Philip Corin (1780-1856)

PHILIP CORIN (1780-1856), seventh child of Jacob and Elizabeth, née Symonds, was baptized at Madron or Penzance on 16 May 1780. His first wife's name was Ann. (A Philip Corin ("sojourner") married an Ann Perryman at Sidmouth, Devon, on 11 January 1803.) It is quite possible that Philip was associated with the running of the farm at Tolver, and that it is he who is recorded in the 1803 muster roll at Lower Tolver. However, between 1814 and 1841, this (or another?) Philip was described as a carpenter or joiner. (However, his son Jacob, marrying in 1841, described Philip as a smith.)

In 1822 he leased a plot of land in Clarence Street, Penzance, for 99 years, covenanting to build a house of equal height and not less size than those nearby - the rent from 1835 was 17/11 p.a.

Ann, his wife, died, aged 59, on 5 June 1838 at Adelaide St., Penzance, of a liver disease. (It cannot have been his wife who was the Ann Corin of Tolver buried at Gulval on 7 September 1836, aged 58.) The informant was William Corin, described as an 'inmate'. The widowed Philip then remarried, to Mary Beedal, on 26 January 1839 at Madron. She was 54, and had been born in St Hilary.

His wife died in the 1840's and Philip married yet again, on 16 March 1848 at Wesley Rock Chapel, Penzance 'according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Bible Christian Connexion'. At this time, his address was Penwith St., Penzance, and this was still his address at the time of the 1851 census. His third wife's name was Sarah Hugh (née Young), and she was a widowed schoolmistress 21 years younger than he was. Philip died, aged 76, on 6 February 1856, in Camberwell St., Penzance.

1 ELIZABETH CORIN (1804?-?) was born at St Pancras in 1804 or 1805. She married Thomas Parsons at Madron on 13 February 1828. He was a miner, and was living in Ludgvan in 1841. In 1851 and 1861, the family were at Truthall in Ludgvan. Their children included:

2 PHILIP CORIN (1804?-1863) was born in Penzance in 1804 or 1805. On 9 April (?19 March) 1825 he married Catherine Oates, the 20-year-old daughter of Frances Oates, who farmed at Truthall in Ludgvan. The marriage took place at Ludgvan, and it seems that the couple moved there.

In 1836, Philip (or another of the same age) had an altercation at Chyandour Bridge with a Thomas Rodda, as a result of which the latter died. Philip was charged with manslaughter as a result of the coroner's inquest, and was tried on 28 March 1837. The account in the West Briton (which gives his age as 23, whereas the same report in the Falmouth Packet and HO27/53 say 33) ran:

Philip Corin, 23, was charged on the Coroner's Inquest with the manslaughter of Thomas Rodda. The counsel who conducted the prosecution, stated to the Jury that in cases like the present where death followed from injuries received, unless there could be found to be malice aforethought, the charge would not amount to murder. - It was, therefore, very properly set forth in the indictment in this case as manslaughter. He then stated the case by saying that on Saturday the 30th of July last, Thomas Rodda went to Penzance with a mule and cart, to meet his daughter. - He waited till the evening and was disappointed by her not coming. - Returning home, he staid at Chyandour-bridge, and while there he met with the prisoner, Corin. Corin requested to ride home with him, to which Rodda objected. Corin afterwards upset the cart, which fell on Rodda. When he was taken up he complained of being hurt. He, however, arrived at home, and in the morning sent for his brother, who found him suffering acutely. A surgeon was sent for, but death took place on the following Monday morning. This statement was made out in evidence, except for the falling of the cart on the deceased, and his complaining of being hurt. The deceased made a long statement to his brother which differed materially from the evidence given by William Hinson and John Smith; this the counsel for the prisoner accounted for by saying that the deceased was in liquor, and that he had probably from that cause, and being blind of one eye, upset the cart himself. The pain under which he laboured, and the stupecation caused by his inebriety, so affected his brain, as to cause a confusion of ideas. The Judge very ably and clearly recapitulated the evidence to the Jury, who, after a consultation of a quarter of an hour, returned a verdict of not guilty.

