CORNHILL in New South Wales

[Aussie Karrob]

Hi again wdurham,
Here is a 2007 council document that still mentions Gummin Gummin in relation to the location of a bridge for traffic purposes.  So the property (or location) still exists to the present day

Cheers
Robert

[Aussie Karrob]

This is ALL the CORNHILL names in our Telstra online phone book for NSW.  As you said there is not many of them.  Cant say the same for my lot sadly


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Robert

[wdurham]

Thanks for that listing, Robert , and the info on Gummin Gummin.

There ARE some Cornhills in Australia - if for no other reason that a Henry Cornhill was transported there in about 1797!

But my Joseph James Cornhill - if indeed he is "mine" - sadly left no descendants by that name. His son Ernest chose to use the name he was registered with for his entire life, and his children were Ropes too.

[trish251]

You can check any Cornhills  in the white pages via

www.whitepages.com.au

Trish

[casalguidi]

I know this is an old topic, but the following post may be of interest http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,616435.0.html

Casalguidi

[wdurham]

Thanks, casalguidi - I've been to that thread and posted what I know from previous research.

Hopefully it will help.

[majm]

Hi there,

I am not connected to the CORNHILL family, but after having a quick read of this thread I noticed mention of NSW BDM marriage certs that don’t show the details of the parents of the bride and the groom.   This of course is for the era 1856-1895.   Yes, one of the posters mentioned that the information was provided by the bride and the groom, and yes, it can be found even today.   Here’s a thread I did up giving some clues to overcoming those hurdles that may at first seem to be brickwalls.  I hope it will be helpful. 

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,546609.0.html

I also have some of the early Electoral Rolls for NSW, (particularly in the 1870s);  these are hardcopy, electorate by electorate, and so I would need some locations to help seek out CORNHILL entries in the rolls.  I am happy to look up the info if that resource has not yet been tapped.

Cheers,  JM

Hi Wendy

Despite what is supposed to be on the certificates, apparently until the 1900s many NSW registrations lacked information. I do believe that this information was at times collected by the minister & is in the church records, which may be possible to track down. Some other Oz posters know much more about this than I do.

It does sound very much like your man - if he deserted his wife in England, perhaps he travelled under a different name? or perhaps the records have yet to be transcribed.

Trish

[wdurham]

Thanks, JM - that's a whole lot of useful stuff!

[celle]

Hi - My brother and I are the great grandchildren of Joseph Cornhill.  We live in Australia having come out here in the sixties.  Also our cousin in the UK.  We have been doing some research and come up with the same facts as yourself.  We are the grandchildren of Agnes Golder - my mother was Kathleen, my cousin's mother was Daphne (both born in India as our grandfather, Daniel Mildred, was a soldier in India returning to UK around 1920). We are obviously related in some way - are you a descendant of one of Agnes's siblings?  We never met any of the family as children. My brother and I had no idea that our great grandfather had come out here in the last century.  We thought we were the first!!  Would like to make contact.  My cousin and I have only just registered with rootschat.