I found a death notice for Bridget--not much to it, doesn't even mention her first name. However, I believe it is she, because there is a Bridget Coffey 1804-Dec. 30, 1878 buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Leavenworth. It is on Findagrave. The John Coffey who died in 1906 is her son. And there is a "Cook Coffey" died April 9,1887 who is suspect is Luke--the dates of death are the same. Someone probably could not read the old handwriting or misunderstood his name. "COFFEY--Died, at her residence, Main street, between Pawnee and Dacotah streets, Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock from her late residence. Friends of the family are invited to attend." (The Leavenworth Times, Dec. 31, 1878) I don't know if Nicholas is their son or grandson--I just know he is listed on the 1860 and1865 census with Luke and Bridget, ages 18 and 24, respectively. Both censuses gave his birthplace as Ireland. The 1865 gave his profession as "regular soldier" but I can't find him in any Kansas military records. I do think that John and Martin were their sons. I believe Martin moved to Jackson Co., Kansas--he was married to a "Julia." It would help to find this family on the 1875 and 1885 censuses--they told the previous residence (state or country) of the person before he/she came to Kansas. On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 9:10 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com < gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: familytr > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.leavenworth/1174.1.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Thank you for this. Wish it would have listed the family more than a > grandaughter name, or cemetery. On line it seems information I found was > Luke Coffey & Bridget Delaney. Our relative listed parents as Luke Coffey & > Mary Delaney (error on person reporting ?/or entire different family) I > know they were all born in Ireland and our birthdate fit right in the time > frame too. Don't suppose there is any more on Nicholas ? I saw there was a > John in 1860 census with them too who married and named children family > given names in 1880 census, > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > <br> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSLEAVEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >