James C CORRIGAN

                   Name: Corrigan, James
Birth - Death: 1848-1908
Accession Number: 876875
Source Citation: Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography. [Iron and Steel in the Twentieth Century.]. Edited by Bruce E. Seely. New York: Facts on File, 1994.(EncABHB 9) The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 22. New York: James T. White & Co., 1932. Use the Index to locate biographies.(NatCAB 22)
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Individual found on the 1900 Census for Cleveland Ward 13, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Dated 2 Jun 1900:
1) Corrigan, James, age 52, born May 1848, born Canada-Eng, Parents born Canada-Eng, Year of Immigration: 1860; Number of years in the US: 40; Occupation: Iron Industry
2) Corrigan, Ida B., wife, age 45, born Feb 1855, bore 4 children, 4 living, born OH, Father born NY, Mother born PA
3) Corrigan, Jane A., daughter, age 22, born Nov 1877, born OH, Father born Canada-Eng, Mother born OH
4) Corrigan, James W., son, age 20, born Apr 1880, born Austria, Father born Canada-Eng, Mother born OH
5) Corrigan, Ida M., daughter, age 15, born Mar 1885, born OH, Father born Canada-Eng, Mother born OH
6) Yoder, Ethan, E., Coachman, age 25 born March 1875
7) Munsey, Kate, servant, age 47, born Oct 1852
8) Eben, Catherine, servant, age 18, born Jul 1881

** missing from census is eldest daughter Jeanette Bell (Corrigan) Rieley who was married to Charles Rieley by time of the 1900 Census
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1890 US Census - destroyed by fire
1880 US Census - James Corrigan and family were in Austria
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   Individual found on the 1871 census for Brandtford Twp,. Brandt Co, Cananda, Entry #113:
1) Corrigan, Johnson, age 47, born Ireland
2) Corrigan, Sarah, age 50, born England
3) Corrigan, Maria, age 27, born Ontario, Canada
4) Corrigan, James, age 21, born Ontario  (** James, age 22 is listed on the  1870 US Census living in brother John's household
       in Ohio**)
5) Corrigan, Johnson, age 17, born Ontario
6) Corrigan, Mary, age 19, born Ontario
7) Corrigan, Jane, age 13, born Ontario
8) Corrigan, William, age 7, born Ontario
9) Corrigan, Matilda, age 6, born Ontario
10) Anderson, Isabella, age 87, born Scotland  (Jane Anderson's mother???)
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Individual found on the 1870 Census for Cleveland Ward 13, Cuyahoga Co., OH, Dated 16 Jun 1870:
1) Corrigan, John, age 25, Occupation: Coal Oil Refining, Real estate value $5000, Pers Prop Value $5000, Born: Canada
2) Corrigan, Mary A., age 21, born England
3) Corrigan, Jane, age 1, born OH
4) Corrigan, James, age 22, Occupation: Coal Oil Refining, Pers Prop Value $3000, born Canada (**James is also found in 1871 on the Canadian census noted as age 21 living in his father's household**)
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Individual found on the 1861 census for Mountain Twp, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada

1) Corrigan, Johnston, born Ireland, laborer, married in 1838, religion: WM, age 35, home - one story log
2) Corrigan, Jane, born Scotland, laborer, age 38
3) Corrigan, John, (living with William Stambaugh), age 16
4) Corrigan, James (living with William Stambaugh) age 12
5) Corrigan, Johnston, age 11
6) Corrigan, Mary, age 8
7) Corrigan, Robert, age 6
8) Corrigan, Margaret J., age 4
9) Corrigan, William, age 1
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ndividual found on the 1851 census for Mountain Twp, Dundas Co., Ontario, Canada
1) Corrigan, Johnson, farmer, born Ireland, religion: "mulerite?", age 26, house type: shanty
2) Corrigan, Jane, born Ireland, age 24
3) Corrigan, John, born Canada, age 8
4) Corrigan, James, born Canada, age 5
5) Corrigan, Johnston, born Canada, age 3
6) Corrigan, Murry, born Canada, age 1 (? could this be Mary??)
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John C. Corrigan of 3 Oakmont Lane / Jackson NJ 08527-3988 provided the following additional facts that he uncovered while researching his Corrigan family, which apparently is not related to ours.

Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register (Canada)
Vol #2 Page 556 Dundas Co, Matilda Twp. (residence, birthplace and baptismal place all noted as Matilda Twp and all baptized by Rev. J. Gray)
(1) James Corrigan, son of Johnston & Jane Corrigan b. 1 May 1848  bap: 6 Mar 1857
(2) Johnston Corrigan, son of Johnston & Jane Corrigan b. 9 Oct 1850  bap: 6 Mar 1857
(3) Mary Corrigan, daughter of Johnson & Jane Corrigan b. 22 Nov 1852 bap: 6 Mar 1857
(4) Robert Corrigan, daughter of Johnson & Jane Corrigan b. 22 Jul 1856 bap: 6 Mar 1857
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James C. Corrigan was a founder of Corrigan-McKinney Steel of Cleveland, Ohio.  He lost his wife and daughters in the shipwreck of his yacht, Idler, which foundered in Lake Erie on 7 Jul 1900.
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Information on the shipwreck of the Lucerne is listed on www.seagrant.wisc.edu/shipwreck/superior/lucerne - some biographical information is given on James Corrigan.
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James C. Corrigan's residence at the time of his death was noted as 8114 Euclid Avenue.  From 1932 to 1942 it was the site of Carson's Funeral Home.  From 1942 to at least 1960 it again became a private residence.
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Individual found in "A History of the City of Cleveland" (Biographical Volume) by James Harrison Kennedy, p. 177, printed by the Imperial Press of Cleveland dated: 1897
JAMES CORRIGAN. James Corrigan may well be counted as one of the busy and successful men of Cleveland.  His activities have extended into two continents, and have embraced many forms of enterprise, all of which have been made tributary to the material advancement and upbuilding of the city of his chose home.  He is, in the true sense of the word, a self-made man, and whatever he has done has been through his own energy, push and foresight.  Mr. Corrigan was born at Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada in 1848.  While he was yet a youth his parents removed to Cleveland, and eight years later to Minnesota.  Anxious to do something for himself, the son, when but seventeen years of age, shipped on a  lake vessel, and remained in that service some six years.  In 1868, with a wish to better himself, and a belief in the futre of the rapidly developing oil business, he engaged successfully in oil refining in Cleveland.  In 1879, he leased his refinery to the Standard Oil Company and, accompanied by his family, removed to the province of Gallacia, in Austria, where he opened a refinery for the refining of the product of an oil field in that country. The product was disposed of in the markets of Austria, Hungary and Germany.  Mr. Corrigan conducted this business until 1883, when he decided to return to America.  He sold his works and came direct to his old home in Cleveland.  The opening possibilities of the ore regions of Lake Superior impressed themselves upon his mind, and it was not long before he was making investments in that direction.  These proved profitable, and he rapidly amassed a fortune. In 1893, he formed the firm of Corrigan, McKinney & Co. Since then he has established a blast furnace in Cleveland, two furnances in Sharpsville, and one at Scottdale, Pa.  In connection with his Lake Superior mining interests, he caused to be built a number of vessels for use in the ore-carrying business, and as grain freighters.  All of these enterprises have had Cleveland as their headquarters, and have added to the city's business movements to that extent.  In 1895, Mr. Corrigan again extended the sphere of his activities, and the firm of Corrigan, McKinney & Co., - having Price McKinney and Judge Stevenson Burke as associates - invested in gold mining lands in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico.  They constructed a railroad to their mines, and built ore crushers and a mill to treat ores. The mines have proved rich, and the product as turned out at the mill shows gold of a purity of 0.9841, and silver of a purity of 0.956.  The offices of the company are in the Perry-Payne Building, Cleveland.  As will be readily guessed from the above, Mr. Corrigan is a very busy man.  He keeps the run of all his enterprises close in hand, and his native force and executive ability are felt in everything he touches.  He has never had time for office-holding or public labor of any sort.  He is, in every sense of the word, a good citizen and a most welcome power and force in the city of his chosen home.