A Coogan Family of County Monaghan
1800 Coogans, McConvilles, Lynchs, McCabes, O'Hares, Mulligans all living along Monaghan/Armagh border (near Lake Muckno): Muckno and Clontibret Parishes (Monaghan); Creggan Parish (Armagh). 1825 [Possible] reference to Coogans in Corlealackagh townland, Clontibret Parish. Owen Coogan listed as schoolmaster. 1830 [Possible] reference to Coogans in Corlealackagh townland, Clontibret Parish. Tithe Applotment records list Owen Coogan (SR), Owen Coogan, Owen & Catherine Coogan, Pat Coogan. 1835 [Possible] listing of Hugh "Elder" as witness to a McConville Baptism in Crossmaglen, Creggan Parish, Armagh. 1840 [Possible] listing of Patrick "Patriarch" as witness to a McConville Baptism in Crossmaglen, Creggan Parish, Armagh. 1843 [Probable] Owen "Trader" emigrates to Canada with his fiance, Ann O'Hare. By winter, Owen and Ann are married and reside in Montreal, Quebec, with Ann's sister Catherine O'Hare Kelly. 1845 Potato Blight (Famine) begins in September. 1846 First deaths related to the Famine are reported to authorities. 1847 [Probable] Patrick "Patriarch" emigrates to United States. [Note - His wife, Bridget, may have traveled with him, but we are not sure.] A typhus epidemic strikes the Irish population just as the Famine is at its height. Luckily, the potato crops are 'Blight free.' 1848 A cholera epidemic hits Ireland. 1849 [Probable] Patrick "Innkeeper" emigrates to United States. One million Irish reported dead from the Famine and associated plague. 1851 [Probable] James "Bartender" emigrates to United States. 1852 [Possible] listing of Hugh "Elder" as witness to a McConville Baptism in Crossmaglen, Creggan Parish, Armagh. [Probable] Michael "Stonecutter" emigrates to United States. 1853 The 12th Lord Blayney (Cadwallader) - the last Lord of Blayney Castle - sells his estate to the wealthy Henry Thomas Hope of Deepdene, Surrey. Hugh "Elder" emigrates to United States. He arrives at Castle Garden (New York City) on July 29th with his wife, Mary, and daughters, Bridget (age 3) and Margaret (infant), aboard "Orient." Three other passengers may be related: Owen Coogan (age 16), Bridget (age 15) and Ann (age 13). 1854 [Probable] Terrence "Farmer" and Hugh "Explorer" emigrate to United States. 1855 Patrick "Innkeeper" owns Coogan Hotel at 13 North Front Street, Kingston, Ulster, NY. Hugh "Explorer" and Patrick "Patriarch" are listed as residents. The Coogans attend the only Catholic Parish in Kingston - Saint Mary's. 1856 [Probable] Death of Patrick "Patriarch". 1858 James "Bartender" working at Coogan Hotel. Michael "Stonecutter" supplying Hotel with beer (brewerey). 1859 Hugh "Explorer" pioneers to Iowa. 1861 Owen "Trader" travels to West Indies (Jamaica) as a horse dealer. He supplies the Union Army with horses for the US Civil War. 1864 James Joseph Coogan, son of Owen "Trader", emigrates from Montreal to Boston, MA, area. 1870 The Coogan families in Kingston switch from Saint Mary's parish to the new, Irish Catholic, parish - Saint Joseph's. 1872 Death of Patrick "Innkeeper". 1874 Terrence "Farmer" moves to Pond Eddy, PA. 1876 Patrick "Innkeeper"'s children sell Coogan Hotel and move to Brooklyn, NY. 1879 Terrence "Farmer" moves to Howard County, IA, to live near his brother, Hugh "Explorer". Event remembered by Brooklyn Coogans as 'when the Coogan brothers moved west.' 1885 Death of Owen "Trader" and Michael "Stonecutter". Patrick Henry Coogan, son of Terrence "Farmer" cutting stone in Iron & St. Francois Counties, MO. Peter Coogan, son of Michael "Stonecutter", moves to Brooklyn, NY. 1888 Patrick Henry Coogan, son of Terrence "Farmer", cutting stone in Minnesota (Minneapolis area). James "Bartender" living with Michael "Stonecutter"s family in Kingston, NY. 1889 Death of Hugh "Elder". 1890 Patrick H. Coogan, son of Michael "Stonecutter", Alderman in Kingston, NY. 1891 [Possible] death of James "Bartender". 1893 Death of Terrence "Farmer". 1895 Elizabeth Lynch Coogan, wife of Terrence "Farmer", moves to Oelwein, Fayette, IA. Mary Ann Coogan, daughter of Terrence, moves with her husband to Granite Falls, Redwood, MN. 1900 Hugh "Explorer" pioneers to Washington State with Michael James Coogan, son of Terrence "Farmer". 1901 Patrick Henry Coogan, son of Terrence "Farmer", moves to Madera County, California. 1903 Death of Hugh "Explorer". William Joseph Coogan, grandson of Patrick "Innkeeper" returns from Brooklyn to Kingston after the death of his father. 1905 Death of Elizabeth Lynch Coogan. 1921 'Reunion' of Owen "Trader" descendants in Montreal, QC (for the marriage of Louise Agnes Mary Clerk). Persons who attended included James Joseph Coogan (resident of Boston, MA) and Sister Mary Augustine [Margaret Jane Coogan] (resident of Providence, RI), children of Owen "Trader." 1925 William McClimont, grandson of Patrick "Innkeeper", ordained as priest in Vincentian Order. McClimonts visit Coogans in Boston and Montreal. 1937 William McClimont returns from successful travels to China as a missionary. Visits Coogans in Boston and Montreal. 1939 Upon the death of Charles Owen Coogan, grandson of Owen "Trader", large gathering of Boston and Brooklyn Coogans in Bronx, NY. 1950 Dottie Coogan, great granddaughter of Owen "Trader" begins genealogy research. She contacts Brooklyn Coogans (her cousins) and creates the basic framework for this project. 1970 Patricia Connor Coogan, wife of John Michael Coogan (great grandson of Terrence "Farmer") begins research on her husband's Coogan line. She copies census, church, and city directory information which traces the family back to Kingston, NY. 1992 James Joseph Coogan V, great great great grandson of Owen "Trader", begins his genealogy research, picking up where Dottie had left off. 1998 James Joseph Coogan V creates this website. 1999 James Joseph Coogan V and Pat Connor Coogan create the Coogan Research Group. 2000 Descendants of Owen "Trader", Michael "Stonecutter", Terrence "Farmer" connect via the internet! 2001 Descendants of Patrick "Innkeeper" connect to this tree! 2006 Y-DNA-37 test confirms that Terrence "Farmer" and Owen "Trader" lines are related (99% probability).
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