(Researched and compiled by Margery Corthell Campbell)
Paternal Grandparents of Michael Scott Corthell:
John
Everett Corthell and Alice Caroline Rogers
This
is a picture of a young John that I never knew. It was probably taken
around the time of his first marriage. .
John
was born May 3, 1883 at Norwell, Massachusetts to Everett Eaton and
Emma (Weston) Corthell. He was the oldest of
their three children.
1
Birth Certificate,
Town of Norwell, Massachusetts, issued July 28, 1995 by Asst. Town
Clerk, Margaret M. Tobin, Volume 2, page 29, Line 13.(His father
listed as butcher ,place of birth South Scituate, MA and mother Emma
L Weston born Marshfield, MA. ) Date recorded was January 1, 1884.
2
Birth Certificate,
Town of Norwell, Massachusetts, Signed by Joseph F. Merritt Town
Clerk, written August 24, 1933.
3
Certificate of
Marriage, Quincy, Massachusetts, No. 263, November 3, 1910,signed by
Edwin N. Hardy Clergyman-residence 15 Foster St.(John Everett
Corthell to Alice Caroline Rogers. Father of John listed as Everett
E. Corthell and mother, Emma L. Weston. Parents of Alice listed as
Clarence A. Rogers and Edith A. Riley. It was a first marriage for
both parties. John’s occupation listed as Chauffer, and the
residence as 18, Washington St., Quincy, MA. )
4
John Rogers of
Marshfield and some of his descendants, Josiah H. Drummond, Published
by Rhoda B. Ellis, West Hanover, Massachusetts, Smith and Sales,
Printers, Portland,Maine,1898, page158.
5
Vital Records of
Massachusetts 1841-1910,from New England Historical and Genealogical
web site newenglandancestors.org) births 1886,volume 367, page
291,(no image available).
6
Mass Vital Records
to 1910, Births Volume 123, page 231,#502,City of Lynn, MA ,E.A.
Ingals, Clerk year 1859.
7
John Rogers of
Marshfield and some of his descendants, Josiah H. Drummond, published
by Rhoda B. Ellis, West Hanover, Massachusetts, Smith and Sale,
Printers, 1898, Portland, Maine page 136.
8Family
bible, in the hands of great grandson James Corthell, 58 O’Connell
Rd, Colchester, Ct. 06415 (2004).
9
NEHGS,(newenglandancestors.org),Vital
Records of Massachusetts 1841-1910,Volume 415,Page 297, line
18,Danvers, 1890. Ephraim H. Riley and Martha Ellen Ridley, his
second marriage and her first.
10
NEHGS website
(newenglandancestors.org,) Vital Records of Massachusetts 1841to
1910, Lynn, Volume 10, page 118.
11
Massacusetts Vital
Record ,1911-1915,(From original records held by the Mass Historical
Archives. Online database:NewEnglandAncestors.org., New England
Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston,MA 2008. Vol. 600, page
111.
12
Social Security
Death Index, # 560-01-1209.
He
married twice. The first marriage was to Alice Caroline Rogers,
daughter of Clarence Abel and Edith Augusta (Riley) Rogers. John and
Alice were married November 1910, Quincy, Massachusetts.3
She
was born May 26, 1886 in Lynn, Massachusetts.4
5 So
he was 27 and she was 24 when they married.
Her
father Clarence was born in Lynn, May 20, 1859, the son of Henry
Warren Rogers and Caroline Augusta Bates.6
This
family goes back to the first John Rogers in Marshfield,
Massachusetts. 7
They
were married June 8, 1881.Her mother, Edith A Riley, was born in
Bridgton, Maine, August 13, 1859, the daughter of Ephraim Henry, born
October 16, 1836 and Sophia Jewett (Bangs) Riley.8
Ephraim
married a second wife Martha Ellen Ridley, May 29, 1890 in Danvers
9She
was born in Danvers, January 30, 1845, daughter of Amos and Tabitha
Ridley. His parents listed as William and Elizabeth (Kelley) Riley.
He is listed as born in Baldwin, Maine. 10
John
and Alice had two sons:
.
1.
John (Jack) Rogers Corthell was born December 15, 1911, Quincy,
Massachusetts.11
He
died December 8, 1974, age 62, La Crescenta, California. 12He
married January 27, 1935; Helen Tozier (?her second marriage) in
Salem N.H. Helen . 3
3
was
the daughter of Clyde M. Tozier and Ethel B. Ward born January 27,
1913, 13Haverhill,
Essex, MA. 14Jack
and Helen had two children.
13
Certificate of
Marriage, Town of Georgetown, MA listed birth as Plaistow, N.H.
(could be born as listed in Haverhill, as my birth in Haverhill, is
listed as both that and Georgetown, MA. )
14
Certificate of
Marriage, Town of Georgetown, attested to by Kenneth
B.-?Owens---------.Town Clerk , Feb. 1993.
15
Letter from her son
,Michael, dated Jan 29, 2008 ,sent to me.
16
Letters at various
times from Michael Corthell, in my possession.
17
Birth Certificate
Town of Georgetown, volume 4, page 45,number 17,by Town Clerk,
William Meader,
18
Certificate of
Birth, Town of Groveland, Massachusetts, 1921,volume 1918-1947,page
4, No.22.
1.
Shelia Ann Corthell, born October 15, 1937 who married Thomas Kerr,
June of 1956.
2.
Gerald Rogers Corthell, born February 21, 1942.His first wife’s
name is unknown to me, but I do know they had two children: Jennifer
and Jeff. Gerry’s second wife is Suzanna Gonzales. They live in
California.
Jack
married his second wife Betty Jean Oliver Putnam, born September 3,
1926 in Danvers, Ma, daughter of Ralph Scott Putnam and Audrey
Goodrich. They married April 8, 1950 in Glendale, California. They
had a son, Michael Scott Corthell born December 10, 1952 in
Pasedena.CA. Betty died January 22, 2005, N.H. 15 Age 78
Michael
Scott first married before 1978 to Sharron Dorethy Gerace and
divorced March of 1983 in Exeter, N.H. She was born July 6, 1954 in
Fitchburg, MA. They had one son.
1.
Michael Ryan, born Newburyport, Massachusetts, September 23, 1980 at
Anna Jasques Hospital. Christened December 1980 in St. James,
Amesbury, MA.
Michael
Sr. married secondly Ann Logan November 25, 1993
1.
Taylor Kathleen January 16, 1993 Boston,
2.
Matthew Scott January 16, 1993 both twins died the same day.
3.
Michael Scott Corthell Jr., born March 7, 1994 Exeter, N.H. death the
same day.
4.
Harrison Edward born February 14, 1995, Boston, Massachusetts
5.
Mitchell Scott born February 14, 1995, Boston, Massachusetts.