Looking for My Corcoran Ancestor's Information

Hello, Kim,

I'm new to this website, so I wasn't able to respond to you earlier.  I am the descendent of Corcorans from County Laois.  My ancestors were from the townland of Crissard in County Laois (formerly County Queens), which is a short distance north/northwest of Wolfhill and just northeast of Swan.  My great grandfather, William Corcoran (circa 1828 -1904), is the Corcoran who emigrated to the U.S. from which I am descended.  He had five siblings, one of whom, Margaret Corcoran Knowles, also emigrated to the U.S. around the same time as William (1850/1851).  I haven't been able to determine if they came over together, or if their other siblings also emigrated to the U.S. 

Margaret Corcoran married Dennis Knowles, also of Crissard, in 1847.  They already had two children when they emigrated.  Unfortunately, both children died in New York City within six months of their arrival there.  Other siblings of William and Margaret included Francis Corcoran, Mary Corcoran, Honora Corcoran and Patrick Corcoran, born between 1824 and 1846.  Their parents were James Corcoran and Margaret Conlon, who were married in Crissard in February 1823.   

As with your John Corcoran, my great-grandfather and great aunt both also ended up in upstate New York, in the town of Beekmantown, Clinton County, about five miles north of Plattsburgh.  My grandfather, the son of William Corcoran, was also a John Corcoran.  My brother is John Corcoran, too.  Grandfather John was born in Beekmantown in 1877 and lived there his entire life, until he died in 1953.

It doesn't appear that our Corcorans are from the same immediate family, but I suppose it's possible they were more distantly related.  There were a number of Corcorans throughout County Laois during the 1800s, and the first half of the19th century in particular.  

If you learn of more relatives from County Laois, please share with me and I'll let you know if I've come across their names, or if by a stroke of good fortune, they are in both of our family trees.

Kevin Corcoran 

I have a Patrick Corcoran from ??? Laois.  1811-1864 He married Margaret Ramsbottom in 1/7/1838 in Stradbally

They had 6They had 6 children mostly born in Dublin . They immigrated to Salford (Manchester)around the mid 1850s

see my blog Robyn and the Genies or my Ancestry tree for more information

Hello, Kim.  Have you tried getting a copy of John Corcoran's Death Certificate?  Most municipalities in New York State were issuing death certificates by the year that John died (1893).  I would think that Buffalo would have been in compliance with the law about issuing death certificates earlier than most New York State municipalities, being a large city with resources and staff (I assume John died in the city of Buffalo?).  Death Certificates ask for the decedant's parents' names.  If the informant/witness was a family member, he/she may very well have provided John's parents' names.  Personally, I've had good luck with Death Certificates advancing my tree.   

I don't understand the following in your post...  "but I do have a census from April 2 ,1911 that he resided there."  Is "he" John?  Didn't he die in 1893?  And what census are you referring to?  There was no U.S. Census or New York State Census in 1911. 

Kevin Corcoran