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Hugh Cornwell

Male 1877 - 1953  (76 years)


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  • Name Hugh Cornwell 
    Born 16 May 1877  Church Street, Chesterton Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Canal boatman, labourer Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 22 Nov 1953  Eccles and Patricroft Hospital Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I66998  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2026 

    Father William Cornwell,   b. 1833, Ipstones, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ellen Booth,   b. 1837, Norton le Moors, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Aug 1884, Wolstanton Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married Abt 1857 
    Family ID F21552  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ann Salmon,   b. 23 Aug 1879, Nantwich Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 5 Jan 1900  Chester Register Office Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • Marriage date given in Hugh's WW1 records.
    Children 
     1. Levi Cornwell,   b. 27 Nov 1900, Bunbury Locks, Tarporley, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Hugh Cornwell,   b. 1902, Ellesmere Port Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. David Cornwell,   b. 1904, Chester Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Sarah Ellen Cornwell,   b. 1906, Tattenhall, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Maggie Cornwell,   b. 1909, Chester Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. George Cornwell,   b. 1912, Runcorn Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2026 
    Family ID F21558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • WW1 records indicate that Hugh was hospitalised in France 1815/16 with vertigo, but did not return to England until after the war and his wife's remarriage.
      Not found in 1921 census but in 1939 in Dun St, Salford, with partner Alice, b20.11.1865, both indicated as married though no marriage record found.
      Informant on DC is son L Cornwell (presumably Levi) of Mayor St, Salford.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010049] BC.

    2. [S010060] DC.

    3. [S486897] England and Wales Marriage Index (Ancestry).



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