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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: MurphyK91 on Monday 10 February 25 17:49 GMT (UK)
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Hello,
My third great grandparents were Charles Coughlin and Mariah Pier. Charles was born/died circa 1833-1896, died in Buffalo, New York. Mariah was born/died circa 1835-1892 and also died in Buffalo. They were both from Ireland.
They lived in the first ward of Buffalo since at least 1850.
There are many baptisms through familysearch connecting to their children. I also stumbled upon a Timothy Coughlin and Bridget Pier/Danahy who had a number of children baptized at the same church between the 1850/60s.
I believe I have the correct couple in the 1860 census where they are referred to as Cuglin and have what appear to be possible siblings of Bridget's of a Danahy family, though transcribed badly.
I believe I found the proper couple as their children Ellen and Michael are living with them from 1865 on. I found Michael's baptism refers to his mother as a Pier whereas his sister's baptism refers to her as a Danahy.
There is nothing particular out of the ordinary when it comes to my second great granduncle Charles Augustus Coughlin's marriage, it refers to his mother as Mariah Pier, however his death record in 1946 was filled out by his daughter Agnes Perrell and she refers to his mother as Mariah Danahy!
I wonder if it is possible that Bridget and Mariah might be older half siblings of the Danahy men. Perhaps Mariah's granddaughter had a misunderstanding of the Danahy surname and didn't realize the exact relationship? These two names being mixed this way seems to be too specific to be coincidental, however it still could be. Bridget passed in 1925 so perhaps I can ask the county clerk to compare death records of these Danahy men and Bridget and hope the parents are listed and that no mistakes are made.. haha. Unfortunately Timothy appears to have passed before 1865 and neither Charles or Mariah's death records have parents names as they didn't list them at the time.
If anyone can think of anything that might help I'd be very grateful!
Kevin Murphy
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I wonder if it is possible that Bridget and Mariah might be older half siblings of the Danahy men. Perhaps Mariah's granddaughter had a misunderstanding of the Danahy surname and didn't realize the exact relationship? These two names being mixed this way seems to be too specific to be coincidental, however it still could be.
Do I have the families right:
Mariah Pier/Danahy (c 1835, Ireland - 1892, Buffalo, NY)
+ Charles Coughlin (c 1833, Ireland - 1896, Buffalo, NY)
Ward 1, Buffalo by 1850
- Charles Augustus Coughlin ( - 1946)
marriage record says mother was "Pier"
death record says mother was "Danahy". informant: his daughter Agnes Perrell
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- Agnes Coughlin
+ Mr Perrell
children's baptisms on familysearch
Bridget Pier/Danahy ( - 1925)
+ Timothy Coughlin ( - before 1865)
- Ellen Coughlin
baptism record says mother was "Danahy"
- Michael Coughlin
baptism record says mother was "Pier"
1860: in Buffalo as Cuglin with Danahy siblings
children also on familysearch, same church
children with them from 1865 onward
1860 Buffalo [indexed at ancestry as Cuglin, at familysearch as Couglin]
Timothy Coughlin, 30, born in Ireland
Bridget Coughlin, 26, born in Ireland
Daniel Coughlin, 4, born in NY
Ellen Coughlin, 2, born in NY
Timothy Dannihy, 14, born in Ireland
Dennis Dannihy, 16, born in Ireland
Michael Dannihy, 19, sailor, born in Ireland
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7Q-6F4?lang=en
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If it was only Charles Augustus Coughlin's marriage record vs. his death record, I'd say go with the marriage record, since he was alive to provide the information. The real mystery is the difference between the mother's maiden name on Ellen and Michael Coughlin's baptism records, since you'd think the mother, Bridget, would have provided the information both times.
Or maybe not. I haven't looked for those records yet - was Ellen baptized after 1860? If so, maybe one of the Donahys in the household provided the information.
Could you post the names, and baptism years of the children, if you have a chance?
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I quickly realized that finding other US records that said either Pier or Donahy was not going to solve the problem. :)
Do you have any clue what part of Ireland they were from? Even the county would narrow the search down.
Were either couple married in Ireland, do you know? Try looking for the marriage record in the Catholic parish registers. findmypast.ie will let you search the index for free, and I think ancestry has the records indexed also, maybe familysearch as well. The actual records are at https://registers.nli.ie/?locale=en, if you find them in an index. Not all registers for all years have survived.
If either couple's first child was born in Ireland try for that also.
