Minerva Mabee [32616] ¹²⁰⁷

   Other names for Minerva were Minnie and Corless.

  General Notes:

From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.

  Noted events in her life were:

• No Name, 1871, Houghton Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ¹²⁰⁹ Minerva Mabee appeared on the census of 1871 in the household
of William Pickney Mabee and Mary Sinclair Houghton Township,
Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

• No Name, 1881, Houghton, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. ¹²¹¹ Minerva Mabee appeared on the census of 1881 in the household
of William Pickney Mabee and Mary Sinclair Houghton, Norfolk
County, Ontario, Canada

• No Name, 1901, South Dorchester, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. ²⁸¹⁷ Minerva Mabee and George Bradford Corless appeared on the
census of 1901 South Dorchester, Middlesex County, Ontario,
CanadaCorless, George B Head Oct 26 1858 Ontario
Corless, Minnie Wife June 25 1868 Ontario
Corless, Alfa M Daughter Apr 4 1884 Ontario
Corless, Fermi Cora Daughter Aug 25 1887 Ontario
Corless, Maggie M Daughter Nov 25 1890 Ontario
Corless Dell J Son Feb 22 1894 Ontario
Corless, Gladys M Daughter June 17 1898 Ontario
Corless ? Daughter Mar 25 1900 Ontario -

• No Name, 22 Apr 1954, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. ¹²¹⁵ 22 Apr 1954 Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada PFP
obituary read: Mrs. George Bradford Corless died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Albert McBeth, 199 Whiting St., Monday
morning. She was in her 87th year. Mrs. Corless had been in
failing health for a number of years and seriously ill for the
past 10 weeks. The former Mary Mabee, she was born in Houghton
[township], and had lived in the Aylmer district until coming
to Ingersoll last January. Mrs. Corless was a member of the
Aylmer United Church, and an active member of the Women's
Institute and Ladies Aid of that church. Her husband
predeceased her in 1917. Surviving are one son, Dell J.
Corless, Flint, Michigan; five daughters, Mrs. George McQuiggan
[Fern], Toronto; Mrs. Albert McBeth [Maggie], Ingersoll; Mrs.
Karl Rindlehardt [Gladys], Detroit; Mrs. Ervin Roy [Norma],
Lincoln Park, Michigan; Mrs. Roy Brittin [Edna], Windsor; one
brother, James Mabee , Straffordville, 26 grandchildren and 39
great-gran! dchildren. The funeral was held from the Walker
Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Frank
Swackhammer, of Temple Baptist Church, Toronto, officiated and
interment was at the Dorchester Union Cemetery. Casket bearers
were: Donald McBeth, Max and Gerry McQuiggan, Walter and Ronald
Rindlehardt and Grant Roy, all grandsons. The funeral was
largely attended and there were numerous floral tributes

• Obituary, 22 Apr 1954, Ingersoll, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. ¹²¹⁵ Mrs. George Bradford Corless died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Albert McBeth, 199 Whiting St., Monday morning. She was in
her 87th year. Mrs. Corless had been in failing health for a
number of years and seriously ill for the past 10 weeks. The
former Mary Mabee, she was born in Houghton [township], and had
lived in the Aylmer district until coming to Ingersoll last
January. Mrs. Corless was a member of the Aylmer United Church,
and an active member of the Women's Institute and Ladies Aid of
that church. Her husband predeceased her in 1917. Surviving are
one son, Dell J. Corless, Flint, Michigan; five daughters, Mrs.
George McQuiggan [Fern], Toronto; Mrs. Albert McBeth [Maggie],
Ingersoll; Mrs. Karl Rindlehardt [Gladys], Detroit; Mrs. Ervin
Roy [Norma], Lincoln Park, Michigan; Mrs. Roy Brittin [Edna],
Windsor; one brother, James Mabee , Straffordville, 26
grandchildren and 39 great-gran! dchildren. The funeral was
held from the Walker Funeral Home, Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Rev. Frank Swackhammer, of Temple Baptist Church,
Toronto, officiated and interment was at the Dorchester Union
Cemetery. Casket bearers were: Donald McBeth, Max and Gerry
McQuiggan, Walter and Ronald Rindlehardt and Grant Roy, all
grandsons. The funeral was largely attended and there were
numerous floral tributes

Minerva married George Bradford Corless [32615] [MRIN: 551607510] on 25 Dec 1889 in Tillsonburg, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada ¹²⁰⁷.^,6741 (George Bradford Corless [32615] was born on 26 Oct 1858 in Ontario, Canada ¹⁶³⁹ and died in 1917 ⁶⁷⁴².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 1901, South Dorchester, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. ²⁸¹⁷ Corless, George B Head Oct 26 1858 Ontario
Corless, Minnie Wife June 25 1868 Ontario
Corless, Alfa M Daughter Apr 4 1884 Ontario
Corless, Fermi Cora Daughter Aug 25 1887 Ontario
Corless, Maggie M Daughter Nov 25 1890 Ontario
Corless Dell J Son Feb 22 1894 Ontario
Corless, Gladys M Daughter June 17 1898 Ontario
Corless ? Daughter Mar 25 1900 Ontario -

  Marriage Notes:

Minnie Mabee of Houghton married George B. Corless of South
Dorchester