William James Corr - I1455 - Individual Information

William James Corr ‏(I1455)‏

Given Names: William James
Surname: Corr

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 3 November 1860

25 Dunmanway, Co. Cork, Ireland
Death: 16 May 1940 ‏(Age 79)‏ Juneau, Wisconsin

Personal Facts and Details

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Birth	3 November 1860 21 25 Dunmanway, Co. Cork, Ireland
Marriage	Anna Snider Brown MD - 16 April 1890 ‏(Age 29)‏
Death	16 May 1940 ‏(Age 79)‏ Juneau, Wisconsin
Last Change	15 January 2014 - 18:50:48 - by: pcassidy

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Parents Family (F514)
Father	John Thomas Corr 1839 - 1898
Mother	Rebekah Howes 1835 - 1913
Brother	George Corr -
Sister	Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Corr -
Sister	Rebekah Ann "Nan" Corr -
Sister	Margaret Jemima Corr 1859 -
	William James Corr 1860 - 1940
Brother	John Thomas Corr 1870 - 1940
Sister	Kezia Corr 1872 -
Sister	Lucy Corr 1878 -

Immediate Family (F515)
Wife	Anna Snider Brown MD 1863 - 1927
Son	Edwin James Corr 1893 - 1893
Son	John Wilfred Corr 1895 - 1969
Daughter	Alice Ruth Corr 1897 - 1960
Son	Paul Benjamin Corr 1899 -
Son	William Philip Corr 1900 -

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Nancy Burleson has a lot of interesting information on the Corr family members. She said he was a Methodist minister who emigrated to the U.S. and pastored several churches in Illinois and Wisconsin until his death in 1940. He wrote the following in 1933:

"My grandmother's name on the Corr side was Jemima Cassidy. Her folks lived in Inver, County Donegal about five miles or more Northwest from Donegal. On her side of the family were Morrows, Stuarts and other ancient Protestant families, mostly farmers. Among these were strong friendships and family ties running back several generations and the Episcopal church because of their attitude on fashionable amusement and their insistence on conversion, most Methodists are not satisfied with the formal religious life which had no objection to drinking, gambling, fox hunting and made no effort to convert the individual. The Methodists looked for conversions and were insistent on Godly living and a development in Christian character. They were to be "epistles known and read by all men" "a peculiar people zealous of good works." I cannot remember when my grandmother died but my grandfather lived with my uncle James Dunlop Corr when he died in 1872 in Donegal Town. He was buried in the ancient graveyard of Killemard between the town of Donegal and Mountcharles next to an ancient wall beside the seashore. I believe this was the ancient burying ground of the family and that possibly the records of Killemard Parish might still show names of other members of the family. Probably my grandmother sleeps there, thoug I have no recollection of the location of her grave."

Nancy Burleson said she found this cemetery which is now designated by a small sign on the road to Mountcharles that simply says "Edrim Cemetery". Although I could not find my great great grandparents' graves ‏(probably covered by the thick ivy and vegetation along the wall)‏, I saw headstones with Morrow and Stuart there.

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