Thanks so much for your very generous offer! It is through the kindness of people like you that I have found that my Corcorans came from Crossmolina Parish, Co. Mayo. Unfortunately, they started to immigrate to the Province of Quebec in Canada around 1817, and from there successive generations migrated to other parts of Canada and the US. Your records don't cover that period, but I will post what I do know in the hope that somebody from the same line might see it. I expect that some family members stayed behind in Ireland. In particular, there was a son named Matt who studied at Apothecary Hall and worked at a pharmacy in Castlebar in the early 1800s.
Several of my Corcorans worked for the Hudson Bay Company in Canada starting in 1817.
I have an unknown Corcoran male born around 1725. He had two sons, Edward and John. I believe that Edward immigrated to the US. John was born around 1755 and married Bridget Edwards. Their known children born in Ireland are:
Bridget, who married Walter Burke
Richard (b. 1775), who married Margaret Nash
James (b. 1778), who married Bridget (b. 1791). These are my GGGG Grandparents.
Patrick (b. 1787), who married Genvieve Gagnon in Canada
Elizabeth (b. 1788), who married Michael Rowan (b. 1778) - several children born in Ireland
John (b. 1791)
Thomas (b. 1794), who married Charlotte Sophia Sutherland (b. 1799) in Canada
Edward (b. 1799), who married Julia Cassidy (b. 1807) in Canada
James and Bridget had the following children born in Ireland:
Mary (b. 1808)
John (b. 1811)
Luke (b. 1812)
Elizabeth (b. 1817)
Bridget (b. 1825)
Successive children of James and Bridget were born in Canada - Annie, Marie and James.
Can anybody tell me what villages comprised Crossmolina Parish in the late 1700s?
I would love to hear from anybody connected to this family and would be happy to share any information that I have.
Nicole