Corcoran Hanchett Family
Clarence Valerian Corcoran, son of
Timothy Corcoran and
Sarah Elizabeth Slaven,
was born
December 15, 1895 in
Decatur County, Kansas and
died
January 3, 1964 in
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
He married
Wilna Florence Hanchett on
September 23, 1924 in Decatur County, Kansas.
(see
license and
photograph)
Other Events in the Life of Clarence Corcoran (See also
obituary)
Other
Spouses:
Beulah Fae Scherich, married
on
February 12, 1937.
Occupations :
Farmer and clerk for
Sante Fe Railroad. In the 1940 census
he indicated he completed two years of college.
Religion: Catholic
Description:
At 46 years of age, Clarence was 5' 6", weighed 135 lbs, had blue eyes,
gray hair and a ruddy complexion.
Residences: He was born and raised on the Corcoran family
farm southwest of Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas.
Clarence and Wilna lived on a farm in Bassetville Township,
Decatur County until Wilna's death in 1932. (see
1930 census). In 1935, Clarence and Virgil were living
in rural Decatur County, KS. Beulah Scherich was also
living in rural Decatur County, KS in 1935. In 1940 and 1942,
Clarence and Beulah resided in Boone County, Arkansas and lived
in a rural area farming rented land. In
1943, Clarence and Beulah moved to Wichita, Kansas.
Burial :
Calvary Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Wilna Hanchett, daughter of
Charles Wilbur Hanchett and
Ann Eliza Medearis,
was born
June 3, 1897 in
Kansas and died
September 28, 1932 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas.
Other events in the life of Wilna Florence Hanchett (see
obituary)
Occupation:
House and farm wife.
Religion: Christian
Burial:
Oberlin Cemetary, Decatur County, Kansas. (see
headstone)
Children of Clarence Corcoran and Wilna
Hanchett
Gladys and Eva were raised by their aunt and
uncle, Anna and John Bivans (see their
family page)
William Harold Corcoran
was born in April 1925 and died in April 1925.
 Virgil Dale Corcoran
was born
April 12, 1927 in Bassetville Township, Decatur County, Kansas and died
on February 2, 1992 in Snohomish
County, Washington. He married
Lorraine "Shirley"
Ann Russell on December 25, 1959.
 Gladys Elizabeth Corcoran
was born
in
January 11, 1929 in
Bassetville, Decatur County, Kansas and died on
August 17, 2006 in Antioch, California.
After the death of her mother, she and Eva were raised by her
aunt, Anna (Corcoran) and John Bivans. She married
Henry Joseph "Hank" Madden
on January 22, 1949.
 Eva
Marie Corcoran
was born
on
November 27, 1930 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas and died
February 23, 1973 in Denver, Colorado.
(See John Bivans and Anna Corcoran family sheet). She married
David James McGee on July 27, 1948 in Denver,
Colorado. (Originally, named Eva Eliza after her maternal
Grandmother, Eva officially changed her middle name to Marie as
an adult.)
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