Stella Elizabeth Corby1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16898, (abt 1860 - 1896)
FatherFrancis Marian Corby4,5,6 (abt 1832 - 27 Jan 1879)
MotherEmily Chemill4,7,8 (abt 1837 - 6 May 1900)

Key Events:

Birth: about Apr 1860, Carthage, Illinois9,10,11
Marriage: 25 Feb 1885, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, Rivers McNeill (12 Nov 1858 - 12 Oct 1918)12,13
Death: 19 Oct 1896, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois14,15,16
Burial: 21 Oct 1896, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois17,18,19
ChartsDescendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
Descendants of David Dutt/Toot

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Narrative:

     Stella Elizabeth Corby was born about Apr 1860 in Carthage, Illinois.9,10,11
     She appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Carthage, Hancock Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Francis Marian Corby and Emily Chemill.20
     She moved to Chicago with her parents before 1870. She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.21
     Her father died on 27 Jan 1879, when Stella was about 19 years old.22
     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in the household of her mother.7
     Stella married Rivers McNeill, son of Thomas Henry McNeill and Rebecca Ann Tuck, on 25 Feb 1885 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.12,13
     Stella and Rivers settled in the 12th ward of Chicago after their marriage, at 118 S. Oakley Ave..23,24
     Stella died on 19 Oct 1896 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.14,15,16 She was buried on 21 Oct 1896 in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, in her husband's lot.17,18,19

Children:
     Children with Rivers McNeill:

Citations

  1. [S9332] Frank M. Corby household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hancock Co., Illinois, shows name as Stella Corby.
  2. [S9324] Francis Corby household, 1870 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows name as Stella Corby.
  3. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Stella Elizabeth McNeil.
  4. [S9332] Frank M. Corby household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hancock Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S9324] Francis Corby household, 1870 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S3374] Boddie and Boddie, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 138, shows father as Ralph Corby.
  7. [S9326] Emily Corby household, 1880 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  8. [S3374] Boddie and Boddie, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 138.
  9. [S9332] Frank M. Corby household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hancock Co., Illinois, shows age 2/12 and state.
  10. [S4935] "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," FamilySearch.org, record for Rivers Mcneill and Stella E. Corby, citing no. 37, shows age 24 at marriage 25 Feb 1885, city, as Chicago, county, as Cook, and state.
  11. [S9327] Stella Crosby McNeill obituary, The Daily Inter Ocean, shows year, town, and state.
  12. [S4935] "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," FamilySearch.org, record for Rivers Mcneill and Stella E. Corby, citing no. 37, shows date, city, county, and state.
  13. [S3374] Boddie and Boddie, Boddie and Allied Families, pg 138, shows year.
  14. [S9029] Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for Stella E McNeill, shows date.
  15. [S8966] Illinois State Archives, Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916, online, record for McNeil, Stella E, citing cert. no. 14226, shows date and county.
  16. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Stella Elizabeth McNeil, shows date, city, county, and state.
  17. [S9327] Stella Crosby McNeill obituary, The Daily Inter Ocean, shows yesterday, and cemetery.
  18. [S9029] Graceland Cemetery and Arboretum, online burial records, record for Stella E McNeill, shows lot and date.
  19. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Stella Elizabeth McNeil, shows date, as 19th, and cemetery.
  20. [S9332] Frank M. Corby household, 1860 U.S. Census, Hancock Co., Illinois.
  21. [S9324] Francis Corby household, 1870 U.S. Census, Cook Co., Illinois.
  22. [S4937] "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1959-1995," FamilySearch.org, record for Francis Marian Corby, shows date, county, and state.
  23. [S9370] Rivers McNeill, "Autobiography of Rivers McNeill", pg 1.
  24. [S9001] The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1887, pg 1020, shows address.
  25. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Malcom R. McNeill, Soc. Sec. No. 346-10-4141.
  26. [S8718] Biographical Cyclopedia of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pg 243.
  27. [S1389] Anderson, "Re: Rivers McNeill," e-mail to author, 3 Apr 2008.