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Henry John Coleman

John was registered at birth as Coleman but all censuses show ‘Colman’ . He married for the first time with that name but two years after the last official use of it (1901 census) his daughter Sylvia was registered as ‘Coleman’.

Born:- Registered 1st quarter 1846 - Ipswich 12/372
Believed to have been born in 1845
Died:- 1929
Date from family memory - there are no deaths records (Coleman and Colman) around this period which match the age.
Occupation:- Solicitor’s managing clerk (but see below)

Married (1)
Louisa Lydia M. Coleman
2nd quarter 1884 - Islington 1b/361
Born:- 2nd quarter 1859 - Marylebone 1a/384
Died:- 1st quarter 1889 - Islington 1b/138 (following childbirth)

Children
Lilian Violet

Married (2)
Florence Amelia Griffiths
Born:- 4th quarter 1878 - West Ham 4a/5
Died:- 5 August 1950 - Essex S.W. 5a/81
On the 1911 census Florence claims to have been married for 12 years. This is in conflict with the 1901 census in which Florence was listed as ‘visitor’. No marriage record has been found.

Children
Sylvia Avis
Kenneth Reginald
Audrey Patricia
Eric Claude
Madoline Hope

Addresses
1891 - 1 Patshull Road, St. Pancras. Registered as a widower, lodger and occupation ‘Teacher of singing, music and piano’.
1901 - 66 Canonbury Road, Enfield with daughter, Lilian Violet aged 12 and a ‘visitor’, Florence Griffiths, a ‘vocalist’. He gives his occupation as ‘Solicitor’s managing clerk’.
1911 - 15 Rectory Road, Walthamstowe.

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