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« on: Saturday 12 November 11 10:44 GMT (UK) »
Hi there,
My apologies for taking a while to acknowledge your chat but there has been a lot going on in my family, including the sudden death of my mother-in-law.
I knew Robert Corrie had a daughter Mita, I think from his second marriage. Robert and his second wife and two of their children drowned in 1915 between Tarawa and Maiana Islands, a trip he had no doubt done hundreds of times before. His daughter Agnes (from Robert's first marriage) indicated this in an article she wrote for a Pacific Islands magazine.
I know very little of the children of the 2nd marriage, other than their names, although I did meet a descendant of one of Robert's daughters when she visited Sydney earlier this year.
Alexander and Benjamin Corrie were two of Robert's sons from his first marriage and some of their descendants are living in Queensland now and I have met them.
I would certainly be interested in any information your Mom can give me regarding Robert Corrie's children. Do you know the names of the ones who drowned with him?
I have tried to find a Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Tarawa without success, but I am sure there must be records of some sort kept there.
Perhaps there is a Corrie family member in Kiribati who is interested in the family history?
Cheers,
Dunscore