Ancestry of
Brian Wilson

Co-Founder of The Beach Boys

Ellen Celia Coughlin

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Brian Wilson — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 29 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 1832 
  • Birth Location:
  • Ireland 
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Feb 1915 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eli Barnum Finney
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Dec 1850 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Watertown, Wisconsin 
  • Children:
  
  

  Henrietta Finney

  Albert H. Finney (Ahnentafel No:14 )

  William Harvey Finney

  Barnum Finney

  Ella May Finney

  Charles S. Finney

  • Notes: 

  • Ellen Coughlin's maiden name is also seen as Cogan.

    There is a Peggy Coughlin, age 60, in Ellen's household in the 1860 federal census. This may have been Ellen's mother.

• Sources for Ellen Celia Coughlin

  • ¹ Federal Census, WI, Columbia County, 1870, Randolph, p. 18, Image 18 of 29.
  • ² Federal Census, WI, Columbia County, 1860, Randolph, p. 14, Image 14 of 30.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/20/2016).
  • ⁴ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2007, Vol. 8.5. p. 39.
  • ⁵ United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Pension record for Eli B Finney and Ellen C Finney.
  • ⁶ United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933, Record for Ellen C. Finney.
  • ⁷ Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930, Marriage record for son William Harvey Finney and Flora E. Richardson.
  • ⁸ Meggison, Michael Thomas, "#71 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Immediate New England and Royal Ancestry of the Beach Boys", (accessed 11/20/2016).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 369.

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