The Coghlans
The Coghlans
By the marriage
date of 1907, Henry Coghlan,
Maude's father had retired to Bangalore.
Maude's mother
Christina Esther (Bussell) had passed away 4 years
earlier in Madras. During his working life Henry Coghlan worked
as an
engineer surveying and route planning for
the Nilgiris
Railway (Coonoor), for new railway routes (Negapatam
&
Trichinopoly) and for steel design at Egmore
Station (Madras). See also Wiki. Maude's
Siblings (other children of
Henry Coghlan & Christina Esther). Maude
Pears died in Madras in 1930 aged 41, from complications following a
tooth extraction. She is buried in Kilpauk cemetery. Henry
Coghlan's Siblings (other children of Jeremiah Coghlan &
Elizabeth ?) Elizabeth (b1851 m
John Phelan 1875);
George(b 1853); Isabel (b 1858 m 1.Maurice Digby (m1874); 2. ?
Patterson); Charles (b1860); Edward Jeremiah (b1862); Jane Mary (b1864;
m
George Andrews 1881) Jeremiah Coghlan
(father of Henry Coghlan) was born, according to his enlistment papers,
in Rathcormac in Co. Cork, Ireland in
about 1814. He was 5' 51/2"
tall with grey eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion. He enlisted with
the Madras European Infantry as a gunner on 15th April 1840 in Cork.
His trade was a currier (leather finisher). In late 1840 he
set sail
with 137 others from Chatham for Madras aboard the Essex. On
29th July 1839 by order of the president of the Council of India the
2nd Madras European Regiment was raised and by 15th October 1839 it was
formed, clothed and armed as a light infantry regiment under the title
of 2nd (Madras) European Light Infantry. On 18th June 1842 Colours,
bearing the motto "Cede Nullis" (Yield
to none or Concede Nothing),
were presented by Major-General Clement Hill, commanding the Mysore
Division, and on the 8th December the establishment was raised to 12
companies. Jeremiah married Elizabeth ??? about 1850. In
April 1857 after 17 years of service, Jeremiah Coghlan re-enlisted with
a bounty. In September 1857 he was promoted to Sergeant. In
1858 the regiment title was changed to 2nd Madras Light
Infantry and in May, 1861 the regiment (was EIC) was
incorporated with the British
Army as the 105th (Madras) Light Infantry. He volunteered to be with
Battery D Brigade in 1863. On 27th March 1866, at nearly 53 years of
age and with 26 years of service behind him he requested discharge with
Pension under India Regulations and elected to remain in Bangalore. His
conduct was exemplary and he held 3 good conduct badges and would have
merited 2 more. He was never in debt and was never before a court. His
wife Elzabeth died on 18
Apr 1873 and Jeremiah died in
Bangalore on 23
Aug 1880. More
information about Christina's (Maudes's mother)
family is
available by clicking
here for Bussell. ----------------------------------.
Aside:
Cliff Richard's grandparents [Frederick Webb (born 1872 in Perambur) +
Donella Woodfall (born Negapatam in 1875)] married in
Negapatam on 10Jun1896. At least 5
generations of Cliff's family can be traced to Negapatam. (the Coghlans
were there in 1890s)
Maude Isabella
Coghlan
(mother of George Pears) was born in Trichinopoly on 28th February 1888 and christened on
25th March 1888. Her father was Henry Coghlan (b4th Aug.
1855 -
d1911 in Bangalore) and mother was Christina
Esther Bussell
(b1858
- d1903).
On 17th April 1907 Maude Isabella married 
Wilfred Joseph
Pears in the Baptist Church,
Madras. The marriage was solemnised by Rev. WR Manley, an American
Baptist Missionary (more about Manley: Click here and seach for Manley in Baptist
Missionary Magazine). Witnesses
were JFE Hosie
and ME Dodson (I assume that ME Dodson is Maud Elizabeth, sister of the
groom Wilfred Pears). Maud married Rupert Dodson in 1902. Wilfred
is shown as aged 24, bachelor, Driver S I Railway, Villupuram.
Maude shown as aged 20, spinster, British and residing in
Madras. As a child she would have travelled extensively in south India
with her railway engineer father.
(1)Mary
Adelaide b 29/10/1886; C 27/11/1886
Coonoor: Married Frank Ernest
Hosie (son of Robert Arthur and Mary Ann (Annie) nee Thomson) in 1904.
(2)Charles John Henry b 19/9/1892 c23/10 1892 Negapatam
(3a) George Herbert b 2/08/1894 c 7/09/1894 Madras
(3b) Herbert Henry b 2/08/1894 c 7/09/1894 Madras m Margaret Anderson in
Rangoon (1923)
(4) Fanny Evelyn (b1890 - d 1894)
Aside: Engelbert Humperdinck's
father [Maryn Dorsey] was also born in Perambur (Madras) on
10th Feb 1893 ( a year before George Herbert Coghlan). He married Olive
Webber in 1931 in Perambur. Engelbert [Arnold George Dorsey] was born
in Madras in 1936. At
least 5 generations of Engelbert's family
can be traced to Vepery & Perambur.
.