The document traces the genealogy of the Corrigan family from their origins in Ireland in the 1800s to present day. It follows several branches of the family tree including William Corrigan who emigrated to New York and later moved to Chicago to work in construction. It also traces a parallel branch back to May, a slave in the 1800s who later became a maid for William Corrigan and conceived a child with him, establishing another line of the family tree. The document ends noting the family connections between various characters in the story including Amy, who was adopted by a member of the Corrigan family and is distantly related to other characters.

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2. The Corrigans
set out from
Ireland to New
York.
Mariane
Corrigan is
pregnant.

3. Mariane and J. Corrigan’s son William is born.
J. Corrigan goes to work on a construction site to be able to
afford a physician’s office.

4. Meanwhile:
Amy’s great-great-
great-grandfather is
shipped to America
and then sold at a
slave market.

5. Amy’s great-great-grandparents meet and conceive a child.
They will call her May.

6. After many years, J. Corrigan opens his physician’s office.
His son later enlists to fight in the American Civil War (1861-65).

7. After having lost a
finger during the
battle of Shiloh,
Tennessee, in 1862,
William returns
home to New York to
learn that his father
died.

8. After having worked for some years as a builder, William learns
of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. He moves there with his
mother.
“Much Irish Labor Needed, Especially Those Forced Into
Caring For Their Aging, Widowed Mothers”

9. William establishes his own firm,
“Corrigan and Co.
Builders and Glaziers”

10. William’s business makes
him wealthy.
He starts to sleep with
many women.
One day, he conceives
James Reed Corrigan and
has to marry the expecting
mother.
He brings his new bride
home to his and his
mother’s house.

11. William realises that they need more room.
He decides to build a two-level house.

12. William spends all of his
savings on the new
house.
During labour, James R.
Corrigan’s mother dies.

13. James R. Corrigan grows up in Chicago and experiences the
Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, where his father William leaves
him.

14. After living in an orphanage, James R. Corrigan is deployed to
Panama (1901- ). (Educated guess)

15. James R. Corrigan finds a wife. He fathers James William Corrigan.
While James William is a little kid, his mother dies in a car crash.

16. James William
marries for the
first time.
They conceive
Jimmy Corrigan,
who then enters
the story.
For a while, they
bring Jimmy up
together.

17. But Jimmy’s parents separate.
Jimmy’s mom is his only parent from then on.

18. Jimmy grows
up in Chicago
and gets a place
of his own.

19. Jimmy collects Superman comics.
He puts them in 3 mil Poly Bags.
He opens a box containing
Superman comics from issue 315
onwards, puts the comic into the
box, and closes the box again.
Jimmy crosses the comic off in his
checklist.

20. Meanwhile, around the 1870’s
and 1880’s, May grows up.
Then she becomes the maid of
William and James Corrigan.

21. William
Corrigan
and May
conceive a girl.

22. William Corrigan and May’s daughter grows up, marries, and
conceives a boy.

23. William Corrigan and May’s grandson marries and conceives a
girl. He dies in World War II.

24. William Corrigan and May’s great-granddaughter gets pregnant
with Amy in 1964. Upon birth, Amy is put up for adoption.

25. Amy is adopted by James William Corrigan and his second wife.
J.W.C. and Amy are to each other first cousins twice removed.
Jimmy C. and Amy are to each other second cousins once removed.