The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-02
YOUR FIRST NAME
Hts Origin and the Famous Folk Who Have Borne 1t

. translated German hymns and poetry
and collected her "reminiscences in the
| FORM OF a journal before she died in
1851
The New Testament centurion. Corne-
| Illus. earliest Gentle Christian. am
Saint Cornelius, pope or bishop OF Rome
! In the years 25l and 80 A. D., made
Cornelius a popular name In Europe
| Little Is known of the Biblical Cornelius
| and the pOpe's reign was short, anc
filled with theological discussions. but hi.
martyrdom made him a hero i'm the early
! church.
In the seventeenth century two men OF
the name gained fame in Ireland-Cor-
| nelius. or Common Mcguire. and Conner
MahOney, called Cornelius SanctO Pa
tricio.
The latter was an Irish Jesuit priest
born In Cork some time before the year
1850 He wrote 4 book. which was print
60 at Lisbon. which claimed that the
kings of England had no right in Ire
land and that Ireland should be for the
Irish alone. The book was burned by
the common hangman wherever 1t was
found, and II was a crime to possess II.
but for all that Connor's idea Of Irish
home-rule lived on.
Cornelius Mcguire. born in 1916. who be-
cause of his fathers loyal adherence to
tHt f-HeIlsll CEONH. was Dol oi
Fermanagh in 1884. forgot his fathers
yalty. and. like Common Mahoney. con-
ceived the idea of uniting Ireland against
England So when the English We're
busy in Scotland. he called upon Ireland
to rise and he only escaped death. when
he was captured. by admitting his crime
He was taken to the tower of London,
and later to the ''noisome prison of New
gate" where he was for some time kept
,,-,tk ha ave
even a penny 20 buy food Later he was
sent back to the tower. and was al
lowed seven shillings a week. for food.
Still later he was condemned and put TO
death
Cornelius Vanderbilt III. has kept the
mama to the front in America in recent
years In the Vanderbilt family the
name is an old one dating from the
day when the VandeAilts lived in Hol-
land. There it was the surname OF the
second wife Of Jan. the first Vanderbilt
on record. 1t was Cornelius l.. born in
1874 the Commodore" who established
the Vanderbilt family on the road to
prosperity. He was a boy without
schooling. but from his childhood he
saw the best side of every bargain. At
sixteen he began his active business Ca
reer. when he saved enough money to
buy a small boat in which he carried the
produce OF MS 1atneE Long lSldnu gar
den to market in New York. and SO laid
the foundation for the great family for
tune.
Other famous American men Of the
name are Cornelius n. Bliss. who was
Secretary of the Interior in McKinley's
ca binet: Cornelius Van Colt. born in
ISIS. postmaster of New York during
Harrisons administrations: Cornelius X.
Garrison, born in 1909. who began work
as a poor boy of thirteen. later served
as mayor OF San Francisco gratutousIy.
giving his salary to the city's orphan
asylums, and who still later established
the New York and Brazil steamship
line. the only one then on the Atlantic
Ocean flying the American flag, and Cor
nelius Tyler Longstreet born at Oman
daga, New York, In 1874 who made a
large fortune because he was the first
man to ship ready-made clothing to
California and other Western States.
Cornelius comes, probably. from cornu
belli. in Latin, meaning war horn, and
hence signifies power or kingship The
name was applied to one of the most
famiies-the one to which
Cornelia belOnged-in ancient Rome.
Cornelius is especially popular in HoI-
land. where it has the contraction, Noll,
nellie, KEGS, Knelis. with Corneia, Keetje
or Kee for the feminine forms Corney
of the name.
and Connor are popular Irish equivalents
Copyright by Frances MarshaIn