It also seems that Philip carried on the trade of a blacksmith, living in Penzance. In 1843 he owned a small orchard at Truthwall. However, in 1847 the family moved to Aston, near Birmingham, living in one of the newly-built streets in the rapidly-expanding suburb. At the time of the 1851 census, the whole family, with the exception of the eldest son, Philip, were living at 16 Saltley Road.

Philip died on 11 June 1863, and his wife lived on in Aston until 1883. They had ten children:

2.1 CATHERINE CORIN (1825-1881), baptized on 5 October 1825 at Ludgvan. (The baptism is also recorded at Penzance, where Philip and Catherine were probably living at the time.) She married Joseph (?John) Polgrain, the son of David Polgrain, a sailor, on 17 July 1848 in Birmingham, after the birth of an illegitimate child in 1847. She died on 20 April 1881.

2.1.1 ELIZABETH MARY CORIN (1847-?) was born illegitimately in 1847 and baptized at Marazion.

2.1.2 KATE S. POLGRAIN (1853-?) was born at Aston in the third quarter of 1858. She was a domestic servant in 1881.

2.1.3 JOHN J. POLGRAIN (1862?-?) was aged 18 in 1881 and working as a coach body maker.

2.1.4 MARGARET JANE POLGRAIN (1870-?), born at Aston in the second quarter of 1870. She married John Edward Pick in Greenwich in the first quarter of 1896. They had three children:

2.1.4.1 ETHEL MAUD G PICK (1898-?), born at Saltley in the third quarter of 1898.

2.1.4.2 NELLIE VICTORIA PICK (1900-?), born at Balsall Heath in the first quarter of 1900.

2.1.4.3 WILLIAM EDWARD PICK (1901-?), born at Balsall Heath in the first quarter of 1901.

2.2 PHILIP CORIN (1828-?), baptized at Penzance on 7 May 1828, became a blacksmith, like his father, and married Emma Griffiths in 1848 in Birmingham. In 1851 the family were at 19 Bloomsbury St., Aston. Philip and Emma had five children, including a son:

2.2.1 PHILIP CORIN (1849-?), born in 1849, whose wife's name was Emily. They had a son:

2.2.1.1 PHILIP CORIN. His wife's name was Alice, and they had a son:

2.2.1.1.1 PHILIP CORIN.

2.3 JACOB CORIN (1831-1903), baptized on 13 July 1831. Like his father and elder brother, he also worked as a journeyman (i.e. not self-employed) blacksmith. He married Harriett, the daughter of John Macefield or Masefield in 1852 in Birmingham. In 1856 they were living at 15 Adam St., Duddeston, but in 1861 they were back in Aston, at 27 Bloomsbury St., next door to Harriet's brother, John. He was widowed in 1874, and lived on until 1903. Jacob and Harriet had eight children:

2.3.1 JACOB CORIN (1852-1855).

2.3.2 SELINA CORIN (1852-?), born in Birmingham in 1852. She married Henry Wright, a stamper, at St Saviour's, Saltley, on 24 December 1872.

2.3.3 JOHN CORIN (1855-1855), who died aged three days and was buried at St Peter's and St Paul's in Aston on 16 December 1855.

2.3.4 MARY ANN CORIN (1856-1939), born in at Duddeston on 10 December 1856. In 1874 she was working as a pressworker, when she married a toolmaker, Robert Allen, some 3½ years older than she was. The marriage took place at St Saviour's, Saltley, on 10 October 1874, with Jacob Corin and Selina Wright (née Corin), her sister, as witnesses. They had ten children. Mary Ann Allen was widowed in 1900, and remarried on 15 March 1903 to John Goddard. She was widowed again in 1923. Around 1930, Mary Ann had two shops in Birmingham selling second-hand furniture and and dealing with house clearances. She died in 1939. The Allens had ten children, plus an adopted son, Albert Gardener. Among them were:

2.3.4.1 CHARLOTTE ALLEN (1875-?), born in the third quarter of 1875, who married Alfred Henry Beard in the second quarter of 1897.

