolk and London.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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