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Superintendent Registrar's District:Kilkeel, Registrar's District: Rostrevor, County Down
Birth
13 November 1898
Ballindolty
Edward [William crossed out], son of Edward Hughes, a farmer of Ballindolty, and Jane Hughes, formerly Sloan. informant: Alice Sloan, her mark.
Note in margin: Clerical error column 3, corrected 12 July 1898, [initials?] Vesey, Registrar, [in] presence of me, Jane Hughes, mother

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/cert_amends/cert_1898/1796344a.pdf

 

1901 Census of Ireland
31 March 1901
Residents of a house 9 in Ballinadoalty (Killowen, Down)

Edward Hughes, 34, farmer
Jane Hughes, 34
Maggie Hughes, 10
Licia Hughes, 8
Catherine Hughes, 7
Mary Hughes, 5
William Hughes, 3
James Call, 20, nephew, agricultural laborer, not married

all Catholic, all born in County Down, all adults could read and write English

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Killowen/Ballinadoalty/1236753/

 

1911 Census of Ireland
2 April 1911
Residents of a house 4 in Ballindoalty (Killowen, Down)

Jane Hughes, 40, head, farmer, widow, 6 children, 6 alive
Maggie Hughes, 19, [scratched out on the original household form. note in margin: absent on night of 2 April.]
Alicia Hughes, 17, farmer's daughter
Katie Hughes, 16, farmer's daughter
Minnie Hughes, 14, farmer's daughter
Willie Hughes, 12, scholar
Eddie Hughes, 10, scholar

All Catholic, born in County Down, and could read and write English.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Killowen/Ballindoalty/246050/

 

SS Celtic, from Liverpool 22 September 1923. no arrival date on the front of the manifest, but the affidavits on the back are dated 2 October 1923, Boston

William Hughes, 24 [25 written above it], a farmer, Irish, a citizen of Great Britain, last permanent residence: Killowen, Ireland.
nearest relative in Ireland: mother, Mrs Jane Hughes, Ballindoalty, Killowen, Ireland.
destination: sister Mrs Maggie Caulfield, at 523 West 133rd St, New York, NY.
paid for his own passage, is carrying $50, had not been in the US before, intends to stay in the US for 5 years.
in good health, 5 feet 8 inches, dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, born in Killowen, Ireland.

 

Declaration of Intention
347288
13 February 1924, Supreme Court of New York County, New York
William Hughes, age 23, a packer
5'8", dark complexion, 165 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, no other visible distinctive marks
born in County Down, 18 April 1900
living at 523 West 133rd St, NYC [note: this was the Coffey's address in 1920 and in Sept 1923 when William left Liverpool.]
last foreign residence: Ireland
arrived 1 October 1923 at Boston, Massachusetts, on the Celtic, from Liverpool

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I don't know why William's citizenship papers say he was born 18 April 1900.

1925 Census
New York, New York, AD 13, ED 40, house 523

Joseph Coffey, age 40, born in Ireland, in US 20 years
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSQZ-TB2

Margaret Coffey, age 30, born in Ireland, in US 15 years
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSQZ-TBG

James Coffey, age 10, born in US
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSQZ-TB5

Edward Coffey, age 8, born in US
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSQZ-TBT

Margaret Coffey, age 6, born in US
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSQZ-TBB

[Jane is probably on this census, in this household, also. But I didn't find her record.]

John Coffey, age 1, born in US
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSQZ-T1S

William Hughes, age 27, born in Ireland, in US 2 years, brother in law
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSQZ-T1Q

District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York
Petition for Naturalization
9 December 1929
Admitted as a citizen December 9, 1929
William Hughes
residence: 502 West 134th St [this was the Coffeys' address in 1930]
a conductor
born 18 April 1900, County Down, Ireland, arrived 1 October 1923 at Boston on the Celtic from Liverpool
declared his intention to become a citizen on 13 February 1924 in the Supreme Court of New York, NY
is not married
have resided continuously in the US and in New York State since 1 October 1923
witnesses: Joseph Cobbey, chauffeur, residing at 502 West 134th St
and Arthur Fitzpatrick, fireman, residing at 76 West 82nd St

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includes a certificate of arrival, dated 3 December 1928, received by the Naturalization Department on 8 December 1928, which verifies that he arrived at Boston October 1, 1923, on the Celtic, White Star Line.
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This file also includes a typed copy of his Declaration with all the same information

1930 Census Manhattan, NYC ED 31-876, Sheet 18a
April 15, 1930
at 502 West 134th St

Joseph Coffey, 50, married 1st at 34, born Irish Free State, naturalized 1900, chauffeur, bus company
Margaret Coffey, 38, married 1st at 22, born N Ireland, arrived 1910
James 15
Edward 12
Margaret 10
Jane 8,
John 6,
Catherine 4y 4m,
Joseph 2y 8m,
Mary 1y 7m

William Hughes, 28, brother in law, single, born N. Ireland, arrived 1923, naturalized, conductor, bus company

 

William was working as a bus conductor and living at 502 W 134th St when he was a witness for his sister Margaret Kane's petition for naturalization.

Department of Health, New York City
Death Certificate
April 20, 1937
William Hughes, 37, white, male, single, born in Ireland
of 419 West 129th St, Manhattan
died April 20, 1937, at Knickerbocker Hospital, Manhattan
occupation: conductor, 8th Ave Independent Subway
had been a conductor for 1 1/2 years. last worked April 3, 1937
in U.S. and in New York City for 14 years
parents: Edward [Hughes] and Jane Sloane, both born in Ireland
cause of death: acute generalized suppurative peritonitis; spontaneous rupture of chronic dudenal ulcer
buried: Calvary Cemetery, April 29, 1937

Headstone in Calvary Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
In memory of
Alicia Hughes 1894-1920
Edward Coffey
born June 1, 1917, died Aug 27, 1930
William Hughes 1900-1937
Margaret Coffey 1890-1969
Joseph Coffey 1878-1975
John F Coffey 1923-1980

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227018446/edward-coffey