coghlan

[wodell]

hi, rootschatters, you know that brick wall that appears sometimes,?. well its a bigggggun this time,
i have a josephine coghlan, or coughlan, may have been born in cork date unknown, met and returned to workington in cumberland, with a robinson jones, b cumb 1878, a member of the malitia stationed in cork,they married in workington dec 1902, they lived in the west cumbria area till death and had daughters may,kathleen,eileen,and clementina,,
but can anyone help me with josephines irish roots,
thanks for reading, wodell

[aghadowey]

To look for Josephine it would be helpful to have an estimated year of birth. Does she appear in 1901 census in England? If so, how old was she then? Also would she have been in England by 1891 for that census?

[wodell]

 :)hi, well this is how i got the story,and seeing how there is only me and my auntie left i can check out  otherwise,
she isnt on the 1901 census because they met when robinson was serving in cork in the malitia, he returned to workington, sometime later josephine turned up at workington requesting that he do the right as she had been sent to look for the father of her forthcoming child, as she is not on the census, but is on the bmd site as married in dec 1902 i can only assume this to be 1902(the sums would suggest no more than 9 months before december,??)
i was told she was in her late teens, also i only have the fact that he was stationed in cork to assume that she was from there, any mention of her birth was always quoted as cork or simply ireland. i know its not much but well ahh you know,
thanks wodell

[aghadowey]

Was hoping that you'd found her in England in 1901. See how difficult it'll be to find her but don't give up yet. Does her marriage certificate list the name and occupation of her father? (this will be very important bit of data to find her in Ireland).
She might have been living near the barracks in Cork where Robinson was stationed but born somewhere else in Cork so no clues there.
If she isn't in England in 1901 then she will hopefully still be in Ireland. Will be a while to wait but 1911 and 1901 Irish census are gradually being put online and will be easy to search. See here for details:
www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Under future plans it lists the order each county will be added (started with 1911 Dublin in Dec.2007). Cork is 5th in line which is good news but not sure when then 1901 census will actually start appearing there.
1901 census is also available through LDS but not indexed so you have to know where a person was living (townland) to order the microfilm.
Some, not all, Irish births are on IGI but coverage is 1864-c1880 so possibly too early for Josephine.
Only other things I can think of at the moment is church records (church she was married in, where children (especially the first one) were baptised as sometimes there are different details put in the church registers, and cemetery record of her death (just incase they list parents or birthplace but that of course depends on informant knowing the correct information).

[wodell]

  well luckily i have a few days off, later this week so i might get to northside church, anyhow thanks for that, bye wodell