Richard Branwell of Penzance
(Abt 1744-1812)
Honor Matthews
(Abt 1744-1811)
Cpt. Nicholas Vivian of Tuckingmill
(1760-1835)
Mary Dunkin
(1757-1835)
Robert Matthews Branwell of Penzance
(1775-1833)
Jane Vivian
(1788-1853)
Lavinia Branwell
(1824-1892)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Francis John Cornish of Regent Terrace

Lavinia Branwell

  • Born: 1824, Penzance, Cornwall
  • Christened: 3 Sep 1824, Penzance St. Mary (Madron Chapelry), Cornwall 1
  • Married: 20 Oct 1856, Camborne, Cornwall 1
  • Died: 9 Aug 1892, Regent Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall 2
  • Buried: 12 Aug 1892, Penzance St. Mary, Cornwall 1

  Research Notes:

In 1851 Lavinia Branwell, aged 27, born in Penzance Cornwall, unmarried, domestic duties, was with her widowed mother in Chapel St., Madron, Cornwall.

In 1861 Lavinia Cornish, aged 36, born in Penzance, and husband Francis J. Cornish, aged 38, born in Penzance, grocer, were living at Green Market, Madron, Cornwall. With them were children* (both born in Penzance): Francis J. (10), scholar, and Annie R. (8), scholar

* children of Francis's first marriage to Jane Roberts

In 1871 Lavinia Cornish, aged 46, born in Penzance, and husband Francis J. Cornish (49), grocer and wine merchant, were living at Green Market (West Side), Penzance. With them was Francis' son Francis John (20) of Penzance, assistant in shop.

In 1881 Lavinia Cornish, aged 56, born in Penzance, and husband Francis J. Cornish, aged 59, born in Penzance, lime merchant, were living at 36 Chapel St., Madron, Cornwall. With them was son Francis J. (30) of Penzance, lime merchant.

In 1891 Lavinia Cornish, aged 66, born in Penzance, and husband Francis J. Cornish, aged 69, born in Penzance, lime & coal merchant, were living at 22 Regent Terrace, Penzance. With them was son Francis J. (40), assistant.

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Lavinia Cornish of Regent Terrace died aged 68 years (burial record).

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Lavinia Cornish of Penzance Cornwall (wife of Francis John Cornish) died 9 August 1892. Probate Bodmin 6 September was granted to the said Francis John Cornish, merchant. Effects £212 10s.

  Marriage Information:

Lavinia married Francis John Cornish, son of Francis John Cornish and Anne Roberts, on 20 Oct 1856 in Camborne, Cornwall. (Francis John Cornish was born in 1822 in Penzance, Cornwall, christened 17 Apr 1822 at Madron, Penzance Chapelry, Cornwall, died in 14 Jun 1897 at 22 Regent Terrace, Penzance, Cornwall and was buried on 16 Jun 1897 in Penzance St. Mary, Cornwall.)

  Marriage Notes:

Francis John Cornish, 33, of Penzance, widower, grocer, son of Francis John Cornish (deceased), master mariner, and
Lavinia Branwell, 32, of Camborne Vean, spinster, daughter of Robert Matthews Branwell (deceased), merchant

Married by Licence

Witnesses: Eleanor Ball Williams Vivian, Nicholas Vivian [uncle of the bride]

Sources


1 Cornwall OPC.

2 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1892, p. 152.


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