Together with his sister, Catherine Corvan, Philip presents as a ‘mystery sibling’ of the Corvan clan. Apart from a mention in his father’s will, I have not been able to find mention in any record about Philip Corvan.
A Philip Corvan of around the correct age emigrated from Ireland to the USA with his small children after he was widowed at a young age, but records have him coming from Armagh rather than the County Longford that was noted as Patrick Stephen Corvan’s birthplace in the 1871 census.Of course, Longford may not have been correct...it is the only time that a place nominated on a census as a Corvan birthplace is any more specific than 'Ireland'.
Still, the U.S. Philip is not out of the question just yet…I’ll keep him on file just in case!
Post script: August 21, 2009.
I have just realised that there were in fact TWO Philip Corvans in New York in the mid-1800s. The first to emigrate from Ireland arrived in New York in 1837 was named Philip James Corvan. He was born about 1815, and applied for Naturalization in the Court of Common Pleas on April 13,1837.
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