Cornelie Ida Ernestine Schoch Booth (13 October 1864 – 31 May 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
Born13 October 1864 Edit this on Wikidata
's-Hertogenbosch Edit this on Wikidata
Died31 May 1920 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 55)
OccupationHymnwriter Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Herbert Booth Edit this on Wikidata
FamilyCelestine Oliphant Edit this on Wikidata

Cornelie Schoch was born on 13 October 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 18 September 1890, in 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

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  1. ^ https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/111841430
  2. ^ Ottman, Ford Cyrinde (1928). Herbert Booth: A Biography. Doubleday, Doran & Company.
  3. ^ a b Howe, Renate, "Herbert Henry Booth (1862–1926)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-06-18
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.