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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=40 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="34b085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>County Carlow Coogan Immigrants</B></FONT><B>  </B><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="County Carlow Coogan Immigrants"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=440 style=" border-top: 5px solid #669999;" BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Site Map</I></div> <div> <A HREF="list_of_letters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="List of Letters"><B><IMG SRC="207a2460.png" border=0 width="162" height="70" ALT="CelticBmp" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="3"></B></A><A HREF="list_of_letters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="List of Letters"><B>List of Letters</B></A><B>: </B><B>The table provides a Chronological List with names mentioned in and summaries of all preserved 19th-century letters written by the Coogan family immigrants and their relatives and friends</B><B>, with dates, residences of writers and recipients, links to the posted text files of the transcribed letters, summaries, and names of persons mentioned in each letter.</B></div> <div> <B>Below, these letters are organized into three groups of letters:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#letters_from_ireland" TITLE="Site Map"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">from Ireland</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#letters_from_new_york_city" TITLE="Site Map"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">from New York City,</B></A><B> and</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#letters_from_illinois_and_iowa" TITLE="Site Map"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">from Illinois and Iowa.</B></A></div> <div> <B>Sequences of Letters</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000669900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A NAME="letters_from_ireland"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Letters from Ireland:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="1851_4_13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mathew in Ballyloughan to His Immigrant "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mathew in Ballyloughan to His Immigrant Daughter Mary in Harlem, 13 Apr. 1851</B></A><B>      </B>Written a few months after Patrick left for NYC and his family had not heard of his safe arrival</div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mathew in Ballyloughan to His Immigrant "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mathew in Ballyloughan to His Immigrant Son Patrick in Harlem, 12 Nov. 1854</B></A><B>      </B>The father, with his family still suffering the effects of the Great Famine, seeks help from his immigrant children</div> <div> <A HREF="1860_7_19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael in Ballyloughan to His Brother J"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael in Ballyloughan to His Brother James in Illinois, 19 July 1860</B></A><B>      </B>Michael informs James of their father's death</div> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother in"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother in Ballyloughan, 1 Apr. 1863</B></A><B>      </B>Michael as a novice in the Mt. Melleray Guesthouse write home to his mother and siblings</div> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother in"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother in Ballyloughan, 7th Apr. 1863</B></A><B>      </B>Michael's news from Mt. Melleray</div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother, B"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother, Brothers & Sisters, 13 Apr. 1863</B></A><B>      </B>Michael's news from Mt. Melleray</div> <div> <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother, B"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother, Brothers & Sisters, 27 Apr. 1863</B></A><B>      </B>Michael expresses surprise at "so many" emigrating</div> <div> <A HREF="id152.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Family in Ballyloughan, 1"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Family in Ballyloughan, 16 May 1863</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Mother Family, 21 Oct. 1"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Mother & Family, 21 Oct. 1864</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Mother in Ballyloughan, 2"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Mother in Ballyloughan, 22 Dec. 1864</B></A><B>      </B>Michael's news from Mt. Melleray</div> <div> <A HREF="id141.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Brother W"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Brother William in Ireland, 13 Feb. 1866</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Immigrant"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Immigrant Mother in Harlem, 7 Aug. 1867</B></A><B>      </B>Michael gives thanks to God for the safe arrival of his mother, his brother Hugh, and his niece Mary Meany in NYC</div> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Margaret Coogan Doyle in County Carlow t"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Margaret Coogan Doyle in County Carlow to Her Brother William, 10 Aug. 1868</B></A><B>      </B>William has arrived in America and visited family members</div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Margaret Coogan Doyle in County Carlow t"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Margaret Coogan Doyle in County Carlow to Her Mother in Harlem, 1868</B></A><B>      </B>Margaret expresses her desire to join her immigrant brothers and sisters in America</div> <div> <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Sister Margaret Before He"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Sister Margaret Before Her Immigration</B></A><B>      </B>Sorrowful at the departure of his sister Margaret, his last close relative in Ireland, Michael wishes her and her family a safe voyage</div> <div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Sister Margaret after Her"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Sister Margaret after Her Immigration</B></A><B>      </B>Michael, Brother Declan, is at this time the only member of the clan still in Ireland</div> <div> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Mother, 12 Dec. 1870"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Mother, 12 Dec. 1870</B></A><B>      </B> . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother James in Illinois"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother James in Illinois, 16 Feb. 1871</B></A><B>      </B> . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brothers in Harlem, 21 Ju"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brothers in Harlem, 21 July 1871</B></A><B>      </B> . