Born in Champion, Jefferson county, NY
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Leslie Coughlan
and Sarah (Waite) Coughlan
Sister of
George H Coughlan, Minerva Coughlan, Alvira (Coughlan) Newton, Austin H. Coughlan, Charles H Coughlan, Richard H Coughlan, Electa A (Coughlan) Snell, Martha M (Coughlan) LeClaire, Mary H (Coughlan) Aldrich, Thomas Wright Coughlan, Sophronia H (Coughlan) Francis and Merinius G Coughlan
Wife of
James Dunn
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 68
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jun 2014
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Biography
US Census 1860, Canton, Saint Lawrence, NY: Minerva Coughlan, 47, born New York; Sarah Holland, 24, born Canada; Mary Kennedy, 18, born Canada; Lydia Hough, 19, born Canada; Sarah Woodson, 19, born Canada; Edith Rose, 16, born New York. Was Minerva running a boarding house before she was married late in life?
US Census 1870, Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York: James Dunn, 62, farmer, owning $6500 real estate and $1000 personal property; Minerva C Dunn, 53, keeping house; Clara Dunn, 23 (must be James' daughter from a previous marriage), Charles Snell, 6 (his mother, Minerva's sister Electa, had died the year before).
US Census 1880 Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York: James Dunn, 76, farmer, born Vermont; Minerva Dunn, 65, milliner, born New York; Ann Brooks, 30, keeping house, born New York; Mary Heffern, 28, works in milliner shop, born New York; Marcia Willson, 57, keeping house, born Vermont; Charles Willson, at home, 19, born New York; Nancy Paddock, 70, physician, born Canada; Charles Snell (their nephew), farm laborer, 16, born New York. It seems they still ran a boarding house.
Sources
- Champion baptism records
US census 1860, 1870, 1880
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