Cornelie Booth
Cornelie Ida Ernestine Schoch Booth (October 13, 1864 – May 31, 1920) was a Dutch hymnwriter and Salvation Army officer. She was the wife of Herbert Booth, son of the founders of the Salvation Army.
Cornelie Booth | |
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| Born | October 13, 1864 's-Hertogenbosch |
| Died | May 31, 1920 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Hymnwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Herbert Booth |
| Family | Celestine Oliphant |
Cornelie Schoch was born on October 13, 1864 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, the daughter of Carl Ferdinand Schoch, a Dutch colonel who previously served in the Swiss Army, and Henriette Cornelia Wilhelmina de Ravallet, the daughter of French Huguenots.[1][2] On September 18, 1890 at Clapton, she married Herbert Booth.[3] She accompanied and assisted Herbert Booth at his postings as a Salvation Army commandant in Canada from 1892 to 1895 and Australia from 1895 to 1901. They resigned from the Army in 1902.[3][4]
Cornelie Booth wrote a number of hymns, including "A Perfect Trust" and "Have You Heard the Angels Singing?", which appeared in the Song Book of the Salvation Army.[5]
References
- https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/111841430
- Ottman, Ford Cyrinde (1928). Herbert Booth: A Biography. Doubleday, Doran & Company.
- Howe, Renate, "Herbert Henry Booth (1862–1926)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-06-18
- Howe, Renate (December 1970). "'Five Conquering Years'. The Leadership of Commandant and Mrs H. Booth of the Salvation Army in Victoria, 1896 to 1901". Journal of Religious History. 6 (2): 177–197. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9809.1970.tb00560.x. ISSN 0022-4227.
- Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1984). Women composers and hymnists : a concise biographical dictionary. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1680-0.