Coffey Families (and all Surname Variations) Traveling from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Arriving in the Port of New York, U.S.A. in the Second Quarter of 1850, Documented in Ship Passenger and Port Arrival Lists

A large percentage of the Irish that emigrated from the Connaught areas of Mayo, Roscommon, Galway, Sligo and Leitrim departed from the Liverpool Port in Lancashire, England. The ship passenger lists are an important part of our genealogical research-the link that "gets us across the pond" from America to Europe. It is perhaps the biggest gap in my own Brennan genealogical research that I have yet to find them in the "Famine Ship" passenger lists. I know that they traveled in either 1851 or 1852 so I am beginning my record analysis with these two years. The Surname Brennan was one of the 25 most prevalent surnames in Ireland so the task can be a bit intimidating, but none the less an important search to undertake! I will be creating this compilations based on my findings from viewing the actual passenger manifests and not someone else's transcriptions unless otherwise noted. Keep in mind that this is a work in progress! These compilations will be added to over time as I uncover new resources (online, books etc) with new data. In addition to ancestry.com's wonderful database on New York Passenger Lists, Family Search has an amazing on line database of images from New York Passenger Lists 1820-1897.

It is my objective to not only find my second great grandparents Martin Brennan and Catherine Corcoran but to help me identify other Brennan, Corcoran, Coffee, and Gahagan families that may have immigrated from Mayo or Roscommon to Liverpool and on to New York in the Passenger and Port lists so that I might be able to link them with Mayo and Roscommon Church records, English Census Records and U.S. Census Records. I welcome feedback and collaboration with other Genealogists researching their Brennan/Corcoran/Coffee and Gahagan roots to link these families together and find our shared ancestry!

These Records will be presented first by month of arrival, alphabetically by ship name and then the "clusters" of Brennans that appear to have traveled together will be presented in the order in which they appear on the manifest for each family (and alphabetically by the first members given name if there is more than one family). If you think you see your family in this compilation, make a point to secure the original record from available sources such as ancestry.com to make your own assessment because they may be traveling with friends that I have not included in this compilation that may open up your whole tree!

Coffeys arriving on Ships out of Dublin: Two Coffy families arrived on teh Bark Industry on April 18, 1850: Pat Coffy 50, Cath 45, Ellen 13, Mary 12, Ann 11, Marcella 9 and Cath 4 of Great Britain in steerage and Cabin Passengers Mr Coffy 24 and Miss Coffy 5 of Great Britain.

Coffeys leaving out of Cork, Ireland: Two different Coffey families arrived on the Ship Ashland on April 20, 1850: Nancy Coffe, 25 Servant from Great Britain and Peggy Coffee, 20 Servant out of Great Britain.

All of the passengers in this compilation were in steerage unless otherwise noted.

Ship and Arrival Date	Coffey and origins if given	Age	Occupation	Misc. Info like Destination	Database, Book, Resource
Ship Manhattan arrival April 9, 1850	Coffee, William of Ireland	25	Farmer	U.S.	New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 087 familysearch.org
Ship Waban arrival April 10, 1850	Coffee, Wm of Great Britain	25		U.S.	New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 087 familysearch.org
Ship Princeton of New York arrival April 19, 1850	Coffee, Daniel of Tipperary, Ireland	30	Laborer	New York	New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 087 familysearch.org
Ship Princeton of New York arrival April 19, 1850	Coffee, Daniel of Kerry, Ireland	40	Laborer	New York	New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 087 familysearch.org