Failing that, look for the baptisms for Mariah, Bridget, and the Donahy men under both names. Mother's maiden names are almost always on the Irish Catholic parish baptism records.
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The other problem is trying to find an Irish name that would sound like Pier in America. Have you seen the name spelled any other way?
Remember they were speaking to registrars who probably weren't Irish at a time when surname spelling wasn't standardized. The enumerator for Timothy Coughlin's census return was named Patrick Delany and he wrote down Mallens for Mullins, Horragan, Calahan, Couglin, and Dannehed. Imagine what the poor American registrars thought they heard and tried to write down.
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I tried https://www.johngrenham.com/surnames/ for "Pier" and there weren't any at all listed in Griffith's Valuation, which is what he used as a basis for that particular database.
I Googled "Irish surname that sounds like Pier" and found https://www.duchas.ie/en/surnames?SearchText=p
so I entered just the letter "P" and came up with a few possibilities:
Paor → Paor · Power
Peircín → Perkins
Perri → Perry
Phayre → Fair · Mac Fhinn · Ó Finn · MacGing · McKing
I'd go with Paor anglicized as Power first, out of that bunch.
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I'm not suggesting that Mariah Pier is Mariah Danahy, but I suspect that Bridget Pier/Danahy and the Danahy men might be siblings/half siblings. I suspect Mariah Pier Coughlin's granddaughter might have mistaking her grandmother's maiden name for Danahy might indicate that Bridget was a sister, given that Bridget lived until 1925, whereas Mariah passed in 1892, her granddaughter wouldn't have known her at all, but perhaps she met Bridget throughout her childhood and knew her as her grandaunt? It is a strange coincidence with having these two names is it not?
All in Buffalo:
Timitheos Coughlan and Brigita Danahy baptize Mariah Coughlan 9 Mar 1854
Timitheo Coughlan and Brigita Danahy baptize Ellanam Coughlan 1 Apr 1858
Timitheo Coughlen and Bergitta Pier baptize Michael Coughlen 31 Oct 1863
Timitheo Coughlen and Bergitta Pier baptize Mary Coughlen 9 Jul 1865
Timetheo Coughlen and Bergitta Pier baptize Ellen Coughlen 3 May 1867
Based on shared DNA connections I suspect the Coughlins to come from Cork, possibly Schull, Cork. All children were born in Buffalo.
Thank you!
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I can see that Mariah and Mary could be different names and therefore two different children, but there are also two Ellens.
Is this the family?
1865 has Bridget 28 yrs, Ellen 7 yrs and Michael 3 yrs.
1875 has Bridget, 35 yrs Ellen 16 yrs, Michael, 13 yrs and Timothy Danahay, 26 yrs- brother.
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First - The name is Pier after all. Ignore all my suggestions in the previous post. But look for Pear, Peare, and Peir when you start searching. I saw all those variants in the Irish baptisms.
And yes, it is looking to me that Bridget was a half sibling of the Danahys and Maria was definitely related, maybe a sister or cousin.
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I don't know if you have these:
When Charles and Mariah Coughlin's daughter married 25 July 1923 to John Hamilton, she said her mother's maiden name was Mariah Pier.
https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/61378/records/904224502
Their son Benjamin's Social Security Application Index said his mother was Maria Pier.
https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/61378/records/904224502
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You mentioned the DNA link of the Coughlins to the Schull area of Co. Cork. At the findmypast index, I was running into a lot of baptisms in Schull West Parish, Cork and Ross Diocese for Pier.
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There is this man in Buffalo who might be worth looking into. I haven't yet.
1880 Buffalo Census
at 200 Miami Street
Richard Pier, 40, born in Ireland
Mary Pier, 35, born in Ireland
Daniel 11, John 5, Ellen 1, Margaret 3m, all born in NY
https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/6742/records/1585085
It might be a coincidence but his age and Bridget's match these baptisms exactly:
Schull West Parish, Cork and Ross Diocese
February 1, 1834, Bridget daughter of Richard Peare and Ellen Driscole, sponsors: Cor[nelius?] Collins and Susan Coghlan
January 31, 1840, Richard son of Richard Pier and Ellen Driscol, sponsors: Thomas Lowry and ? Reily
more in that family, most likely. same parish.
Betty, 1827, Richard and Ellen
Dan, 1830 Richard and Ellen
Ellen, 1832 Richard and Ellen
Pat, 1836, Dick and Ellen
Honora 1845, Richard and Ellen
But no Mariah.
There are these 3 children named Maria Pier, or variants, baptized in Schull West in 1835 +/- 2 years. I didn't widen the year +/- .
