FRANCIS CODD/CODE/COAD (c.1817-1865)

Francis Codd, the ancestor of the Coads from the Cygnet area in the Huon, Tasmania, was born about 1817 in Primestown, a townland covering four acres in the civil parish of Tacumshin, Co. Wexford, SE Ireland. Tacumshin (or Tacumshane) parish lies between Tacumshin Lake and Lady's Island Lake. Nearby civil parishes were: Ballybrennan, Ballymore, Ishartmon, Kilscoran and St. Iberius. The parish church in Tacumshin is St. Catherine's, built in 1801. Baptisms of Codds date back to the 1680s in Co. Wexford. Primestown was made up of five fields only and adjoined Butlerstown on the east and Upper Ballytory on the west.

 

 

Upper and Lower Ballytory

 

 

 

Apart from Primestown, the civil parish of Tacumshin, situated in the Catholic parish of Lady's Island, contained the following townlands (with acres)

 

Ballytory, 1780s-1790s

Three Codd families lived in the townland of Ballytory in the 1780s and 1790s. James Codd and Margaret Devereux had two children: Richard (b. 1778) and Andrew (b. 1780). Andrew Codd and Eleanor Murphy had three children: James (b. 1787), Elizabeth (b. 1789) and Catherine (b. 1793). John Codd and Catherine Devereux had eight children: Eleanor (b. 1783), James (b. 1785), Mary (b. 1786), John (b. 1792), Margaret (b. 1793), Anatastasia (b. 1796), Alice (b. 1798) and Mathew (b. 1801).

 

Tithe Applotment Book (1833)

The Tithe Applotment Book published in 1833 lists for the parish of Tacumshin a Francis Codd living at Ballytory. He owned nearly 190 acres of arable land and received rents of 10/- 6d. He is most probably the same Francis Codd mentioned later in Griffith's Valuation twenty years later. In the nearby parish of Lady's Island, in the townland of Eardownes, George Codd had 2 acres, 1 perch and 26 roods of arable land. In another nearby parish, St Iberius, in the townland of Little Allenstown, John Codd occupied 5 acres, 2 perches and 30 roods. The only other Codd mentioned in the parish of Tacumshin, in the townland of Furziestown, is Andrew Codd who occupied 9 acres and 2 perches of arable land.

 

Samuel Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)

TACUMSHANE, a parish, in the barony of Forth, county of Wexford, and province of Leinster, 2½ miles (S.W.) from Broadway; containing 907 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises (with the chapelry of Churchtown) 3000 statute acres, is situated between two small land-locked gulfs with very narrow openings, called Lake Tacumshane and the Lady's Island Lake: the surface is flat, and it has only a few streams flowing through it, which are dry in summer, the cattle being then driven to be watered in marl pits, which are numerous in the district and are never exhausted. The land is chiefly under tillage: the principal crops are wheat, barley, oats, and beans, which are cultivated according to a judicious system. The principal manure is marl found here in large quantities, and of three varieties, all adapted to the soil; sea-weed, which is eagerly sought after and collected by the families residing near the shore, is also very largely used, both by itself and mixed into a compost with sea-sand. The lakes are frequented by various kinds of wild and water fowl in great numbers, that are highly esteemed as an article of luxury from the delicacy of their flavour, which is attributed to their feeding on a species of grass or weed in the lakes. A peculiar kind of stork used to build its nest on the surface of the water of one of those lakes, which formerly was unconnected with the sea; but a high tide having broken the intervening embankment of sand, the birds deserted it after the ingress of the salt water. Several kinds of fish, particularly herrings, lobsters, and oysters, are taken along the shore in great abundance, and of excellent quality : the herring fishery is the most productive, giving employment during the season for 100 cots or open boats manned with five men each In taking shell-fish 20 boats are regularly engaged for eight or nine months in the year: the strand for miles is formed of a bank of hard dry sand, and is much resorted to for exercise and for sea-bathing during the summer months. The inhabitants, who are peculiarly attached to the place of their nativity, and therefore, until of late years, were extremely averse to traveling beyond the limits of the barony, are peaceable, industrious, and amiable in their dispositions: their habitations, built of mud which hardens to the consistency of stone, are neatly constructed, thatched, the ridge plastered with mortar, and for the most part whitewashed; their offices are equally neat, and the interior arrangements of their dwellings do not disappoint the expectations formed from their external appearance. Their principal want is fuel: coal from Wexford is generally used by the more wealthy farmers; the poorer classes are obliged to have recourse to furze and bean-stalks. There is a coast-guard station at Tacumshane. The roads in the parish are in good order. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ferns, forming part of the union of Kilscoran; the tithes amount to £224.11.½. A perpetual curacy for Tacumshane and Ballymore has been recently instituted under the name of Churchtown. The old church near the lake is in ruins. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Lady's Island: the chapel is in the village of Faithe. A parochial school has been established and placed under the superintendence of the perpetual curate. The castle or tower of Ballymakane fell about 80 years since, but the dwelling-house attached to it is still inhabited and is now the residence of Mr. Rich. Barrington: the remains of the castles of Syganstown and Rathshelan, the former belonging to the Jacob family, and the latter to J. H. Talbot, Esq., are still in existence.

