Corcoran Slaven Family
See family photograph
Timothy Corcoran, son of
Mathew
Corcoran and
Ann Kennedy,
was born
October 15, 1854 in
Illinois
and
died
May 10, 1929 in
Oberlin, Decatur County,
Kansas.
He married
Sarah Elizabeth Slaven on
January 14, 1886 in
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church,
Burlington,
Iowa. (See
marriage record).
Other Events in the Life of Timothy Corcoran (See also
obituary)
Occupations : Farmer
and gold miner/prospector.
Religion: Catholic
Residences: He was born in Illinois and moved to
Burlington, Iowa as a small boy. At age 16, he moved to
California where he was engaged in gold mining for 13 years.
He returned to Iowa where he married Elizabeth Slaven.
They lived in California for one year and then they moved to
Bassetville Township, Decatur County, Kansas where they
purchased farming land. In 1888, Timothy was on a business
trip to California when his son, John Edward died. The
family moved to Ourey, Colorado where Timothy engaged in mining
between about 1888 and 1892. According to a story passed
down through the family, Timothy staked claim to the Ruby Trust
mine only to have his claim jumped. After returning from
Ourey, he lived out
his life on the family farm in Decatur County, Kansas.
Land: Upon moving to Kansas, Timothy and Elizabeth
purchased initially 400 acres of land on January 14, 1887.
(See land purchase
agreement). By 1900, they owned 780 contiguous
acres of farm land in Bassetville Township (see township plat
map).
Burial :
Oberlin
Cemetery, Oberlin,
Decatur County, Kansas. (see
headstone)
Sarah Elizabeth Slaven, daughter of
James Slaven and
Hannah Thomas,
was born
March 28, 1863 in
Dodgeville, Des Moines,
Iowa
and died
August 13, 1932 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas.
Other events in the life of
Sarah Elizabeth Slaven (see
obituary)
Occupation:
House and farm wife.
Religion: Catholic
Burial:
Oberlin Cemetary, Decatur County, Kansas. (see
headstone)
Children of Timothy Corcoran and Elizabeth
Slaven
 Hanora
Anna
Corcoran
was born
on September 30, 1886 in California and died
September 7, 1958
in Arvada, Colorado. She married
John
Wesbter Bivans
on
May 5, 1908.
John Edward Corcoran
was born
on
December 27, 1887 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas and died on
June 8, 1888 in
Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas.
 Mary
Frances Corcoran
was born
on
August 20, 1889 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas and died
in October 1961. She married
Chester
"Chet" Hines on
April 18, 1917.
 Margaret "Maggie" Ellen Corcoran
was born
on
August 7, 1891 in
Colorado and died on July 26,
1966. She married Galen Nielsen on June
4, 1918.
 James
Mathew "Matt" Corcoran
was born
on
January 31, 1894 in
Decatur County, Kansas and died
in January 1968 in Denver, Colorado. He married
Margaret Lola Simmons on February 23, 1927. Matt
Corcoran served in WWI.
 Clarence
Valerian Corcoran
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.
 Charles
Emmett Corcoran
was born
on
January 31, 1898 in
Bassetville Township,
Decatur County,
Kansas
and died on
January 29, 1987 in
St. Joseph,
Missouri. He married
Alice Marie Murphy on
May 20, 1930 in St Patrick's Church, Tully,
Kansas. Emmett served in
the Army during WWI.
 William
Jefferson "Jeff" Corcoran
was born
on
November 3, 1899 in
Bassetville Township,
Decatur County,
Kansas and died on
December 5, 1988 in Colby,
Decatur County,
Kansas. He married
Helen F Traxler on
June 25, 1929 in
Selden,
Kansas. Their
son, Bruce Anthony Corcoran, was killed in action in Vietnam in
1967. (See
picture).
 Cleo Isabelle Corcoran
was born
on
March 2, 1907 in
Oberlin, Decatur County,
Kansas and died on
January 5, 1990 in Arvada, Colorado. She married
Sgt John William Wernette on July 6, 1943 in
Pyote,
Texas. She graduated from University of Nebraska in
1931. See
letter.
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