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother in"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mt. Melleray to His Mother in Harlem, Oct. 10, 1871</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, c. 1871</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, 16 Aug. 1872</B></A><B>      </B> . . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, 30 Dec. 1872</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, 13 March 1875</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, 7 Dec. 1875 (A)</B></A><B>      </B>"Painful ordeals" for the family in Harlem--real estate problems plague Matt and Denis</div> <div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, 1878</B></A><B>      </B> . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, 16 Dec. 1876</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Mother, 14 Nov. 1877"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Mother, 14 Nov. 1877</B></A><B>      </B> . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael at Mount Saint Joseph Monastery "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael at Mount Saint Joseph Monastery to His Brother William in Harlem, 1 Aug. 1878</B></A><B>      </B>Michael has been sent to help establish a new Cistercian Abbey at Roscrea</div> <div> <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to his Brother Mathew in Harlem,"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to his Brother Mathew in Harlem, 11 Dec. 1878</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id126.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to William Ms OConnor, Winter 1"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to William & Ms O'Connor, Winter 1879-80</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother Hugh in Harlem, 9"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother Hugh in Harlem, 9 Jan. 1880</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to William, 21 Feb. 1880"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to William, 21 Feb. 1880</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michaels Note to His Brother Hugh, 19 Ja"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael's Note to His Brother Hugh, 19 Jan. 1880</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to a Brother in Harlem, 8 Sept. "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to a Brother in Harlem, 8 Sept. 1881</B></A><B>      </B>. . . </div> <div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to a Brother Matt? in Harlem, 8 "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to a Brother [Matt?] in Harlem, 8 Nov. 1881</B></A><B>      </B>. . . </div> <div> <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William with Note"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William with Note to His Mother, 27 July 1882</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to William Other Harlem Brother"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to William & Other Harlem Brothers, 26 Oct. 1883</B></A><B>      </B>Michael expresses his grief over his mother's death</div> <div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bridget Joyce in Bagenalstown to Her Cou"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bridget Joyce in Bagenalstown to Her Cousin Hugh in Harlem, 28 Jan. 1879</B></A><B>      </B>Bridget asks Hugh to send information about her immigrant uncles in America, and she sends much news from home</div> <div> <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bridget Joyce in Bagenalstown to Her Cou"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bridget Joyce in Bagenalstown to Her Cousin William in Harlem, 29 Mar. 1880</B></A><B>      </B>Bridget sends more news about neighbors and relatives in County Carlow</div> <div> <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to His Brother William in Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to His Brother William in Harlem, 12 Sept. 1885</B></A><B>      </B>. . . </div> <div> <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary OBrien to Her Cousin William in Har"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mary O'Brien to Her Cousin William in Harlem, 9 June 1886 </B></A><B>      </B>. . . </div> <div> <A HREF="postcard_from_ireland.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postcard from Ireland"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Postcard from Ireland</B></A><B>      </B>A hand-painted, embossed postcard depicting Kilkenny Castle, mailed to James Coogan in 1918, the year of his death</div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Delia Fitzgerald to Her Friends William "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Delia Fitzgerald to Her Friends William and Kate Dixon Coogan in Brooklyn, 19 Aug. 1896</B></A><B>      </B>. . .</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000669900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A NAME="letters_from_new_york_city"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Letters from New York City:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="1864_8_16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mathew in Harlem to His Brother James in"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mathew in Harlem to His Brother James in Illinois, 16 Aug. 1864</B></A><B>      </B>Matt tells James of the NYC draft riots and asks whether James is subject to the draft</div> <div> <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mathew in Harlem to His Brother James in"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mathew in Harlem to His Brother James in Illinois, May 1878</B></A><B>      </B>Matt makes arrangements for the visit of Tom Townsend, James' nephew, to NYC and asks James to visit his family in NYC along with the young man</div> <div> <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William to Michael __?__in Illinois, Oct"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">William to Michael __?__in Illinois, Oct. 24, 1886?</B></A><B>      </B>William maintains communication between the Coogan family in Illinois and the Coogan families in NYC</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000669900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A NAME="letters_from_illinois_and_iowa"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Letters from Illinois and Iowa:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id113.