2.3.4.2 HARRIET ELIZA ALLEN (1878-1956), born in 1878. In 1900, she married Henry George Bodman (1880-1948). Their children were:

2.3.4.2.1 MAUD WILLIS BODMAN (1902-1952).

2.3.4.2.2 VIOLET IRENE BODMAN (1908-), who married Fred Hitchin, and was widowed. She married again to Albert Buxton.

2.3.4.2.3 GLADYS IDA BODMAN (1910-1960), born in 1910. She married Jim Homer.

2.3.4.2.4 HENRY BODMAN (1912-1912), who died in infancy.

2.3.4.2.5 AUDREY PHYLLIS BODMAN (1915-1916), who also died in infancy.

2.3.4.2.6 IRIS MURIEL BODMAN (1918-), who married Louis Albert Hancock in 1940. He was three years older than her. She was widowed in 1975. Their son was:

2.3.4.2.6.1 ROGER LOUIS HANCOCK (1949-), born in 1949, one of the researchers of the present notes. He married Mary Helena Ogborn in 1974. They have twin children:

2.3.4.2.6.1.1 JOHN OLIVER HANCOCK (1982-), born in 1982.

2.3.4.2.6.1.2 PETER LOUIS HANCOCK (1982-), his twin brother.

2.3.4.3 ROBERT ALLEN (1880-19??), born in 1880. He lost a leg when he was a child. He was hanging off the back of a horse drawn trailer and lost his grip and his leg went under one of the cart wheels. He was a hairdresser by trade and opened a shop in Birmingham and later one in Shipton on Stour, which he later had to let go because the man who was managing it for him made off with the proceeds and fixtures and fittings. He married Florence Kate Parker (known as Kate). She was from Bath. They had six children.

2.3.4.4 FLORENCE ALLEN (18??-?), who married Arthur Martin.

2.3.4.5 MAUD ALLEN (18??-?), who married Ted Smart.

2.3.4.6 POLLY ALLEN (18??-?).

2.3.4.7 JAMES ALLEN (18??-?), whose wife's name was Nancy. He was an electrical engineer and worked for Ellison's in Birmingham. He also contributed to electrical journals.

2.3.4.8 GERTRUDE ALLEN (18??-?).

2.3.4.9 EMMA ALLEN (1880-1954), born in 1880, who married Charles Joseph Morris.

2.3.4.10 ALBERT ALLEN (1895-19??), born on 31 May 1895. He married Clara Williams. He was a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery during the 1914-18 war. He is said to have been useful with his hands, not only making wooden toys to be sold but also doing a bit of a boxing.

2.3.5 JACOB CORIN (1859-1940), born in 1859. He was a carpenter's labourer in 1881. He married Emma Diana Cooper.

2.3.6 WILLIAM GEORGE CORIN (1862-1931) was born in 1862. In 1881 he was an engine cleaner for the Great Western Railway, but later became an engine driver for the London and North Western Railway, and subsequently for the LMS. On 8 April 1882 he married Mary Jane, the daughter of Robert McConnell, who was eighteen years old. After his wife's death in 1927, he remarried two years later. His second wife was called Jane Elizabeth. He died in April 1931, aged 68. William George Corin and Mary Jane had five children:

2.3.6.1 LILIAN JANE CORIN (1883-19??), born in Aston in the third quarter of 1883. She married the chief engineer on a ship trading in the South China Sea. She was a nursing sister in Hong Kong. The couple had no children.

