Rose (Rosa) Estelle Coffey was born to James Coffey and Mary (Ward) Coffey in Greala. Diocese of Clogher when she was baptized in Magheracloone, County Monaghan, Ireland, according to baptismal record in Chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul. She came to America at age four with her father James, mother Mary and infant brother James in 1851 on the ship "Anna Dorothea." The first son, John, probably named for his father's father, was no longer with the family when they landed in New Orleans, a popular port.
In 1856, another daughter was born, Mary Jane Coffey. Mary Jane states in records she
was born in Kentucky--so the family may have lived in the Covington area at the time or
Mary Jane was actually born in Ohio. As an adult she was a trained nurse. She married
Thomas Zachariah Aud who died before the 1900 Census. No children.
By 1907, Thomas Francis Coffey, grandson of Rose Coffey (Mary Jane's sister), went "back East" to get "Aunt Mary" and bring her to Los Angeles where she lived the rest of her life as a widow and nurse--according to Tom's daughter, Mary Jeannette Coffey. Mary Jane (Coffey) Aud died 29 Mach 1930 in Los Angeles. She was buried in a Catholic cemetery in Los Angeles.
Back to the family, they settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where mother Mary was head of household as a seamstress in 1861 and 1862 Cincinnati City Directories. Mary Coffey was not listed in the 1863 city directory. It is presumed father James died before the 1861 Cincinnati City Directory was published, but no record has been found. There were several James Coffeys in Cincinnati City Directories previously, but it was impossible to tell if any were our James. The former Irish section of Cincinnati near the Ohio River was bereft of houses and buildings when I visited.
In 1863 during the Civil War Mary bought a house at #37 Livingston Street in West Covington, KY, across the river up on the bluff overlooking the Ohio River and the lights of Cincinnati. No occupation was listed for Mary, but by 1880 Census her son James age 19--he probably was 29, was listed with her--occupation laborer. James apparently never married. Mary and James both were living in her house in 1880. There is no 1890 Census for most of the U.S. so unable to determine when they died. Both are buried in Mary (Ward) Coffey's plot in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Fort Mitchell, KY, south of Covington on the Dixie Highway.
In 1864 Rose was a servant working at 491 4th in Cincinnati at age 18. In 1866 she was a servant at the NW corner of 11th and Washington in Covington, KY, in an area of large two story homes near the parish church which later was rebuilt as the Covington Cathedral.
In 1886, Rose married Thomas J. Buckley, son of James Buckley and his wife, Ellen (Healey/Healy) Buckley of Covington, KY. James and Ellen owned a two story business building in the 600 block of Main Street and a house on Center in that city Ellen bought in 1863 when she went to Covington from Cincinnati one day. She then transferred ownership of the properties to her husband James.
No official records exist of applications for marriage licenses in Covington; however there is a card file based on original marriage applications in the basement of the Kenton County Library in Covington which remains. Thomas J. Buckley applied to marry Rosa Coffey on 11 February 1866. He stated Rosa was age 20 and had permission of her mother to marry. I believe they married at her mother's parish church, St. Ann's Catholic Church up on the hill in West Covington, KY. The register for St. Ann's was put in a burn barrel by a priest and saved by a parishioner, but records for February 1866 were lost.
Tom and Rose moved into an apartment on 7th at the side of his brother, Patrick's fancy two story Victorian business building on 702 Main Street in Covington, KY (which still can be seen on Zillow.com). There they began a family beginning with daughter, Mary Ann Buckley in December of 1866. James Bernard Buckley followed. .
Rose's cousin, Peter Coffey, Superintendent of Peoria Gas, Light, and Coke Company, invited the couple to come to Peoria, Illinois, and for Tom to work for him at the light c
They bought a big two story house on Water in Peoria where they raised the children--Rose ironed all the clothes with several very heavy flat irons. Rose had black hair with very little gray--she was very proud that her hair remained black. The family was very proper, and the children all went to school.
When Tom retired, they sold the big house and built a smaller house with a summer kitchen up on West Moss. Tom had an orchard and garden on their double lot. Rose cooked in the summer kitchen in hot weather and they slept out there at those times. Eventually Tom sold the spare lot--and later regretted it.
Late in life, their daughter Nell Kleiner built an apartment for her parents onto her home in Stuttgart, Arkansas, so her parents could live where winters were milder than in Peoria.
Their children were:
Mary Ann Buckley Coffey buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
James Bernard Buckley buried in Holy Rosary in Stuttgart, AR
William Martin infant buried in Covington, KY
Peter Buckley buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
Thomas Joseph Buckley buried in San Francisco Bay area
Helen (Nell) Buckley Kleiner buried in Holy Rosary
Estella Marie (Stell) Buckley Herweg buried at St. Mary's
Agnes Bernadette Buckley buried Holy Cross in Culver City, CA.
