John Corlett MCNEIL
Birth:
10 Jan 1823
St Ann Parish, Douglas, Isle of Man, England
Chr:
1 Oct 1823
St Ann Parish, Douglas, Isle of Man, England
Death:
20 Aug 1909
Colonia, Morelos, Sonora, Mexico
Burial:
21 Aug 1909
Colonia, Morelos, Sonora, Mexico
Marriage:
9 Oct 1847
Malew, Isle of Man, England
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
Ancestral File, Version 4.19
John Corlett McNeil History, A Mormon Pioneer from the Isle of Man to St. Louis to Utah to Arizona to Mexico
Internet IGI , May 2008
John Corlett McNeil History, A Mormon Pioneer from the Isle of Man to St. Louis to Utah to Arizona to Mexico
Internet IGI , May 2008
Notes:
NAME:
John Corlett McKNEALE or McNEIL
NOTES:
1. At an early age, John became an apprentice to his Uncle, a shoemaker.
2. John had a desire to become a sailor, and at the age of fourteen, went to sea as a cabin boy.
3. John sailed the seas for eight years and at the age of 22 returned to the Isle of Man and took up the shoemaking business, giving private music lessons on the side.
4. In January of 1852 John, his wife Margaret and son John Edward with two of John Corlett's brothers, William and Richard, boarded a ship for Liverpool, England. They stayed in Liverpool for some time and then John, his wife and son boarded a ship named the Camillus to go to America.
5. John set up a shoe shop in St. Louis.
6. John and Mary Jane lived in Banum township, a suburb of St. Louis, where he made shoes and plated straw hats for plantation owners and for their slaves.
Margaret Jane CAVENDISH
Birth:
9 Jan 1827
Ballaugh, Isle of Man, England
Death:
27 Jun 1854
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Burial:
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Father:
Mother:
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
18 Dec 1848
Douglas, Isle of Man, England
Death:
4 Sep 1915
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Notes:
NOTES:
1. John and his father were both interested in medicine. John's father became known as "Doctor McNeil" and John as "Doctor John". They worked together helping the sick and needy. It has been said that no man was ever turned away from the McNeil home.
2. John Edward searved as Justice of the Peace for a time while living in Northern Arizona.
3. Directed the search for several months in Sonora and nearby states for Poncho Villa.
RESEARCH NOTE:
1. The birthplace of John Edward and Mary Emaline's children also listed as Colonia, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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John Corlett McNeil - Margaret Jane Cavendish
John Corlett McNeil
was born at St Ann Parish, Douglas, Isle of Man, England 10 Jan 1823.
His parents were William McKneale and Ann Corlett.
He married Margaret Jane Cavendish 9 Oct 1847 at Malew, Isle of Man, England . Margaret Jane Cavendish was born at Ballaugh, Isle of Man, England 9 Jan 1827 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
John Edward McNeil
born 18 Dec 1848.
John Corlett McNeil died 20 Aug 1909 at Colonia, Morelos, Sonora, Mexico .
Margaret Jane Cavendish died 27 Jun 1854 at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri .