The Patrick Coffey and Emma Hall Family of Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England: An Analysis of his Migration from Roscommon, Ireland to Hunslet, Yorkshire, England
Patrick Coffey, a Coal Miner from Roscommon, Ireland appears to have met Emma Hall and married her in Huntslet, West Yorkshire, England in the quarter ending September 1896. Huntslet is a Town in the southeastern portion of the Parish of Leeds, Yorkshire, England. The Leeds area appears to have had a significant number of immigrants from the Connacht areas of Roscommon and Mayo among its residents based on the research I have done thus far.
The amazing research compiled on the Irish in England by great authors like Donald Macraid, Roger Swift, Donald E Jordan Junior, Sheridan Gilley, Kevin O'Connor, John Belchem, Frank Boyce and L. W. Brady among others seems to support repeated migration trails from certain counties in Ireland to certain places in England.
I believe there is a significant probability of a migration trail being followed by many Mayo and Roscommon families from their roots in Ireland to their new homes (temporary or permanent) in places like Huddersfield, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Wakefield, Yorkshire, England (Roscommon in particular for the Coffey immigrants). This will be a work in progress to search for the origins of these families.
I would love to hear from other researchers who feel they are descendents of the Mayo and Roscommon Coffey families who settled in Yorkshire West Riding so that we might work together to discover how these families are connected and their specific origins in Ireland! This will most definitely be a work in progress and all findings I speculate on would have to be proven for accuracy with GRO of England marriage records, church baptismal records and death records among other genealogical records. Please use this information with that caveat in mind so that nothing is assumed and no stones are left unturned to assure it's your family and the connection is accurate.
Research findings: There are two possible birth records for a Patrick Coffey in Roscommon in the Irish Civil Birth Index. One is for a Patrick Coffey born in 1871 Athlone Registrict, Roscommon, Ireland Volume 18, page 19, film 101048 and Patrick Coffey born in 1872 Strokestown, Roscommon, Ireland Volume 8, Page 432, film 101049. I have no way of telling at this point if either of these is the same Patrick Coffey.
| Census Yr District or other Record | Address | Name | Age | Born | Occupation and other Misc Info | Marital Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 England Census Hunslet District 23 | 47 Richard Street | Coffey, Patrick, Visitor (living with Riley Family from Mayo) | 20 | Roscommon, Ireland | Colliery Laborer | U |
| Free BMD England Marriage Index (Possible marriage record for Patrick) | Coffey, Patrick married Emma Hall quarter ending September 1896 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Page 544 | ||||
| Free BMD Birth Index England - Huntslet (Possible birth record for Edward) | Coffey, Edward born quarter ending December 1896 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Page 290 | ||||
| Free BMD Birth Index England Hunslet (Possible Birth record for Florence) | Coffey, Florence Mary born quarter ending December 1898 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Page 229 | ||||
| Free BMD Birth Index England Hunslet (Possibly Birth record for Ethel) | Coffey, Ethel born quarter ending December 1900 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Pate 230 | ||||
| 1901 England Census Hunslet District 23 | Ashbourne St House 15 | Coffey, Patrick, Head | 29 | Ireland | Coal Miner Banksman | M |
| 1901 England Census Hunslet | Ashbourne St House 15 | Coffey, Emma, Wife | 26 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | M | |
| 1901 England Census Hunslet | Ashbourne St House 15 | Coffey, Edward, Son | 4 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||
| 1901 England Census Hunslet | Ashbourne St. House 15 | Coffey, Florence, Son | 2 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||
| 1901 England Census Hunslet | Ashbourne St. House 15 | Coffey, Ethel Anne, Daughter | 6 mos | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Free BMD Death Index England - Hunslet (possible death record for Florence) | Coffey, Florence died quarter ending September 1901 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Page 184 | ||||
| Free BMD Birth Index England- Hunslet (Possible birth record for Herbert) | Coffey, Herbert born quarter ending December 1902 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Page 219 | ||||
| Free BMD Birth Index England- Hunslet (Possible birth record for John) | Coffey, John born quarter ending September 1904 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Page 267 | ||||
| Free BMD Death Index England- Hunslet (possible death record for Ethel Anne) | Coffey, Ethel Ann died quarter ending September 1907 Hunslet | |||||
| Free BMD Death Index England - Hunslet (Possible Birth Record for Laura) | Coffey, Laura born quarter ending March 1909 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Page 199 | ||||
| 1911 England Census Hunslet Civil Parish, District 1 | 8 Ashbourne Grove | Coffey, Patrick, Head | 40 | Roscommon, Ireland | Colliery Banksman, Colliery Proprieter - Worker | M (married 14 years) |
| 1911 England Census Hunslet | 8 Ashbourne Grove | Coffey, Emma, Wife | 36 | Leeds, England | (6 children, 4 living) | M; married 14 years |
| 1911 England Census Hunslet | 8 Ashbourne Grove | Coffey, Edward, Son | 14 | Leeds, England | ||
| 1911 England Census Hunslet | 8 Ashbourne Grove | Coffey, Herbert, Son | 8 | Leeds, England | ||
| 1911 England Census Hunslet | 8 Ashbourne Grove | Coffey, John, Son | 6 | Leeds, England | ||
| 1911 England Census Hunslet | 8 Ashbourne Grove | Coffey, Laura?, Daughter | 2 | Leeds, England | ||
| Free BMD Death Index England - Hunslet (Possible death record for Emma?) | Coffey, Emma died quarter ending December 1915 Hunslet | Volume 9b, Pate 654 | ||||
| Free BMD Marriage Index England- Hunslet (Possible marriage record for Herbert) | Coffey, Herbert B Coffey married Ethel Hargreaves June 1928 Hunslet | Volume 9b; Page 1294 |