The CORR One Name Study was inspired by my inability to progress back prior to 1853 and my 2 x Great Grandfather James CORR. CORR is definitely distinct from the name CARR, however there are frequent mis-transcriptions of CORR to Carr, Coor, Cor and Porr and even Dorr due to the style of handwriting of previous times.

I began to collect CORR Data, consisting of birth, marriage, deaths and wills  including actual certificates with the hope of breaking through my own genealogical brick wall.  I then expanded into data from Census Returns, Military Records, Newspaper articles, and migration records. This data enabled me to sort out individuals,  grouping them into their unique CORR family setting.

Fascinating human interest stories began to emerge  which delighted and baffled me, such as the babies baptised before their actual birth date (a case of late birth registration and parents trying to escape the financial penalty for doing so). The CORR human interest stories reflected events worldwide such as Industrial Revolution which saw the Agricultural Labourers moving from country to cities, the Irish Potato Famine of  1850s which saw huge numbers of CORRs coming to England and Scotland and others who emigrated to the USA or Australia. CORRS who featured in my research, such as William CORR  who was a Bellfounder in 1642; Reverend John Henry  CORR-who was chaplain at Millbank Prison in London in  1890s; Henry Sackville CORR, a Guernsey Orphan, an 18 year old  seaman who drowned in 1881;  Ellen CORR, who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912; Michael CORR,  who died in the the explosion of a blast furnace at Palmer's Shipyard in 1914; Robert CORR and the bigamous marriage of 1915; Edward FitzStephen  CORR,  killed on the railway in 1915: Matthew CORR-my 2 x Great Uncle who testified as a witness in a murder trial in 1915 and died in 1917 in France in WW1 and whose body has never been found;  Peter CORR,  marching  on the Jarrow March or Crusade of 1936; Teachers and sisters, Clara & Bridget CORR,  who emigrated to Queensland, Australia in 1937;  Nuns such as Catherine CORR,  a Roman Catholic Lay Sister who died in 1941;  Squadron Leader William Duncan CORR killed over  France in  1942 whose family was part of the British Raj in India; WW2 War Bride Norah CORR,  who went to the USA on the Queen Mary  ship in 1946; James Cyril CORR (titled Father)- a monk but also a teacher who died in 1950; Gladys CORR, who died after a Thyroid surgery in 1951; CORR  triplets born  in 1964.

There is still much to discover about the CORRs and I look forward to sharing information  with fellow researchers to fill in the many gaps in my current data. If I am able to break down my genealogical brick wall that would be fantastic but in  any case- my enjoyment comes from the CORRs themselves who reflect the changing times and worldwide events that affect us all.

CORR is definitely distinct from the name CARR, however there are frequent phonetic mis-transcribing of CORR  which include  CORE, CAW or even  CON on occasions,  any and all of these are reproduced in records to date.

The name of  CORR is well represented in the County of Durham in the UK-my family town being  Birtley near Chester-Le-Street, from 1974 to 1986 the area was known as Tyne and Wear  although the postal address is still Birtley, Chester-Le-Street County Durham.

Emigration from Ireland  from the  1850s onwards has resulted in high proportions of CORRs in Lancashire and the draw of London has always attracted CORRs to the  UK's capital city. 

In my CORR  study I have recorded CORR Births, Deaths and Marriages on Excel  spreadsheets. Copies of these spreadsheets have also been deposited with the Guild of One Name  Studies, the UK Society of Genealogists (https://www.sog.org.uk/) and the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society  (https://www.ndfhs.org.uk/). All Births, Deaths and Marriages show the Registration District, Volume and Page for each entry. There are 3415  CORR Births are recorded from 1628 onwards with baptismal dates and  parents names where known, as well as Civil Registration Districts, Volume and Page numbers.   CORR Deaths  numbering  1460 are recorded from 1836 with annotations of parents names in child deaths and spouse details  for adult deaths. If there is a will a symbol is annotated to show this fact. There are  1941 CORR  Marriages are recorded from 1800.

CORR  Data  is available from the  General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/) for England and Wales,  Find My Past UK (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/), entries relating to Irish CORR names (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/) and some overseas CORR information especially relating to India (https://www.fibis.org/). Grave details are available with data from Deceased Online  (https://www.deceasedonline.com/),  Billion Graves (https://billiongraves.com/) and Find a  Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/).

I have forwarded copies of Excel spreadsheets regarding birth, marriage & death entries. For birth entries- I have recorded both parents names, birth and baptism dates where known. For marriages, I have recorded both parties, and actual date of marriage where known. For deaths I have recorded, date of death & burial date if known, and given widow/widower details, for children I have annotated both parents names. Copies of the spreadsheets have been sent to the Guild of One Name Studies, The Society of Genealogists in London, and the Northumberland & Durham Family History Centre in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

I have tested my DNA with both Ancestry  ( https://www.ancestry.com.au/dna/ ) and Family Tree DNA  (https://www.familytreedna.com/).

According to Ancestry I am 44% Irish,  particularly in the Ulster and Munster areas, 29% Scottish, 21% for England & North West Europe,  4% each for Sweden & Norway  and 2% Norway.  I have tested my DNA with Family Tree DNA for both Autosomnal DNA  (Family Finder) and Maternal DNA  (MtDNA) and my confirmed MtDNA Haplogroup is  U5a2b. According to Family Tree DNA,  I am 100% European, with 74% England, Wales  & Scotland and 26% Irish.

My only living male sibling has also tested with Family Tree DNA for Y DNA 12, 25, 37 and 67- his haplogroup is shown as R-M269 for

Paternal Line  Ancestry.

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