 

On 7 June 1837, aged 20, Francis Codd enlisted in the army at Liverpool in England. He gave his occupation as a joiner. The following description was taken down: height 5 foot 9 inches; fresh complexion; brown hair and eyes; single. He embarked on board the Cornwall 8 August 1837 and landed in Bengal, India, 17 December 1837 where he was to serve as a soldier in the East India Company. His service ended three years later. A gunner in the 1st Troop, 3rd Brigade of the Bengal Horse Artillery, Francis Codd was invalided at Landour (Mussoorie), a hill station in the Himalayan Mountains 30 kilometres north of Dehradun, 3 September 1840. During his time of service, the Bengal Horse Artillery were involved in the First Afghan War (1839-1842), invading and occupying Afghanistan. Francis Codd returned to Co. Wexford in Ireland and married Elizabeth Pierce in 1844. The baptisms of two children have been traced: John Codd, baptised 4 June 1844 (godparents: James Codd and Margaret Pierce) and Anne Codd, baptised 12 December 1848 (godparents: Thomas and Mary Pierce). Bridget Codd's baptism (1846-1847) has not yet been traced. Elizabeth Pierce's family was also from Co. Wexford. (An Elizabeth Pierce was born in Co. Wexford, 1828).

 

 

Ref: Embarkation Lists 1825-1839 L/MIL/9/100, p. 354 (India Office, British Library, London)

 

Ref: L/MIL/10/122 (India Office, British Library, London)

 

In the year following the marriage of Francis and Elizabeth Codd, the potato famine began in Ireland and lasted for 5 years. According to County Wexford in the Famine Years (1996) by Anna Kinsella: 'The spirit of the people was broken. The county was destitute and depopulated. Here as elsewhere in Ireland, death and emigration had taken its toll. Famine related diseases such as fever, dysentery and overcrowing in the workhouses (there were four in Co. Wexford) caused thousands of premature deaths. Large scale emigration became an accepted safety value. The population of Co. Wexford in 1841 was just over 200,000. By 1851 it had fallen to 180,000.' Bridget Codd was born around what was known as Black '47; Anne Codd at The Darkest Hour, 1848.

 

 

An agricultural report written by Patrick Vaughan and printed in the Wexford Independent 14 April 1849, mentions that ‘James Codd, Primestown, holds 3 acres of land. Had a half acre of potatoes and no turnips in 1848. Will put down the same quantity of potatoes and no turnips in 1849.’ Other mentions of the Codd surname in the same report are as follows: Patrick Codd of Little Graigeen 'holds 50 acres. Had a quarter acre of turnips and 3 acres of potatoes in 1848. His potatoes a total failure. Will sow 3 acres of turnips and 2 acres of potatoes in 1849.' In Brittas, between Tagoat and Killinick, there was a Philip Codd who held 9 acres 'Had a half acre of potatoes and a quarter acre of turnips in 1848. Will put down the same quantity in 1849. Has no cow.' In the same town a Thomas Codd held 11 acres 'growing beans, wheat and oats. No potatoes nor turnips in 1848. Does not intend putting any down in 1849.' At the Ring, a Thomas Codd held 20 acres. 'Had 1 acre of potatoes and a quarter rood of turnips in 1848. He intends to increase the turnips in 1849.' In the Meyglass district, James Codd 'kindly conducted me over a great many farms in the neighbourhood. Now, I feel bound to express my candid opinion as to the mode in which this man conducts his agricultural operations. His dwelling house is a perfect model of neatness. His farm offices, his general mode of tillage, his method of collecting and managing manure have clearly demonstrated to me that two very useful and essential qualities are combined in him. What are those two qualities? I say, to the usefulness of a hard-working industrious man he adds the ability of a first-rate agriculturalist.'

