Subj: ABOUT OUR TALK ON THE PHONE Date: 5/31/2003 3:01:58 PM Central Standard Time From: <A HREF="mailto:RCorri8411">RCorri8411</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> HI JOY AND TOM---- HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I FORGOT TO ASK YOU AND OTHERS THAT MAY SHOW IF WE ARE RELATED------- MY DAD'S FIRST COUSIN WAS JAY LANDERS, WHO'S WIFE WAS KATE. THEY HAD 3 KIDS DON, BARBARA (IVERSON) AND JACK ( A BARBER IN EARLVILLE) I THINK BARB IS A BEAUTICAN IN PAWPAW AND DON DRIVES A TRUCK IN EITHER EARLVILLE OR MENDOTA. JAY'S PARENTS WERE JIM AND NELL (KELLY) AND LIVED ON A FARM WEST OF GRAND RIDGE. NELL WAS MY GRANDMOTHER (ANNA CORRIGAN'S) SISTER. HER HUSBAND WAS WILLIAM CORRIGAN. THEY HAD 8 CHILDREN, MY FATHER JOHN, WAS THE OLDEST OF THEM. MY MOTHER WAS JOSEPHINE (CORRIGAN)CORRIGAN FROM OTTAWA. YOU MENTIONED KNOWING BILLIE CORRIGAN FROM MENDOTA-----HE IS MY DAD'S NEPHEW. HIS PARENTS WERE BILL AND MONICA (LARKIN) CORRIGAN. MONICA'S PARENTS AND LATER HER BROTHER AND SISTER MOVED INTO THE FARM WE DISCUSSED BETWEEN PRAIRIE CENTER AND EARLVILLE, WHEN MY GRAND-PARENTS MOVED TO ANOTHER FARM NEAR ROLLO IN THE 1940'S. NELL LANDERS AND MY GRANDMOTHER HAD SEVERAL SISTERS---LIZZIE CANTLIN----- (HUSBAND WILLIE "BUCKY"CANTLIN) THEY WERE FARMERS SOUTH OF EARLVILLE----RUTH MURPHY (HUSBAND CHARLES "CHICK') THEY LIVED IN OTTAWA---MARY WINNIE NELSON WHO MARRIED (?) NELSON AND THEY LIVED IN LAWRENCEVILLE, ILL-----JODY PASSWATER(HUSBAND BERT ) THEY WERE FARMERS WEST OF GRAND RIDGE---AND A BROTHER JOHN KELL WHO LAST LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE OF OTTAWA. MY GRANDFATHER ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS JOSEPH P. CORRIGA WHO MARRIED MARGUIRITE BUTLER. THEY FIRST LIVED ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OTTAWA AND THEN AT 915 MULBERRY ST, OTTAWA. THEY HAD 12 CHILDREN, ALL DID VERY WELL WITH EDUCATION AND JOBS. ONE OF MY GRANDMOTHERS SISTER' MARRIED JOSEPH HUGHES, A FARMER NW OF OTTAWA. I AM NOT QUITE AS WELL VERSED ON HER SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE 2 OF HIS BROTHERS--(HE HAD 5) AND 0 SISTERS. I WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING MORE ABOUT YOUR FAMILIES AND HOW WE MAY BE RELATED. YOU MAY KNOW MAUREEN CORRIGAN FROM EARVILLE---SHE IS MY FATHER'S YOUNGEST BROTHER AMBROSE'S WIDOW. SHE WAS IN THE EARLVILLE LIBRARY FOR MANY YEARS. THEY HAVE SEVERAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PASS SOME NAMES ETC. BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHO WE MAY BE RELATED TO DICK CORRIGAN [email protected]