2.3.6.2 HARRIET SELINA CORIN (1885-1886).

2.3.6.3 MARY JANE CORIN (1887-19??), known as JENNY, born in Aston in the first quarter of 1887.. She married Sydney Bradley at the end of 1905, and they had four children:

2.3.6.3.1 WILLIAM BRADLEY, who died young.

2.3.6.3.2 VERA BRADLEY.

2.3.6.3.3 SYDNEY BRADLEY (1921-1925).

2.3.6.3.4 MALCOLM BRADLEY, who married.

2.3.6.4 WILLIAM GEORGE CORIN (1891-1964), born in Aston on 13 April 1891. He became an engine driver like his father, and in 1913 married Ellen Grainge, two years younger than himself. He emigrated at one stage to Canada, working as a driver on the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was also a public speaker, and worked as a commercial traveller. He died on 29 May 1964, and his widow survived only three months longer. The couple had eight children:

2.3.6.4.1 WILLIAM GEORGE CORIN (1914-1987), born on 21 February 1914 at Hamilton, Ontario. He returned with his parents to England the next year. He married Winifred W. Froggatt on 25 November 1936 at Acocks Green, and they had a daughter. However, the marriage ended in divorce, and Bill remarried on 23 June 1948 at Birmingham. His second wife was Lucy Ault. She died, and he married a third time, to Margaret Lucy Chamberlain, née Kiernan, on 2 September 1967.

Bill and Peggy Corin lived at 66 Mallaby Close, Shirley, Solihull, and Bill was active in his retirement researching family history, contributing much to these notes. After fighting a losing battle with cancer, he died on 4 January 1987.

Bill and Winifred Corin's daughter was:

2.3.6.4.1.1 PATRICIA CORIN (1938-), born in 1938 at Grangemere Crescent, Acocks Green. She married a Mr Corcoran.

Bill and Lucy Corin had two children:

2.3.6.4.1.2 JACQUELINE CORIN (1948-), born on 6 September 1948. She married Philip Barnsley on 31 July 1971 at Hall Green, and they have two children:

2.3.6.4.1.2.1 MARK CORIN BARNSLEY (b.1975), born on 26 April 1975.

2.3.6.4.1.2.2 LUCY CORRINE BARNSLEY (b.1978), born on 18 May 1978.

2.3.6.4.1.3 LYNETTE CORIN (b.1952), born on 3 December 1952. She married Colin Wager, and they have two children:

2.3.6.4.1.3.1 MARTIN WAGER, and

2.3.6.4.1.3.2 KARL WAGER, born at Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

2.3.6.4.2 IRENE VERDUN CORIN (1916-) was born on 19 March 1916 in Birmingham. She married Colin Ord, and they have two children:

2.3.6.4.2.1 COLIN ORD, and

2.3.6.4.2.2 GEORGE ORD.

2.3.6.4.3 RONALD CORIN (1918-1985), born on 26 September 1918. He married Harriet Buckley in 1947, but they divorced and he married again in 1975. His second wife was Trudy Tanner. He died on 24 July 1985. He and his first wife, Harriet, had two children:

2.3.6.4.3.1 MARGARET ANN CORIN (1948-1950), born on 24 October 1948, who died in infancy on 24 September 1950.

2.3.6.4.3.2 RONALD CORIN (b.1954), born on 8 October 1954. His wife's name is Sarah.

2.3.6.4.4 LILIAN FLORENCE CORIN (1921-1922), born on 27 October 1921. She died in infancy of a liver condition on 9 January 1922.

2.3.6.4.5 JOHN ALLEN CRAIG CORIN (1925-), born on 27 July 1925. He and his wife Miriam Gladys Corin have a married son:

2.3.6.4.5.1 GEORGE ALLEN CORIN. His wife is Jean Maria, and they have three children:

2.3.6.4.5.1.1 REBECCA HELEN CORIN.

2.3.6.4.5.1.2 PETER ALLEN CORIN.

2.3.6.4.5.1.3 SUSAN MARIA CORIN, Peter's twin sister.

2.3.6.4.6 EDNA CORIN (1927-), born on 27 November 1927. She married Frank Higgs, and they have four children:

2.3.6.4.6.1 FRANK HIGGS.

2.3.6.4.6.2 ELLEN HIGGS.

2.3.6.4.6.3 SANDRA HIGGS.

2.3.6.4.6.4 ANDREA HIGGS.

2.3.6.4.7 HAROLD CORIN (1931-) was born on 30 December 1931. On 26 March 1955 he married Cynthia Burford. They have three children:

