Eliza Coleman

Notes:

Eliza came to America in 1894 with sister Ellen and brother Billy.

Eliza was George's second wife, as far as I know.

George and Eliza moved to California, where Eliza died. He moved back to Providence and died here in the 1930s. Ellen Berry, Eliza's sister, took care of the funeral arrangements.

In the 1920 Federal Census, George & Eliza are living at Long Beach, CA. George's father is living with them. The census data says Eliza immigrated in 1894, which agrees with other information we have. They are still there in 1930, although George's father is no longer with them. According to the census, Eliza's first marriage was at age 28.

Eliza married George Harrison White Abt 1903, RI. George (son of Alfred White and Mary Unknown) was born 3 Dec 1859, England; died 23 Oct 1935, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried , Pocasset Cemetery, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The death record on the Ancestry CD of Rhode Island records says his next of kin (probably parents) were William & Annie Coleman. However, it is possible that these names referred to his son, William, and his second wife, Annie.

He may have been born in either Hucknall-Under-Huthwaite or Sutton-in-Ashfield. It is not clear to me where the family was at the taking of the 1851 census -- whether they had already moved to Sutton or not. They were at Sutton-in-Ashfield by 1861. The 1891 census gives his birthplace as Sutton-in-Ashfield.

In the 1871 census, Joseph & Elizabeth are living at 26 Union St., Mansfield, with Elizabeth's parents, Gilbert & Ann Slack. Daughter Ann is 6 months old.

The UK 1881 census shows this family living at 1 Alfred Ct., Mansfield, Nottingham, England. Joseph is listed as the 33-year-old head of the household. His occupation is given as a "fruiterer." Elizabeth Coleman is listed as his 33-year-old wife. The children are listed as:
Ann 10
John 8
Eliza 6
Ellen 4
William 1month
(birthplace of all the children is given as Mansfield)

Also listed is William Haslam, a 19-year-old servant (a carter).

In 1891 they were at 12 Stockwell Gate, Mansfield (Fishmonger's Shop). Ann is not with them; Florence is listed as Clara; also in the household is Elizabeth Slack 18, servant (probably niece). Nearby, at 19 Chandlers Ct., is Elizabeth's widowed sister, Sarah Adcock, age 47.

In the 1910 US Census, Joseph, age 63, and his (second or third?) wife, Annie, age 36, are living at 78 Oak St., Providence, RI. They are renting there. The census says he immigrated to America in 1895, but did not become a US citizen. Also, they have been married about 4 years, and both can read and write.

Joseph married Elizabeth SLACK 11 Jul 1870, St. John's Church, Mansfield, Notts, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Gilbert SLACK and Ann MARSHALL) was born Abt 23 May 1847, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died 13 Sep 1893, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried 15 Sep 1893, Mansfield Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From the GRO index: the only Elizabeth Coleman death in Mansfield 1891 to 1894 was Elizabeth Coleman, aged 46, September 1893, Mansfield, vol 7b page 64.

From the Bristol Mercury, no. 14149, Friday 15 September 1893: "CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. The wife of a fishmonger and fruiterer named COLEMAN living at Mansfield, Notts died of cholera yesterday morning within twenty hours of being attacked. It is not known yet whether the disease was of the Asiatic type. The case has been reported to the Local Government Board." (from Alan Battams)

Elizabeth Coleman was buried on the 15th September 1892 [1893?] in Mansfield Cemetery in Grave No: 5695 in the Traditional Section. Also in the Grave was John Joseph Coleman who was buried on the 13th March 1899, Emily Annie Lack was buried on the 2nd November 1903 and Horace Coleman on the 8th June 1917.

About Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, ancestral home of the Slack family:

Domesday Book 1086: in Mansfield and outliers Skegby and Sutton (in Ashfield), King Edward had 3 c (which means that it is ploughed by 1 plough and 8 oxen) and 6 bovarts (as much land as a ox can plough in one year) of land taxable. Land for 9 ploughs. The King has 2 ploughs in lordship, 5 freemen with 3 bovarts, of his land; 35 villagers and 20 smallholders with 19

Notes:

Joseph Coleman and Elizabeth Slack were married on July 11, 1870, at St. John's Church, Mansfield, Nottingham. Joseph's occupation is given as a frame work knitter; Elizabeth's is spinster. Witnesses on the certificate were John Adcock and Sarah Adcock. Sarah (b. 1843) was Elizabeth's sister, and John was Sarah's wife; they married April 16, 1865, also at St. John's.

Notes on St. John's Anglican Church taken from "A History of The Parish Church of Saint John the Evangelist" by E. W. Mellors: The church was erected in 1855/56. The building consists of a chancel, nave, two side aisles, and an 80-foot tower. The spire is about 100 feel high. Mansfield stone was used in the main building, and Ancaster stone for the spire. The foundation stone was laid by the Bishop of Lincoln on 6th Jan 1855, and the church was consecrated 29th July 1856. The seating accommodates 1,000 people. The lovely east window illustrates scenes from the life of Our Lord. Its cost was defrayed by the congregation and friends, and it was put in position in 1870. The organ was placed in the church in 1865, and restored in 1897. It is an excellent example of tone and workmanship.

I have visited this church and photographed it. There is a friendly and vital Christian community worshipping there now, as of 2004.

Notes:

In the 1841 census William & Hannah and the four oldest (living) children were at Hopkin Lane, Hucknall-Under-Huthwaite near Sutton.

In 1851 they have six children, including Joseph, our ancestor.

In 1861 the family is at Forest Land End, Sutton-in-Ashfield, with the five youngest children. It is noted that Nathan is mentally retarded.

In 1871 they are back in Hucknall-Under-Huthwaite and have with them their unmarried son Nathan, whose occupation is given as "moulder"; in 1881 they are at Mansfield Rd., Sutton-in-Ashfield, where Nathan is a "coal miner"; and in 1891 he is simply "unmarried." The three of them are still together, living on Mansfield Rd., Sutton.

William married Hannah MOORE 21 Jun 1831, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Hannah was born Abt 1811, Pilsley, Derbyshire, England; died Aft Apr 1891. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Twice Hannah's birthplace is given as Pilsley, Derbyshire, and once as Selston, Nottinghamshire.

Notes:

In the 1841 census, Gilbert & Ann Slack are living at 12 Bancroft Lane, Mansfield. Two of their children are in the household: William & John. Also living on the same street are Gilbert's parents, Gilbert & Elizabeth, and three other brothers and their families.

In the 1851 census, Gilbert & Ann are at 21 Bancroft Lane; they have four children: William 19, John 11, Sarah 7, & Elizabeth 3 (our ancestor -- maternal grandmother of Edna). Gilbert is a cotton stockinger and Ann is a seamer. Living near them are other Slack family members. Next door is Ann's mother Sarah Marshall, two of Ann's sisters, as well as a niece.

In the 1861 census, Gilbert is living at 26 The Lawn, Mansfield. His profession is given as silk stocking maker. His son John, 21, was a cotton stocking maker, while Sarah, 17, was a dressmaker. Elizabeth, at 13, was still a "scholar."

Also in the 1861 census is another family that is likely related, living at 38 Club Square: Robert Slack, age 60, cotton stocking FWK; Eliza, his wife, 40; Herbert, 12; Frederick, 6; Gilbert, 4; and Walter, 11 months. I believe the father Robert is the older brother of Gilbert, the father of Elizabeth Slack.

In the 1871 census, Gilbert is age 65 and Ann is 64. They are living at 26 Union St., Mansfield. With them are their daughter and son-in-law and infant granddaughter: Joseph & Elizabeth (Slack) Coleman, both 24, and Ann, 6 months (all born Mansfield, Notts). Both Gilbert and his son-in-law Joseph are frame work knitters. Living on the same street are Elizabeth's sister and brother-in-law, John & Sarah Adcock.

