Gertrude Cornelison

   Another name for Gertrude was Gertie Cornelison.

   FamilySearch ID: LDYB-V8C.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Providence Township, Rowan, NC. ¹ The 1880 census recorded Edward Cornelison, farmer, 33, living with wife Sarah, 23; Florence, 5; Girtie, 3; and Seymore, 1 month. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1900 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. ² The 1900 census recorded Ed Cornelison, farmer, 51, born Nov 1848, living with his wife he married 3 years earlier: Minnie, 32, Sep 1867. (Note: After James Edward Cornelison's first wife, Sarah Beeker, died about 1893-95, James married her brother William Henry Beeker'widow, Minnie Russell.)
In 1900 living with James and Minnie were Sarah's children: Florence, 23, Nov 1876; Gertrude, 21, Mar 1879; John, 19, Mar 1881; Curtis, Jun 1884, 16, Charley Beeker, Nov 1887, 12; Ella Beeker, Mar 1890, 10. Also children born of William and Minnie: Cora L. Beeker, Apr 1892, 8; and Satie (Sarah) Beeker, 6, July 1893. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. The census columns for Minnie show she had given birth to 6 children, all alive in 1900.