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10 October 2024

Marriage of Patrick Coogan & Ellen Connolly

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Wedding Notice  

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Golden Anniversary Notice 
(extracted from "[Providence] Evening Bulletin", 14 NOV 1903, 
PAGE [3 ?]):

GOLDEN WEDDING IN THE PAWTUXET VALLEY

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Coogan of Clyde were married 50 years ago 
to-day and will celebrate the event this evening

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Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Coogan

This evening at their home at Clyde, surrounded by their children 
and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Coogan, two of the long 
time Irish residents of the Pawtuxet valley, will celebrate their 
golden wedding anniversary.

The ceremony, of which today is the anniversary was performed 50 
years ago in the parlor of the house now occupied by M. S. Latham, 
Superintendent of the [Lippitt] Mill, the late Rev. James P. 
Gibson, pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Crompton, whose parish, then 
covered a territory which is now divided into a half dozen large 
and prosperous Catholic parishes, officiated at the ceremony. 
The late James Gough, formally Post-master at Riverpoint, was the 
best man and Mrs. Arthur [Boylan] of Riverpoint, then Miss 
Catherine McCabe was the bridesmaid.

Mr. Coogan, who is a native of County Monaghan, Ireland was born 
in a place 48 miles from Belfast and 50 miles from Dublin.  As he 
jokingly remarked to the "Bulletin" reporter this morning: "I was 
born so nearly halfway between the two cities that I don’t know 
whether I’m a 'Far down' or not."  He left Ireland for this 
country in 1849, arriving in New York in March of that year.  A
year later Mrs. Coogan, then Miss Ellen Connolly, came to America 
and made her home in the Pawtuxet Valley, where three years later 
the wedding of which today is the golden anniversary occurred.

With the exception of three or four years during the War of the 
Rebellion, Mr. Coogan has lived in this State continuously since 
coming here more than half a century ago.

Of the family of 11 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Coogan, eight
are living, two sons and six daughters.  All the children save one
are married, and the grandchildren number 36, of which 28, are 
living.  Tonight, these will gather at the home of their grand-
parents and share in the feast of good things prepared by the hands 
of the bride of 50 years ago.

Mr. Coogan by thrift in industry has made himself one of the 
Valley's solid citizens.  He has since its organization, a quarter 
of a century or more ago, been one of the leading members of SS.
Peter and Paul's T.A.B. Society in a prominent member of the 
parish.

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