Ellen COLEMAN
1877 - 1953 (76 years)
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Name Ellen COLEMAN Born 4 Apr 1877 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England 
Gender Female Died 26 Oct 1953 Warwick, RI Buried North Burial Ground, Providence, RI Person ID I00032 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 14 Feb 2020
Father Joseph COLEMAN, b. Abt 1847, Hucknall-Under-Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, England , d. 17 May 1911, Providence, RI (Age ~ 64 years) Mother Elizabeth SLACK, b. Abt 23 May 1847, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. 13 Sep 1893, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (Age ~ 46 years) Married 11 Jul 1870 St. John's Church, Mansfield, Notts, England 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.
Family ID F00089 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Thomas Joseph Mulvey, b. Abt 1874, d. 21 Aug 1907, Providence, RI (Age ~ 33 years) Married 26 Jul 1900 RI [1] Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F03955 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 John Holland BERRY, b. 29 Nov 1859, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA , d. 11 Jun 1929, Providence, RI (Age 69 years) Married 10 Sep 1912 Providence, RI Children 1. Helen Eliza Berry, b. 21 Jul 1907, Providence, RI , d. 21 Mar 2000, PA (Age 92 years)2. Loretta May Berry, b. 11 May 1909, Providence, RI , d. 19 Jul 1977, Warwick, Kent Co., RI (Age 68 years)3. Elsie Louise Berry, b. 11 Nov 1911, Providence, RI , d. 24 Apr 1975, Providence, RI (Age 63 years)4. Edna Virginia BERRY, b. 25 Mar 1918, Providence, RI , d. 20 Nov 2010, Warwick, Kent Co., RI (Age 92 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00067 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 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.
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Photos 
Nellie and Billy Coleman
Eliza, Nellie, and William on the ship's list, voyage from England in October 1894.
My Grandma Berry.Grandma Berry 
Little Edna with her mom, Ellen.
My grandparents, Ellen "Nellie" and John Berry.
My Grandma Berry at 183 Howell St., Providence, where the family lived during my mom's growing years.
Edna and Loretta with their mom "Nellie"
Loretta with her mom Ellen and friends Mr. & Mrs. Ruck
My two grandmothers -- Grandma Berry and Grandma Remington, 1941
Norman and Edna with their two mothers, Laura and Ellen
Grandma Berry with Loretta.
Family, l-r: Edna, Grandma Berry, Norman, Elsie, Albert holding Allan, David in front, Loretta, and Helen. I guess this must have been taken in spring or summer 1942, just before Norman enlisted in the Army, WW II.
Russell with Grandma Berry and Mom Remington.
Baby Lois with Mom Remington and Grandma Berry, 1951.
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Notes - Place of birth / family residence at time of birth: 61 Plantation Street, Mansfield, Nottingham, England. She came to America when she was 17, arriving on 24 Oct 1894, along with sister Eliza and brother William. Her name on the passenger list is "Nellie Coleman."
Ellen died at home with her daughter Edna and family at 87 Darrow Drive, Warwick, RI, USA. According to the funeral booklet, she was age 76 y 6 m 22 d. The funeral was on Thursday, 29 October 1953, from 2 pm to 3:30 pm at the Juhlin-Pearson Funeral Home on Broad Street. The pastor was Joseph G. Bodie. Musical selections played were Nearer My God to Thee, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, My Jesus I Love Thee, Rock of Ages, The City Foursquare, and Jesus Lover of My Soul. Bearers were Pasco Mitola, Wallace Powers, Norman C. Remington, and Richard Remington. Interment was at North Burial Ground, Providence, at 3:45 pm on the 29th.
Notation in my mom's birthday book: "Mother died 1953, Monday (Ellen Berry)"
According to the 1910 census, "Nellie" had 8 children of whom 3 were living at that time. I don't understand that. Did she have children who died in infancy, or were stillborn? It makes more sense if it refers to John's children; 8 born and 3 still living as far as I know. I suppose as she answered the census taker, she was referring to the family head in answering that question.
- Place of birth / family residence at time of birth: 61 Plantation Street, Mansfield, Nottingham, England. She came to America when she was 17, arriving on 24 Oct 1894, along with sister Eliza and brother William. Her name on the passenger list is "Nellie Coleman."
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Sources - [S012955] RI Marriage Index, 1886 - 1900, CAR - FAH.
- [S012955] RI Marriage Index, 1886 - 1900, CAR - FAH.