Rosa Corvan was the sister of my great-great grandfather, Anthony Corvan. She was born in London in c. 1825, the daughter of coal merchant Patrick Corvan.
Rosa was married at the age of 23 years to an Irish printer, Edward Corish, who was a year older than her. They were wed in the St. Aloysius Chapel, in the district of St. Pancras, London, on Wednesday, August 2, 1848, witnessed by Rosa’s brother, John Corvan of 1 Stanhope Terrace, and Garrett French, of 60 Worship Street, London.
The 1851 P.O. directory has the following entry:
“ 60 Worship Street: ‘Baker & Basket’, Garrett French”
I presume the ‘Baker & Basket’ is the name of a public house or inn.
In 1865 another directory showed “The Baker & Basket Public House at 60 Worship Street, E.C. (prop. G. French)”.
At the time of her marriage, Rosa had been living at 1 Stanhope Terrace, St. Pancras, which was the same address given by her brother. Her husband was residing at 13 St. Johns Square, Clerkenwell, and it was noted that his father Peter Corish was a mercantile clerk.
From the ‘London Times’ newspaper:
MARRIAGES: On the 3rd inst., at the Catholic Chapel, Clarendon Square, Somerstown, by the Reverend A.E.McClean, Mr. Edward Corish, of Dublin, to Rose, the youngest daughter of the late Mr. P. Corvan of Bloomsbury.”
Not much has been found as yet about Rosa and Edward Corish. For years I couldn't locate them in the 1851 census, then tonight looked up Edward Corish in the 1852 London Post Office Directory....
"Edward Corish, Lord Wellington P.H, 5 & 6 Baalzephon Street,Bermondsey."
From here I did a Google search on "Baalzephon Street", and found a reference to a Thomas Horder who lived at 30 Baalzephon Street in the 1851 census. Using Ancestry.com.au, I found Thomas Horder in the 1851 census, then just wandered down his street until I found Edward and R. Corish,with "Corish" looking for all the world like 'Parish' written underneath the original name which has been incorrectly written and then scribbled out.No wonder I couldn't find them!
(The 'Duke of Wellington' was a Public House)
In the 1861 census, Rosa and Edward are living at No 2 Grosvenor Park North, Lambeth. Their details were as follows:
Edward Corish/ head/ 36/ licensed victualler/ b Ireland
Rosa Corvan/ wife/ 30/ b London.
The 1871 Census has them living at 102 Lancaster Rd, Kensington . Edward Corish, 48, is noted as being the Irish-born head of the household. His occupation is "house property ???". His wife, 41 year old Rosa Corish, was stated as having been born at Bloomsbury, Middlesex. Also living with them was a 19 year old London-born servant girl, Margaret Dillon.
They appear in the 1881 census as the only people living at 131 Ladbroke Grove Road, London. Edward was noted as being a retired licensed victualler, aged 56, who was born in Ireland.
Rosa was born in Bloomsbury, London, and was aged 52 according to the enumerator, although I think she snuck a couple of years off her age!
Rosa Corvan Corish survived her husband by three years. Edward Corish died in the December ¼ of 1881, and the index gives his birth year as c. 1824. His death was registered in the Kensington district.
Rosa Corish died in the September ¼ of 1884, and her death was registered in the Pancras district. Her age at death was given as 54 years, suggesting a birth year of 1830.
There is no suggestion that Rosa bore Edward any children.
There was another Corish family who I am sure was related to Edward Corish. Richard Corish was born in Wexford, Ireland, in c.1826-29. He was also a licensed victualler, like Edward, and he and his wife Catherine(or 'Kate') had three children named Edward William(born Surrey in 1862); Catherine Mary(Kate) born in Surrey in 1865 and Rosa Mary born Surrey 1867.
In the 1871 census, the family was at 7 St. Andrews Hill, St Ann Blackfriars, London. Richard was a 42 year old licensed victualler, his wife Kate was 33, and his children aged 8,5 and 4 respectively.
Catherine Corish died in Chelsea in 1879. In the 1881 census, her widower husband Richard was the licensed victualler at the 'Man In The Moon' Public House at 392 Kings Road,Chelsea. His 18 year old son Edward was living with him and working as his assistant.His daughters, Kate and Rosa Corish, were away being schooled at Notre Dame Covent at Broadwater in Sussex, aged 15 and 14.
Richard Corish died in 1886. His daughter Rosa Mary Corish married John Bellord in 1887 and died in Hampstead in 1901 at the age of 35 years.
Perhaps Edward and Richard Corish were brothers- about the same age within a few years, both Irish, both licensed victuallers, and Richard's children were named Edward and Rosa...too coincidental, I think. Added to those facts is another connection that I just found moments ago when browsing through the London Gazette...
" Notice is hereby given that the partnership subsisting between us, the undersigned, carrying on business under the firm of Corish and Bellord, as Licensed Victuallers, at the Lord Wellington Public House, Baalzephon Street, County of Surrey, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. Dated 11 August, 1854.
Edward Corish
James Bellord."
When Richard Corish died, one of his executors was Edmund Joseph Bellord, and his Solicitors were Lickorish and Bellord of London.
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