2.3.6.4.7.1 NICOLE CORIN (b.1960), born on 18 July 1960. She married Leyton Davies, and they have a daughter:

2.3.6.4.7.1.1 JESSICA LOUISE DAVIES (b.1979), born on 17 July 1979.

2.3.6.4.7.2 LINDSEY CORIN (b.1961), born on 21 December 1961.

2.3.6.4.7.3 JO.. CORIN (b.1961), a twin, also born on 21 December 1961.

2.3.6.4.8 DOROTHY PAULINE CORIN (1935-), born on 10 July 1935, married firstly Blake More, and secondly Daniel Jones. She had two children:

2.3.6.4.8.1 ANGELA MORE, the daughter of her first marriage.

2.3.6.4.8.2 PAULINE JONES.

2.3.6.5 RUBY RUTH CORIN (1892-1977) was William George and Mary Jane Corin's fifth child. She was born in Aston in the last quarter of 1892. She married William Edward Disley, an engine driver, in Birmingham in the second quarter of 1910. She died in 1977. They had two daughters:

2.3.6.5.1 ELIZABETH DISLEY (1911-), born in 1911. She married a Mr Groves, and they have a son:

2.3.6.5.1.1 TERENCE GROVES.

2.3.6.5.2 RUBY DISLEY (1914-), born in 1914, married Frank Russell.

2.3.6.6 JACOB CORIN (1899-1981) was born in Birmingham in the third quarter of 1899. He married three times. His wives' names were Ann, Elsie and Betty. All these marriages were childless. He died in 1981.

2.3.7 JOSEPH HENRY CORIN (1865-1935) was the sixth child of Jacob and Harriet Corin. He was born in 1865. In 1881 he was a vice-fitter for a railway company. He married Laura Elizabeth Johnson in Aston on 13 July 1886. He died in 1935 at Bromsgrove.

2.3.8 EMILY CORIN (1867-1867).

2.3.9 HARRIET CORIN (1868-?) was born in 1868. She married Thomas Hipkiss at Aston in 1886.

2.4 MARY ANN OATES CORIN (1834-?) was Philip and Catherine's fourth child. She was born in 1834, and in 1851 was working as a servant. She married John, son of Edward Towle at Birmingham in 1856. They had a son:

2.4.1 WILLIAM H. TOWLE (1864-?).

2.5 JOSIAH OATES CORIN (1836-1872) was baptized at Penzance on 7 October 1836. He married Ann Francis Thompson, daughter of George Thompson, in 1859 at Birmingham. She died before 1871. He was buried at Aston parish church on 23 March 1872.

2.6 JOSEPH CORIN (1837-1919), born in 1837 but baptized on 28 February 1841. He married Sarah Ann, the daughter of William Hands, in Birmingham in 1861. She died in 1910, and he in 1919.

2.7 CHARLOTTE CORIN (1838-18??), baptized on 18 November 1838, who apparently died in infancy.

2.8 CHARLOTTE VICTORIA CORIN (1843-1917), baptized at Ludgvan on 22 October 1843. She grew up in Aston, and married Joseph John Hill there on 19 August 1865. Around 1870 the family moved to Texas and Louisiana, where Joseph worked as a coachmaker on Morgan's Railway. However, Joseph died of yellow fever in New Orleans on 29 September 1873, and Charlotte returned to England. She died at 170 Bloomsbury St., Birmingham on 27 August 1917.

Charlotte and Joseph's children were:

2.8.1 JOSEPH FRANCES HILL (1866-1937), born on 2 June 1866 at 170 Bloomsbury St, Nechells, Birmingham. On 6 May 1895 he married Catherine Reaney at St Ann's Church, Bordesley, Birmingham. They continued to live at Bloomsbury Street until Joseph's exuberant efforts to organize a labour union in the Saltley Coach Works resulted in his black-listing and forced emigration to London, Ontario in about 1909. He died in London, Ontario on 6 January 1937.

