Reginald Percy Cornish was an accountant.
He lived at 1856 Barclay Street in 1904.
Family Background
Reginald Percy Cornish was born in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, on November 19, 1872. His parents were Rev. Charles Cornish (1827-1907) and Francis Sarah Tucker (1831-1926).
Charles Cornish and Frances Sarah Tucker were married at Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, England on August 31, 1852.
Charles Cornish died on August 24, 1907.
Frances Sarah Cornish died on October 1, 1926.
To Canada
According to the 1901 Canada census, Reginald arrived in Canada in 1885.
“Percy Cornish” first appeared in the Vancouver directories in 1898. He was boarding with Harland Harwick at 706 Granville Street.
He was at the following addresses in Vancouver:
| 1898 | 706 Granville Street |
| 1901 | 1129 Georgia Street |
| 1904 | 1748 Barclay Street (names); 1856 Barclay Street (street listing) |
| 1906 to 1909 | North Vancouver |
Marriage to Alice Bucke and Business Life in Vancouver
On April 23, 1899, in Vancouver, Reginald married Alice Francis Georgina Bucke. She was born on September 4, 1870, in Ottawa, Ontario. Her parents were Phillip Eustace Bucke (1831-1918) and Sidney Sarah Rothwell (or Wade) (1841-1920).
In 1901, Reginald was in a firm of advertising writers and agents with Benjamin Franklin Dickens (1860-1952). Mr. Dickens was a promoter of Indian River Park and the Wigwam Inn, which are on Indian Arm on the north shore of Burrard Inlet. Mr. Dickens later worked in the advertising department of the Vancouver Province newspaper.
In 1906, Alice visited with friends in eastern Canada. She returned to Vancouver in March 1906.
To Alberta
In 1906 the Cornish family moved to Coleman, Alberta. Reginald became the manager of the Coleman branch of the British American Trust Company.
In 1906 Reginald appeared in the 1906 Canada Census, among a series of residents of Coleman, Alberta. He gave his post office address as “Vancouver.”
Later in 1906 the Eastern Townships Bank took over the banking operations in Coleman.
Return to Vancouver
By the time of the 1906 Vancouver directory, Reginald was back in the Vancouver area.
He lived in North Vancouver from 1906 to 1909. He worked as a teller with the Eastern Townships Bank.
To United States
On May 15, 1910 Reginald travelled from Vancouver to Seattle, Washington.
On November 25, 1910 Reginald’s lawyer filed a lawsuit in a Nevada court for a divorce from Alice.
The court granted a decree of divorce on March 8, 1911. (One local newspaper report described Reginald as a “railroad man.”)
Alice continued to live much of the time in Vancouver. She died in Vancouver on January 29, 1940.
To California and Marriage to Lois Abigail Foster
Reginald moved to California. On May 20, 1913, in Los Angeles, he married Lois Abigail (“Gail”) Foster. She was born in Colorado on May 8, 1886. Her parents were Clarence D. Foster and Olive Ross.
In 1915 Reginald was a cashier with the First National Bank in Weed, California.
In the early 1920s Reginald was a clerk with the First National Bank in Los Angeles. He was living at 1221 ½ West Fourth Avenue in Los Angeles.
Reginald and Gail later lived in Inglewood, California from about 1923 to 1927.
In 1925, both Reginald and Gail applied to become naturalized United States citizens. (Even though Gail was born in Colorado, it appears that her marriage to Reginald in 1913 meant that she had the same nationality as Reginald. As a result, she lost her United States citizenship, which she regained through the naturalization process.)
In 1926 both Gail and Reginald appeared on the list of voters in Inglewood.
By 1928 Reginald and Gail were living on Laurel Road in San Diego County. This name of this area varied. Sometimes it was called North Carlsbad, and at other times it was called the Fire Mountain region of Oceanside.
Currently there is a Cornish Drive in the Fire Mountain neighbourhood. Although it is not certain, the street may have been named after Reginald and Gail Cornish.
Reginald and Gail operated a commercial garden called Downlea Nursery or Downlea Gardens.
In 1950 Reginald and Gail were living in San Francisco, California.
In 1951 Reginald and Gail were at 31 Arroyo Way in San Francisco.
Reginald and Gail did not have any children.
Reginald died in San Francisco, California, on June 22, 1957. He was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California.
