Joseph Spencer Cornwall (1888 - 1983)

Born 23 Feb 1888 in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Alice (Johanson) Cornwall — married 11 Jun 1913 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1983 at age 95 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born in Utah in 1888. He was the son of Joseph Alexander Cornwall and Mary Ellen Spencer. In 1913 Joseph married Mary Alice Johanson Haigh and together they were parents of seven children. They lived in Salt Lake City where Joseph was a musician, supervisor of music for schools. He was Conductor of the Morman Tabernacle Choir from 1935-1957 and wrote three books on music. Joseph passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1983 at age 95. He was buried beside Mary in Millcreek, Utah.

Notes

Obituary: Washington Post, The (DC) | 2 March 1983 J. Spencer Cornwall, 95, a retired conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, died at his home here Feb. 26. The cause of death was not reported. Mr. Cornwall conducted the choir from 1935 until 1957. He wrote three books, "Fundamentals of Conducting," "A Century of Singing" and "Stories of Our Hymns." Copyright (c) 1983 The Washington Post

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRP-5TM : accessed 15 June 2019), Joseph S. Cornwall in household of Joseph A. Cornwall, Mill Creek Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68, sheet 22A, family 423, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,685.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5X8-95P : accessed 15 June 2019), Joseph S Cornwall in household of Joseph A Cornwall, Wilford, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 11A, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1604; FHL microfilm 1,375,617.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PY-Q97 : accessed 15 June 2019), Joseph S Cornwall, Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing ED 95, sheet 17A, line 39, family 357, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1866; FHL microfilm 1,821,866.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH6X-GTL : accessed 15 June 2019), Joseph S Corwall, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 31A, line 40, family 447, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2419; FHL microfilm 2,342,153.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT4N-84P : 15 March 2018), J Spencer Cornwell, Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30-58, sheet 5B, line 57, family 91, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4224.

• "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSGY-ZY7 : 3 August 2017), Joseph Spencer Cornwall and Mary Alice Haigh, 1913.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JM-8JQ : 13 March 2018), Joseph Spencer Cornwall, 1917-1918; citing Salt Lake County no 2, Salt Lake City no 1, Utah, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,983,911.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTW9-6MW : 20 May 2014), Joseph Cornwall, Feb 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5W-736P : accessed 15 June 2019), Mr J Spencer Cornwall, Washington DC, United States, 02 Mar 1983; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Washington Post, The, born-digital text.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-SNDF : 13 December 2015), Joseph Spencer Cornwall, 1983; Burial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 27200649, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27200649