 

On 14 September 1850, aged about 33, Francis Code was placed on a list of candidates for convict guard service as an Enrolled Pensioner Guard. Francis Code was successful in his request and embarked with his wife and children as was often the case with pensioner guards as a private soldier on board the Cornwall, 5 February 1851. The Cornwall (872 tons) was built in Calcutta in 1811 and 40 years old when it set out for Australia. It took 106 days to make the journey, via Gibraltar. On board, Private Francis Code reported sick with catarrh 8th June 1851. He arrived in Hobart Town 20 June 1851. Francis Codd was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, and four children: John (aged 6), Bridget (aged about 5), Anne (aged 2 and a half) and Thomas (born on the voyage out, 15 May 1851). Thomas was baptised at St. Joseph's, Hobart, 25 June 1851. The family lived in Hobart Town from 1851 to 1855. Francis Codd made two unsuccessful applications for a government position, in 1852 and 1854. Another child, James, was born in Hobart, 15 August 1853 and baptised at St. Joseph's 4 December 1853.

 

 

"Inform Fra(nci)s Code E(ast) I(ndia) C(ompany) 239 1(st troop) 3(rd brigade) he has been placed on List of Candidates for Convict G(uar)d Service."

Ref: WO4/ 286, p. 255 (National Archives, London)

 

Ref: ADM 101/17/10 (National Archives, London)

 

Ref: CSO 1/144, p. 3994 (Archives Office of Tasmania)

 

Surgeon's Report during the voyage of the "Cornwall"

On the 5th of February 1851 a convict guard consisting of two noncommissioned officers and fifteen privates (pensioners) embarked on board the “Cornwall” at Woolwich, and on the 4th and 5th of the same month 183 prisoners more from different gaols went on board. On the 8th the ship moved down to Gravesend. And at that place the remaining portion of the Guard, viz, 13 men with 24 women and 45 children were received on board. On the 10 th the ship sailed for Portsmouth and arrived there on the 14th – one corporal, his wife and three children – 34 prisoners from the Hulks, and 81 from Portland, were here embarked amounting, in all, to 31 soldiers of the Guard, 25 women and 48 children with 300 male convicts. On the 24th Feb. the ship left Spithead for Gibraltar and arrived there on the 4th of March and on the following day the prisoners were embarked. Diarrhoea and catarrh were the prevailing complaints among the prisoners during the time they remained on board the Cornwall. The latter affliction was observed chiefly to occur among the men sent from Portland, and this circumstance was in a great measure to be accounted for by the subjects of this affliction having been exposed on the upper deck of a steam vessel from an early hour in the morning till 6 p.m. when on their passage to the “Cornwall” at Spithead. In no case however did any complaint assume a serious character and the prisoners were all landed at Gibraltar on the 5th of March in a state of good health. On the 8th of March 300 male prisoners were embarked on board the “Cornwall” at Gibraltar and on the 15th the vessel sailed for Van Diemen’s Land and arrived at Hobart Town on the 11th June. The prisoners during the whole voyage, as well as the men composing the Guard, and the numerous families belonging to the pensioners, enjoyed an unusual share of excellent health. The case of death that occurred among the convicts happened to a person who had long suffered from diarrhoea while at Gibraltar and, as he stated after his embarkation, was actually labouring under the disease when sent on board. All medical treatment proved ineffectual in checking the progress of the disease and he died after being for some time in a state of extreme emaciation. Both the children whose death is recorded in the foregoing Journal were in a delicate state of health from the time of their embarkation in England. On the arrival of the ship at Hobart Town, six prisoners were sent to the colonial Hospital and the remaining number of convicts, 293, with 31 Pensioners, 25 women and 50 children were landed in good health. It will be observed in the nosological statement that diarrhoea has been the prevailing disease among the prisoners, but the complaint in most instances was of a mild character and, although relapses frequently took place, astringents and other remedial means seldom failed in relieving the symptoms. It is gratifying to state that no case showing a tendency to scorbutic disease occurred among the prisoners or to any other individuals on board during the whole voyage. The prison and sleeping berths were daily cleaned by sweeping and on no occasion was water used in cleaning the prison from the time that the convicts embarked until they had finally left the ship. Chloride of zinc was several times, daily, sprinkled about the water closets and prison as well as in different other parts of the ship, and was evidently the means of contributing much to the comfort of all on board and of preserving the health of a population, amounting nearly to 500 individuals, crowded together within so small a space as they were necessarily confined to. The prisoners were admitted upon the upper deck on all occasions, during the day, when the weather was favourable. Four births took place on board during the voyage.   D. Geddes M.D. Surgeon.

