Florence Coleman

Florence Coleman

Female 1884 - Aft 1941  (> 58 years)

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  • Name Florence Coleman 
    Born 1884  Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Aft 1941 
    Person ID I00109  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Joseph COLEMAN,   b. Abt 1847, Hucknall-Under-Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1911, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth SLACK,   b. Abt 23 May 1847, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1893, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married 11 Jul 1870  St. John's Church, Mansfield, Notts, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 William Bowler,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1941 
    Married Abt Oct 1941  Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos


    Nellie and Florrie. I don't know if this Nellie is a cousin or my grandmother; it doesn't look like her. They did have a cousin Nellie Slack.


  • Notes 
    • Her birth was registered as Florry Coleman 4/1884 at Mansfield RD Ref 7b 96; she married William Bowler 4/1941 at Mansfield RD Ref 7b 213.

      In the 1901 census, Florrie is age 16, a shop assistant, and is living at 1 Caxton Terrace, Mansfield, with her cousin John Slack and his wife Mary, ages 41 and 40. Also there is a niece, Ethel Bostock, likewise a shop assistant. (In 1891, John & Mary Slack are both age 30 and living at 28 Union St., Mansfield; niece Ethel Bostwick is with them, age 6.) John Slack, Florrie's cousin, must have been born c1860/61.

      The 1891 census has her name as Clara (?).

      This is the address that my aunts wrote to in the early-to-mid 1900s: 1 Terrace Rd., Caxton Terrace, Mansfield, Nottingham, England