On 17 November 1854, Joseph Maccordock was Baptized in the Clooncare Church of Ireland parish, County Leitrim, Church of Ireland. Father Joseph Maccordock and mother Barbara (maiden name not recorded), address Ballyboy. [Church of Ireland, Church Baptism Records.]

On 22 January 1879, Joseph McCordick and Sarah Wallace were married in the Parish Church in the Union of Cloonclare in County Leitrim. He was 25, bachelor, farmer, resident of Ballyboy, father Joseph McCordick, father’s occupation farmer. She was of full age, spinster, resident of Towneymanus, father William Wallace, father’s occupation farmer. [Marriage Register, District of Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland.]