Mary Peare baptized 1834, parents Richard and Sally
Mary Peare baptized 1835, parents Andrew and Margaret
Mary Peare baptized 1835, parents Jerry and Mary
I haven't looked at the actual register.
this link will take you to the Schull West parish records.
https://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0057?locale=en
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This has to be a coincidence, since "your" Timothy and Bridget were in Buffalo long before this, but I thought it was interesting, showing the occurrence of both names in the area.
Baptism, Schull West Parish
January 2, 1859
John, son of Timothy Coghlan and Bridget Peir
sponsors Michael Peir and Julia Perry
family from Thoin ? Froin/r ?
https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633997?locale=en#page/149/mode/1up
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The obituaries of both Matthew and Michael Danahy said they arrived in Buffalo in 1849. They ran a meat packing business, Danahy Packing. I imagine you have that by now. One of the earlier records gave "cattle" as one of their occupations, I don't remember which.
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The Danahys in 1850
Interesting household. Look and see if you think Bridget's age is 16 or 46, as it was transcribed. I say "16." All the other 4's on the page are open, not closed. The 1850 census does not include a column for relationship to the head. I've seen people listed out of age order before. And just because she is checked off in the
"people over 20 who cannot read or write" column it means nothing, since the enumerator also checked off Daniel, age 18, and John, age 15.
1850 Census Buffalo, Dennis Danahy [indexed as Danaha]
Dennis Danaha, 50, born in Ireland, no occupation,
Bridget Danaha, 16, born in Ireland
Matthew Danaha, 20, born in Ireland, laborer
Daniel Danaha, 18, born in Ireland, laborer
John Danaha, 15, born in Ireland
Ellen Danaha, 13, born in Ireland
Michael Danaha, 10, born in Ireland
Dennis Danaha, 6, born in Ireland
Zady Danaha, 2, born in Ireland
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYC-49Y?lang=en
If that Bridget is 16, then I'd say there is a good chance she is the Bridget who married Timothy Couglin and Dennis is her stepfather. Maybe she was listed first because she was the woman of the house.
If she is Dennis's stepdaughter then he too had a family before marrying Bridget's mother, since Matthew and Daniel are older than Bridget. Then both Bridget's parents died as well as the mother of some of Timothy's older children. In fact they could be intermingled right down the line, couldn't they? I'm having a bit of trouble picturing the sequence of events.
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Both that Richard Pier in Buffalo in 1880 and the Dennis Danahy household in 1850 have a daughter Ellen in it. - Oh, I just noticed that Timothy and Bridget Coughlin wanted a girl named Ellen badly enough to reuse the name. I assume the first daughter, baptized 1858, died.
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Just got a email message that someone else has posted, so some of this might duplicate that post. I'm going to save it as is.
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I can see that Mariah and Mary could be different names and therefore two different children, but there are also two Ellens.
Is this the family?
1865 has Bridget 28 yrs, Ellen 7 yrs and Michael 3 yrs.
1875 has Bridget, 35 yrs Ellen 16 yrs, Michael, 13 yrs and Timothy Danahay, 26 yrs- brother.
Yes. That is them! Strangely enough my 3rd great grandparents had a daughter Mary Coughlin Findlay and Mariah Coughlin Lancer!
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Great research oldohiohome.
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYC-49Y?lang=en
Oh, I just noticed that Timothy and Bridget Coughlin wanted a girl named Ellen badly enough to reuse the name. I assume the first daughter, baptized 1858, died.
I assumed wrong, since the Ellen baptized in 1858 is the Ellen that Heywood found in 1865, age 7, and in 1875, age 16.
Great research oldohiohome.
Thank you, I have enjoyed every minute of it.
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Thank you for your help. It is interesting regarding the name Ellen. Charles and Mariah's first daughter was born in 1854, but died before 1855. They named another Ellen as well.
Here's all their children. All in Buffalo.
Ellen Coughlin 1854
Mary Coughlin Findlay 1855-1917
John Coughlin 1861-aft1922 bef 1935. There are so.many John Coughlins in Buffalo.. He was an Alderman of the first ward of Buffalo throughout the 1890s, but despite that I've found no death notice or any clues.
Mariah Coughlin Lancer 1863-1914
Ellen Coughlin Schaefer Delehanty Crockard Hamilton 1866-1935 widowed each time!
Twins
Daniel Coughlin 1869-1895
Charles Augustus Coughlin 1869-1946
William Joseph Coughlin 1872-1922 mine
Benjamin Andrew Coughlin 1876-1952
I think I'm going to take another trip to the familysearch library to get images of the baptisms so I can look over the sponsors. Perhaps requesting Bridget's death record could shed some light. Perhaps purchasing a copy of one of the Danahy men and comparing them would prove useful?
By the way that granddaughter who filled out the death record for Charles Augustus Coughlin was his daughter Agnes Coughlin Perrell 1899-1974. So she wouldn't have known her grandmother at all. But, perhaps she might have known Bridget and those Denehy men. If she knew them, that could explain why she thought Mariah's maiden name was Danahy. My second great grandfather's death record was filled out by his son Charles Coughlin. He wrote it as Mariah Peer.
Thank you again for your help! I wonder if Bridget is in the 1855 census.
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCYC-49Y?lang=en
Oh, I just noticed that Timothy and Bridget Coughlin wanted a girl named Ellen badly enough to reuse the name. I assume the first daughter, baptized 1858, died.
I assumed wrong, since the Ellen baptized in 1858 is the Ellen that Heywood found in 1865, age 7, and in 1875, age 16.
Great research oldohiohome.
Thank you, I have enjoyed every minute of it.
I actually wonder if that is an error of transcription. I'm going to look at the baptisms next week or the week after that.
Bridget is a widow in the 1865 census. I found a death of a Timothy Coughlin in 1863 in Buffalo.
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Bridget is a widow in the 1865 census. I found a death of a Timothy Coughlin in 1863 in Buffalo.
It he died before 1865, then the Ellen Coughlin baptized 3 May 1867 is not theirs.
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Bridget is a widow in the 1865 census. I found a death of a Timothy Coughlin in 1863 in Buffalo.
It he died before 1865, then the Ellen Coughlin baptized 3 May 1867 is not theirs.
I know. I'm just wondering if it's possibly a transcription error. Won't know until I see the image. That would also mean that Mary in 1865 wasn't theirs, but perhaps the 6 was actually a 5. Maybe. Very strange regardless.
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The obituaries of both Matthew and Michael Danahy said they arrived in Buffalo in 1849. They ran a meat packing business, Danahy Packing. I imagine you have that by now. One of the earlier records gave "cattle" as one of their occupations, I don't remember which.
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Did either of them die after 1904?
I found an obituary for Bridget's brother Dennis Danahy in 1904. Mentions he is survived by two brothers John and Timothy Danahy and a sister Mrs. Bridget Coughlin. I'm going to try to get his death record compared with Bridget's! Fingers crossed
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Michael Danahy died October 6, 1913
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Matthew Danahy died November 20, 1910
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Matthew Danahy died November 20, 1910
Thank you! They must be different members of that family or unrelated. I was looking through city directories and found there were a couple of them at one point. Thank you again for everything!
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I think that must be a different Dennis. I found this one who worked for Danahy Packing and was active in Democratic circles. The age and time spent in Buffalo work out also. You'd have to find his wife and children.
obit March 9, 1925 . Died March 8
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newspapers.com is free until Monday night. You have to jump through a few hoops but it works. I did it through an email from my wife's cousin, but here is a link to a thread on rootschat with instructions to do it a couple different ways.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=889454.msg7630554#msg7630554
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here is the Dennis Danahy in 1900 with the names that fit the obituary, including Mr Thomas Reese. To be sure he was Bridget's sister you'd still need a few more records, but I like the part about being an officer of Danahy Packing.
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/records/32395198
On my links with ancestrylibrary in them - just remove the "library" from the link and it should work.
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for Richard Peer of Buffalo NY
died 29 May 1912
his obituary: Peer - In this city, May 29th, Richard, husband of Mary Peer and brother of Michael Peer of Erie, PA.
This stuff comes from ancestry's hints. It looks like it hangs together, but I didn't look at it thoroughly.
They say his wife Mary was first married to a John Coughlin who died 1877 in Buffalo. Daniel, John, and Ellen (in the household as Pier in 1880) are all said to be John Coughlin's children and are listed as such in 1892. Daniel's SS information says his parents were John Coughlin and Mary Leary.
Mary Leary is said to be this person:
Mary Leary, baptized Schull West Parish 27 March 1844, father's first name is missing
mother: Nelly Mahoney. one of the witnesses is a Coughlin
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61039/records/5807452
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for Michael Peer of Erie PA in 1912
Pennsylvania Death Certificate
died 27 March 1926, Erie, PA, at 726 West 2nd St
parents: Richard Peer, Ellen Driscoll
spouse: Mary Mahoney
informant: Mary E Peer of 726 W 2 St
buried Trinity Cemetery
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/records/4289374
Richard Peer and Ellen Driscoll should sound familiar.
