CORNELIUS HENRY BROWN
Born: 13th August 1902, Ipswich.
Died: 29th May 1947; age 44; died of Peritonitis (chronic low grade) and Appendicitis and Meckel’s diverticulum, at the Ipswich Borough Hospital, Ipswich.
Post Mortum.
Informant of the death – sister-in-law, Mrs. R. Woollard, of 30, Wells Street, Ipswich.
Residence: 44, Wells Street, Ipswich.
Occupation: Cinema Commissionaire.
Rank: Gunner; Service Number: 5822859.
Regiment: Royal Artillery, 30 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 120 Battery.
Grave Reference:
E.36.28.
Ipswich.
Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Lily Beatrice Brown, of Ipswich.
CENSUS
1911 31, Wells Street, Ipswich.
Cornelius was 9 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Robert Brown, 46, a Foundry Labourer, born Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Ann Maria Brown (nee Keys), 45, born Ipswich.
Lilian May Elizabeth Brown, born 20, Wells Street, Ipswich.
George Charles Brown, 7, born Ipswich.
Florence Ellen Brown, 4, born Ipswich.
Daniel Ford Winston Brown, 2, born Ipswich.
1921 31, Wells Street, Ipswich.
Cornelius was 19 years old and served in the 4th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment – Defence Force. He lived with his parents, siblings, and nephew.
Robert Brown, 59 years old, no occupation.
Ann Brown, 52 years old, Home Duties.
Edward Alexander Brown, 32 years old, served in the 4th Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment – Defence Force, born Ipswich.
Lily Brown, 21 years & 7 months old, a Leather Turner for Mr. Turner – Leather Manufacturer, of Princes Street, Ipswich.
George Brown, 17 years old, served in the Suffolk Royal Army Medical Corps – Defence Force.
Florence Brown, 13 years & 11 months old, at School.
Daniel Brown, 11 years & 10 months old, at School.
Rhoda Mary Brown, 10 years old, at School, born Ipswich.
Charles John Brown, 2 years & 1 months old, born 19th May 1919, at Heathfields, Woodbridge Road, Ipswich (mother Agnes Caroline Mary Brown, a general domestic servant, of 31, Wells Street).
Sister: Agnes Caroline Mary Brown, born 1895, Ipswich.
Brother: Robert Stanley Brown, born 1897, Ipswich.
Cornelius married Lily Beatrice Moyes born July 1903, Ipswich – daughter of Robert Moyes and Sarah Kate Moyes (nee Hart), of Ipswich.
Lily and Cornelius had five children:
Cornelius Walter John Brown, born July 1926, born Ipswich.
Lilian Rose Brown, born February 1928, Ipswich.
Sylvia V. Brown, born 1930, Ipswich.
Kathleen M. Brown, born 1931, Ipswich.
Patricia P. Brown, born 1935, Ipswich.
ENGLAND & WALES REGISTER 1939
Cornelius was a Pile Driver, Pipe Layer and General Labourer and a part-time Air Raid Precautions Warden at Argyle Street Depot. He lived with Lily and their children at their family home – 44, Wells Street, Ipswich. Cornelius’s brother was also staying with his brother.
Lily, unpaid Domestic Duties.
Cornelius, at School.
Lilian, at School.
Sylvia.
Kathleen.
Patricia.
George Brown, a General Labourer – Sewer Worker.
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