Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Charles Patrick John Coghlan wuxuu ku dhashay 24 Juun 1863 Magaalada King William's Town, British Kaffraria (qayb ka mid ah Gumeysiga Cape laga bilaabo 1866). Wuxuu lahaa saddex walaalo ah oo waaweyn. Aabihiis, James Coghlan, wuxuu ka yimid Ireland wuxuuna ahaa Katoolik; wuxuu yimid Koonfur Afrika sanadkii 1851 isagoo ahaa askari ka tirsan ciidanka Ingiriiska, isagoo isdiiwaangaliyay si uu uga baxsado abaartii weyn ee Ireland. Ka dib markii uu dagaalkii siddeedaad ee Xhosa ku dhex maray
1850-53 oo uu la socday 2aad (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot, James wuxuu ku sugnaa buuraha Keiskamma; halkaas ayuu la degay xaaskiisa Isabella Mary (née Maclaren), oo asal ahaan ka soo jeeda Dumbartonshire, Scotland. Waxay u guureen King William's Town ka dib markii Coghlan laga siidaayay ciidanka iyo dhalashada cunuggooda ugu horreeya, wiil sidoo kale loo yaqaan James. James Coghlan oo ah ninka ugu da'da weyn wuxuu noqon lahaa xildhibaan magaalada King William's Town.