Michael COUGHLAN & Ellen CONNELL married 12th November 1859

My great grandmother left some information with family members in her later life.

Her parents were Michael Coughlan and & Ellen Connell.

I have found a record of their marriage In "Irish Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 for Ellen Connell".

We were told that Ellen's parents were: Michael CONNELL & Mary WELSH. - I cannot find any record of this couple or the parents of Michael COUGHLAN.

Michael & Ellen COUGHLAN had several children:-

Mary COUGHLAN born 31 March 1861. Gortnahoe, Glangoole Hill, Tipperary (my great grandmother who came out to New Zealand on the ship Hereford leaving Ireland in September 1879.

She married Conrad HAAR in New Zeland.

I have records of another child - female, no name in September 1866 who died as a baby. District/Reg Area Urlingford

Another daughter - Johana COUGHLAN 18 January 1869

And another daughter - Bridget COUGHLAN 3rd November 1870.

Both SR District/Reg Area Urlingford - and both records found through Irish Genealogy.

Both of these girls followed their sister out to New Zealand in 1884 on the Doric.

I am very confident that there was also a son named James W. Coughlan. - I have newspaper cuttings that were sent out to New Zealand from Nevada US in 1913 to my great grandmother. He fell down a mine in Goldfield, Nevada and died on 7th October 1913. I am trying to find any information at all about Mary COUGHLAN's parents, grandparents & siblings. I cannot find a birth record for the son James. So is it possible that there were even more children. I have a letter written in Urlingford, Ireland on 18th October 1898 to my great grandmother out here in New Zealand. It is seems to be from a lady that my great grandmother may have worked for before emigrating to N.Z. It mentions (Mary's) sisters and brothers doing well in the US - and this cannot include her other two sisters who had already come to N.Z. by that time. This letter is signed by "??? Kate ?? Bowden. She mentions her relatives "Ellie, James, Kattie, John, Fred".. . So any information at all would be so much appreciated. many thanks in advance for any suggestions etc. Anne.

Anne McFadden

last year

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Anne

For some reason part of your message was cut off on the message board

"I have newspaper cuttings that were sent out to New Zealand from Nevada US in 1913 to my great grandmother. He fell down a mine in Goldfield, Nevada and died on 7th October 1913. I am trying to find any information at all about Mary COUGHLAN's parents, grandparents & siblings. I cannot find a birth record for the son James. So is it possible that there were even more children. I have a letter written in Urlingford, Ireland on 18th October 1898 to my great grandmother out here in New Zealand. It is seems to be from a lady that my great grandmother may have worked for before emigrating to N.Z. It mentions (Mary's) sisters and brothers doing well in the US - and this cannot include her other two sisters who had already come to N.Z. by that time. This letter is signed by "??? Kate ?? Bowden. She mentions her relatives "Ellie, James, Kattie, John, Fred".. . S

I have checked both RootsIreland and Ancestry (paid subscription) for more children and have not found any nor a birth record for James.

I found his death record and gravesite on Ancestry. They identify Illinois as birthplace. He was single so maybe no one knew where he was born. He might have lived in Illinois before going to Nevada.

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Name	James W. Coughlin
Birth Date	1865
Birth Place	Illinois, United States of America
Death Date	7 Oct 1913
Death Place	Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States of America
Cemetery	Goldfield Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place	Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States of America
Has Bio?	N
URL	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185587126/james-w.-coughlin

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Name	James Coughlin
Birth Year	abt 1865
Accident Age	48
Employment Place	Nevada, USA
Accident Date	7 Oct 1913
Is Deceased?	Fatal
Date Reported	1914
URL	https://history.denverlibrary.org/

Regards-Mary

mtvrdk@gmail.com

last year

Anne

Maybe your Katie Bowden

Residents of a house 58 in Main Street (Urlingford, Kilkenny)

Bowden	Michael	73	Male	Head of Family	Roman Catholic	Kilkenny	Grocer and Farmer	Read and write	-	Married	-
Bowden	Mary	50	Female	Wife	R C	Tipperary	-	R and w	-	Married	-
Bowden	Catherine	77	Female	Sister	R C	Kilkenny	-	R and w	-	Not Married	-
Bowden	Catherine	28	Female	Daughter	R C	New Zealand	-	R and w	-	Not Married	-
Bowden	John	27	Male	Son	R C	Kilkenny	Grocer	R and w	-	Not Married	-
Bowden	Frederick	22	Male	Son	R C	Kilkenny	Grocer	R and w	-	Not Married	-
Russel	Mathew	25	Male	Boarder	R C	Tipperary	L.R.C.S.D.	R and w	-	Not Married	-
Darcy	Mary	21	Female	Servant	R C	Tipperary	Cook Domestic Servant	R and w	-	Not Married	-
Hickey	James	24	Male	Servant	R C	Tipperary	Car-Driver Domestic Servant	R and w	-	Not Married	-
Marshal	Martin	20	Male	Servant	R C	Kilkenny	Gardener Domestic Servant	R and w	-	Not Married

Regards- Mary

mtvrdk@gmail.com

last year

Anne,

I thought it interesting that Catherine Bowden was born in New Zealand. I found these records on Ancestry.

Name	Michal Bowden
Marriage Date	1864
Marriage Place	New Zealand
Marriage Registration Number	8808
Spouse	Mary Keye

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Name	Catherine Bowden
Birth Date	1868
Birth Place	New Zealand
Father	Michael Bowden
Mother	Mary Bowden
Birth Registration Number	1868/14726

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Name	Catherine Bowden
Gender	Female
Event Type	Marriage
Marriage Date	8 Jun 1903
Marriage Place	St Mary's (Pro-Cathedral), Dublin city, Ireland, Ireland
Residence Place	Urlingford
Parish Variants	St Mary's Pro-cathedral
Diocese	Dublin
Father	Michl Bowden
Mother	Mary Veeyes
Spouse	Thomas Cunningham

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Michael Bowden and Mary Keyes had two other children while in New Zealand- Ellen 1866 and Henry 1870. Their son John was born in Kilkenny in 1872.

Mary

mtvrdk@gmail.com

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Hi you maybe related to me .my great grandmother was ann coughlan from kinsale father Patrick

Mintoe

last year

Hi Mary - sorry for my delay in acknowledging your messages. I didn't realise that they were waiting to be read. I thought I may have had an email alert through the website but now I know I will keep checking. Thank you for your research and comments. Very surprising that she was born in N.Z. I am surprised that anyone would have made that trip by sea from Ireland to the UK and then knowing what it was like, did a return trip..!! I will spend sometime following up your information.

Hi to Minto also - thank you for your comment. I am not sure if there is a connection. My great grandmother was Mary Ann COUGLAN, born in 1861 and then travelled out to N.Z. at the age of 19 and married Conrad HAAR.

Anne McFadden

last year

Thanks you never know coughlan we're related

Mintoe

last year

Hi my great gran was Ann and married my grandad Sam O'Dell in Cork, she was from kinsale

Mintoe

last year

Michael COUGHLAN & Ellen CONNELL married 12th November 1859

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Residents of a house 58 in Main Street (Urlingford, Kilkenny)

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