http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 05 October 2013 Researcher (Location): #088 - Susan Whitaker Capparelle (Greenwich, CT) Research: This is the family of Murtough (or Murt) Coogan. He lived in the townland of Aghnacross [or Aughnacross] (Dysartgallen Parish), County Laois (Leix / Queens), Ireland. He was married in Ballinakill [or Ballynakill] Parish. One of Murt's sons, Murt Coogan JR emigrated to the United States in the mid Nineteenth Century. He lived in Maryland before finally settling in Warren County, New Jersey. Descendants of this family resided in Phillipsburg, NJ, for many years. This family has also been found as COGAN. _________________________________________________________________ Susan is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Murt Coogan. ******************** 01. Murtough 'Murt' COOGAN (c.1800/c.1805, Ireland - after 1842, ?) married Margaret DOOLEY, 26 FEB 1827, Ballinakill, Ireland [* Margaret ?, ? - after 1842, ?] resided Aghnacross, Laois, Ireland - 1827 resided Dysartgallen, Laois, Ireland - 1831 Children of Murtough and Margaret Coogan: 02. Michael COOGAN (NOV 1827, Aghnacross, Ireland - [after 1901 ?], ?) resided Ireland ***possible*** resided Aghnacross (Dysertgallen), Laois, Ireland - 1901 02. Mary COOGAN (FEB 1831, Dysartgallen, Ireland - after 1831, ?) resided Ireland emigrated to US - before NOV 1849 resided Wilmington, New Castle, DE - 1849 02. Patrick (1) COOGAN (MAR 1833, Ireland - c.1840, Ireland) resided Ireland 02. John COOGAN (APR 1835, County Laois, Ireland - after 1847, ?) resided Ireland emigrated to US - c.1847 resided US (?) - c.1847 02. Murtough M. 'Murt' / 'Mert' COOGAN JR ***see below*** (SEP 1837, Ireland - 07 JUN 1907, Phillipsburg, NJ) married Elizabeth 'Lizzie' KELLY, before 1870 [* Elizabeth 1842, Hagerstown, MD [or Ireland] - 30 AUG 1894, Phillipsburg, NJ] occupation - laborer (1870) occupation - capitalist occupation - banker resided Ireland emigrated to US - 1852 [naturalized - before 1900] resided Hagerstown, MD - 1858 resided MD - c.1861 resided NJ - c.1864 resided NJ - c.1868 resided MD - c.1869 resided Greenwick [or Greenwich], Warren, NJ - 1870 (as COGAN) resided NJ - c.1871 resided NJ - c.1873 resided [Paterson, Passaic ?], NJ - 1877 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1893 [Phillipsburg Hotel] resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1900 [218 Main] resided Warren County, NJ - 1905 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1907 [218 South Main] 02. Margaret COOGAN (FEB 1840, Ireland - after 1840, ?) resided Ireland 02. Patrick (2) COOGAN ***see below*** (JUL 1842, Ireland - after 1911, ?) married Margaret [ ] [* Margaret c.1840, Ireland - after 1911, ?] resided Aghnacross (Dysertgallen), Laois, Ireland - 1901 resided Aghnacross (Dysartgallen), Laois, Ireland - 1911 **************** **************** **************** **************** **************** Children of Murt M. [JR] and Elizabeth Coogan: 03. Margaret 'Maggie' J. COOGAN (28 OCT 1858 [or OCT 1864], Hagerstown, MD [or NJ] - 26 FEB 1937, Phillipsburg, NJ) occupation - seamstress resided Greenwick [or Greenwick], Warren, NJ - 1870 (as COGAN) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1900 [218 Main] resided Warren County, NJ - 1905 NOTE - living with father, Murtough COOGAN JR resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1910 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1920 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1930 03. [M.] Ellen 'Ellie' / 'Ella' COOGAN (c.1865, NJ - after 1893, ?) married Michael Leo KELLEY, 01 MAY 1893, Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ [* Michael ?, ? - after 1893, ?] occupation - teacher resided Greenwick [or Greenwick], Warren, NJ - 1870 (as COGAN) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1886 [Golden] resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1887 [Golden] 03. Michael COOGAN (1867, NJ - 14 JUN 1886, Phillipsburg, NJ) resided Greenwick [or Greenwick], Warren, NJ - 1870 (as COGAN) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 03. Edward / Edwin / Edmund H. COOGAN (c.1869, MD [or NJ] - 23 AUG 