Ann Corvan was my great-great-great-great Grandmother, the wife of coal merchant Patrick Corvan.
She was born in c. 1782, place unknown, parents unknown! Her maiden name is even a mystery…the only references I have to her at all are in her husband’s will – where she is referred to only as ‘my dear wife’ – and her death certificate, which at least provides me with a Christian name!
Ann was the mother of four sons – John, Patrick, Phillip and Anthony – and four daughters- Ann, Mary Louise, Catherine and Rosa. She survived her husband by five years, living with her children at 15 Buckeridge Street, St. Giles, Bloomsbury, Middlesex. It was from this address that her daughter, Ann Corvan, left to be married in 1841. In 1844, son John was still living there prior to his marriage, so 15 Buckeridge Street remained the Corvan residence for some years after Ann’s death.The family in fact most likley remained in their Buckeridge Street house until the entire street was demolished in 1847 to make way for New Oxford Street.
Ann Corvan died at the age of 57 years, on December 14, 1839, and her cause of death was given as ‘decline’. Her son John was present at the time of her death, and was the informant on her death certificate.
She was born in c. 1782, place unknown, parents unknown! Her maiden name is even a mystery…the only references I have to her at all are in her husband’s will – where she is referred to only as ‘my dear wife’ – and her death certificate, which at least provides me with a Christian name!
Ann was the mother of four sons – John, Patrick, Phillip and Anthony – and four daughters- Ann, Mary Louise, Catherine and Rosa. She survived her husband by five years, living with her children at 15 Buckeridge Street, St. Giles, Bloomsbury, Middlesex. It was from this address that her daughter, Ann Corvan, left to be married in 1841. In 1844, son John was still living there prior to his marriage, so 15 Buckeridge Street remained the Corvan residence for some years after Ann’s death.The family in fact most likley remained in their Buckeridge Street house until the entire street was demolished in 1847 to make way for New Oxford Street.
Ann Corvan died at the age of 57 years, on December 14, 1839, and her cause of death was given as ‘decline’. Her son John was present at the time of her death, and was the informant on her death certificate.
Above: Page from the burial registers of the parish of St. Giles In The Fields showing Ann Corvan's burial at the very bottom of the page.
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