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="James in Illinois to His Brother William"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">James in Illinois to His Brother William in New York, 20 Aug. 1868</B></A><B>      </B>James invites William to visit him and his family in Lincoln before William joins the Cistercian community in Dubuque, Iowa</div> <div> <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William in Dubuque to His Brother Matt i"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">William in Dubuque to His Brother Matt in Harlem, 15 Dec. 1868</B></A><B>      </B>As a Cistercian lay brother, William sends news home and stays in touch with family </div> <div> <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William from Dubuque to His Brother Matt"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">William from Dubuque to His Brother Matt in Harlem, 8 Feb. 1869</B></A><B>      </B>More from the Monastery as the brothers build their church</div> <div> <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="James in Illinois to His New York City B"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">James in Illinois to His New York City Brothers, 1878</B></A><B>      </B>James sends thanks for the hospitality of his brothers and sisters during his and Tom Townsend's visit to NYC</div> <div> <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jer Maher in Chicago to William Coogan i"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jer Maher in Chicago to William Coogan in Harlem, 24 Nov. 1879</B></A><B>      </B>Jeremiah Maher, a friend and relative from County Carlow now in medical school, sends William news of his adventures and exploits since they last saw each other in New Jersey </div> <div> <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Laurence OBrien in Chicago to William Co"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Laurence O'Brien in Chicago to William Coogan in Harlem, 1 Feb. 1879 or 80</B></A><B>      </B>News of Laurence, Jeremiah Maher, and other relatives in the Midwest</div> <div> <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="James to His Brother William, 23 Mar. 18"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">James to His Brother William, 23 Mar. 1879</B></A><B>      </B>James thanks his brother for gifts sent to his children and asks for news of the NYC family</div> <div> <A HREF="id140.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Moll Coogan in Lincoln to Tom Townsend, "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Moll Coogan in Lincoln to Tom Townsend, July 1884</B></A><B>      </B>Moll gives a glimpse into the life of her parents and sisters and brothers in Lincoln</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2f0965c0.png" border=0 width="150" height="92" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="family_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family History from Letters"><B>Family History from Letters</B></A><B>: A summary of the History of Coogan Family Immigration, with links to relevant passages from the letters written by the immigrants and their friends and relatives.  This summary also incorporates information from other sources, such as records of births and baptisms, marriages, deaths and cemetery interments, and U.S. Census records.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2f35c330.png" border=0 width="92" height="51" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></B><A HREF="names.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index of Names"><B>Index of Names</B></A><B>: Working List of names of family members, friends, neighbors, and relatives, both in the U.S. and in Ireland, that are mentioned in the letters.  We hope that this list will lead to contacts with descendants of the immigrants and their friends and neighbors.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3be7c7e0.gif" border=0 width="124" height="126" ALT="LogoGreen" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="3"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="news___politics.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Coogan Name in 19th Century NY News "><B>19th C. News</B></A><B>: The Coogan name in newspaper extracts from New York City (historical background for the Irish Famine Immigration era)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><B><IMG SRC="26864550.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="85" ALT="OldPhotos" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="3"></B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="photos.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><B>Photos</B></A><B>: </B><B>We can identify a few individuals in this selection of 19th century family photographs, but since there were few names written on the photographs, the selection includes many whom we cannot identify with certainty. We hope that some site visitors who have copies of or information about some of these photos or about the photo shops might help identify the images.</B></div> <div> <B>The photos are organized into the four groups below.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000669900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Photographs Apparently Taken in Ireland:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Catharine and Her Three Eldest Sons, c. "><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Catharine and Her Three Eldest Sons, c. 1840</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mathew Coogan (18391918)"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mathew Coogan (1839-1918)</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mathew Coogan (17951860), c. 1825 c. 18"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mathew Coogan (1795-1860), c. 1825 & c. 1850?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lawrence Meany, c. 1825?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lawrence Meany, c. 1825?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id64.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael Coogan, Brother Declan?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael Coogan, Brother Declan?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joyce/Coogan?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Joyce/Coogan?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary Coogan with Her Father, c. 1850?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mary Coogan with Her Father, c. 1850?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bridget and Lawrence Meany, c. 1853?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bridget and Lawrence Meany, c. 1853?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bridget and Child?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bridget and Child?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary Meany?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mary Meany?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Patrick James, c. 1850?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Patrick & James, c. 1850?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Patrick Coogan (18231891), c. 1850?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Patrick Coogan (1823-1891), c. 1850?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Catherine, c. 1863?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Catherine, c. 1863?</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Catharine and Son Hugh, c. 1867 . . . an"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Catharine and Son Hugh, c. 1867 . . . and C. 1840?