James Stewart Cornish (1825 - 1884)

Born 8 Nov 1825 in At Sea

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Smith) Cornish — married 11 May 1850 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1884 at about age 58 in Dungog, Colony of New South Wales

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Biography

James Stewart CORNISH, son of James CORNISH and Hannah PAGE, was born on 8 November 1825 at sea on voyage to Australia, was christened on 1 January 1826 in St. Philip's Church of England, Sydney, Colony of New South Wales ^{[1] [2]}, and died in 1884 in Dungog, Colony of New South Wales ^[3] at age 59.

• Immigration ~ 17 December 1825 ~ James immigrated to Sydney, Colony of N.S.W. aboard the "Catherine Stewart Forbes".

James married Eliza Jane SMITH on 11 May 1850 in Wesleyan Methodist Church, Maitland, West Maitland, Colony of New South Wales ^[4].

Eliza was born (estimated) 1830 and died in 1905 in Tamworth (R/D), New South Wales, Australia at age 75.

Sources

1. ↑ NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1788-1921
   Birth: Name, Reg. Number/Year, Father's Name, Mother's Name, District
   CORNISH JAMES S - 69/1825 V182569 10 - JAMES / HANNAH - CA (Church of England Sydney, St Phillip's)
   CORNISH JAMES S - 7312/1826 V18267312 1C - JAMES / HANNAH - CA (Church of England Sydney, St Phillip's).
2. ↑ Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. (Ancestry.com)
   Birth and Baptism: Name: James Stewart Cornish - Gender: Male - Baptism Age: 0 - Birth Date: 8 Nov 1825 - Baptism Date: 1 Jan 1826 - Baptism Place: Saint Philips Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Residence Date: 1825 - Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia - Father: James Cornish - Mother: Hannah - FHL Film Number: 993949.
3. ↑ NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1788-1991
   Death: Name, Reg. Number/Year, Father's Name, Mother's Name, District
   CORNISH JAMES S - 8780/1884 - JAMES / DIED DUNGOG - DUNGOG.
4. ↑ NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1788-1971
   Marriage: Registration Number/Year, Groom's name, Bride's name, District
   278/1880 V1880278 84 - CORNISH JAMES S / SMITH ELIZA J - IK (Wesleyan Methodist Maitland; West Maitland)
   Comment: James and Eliza would have married in 1850. There appears to be a transcription or filing error that shows 1880.