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She was definitely adopted by the Corcorans, as was known in the family and backed up by the census and her marriage certificate having John Corcoran as her adopted father. It was know that they couldnt have children and that was probably why they adopted her and also as has been mentioned above ado...

As I don’t have any details on her birth parents so I don’t know if she was born into a Catholic family but the Corcorans brought her up as a Catholic. She did marry William Fletcher in 1916 and she did die in 1948 aged 52. I did send for a copy of the marriage cert and it has John Corcoran as the f...

Hi

thanks for the suggestions, I have looked at the Maritime Archives and Library sheets and also been in contact with Liverpool University Archives, but they hold nothing that is likely to be of interest.

many thanks
bev

Hi I am trying to find the birth parents of Marie Irene Corcoran born 1896 approx. I have been told that her mother died in childbirth and shortly afterwards her father was killed in an accident in the docks at Liverpool (I don't know if this means several months or several years) . I was told that ...