</B></A></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000669900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Photographs Taken in New York City:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teresa McDonald, c. 1874"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Teresa McDonald, c. 1874</B></A><B>      </B> Probably taken before Teresa's marriage to Matthew Coogan</div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Margaret Coogan Doyle, c. 1874?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Margaret Coogan Doyle, c. 1874?</B></A><B>      </B>Did Margaret accompany Teresa to the photographer's studio?</div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mathew (18391918) and Teresa McDonald Co"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mathew (1839-1918) and Teresa McDonald Coogan (1855-1924)</B></A><B>      </B>NYC photos from 1880's</div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rockaway Group, c. 1894 . . . and . ."><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rockaway Group, c. 1894  . . .  and  . . .  Margaret Coogan Doyle, c. 1874?</B></A><B>      </B>Comparing photos</div> <div> <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bridget (Delia) Doyle, Daughter of Marga"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bridget (Delia) Doyle, Daughter of Margaret Coogan and James Doyle</B></A><B>      </B>About age 25, in NYC</div> <div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William Coogan (18441927)"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">William Coogan (1844-1927)</B></A><B>      </B>Identified by William's signature on reverse</div> <div> <A HREF="id118.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Matthew and William, Sons of William Coo"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Matthew and William, Sons of William Coogan, c. 1896</B></A><B>      </B>William sent a copy to his brother Michael, and Michael wrote about the photo</div> <div> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Unknown Union Soldier, NY 69th Regiment"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Unknown Union Soldier, NY 69th Regiment</B></A><B>      </B>Photo of an unknown soldier in the NY "Irish" regiment</div> <div> <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Katie Dixon Coogan"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Katie Dixon Coogan</B></A><B>      </B>Wife of William Coogan</div> <div> <A HREF="id150.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family of Patrick and Mary Ann Sheehan C"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Family of Patrick and Mary Ann Sheehan Coogan</B></A><B>      </B>A collage of photos identified by similarities and handwriting</div> <div> <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old Calvary Memorial Stone"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Old Calvary Memorial Stone</B></A><B>      </B>Memorial stone: Catharine Coogan, sons Denis, Hugh, William, and families</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000669900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Photographs Taken in Illinois:</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B><A HREF="id161.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jane and James Coogan of Lincoln, Illino"><B>Jane and James Coogan of Lincoln, Illinois</B></A><B>      </B>Identified photos</div> <div> <A HREF="youthful_james__friend.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Youthful James Friend"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A Youthful James & Friend</B></A><B>      </B>A photo probably taken in Ireland of James and a friend, perhaps John O' Brien</div> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary (Moll), Daughter of James Jane Coo"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mary (Moll), Daughter of James & Jane Coogan</B></A><B>      </B>Identified photo</div> <div> <A HREF="id164.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Next Generations of the Coogan Famil"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The Next Generations of the Coogan Family of Lincoln</B></A><B>      </B>James Coogan II and one of his sons as WW I soldier</div> <div> <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="James Coogans Family: Four Generations"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">James Coogan's Family: Four Generations</B></A><B>      </B>James Coogan at age 80, his son James, his grandson James, and his great-grandson James</div> <div> <A HREF="father_tuohy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Father Tuohy, Pastor of St. Patricks Chu"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Father Tuohy, Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Lincoln</B></A><B>      </B>Pastor of Saint Patrick's Church in Lincoln, Illinois</div> <div> <A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thomas Towsend and James Coogan"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Thomas Towsend and James Coogan</B></A><B>      </B>James and friend Thomas Townsend, who died within a year of his marriage and left an infant son, Tom, and widow, Jane McMahon Townsend, later James Coogan's wife</div> <div> <A HREF="id162.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mr. Galvin Tommy?"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mr. Galvin & Tommy?</B></A><B>      </B>See letter from Moll Coogan</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000669900.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">More Images:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Katies Wedding Invitation"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Katie's Wedding Invitation</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael to a Harlem Brother, Inquiry Pos"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Michael to a Harlem Brother, Inquiry Postscript</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scapular Instructions (A)"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Scapular Instructions (A)</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id157.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St. Cecilias Church, Harlem"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">St. Cecilia's Church, Harlem</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id160.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ballyloughan Castle"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ballyloughan Castle</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id165.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mount Saint Joseph Abbey"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mount Saint Joseph Abbey</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B><IMG SRC="26b96320.png" border=0 width="150" height="50" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="3"></B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><B>Links</B></A><B>:  (Under Construction) Genealogy Resources</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>