Coffey Families (and all Surname Variations) Traveling from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Arriving in the Port of New York, U.S.A. in the Third Quarter of 1851, 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 Coffee (my 3rd great grandmother's maiden name) was not one of the 25 most prevalent surnames in Ireland (like my surname Brennan) but the task can still be quite daunting, 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 that is searchable by year.
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!
Miscellaneous Coffee Observations: There was a Mary Coffee a 23 year old servant who arrived on the Ship Niagra from Cork on August 29 (Liverpool is crossed out the by the Captain). This makes me wonder if this ship stopped in Liverpool en route.
Surname variants that resemble Coffey or sound phonetically similar that are worth noting: There was a Martin Coghey who arrived on the Trumbull on September 18 and a Ellen Coffrey who arrived on the Conquerer on August29.
These Records will be presented first by month of arrival, alphabetically by ship name and then the "clusters" of Coffeys (Coffee, Coffy etc) that appear to have traveled together will be presented alphabetically by Surname (if different) and then by given name. 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!
Ship and Arrival Date | Coffey and origins if given | Other Coffeys that appear to be traveling with them | Age | Occupation | Misc. Info like Destination | Database, Book, Resource |
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Sp. Robt Kelly; arrival July 1, 1851 | Coffey, John of England | 25 | Iron Founder | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 101 familysearch.org | |
Ship Princeton; arrival July 3, 1851 | Coffey, Michael of Cavan, Ireland | 17 | Laborer | New York | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 101 familysearch.org | |
Ship Princeton; arrival July 3, 1851 | Coffey, Richard of Kildare, Ireland | 29 | Laborer | New York | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 101 familysearch.org | |
Ship Manhattan; arrival July 30, 1851 | Coffee, Jas of Ireland | 26 | Laborer | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 102 familysearch.org | |
" | Coffee, Mrs of Ireland | 40 | " | " | ||
Ship Manhattan; arrival July 30, 1851 | Coffee, Maria | 21 | Dressmaker | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 102 familysearch.org | |
Ship Caledonia; arrival July 31, 1851 | Coffee, Dan? of Great Britain | 19 | Farmer | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 102 familysearch.org | |
Ship Constantine; arrival August 4, 1851 | Coffey, Jno of Ireland | 28 | Laborer | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 102 familysearch.org | |
" | Coffey, Tim of Ireland | 24 | Laborer | " | " | |
Ship William Sprague; arrival August 4, 1851 | Coffee, Ellen of Ireland | 19 | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 102 familysearch.org | ||
Sp Crescent; arrival August 5, 1851 | Coffee, Abby of Great Britain | 20 | Farmer | U.S. (Thomas Goggen is listed just after Abbey) | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 103 familysearch.org | |
Ship Endocia; arrival August 7, 1851 | Coffee, Kovan?, 22 of Ireland | 22 | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 103 familysearch.org | ||
Ship Endocia; arrival August 7, 1851 | Coffee, Cath of Ireland | 13 | " | " | ||
" | Coffee, John of Ireland | 23 | " | " | ||
Ship W Louis; arrival August 11, 1851 | Cuffey, Mary of Ireland | 18 | Servant | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 103 familysearch.org | |
Albert Gallatin; arrival August 21, 1851 | Coffee, James of Ireland | 20 | Laborer | United States | Ancestry.com New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957 Database online Provo, UT USA | |
Ship Constitution; arrival August 23, 1851 | Coffee, Ellin of Great Britain | 20 | Spinster | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 104 familysearch.org | |
Ship Constitution; arrival August 23, 1851 | Coffee, Timothy of Great Britain | 40 | Farmer | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 104 familysearch.org | |
Liverpool; arrival August 25, 1851 | Coffee, Eliz'h of Ireland | 26 | Servant | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 104 familysearch.org | |
Liverpool; arrival August 25, 1851 | Coffee, Rich'd of Ireland | 18 | Laborer | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 104 familysearch.org | |
" | Coffee, Mary of Ireland | 24 | Servant | " | " | |
" | Coffee, Mary of Ireland | 12 | " | " | ||
E.C. Scranton; arrival August 27, 1851 | Coffy, Mary of Ireland | 56 | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 104 familysearch.org | ||
Sp Great Western; arrival September 15, 1851 | Coffey, Wm of Great Britain | 21 | Servant? | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | |
Ship Jersey; arrival September 16, 1851 | Coffe, Maria of Ireland | 18 | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | ||
Ship Wisconsin; arrival September 16, 1851 | Coffey, Morris of Ireland | 20 | Servant | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | |
Ship Antarctic; arrival September 18, 1851 | Coffee, Jno of Ireland | 20 | Laborer | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | |
Ship Isaac White; arrival September 20, 1851 | Coffy, Mary of Great Britain | 25 | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | ||
Ship Rossatte; arrival September 20, 1851 | Coffee, Barney of Ireland | 36 | Laborer | U.S.; there is an Edward Corcoran separated from him by Jas Byrnes | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | |
Sp. Argo; arrival September 24, 1851 | Coffey, John of Ireland | 20 | Laborer | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | |
Ship Robt Parker; arrival September 26, 1851 | Coffee, Mary of Ireland | 24 | U.S. | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | ||
Ship American Union; arrival September 27, 1851 | Coffee, Thos of Ireland | 26 | America | New York Passenger Lists 1820-1891 Roll 105 familysearch.org | ||
" | Coffee, Dennis of Ireland | 32 | " | " |