Coughlan Family
William Coughlan,
son of William and Ellen Coughlan nee Garde,
born January 1867 and died in 1945. William married Ellen Hannah Kavanagh on
26th September 1895 at Youghal. Ellen born 29th January 1873 and had no family.
Benjamin Joseph Coughlan,
son of William and Ellen Coughlan nee Garde,
born 1868 and died in 1947. Benjamin married Mary O'Mahoney. Benjamin went to
Boston USA in 1898 but went back to Ireland in the 1930's.
Children of Benjamin and Mary Coughlan nee O'Mahoney:-
i) Mary Coughlan.
Eileen Coughlan,
daughter of William and Ellen Coughlan nee
Garde, born 1898 and married Stanislaus Ernest Fitzgibbon.
Kathleen Coughlan,
daughter of William and Ellen Coughlan nee
Garde, born 1899.
Wilfred Coughlan,
daughter of William and Ellen Coughlan nee
Garde, born 1900.
Gerald Noel Coughlan, son of William and Ellen Coughlan
nee Garde, born 1903.
Rupert John
Coughlan, son of William and Ellen Coughlan
nee Garde, born in Youghal 27th May 1907.
John Coughlan,
son of William and Ellen Coughlan nee Garde,
married Margaret Nagle of Co. Cork. The family were all born at Ladysbridge, Co.
Cork. John joined the Boston Police and rose to the rank of Captain.
4th Generation
Mary Coughlan,
daughter of Benjamin and Mary Coughlan, born in Boston Mass. Mary entered the
Sisters of Mercy, Wilkes-Barre, in September 1928. Sister Mary Christopher was
the Superior and teaching Principal at St Therese's School, Wilkes-Barre PA.