About Cornelia Frances Jefferson
Lived 1796 – 1848 (aged 52). Cornelia Frances Jefferson was an American singer.
Cornelia Frances Jefferson (née Cornelia Frances Thomas; 1 October 1796 in New York – 24 October 1848 in Philadelphia) was an early-American singer and prolific comic actress. She was known widely in her younger years as Mrs. Burke, which was the surname from her first marriage to Thomas Burke.
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Who was Cornelia Frances Jefferson?
American singer and actress (1796-1848)
When was Cornelia Frances Jefferson born?
Cornelia Frances Jefferson was born on 1 October 1796.
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Cornelia Frances Jefferson died on 24 October 1848.
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Cornelia Frances Jefferson was a singer.
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Cornelia Frances Jefferson was American.
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