Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Charles Patrick John Coghlan amụrụ na 24 June 1863 na King William's Town, British Kaffraria (akụkụ nke Cape Colony site na 1866). O nwere ụmụnne nwoke atọ tọrọ ya. Nna ya, James Coghlan, si Ireland ma bụrụ onye Katọlik; ọ bịarutere South Africa na 1851 dị ka onye agha na ndị agha Britain, ebe ọ debanyere aha iji gbanahụ Oké Ụnwụ nri nke Ireland. Mgbe ọ lụchara ọgụ na Agha Xhosa nke Asatọ
N'agbata afọ 1850 na afọ 1853 na ndị 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot, James nọ n'ugwu Keiskamma; o biri ebe ahụ na nwunye ya Isabella Mary (née Maclaren), onye sitere na Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Ha kwagara King William's Town mgbe Coghlan hapụsịrị ọrụ agha na ọmụmụ nke nwa mbụ ha, nwa nwoke a na-akpọkwa James. James Coghlan nke okenye ga-aghọ onye kansụl obodo na King William's Town.