Bryan Corcoran (1809-1878)
Bryan Corcoran (c1809-1878) of Bryan Corcoran
1841 Living at Mark Lane, London: Bryan Corcoran (age c33), Manufacturer. With his wife Laura Corcoran (age c20).[1]
1851 Living at 36 Mark Lane, London: Bryan Corcoran (age 42 born London), Manufacturer employing 70 men. With his wife Laura Corcoran (age 34 born Clapham) and their three children; Mary Corcoran (age 9 born London); Bryan Corcoran (age 7 born London); Ellen Corcoran (age 6 born London). Two servants.[2]
1861 Living at 36 Mark Lane, London: Bryan Corcoran (age 52 born Mark Lane, City of London), Stationer employing 80 men. With his wife Laura Corcoran (age 44 born Clapham) and their four children; Mary M. Corcoran (age 19 born Mark Lane, City of London); Bryan Corcoran (age 17 born Mark Lane, City of London); Ellen L. Corcoran (age 16 born Mark Lane, City of London); and Jessie R. Corcoran (age 9 born Mark Lane, City of London). Two servants.
1868 Patent. 2570. To Bryan Corcoran and William Dunham, of Mark-lane, in the city of London, for the invention of "improvements in apparatus for dressing millstones'[3]
1871 Living at Lambourn Fall, Loudon Road, Bromley St. Leonard, Poplar, Mddx: Bryan Corcoran (age 62 born London), Master Manufacturer employing 28 Miller Makers?, 30 Wire headers, 4 Clerks. With his wife Laura Corcoran (age 54 born Clapham) and their four children; Mary M. Corcoran (age 29 born City of London); Bryan Corcoran (age 26 born City of London); Ellen L. Corcoran (age 24 born City of London); and Jessie K. Corcoran (age 19 born City of London). Two servants.[4]
1878 December 29th. Died aged 70 at his residence; 15 Douglas Road North, Canonbury. [5]
1829. CORCORAN, BRYAN, and CO., of Mark Lane. exhibited the following at the 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 8.
Specimens of metal cloth; model of malt kiln; silk flour-dressing machine, mill stones, etc.
THE CASE OF SPECIMENS CONTAINS:-
Samples of wire-drawing in the various stages, from the bar of metal to the finest thread of wire.
3,000 yards of copper wire, (or nearly 14 miles) drawn out of an old penny-piece.
1,300 yards of brass wire, (nearly of a mile) weighing only 1 ounce.
1,000 yards of iron wire, (nearly a mile) weighing only 1 ounce.
Samples of woven wire, from 1 to 28,800 holes in a square inch.
Fine and strong samples of various sorts; samples of Swiss silk, etc.
The largest millstone is 5 ft. 8 inches diameter in one solid block: a very rare specimen.
Millstones of various sizes, of the finest quality ever produced, for grinding wheat.
Peak, granite, and Cologne stones, grindstones, plaster, etc. mill bills and chisels of finest cast- steel.
Mahogany stone staffs and iron provers, iron blocks with brass sheaves.
Wire for flour and smut machines.
Silk dressing machines, elevators, and worms. Separators for peas, wheat, etc.
Brushes of all sorts for machinery.
Corn measures of all description.
Sack chains, jiggers, punches, spanners, etc. Swiss dressing-silk.
Blackmore's bolting cloths.
The exhibitors are also erectors of malt kilns on improved principles, as shown in model; makers of woven-wire kiln plates of any dimensions; malt and corn screens; malt gauges; shovels; sieves, bushels, sack trucks, and chondrometers for ascertaining the weight of corn from sample. [6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1841 Census
- ↑ 1851 Census
- ↑ [1] The London Gazette Publication date:2 October 1868 Issue:23428 Page:5220
- ↑ 1871 Census
- ↑ The Engineer 1879/01/03
- ↑ 1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 8