Hi Carol,

Thanks for the superb detail on the Corrins in Chicago. I usually get an alert email when there is a response, but occasionally it does not work, and this time it did not, and I also look at the general thread regularly to see if there is anything of relevance, and somehow it escaped, but Sue checked if I had seen it, and it is really great.

LILY makes perfect sense, as my mother remembered one of the aunts who visited on the first homecoming as Aunt Lily. She also had the story that both aunts had married German immigrants to the States, and Schmandt certainly sounds Germanic.From what she said I do not think that either husband came with the aunts and if Fredk Schmandt died in 1924 that all fits.

As to the other Aunt who came during the first homecoming, I cant recall her name, as Aunt Lily was the one Mum spoke about. I think she was the one who stuck in her mind the most.

The names of Charlotte Chapman Corrin's four children are most interesting, Douglas, Alfred, Mona and Harold. Douglas and Mona have a decided Manx ring to them. Harold is after Harold Towers, on Douglas Head, which is where the family lived prior to going to the States, and her sister, Christiana Frances, ie my mother's mother, named her second son Harold, so they must have had happy memories of those days. Finally there is Alfred, which also appears on our side of the family.
Henry Corrin and Charlotte Chapman (m 1830 at Arbory) had 3 stillbirths and 6 live children, of whom Henry WIlliam Corrin was one. The next boy was ALFRED.

Henry WiIlliam Corrin and Mary Ann Joughin's daughter Christiana had 3 sons and my mother. The sons were John Powell, Harold Christian Joughin and Alfred Greetham Brown, so Alfred is another family name.

"Our" Harold dropped Christian Joughin be deed poll and took Chapman instead.

Only two sisters went on the first homecoming, but was that 1927 or 1928 ? I dont know, but it was in the summer, and the Douglas Cable cars were still running, as Mum went up to Douglas to meet her aunts, and had a ride on the cable cars which were on their last legs, closing in Aug 1929. It was a sad ride, as a little dog darted between the wheels and was run over.

DO you know if any lists of the participants of the Homecoming exist ?

Also do you have any idea where Mary Ann is buried.

I have not had much success there, but it is a matter of familiarity or a lack of familiarity with records in different places.

Another peculiarity that defies explanation is that there is some association with the American Civil War, as there was a flag in a clothes hamper which had the 1861/65 Union star pattern on it. There was also a CSA $10 bill, and both survive, but sadly there was also a uniform but that does not exist. SOme member of the family had to have served in the civil war, and as Henry WIlliam married in May 1862 and had children in March 1863 and July 1865, it is hardly likely to be him.

His brothers were John (1831) Alfred (1839) and Thomas (1850- so too late). ALfred joined the 36th Regt and was sent out to India in 1864, dying at Lucknow, so he can also be ruled out, which would only leave John.

Once again, many many thanks.

Robert