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Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 7 Apr 2011 2:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello, I am looking for any information on my Great Grandparents Andrew Coady and Catherine Dinn-Coady(Known as Kate). Married Holy Apostles Church, Renews, Newfoundland Nov 16/1881. Moved to St.John's mid 1880's , had 5 children. Andrew Died Sept 26/1913. Catherine died April/1904-06. Please provide any information yo umay have.

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 16 May 2011 12:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coady, Berrigan, Macdonald, McDermott
Dear Paul,

No idea if there's a connection here somewhere, but thought I'd touch base. My great-grandmother was Rosella Coady, b. 1859 in Halifax to Thomas and Theresa (Berrigan) Coady. Her parents were both natives of Newfoundland. Theresa was the daughter of John Berrigan, a tailor on Water Street in St. John's. Her sister, Mary Ann, was married to a William Coady (I assume William and Thomas were brothers, but I don't know that for a fact). Theresa also had a brother, Patrick, who took over the tailor's shop (a building later owned by a Patrick Coady---the two families were pretty closely intertwined, I'd guess).

Thomas Coady (Rosella's father) was the son, I think, of a William Coady who was a sea captain.

Rosella married Capt. Angus Macdonald and she died at sea in 1883. Capt. Macdonald married twice more. He's not only my great-grandfather, he's also the grandfather (by second wife Minnie McDermott) of former Canadian defense, labor and energy minister Donald Macdonald. If any of this rings a bell, please let me know!

Jim Condon

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 26 May 2011 5:51PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: CODY, COADY, CLANSEY, BRENNICK, BEAGAN
Hi Jim,

My Coadys (Codys) arrived in Prince Edward Island in the 1830s from Kilkenny, Ireland. John, John Jr., William and my great-great-grandfather Laurence (b. 1815) are all residing in different houses in Lot 57 in the 1841 census of PEI. Laurence Cody married Ann Clanse (Clancy, Clansey), who is listed as being from "the British Colonies", which I understand means Newfoundland. I have always suspected that my Coadys came from Ireland to PEI, with a stop in Newfoundland. Do any of these names fit with your family?

Thanks,
Jim Coady

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 26 May 2011 6:36PM GMT
Classification: Query
Dear Jim,

I too assume they came from Ireland, but I have no idea if there's a connection. My great-grandmother's grandfather was a William Coady, I believe, who was a sea captain. Do you know the occupation of the William Coady you found in the 1841 PEI census? Hope there is a connection somewhere!

Jim Condon
Colchester, Vermont

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 6:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coady Fowler Power
If your great grandparents were born in Bear Cove then they are related to my children from their late father's side - William Fowler - born to Gertrude Coady Fowler and Michael Fowler.

Bear Cove residents would still have been married in Renews. As well, children born in Bear Cove (near Renews) would be christened in Renews but should have their birth place listed as Bear Cove. Unless they were born in Renews - which was so in my husband's case - and as well could have happened at other times as the mid-wife was in Renews.

There was an Andrew Coady born in Bear Cove in the early 1900s or before. Andrew Coady was one of the children of Ned and Mary Jane Coady. Later, the family moved to Renews. This Andrew settled in St. John's and still has children living there.

Regarding a Richard Coady, I happened to be speaking to an older gentleman - Mr. Power - who visited Cappahayden - possibly during the summer of 2010. I believe he told me that his mother had been originally from Renews - the daughter of Richard Coady. My husband wasn't with me at the time when I was chatting with Mr. Power. I mentioned it later to him and he had been aware of a Richard Coady from Renews.

Regarding the Dinn family name, that is certainly a Renews name.

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 19 Mar 2013 6:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: oady
Re William Coady

I am very interested in tracking down information about a William Coady born in Bear Cove - late 1800s I guess.

He left home as a very young man - never to be heard from again - assumed to have gone on a boat and lost at sea - although there was never any evidence to support that fact - and his mother always believed he was alive somewhere.