Rose's mother and brother are buried in their plot in St. Mary's Cemetery at Fort Mitchell outside Covington, Kenton County, KY. Her sister, Mary is buried in California.
In 1856, another daughter was born, Mary Jane Coffey. Mary Jane states in records she
was born in Kentucky--so the family may have lived in the Covington area at the time or
Mary Jane was actually born in Ohio. As an adult she was a trained nurse. She married
Thomas Zachariah Aud who died before the 1900 Census. No children.
By 1907, Thomas Francis Coffey, grandson of Rose Coffey (Mary Jane's sister), went "back East" to get "Aunt Mary" and bring her to Los Angeles where she lived the rest of her life as a widow and nurse--according to Tom's daughter, Mary Jeannette Coffey. Mary Jane (Coffey) Aud died 29 Mach 1930 in Los Angeles. She was buried in a Catholic cemetery in Los Angeles.
Back to the family, they settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where mother Mary was head of household as a seamstress in 1861 and 1862 Cincinnati City Directories. Mary Coffey was not listed in the 1863 city directory. It is presumed father James died before the 1861 Cincinnati City Directory was published, but no record has been found. There were several James Coffeys in Cincinnati City Directories previously, but it was impossible to tell if any were our James. The former Irish section of Cincinnati near the Ohio River was bereft of houses and buildings when I visited.
In 1863 during the Civil War Mary bought a house at #37 Livingston Street in West Covington, KY, across the river up on the bluff overlooking the Ohio River and the lights of Cincinnati. No occupation was listed for Mary, but by 1880 Census her son James age 19--he probably was 29, was listed with her--occupation laborer. James apparently never married. Mary and James both were living in her house in 1880. There is no 1890 Census for most of the U.S. so unable to determine when they died. Both are buried in Mary (Ward) Coffey's plot in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Fort Mitchell, KY, south of Covington on the Dixie Highway.
In 1864 Rose was a servant working at 491 4th in Cincinnati at age 18. In 1866 she was a servant at the NW corner of 11th and Washington in Covington, KY, in an area of large two story homes near the parish church which later was rebuilt as the Covington Cathedral.
In 1886, Rose married Thomas J. Buckley, son of James Buckley and his wife, Ellen (Healey/Healy) Buckley of Covington, KY. James and Ellen owned a two story business building in the 600 block of Main Street and a house on Center in that city Ellen bought in 1863 when she went to Covington from Cincinnati one day. She then transferred ownership of the properties to her husband James.
No official records exist of applications for marriage licenses in Covington; however there is a card file based on original marriage applications in the basement of the Kenton County Library in Covington which remains. Thomas J. Buckley applied to marry Rosa Coffey on 11 February 1866. He stated Rosa was age 20 and had permission of her mother to marry. I believe they married at her mother's parish church, St. Ann's Catholic Church up on the hill in West Covington, KY. The register for St. Ann's was put in a burn barrel by a priest and saved by a parishioner, but records for February 1866 were lost.
Tom and Rose moved into an apartment on 7th at the side of his brother, Patrick's fancy two story Victorian business building on 702 Main Street in Covington, KY (which still can be seen on Zillow.com). There they began a family beginning with daughter, Mary Ann Buckley in December of 1866. James Bernard Buckley followed. .
Rose's cousin, Peter Coffey, Superintendent of Peoria Gas, Light, and Coke Company, invited the couple to come to Peoria, Illinois, and for Tom to work for him at the light c
They bought a big two story house on Water in Peoria where they raised the children--Rose ironed all the clothes with several very heavy flat irons. Rose had black hair with very little gray--she was very proud that her hair remained black. The family was very proper, and the children all went to school.
When Tom retired, they sold the big house and built a smaller house with a summer kitchen up on West Moss. Tom had an orchard and garden on their double lot. Rose cooked in the summer kitchen in hot weather and they slept out there at those times. Eventually Tom sold the spare lot--and later regretted it.
Late in life, their daughter Nell Kleiner built an apartment for her parents onto her home in Stuttgart, Arkansas, so her parents could live where winters were milder than in Peoria.
Their children were:
Mary Ann Buckley Coffey buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
James Bernard Buckley buried in Holy Rosary in Stuttgart, AR
William Martin infant buried in Covington, KY
Peter Buckley buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
Thomas Joseph Buckley buried in San Francisco Bay area
Helen (Nell) Buckley Kleiner buried in Holy Rosary
Estella Marie (Stell) Buckley Herweg buried at St. Mary's
Agnes Bernadette Buckley buried Holy Cross in Culver City, CA.
Rose's mother and brother are buried in their plot in St. Mary's Cemetery at Fort Mitchell outside Covington, Kenton County, KY. Her sister, Mary is buried in California.
