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  • Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19150916-40-14
    Alfred Harpham Corlett (1890 - 1915)
    Rank: Private* Service No: 11/407* Date of Death: 08/08/1915* Age: 24* Regiment/Service: Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Panel Reference: 19. * Memorial: CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL* Additional In...
  • Alfred Corlett (1848 - 1932)
    In 1850, Alfred Corlett, along with his parents and siblings, arrived at Lyttelton on the Sir George Seymour , one of the First Four Ships to carry emigrants from England to the new colony of Canterbur...
  • Augusta Elizabeth Corlett (1834 - 1881)
    First burial in Tauranga Anglican Cemetery. Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Sep 23 2020, 6:26:59 UTC
  • Barbara Corlett (c.1609 - 1687)
    The widow Elizabeth Cutter, died in Jan. 1663-4, and her will was probated April 1, 1664. Having lived with her daughter for the last twenty years of her life, Elizabeth left all her estate to her daug...
  • Benjamin Corlett (1848 - 1928)
    Emigration : Sep 8 1850 - Plymouth Sound, England* Immigration : Aboard the Sir George Seymour - Dec 17 1850Benjamin Corlett arrived in Canterbury when he was six, with his parents Stephan (1805-1880),...

About the Corlett surname

Corlett is a surname of Manx origin. The name is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Thorliot, derived from an Old Norse personal name composed of two elements: the name Þórr and ljótr meaning "bright". Another opinion is that the Old Norse Þorliótr may mean "Thor-people". The name appears earliest in records as Corlett in 1504 and MacCorleot in 1511.

- Wikipedia, 31/08/11

See http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/LJOT for more possibilities regarding the 'ljótr' element.

At the time of writing, there are at least two genetic studies in progress to investigate Manx names, including Corlett. See http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/impact-of-diasporas/IsleofMan & http://www.manxdna.co.uk

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