Oddly, at one point in the 1980s, his baby sister - then a senior citizen - received a call from a hospital in Boston. The caller was supposed to be a nurse who said that there was an old man at their hospital who wasn't very well but wanted the hospital to track down his baby sister. The old man said that he was William Coady from Bear Cove.

His sister never followed up on it - assuming it was some sort of hoax. But I am putting it out there on the off chance that it might have been the truth as my children would be relatives of this gentleman.

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 1:22AM GMT
Classification: Query
Andrew Coady from Bear Cove, Renews is my great uncle. He is a brother of my grandfather John Coady born October 1900. Most of their family members are living in the St John's area. They are a family who love a good laugh and family/friends.

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 3:57AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coady Fowler
Hi Kimberly,

So nice to connect! So you are John's granddaughter. :) I've lived in Bear Cove from 1975 to 2011 when my husband passed away :( <3 but myself and my children still maintain our family home there and visit on many weekends. My mother-in-law was Gertude Coady Fowler - your grandfather's cousin.

It's not that long ago when I put an old picture on Facebook of Bear Cove residents in the 1960s, I posted about how your grandfather never forgot his roots and he would always be around to meet people from the up the shore when they came into the city and went shopping down on Water Street, He always had a smile for everyone - and he and his brothers and sister were never forgotten by his relatives in Bear Cove.

The Coadys were certainly a family who had their priorities right - family, friends, humor, and music. Although I married in Bear Cove in 1975, I remember visiting in Bear Cove when I was probably just 4 or 5 and I remember visiting Thomas Coady's - where Pete and Mabel and Babe Coady lived as well - and even in my child's mind - they made an impression on me. It was a visit I never forgot - and a lesson I learned that stayed with me since - and of course, I could never have foreseen that I would later marry into the Coady/Fowler family. Material possessions were not important to them - it was just all about welcoming friends and getting the fiddle on the go.:)

So pleased to meet you here! Take care.

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 3:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coady
Lovely stories you've shared. Thank you! I've managed to track my wife's father's family back to Bay Bulls, which I understand is near Renews, but haven't managed to get any further. Perhaps the Coady's of Renews and those of Bay Bulls were related?

Very best,
Zach Feris

All are welcome to view the Coady's, Bennett's Fardy's and others in my tree on Ancestry.

Re: Coady's from Bear('s)Cove, Renews, Newfoundland,Canada

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 5:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Coady, Bennett
Yes, Zachery, Bay Bulls is near Renews. It is possible that the Coadys from Bay Bulls and Bear Cove are related BUT it is more likely that the Coadys from Bay Bulls are related to the Coadys frorm Cape Broyle - another community which is in the area between Bear Cove and Bay Bulls.

Years ago - I guess early 1900s - a William Coady from Bear Cove went to sea and was never heard from again. It is not known if he was lost at sea or what happened to him - if he settled elsewhere, etc.. But his mother to her dying day always believed that he was still living.

It must be in the 1980s that his only surviving sister in St. John's, Newfoundland, received a call from a hospital in Boston saying that an old gentleman - William Coady - who was not at all well had asked a nurse to track down his sister in Newfoundland. The gentleman figured where she was the youngest of the family she might be the only one left for him to contact.and the nurse said the gentleman mentioned that he was originally from Bear Cove. Apparently, he wanted his sister to fly to Boston and visit him in the hospital,

Now obviously his sister was very taken aback by this news and wasn't even sure if the call was a hoax or not and she wasn't really in a position to fly to Boston at that time. She never heard anything after back from the hospital - if indeed, the call was EVER from the hospital in the first place. But the caller said she was calling from Boston. Obviously, this story might have no connection to the people you are researching or indeed MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN a legitimate call. I just thought I would mention it though since you referred to Coadys in Boston.in your information at your profile.

Certainly, it would be wonderful though if the Coady family originally from Bear Cove could ever discover what ever happened to William.

Regarding Bennetts, there is a Renews connection to that family name - although I am not sure how far back that goes through the years.
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