 

NS 1052/8; p.141 (Archives Office of Tasmania)

 

 

NS 1052/8 (Archives Office of Tasmania)

Griffith’s Valuation for 1853 lists 172 Codds in Co. Wexford. There are five Codd entries for the parish of Tacumshin. One for Primestown: James Codd leased ‘house, offices and land’ of 4 acres 3 roods and 38 perches from Martha Richards. The land had an annual value of £5, the buildings £1 10/-. A James Codd living in Ballymacane (a townland covering 113 acres) leased 3 acres, 3 roods and 6 perches - a garden, house, offices, forge and land from James Jones. The annual value of the land was £3 10/-, the buildings £1 (total annual valuation £5 5/-). Francis Codd owned all of Lower Ballytory (a townland covering 147 acres). He owned a house and offices on 140 acres, 2 roods and 6 perches of this property. The land had an annual value of £122 and the buildings £18. Six acres, 2 roods and 38 perches of this property he leased to John Rossiter. Francis Codd also owned Upper Ballytory, a townland covering 141 acres. He occupied 124 acres, 1 rood and 30 perches at an annual value of £108. In Upper Ballytory he leased 14 acres of his land to Thomas Boggan, Nicholas Devereux, John Meyler, Peter Murphy and James Murphy. In Yoletown, (a townland covering 120 acres) Nicholas Codd leased a house and land from James Roe (2 acres, 1 rood) at an annual value of £1 10/- for the land and 10/- for the buildings.

 

 

In nearby parishes, the following Codds lived in 1853:

 

Occupier	Lessor	Parish	Townland	Description	Area	Annual Valuation
John Codd	Viscount Monck	Ballybrennan	Ratholm	house, offices, land		£20 5/-
Margaret Codd	Hamilton Morgan	Ballymore	Ballybeg	house		£5/-
John Codd	Rev. William Hughes	Ballymore	Ballyregan	land, offices	56 1 4	£40 10/-
Eliza Codd	Mary Hobbs	Ballymore	Great Coddstown	offices, land	17	£13 30/-
Eliza Codd	William Murphy	Ballymore	Little Coddstown	house, offices, land	1 0 13	£2 10/-
Thomas Codd	Edward W. Nunn	Kilscoran	Brittas	house, offices, land	15	£11 10/-
Philip Codd	Edward W. Nunn	Kilscoran	Brittas	house, offices, land	10	£7 15/-
Richard Codd	Edward W. Nunn	Kilscoran	Shilmaine	house, offices, land	4 2 28	£5
Andrew Codd	Edward W. Nunn	Kilscoran	Slad	house, offices, land	24 0 20	£24 5/-
Patrick Codd	Edward W. Nunn	St. Iberius	Grange	house		5/-
Margaret Codd	Patrick Doyle	St. Iberius	Grange	house		10/-

 

Other residents of Great and Little Coddstown in 1853 were: Nicholas Blake, Thomas Blake, Thomas Bolger, John Burke, John Condon, Stephen Furlong, Francis Murphy, John Murphy, William Murphy and Patrick Neil. There are 69 Pierce records from Co. Wexford listed in Griffith's Valuation, of which three show occupiers of land in the parish of Tacumshin. Thomas Pierce leased a house, offices and land from Hamilton K.G. Morgan (45 acres, 1 rood and 15 perches) at Churchtown, a townland covering 93 acres. The land had an annual value of £38 and the buildings £2 10/-. John Pierce leased a house, offices and land from the same person (24 acres and 25 perches) in the same town. The annual value of the land was £20 and the buildings £1 10/-. At Sigginstown, a townland covering 197 acres, Andrew Pierce leased a house, offices, a cornmill and land from John Wilson (9 acres, 3 roods and 10 perches). The annual value of the property was £16 15/-. Pierces leased property in the following parishes of Co. Wexford in 1853: Ambrosetown, Carn, Kilbridge, Kilcormick, Killiane, Kilmakilloge, Kilmore, Kilnenor, Kilpipe (at Ballythomas and Ballythomashill), Kilrane, Kilturk, Mayglass, Monart, Mulrankin, Rathaspick, Rathmecknee, St Iberius, Tacumshin, Taghmon, Templeshannon, Tomhaggard and Toome.

