"Molly" Mary Teresa COGHLAN / WRIGHT
Born 23 January 1903 in County Dublin, Ireland [P475]
Daughter of "Joe" Joseph John COGHLAN and Mary Catherine COLLINS [P475]
Her father was a farmer in both Kilbarrack and Baldoyle in Country Dublin, Ireland [P475]
In 1909 her mother passed away after giving birth to her brother Patrick, who died twelve days after their mother [P475]
During the last days of life her mother asked her father to take she and her brothers to Western Australia [P475]
Her mother wanted her sister Anna and her husband's brother Michael to help raise them and be of support to their father [P475]
Following the death of her mother and brother she immigrated to Western Australia with her father and surviving brother Charles [P475]
They departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Waimana and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 31 January 1912 [338]
Resided with her father, brother and the family of her uncle and aunt Michael and Anna COGHLAN at 4 Swan Street, North Fremantle [50]
She attended Saint Anne's Convent School in North Fremantle and later Saint Joseph's Convent in Fremantle [P475]
In August 1929 she shifted to Three Springs to work as a dressmaker from the general store of Michael GANNON [4: 17-Aug-1929]
She had previously managed the dressmaking department of a store in Perth for seven years [4: 17-Aug-1929]
In November 1929 she commenced working as a Dressmaker from Mrs ANDERSON's residence in Three Springs [4: 23-Nov-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
During her time in Three Springs she became engaged to Charles HOAR [P475]
Her first engagement came to an end over a conflict of religion and she left Three Springs and moved further north to Geraldton [P475]
When her father became unwell she returned to Fremantle and managed the dressmaking department at Pellew's Store [P475]
Married "Tom" Thomas Herbert James WRIGHT, who she'd met when in Geraldton, on 11 January 1941 [P475]
Resided with her husband on Durawah Farm in East Chapman 1941-1954 [P475]
Her hobbies included gardening, embroidery and crochet [P475]
Exhibited embroidery and crochet at agricultural shows in Chapman Valley, Mullewa and Mingenew and at the Perth Royal Show [P475]
Later resided at 66 Marchamley Street in the Perth suburb of Carlisle, which following a road restructure changed to number 68 [P475]
Mother of Anna Maria [P475]
Died 12 October 1969 in Perth; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, Lawn 3, 236M) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Mary Teresa Coghlan / Wright' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/mary-teresa-coghlan [reference list] |
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