Family of James Corcoran
I am searching for information on the family and history of my great grandfather. His name was James W CORCORAN born in Pennsylvania in 1877. He married June OLIVER on 10 Nov 1899, in Logan, Iowa. I have no further information on June OLIVER or their marriage. Not sure if the marriage was anulled, they divorced or if June died. On 25 Oct 1905 James W CORCORAN married Sophie Auguste Louise ZELL (31 Dec 1886-23 Jun 1961) in Bremer County? Iowa. They had 2 children, William Carl Corcoran (Volker) 17 Feb 1906-4 aug 1994, and James August Corcoran (Volker) 13 Oct 1908- 27 Nov 2005.The children were later adopted by Sophie's second husband Frederick W VOLKER. On the marriage license James' parents are listed as James CORCORAN and Clarrisa Belle Cornish. I have been able to trace Clarissa's line but have been unable to find anything out about my Corcoran heritage. James W CORCORAN died in Omaha,Nebraska on 15 Sep 1914 from possible suicide. I have a few pdf files about his death from the Omaha papers at the time but none of those help in tracing his family. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Does is list where in Pa he came from? My "Corcoran" side came from Delaware County (in Pa) town called Eddystone. - Steve Corcoran
All that I have Is a Pennsylvania birth. I’ll access some other records and look into it further in case I missed something, but as of right now just Pennsylvania