 

The Roman Catholic parish of Lady's Island records a James Codd (more than likely the brother of Francis) who married Margaret Devereux in 1854. Children born to James and Margaret Codd and living in Primestown were as follows:

 

 

Children of James and Margaret Codd

Name	Baptism	Residence	Sponsor	Sponsor
Thomas	21 December 1855	Primestown	George Wall	Ellen Wall
Stephen	1 August 1857	Primestown	James Harp(er)
John	16 December 1859	Primestown	Thomas Pierce	Catherine Sinnott
Mary	26 June 1861	Primestown	Nicholas Devereux	Peggy Meyler
Francis	28 August 1863	Primestown	John Devereux	Mary ?

 

  According to the 1901 Irish census, the only Codd inhabitant of Primestown was Anastatia Codd, married, aged 21, a farmer. She was listed with William Kennedy, a boarder aged 13, William Sinnott a mason's apprentice aged 17 who was a visitor and Mary Sinnott, a visitor aged 12. The 1911 Irish census allows us to see that Anastatia Codd was the wife of John Codd (listed above and born in 1859). They married c.1901 and had 7 children before 1911. The 1911 census records that in Primestown John Codd (aged 49) lived with his wife Anastatia Codd (aged 33) and their children: Maggie (aged 7), Anastatia (aged 6), Mary (aged 5), James (aged 4), Ellen (aged 3), Bridget (aged 1) and Matthew (aged 9 months).

 

 

On 15 March 1855, Francis Code bought 20 acres of land for £128 (in the parish of Bedford in the county of Buckingham) at Petchey’s Bay, near Port Cygnet: ‘On the north west by twenty chains south westerly along Lot 18 commencing at the east angle thereof on the Road leading from Port Cygnet to Cradoc. On the south west by ten chains south easterly along Crown Land. On the south east by twenty chains north easterly along Lot 15 to the before mentioned Road leading to Cradoc and thence on the north east by ten chains north westerly along that Road to the point of commencement.’ According to the 1858 Valuation Roll, Francis Code owned and lived on a farm of 40 acres on Cradoc Road, near Port Cygnet. It was worth £15 a year. In 1862 he owned a house and farm of 87 acres, worth £15 a year. After the move to the Port Cygnet area, another five children were born (the last four were baptised by Fr. John Murphy: Elizabeth (born 2 August 1855); Francis (born 13 July 1857) sponsors William Wright, Mary Reilly; William (born 2 June 1859) sponsors Andrew Reilly, Anne Wright; Margaret (born 21 June 1861) sponsors Paul Pierce, Hannah Furlong; Mary (born 29 September 1863) sponsors Thomas and Anne Code.

 

In September 1861, Francis Code, aged about 45, was declared insolvent. An article from the Mercury, 14 September 1861, reports: ‘Notice is hereby given that the above-mentioned Francis Code did this day present his petition to Fielding Browne Esquire Commissioner of Insolvent Estates for Hobart Town under the Act to make of this Island intituled “An Act to make Provision for the more effectual Distribution of Insolvent Estates” alleging his insolvency and praying for relief pursuant to the said Act – And the same having come on to be heard before the said Commissioner the said Francis Code was declared insolvent and John Milward of Hobart Town aforesaid gentleman was thereupon appointed Provisional Assignee of the estate and effects of the said insolvent – And notice is hereby further given that the said Commissioner has appointed Wednesday the 25th day of Sept. inst. at eleven o’clock in the forenoon at the Court of Requests Room Hobart Town for the first meeting of the creditors of the said insolvent in order to the proof of their debts the election of a Permanent Assignee the Examination of the insolvent and for otherwise proceeding in the matter of such insolvency. Dated this tenth day of September, 1861. R.P. Adams, Solicitor to the said Insolvency.

