Mary Elizabeth (Penman) Coughlin (abt. 1895)

Born about 1895 in Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth (Penman) Coughlin is a part of US Black heritage.

Mary was born about 1895 in Kentucky to Jacob Penman and Bertie Harlan. She was enumerated in the 1910 US Census for Boyle County with her Bertha Harlan who was 33 and divorced. She was a cook for a private family. Mary E. was 15 and John H. 9. ^[1]

She married John F. Coughlin under the name "Elizabeth" 16 May 1917 in Hamilton, Ohio. She was 20 years old and her parents were Jacob Penman and Bertha Harlan. ^[2]

She was enumerated in the 1930 US Census as "Mary" living with her husband John in Hamilton, Ohio. She was 33 years old, no occupation but her husband was a switcher on the railroad. There does not appear to be any children. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M288-KLK : accessed 8 February 2022), Mary E Penman in household of Bertha Harlen, Precinct 13, Boyle, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 7B, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 465; FHL microfilm 1,374,478.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ5B-TFT : 29 September 2021), Jacob Penman in entry for John M. Coughlin and Elizabeth Penman, 1917.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X471-X7G : accessed 26 July 2022), Mary E Coughlin in household of John M Coughlin, Cincinnati (Districts 1-250), Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 200, sheet 1B, line 90, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1813; FHL microfilm 2,341,547.