Rose (Rosa) Estelle Coffey was born to James Coffey and Mary (Ward) Coffey in Greala. Diocese of Clogher when she was baptized in Magheracloone, County Monaghan, Ireland, according to baptismal record in Chapel of Sts. Peter and Paul. She came to America at age four with her father James, mother Mary and infant brother James in 1851 on the ship "Anna Dorothea." The first son, John, probably named for his father's father, was no longer with the family when they landed in New Orleans, a popular port.
In 1856, another daughter was born, Mary Jane Coffey. Mary Jane states in records she
was born in Kentucky--so the family may have lived in the Covington area at the time or
Mary Jane was actually born in Ohio. As an adult she was a trained nurse. She married
Thomas Zachariah Aud who died before the 1900 Census. No children.
By 1907, Thomas Francis Coffey, grandson of Rose Coffey (Mary Jane's sister), went "back East" to get "Aunt Mary" and bring her to Los Angeles where she lived the rest of her life as a widow and nurse--according to Tom's daughter, Mary Jeannette Coffey. Mary Jane (Coffey) Aud died 29 Mach 1930 in Los Angeles. She was buried in a Catholic cemetery in Los Angeles.
Back to the family, they settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where mother Mary was head of household as a seamstress in 1861 and 1862 Cincinnati City Directories. Mary Coffey was not listed in the 1863 city directory. It is presumed father James died before the 1861 Cincinnati City Directory was published, but no record has been found. There were several James Coffeys in Cincinnati City Directories previously, but it was impossible to tell if any were our James. The former Irish section of Cincinnati near the Ohio River was bereft of houses and buildings when I visited.
In 1863 during the Civil War Mary bought a house at #37 Livingston Street in West Covington, KY, across the river up on the bluff overlooking the Ohio River and the lights of Cincinnati. No occupation was listed for Mary, but by 1880 Census her son James age 19--he probably was 29, was listed with her--occupation laborer. James apparently never married. Mary and James both were living in her house in 1880. There is no 1890 Census for most of the U.S. so unable to determine when they died. Both are buried in Mary (Ward) Coffey's plot in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Fort Mitchell, KY, south of Covington on the Dixie Highway.
In 1864 Rose was a servant working at 491 4th in Cincinnati at age 18. In 1866 she was a servant at the NW corner of 11th and Washington in Covington, KY, in an area of large two story homes near the parish church which later was rebuilt as the Covington Cathedral.
In 1886, Rose married Thomas J. Buckley, son of James Buckley and his wife, Ellen (Healey/Healy) Buckley of Covington, KY. James and Ellen owned a two story business building in the 600 block of Main Street and a house on Center in that city Ellen bought in 1863 when she went to Covington from Cincinnati one day. She then transferred ownership of the properties to her husband James.
No official records exist of applications for marriage licenses in Covington; however there is a card file based on original marriage applications in the basement of the Kenton County Library in Covington which remains. Thomas J. Buckley applied to marry Rosa Coffey on 11 February 1866. He stated Rosa was age 20 and had permission of her mother to marry. I believe they married at her mother's parish church, St. Ann's Catholic Church up on the hill in West Covington, KY. The register for St. Ann's was put in a burn barrel by a priest and saved by a parishioner, but records for February 1866 were lost.
Tom and Rose moved into an apartment on 7th at the side of his brother, Patrick's fancy two story Victorian business building on 702 Main Street in Covington, KY (which still can be seen on Zillow.com). There they began a family beginning with daughter, Mary Ann Buckley in December of 1866. James Bernard Buckley followed. .
Rose's cousin, Peter Coffey, Superintendent of Peoria Gas, Light, and Coke Company, invited the couple to come to Peoria, Illinois, and for Tom to work for him at the light c
They bought a big two story house on Water in Peoria where they raised the children--Rose ironed all the clothes with several very heavy flat irons. Rose had black hair with very little gray--she was very proud that her hair remained black. The family was very proper, and the children all went to school.
When Tom retired, they sold the big house and built a smaller house with a summer kitchen up on West Moss. Tom had an orchard and garden on their double lot. Rose cooked in the summer kitchen in hot weather and they slept out there at those times. Eventually Tom sold the spare lot--and later regretted it.
Late in life, their daughter Nell Kleiner built an apartment for her parents onto her home in Stuttgart, Arkansas, so her parents could live where winters were milder than in Peoria.
Their children were:
Mary Ann Buckley Coffey buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
James Bernard Buckley buried in Holy Rosary in Stuttgart, AR
William Martin infant buried in Covington, KY
Peter Buckley buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
Thomas Joseph Buckley buried in San Francisco Bay area
Helen (Nell) Buckley Kleiner buried in Holy Rosary
Estella Marie (Stell) Buckley Herweg buried at St. Mary's
Agnes Bernadette Buckley buried Holy Cross in Culver City, CA.
