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Francis Cornish 1880 - 1939

Francis Cornish was born in 1880 in Bristol, Bristol City County, England United Kingdom. He was married to Caroline Frances (Penny) Cornish, and they were together until Francis' death on May 29, 1939. He had a child Francis George Cornish. Francis Cornish was buried at Cheltenham Memorial Park, Wangara Rd, in Cheltenham, Bayside City County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Francis Cornish.

Francis Cornish
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1880
Bristol, Bristol City County, England, United Kingdom
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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    The Age. Melbourne. 30th May 1939. CORNISH. - On May 29 ( suddenly ), at Melbourne, Francis, dearly loved husband of Caroline Frances, loving father of Francis, George, Jean, Ruby and Betty. Aged 59 years. Late 29th Battalion, A.I.F. A patient sufferer at rest.
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In 1880, in the year that Francis Cornish was born, on February 2nd the city of Wabash, Indiana became the third city in the world to be lit by electricity.
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In 1902, he was 22 years old when the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
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Francis Cornish 1880 - May 29, 1939
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Francis George Cornish Nov 24, 1915 - Oct 2, 1963
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