 

Francis Code died four years later on Sunday, 16 April 1865, of cancer of the throat, aged 49. His wife was 37 and his children had the following ages: John 20, Bridget 18, Ann 16, Thomas 14, James 11, Elizabeth 10, Francis 8, William 6, Margaret 4 and Mary 2. Bridget had recently married Richard Direen at Port Cygnet, 22 September 1864. In his will, dated 23 November 1864, (not on record at the Supreme Court in Hobart, but mentioned in the Memorial of an Indenture dated 6 October 1879), Francis Code appointed his eldest son, John Code and the Rev. John Murphy (the Catholic priest at Franklin), executors and trustees. He directed that all his past debts funeral and testamentary expenses should be paid by his executors as soon as conveniently as might be after his decease out of his personal estate. He gave and devised all his real estate and bequeathed the residue of his personal estate and effects to his wife Elizabeth Code and after her decease to his sons John, Thomas, James, Francis and William. At the time of his death, Francis Code seems to have owned 49 acres of land, later claimed by Richard Direen as having been given to him as a gift by his father-in-law. Francis Code had mortgaged this land to John Milward who died in 1869, leaving it to the Rev. Richard Deodatus Harris and James Ebenezer Salier. Richard Direen ‘bought back’ the 49 acres from Harris and Salier for £32 ten shillings in 1879. Elizabeth Coad died of breast cancer five years after her husband on Sunday, 20 November 1870, aged 44. John, the eldest son, had married Sophia Holland, the daughter of Joseph Holland and Mary Collins, two months before, 26 September 1870. Bridget, the eldest daughter, already had five children by this time including twins born just three weeks before Betsy’s death. The remaining eight children were all unmarried. Left without a parent were Anne 21, Thomas 19, James 16, Elizabeth 15, Francis 13, William 11, Margaret 9 and Mary 7. Most of Frank and Betsy Code’s children married in the 1870s and 1880s. The youngest daughters, Margaret Code and Mary Code, died young. Mary died 1 June 1877 of scarlet fever aged 13 and Margaret died 18 September 1886 of a bowel inflammation aged 23.

 

From 1872 to 1874, Thomas Code owned 89 acres of property at Petchey's Bay worth £9 a year. In 1874 James Code had 51 acres of land in the parish of Bedford worth £3 a year. In 1875 (two years after his marriage to Catherine Kennedy), Thomas Code rented a hut and land belonging to his father-in-law Patrick Kennedy at Cradoc, covering 40 acres and worth £4 a year. From 1876 to 1878, he is listed as having a hut and land at Mount Huon covering 50 acres and worth £5 a year. In 1878 James Code occupied 87 acres at Petchey's Bay worth £9 a year. In the same year, Francis Code owned land near Port Cygnet covering 49 acres worth £2 a year. From 1879 to 1881, William Code is listed as the owner of the 87 acres at Petchey's Bay. In 1882 Thomas Code rented 50 acres of land from J. Halton worth £2 a year in Lymington. By the following year he had become owner - the value increased to £4. From 1883 to 1886, James Code owned 51 acres worth £5 a year at Wattle Grove and William Code owned the 87 acres at Petchey's Bay. In 1885 John Code had 75 acres of bush at Port Cygnet worth £2 a year.

 

Post Office Directory 1890-1891

Frank Coad	Farmer	Port Cygnet
James Coad	Farmer	Port Cygnet
John Coad	Farmer	Port Cygnet
Thomas Coad	Farmer	Port Cygnet
William Coad	Farmer	Port Cygnet
Bridget Direen	Farmer	Port Cygnet
James Welsh	Farmer	Port Cygnet

13. Thomas Direen, b. 20 June 1865 (m. Catherine Herlihy). Died 10 November 1952

14. Francis Joseph Direen, b. 12 February 1867 (m. Catherine Brereton). Died 16 September 1943

15. John 'Bishop' Direen, b. 15 January 1869 (m. Alice Kube). Died 29 April 1932

16. Ellen and 17.William Direen, b. 3 November 1870 (Ellen died 21 November 1870 and William 7 November 1870); born premature

