Researching John Coghill
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 593 people with the Coghill surname? In that year Coghill was ranked number 2986 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Coghill on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Coghill and the Coghill Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 703 people with the Coghill surname in the UK? Coghill is now ranked number 3378 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called John Coghill
John Coghill
John Bruce Coghill Jr. (born August 15, 1950) is a former Republican member of the Alaska Senate, representing North Pole and other communities in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. First elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998, he was appointed to his Senate seat in 2009 and was the Senate's majority leader from 2013 to 2016. Since November 2018, he has been the Rules Committee chairman. In 2020, he lost re-election by 14 votes to fellow Republican Robert Myers Jr., who defeated him in the state's Republican primary election.
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John Coghill (Australian politician)
John Coghill (1785–1853) was an Australian politician and naval captain.
He was the master of the ship Mangles, which transported convicts to New South Wales from 1820 to 1826. After settling in New South Wales in 1826 he became a magistrate, and was based in Braidwood, where he built the Bedervale homestead. From 1843 to 1845 he was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. During 1841, he was in command of the convict road gang that built The Wool Road.
In Braidwood, there is a wall plaque to his memory, in Anglican Church of St Andrew. Coghill Street is named after him.
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