William (Coughlin) Coghlan (1808 - 1870)

Born 10 Dec 1808 in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland

Husband of Margaret (Keeffe) Coghlan — married 26 Feb 1829 in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died Jul 1870 at age 61 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Per birth and marriage records in Youghal, where he was born, his last name was spelled Coughlin, not Coghlan. Per the Bristol censuses, the name was Coghlan as early as 1841 in England. He was baptised a Roman Catholic in Youghal on 10th December 1808. His mother's last name per these records was Higgins, suggesting his mother and father weren't married (can't find marriage records either).

William Coghlan is listed as a plasterer in the 1841 census, living at Lower Pithay, Bristol, the Parish of St James with his wife Margaret (seamstress) and children Sarah 11, Hannah 6 and William 3.

By the 1851 census, he is living at 1 Alfred Place Bristol Parish of St John the Baptist, with Margaret and children William, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine and Thomas. Hannah, who would have been only 16, is not listed as living there anymore. ^[1]

By the 1861 census, Thomas, the 3 month old baby, is no longer listed there but Richard Patrick is 10. They are now living at 8 St James Crt Bristol. He died at age 57 in Bristol.

Sources

1. ↑ 1851 Census "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGBZ-KMG : 11 September 2019), William Coghlan, St John Baptist, Gloucestershire, England; citing St John Baptist, Gloucestershire, England, p. 33, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

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