Born about in Deerfield Township, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Robert Aaron Cornish
and Mary Jane (Culver) Elwood
Sister of
Cora (Cornish) Kindall
Wife of
Leander Gosselin
— married
5 Nov 1894 in Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 63
in Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Clara Cornish was 4 years old at the time of the 1870 US census for Deerfield Township, Chickasaw, Iowa where she lived with her parents Robert and Mary Cornish (born in New York), brother Judson, born in Minnesota, and siblings Oscar and Cora, who were born in Iowa, as was Clara. [1]
On 5 November 1894, Clara B. Cornish, age 28, daughter of Robert A Cornish and Mary J. Culver, married Leander Gosselin, son of Eloi Gosselin and Josete St. Dennis. [2]
Clara (Cornish) Gosselin died in Davenport, Scott, Iowa on 17 Dec 1929, aged 65. [3]
Note
DAR 38322
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDJP-6LM : 12 April 2016), Clara Cornish in household of Robert Cornish, Iowa, United States; citing p. , family 32, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,880.
- ↑ "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJBP-B4Q : 10 February 2018), Leander Gosselin and Clara B. Cornish, 05 Nov 1894; citing , Black Hawk, Iowa, reference 2:1SMP4S6; FHL microfilm 1,034,535.
- ↑ "Iowa, Death Records, 1921-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q248-FCVX : 8 November 2017), Clara Gosselin, 17 Dec 1929, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #0826235, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784604.
Acknowledgements
- This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
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