In 1881 Gilbert is age 75, widowed, living at 30 Union St., Mansfield. With him are John & Sarah Adcock, both age 38. Sarah is Gilbert's daughter.

Death at Mansfield: GRO ref June 1889 vol 7b p 52

Gilbert married Ann MARSHALL 17 May 1829, St. Peter's, Mansfield, Nottingham, England. Ann (daughter of Joseph MARSHALL and Sarah PEET) was born Abt 1807, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Mar 1878, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the birth/baptismal records of her children, she is identified as either Ann or Anne.

Death ref: Mansfield: GRO ref March 1878 vol 7b p 60

Notes:

Witnesses to their marriage certificate were William Leeson & John Oscroft.

Samuel married Elizabeth WILSON 11 May 1803, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John WILSON and Ann Unknown) was born Abt Aug 1779, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Aft 1851. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1841 census, Elizabeth Allsop is a widow, age 60, living at Hucknall Huthewaite. Her married son Samuel Coleman (Colman) and his family are living with her.

Notes:

According to the church record, Gilbert was born on Tuesday, 8th Apr 1777, and baptized on aThursday, 11th July 1777.

(Note from Alan Battams: For all their children christened up to 1817, father Gilbert was a stockinger, mother Elizabeth, of Stockwell Gate. For children after 1817, father Gilbert was a stockinger, mother Elizabeth, of Bancroft Lane.)

In the 1841 census, Gilbert & Elizabeth are living at 10 Bancroft Lane. Also in the household are sons Robert & Samuel, as well as Robert's wife Ann and their five children: George, Robert, Harriet, Edward, & Charles. Nearby, at 11 & 12 Bancroft, are living two other sons, John & Gilbert, and their families.

In 1851, Gilbert is not there but Elizabeth Slack is age 73, still on Bancroft Lane, a pauper/winder.

In the 1813 Rate Book for Mansfield, p. 62, a Gilbert Slack living in Ratcliffe Gate paid 1/10 - 1/2 pence (one shilling ten and a half pence). The reference could refer to this particular Gilbert, our ancestor.

Gilbert married Elizabeth BLEAR 20 Apr 1797, St. Peter's, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Elizabeth was born Abt 1776, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Aft Apr 1851. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1851 census, Elizabeth Slack is age 73, still on Bancroft Lane, a pauper/winder. With her is son William Slack and his wife Ann and family.

Notes:

Gilbert Slack (signed) of this parish aged 20 bach and Elizabeth Blear (made mark) aged 20 spinster married in this church by banns on 20th April 1797 by John Durham Vicar in the presence of Richard Endersby and Josh Lockwood (he was probably the parish clerk).

Notes:

In the 1813 Rate Book for Mansfield, p. 21, a Joseph Marshall living at Stockwell Gate paid 1/10 - 1/2 (one shilling ten and a half pence). That reference could pertain to this particular Joseph Marshall, our ancestor.

In the 1841 census, Joseph & Sarah Marshall, their ages given as 60 & 50, are living on Bancroft Lane in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. In the household are Phoebe 30, Elizabeth 25, James 15, Eliza 15, William 9, & Harriett 4. (In the 1841 census ages above 15 were rounded down to the nearest 5 years.) I have made an assumption that all of the children belong to Joseph & Sarah (needs research to confirm).

Joseph married Sarah PEET 12 Apr 1805, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Sarah was born Abt 1785, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Aft Apr 1851. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have roughly estimated Sarah's year of birth. Her age is rounded down to 50 in the 1841 census.

In 1851 Sarah Marshall is age 65, still living at 20 Bancroft Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Her occupation is given as seamer/pauper. with her are daughters Phoebe and Eliza, ages 45 and 23, and a granddaughter Harriett, 10. They appear to be living next door to Sarah's daughter Ann (Marshall) Slack and her family -- our ancestors. Also nearby are John & Mary Peet and family, no doubt related to Sarah; other families named Clay are near, somehow related to the Peet family, as one household includes a nephew named Richard Peet.