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Benjamin Cornford, carpenter, son of Walter Cornford, master carpenter and Lydia Cornford [Rabson]
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Date
Type
Information
Source
 
1871
Born
In the Parish of Tonbridge, Kent
1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
3rd April 1881
Census
At Village in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Benjamin Cornford, M, Son, age 10, born Tonbridge, occupation: scholar
1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
c 1891
Married
Agnes
 
 
5th April 1891
Census
At South Street in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Benjamin Cornford, M, Son, single, age 20, born Tonbridge, Kent, occupation: grocer's assistant
1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
1898
Birth of a son
Walter Frank in the Parish of Guildford, Surrey
1911 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
1904
Birth of a daughter
Annie May in the Parish of Guildford, Surrey
1911 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
1909
Birth of a daughter
Agnes Grace in the Parish of Guildford, Surrey
1911 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
2nd April 1911
Census
At Meadow View, Rotherfield in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Benjamin Cornford, M, Head, married, age 40, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: carpenter
1911 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Ancestor's report
Descendent's report
Cornford, Corneford, Corneforde, Cornefoord, Comford family records
The ancestral pedigree of Benjamin Cornford, carpenter
  
 James Cornford
m: c 1765Eadith Hatcher
 
 b: c 1745
d: Oct 1787 Burwash, Sussex
bur: 29th Oct 1787 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  b: 1737
d: Dec 1807 Burwash, Sussex
bur: 18th Dec 1807 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
 
  
    
 Edith Ann James John
 b: 1767 Burwash, Sussex
ch: 28th Aug 1767 St. Bartholomew's Church
d: Jun 1838 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 27th Jun 1838 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
 b: 1771 Burwash, Sussex
ch: 22nd Dec 1771 St. Bartholomew's Church
 b: 1775 Burwash, Sussex
ch: 26th Feb 1775 St. Bartholomew's Church
d: Aug 1849 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 10th Aug 1849 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
 b: 1779 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 24th Oct 1779 St. Dunstan Church
       
Great-Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
1st marriageJames Cornford
m: 8th Feb 1795 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, SussexRuth Latter 
 b: 1775 Burwash, Sussex
ch: 26th Feb 1775 St. Bartholomew's Church
d: Aug 1849 Mayfield, Sussex
bur: 10th Aug 1849 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  b: 1768 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 22nd May 1768 St. Denys Church
 
  
   
 James Mary Samuel
 b: After Jul 1795 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 12th Jul 1795 St. Denys Church
d: 1884 Wadhurst, Sussex
bur: 25th Jan 1884 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Mayfield, Sussex
 b: 1797 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Oct 1797 St. Denys Church
d: 1886 Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex
bur: 11th Mar 1886 St Mary's Parish Church, Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex
 b: 1800 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 22nd Jun 1800 St. Margaret's Church
d: Jan 1893 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 10th Jan 1893 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
       
Great-
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
 Samuel Cornford
farmer
m: 2nd Sep 1827 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, SussexLucy Chatfield 
 b: 1800 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 22nd Jun 1800 St. Margaret's Church
d: Jan 1893 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 10th Jan 1893 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  b: 1810 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 1st Apr 1810 St. Dunstan Church
 
  
         
Martha  James Charles Walter Samuel Hannah Jesse Peter
b: 1828 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 12th Mar 1837 St. Dunstan Church
d: 16th Jun 1922 The Bungalow, Pitt's Wood, Hadlow, Kent
bur: 20th Jun 1922 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  b: 1833 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 12th May 1833 St. Dunstan Church
 b: 1835 Spitley Farm, Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 16th Aug 1835 St. Dunstan Church
 b: 1838 Wallis, Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 29th Apr 1838 St. Dunstan Church
 b: 1840 Wallis, Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 16th Aug 1840 St. Dunstan Church
 b: 1843 Heathfield, Sussex b: 1845 Heathfield, Sussex b: 1847 Hailsham, Sussex
d: Oct to Dec 1937
   Alfred                 
   b: 1830 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 15th Aug 1830 St. Dunstan Church
                 
                       
Grandfather
record
   
   
    
 Walter Cornford
master carpenter
m: 25th Dec 1867 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, SussexLydia Rabson 
 b: 1838 Wallis, Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 29th Apr 1838 St. Dunstan Church
  b: 27th Feb 1841 Mayfield, Sussex
ch: 3rd Jul 1853 St. Dunstan Church
d: Jan to Mar 1906
 
  
       
 Joseph W. Benjamin Esli Anna Gaius Henry Esther Luther
 b: 1869 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1871 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1874 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1878 Rotherfield, Sussex b: Oct to Dec 1879 Rotherfield, Sussex
d: May 1881 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 20th May 1881 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
 b: 1882 Rotherfield, Sussex b: 1884 Rotherfield, Sussex
         
Parental
record
   
   
   
 Benjamin Cornford
carpenter
m: c 1891Agnes 
 b: 1871 Tonbridge, Kent  b: 1873 Gomshall, Surrey 
  
   
 Walter Frank Annie May Agnes Grace
 b: 1898 Guildford, Surrey b: 1904 Guildford, Surrey b: 1909 Guildford, Surrey
    
Family
record

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