Cornelius Coffey- For Pelorus

[Mk2_Zephyr]

Yeah, BRYERS is a family line, hence the COFFEYs


Patrick, Michael James, Mary, William and Ellen 

sound right ?

What other info do you have ? 

 

[kiwihalfpint]

Kiwihalfpint

Do you have any other information on William which you think would be useful to me?

The only other information I have on William is his death place, which is One Tree Point, Northland, and his marriage date of 2 April 1930, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands.  No Children listed ...... don't know if there were any ..... but I haven't been given any.

I don't need any information on William, as he isn't my main link, but his wife - Mona, her fathers 3 siblings married into my family.

This also happens to be my friends clan as well .... will ask what she has.

Cheers
KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi,

Just been going over my  info for William Cornelius Coffey, my source got it from the Probate Index:

Agency BBNY
Series 10440
Box 42
Record 172/1965

Filed on 30 July 1965 in Whangarei.   At time of death he was a Retired Farmer.

In 1917 he was living in Maromaku as a Labourer, and had the Military call up.   NZ Gazette 1917 page 546.  He was listed as a First Reservist.

Might pay to get the death notice to see what that says.

As he was born in South Canterbury wonder if it is worthwhile getting in touch with the NZSG Branch for more information i.e. school records etc or putting up another post asking for someone to do a look up for you.



Cheers
KHP

[kiwihalfpint]

Hi,

If you have a look at this link below and just type in the name Coffey .... you will find that there are 28 of them there.

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/locations.aspx


Happy browsing.

Cheers
KHP

[Mk2_Zephyr]

Ok, seems to be two different families

Cornelius COFFEY  b County Kerry          d   20th Dec 1917   buried Kawakawa

Cornelius COFFEY  m Katherine BRYERS   1885

had 7 kids,
Twins  .. stillborn
Patrick .. who died young
Michael James  ....  died WW1         m  PARAONE-KAWITI
Mary
William Cornelius
Ellen 

none born in South Island ,

[kiwihalfpint]

So which family does the William Cornelius Coffey/Cossey belong to?

I was given Gleniti South Canterbury for his birth?

Confusing

[Mk2_Zephyr]

I got Towai

for W C COFFEY who  married  Mona COSSEY


guess have to toddle off and check the bdms, I'm in the middle of transfering files to the master, so wasn't going to check up all these for a few weeks, 


the Cornelius COFFEY on the WW1 file is not William Cornelius COFFEY who married COSSEY.

[kiwihalfpint]

Poor you    

Mind you lots of dates and info that was given to me didn't match up with mine .... mine were verified with certificates over the last 30 years.

Think I might pay a visit to Papakura and have a gander at the indexes.

[Pelorus]

Hi to you both - kiwihalfpint and mk2_zephyr

Yes this is one and the same family!!! Thank you for your persistance and help.

mk2_zephyr - your family 'tree' is what I have. Mary and William are brother and sister - Mary is my grandmother! Who are you related to - maybe Ellen?

kiwihalfpint - the birthdate you gave for William is in fact (I think) Ellen's birthdate - I will keep plugging at this and see what I come up with from other avenues. William's birthdate is the only one of this part of the family I don't have.

Father - Cornelius Charles Coffey, son of Michael and Mary (nee Mangan) Coffey is the relative I want to follow through with as I have many discrepancies with his legal documents as to his actual birthdate (his marriage certificate, entries on his daughters' birth certificates, his will and his death certificate all give a different year).

I am also interested in finding out what ship he arrived on - possibility leaving from from Liverpool.

I will keep delving and will post what I fond to you both.

Thanks again

Pelorus