Hello everyone! My name is David Coffey, Michael James Coffey is my Great Grandfather,
I have also traced the Bryers family back as far as I could, I ended up at John Bryers, Birth: 1785, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, If you need more information get in touch.
Here is a link to find what ship everyone arrived on and more,
https://www.houseofnames.com/coffey-family-crest*One thing I am having a really hard time trying to find is anything on Charles Coffey (Father of Cornelius Charles Coffey / Michael James Coffey's Grandfather) If anyone has any information on him please let me know asap be it Parents, Birth, Death, Middle name, etc*
Stoked I came across this thread! Seems like I'm not the only one trying to piece everything together, As the youngest born in my family I decided to take up the role of historian and can probably help explain most of the connections between us all you have previously talked about,
When Cornelius Charles Coffey was born about 1857, in County Kerry, Ireland, his father, Charles Coffey, was 27 and his mother, Mary Mangen, was 27. He married Katherine Bryers in 1885, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. (Patrick Coffey 1886–1887, Michael James Coffey 1887–1918, Mary Coffey 1888–1960, William Cornelius Coffey 1891–1965, Ellen Coffey 1894–1972, It also looks like they had 2 other babies but they must have died very young age) His occupation is listed as a farmer in Maromaku, New Zealand. He died on 18 May 1918, in Kawakawa, New Zealand, at the age of 61, and was buried in Auckland, New Zealand?.
When Michael James Coffey was born on 20 July 1887, in Wellington, New Zealand, his father, Cornelius Charles Coffey, was 30 and his mother, Katherine Bryers, was 21. He married Nori Hokimate Kawiti Paraone about 1914, in Auckland, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. (Mereana Te Rope ( Toro Matiu) 1911–1913, Waina Te Hana ( Toro Matiu)
1912–1916, Te Riri Coffey 1914–1915, William Coffey 1916–2006),
In 1916, at the age of 29, his occupation is listed as railways, also labourer in Kaikohe, Northland, New Zealand. He died on 28 August 1918, in Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 31, and was buried in Bapaume, Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