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If you send to NY State for records, have you tried the city of Buffalo first? It used to be cheaper and faster to get the records at the local level if they are still held there. I guess a lot of them might be archived at the state level by now.
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I think that must be a different Dennis. I found this one who worked for Danahy Packing and was active in Democratic circles. The age and time spent in Buffalo work out also. You'd have to find his wife and children.
obit March 9, 1925 . Died March 8
How would it be a different Dennis if the obituary literally mentions him being survived by a sister named Mrs Bridget Coughlin? It was also in Buffalo. Thank you
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for Richard Peer of Buffalo NY
died 29 May 1912
his obituary: Peer - In this city, May 29th, Richard, husband of Mary Peer and brother of Michael Peer of Erie, PA.
This stuff comes from ancestry's hints. It looks like it hangs together, but I didn't look at it thoroughly.
They say his wife Mary was first married to a John Coughlin who died 1877 in Buffalo. Daniel, John, and Ellen (in the household as Pier in 1880) are all said to be John Coughlin's children and are listed as such in 1892. Daniel's SS information says his parents were John Coughlin and Mary Leary.
Mary Leary is said to be this person:
Mary Leary, baptized Schull West Parish 27 March 1844, father's first name is missing
mother: Nelly Mahoney. one of the witnesses is a Coughlin
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61039/records/5807452
That is fascinating! John Coughlin the Alderman never married or had any children, but this is all incredibly interesting regardless. Perhaps we might be dealing with two families that commonly intermarried with each other?
I have that with my Gardinier/Willick/Vickerd families. My great grandparents were Earl Gardinier and Ruth Vickerd. Ruth's cousin married Earl's sister! Multiple other close relatives married other members of the same family so we have loads of double cousins and double second cousins. Haha. I'm guessing this was probably more common the further you go back in time.
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I found two men named Dennis Danahy in Buffalo in that time period.
this is the one who died in 1904:
Dennis Danahy (c 1848, Ireland - 1904)
1875: age 30, fireman, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7250/records/1365717605
1880: age 36, keeps a boarding stable, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/records/38434206
1900: age 52, proprietor, livery stable, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/records/18731780
1904: survived by brothers John and Timothy, and a sister Mrs Bridget Coughlin
+ Ellen Mahoney
- Francis (c 1873 - )
- Dennis Danahy (c 1875 - )
- Edward Danahy (c 1877 - June 22, 1931, Detroit)
death record says parents Dennis Danahy and Ellen Mahoney, both born in Buffalo
- Gertrude Margaret Danahy (c 1879 - )
obituary https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/363233670/
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this is one who died in 1925
- Dennis Danahy (c Apr 1843, Ireland - 8 March 1925, Buffalo)
1892: age 48, butcher, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3212/records/683948
1900: b April 1843, foreman, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/records/32395198
1910: with the Reeses, foreman, packing company, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/records/17414174
1920: with the Reeses, foreman, meat company, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/records/86964995
findagrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/264026547/dennis-danahy
findagrave says he was the brother of Michael and Matthew, the meat packers
+ Flora (c 1845, Ireland - ) on 1892 census but died before 1900
- Marie Danahy (June 1872 - )
+ Thomas J Reese (February 1873 - )
- Josie Danahy (c 1878, US - )
+ George Walter
- William Danahy (c 1872, US )
- Margaret Danahy (August 1883 - ) single in 1920
- Alice Danahy (November 1885 - ) single in 1920
You might need to look at the death records to sort them out for sure, hopefully.
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This might be Bridget Pier/Danahy in 1855. the information matches, but there is no way of knowing for sure.
1855 Census, Buffalo, Ward 2, E.D. 2
July 3, 1855
dwelling 400, family 430, image 31
Bridget Unknown, 22, servant, born in Ireland, in Buffalo 5 years, alien, "cannot read or write" was not checked off
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BPY-XNC?wc=M6G3-T2S%3A237409201%2C237482301%26cc%3D1937366&lang=en&i=30&cc=1937366
I browsed Wards 1 and 2 of Buffalo in 1855 and didn't find any Danahys. They don't show up in the index. I wonder if they were in an orphanage or being raised by other families and listed under those names. I have no idea. I'd think they would be listed on the census if in an orphanage.
