Mary Coffey : Short Biography

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Australia

https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1207/images/RDAUS1901_10083…

Mary Coffey 1830

Castleconnell (Limerick) County Limerick

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Place of migration

Migrated to/Born in Australia

Mary Coffey was the daughter of Patrick and Bridget Coffey of Castleconnell. Bridget's maiden name was Kennedy. Patrick and Bridget Coffey had eight children. As far as I know one of the sons was Matthew Coffey b abt 1838.
In 1853 Mary Coffey married William Minihan in Castleconnell, Limerick. Wiliam's parents were John Minihan, Dairy Farmer and Mary O'Malley.

In 1854 William and Mary Minihan sailed to Australia above the "James Carson". Three months and nine days later they arrived in Melbourne which was then a town of tents. The family selected land at Cranbourne where they built a house of wattle and daub and raised cattle for milking.

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Additional Information
Date of Birth	1st Jan 1830 (circa)
Date of Death	10th Mar 1905	VIEW SOURCE
New Type	Mary's parents were Patrick Coffey and Bridget Kennedy Spouse: 1854: Marriage to William Minihan in Castleconnell County Limerick Jan 1854 Source: Australia Births, Deaths and Marriages Victorian Death Registration #1313/1905. Emigrated 1854: Emigration: 5 April 1854 Liverpool on the James Carson 1164 tons Ons and 414 passengers arrived in Port Phillip Melbourne Victoria on 8 July 1854. Source: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: 1848-1957) Wed 12 Jul 1854/ Page 4/ Shipping Intelligence 9 Children 1854 First Child Mary Ann Minihan born on 12 Sep 1854 at Collingwood, Victoria Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Birth Registration # 178/1855. Place of Birth: Leicester St Collingwood Note Birth Registered14 January 1855. Death 15 Jan 1855 Source: Victorian Death Registration #100/1855 1856 2nd Child Patrick Minihan b 1856 Collingwood Victoria Australia d 8 July 1926 Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia #9426/1926 1858 3rd Child: Mary Ann Minihan b 1858 Victoria Australia d 15 May1863 Cranbourne, Victoria Australia #3958/1863 1860 4th Child: John Minihan b 1860 Cranbourne d 15 May 1863 Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia #3959/1863 1862 5th Child Catherine (Kitty) Minihan b Lyndhurst Victoria Australia #13905/1862 d 23 May1947 Northcote, Victoria Australia #5119/1947 1864 6th Child Mary Ann Minihan b 1864 Collingwood Victoria, Australia d 30 Dec 1896 Cranbourne, Victoria Australia Death #13041/1896 1866 7th Child John Minihan b 1866 Lyndhurst, Victoria, Australia # 7694/1866 d 15 Feb1936 Dandenong Victoria Australia #135511936 1867 8th Child Ellen Minihan b 1867 Cranbourne, Victoria Australia # 8604/1867 d 22 Sep 1898 Cranbourne Victoria, Australia #11634/1898 1870 9th Child Johanna Minihan 6 May 1870 Lyndhurst, Victoria Australia #8093/1870 d 20 Jul 1964 Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia #15742/1964 Mary Minihan (Coffey) died on the 10 March 1905 at Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia #1313/1905 Buried on 12 March 1905 at Cranbourne Cemetery Roman Catholic Grave LB281 Find A Grave Memorial#66811164	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4795059