John Corlett MCNEIL
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
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.
NOTES: 1. Mary Ann left England with her parents in the summer of 1856 on the ship "Wellfleet". 2. Known as "Hattie" and the trip west because she always wore a big straw hat.
BAPTISM: Rebaptized 25 Aug 1980 in the Salt Lake Temple.
NAME: Lillias or Lillian McNEIL
BIRTH: Birthplace also listed as Adair, Arizona.
BIRTH: Birthplace also listed as Adair, Arizona.
NAME: William "Willie" Smith McNEIL
RESEARCH NOTE: A death date needs to be found to determine whether or not Frederick died as a child.
He married Mary Ann Smith 12 Sep 1868 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Mary Ann Smith was born at Newton Heath, Lancashire, England 2 Jul 1853 daughter of William Smith and Mary Hibbert .
They were the parents of 14
children:
Sarah Alice McNeil
born 7 May 1870.
Daniel McNeil
born 2 Mar 1873.
Ephriam McNeil
born 2 Sep 1874.
Lillias M. McNeil
born 6 Mar 1876.
Hannah McNeil
born 18 Feb 1878.
Angus McNeil
born 6 Jul 1879.
Benjamin McNeil
born 16 Dec 1880.
Althera McNeil
born 22 Mar 1883.
James Hibbert McNeil
born 3 Apr 1885.
Jesse Smith McNeil
born 4 Nov 1887.
Annie Frances McNeil
born 25 Apr 1890.
William Smith McNeil
born 9 Aug 1892.
Frederick McNeil
born 25 Dec 1893.
Don Carlos McNeil
born 22 Feb 1896.
John Corlett McNeil died 20 Aug 1909 at Colonia, Morelos, Sonora, Mexico .
Mary Ann Smith died 30 May 1944 at Show Low, Navajo, Arizona .