And I was curious: was Mark's description on his WW1 US Reg card any resemblance too ?
Not so much to me, but certainly to Denis!
Mark's description from his registration card;
Height - Short
Build - Medium
Eyes - Light
Hair - Dark
His height is definately significant. When Denis joined the army in 1897, it is noted on his attestation papers that he had applied to join the regular army (earlier the same day) but was turned down because he was too short!!! His height was given as 5 foot 3 inches so they signed him up for the Militia and he spent the next 49 days in training, after which they 'allowed' him into the regulars and within a month he was on his way to the Boer war.
Other than his height, Denis is described as having;
Light grey eyes and dark brown hair. So a couple more similarities to Mark
The Corlis/Corless family are on my mums side (which is why she is so excited by the news), but the 'short' gene didn't come my way, I'm 6 foot 3!!
"....a death of Mary Corless at Garstang(Lancashire) aged 35 died Dec qtr 1885 Garstang 8e 458 ....
Wondered if this one ever checked or perhaps discounted for being the mother?
Thanks Ambly, I thought this sounded familiar, so I checked my records and I do have those details, but we didn't send off for the cert because without anything else to go on at the time it might have been someone else entirely. In light of all of the great stuff you guys have found, I now think that it's quite probable that this IS Mary. I'm definately going to persue the records from the Together Childrens Trust, if they are anything as detailed as the reports Migky got, then they should confirm Mary's death and possibly her address, and if it tally's up, I'll definately order the cert.
No sign of Migky yet, I'll leave it a couple of days and if I haven't heard from him, I'll drop him a PM.
Cheers,
Mick
