William
Ferdinand
Cornelius
Born in Bartonville, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Heinrich Cornelius, Julius Cornelius, Hulda Mary (Cornelius) Eiberger, John Robert Cornelius, Franz Joseph Cornelius, Anna Elizabeth (Cornelius) Oehmke, Paul Samuel Cornelius, Minnie Augusta (Cornelius) Frerichs, Frederick Carl Cornelius and Katherine (Cornelius) Deiter
Husband of
Elizabeth (Swingle) Cornelius
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 97
in Cunningham, Kingman, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2015
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Biography
William Ferdinand Cornelius is the son of Augustus Henrich Cornelius and Charolette Henrietta Springborn.
On, March 9, 1877 William married Elizabeth Swingle, born June 7, 1868
Children of William and Elizabeth are:
Elsie May Cornelius, 1889 – 1972, born in Zenda, Kingman County, Kansas, died in Edna, Jackson County, Texas, buried in Memory Gardens of Edna Cemetery, married William Andrew McClung (1887 – 1968).
Ralph William Cornelius, 1891 – 1959, born in Zenda, Rochester Township, Kingman County, Kansas, married Bonnie L. Russell in 1911, married Mildred Anna Ables, in 1919, buried in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Laura Ann Cornelius, 1895 – 1918, born in Kingman County, Kansas, died in Grant Township, Harper County, Kansas
Grace M. Cornelius, 1900 – 1976, born in Kingman County, Kansas, died in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas [1]
William and Elizabeth are buried in the Harper Cemetery, in Harper, Kansas. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Ancestry Record 3693 #12507866
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 December 2020), memorial page for William Ferdinand Cornelius (20 Jul 1857–14 Jun 1955), Find A Grave: Memorial #14262610, citing Harper Cemetery, Harper, Harper County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Peggy (Short) Wilson (contributor 47019169) .
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HG-HCP : 12 April 2016), William Cornelius in household of Gus Cornelius, Illinois, United States; citing p. 8, family 54, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,765.
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coyote1&id=I75896
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~6.25%
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