Re: Corcoran/Whalen
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Corcoran/Whalen
Margaret Milner 9/20/07
You could search the local newspaper, The Providence Journal, for obituaries. Their website has obits back to 1983 available online.I already did a quick check and did see that the obit for her son Edward Purcell is probably in the 14 Aug 1999 edition.His obit might give the names of any siblings and children.I did not look at the obit because it costs a few dollars to do so, but you might want to.
I believe it is the same Edward Purcell from the 1920 census because that census had him as age 1 yr 8 mos.That closely matches this info from the social security death index:
EDWARD J PURCELLborn 08 Mar 1918died 12 Aug 199902888 (last residence Warwick, Kent, RI)social security number 035-10-8684issued in Rhode Island
Also, the 14 Aug 1999 obit popped up when I used the search terms of Purcell AND Whalen.
The Providence Journal search page is at:
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/search.htmlhttp://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/search.html