California Family Group Sheet for the Clyde Sinclair CORRIGAN Family

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Husband: Clyde Sinclair CORRIGAN (1)
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   Birthdate: Sep 1871 - , , Indiana, USA (2,3,4,5)
  Death date: 2 Oct 1925 - Bronx, Bronx, New York, USA (6)
    Cremated: 7 Oct 1925 - North Bergen, Hudson, New Jersey, USA (6)
     Address: Garden State Crematory, Hudson County, New Jersey
      Father: John Sinclair CORRIGAN (1845-1927) (7,8)
      Mother: Jennie Sarah BARRE (1846-1944) (9,10,11,12)
    Marriage: 5 Apr 1905                     Place: , Falls, Texas, UDS (13)
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Other Spouse: Eleanor Spaulding DEAN (1874-1899)  Date: Cir 1898
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Other Spouse: Julia M SNYDER (1872-1922) (14)   Date: 5 Sep 1917 - , Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (15)
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Events
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      1. Tax List: California Great Register, 22 Sep 1892, Alameda, Alameda, California, USA.
      1460 26th Avenue. Also 1894, 1896 and 1898.

      2. He appeared on the Census on 19 Apr 1910 in Aransas Pass, San Patricio, Texas, USA, ED
      112, pg 3B-4A. Precinct 6
      Clyde S Corrigan        Head    M       38      Indiana m. 5 yrs.
      Evelyn G Corrigan       Wife    F       37      Pennsylvania 2/2 children
      Clyde G Corrigan        Son     M        3      Texas
      Harry G Corrigan        Son     M     12/12     Texas
      Clyde is a civil engineer at a channel dock company.

      3. He appeared on the Census in 1920 in Norwood, Hamilton, Ohio, USA, ED 470, pg 10B. Ward
      4, 2341 Kendworth
      Clyde S Corrigan        Head    M       48      Indiana
      Julia M Corrigan        Wife    F       47      Iowa
      Clyde is a civil engineer.

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   Wife: Sarah Evelyn Nelson GROCE (16,17)
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   Birthdate: 1871 - , , Pennsylvania, USA (18)
  Death date: 31 Oct 1922 - , Los Angeles, California, USA (19)
      Buried: Nov 1922 - Glendale, Los Angeles, California, USA
     Address: Forest Lawn Memorial Park -Glendale, California
      Father: Jacob M GROCE (Cir 1841-          )
      Mother: Sarah NELSON (Cir 1846-          )
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      1. She appeared on the Census on 15 Jan 1920 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA,
      ED 466, pg 15A and 22A. Precinct 229, 2400 7th Street
      Evelyn G Corrigan       Head    F       48      Pennsylvania
      Douglas Corrigan        Son     M       12      Texas
      Harry G Corrigan        Son     M       11      Texas
      Evelyn A Corrigan       Dau     F        8      Texas
      Evelyn is the manager of a lodging house. These census pages have been renumbered and are
      out of order. Evelyn is on pg 15 and the children are on pg 22.

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Children
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1  M  Douglas CORRIGAN (20)
         AKA: Clyde Groce CORRIGAN, (21) Wrong Way CORRIGAN
   Birthdate: 22 Jan 1907 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (22,23,24)
  Death date: 9 Dec 1995 - , Orange, California, USA (25)
      Buried: 13 Dec 1995 - Santa Ana, Orange, California, USA
     Address: Fairhaven Memorial Park, Orange County, California
      Spouse: Elizabeth ??? (1907-1966) (26)
  Marr. Date:
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2  M  Harry Groce CORRIGAN (27,28)
   Birthdate: 9 Aug 1908 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA (29,30)
  Death date: 20 Dec 1991 - , Santa Barbara, California, USA (31)
      Buried:
      Spouse: Anita WILLIAMS (1909-1986) (32,33)
  Marr. Date: Cir 1935
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3  F  Evelyn Anita CORRIGAN (34)
   Birthdate: 22 Jul 1911 - , Galveston, Texas, USA (35)
  Death date: 7 Mar 2003 - Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California, USA (36)
      Buried:
      Spouse: Stanton Lloyd McCLISH (1913-1999) (34)
  Marr. Date: 1 Mar 1936 - , Los Angeles, California, USA (37)
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General Notes: Husband - Clyde Sinclair CORRIGAN
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Child number 1 is "Wrong Way" Corrigan who, in 1938, filed a flight plan from New York to
California and landed in Ireland. He explaned to angry authorities that he had gotten turned
around in the fog and didn't know he had left the country until many hours later. Some rumors
have it that he finally admitted to deliberately 'getting lost' just before his death, others
say he always maintained his innocence. Douglas Corrigan began his flying career as a very young
man and also worked in aviation manufacture and repair. His company built the Spirit of St Louis
for Charles Lindbergh to fly to Paris.


