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Family Name

LE CORNU, John

Middle Name(s) if any

 

Date of Birth

25/06/1842

Place of Birth

Jersey Channel Islands

Date of Death

21/07/1923

Place of Death

 

Place of Burial

Walkerville Methodist Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

1874; Stratton Audley

Lived in Prospect (dates)

 

Addresses in Prospect

Church St, Little Adelaide

 

33 Highbury St, Little Adelaide

In February 1879, Hermann Wilke sold his block of land at 33 Highbury Street, Little Adelaide to John Le Cornu.

The land measured 49' by 100' and consisted of lot 78 and a very narrow strip of lot 77.

John had a six-roomed house built on this site. It was completed later that year.

John and Jane named their home Verclut House after Jane’s home in Jersey.

 

Addresses outside City of Prospect

Margaret St Nth Adelaide

 

Malvern, Victoria (to live with his daughter Eva)

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Philip(pe) and Marguerite Douce nee Marett

Spouse(s)

1) Mary Elizabeth nee Le Blancq

2) Jane Elizabeth (nee Filleul)

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

1) 1860

2) 1869

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

1) St Saviour, Jersey

2) St Lawrence, Jersey

Children

1)

John (1861-1948)

Mary Jane (1863-64)

Philip Wesley (1863-1939)

Mary and Philip were twins.

Lizzie Ann (1866-1946) - married name Beauchamp

 

2)

Alfred Filleul (1871-1922)

Eva Jane (1873-1947) - married name McLeod

Herbert (1877-1877)

Occupation(s)

Shipwright; farmer; carpenter; agent; District Clerk

Interests

 

Religion/Churches

Wesleyan

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Second District Clerk of DC Prospect. Served from 1879 - until 1921.

Sources of information

BISA; Gayler; Lamshed

Principal Researcher(s)

Michele Gayler

 

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