Joseph COLEMAN
Abt 1847 - 1911 (~ 64 years)
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Name Joseph COLEMAN Born Abt 1847 Hucknall-Under-Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, England 
Gender Male Died 17 May 1911 Providence, RI [1] Buried North Burial Ground, Providence, RI Person ID I00043 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father William COLEMAN, b. Abt 1811, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. Aft Apr 1891 (Age ~ 80 years) Mother Hannah MOORE, b. Abt 1811, Pilsley, Derbyshire, England , d. Aft Apr 1891 (Age ~ 80 years) Married 21 Jun 1831 Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England Family ID F00130 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 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.
Children 1. Ann Coleman, b. Abt Oct 1870, d. Abt Aug 1882 (Age ~ 11 years) 2. John Joseph Coleman, b. Abt Dec 1872, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. Abt 11 Mar 1899, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (Age ~ 26 years)3. Eliza Coleman, b. 1 Aug 1874, England , d. 8 Oct 1931, Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., CA (Age 57 years)4. Ellen COLEMAN, b. 4 Apr 1877, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. 26 Oct 1953, Warwick, RI (Age 76 years)5. William Coleman, b. Between 1879 and 1881, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. Aft 1894 (Age ~ 16 years)6. Florence Coleman, b. 1884, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England , d. Aft 1941 (Age > 58 years)7. Gertrude Coleman, b. Abt 1885, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00089 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Annie Remick, b. Abt 1874, England , d. Aft 15 Apr 1910 (Age ~ 36 years) Married 29 Nov 1905 RI [2] Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F05228 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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Coleman-Slack marriage record.
Joseph's signature on the marriage record, 11 July 1870, St. John's, Mansfield, England.Great Grandpa Coleman 
Great-grandpa Coleman, England
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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.
- 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.
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