Gail died on March 11, 1961, in San Francisco. She was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California.
Reginald Cornish and Alice Bucke had the following children.
Gordon Leonard Cale Cornish
Gordon Leonard Cale Cornish was born in London, Ontario on August 15, 1901.
In 1921, he was living in Vancouver with his mother.
He later worked as an electrical engineer.
On November 4, 1927, in Toronto, Ontario, he married Marion Euphemia Rayner, who was a stenographer. She was born in Ontario about 1906. Her parents were William Henry Rayner and Mary Elizabeth Shelton.
Mary Elizabeth Rayner died in Toronto on July 15, 1959.
Gordon and Marion were living in Toronto in 1940.
Marion died in Orangeville, Ontario on April 29, 1972.
Willa Frances Cornish
Willa Frances Cornish was born in London, Ontario on May 10, 1903.
In 1921, she was living with her mother in Vancouver.
She worked as a school teacher. She did not marry.
Willa died North Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 29, 1983.
Sources
Charles Cornish (father of Reginald Percy Cornish)
Charles Cornish (1827–1911); Birth: BEF. 01 JUL 1827, Marazion, Cornwall, England; Death BEF. 1911 (ancestry.ca).
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“England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-6VDB : accessed 5 May 2016), Charles Cornish and Frances Sarah Tucker, 31 Aug 1852; Marriage, citing Wootton-Fitzpaine, Wootton-Fitzpaine, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,614.
“England and Wales Census, 1851,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKVZ-CW2Z : accessed 5 May 2016), Charles Cornish, Wotton Fitzpaine, Dorset, England; citing Wotton Fitzpaine, Dorset, England, p. 2, from “1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:264L-S2H : accessed 5 May 2016), Charles Cornish, 1852; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1852, quarter 3, vol. 5A, p. 673, Bridport, Dorset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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“England and Wales Census, 1891,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BH4-C6Z : accessed 5 May 2016), Charles Cornish, Bedford Eastern Ward, Bedfordshire, England; from “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Bedfordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ZF-Q89 : accessed 5 May 2016), Charles Cornish, Hampstead, London, Middlesex, England; from “1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Hampstead subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NBG-BNG : accessed 5 May 2016), Charles Cornish, 1907; from “England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Hampstead, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
Tall Trees, Lampeter Velfrey, Narberth, Pembrokeshire; http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-19002-tall-trees-lampeter-velfrey#.Vyt6G4QrLIU; Latitude/Longitude: 51.7698, -4.6918; 200 m E of Ludchurch Cross, on the S side of an unclassified road.; “Built in 1868 as Ludchurch Rectory, in the time of the Rev. Charles Cornish. £600 was donated to its cost to which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners added £600. The house is now a private residence, having become redundant as a parsonage when the parish of Ludchurch was united with Begelly.”
Francis Sarah Tucker (mother of Reginald Percy Cornish)
Frances Sarah Tucker (1831–1926); BIRTH ABT. 1831 • Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset, England; Death: 1 OCT 1926, Hampshire, England (ancestry.ca).
“England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-1936,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDC-6V6M : accessed 5 May 2016), Charles Cornish and Frances Sarah Tucker, 31 Aug 1852; Marriage, citing Wootton-Fitzpaine, Wootton-Fitzpaine, Dorset, England, Record Office, Dorchester; FHL microfilm 2,427,614.
“England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:264P-3ZP : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances Sarah Tucker, 1852; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1852, quarter 3, vol. 5A, p. 673, Bridport, Dorset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
“England and Wales Census, 1861,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7ZX-RL9 : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances Sarah Cornish in household of Charles Cornish, , Pembrokeshire, Wales; from “1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Census, 1871”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V55S-VWQ : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances Sarah Cornish in entry for Charles Cornish, 1871.
“England and Wales Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXK-Z83N : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances Sarah Cornish in household of Charles Cornish, Ludchurch, Pembrokeshire, Wales; from “1881 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 3, Piece/Folio 5404/27, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,482.
