Corel Cousins

Since I have been researching my McGee/McGhee line this week, I thought I would continue with the McGee’s today on Tombstone Tuesday.  Those of you who have been to the old section of the Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, should recognize the McGee monument.  I remember that when I was quite young, [...]

This past week I have been working on the last family to marry the children of William and Rebecca Oney Corel, the McGhee/McGee family.  The father of the three children who married three Corel siblings was James Joseph McGhee, born October 28, 1796 in Treanamullin, Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland to Margaret Stewart and Thomas M’Ghee.  [...]

I want to wish a Happy Birthday to Nancy “Nannie” Maryland Corel LaHay Dobbins!  Today marks the 175 anniversary of her birth.  She was a very remarkable woman who lived through much in her life.
In less than 10 years, Nannie Corel LaHay had gone from living as a minor to being a married woman and [...]

James Henry Corel was born on June 3, 1865 to Susannah Clay McGee and James Pickens Corel in Wakarusa Township, Douglas County, Kansas.  He was the fifth child, but the first born son.
In April of 1892, James Henry, along with a group  of others from Lawrence, Kansas, had traveled by spring wagon to the Oklahoma [...]

A new meme has started for the GeneaBloggers (genealogy bloggers) that is called Madness Monday.  Madness  Monday is the brilliant idea of Amy Crooks of Untangled Family Roots to blog about our elusive brick walls.
This would not necessarily be my first choice for my first brick wall to blog about, but the timing is [...]