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John Joseph Corless

Place of Death Kendal Green Hospital of Bronte Cottages Cowan Bridge Leck Lancashire Date of Birth: July 16, 1953

Biography

Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): John Joseph Corless

 

Gender: Male

Date and Place of Birth: 1892, Tunstall, Lancashire

Date and Place of Death:  16th July 1953, Kendal Green Hospital, of Bronte Cottages, Cowan Bridge, Leck, Lancashire

Nationality: British

 

Childhood: He was the 3rd of 4 children. Mother died when he was young.

Parents: Thomas and Mary Margaret

Parent’s occupations: General labourer

 

Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K

 

Occupation: Gardener

 

Place of residence at Gretna: N/K

 

Job title at Gretna: N/K

 

Marital status: N/K

 

Children: N/K

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John Joseph Corless was born in 1892 in Tunstall, Lancashire to Thomas and Mary Margaret

 

1901- living at Overtown, Burrow, Leck, Lancaster. Father a widowed general labourer. John the 3rd of 4 children.

 

1911 – at Skelton Castle Gardens, Skelton, Cleveland employed as a gardener

 

WW1 – employed at Gretna

 

1921 – John, Isabella and Thomas Alan are on the record at Kirk Andrews Nether (Longtown), Cumberland. John an ex Gretna worker

 

16th July 1953 – died at Kendal Green Hospital. Usual address Bronte Cottages, Cowan Bridge, Near Lancaster

 

 

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