Last Modified: 26 Jul 2017

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Sources
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    1. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Douglas #72198.  Clyde S Corrigan.
    2. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Douglas #72198.  age 39, Calif.
    3. California Great Registers, 1866-1910 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde Sinclair.  
         1871, Indiana.
    4. 1900 Federal Census, California, Alameda, ED 324 pg 5A.  age 28, Sep 1871, Indiana.
    5. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde
         S.  1871, US.
    6. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde
         S.
    7. 1900 Federal Census, California, Alameda, ED 324 pg 5A.  John S Corrigan.
    8. California Great Registers, 1866-1910 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, John Sinclair.
    9. 1930 Federal Census, California, Los Angeles, ED 445, pg 17A.  Jamie S Corrigan.
    10. 1910 Federal Census, California, Alameda, ED 147, pg 2A.  Sarah J Corrigan.
    11. Michigan County Marriages, 1820-1940 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, John S.  to Jennie
         Barre.
    12. California Death Index, Corrigan, Jennie.
    13. Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde Sinclair.  
         to Evelyn Nelson, Groce, 5 Apr 1905, Falls County.
    14. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2013 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde S.  to Julia M
         Snyder.
    15. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2013 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde S.  to Julia M
         Snyder, 5 Sep 1917, Cuyahoga County.
    16. Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde Sinclair.  
         to Evelyn Nelson Groce.
    17. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Douglas #72198.  Sarah Evelyn Groce.  Note that this is an
         ammended certificate, filed 31 Jan 1942.
    18. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Douglas #72198.  age 35, Penna.
    19. California Death Index, Corrigan, Evelyn.
    20. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Douglas #72198.
    21. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde Groce.
    22. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde Groce.  22 Jan 1907,
         Galveston County, Texas.
    23. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Douglas #72198.  22 Jan 1907, Galveston, Texas.
    24. California Death Index, Corrigan, Douglas.  22 Jan 1907, Texas.
    25. California Death Index, Corrigan, Douglas.
    26. 1940 Federal Census, California, Los Angeles, ED 60-393, pg 1A.  Elizabeth Corrigan.
    27. 1920 Federal Census, California, Los Angeles, ED 466, pg 15A and 22A.  Harry G Corrigan.
    28. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Harry Groce #72992.
    29. 1920 Federal Census, California, Los Angeles, ED 466, pg 15A and 22A.  age 11, Texas.
    30. Birth Certificate, Corrigan, Harry Groce #72992.  9 Aug 1908, Galveston, Texas.
    31. California Death Index, Corrigan, Harry Groce.
    32. 1940 Federal Census, Maryland, Baltimore, ED 3-85A, pg 18B.  Anita W Corrigan.
    33. California Death Index, Corrigan, Anita Williams.
    34. California County Marriages, 1850-1952 (FamilySearch.org), McClish, Stanton, Lloyd.  to
         Evelyn Anita Corrigan.
    35. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (FamilySearch.org), Corrigan, Clyde S.  22 Jul 1911,
         Galveston County.  Note that this record has no given name for the child and the
         father's name is entered for the child's name and the mother's name.
    36. Social Security Death Index, McClish, Evelyn.
    37. California County Marriages, 1850-1952 (FamilySearch.org), McClish, Stanton, Lloyd.  to
         Evelyn Anita Corrigan, 1 Mar 1936, Los Angeles County.

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My Notes
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