Re: Gentleman Jim Corbet Irish Am. Boxer
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Gentleman Jim Corbet Irish Am. Boxer
1/20/99
My paternal Great-grandmother was Gentleman Jim's 1st cousin.Her name was Esther Marie Corbett, and she married John Hale.We know that they lived in Ontario, around Ottawa, when my grandfather Ralph Hale was born. John Hale came from the New York area, but may have come from England origninally.Esther Corbett came from the U.S. somewhere and her family from Ireland.
According to my info on Gentleman Jim:Born James Joseph Corbett, Sept.01/1866, in San Fransisco, educated at Sacred Heart College. Died in 1933, and buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York. His wife's name was Vera; I have no other info on her.