Rose's mother and brother are buried in their plot in St. Mary's Cemetery at Fort Mitchell outside Covington, Kenton County, KY. Her sister, Mary is buried in California.
In 1856, another daughter was born, Mary Jane Coffey. Mary Jane states in records she
was born in Kentucky--so the family may have lived in the Covington area at the time or
Mary Jane was actually born in Ohio. As an adult she was a trained nurse. She married
Thomas Zachariah Aud who died before the 1900 Census. No children.
By 1907, Thomas Francis Coffey, grandson of Rose Coffey (Mary Jane's sister), went "back East" to get "Aunt Mary" and bring her to Los Angeles where she lived the rest of her life as a widow and nurse--according to Tom's daughter, Mary Jeannette Coffey. Mary Jane (Coffey) Aud died 29 Mach 1930 in Los Angeles. She was buried in a Catholic cemetery in Los Angeles.
Back to the family, they settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where mother Mary was head of household as a seamstress in 1861 and 1862 Cincinnati City Directories. Mary Coffey was not listed in the 1863 city directory. It is presumed father James died before the 1861 Cincinnati City Directory was published, but no record has been found. There were several James Coffeys in Cincinnati City Directories previously, but it was impossible to tell if any were our James. The former Irish section of Cincinnati near the Ohio River was bereft of houses and buildings when I visited.
In 1863 during the Civil War Mary bought a house at #37 Livingston Street in West Covington, KY, across the river up on the bluff overlooking the Ohio River and the lights of Cincinnati. No occupation was listed for Mary, but by 1880 Census her son James age 19--he probably was 29, was listed with her--occupation laborer. James apparently never married. Mary and James both were living in her house in 1880. There is no 1890 Census for most of the U.S. so unable to determine when they died. Both are buried in Mary (Ward) Coffey's plot in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Fort Mitchell, KY, south of Covington on the Dixie Highway.
In 1864 Rose was a servant working at 491 4th in Cincinnati at age 18. In 1866 she was a servant at the NW corner of 11th and Washington in Covington, KY, in an area of large two story homes near the parish church which later was rebuilt as the Covington Cathedral.
In 1886, Rose married Thomas J. Buckley, son of James Buckley and his wife, Ellen (Healey/Healy) Buckley of Covington, KY. James and Ellen owned a two story business building in the 600 block of Main Street and a house on Center in that city Ellen bought in 1863 when she went to Covington from Cincinnati one day. She then transferred ownership of the properties to her husband James.
No official records exist of applications for marriage licenses in Covington; however there is a card file based on original marriage applications in the basement of the Kenton County Library in Covington which remains. Thomas J. Buckley applied to marry Rosa Coffey on 11 February 1866. He stated Rosa was age 20 and had permission of her mother to marry. I believe they married at her mother's parish church, St. Ann's Catholic Church up on the hill in West Covington, KY. The register for St. Ann's was put in a burn barrel by a priest and saved by a parishioner, but records for February 1866 were lost.
Tom and Rose moved into an apartment on 7th at the side of his brother, Patrick's fancy two story Victorian business building on 702 Main Street in Covington, KY (which still can be seen on Zillow.com). There they began a family beginning with daughter, Mary Ann Buckley in December of 1866. James Bernard Buckley followed. .
Rose's cousin, Peter Coffey, Superintendent of Peoria Gas, Light, and Coke Company, invited the couple to come to Peoria, Illinois, and for Tom to work for him at the light c
They bought a big two story house on Water in Peoria where they raised the children--Rose ironed all the clothes with several very heavy flat irons. Rose had black hair with very little gray--she was very proud that her hair remained black. The family was very proper, and the children all went to school.
When Tom retired, they sold the big house and built a smaller house with a summer kitchen up on West Moss. Tom had an orchard and garden on their double lot. Rose cooked in the summer kitchen in hot weather and they slept out there at those times. Eventually Tom sold the spare lot--and later regretted it.
Late in life, their daughter Nell Kleiner built an apartment for her parents onto her home in Stuttgart, Arkansas, so her parents could live where winters were milder than in Peoria.
Their children were:
Mary Ann Buckley Coffey buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
James Bernard Buckley buried in Holy Rosary in Stuttgart, AR
William Martin infant buried in Covington, KY
Peter Buckley buried in St. Mary's in Peoria
Thomas Joseph Buckley buried in San Francisco Bay area
Helen (Nell) Buckley Kleiner buried in Holy Rosary
Estella Marie (Stell) Buckley Herweg buried at St. Mary's
Agnes Bernadette Buckley buried Holy Cross in Culver City, CA.
Rose's mother and brother are buried in their plot in St. Mary's Cemetery at Fort Mitchell outside Covington, Kenton County, KY. Her sister, Mary is buried in California.
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