18. Richard Direen, b. 15 February 1872; died 27 Sept 1872 aged 7 months

19. James Direen, b.14 October 1873 (m. Jane Halton). Died 24 August 1970

20. Elizabeth Direen, b. 14 February 1876 (m. John Brereton). Died 28 March 1964

21. Edward Direen, b. 15 February 1878 (m. Catherine Halton). Died 4 January 1930

22. Mary Ann Direen, b. 11 May 1880 (unmarried). Died 20 June 1940

23. Johanna Direen, b. 10 July 1881 (m. Martin Brereton). Died 27 December 1911

24. Margaret Direen, b. 13 November 1882 (m. John Patrick Halton). Died 28 March 1952

25. Lawrence Direen, b. 20 April 1884 (m. Nancy Strong). Died 25 May 1957

 

 

 

Anne Codd was bapt. 12 December 1848 in the parish of Tacumshin, Co. Wexford, Ireland. She married James Plumsell/Welsh 14 May 1872 at Port Cygnet. The witnesses were Thomas and Bridget Coad. They had 10 children including twins. James Welsh died 30 July 1933 aged about 81. Annie Walsh died 28 August 1919, aged 70. No gravestone shows where James or Annie were buried.

 

26. Bridget Welsh, b.10 February 1873 (m. Edmund Matthew Dillon). Died 30 May 1943

27. James Welsh, b. 24 July 1874. Unmarried. Died 7 April 1904

28. Patrick Michael Welsh, b.9 December 1876 (m. Jane Scanlon). Died 12 Dec. 1929

29. Ellen Welsh, b. 14 July 1878

30. John Welsh, b. 13 June 1880. Unmarried. Died late 1930s or early 1940s

31. Mary Ann Welsh, b. 7 July 1881. Died 21 August 1882 aged one year.

32. Frank Welsh, b. 5 August 1882. Unmarried. Died 5 September 1919

33. Elizabeth Welsh, b.4 October 1886. Unmarried. Died 1964, aged about 80

34. William Welsh , b. 22 July 1887; unmarried; died after 1954.

35. Thomas Welsh, b.22 July 1887. Died 7 February 1889 aged 18 months.

 

 

Thomas Code/Coad was born at sea 5 May 1851. He married Catherine Kennedy, 26 July 1873 at Cygnet. The witnesses were Patrick and Mary Kennedy. Catherine was the daughter of Patrick Kennedy and Mary Gonning. She was born in Hobart 23 July 1855. There were 12 children, 3 of whom did not survive. Thomas Coad died at Lymington 19 July 1901 aged 49. Catherine Coad died 13 August 1929 aged 74. They were buried at St. James Cemetery, Cygnet.

 

36. Mary Elizabeth Coad, b. 17 March 1875 died at Hobart 23 August 1875 aged 5 months

37. John Patrick Coad, b. 13 July 1877 (m. Hannah May Farnell). Died 12 March 1964, aged 84

38. Anne Mary Coad, b. 16 August 1879 died of water on the brain, 12 August 1880, aged 1

39. Catherine Mary Coad, b. 25 August 1880 (m. John Patrick Direen). Died 6 October 1954, aged 74

40. Margaret Coad, b. 30 September 1882 (unmarried). Died at New Norfolk 11 June 1914, aged 31

41. Francis Coad b. 23 December 1884, died of diarrhoea, 1 March 1885, aged 2 months

42. Bridget Coad, b. 25 August 1886 (m. Edward Hilary Direen). Died 11 December 1967, aged 81

43. Elizabeth Coad, b. 24 May 1888 (unmarried). Died 9 June 1943, aged 55

44. Hannah Coad, b. 12 October 1890 (m. Edwin Kube). Died 24 July 1966, aged 75

45. Thomas Coad, b. 14 September 1891 died the same day - premature birth

46. Thomas Patrick Coad, b.13 December 1893 (m. Adelene Charlotte Ward). Died 18 May 1952, aged 58

47. William Laurence Coad, b. 16 May 1895 (m. Elsie Olive Markham). Died 10 August 1947, aged 52

 

 

James Code was born in Hobart 15 August 1853. He married Mary Reardon (born c. 1855) at Port Cygnet, 7 August 1877. The witnesses were Daniel Reardon and Lily Markham. There were 8 children, 1 of whom did not survive. James died at Cygnet 13 April 1905, aged 49. Mary Coad died at Cygnet 12 February 1930 aged about 75. James and Mary Coad were buried at St. James Cemetery, Cygnet.

