William MCKNEALE
Internet IGI 2005, December
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.
He married Ann Corlett 22 May 1820 at St Ann Parish, Douglas, Isle of Man, England . Ann Corlett was born at Ballaugh, Isle of Man, England 19 Jul 1797 daughter of William Corlett and Jane Kewish .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Jane Eleanor McNeil
christened 28 Feb 1821.
John Corlett McNeil
born 10 Jan 1823.
William McNeil
born 16 Jan 1825.
Richard McNeil
born 22 Nov 1827.
Jane McNeil
born 30 Nov 1829.
Harriet McNeil
born 16 Apr 1833.
Annie McNeil
born 19 Oct 1838.
William McKneale died Oct 1861 at St. Ann Parish, Douglas, Isle of Man, England .
Ann Corlett died Feb 1872 at St. Ann Parish, Douglas, Isle of Man, England .