“England and Wales Census, 1891,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BH4-F3Z : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances S Cornish in household of Charles Cornish, Bedford Eastern Ward, Bedfordshire, England; from “1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Bedfordshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ZF-Q8S : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances S Cornish in household of Charles Cornish, Hampstead, London, Middlesex, England; from “1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Hampstead subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Census, 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW4Q-RQV : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances Sarah Cornish, Willesden, Cricklewood, Middlesex, England; from “1911 England and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
“England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHH-8WJ7 : accessed 5 May 2016), Frances S Cornish, 1926; from “England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Winchester, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
Reginald Percy Cornish
Reginald Percy Cornish (1872–1957); Birth: 19 NOV 1872, Ludchurch, Pembrokeshire, Wales; Death 22 JUN 1957, San Francisco, California, USA (ancestry.ca).
Reginald Percy Cornish (19 November 1872 – 22 June 1957); https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GQ9W-NS3.
Reginald Percy Cornish; https://www.geni.com/people/Reginald-Cornish/6000000007944894488; “Birthdate: November 19, 1872; Birthplace: England, UK; Death: Died June 22, 1957 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Immediate Family: Husband of Lois A. Cornish.”
“England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XHX-YW5 : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish, 1872; from “England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
“Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X11D-TZ9 : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish, 01 Jan 1873; citing Ludchurch,Pembroke,Wales, reference ; FHL microfilm 105,187.
“England and Wales Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXK-Z832 : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald P Cornish in household of Charles Cornish, Ludchurch, Pembrokeshire, Wales; from “1881 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 3, Piece/Folio 5404/27, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,482.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZ6-RMD : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish and Alice Frances Georgina Bucke, 23 Apr 1899; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11372, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,529.
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-YLG : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish in household of Helen Baxter, D, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 2, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
“Canada Census, 1906,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVH-PXJ : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald P Cornish, 20A, Alberta, Alberta, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=150671; http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e049/e001211547.pdf.
“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4Z-DN8 : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish and Lois Gail Foster, 20 May 1913; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,235.
“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FY-75J : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish and Lois Gail Foster, 20 May 1913; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,054.
“United States Census, 1920”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ2-CH2 : 31 January 2021), Reginald P?rey Cornish, 1920.
“California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX32-CZB : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish, 1925; citing Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Los Angeles Branch, Laguna Niguel; FHL microfilm 1,508,681.
“California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX32-ZDX : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish, 1925; citing Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Los Angeles Branch, Laguna Niguel; FHL microfilm 1,508,681.
“United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC68-SL3 : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald P Cornish, 1930.
“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H9-JXT : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald P Cornish, Oceanside Judicial Township, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-76, sheet 30B, family 34, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 298.
“California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPDR-NS5 : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish, 22 Jun 1957; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-DLMJ : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Cornish, 1957; Burial, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States of America, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 87585610, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87585610.
Phillip Eustace Bucke (father of Alice Francis Georgina Bucke)
Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke and Family fonds; Western Libraries, London, Ontario, http://minweb.lib.uwo.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/PUB_DESCRIPTION/WEB_DESC_DETAIL_REP/SISN%201526?SESSIONSEARCH. Finding aid: https://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/archives/archives_finding_aids/Dr._R.M._Bucke_Finding_Aid1.pdf.
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQCF-JQ8 : accessed 5 May 2016), Philip Eustace Bucke, 07 Feb 1831; citing Methwold, Norfolk, England, reference item 11 p82; FHL microfilm 2,186,649.
“England and Wales Census, 1861,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7G6-QJT : accessed 5 May 2016), Phillip E Bucke, Liscard, Cheshire, England; from “1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QJ-B3Y : accessed 5 May 2016), Philip Eustaci Bucke, St George’s Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 49, line 2; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10014, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,354.
“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXC-G83 : accessed 5 May 2016), P.A. Bucke, St-George Ward, Ottawa (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 26; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13230, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,866.
“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDRZ-BZ4 : accessed 5 May 2016), Philip Eustace Bucks, 22 Aug 1918; citing Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, yr 1918 cn 13472, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,879.
Sydney Sarah Rothwell (Wade) (mother of Alice Francis Georgina Bucke)
“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QJ-FPM : accessed 5 May 2016), Sarah Bucke, St George’s Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 49, line 3; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10014, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,354.
“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXC-G8Q : accessed 5 May 2016), S.S. Bucke in household of P.A. Bucke, St-George Ward, Ottawa (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 27; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13230, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,866.
“Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDTS-P9Y : accessed 5 May 2016), Sidney Sarah Bucke, 24 Jul 1920; citing Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, yr 1920 cn 12731, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,863,284.
Alice Francis Georgina Bucke (wife of Reginald Percy Cornish)
“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QJ-FP9 : accessed 5 May 2016), Alice Frances Georgina Bucke in household of Sarah Bucke, St George’s Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 49, line 9; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10014, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,354.
“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXC-G8Z : accessed 5 May 2016), Alice Bucke in household of P.A. Bucke, St-George Ward, Ottawa (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 27; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13230, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,866.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZ6-RMC : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish and Alice Frances Georgina Bucke, 23 Apr 1899; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11372, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,529.
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVN-YLP : accessed 5 May 2016), Alice Cornish in household of Helen Baxter, D, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 2, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
Society, Vancouver Province, March 17, 1906, page 4: “Mrs. R.P. Cornish, who had been spending several months visiting friends in the East, arrived home today.”
1921 Canada Census, Alice F. Cornish; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 18; Census Place: Ward 1, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia; Page Number: 6; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2T-JFS : accessed 5 May 2016), Alice Frances Cornish, 1940.
A.F. Cornish, death notice, Vancouver Province, January 29, 1940, page 15; Vancouver Sun, January 29, 1940, page 14; https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTRlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RYkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1119%2C3697995: “Cornish—Passed peacefully away Jan. 29, 1940, Mrs. A.F. Cornish, 1235 Nelson St. Survived by 1 daughter, Willa Frances, Vancouver; 1 son, Gordon Leonard of Toronto; 1 brother, H.W. Bucke. Funeral announcement later by Nunn & Thomson.”
A.F. Cornish, death notice, Vancouver Province, January 30, 1940, page 15; Vancouver Sun, January 30, 1940, page 13; https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PjRlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RYkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6427%2C3819553
“Cornish—Passed peacefully away Jan. 29, 1940, Mrs. A.F. Cornish, 1235 Nelson St. Survived by one daughter, Willa Frances, Vancouver; one son, Gordon Leonard in Toronto; one brother, H.W. Bucke. Funeral service Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m. in Nunn & Thomson’s Chapel, 10th and Cambie, Lt.-Col. Rev. C.C. Owen officiating. Cremation.”
“Mrs. A.F. Cornish,” Vancouver Province, January 31, 1940, page 9:
“Last rites for Mrs. Alice Frances Cornish of 1235 Nelson, who died on Monday, were held today in Nunn & Thomson Funeral Chapel, with Rev. C.C. Owen officiating. The remains were cremated.
Born in Ottawa, Mrs. Cornish had been a resident of this city for forty-two years. She is survived by a daughter, a son and a brother.”
Jane Gordon Bucke (sister of Alice Francis Georgina Bucke)
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMKD-332 : accessed 5 May 2016), Louis Montizuma Bonneville and Jane Gordon Bucke, 16 Nov 1895; citing registration , London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,709.
Horace Walpole Bucke (brother of Alice Francis Georgina Bucke)
“Canada Census, 1871,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4QJ-B36 : accessed 6 May 2016), Horace Walpole Bucke in household of Eustace T E Bucke, St George’s Ward, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 49, line 6; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10014, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,354.
“Canada Census, 1881,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXC-G84 : accessed 6 May 2016), Horace Bucke in household of P.A. Bucke, St-George Ward, Ottawa (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 27; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13230, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,866.
“United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FF-RY4 : accessed 6 May 2016), Horace ? Bucke, Prince of Wales Island Klinquan village, Southern District, Alaska Territory, United States; citing sheet 22A, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,830.
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-94Q4 : accessed 6 May 2016), Horace W Bueke in entry for Henry Clarke, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.
“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZJ-VXG : accessed 6 May 2016), Horacewalpole Burke and Catherine Hester Beatrice Ainslie, 15 Mar 1913; citing , British Columbia, Canada,” British Columbia Archives film number B11377, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,705.
Horace W. Bucke and Beatrice Ainslie, wedding description, Vancouver Province, March 17, 1913, page 8: “A quiet wedding was solemnized in Cedar Cottage Presbyterian Church at 8:30 o’clock on Saturday when Beatrice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ainslie, Cedar Cottage, was united in marriage to Mr. Horace W. Bucke of the firm of Lucas & Lucas, and a son of Mr. P.E. Bucke of Ottawa. . . .”