 

48. Elizabeth Coad, b. 21 June 1878 (m. Alexander Percy Devereux). Died 24 June 1954.

49. Cornelius Coad, b. 23 January 1880, died in New Zealand 1 October 1912 aged 32, killed by a tree

50. Julia Coad, b. 2 March 1881 died scalded, 5 August 1883, aged 2

51. Francis Patrick Coad, b. 26 December 1882 (m. Bridget Theresa Lawler). Died 17 August 1962, aged 79

52. Daniel Charles Coad, b. 4 August 1884 (m. Ellen Mary Curtis). Died 1 Jul 1957, aged 72

53. Mary Ellen Coad, b. 30 August 1887 (m. Arthur J. Allan). Died Portland NSW 1955?

54. Esther Margaret Coad, b. 29 April 1891 (m. Valentine F. Tulk). Died in Sydney, 1959, aged c.68.

55. Rosea Ellen Coad, b. 12 June 1894 (m. William Charles Middeldyk)

 

 

Elizabeth Coad was born at Port Cygnet 2 August 1855. She married Bartholomew ('Barry') John Herlihy (born c. 1862) at Port Cygnet, 4 July 1889. The witnesses were Thomas Herlihy and Mary Coad. There were 5 children including one twin who did not survive. Elizabeth Herlihy died 12 March 1926, aged 70 and Barry Herlihy died 9 May 1932, aged about 70. Elizabeth and Barry Herlihy were buried at St. James Cemetery, Cygnet.

 

56. Francis Herlihy, b. 11 February 1891 (m. Susan Nichols). Died 21 July 1969, aged 78

57. Margaret Herlihy, b. 26 May 1893 (m. William Halton) Died 24 February 1963, aged 69.

58. A twin sister died

59. John Patrick Herlihy, b. 15 March 1895 (m. Bridget Olive Direen). Died 13 June 1968, aged 73

60. Elizabeth Herlihy, b. 2 November 1898 (m. Frederick William Kupsch). Died 16 July 1956, aged 57.

 

 

Francis Code/Coad was born at Port Cygnet 13 July 1857. He married Mary Kennedy, a domestic servant, (born 19 December 1858 at Franklin; the daughter of John Kennedy and Mary Malone) at Port Cygnet, 27 January 1885. The witnesses were Thomas and Elizabeth Coad. There were 5 children, the eldest of whom did not survive. Francis died 19 January 1939, aged 81 and Mary died 27 April 1912, aged 53. Francis and Mary Coad were buried at St. James Cemetery, Cygnet.

 

61. Eliza Ellen Coad, b. 30 October 1885 died of convulsions, 1 December 1885, aged 1 month

62. Francis Coad, b. 12 April 1887 (m. Winifred Curtis). Died 14 January 1925 at Hobart, aged 37

63. Mary Cecilia Coad, b. 8 July 1888 (married Leo Mills). Died 7 August 1960, aged 72

64. Elizabeth Coad, b. 25 September 1889 (m. Henry Godfrey Mills). Died 24 April 1965, aged 75

65. Margaret Coad, b. 1 June 1894 (m. Patrick Augustus Reardon). Died 21 April 1960, aged 65

 

 

William Code/Coad was born 5 June 1859 at Port Cygnet. He married Margaret Mary Herlihy (born 16 September 1861 at Petchey's Bay; the daughter of Patrick Herlihy and Bridget Leo) at Port Cygnet, 21 August 1889. The witnesses were Thomas Coad, Patrick Herlihy and Catherine Herlihy. There were 7 children, 1 of whom did not survive. William died 21 May 1947, aged nearly 88 and Margaret died 23 February 1914, aged 52. William and Margaret Coad were buried at St. James Cemetery, Cygnet.

 

66. Francis Xavier Coad, b. 29 May 1890 (m. Vida Emma Bryan). Died 26 February 1950, aged 59

67. Margaret Mary Coad, b. 3 August 1891 (Unmarried). Died 11 February 1970, aged 78

68. Patrick Alphonsus Coad, b. 18 November 1893 (m. Irene Mary Guthrie). Died 15 July 1959, aged 65

69. William Joseph Coad, b. 23 May 1897 (m. Bridget Florence O'Neill). Died 29 June 1952, aged 55

70. Thomas Edward Coad, b. 3 March 1899 (Unmarried). Died 24 December 1968, aged 69

71. James Leo Coad, b. 6 October 1901. Died 1 June 1902, aged 8 months

72. Mathew John Coad, b. 23 November 1904 (m. Olive Murphy). Died 24 Aug. 1979, aged 74