Hi Richard,
I've been trying to tie up some loose ends, and wondered whether you have checked the death cert of Richard Corlett 1 (grandfather) for his date of birth to make sure it coincides with the one found, which was 21 Dec.1879? And you were also going to check his birth cert, when returned from your daughter, for any other information given.
Other loose ends were the marriage and children of Philip Corlett and Ann Skinner, the parents of (gt grandfather) Thomas Corlett from whom descended the Hinstridge blind basket weaver and John Stephen Mantova b.9 Oct 1895, the son of John William Mantova & Annie Quinney, who was "nephew" in 1911 in Thomas Corlett's household.
Marriage [IGI]
name: Philip Corlett
event: Marriage
event date: 14 Nov 1840
event place: Patrick, Isle of Man
gender: Male
marital status: Single
father: Phil Corlett
spouse: Anne Skinner
spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's father: John Skinner
digital folder number: 004494342
So Anne's father was John Skinner, and Philip's father was Phil Corlett.
Parents Philip Corlett & Ann Skinner [IGI]:
name: Hesther Corlett
event: Christening
event date: 24 Jan 1841
event place: Patrick, Isle of Man
gender: Female
father: Philip Corlett
mother: Anne Skinner
digital folder number: 004494187
name: John Corlett
event: Christening
event date: 1843
event place: Patrick, Isle of Man
gender: Male
father: Philip Corlett
mother: Anne Skinner
digital folder number: 004494187
name: Philip Corlett
event: Christening
event date: 02 Feb 1845
event place: Patrick, Isle of Man
gender: Male
father: Philip Corlett
mother: Ann Skinner
digital folder number: 004494187
Ann Corlett
event: Christening
event date: 03 Mar 1847
event place: Patrick, Isle of Man
gender: Female
father: Philip Corlett
mother: Ann Skinner
digital folder number: 004494187
This was the Ann Corlett who Frances pointed out married John Quinney. Their daughter Annie Quinney married (1894) Stephen Mantova. Their son [John] Stephen was given as "nephew" to Thomas Corlett in 1911, but was actually his gt nephew (his sister Ann's grandson).
The other loose end was how Richard (1) was a nephew of Emily Hinstridge, and where the connection was with the blind basket weaver, because it seems improbable that he would be connected to a different Hinstridge family?
You wrote “Grandfather Richard Corlett was, I am told, the father of the Blind Basket Weaver of Castletown a Mr Hinstridge, through his relationship with his aunt's daughter”. And later wrote “The first marriage, according to Philip Corlett in Cairbre, produced Philip and Richard (I), and the second John, Tom, Steve and Eva - it was Eva’s daughter who gave birth to Hinstridge by Richard (I)”.
If your second statement is correct, Eva’s daughter was Richard (1)’s half-niece – Eva was his half-sister, not his aunt. Both Richard (b.1879) and Eva/Elizabeth/Bessie (b.1888) were children of Thomas Corlett 1856-1917. For the child to be Hinstridge, not Corlett, Eva/Elizabeth/Bessie (b.1888) must have married Hinstridge.
And who was Eva/Elizabeth/Bessie’s daughter? And when was the basket weaver born?
Frances wrote that the Hinstridge basket weaver was Stanley as per 1968 tel directory.
The only Stanley [M] Henstridge I found was born in Wiltshire in 1921.
The IGI has:
name: Thomas William Cartwright
event: Marriage
event date: 11 May 1924
event place: Douglas(St George's), Isle of Man
gender: Male
marital status: Single
father: Daniel Cartwright
spouse: Elizabeth Eva Hinstridge [Is this “Elizabeth Daughter Single F 17 1894 Servant Domestic b.Stratford on Avon in 1911 with mother Emily?]
spouse's marital status: Single
spouse's father: William James Hinstridge
digital folder number: 004499427
Was Elizabeth Eva Hinstridge the daughter of Eva Elizabeth Corlett, and did EEC marry William James Hinstridge?
And where does Richard (1) Corlett’s Aunt Emily Hinstridge b.c.1864 in Foxdale fit into all this? [1911 census]
Having looked for William James Hinstridge in the 1911 census I think he was the missing husband of Emily whose children were born in Stratford.
HINSTRIDGE, William James, Inmate, Married, M, 58, 1853, Formerly General Labourer, b.London Poplar. He was an Inmate at Stratford On Avon Union Workhouse And Infirmary.
Could your informant Philip Corlett in Cairbre have got his Eva Elizabeth/ Elizabeth Evas muddled up? It would make far more sense if Richard (1)’s cousin Elizabeth Eva Hinstridge, who was living in the same household as he was in 1911, was the mother of his illegitimate son the basket weaver.
Someone with a faster computer than I have might be able to find who Emily Hinstridge was, to make her Richard (1)’s aunt (1911 census transcript in my message 3/10/2012).
Sue