Chief Officer James Coree

Occupation: Captain with Royal Navy

GEDCOM Note

James Coree joined the Coast Guard Service in 1864. At that time the Service was part of the Royal Navy. He was commissioned in 1880, becoming Chief Officer in Command of HMS Flora in April 1886. He married in the same year, Margaret, the daughter of James Donovan RN, who was also a Chief Officer. In 1888 he was appointed Chief Officer of the Rupert, and his letter of appointment still survives. Daniel, and his three sisters, Kathleen, Margaret and Ethel, were born in Kingstown, now Dun Laoghaire. Margaret died in childbirth in March 1895 at the early age of 29. James Coree stayed on in Dun Laoghaire for a short time and then went to Ardglass, where his sister and other relatives lived. His sister Margaret Ann married Jack Sharvin, who had a bar and store in Strangford, where the Cuan Restaurant is now located. James became harbour master in Ardglass. He was known as Captain Coree. The Coree family originally came from Co Clare. 'Coree' is an old Huguenot name.