The Clohecy Sisters

My second great grandma, Corinne Caroline Clohecy Wise had three sisters, Olivia (Viv), Annie and Aimee. They were the children of Mark and Emma Clohecy. They lived in Louisiana and Georgia.

Olivia (Viv) Marie Clohecy was the eldest, born in 1883. She was a composer. Numerous newspapers wrote about her. She never married and moved to Georgia with her family. She and her sister Aimee lived together until her death in 1961. (All of the pics are also on ancestry.com)

 Corinne Caroline Clohecy was born on September 11,1887. The newspapers referred to her as "little." She loved to help out and create plays for the less fortunate. She married Daniel Wise in December 1908. They had three sons, Gerald (originally named Daniel, but was either kept or kidnapped by Aunts Olivia and Aimee for a while and his name got changed. He apparently hated the name, so everyone called him Gerry), Hilton and Daniel. She also adopted two boys, Robert and Glenn. She was loved by all, and died in Louisiana. Her relatives knew her as Mamaw. She died in 1972. 

Located in Louisiana

Corinne's Boys 

Wedding Certificate

With Gerry

Gerald and Hilton

With Glenn

In her wedding dress

Where they got married

Wedding Invite

Annie Marie Clohecy was born on February 12, 1889. I could not find much about her. She married in 1908 to a man named Leon Henry Barrere, and they had a son named Leon Gerald Clohecy Barrere in 1909 and a daughter, Leonie Corinne Barrere in 1911. Both were born in Texas. They then moved to Virginia, where Annie died in 1925 at age 37.

Aimee Loretta was the youngest, born in 1892 and she lived until 1980. She never married but was very active in the Catholic Faith. She was constantly raising money for the "Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home," located in Atlanta, Georgia. According to the website, "Founded in 1939, the Cancer Home is staffed by the Hawthorne Dominican Sisters, and is dedicated to the care of terminal cancer patients. The facility is open to those who cannot afford to pay for care, and most of the patients are not Catholic." It is still running today. Aimee designed the grotto there.

All of this is accesable on either ancestery.com, familysearch.com or newspapers.com. Please let me know if you have any additional information.