Horace W. Bucke and Beatrice Ainslie, wedding description, Vancouver Sun, March 17, 1913, page 7 [similar to Horace W. Bucke and Beatrice Ainslie, wedding description, Vancouver Province, March 17, 1913, page 8.]
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPM-XH6 : accessed 5 May 2016), Horace Walpole Bucke, 1945.
Horace Walpole Bucke, death notice, Vancouver Province, September 24, 1945, page 13; Vancouver Province, September 25, 1945, page 13; Vancouver Sun, September 24, 1945, page 17: “Bucke—Passed away on Sept. 23, 1945, Horace Walpole Bucke, 2026 W. 13th Ave., kin his 85th year. Survived by his loving wife; 2 daughters, Leading Wren Janet Bucke, Halifax, and Mrs. H. Kipp at home; a brother, Herbert Bucke, California, and a sister, Mrs. Louis Bonneville, Ont. Funeral service Wed. at 2 p.m., in Simmons & McBride Funeral Chapel, Rev. Fred P. Clark officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park.”
H.W. Buck, death notice, The Advocate (1945) Volume 3, page 191: “The death of Mr. H.W. Buck [sic] has been recently announced. Mr. Buck was for many years active in practice in the city, although retired from practice for some time he was still a familiar figure in an about the Court House and the city. Few who knew him well realized that he was eighty-four years of age at the time of his death. He always left the impression of a ruggedness and a certain robustness of character deceptive of his advancing years. He had been associated in practice with many well-known practitioners in the city throughout his experience. He has left a wide circle of friends amongst Senior Members of the Bar.”
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLY3-49P : accessed 6 May 2016), Beatrice Catherine Hester Bucke, 1967.
Beatrice Bucke, Vancouver Sun, November 28, 1967, page 35; Vancouver Province, November 29, 1967, page 34: “Bucke—Passed away November 26, 1967, Beatrice, widow of Horace W. Bucke, of 3349 West 40th Ave., in her 83rd year. Survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Janet) Hoit; Mrs. Gunnar (Phil) Skorsengard, both in Richmond; 3 grandsons. Funeral service Thursday, at 1 p.m., in Simmons & McBride Funeral Chapel, Broadway at Maple St., Rev. H.C. M. Taudin-Chabot officiating. Interment family plot, Forest Lawn Memorial Park.”
Lois Abigal (“Gail”) Foster (wife of Reginald Percy Cornish)
Lois A. Cornish (Foster); https://www.geni.com/people/Lois-Cornish/6000000007945199210: Birthdate: May 8, 1886; Birthplace: CO, USA; Death: Died May 11, 1961 in San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Immediate Family: Daughter of Clarence D. Foster and Olive May Foster; Wife of Reginald Percy Cornish.
“United States Census, 1900”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQM9-5CQ : 11 March 2022), Lois Foster in entry for Clarence Foster, 1900.
“United States Census, 1910,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2L-8YD : accessed 22 October 2022), Lois G Foster in household of Clarence D Foster, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 30B, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 79; FHL microfilm 1,374,092.
“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4Z-DNX : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish and Lois Gail Foster, 20 May 1913; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,235.
“California, County Marriages, 1850-1952,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FY-752 : accessed 5 May 2016), Reginald Percy Cornish and Lois Gail Foster, 20 May 1913; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,054. “United States Census, 1930”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC68-SLQ : accessed 5 May 2016), Lois A Cornish in entry for Reginald P Cornish, 1930.
“Any woman who is now or may hereafter be married . . .”: Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940;, by By Marian L. Smith, Prologue Magazine, Summer 1998, Vol. 30, No. 2; http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1998/summer/women-and-naturalization-1.html: “Just as alien women gained U.S. citizenship by marriage, U.S.-born women often gained foreign nationality (and thereby lost their U.S. citizenship) by marriage to a foreigner. As the law increasingly linked women’s citizenship to that of their husbands, the courts frequently found that U.S. citizen women expatriated themselves by marriage to an alien.”
