William Cornall

LIFE GOES ON: AN INTRODUCTION

MY GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

THE SIXTEEN FAMILIES

KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER

CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN

CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR

MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT

THE WORKHOUSE

WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II

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LIFE GOES ON

William Cornall
born Harston, Cambridgeshire, 1785
died Histon, Cambridgeshire, 1875

on the Cornwell family tree
part of the Cornwell family story

married to Susan Charles

father of William Cornell

William Cornall (1785 -1875). My Mother's Father's Father's Father's Father. My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather.

William was born in Harston to the south of Cambridge in 1785, but by 1811 was in Histon to the north of the city to marry local girl Susan Charles. He appears to have spent the rest of his life there. His name, and that of his children, is variously spelled Cornall, Cornel, Cornell, Cornwell and Cornhile in the Histon parish registers and census returns. However, The fact that William was not born in Histon makes the family easier to trace on the censuses.He died in 1875 and was probably buried in the new Histon & Impington cememtery.

1785: William was born in Harston, Cambridgeshire.

1811: On 28th October, William married Susan Charles at St Andrew's church, Histon. They were both listed as of this parish.

1812: On 26th April, William and Susan's son James was baptised at St Andrew's church, Histon. Their surname was spelt Cornel.

1814: On 7th August, William and Susan's daughter Elizabeth was baptised at St Andrew's church, Histon. Their surname was spelt Cornwell.

1817: On 20th April, William and Susan's son Charles was baptised at St Andrew's church, Histon. Their surname was spelt Cornel.

1819: On 12th December, William and Susan's son William, my great-great-grandfather, was privately baptised. He was received into St Andrew's church, Histon on 26th December. Their surname was spelt Cornell.

1822: On 31st March, William and Susan's daughter Sarah was baptised at St Andrew's church, Histon. Their surname was spelt Cornell.

1825: On 25th January, William and Susan's daughter Mary was baptised at St Andrew's church, Histon. Their surname was spelt Cornell, but there is a note in the register 'or Cornwall'. Confusingly, the Bishops Transcripts copy of the register records the name as Cornal! The godparents were Mary Diver and Thomas and Jane Charles. Mary died at the age of five in 1830, and was buried in Histon churchyard on 14th January, the same week as her cousins William and James, also children.

1827: On 18th March, William and Susan's son Thomas was baptised at St Andrew's church, Histon. Their surname was spelt Cornall.

1831: On 20th January, William and Susan's daughter Mary Ann was baptised at St Andrew's church, Histon. Their surname was spelt Cornall. She died at the age of six weeks, and was buried in Histon churchyard on 3rd March. It appears that there were no more children.

1841 Census:

William was fifty-three years old at the time of the 1841 census. He was a Labourer. The family were living at High Street below the brook, Histon. Their surname was spelled Cornall on the census return.

His wife Susan was also fifty-three years old. There were three of their children at home on the night of the census. William was 20, Sarah was 19 and Thomas was 15. Also in the household was an eight year old girl, Eliza Adams, who was recorded in 1851 as William and Susan's granddaughter. Everyone in the household was born in Cambridgeshire.

1851 Census:

William was sixty-eight years old at the time of the 1851 census. He was a labourer. The Cornell family were living near the brook, Histon, Cambridgeshire. Their surname has been recorded as Cornhile.

Susan was sixty-seven years old. Also living in the household was their son Thomas aged 24, and their grand-daughter Eliza Adams, 18.

William was born in Harston, Cambridgeshire. Everyone else in the household was born in Histon.

1861 Census:

William was seventy-six years old at the time of the 1861 census. He was an agricultural labourer. The family were living at High Street, Histon, Cambridgeshire. Their surname has been recorded as Cornwell.

Susan was 74. Also in the household was James Gawthrop aged 9, recorded as William and Susan's grandson. All the household are recorded as having been born in Histon.

1870: In March, William's wife Susan died. She was buried in Histon on 20th March, when her surname was recorded as Cornwell.

1871 Census:

William was eighty-five years old at the time of the 1871 census. he was a widower living on parish relief at High Street, Histon, Cambridgeshire. His surname is spelled Cornell.

Also in the household is williams 19 year old grandson James Gawthrop, shown as an agricultural labourer. Both are recorded as born in Histon.

1875: William's death was recorded in the first quarter of the year. He was 90 years old. There is no entry in the parish registers for St Andrew's Church, Histon, and William may have been buried in the new cemetery without a church service.