When they start showing up again in 1860 and 1865 they are with relatives - In 1860 Michael, Dennis, and Timothy are with Bridget and Timothy Coughlin.
Then in 1865 Matthew is with his brother Michael.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-JYCY?lang=en
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a possible Danahy arrival on the Columbus from Liverpool, arrived 8 October 1849
might show up indexed as Deneley
Dennis Denehy, 50, workman [matches 1850 census]
Johanna Denehy, 49
Mary Denehy, 19 [does not match Mariah's age, but might not be her anyway]
Daniel Denehy, 17, workman [matches 1850 census]
Mick Denehy, 13 [off by 2 on 1850 census]
Dennis Denehy, 7, child [matches 1850 census]
Mathew Denehy, 5 [off by 2 on 1850 census]
image 7.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7488/images/NYM237_84-0259?queryId=53a767e5-6363-48f7-af3e-397bac009c99&usePUB=true&_phsrc=cQQ462&_phstart=successSource&pId=1023633586
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If that is them, then daughter Mary left the household, Johanna died, and Dennis remarried to Mrs (widow) Pier - mother of at least Bridget and maybe Mariah. Then Mrs Pier died. All between October 8, 1849, and July 25, 1850, when Dennis, Bridget, and Dennis' children were enumerated on the census.
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You mentioned going to a familysearch library. Besides baptisms, do they have the records of marriages and deaths at the same parish or nearby? I'd look for anyone named Danahy who died or married between 1849 and 1850. And anyone named Pier who died maybe 1845 to 1850, and any Pier who married between 1849 and 1850.
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Another puzzle is that in 1855 Maria Coughlin's information said she had been in Buffalo only 3 years. And in 1865 and 1875 the information said she was born in Canada. She probably wasn't, but did her family arrive in Buffalo via Canada, and that is why whoever provided the information thought she was born there? Still, I didn't find a trace of her or the Piers in the Canadian records and the BMD records are pretty thorough and on line.
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I found images I took some years ago when I went to the Buffalo library. One of a baptism of an Ellen Coughlin with parents listed as Timothy Coughlin and Bridget Pier. The sponsors are William Pier and Mary Anne Callahan.
Have a picture of a baptism of Mariah Coughlin of Timothy Coughlin and Bridget Danahy in 1854 was at the top of the page. Sponsors are Jer Collins and Ellen Danahy.
From what I recall there weren't many marriages or deaths to be found in those particular records for those years.
I found a lot of information on William Pier in particular. He had what I suspect is a sister Elizabeth married to a Cornelius Mehigan. They can be found close in the earliest census records I found for them in 1860. Through a death notice of Catharine Pier Kelly, she is her daughter, but I don't suspect she married a Pier as her name is listed in baptisms as Pier. I think they'd still use her maiden name and they lived very close to William Pier born between 1815-1825.
Interestingly enough there that William Pier had a son Richard Pier in the 1855 census. There is a Richard Pier in the 1880 census who changed to Peer later on who appears to have came from West Schull.
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Scratch that on Richard Peer. I found a baptism sponsor of one of my Coughlins a Hugh Cunningham married to a Mary Baisley came from Goleen, West Schull. Not sure if there is a relation, but that was very interesting they came from there.
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I've managed to do a lot more research and made it to the library to view some of the baptisms.
The baptism for the eldest daughter Ellen Coughlin 1854-bef 1855 had a sponsor Daniel Coughlin! I ended up sorting out two particular Daniel Coughlins. One appears to have arrived in 1867 according to the 1900 census. His wife was a Mary Desmond as I found through baptisms and a death notice. Some people in this family mixed her up with the other Daniel Coughlin's wife Mary Mahoney.
I imagine the Daniel Coughlin living by Bridget in 1870 was a sibling of her husband Timothy.
The other was a Captain Daniel Coughlin who passed in 1915. Years ago I noticed an Elizabeth Brown with a father Dennis Coughlin was in the 1855 census very close by my Charles Coughlin.
Her death in 1905 indicated she was survived by Capt Dan Coughlin and Mrs. Ellen Collins. I found Ellen was a spouse of a Jeremiah Collins. They ended up in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County. One of their daughters Johannah was Hannah V Collins in the 1900 census niece of Daniel Coughlin. Daniel is supposed to have arrived in 1849. I also found Ellen was Nellie Collins in the 1900 census. 1850 arrival. Nothing of her later than that yet.
Aggravating that I can't find anything concrete linking Charles to anyone directly. Haha.