18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Margaret Ruth Wright    
                Born:  5 May 1909          in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire  1,2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1911                 in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1939 - 1953          at Clay Farm, Long Road, Trumpington  3
             Resided: 1954 - 1970          at 96 Long Road, Trumpington  3
                Died: 10 May 2000          in Norfolk  4,5 (see note 3)
              Father: Henry Martin Wright   (1873 - 1948) 
              Mother: Katie Nutter   (1882 - 1958) 
             Husband: Reginald John Cornwell     
             Married: 1938                 in Cambridge  1 (see note 4)
                Born: 27 Aug 1894          in Lode, Cambridgeshire  2
              Census: 1911                 in Lode, Cambridgeshire   (see note 5)
          Occupation:                      Farmer  
             Resided: 1928 - 1931          in opposite Post Office, Cambridge Road, Trumpington  3
             Resided: 1932 - 1938          at Manor Farm, Long Road, Trumpington  3,6
             Resided: 1939 - 1953          at Clay Farm, Long Road, Trumpington  3
             Resided: 1954 - 1970          at 96 Long Road, Trumpington  3
                Died: 20 Feb 1973          in Cambridge  4,7 (see note 6)
              Father: Robert Ephraim Cornwell   (1860 - 1932) 
              Mother: Rachael Avis Cook   (1859 - 1936) 
Notes 
           F Child 1: Rachel Martin Cornwell      
                Born: 14 Jun 1939            2
          Christened: 27 Aug 1939          in Trumpington   (see note 7)
             Resided: 1939                 at Clay Farm, Long Road, Trumpington  2
             Resided: 1959 - 1962          at 96 Long Road, Trumpington  
                Died: 2015                 in Norfolk  8 (see note 8)
             Husband: Living  b. (details excluded)  

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) Electoral Register. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) Monumental Inscription. 
(6) Spalding's Directory (Kelly's after WW2) 
(7) Monumental Inscriptions transcript. 
(8) GRO index. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Jun 1909 Chesterton 3b 431
Note (2) Age 2, born Great Shelford, with family
Note (3) May 2000 Wayland   born 5 May 1909
Note (4) Dec 1938 Cambridge 3b 1267
Note (5) Age 16, born Lode, with parents Robert Ephraim and Rachael Avis Cornwell,
also his brother Robert Fison Cook Cornwell.  Farmers son working on farm
Note (6) No. 107.
Mar 1973 Cambridge 4a 785
Note (7) Aug 27 CORNWELL Rachel Martin of Reginald John & Margaret Ruth of Clay Farm,
Long Rd farmer born 14 Jun
Note (8) Q4 2015 Norfolk   born 1939

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