1925, Phillipsburg, NJ) married Catherine BRENAN / BRENNAN, c.1909 [* Catherine 20 FEB 1867, ? - 04 FEB 1915, Harmony, NJ] occupation - engineer, cement plant occupation - engineer, LNE RR (1925) resided Greenwick [or Greenwick], Warren, NJ - 1870 (as COGAN) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 resided Warren County, NJ - 1905 NOTE - living with father, Murtough M. COOGAN JR resided Harmony, Warren, NJ - 1910 [12 Broad ?] resided Harmony, Warren, NJ - 1914 [70 Chambers] resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1920 NOTE - living with sister, Margaret J. COOGAN resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1925 03. Elizabeth 'Lizzie' COOGAN (05 MAY 1872, NJ - after 1885, ?) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 03. Sarah 'Sadie' COOGAN (c.1873 [or DEC 1876], NJ - after 1905, ?) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1900 [218 Main] resided Warren County, NJ - 1905 NOTE - living with father, Murtough COOGAN JR 03. Francis Murt [or Murt F.] COOGAN ***see below*** (06 MAY 1877, [Paterson ?], NJ - 31 MAR 1951, Phillipsburg, NJ) married Maude C. LINTNER, 20 JUN 1901, Clinton, Oneida, NY [* Maude c.1877, NY - after 1951, ?] education - student, Mount Holyoke College (1901 ?) occupation - ticket clerk, Railroad (1900) occupation - vice president, Alpha Portland Cement Company (1917) occupation - employee, Alpha Portland Cement Company [Easton, PA] occupation - president, Phillipsburg Bank (1928-1951) resided [Paterson, Passaic ?], NJ - 1877 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1880 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1885 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1900 [218 Main] resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1901 resided Warren County, NJ - 1905 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1909 [214 Summit av] resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1910 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1918 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1920 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1925 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1930 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1935 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1940 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1942 [Fairview pl] resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1951 03. John COOGAN (14 FEB 1883, Phillipsburg, NJ - 1883/1885, ?) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ 03. Henry H. COOGAN (02 MAR 1884, NJ - 01 AUG 1884, Phillipsburg, NJ) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ **************** **************** **************** **************** Children of Francis Murt and Maude Coogan: 04. Mary E. COOGAN ***see below*** (c.1901, NJ - c.1990, ?) married Caleb Clarke WHITAKER II [* Caleb ?, Camden, SC - 1970, NJ] resided Warren County, NJ - 1905 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1910 resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1920 resided Camden, [SC ?] - 1956 04. Francis Murt COOGAN JR (c.1906, NJ - 29 JAN 1909, Phillipsburg, NJ) resided Phillipsburg, Warren, NJ - 1909 [214 Summit av] **************** **************** **************** Children of Mary E. and Caleb [II] Whitaker: 05. Caleb Clarke WHITAKER III 05. Francis Murt Coogan WHITAKER ***see below*** married Elizabeth LOW, AUG 1956 05. Mary WHITAKER ***possible*** married Louis Busch HAGER, c.1955 **************** **************** Children of Francis Murt Coogan and Elizabeth Whitaker: 06. Susan Clarke WHITAKER ***her family follows*** married Fiore J. CAPPARELLE 06. Andrew Burnett Rhett WHITAKER 06. Edward Rutledge Burnett WHITAKER **************** Children of Susan Clarke and Fiore Capparelle: 07. Katharine Holland CAPPARELLE **************** **************** **************** **************** **************** Children of Patrick (2) and Margaret Coogan: 03. Bridget COOGAN (c.1878, Ireland - after 1911, ?) resided Aghnacross (Dysartgallen), Laois, Ireland - 1911 03. Patrick COOGAN JR (c.1880, Ireland - after 1911, ?) resided Aghnacross (Dysartgallen), Laois, Ireland - 1911