Jane Corrie

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Corrie was born on 21 May 1881, in Seaton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Corrie, was 43 and her mother, Ann Cooper, was 37. She married Andrew Sergeant McNeil on 3 August 1900, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1939.

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Andrew Sergeant McNeil
1875–1959
Jane Corrie
1881–
Marriage: 3 August 1900

Sources (4)

  • Jane McNeil in household of Andrew Sergeant McNeil, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane Corrie - birth: about 1881; Seaton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
  • Jane McNeil in household of Andrew S McNeil, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"

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World Events (8)

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1896 · Palm House Opens

In 1896, the Palm House opened. It was designed by Mackenzie and Moncur of Edinburgh. It was designed in the tradition of Joseph Paxton's glass houses and originally had a rich collection of exotic plants.

1914

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from any of the places in Arran, Dumfries, and elsewhere, named Corrie, from Gaelic coire ‘cauldron’, applied to a circular hanging valley on a mountain. The Corrie family, on record from the late 12th cent., were tenants of the Bruce lordship of Annandale in the Middle Ages.

Scottish: shortened form of McCorry ‘son of Godfrey’. See also Curry , McGorry .

English and Scottish: topographic name denoting someone who lived ‘(at the) shepherd's hut’, Middle English cori. Alternatively, a variant of Currey .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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