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Be very sure you are following the correct Robert Corlett. It is a very common name.

Findagrave.com Deselm Cemetery, Kankakee County, Illinois, gives Robert Corlett born 1834 Maughold, Isle of Man, died in Kankakee County, Illinois, 1910. Spouse Harriet Catherine Rainford, 1845 – _____. Children Thomas Arthur Corlett 1865-1943, Catherine Corlett Wilcox 1867-1922, Elsirsa Jane Corlett Spratt 1872-1962, Louis Corlett 1889-1965.

There is a family tree on Ancestry.com which gives Robert Corlett, born 20 Feb 1834, died in Illinois 29 April 1910, married, in Kankakee, 14 November 1863 to Harriet Catherine Rainford 1845-1933. His parents are given as Robert Corlett born Andreas,1811-died Lancashire, Eng, 1890 and Ann Southward, daughter of Matthias Southward and Ann Morrison, born German,. 1813- died Lonan 1889. Children are Arthur Thomas Corlett, Catherine “Kate” Corlett, Elsissa Jane Corlett.