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'''James Corcoran''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73797898/james-corcoran 1821-1894]), born in Ireland, came to California in 1849, and to Santa Cruz County in the 1850s. With his gold-mining earnings, he bought farmland near the coastal estuary now known as [[Corcoran Lagoon]]. His wife Mary (also Ireland-born) and their six children are all buried in the same cemetery plot. Only two of the six children died in Santa Cruz. | '''James Corcoran''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73797898/james-corcoran 1821-1894]), born in Ireland, came to California in 1849, and to Santa Cruz County in the 1850s. With his gold-mining earnings, he bought farmland near the coastal estuary now known as [[Corcoran Lagoon]]. His wife Mary (also Ireland-born) and their six children are all buried in the same cemetery plot. Only two of the six children died in Santa Cruz. A drawing of the Corcoran farm appears in Elliott. A brief biography by Phil Reader appears in History Journal Issue 4, in [[The Missing Pioneers (1998 article)|"The Missing Pioneers"]]. | ||
James does not appear to be related to [[Corcoran, Thomas|Thomas Corcoran]]. | James does not appear to be related to [[Corcoran, Thomas|Thomas Corcoran]]. | ||
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[[Category:Group-Irish]] | [[Category:Group-Irish]] | ||
[[Category:Holy Cross Cemetery]] | [[Category:Holy Cross Cemetery]] | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 26 October 2023
James Corcoran (1821-1894), born in Ireland, came to California in 1849, and to Santa Cruz County in the 1850s. With his gold-mining earnings, he bought farmland near the coastal estuary now known as Corcoran Lagoon. His wife Mary (also Ireland-born) and their six children are all buried in the same cemetery plot. Only two of the six children died in Santa Cruz. A drawing of the Corcoran farm appears in Elliott. A brief biography by Phil Reader appears in History Journal Issue 4, in "The Missing Pioneers".
James does not appear to be related to Thomas Corcoran.