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Matthew Corcoran (Eddowes)

Matthew was born in June 1867 in Birkenhead and his baptism took place there on December 2nd, 1867.¹²

Birth Notes
- Name:    Matthew Eddowes
  Gender:    Male
  Record Type:    Christening (Baptism)
  Baptism Date:    2 Dec 1867
  Baptism Place:    Birkenhead Holy Trinity, Cheshire, England
  Residence Place:    Holy Trinity, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
  Father:    Matthew Eddowes
  Mother:    Mary Ann Eddowes
  
  Matthew was illegitimate. There were only three Matthew births registered in Birkenhead in 1867:
  
  Mar 1867   MCKEOWN     Matthew      Birkenhead     8a, 414
  Jun 1867   Corcoran     Matthew      Birkenhead     8a, 443
  Jun 1867   Mansell        Matthew John      Birkenhead     8a, 458

Matthew's father was Matthew Eddowes and his mother was Mary Ann Corcoran. His paternal grandparents were John Eddowes and Mary Whitfield. He was an only child. He died at the age of 53 in 1920.

General Notes
- Baptised Matthew Eddowes in Dec 1867, this is most probably Matthew Corcoran, an illegitimate son of Matthew Eddowes and Mary Ann Corcoran.
  
  In 1881, Matthew Corcoran (14) was in the Tranmere Schools workhouse.
  
  In 1897, Matthew Corcoran married Mary Ann Kelly
  
  In 1901, Matthew Corcoran (32, born Birkenhead) was a prisoner at Walton on the Hill, Liverpool.
  
  In 1911, Matthew a dock labourer and Mary Ann (48 & 54) had been married 14 years. Of their 6 children, only one survived.
  
  Matthew Corcoran died 1920, aged 56.

Occupation Details
- From 1911 Matthew's occupation was Dock Labourer in Birkenhead.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Eddowes
  - b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
  
  Elizabeth Jones
  - b.~  1770
  
  Matthew Eddowes
  - b.Mar 1847 in Wrexham d.09 Jul 1877 in Birkenhead
  
  John Whitfield
  - b.1769 in Is-y-Coed d.28 Nov 1852 in Wrexham
  
  Mary Whitfield
  - b.20 Aug 1804 in Gresford d.Oct 1868 in Birkenhead
  
  Thomas Tomlinson
  - b.~  1700
  
  Randle Tomlinson
  - b.1733 in Bangor-Is-coed (on-Dee) d.May 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Jane Rylance
  - b.~  1700
  
  Mary Tomlinson
  - b.09 Mar 1761 in Holt d.Jul 1842 in Gresford
  
  Anne Tinsley
  - b.1732 in Wrexham d.>  1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Matthew Corcoran (Eddowes)
  - b.Jun 1867 in Birkenhead d.1920
  
  Mary Ann Corcoran

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Matthew's family with Mary Ann Kelly (nee Entwistle)

¹ GRO Reference
² Cheshire Parish Records (1538-2000)