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John Corbett (1817-1901)
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Corbet/t Index John Corbett was born at Delph, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire on 12 June 1817. He was the eldest child in the family of 6 sons and one daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Cole) Corbett. John, the eldest; Mary Anne born 1819, who married Thomas Milward in 1837 (7 children); Joseph born 1822, hotel keeper, who married Jane McDougall about 1843 and probably had 13 or 14 children and emigrated to Australia in 1858; William born 1824, died in infancy, Henry born 1826, tobacconist and coal merchant, married and had 5 children; David born 1830, one child and Thomas born 1833 and died unmarried in 1906 and was buried in the grave next to his elder brother, John. Joseph, the father, originated (born: 1797) from Ludlow, Shropshire where he was a farmer. (Nothing has been discovered about this family at that place and time.) He and Hannah married at Halesowen, Worcestershire on 13 April 1817. On migrating to Staffordshire he became a carrier of goods and merchandise by canal boat and owned land in both Shropshire and Worcestershire. John attended Mr Gurney's school at Brierley Hill as a child and from the age of ten helped on his father's boats until he was 23. At the age of 14 he skippered a barge to London. | |
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