After the Civil War Jacob Cornelius married Maria Augusta Payne whom everyone called Gussie. This occurred on May 19th 1866. Maria was the only child of William and Keturah [Tillotson] Payne. She was born in Huntington, Suffolk, New York on March 22nd in 1844. Jacob and Maria later move to West Haven, Connecticut and took up residency at 432 Campbell Avenue [see STAR left]. We are told that Jacob owned a restaurant in the area but we're not quite sure where it was located. Jacob and Maria had six children, three girls and three boys.
The Baribaults lived in a large old Victorian house at 209 Chapel Street which is located in the Fair Haven section of New Haven [see STAR left]. The land was original purchased from Yale College on May 6th 1875 by Jules Joseph Baribault. He was the one who built the house on the property but, regrettably, it no longer exists.
George Edward Cornelius Jnr would later marry Barbara Pricilla Baribault. The marriage took place at the Catholic Church of St. Rosa on Blathcley Avenue in the Fair Haven section of New Haven on October 4th 1947. About six years later, or in 1954, the Cornelius family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. At first they lived in a small trailer park but after a few years they bought a house located at 1405 50th Avenue North. [see STAR left], pictured below.
