OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - Know your Ohio: Manx Settlers of Ohio -- Article 12 *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 October 30, 2002. *********************************************** Historical Collections of Ohio And Then They Went West S. L. Kelly diaries Series of Articles by Darlene E. Kelley Manx Settlers of Ohio -- article 12 The continuation of the Manx Settlers in Ohio -- Article 12. NOTE** In previous articles I mentioned and printed a letter which appeared in the local newspapers written by Thomas Kelly. I must confess that these articles are two fold. First the interest of tracing my family ties and then second my fasination of the marvelous families whom contributed much to the growth of Ohio. Much has been written about the biographies of the Manx people of Ohio and valuable sources can be found at The Western Reserve Historical Society's Library and the Cleveland Public Library in Cleveland, Ohio. Because of the City's unique ethnic groups, Cleveland indeed, was the center of the Manx immigration in the U.S. [ On the 14th of March, 1975, the Isle of Mann issued 4 postage stamps to commemorate the settlement of Manx in the Western Reserve. ] Most of the Cleaveland Manx came from the Kirk Andreas section of the Isle of Mann located in the Irish sea. Dr. Harrison, a physician in the British army, had visited the Reserve, and after a visit to the Reserve, returned to the Isle of Mann, told his brother, Rev Harrison of the opportunity in Ohio for Manx farmers, many who had faced adverse conditions in agriculture and fishing, and who had resented class distinctions, welcomed this news. The Corlette family came to America and leased 50 acres of Newburg land from the Connecticut Land Co, and became succesful farmers and enthusiastically encouraged their fellow Manxmen to follow. My interest was with the Kelleys, Tears, and Kneens, who arrived in Cleveland and settled in the Newburg area near E. 93rd St. and Miles Ave, with each family purchasing a farm, establishing a settlement that drew further immigrants.** ********************************************************************************************** In Warrensville about 70 Manx families settled in the area, who were primarily farmers and also engaged in weaving, tanning, shoe making, chair making and button making. They had their own unique Gaelic language, which they used almost exclusively with each other and their own religious services. Eventually the growth of the Manx families and their descedants would grow to 3,000, and scattered through out Ohio. The first religious services in Manx were offered by Rev. Patrick Cannell, a Methodist preacher who came to Newburg in 1826 and held services in his own log house, and later in the log schoolhouse on the Corlette farm. This original schoolhouse was replaced in 1842 by the Manx St. Schoolhouse. which was located at Manx Ave ( Union ) and Rice ( E. 116th St. ) which in turn was replaced in 1871. Like other ethnic communities, they came to have a need for a mutual aid society, so a group of 21 Manxmen established the Mona's Relief Society in 1851. It was designed to provide temporary relief for those who needed emergency assistance. On December 7, 1899, a ladies auxiliary was organized. ( and by 1913, the group affiliated with the World Manx Society. ) Many local publications on individual families are as listed; Cannel Family; Memorial Record of Cuyahoga County -- Lewis Publishing -- 1894 Eli W. Cannell. Cleveland Its Aim; Progress, Perseverance and Public Spirit -- 1897 Eli W. Cannell. Pioneer Families of Cleveland -- 1918 Eli W. Cannell. A History of Cuyahoga County -- William R. Coates -- 1924 Cannell Family. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History-- Van Tassel & Grabowski -- 1987 Cleveland Manx History. Corlett Family; Memorial Record of Cuyahoga County-- Lewis Publishing -- 1894 C. Corlett. A History of Cleveland-- J.S. Clarke Publishing -- 1910 J. Corlett & C. Corlett. Pioneer Families of Cleveland -- 1918 William B. Corlett Family. Cleveland and its Environs --1918 Spencer Dudley Corlett. Representative Clevelanders -- 1927 Spencer Dudley Corlett. Kelly- Kneen- Teare Families; Pioneer Families of Cleveland -- 1918, Kelly- Kneen - Teare. Case Western Reserve University --1987 Grabowski. Cayahoga County Memorial -- 1894 A History of Cleveland -- 1910. Local Newspaper Archives -- reprints of Thomas Kelly's letters. Western Reserve Historical Society -- Manx World Society.-- ********************************************************************************************** Familiar Manx Names-- Callow, Caley, Callin, Cain, Chistian, Corlett, Corrin, Cowley, Cowell, Craine, Faragher, Garrett, Kaneen, Kennaugh, Kewley, Kerruish, Kissack, Kneale, Kneen, Kelly, Ouine, Quayle, Quilliam, Quiggin, Mylchreest, Shimmin, Quirk, Sayle, Qualtrough, Cally, Kelley, Mitchell, Cannell, Teare, Coates, and Gill. But no matter what the name is They shared a common birth For they came from the Island That was the grandest place on earth And like the cushags blooming in the fields, >From Rushen to Lezayre Those omipresent Manxman were blooming everywhere. **********************************************************************************************