Mary Ann COUGHLAN
- Born
- 31 Mar 1861
- Died
- 16 Apr 1940
- Gender
- Female
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in New Zealand
Eldest child of Michael COUGHLAN and Ellen CONNELL.
Her parents were married on 12th November 1859 in Gortnahoe, Ireland
Mary's own notes said that she was baptised in Gurteen, County Tipperary, Ireland.
In these same notes she has said that her parents were also from the Gurteen area.
Granddaughter of Michael CONNELL and Mary WELSH.
At the age of 19, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1879 on the ship the "Hereford".
She arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand on New Years day 1880.
She has two younger sisters, Bridget and Johanna, who also emigrated to New Zealand on the Doric in October 1884.
She also had a brother (who I have no birth records for). He was named James W. COUGHLAN and he died on the 7th October 1913 after being injured in a mining accident in the Mohawk mine, Goldfields, Nevada, in the county of Esmeralda USA.
She married Conrad HAAR Jnr in Christchurch New Zealand on the 2nd November 1887.
She had 7 children and had 28 grand children at the time of her death on 16th April 1940.
She is buried in the Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch Block no. 19, Plot no. 204.
