Joseph Edward Cody (1858 - 1931)

Born 1858 in King's County, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Thomas) Cody — married 26 Nov 1887 in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died Jul 1931 at about age 73 in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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Biography

Joseph Cody was born in Ireland.

Joseph Cody is one of twins.

Joseph Cody migrated from Ireland to Australia.

Joseph Cody came free to the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Joseph was born as the twin brother of Thomas Cody in 1858 in King's County (now Offaly), Ireland. He was the son of Michael Cody and Ann Cleary. Thomas and Joseph were baptised on 26 August 1858 in the Parish of Balliboy and Killoughy, Diocese of Meath, County of Offaly (King's). Their Godparents/ Sponsors were William Mooney and Margaret Johnston.^[1]

He departed from Liverpool, Lancashire, England in 1859 aboard the "Marco Polo", bound for Australia, with his mother and five of his siblings as unassisted passengers. Although they arrived on 30 January 1860 in Melbourne, Victoria, his twin, Thomas, passed away before arrival from a measles infection.^[2]

On 26 November 1887, he married Eliza Thomas at St John the Baptist, Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia.^[3]

Joseph and Eliza had two sons and two daughters:

1. Eileen Alice Cody died young
2. Elsie Ruby Myrtle Cody died young
3. Joseph Frederick Cody m Ita McCarthy
4. Wellington Thomas Gordon Cody m Charlotte Kate Engel

Joseph Cody died in July 1931 in Wellington, New Zealand.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 04175/08; Parish of Balliboy and Killoughy, Diocese of Meath; Baptism Record of Joseph and Thomas Cody (twins) 26 Aug 1858
2. ↑ Public Record Office of Victoria, Unassisted Passenger Lists, (1852-1923) Record Series Number (VPRS): 947 Unassisted Passenger Lists
3. ↑ The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Marriage Index of Joseph Cody and Eliza Thomas, Reg No 6404/1887
4. ↑ Death Registration: "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966"
   Citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1931/8117, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
   FamilySearch (accessed 23 December 2021)
   Joseph Cody death 1931 in New Zealand.