Joseph and Catherine had five children. One daughter, born on 1 January 1901, celebrated her 100th birthday in 2001. She is the mother of John J Anderson.

2.8.2 LOUIS HILL (1868-19??), born on 26 September 1868. He moved to Old London in his adult years and married Theophilis (m/s unknown). They had one son and one daughter.

2.8.3 CHARLOTTE HILL (1871-1874), known as LOTTIE, born on 29 June 1871 in New Orleans. She died of radiator burns in Nechells, Birmingham on 7 December 1874.

2.8.4 CHARLES HILL (1873-19??), born on 5 June 1873 in New Orleans, U.S.A. He married Emily (Theo's sister). The family moved to New Zealand in 1911.

2.9 JOHN CORIN (1846-?), born in 1846 at Marazion. He married Emma, daughter of Edward Cosnet, in Birmingham in 1867. They had a daughter:

2.9.1 EMMA COSNET (1867-?). (The surname may have been mistranscribed, or she may have been illegitimate.

2.10 MARGARET DAVEY CORIN (1848-?) was born in Birmingham in 1848. Davey was her maternal grandmother's maiden name. In 1865 she married Owen Joseph McKenna, the son of Patrick McKenna.

3 WILLIAM CORIN (1808-1870), baptized at Penzance on 3 January 1808. He married Eliza Jones at Madron on 3 May 1827. Elizabeth Corin (perhaps William's elder sister) was a witness. He was an agricultural labourer, living in North Street, Penzance, in 1841. He was widowed in 1842. The next year, he married Alice Richards, aged 31, a miner's daughter, on 3 June at Madron. The couple emigrated to Australia, arriving in October 1849. William worked at Wallaroo Mines, and died there on 18 September 1870. His wife Alice lived on, dying at Kadina, South Australia, in 1905 at the age of 95.

5 JACOB CORIN (1814-?), born in 1814. In December 1835, at the age of twenty-one and a quarter, he was appointed an Excise Officer. At this time he is said to have been "healthy and active and not encumbered with debts...a single man of respectable character and well affected to the present Government. He hath been bred a copper plate printer, and proposeth for his securities Mr Philip Corin of Pensance carpenter and Mr Jacob Corin of Pensance."

He married Emma Medland, an innkeeper's daughter from Holsworthy on 14 November 1841 at St Mary Major's Church, Exeter. However, at this time, and at least up to 1845 he was living in Wareham, Dorset, and in 1849 in Bideford, perhaps connected with the Excise Department. In 1851 he was in Godwin Street, Birmingham, in an adjacent street to Philip Corin, husband of Catherine Oates. In 1871 he was an Inland Revenue officer in Penzance. Jacob and Emma Corin had four children:

6 MARIANNA CORIN (1817-1899), also known as MARY ANN, baptized at Penzance on 27 April 1817. She married Richard Hand at Ludgvan on 11 January 1836. She was probably widowed in 1875. She died, aged 83, in the second quarter of 1899. She and Richard had issue:

7 PRISCILLA CORIN (1819-1860), baptized at Penzance on 26 November 1819, who married William Harrison on 9 December 1838. He was a tailor, from Stoke Damerel, and the family moved to Kent. On 29 January 1841 William enlisted in the Royal Marines at Rochester. On Census Day 1841, they were at Middle Street, Gillingham, and in 1851 at Kings Court, Brompton, Chatham, Kent. In 1856 the Navy transferred them from Chatham to Portsmouth, where they lived at 8 Mill Lane, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire. Priscilla died on 17 December 1860 in Alverstoke. She was buried six days later in an unconsecrated plot at Anns Hill Cemetery there (is there a story here?).

William survived her, and was buried (in a consecrated plot in the same cemetery) on 28 May 1888.