Cable Act, Wikipedia article; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_Act: “The Cable Act of 1922 (ch. 411, 42 Stat. 1021, “Married Women’s Independent Nationality Act”) was a United States federal law that reversed former immigration laws regarding marriage.(It is also known as the Married Women’s Citizenship Act or the Women’s Citizenship Act). Previously, a woman lost her US citizenship if she married a foreign man, since she assumed the citizenship of her husband, a law that did not apply to US citizen men who married foreign women.”
“California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX32-CZY : accessed 5 May 2016), Lois Abigail Cornish, 1925; citing Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Los Angeles Branch, Laguna Niguel; FHL microfilm 1,508,681.
“United States Census, 1930,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC68-SLQ : accessed 22 October 2022), Lois A Cornish in household of Reginald P Cornish, Oceanside, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 25A, line 9, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 190; FHL microfilm 2,339,925.
“United States Census, 1940,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H9-JXY : accessed 5 May 2016), Lois Cornish in household of Reginald P Cornish, Oceanside Judicial Township, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 37-76, sheet 30B, family 34, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 298.
“California Death Index, 1940-1997,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPN8-JT5 : accessed 5 May 2016), Lois A Cornish, 11 Mar 1961; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
“Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-D21F : accessed 5 May 2016), Lois Cornish, 1961; Burial, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States of America, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park; citing record ID 87585609, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=87585609.
Gordon Leonard Cornish (son of Reginald Percy Cornish)
“Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLMH-832 : accessed 5 May 2016), Gordon Leonard Cale Cornish, 15 Aug 1901; citing London, Middlesex, Ontario, 15 Aug 1901, reference rn 025177; FHL microfilm 2,079,525.
“Ontario Births, 1869-1911,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM6X-8ZC : accessed 5 May 2016), Gordon Leonard Cale Cornish, 15 Aug 1901; citing Birth, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,079,525.
1921 Canada Census, Gordon L. Cornish (indexed as Gordon F. Cornish) in household of Alice F. Cornish; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 18; Census Place: Ward 1, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia; Page Number: 6; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
“Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMR-JS9Z : accessed 5 May 2016), Gordon Leonard Cornish and Marion Euphemia Rayner, 04 Nov 1927; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,127.
Willa Frances Cornish (daughter of Reginald Percy Cornish)
“Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2TD-F5S : accessed 5 May 2016), Willa Francis May Cornish, 10 May 1903; citing London, Middlesex, Ontario, 10 May 1903, reference 249; FHL microfilm 2,148,638.
“Ontario Births, 1869-1911,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMZT-ZQY : accessed 5 May 2016), Willa Francis May Cornish, 10 May 1903; citing Birth, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,148,638.
1921 Canada Census, W. F. May Cornish in household of Alice F. Cornish; Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 18; Census Place: Ward 1, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia; Page Number: 6; Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL1F-TXX : accessed 5 May 2016), Willa Frances May Cornish, 1983.
Benjamin Franklin Dickens (advertising agent)
“Canada Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVJ-9LF : accessed 6 May 2016), Benjamin Dickens, D, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa; http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=59910&highlight=1&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Benjamin+Dickens
“Recensement du Canada de 1911,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-MRMJ : accessed 6 May 2016), Benjamin F Dickens, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPC-JDZ : accessed 6 May 2016), Benjamin Franklin Dickens, 1952.
Major James Skitt Matthews, Early Vancouver, Vol. 4 (Vancouver: City of Vancouver, 2011), page 150; http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/digitized/EarlyVan/SearchEarlyVan/Vol4pdf/MatthewsEarlyVancouverVol4_MemoOfConversationBFDickens.pdf: “Memo of conversation with Mr. B.F. Dickens, 3582 West 14th Avenue, who very kindly called at the City Archives for a chat, 24 June 1937. Indian River Park. Wigwam Inn. Mr. Dickens said: “I was the original owner and promoter of Indian River Park and Wigwam Inn. We had four properties up there at Indian River, at first D.L. 819 and 820; afterwards we acquired two more district lots, I think D.L. 1461 and 1436; D.L. 819 and 820 were the original ones. A registered townsite plan deposited with the Land Registry, but the plan was afterwards cancelled by the present owner, Edward J. Young, No. 1 Main Street, Madison, Wisconsin, a millionaire lumberman who has interests from here to Alaska. The property now extends from about Croker Island to a quarter of a mile up the Indian River.”
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