Elizabeth SLACK

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

Elizabeth married Joseph COLEMAN 11 Jul 1870, St. John's Church, Mansfield, Notts, England. Joseph (son of William COLEMAN and Hannah MOORE) was born Abt 1847, Hucknall-Under-Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, England; died 17 May 1911, Providence, RI; was buried , North Burial Ground, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

A girl named Ann Coleman died in Mansfield at age 11, between July and Sep 1882; I have made an assumption that is this Ann, sister of my grandmother.

Notes:

He is likely the John Joseph Coleman whose birth was recorded December 1872 at Mansfield (Ref 7b 78); he died at age 26 (Ref 7b 36).

John married Emily Ann Thrall Abt Dec 1891, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Emily was born Abt 1873, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Abt Dec 1903, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried 2 Nov 1903, Mansfield Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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:

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.

Ellen married Thomas Joseph Mulvey 26 Jul 1900, RI. Thomas (son of Thomas Mulvey and Celia Unknown) was born Abt 1874; died 21 Aug 1907, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

Ellen married John Holland BERRY 10 Sep 1912, Providence, RI. John (son of John H. BERRY and Eliza Ann ELSBREE) was born 29 Nov 1859, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA; died 11 Jun 1929, Providence, RI; was buried , North Burial Ground, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William's age is given as 12 in the 1891 England census.

"Uncle Billy" -- he came to America in 1894 with sisters Ellen and Eliza.

William — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

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

Florence married William Bowler Abt Oct 1941, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. William was born , England; died Aft 1941. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Joseph & Elizabeth had a daughter Gertrude Coleman registered 1/1886 [1st quarter of 1886] at Mansfield RD Ref 7b 101.

Gertrude married Allan Hall Allsop 1903, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Allan (son of Matthew Allsop and Eliza Marshall) was born 1 Dec 1883, Hucknall Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, England; died Jun 1952, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

ReRef: parish records of St. John's Church, Mansfield, fiche 8 of 22 p. 36 no. 284

In the 1911 England census, John 18 and his brother Horace 17 were living with their maternal grandfather, Charles Thrall.

This was the address that my aunts wrote to in the early-to-mid 1900s: Mr. John J. Coleman, 19, Harvey Ro. Long Lane, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England. Also John Coleman, 32 Walkden St., Mansfield, England.

I don't know what became of John -- I wish any relatives in England would find this family tree and get in touch. We have photos of him that he sent to my grandmother up until the 1940s.

There was a note in my mom's birthday book: John Coleman's wedding anniversary 23 May (no year); that may refer to this individual.

I have found a date of death in 1960 for a John J. Coleman age 67 in Mansfield, so I am assuming it is this same individual as the age and location seem correct (needs more research to confirm).

This John J. Coleman likely married Edith Marshall in Jul/Aug/Sep 1917, Mansfield; and he probably married Annie Geary in Southwell in Apr/May/Jun 1933. I have added his wife as Ethel and the two children from the birth index. I am assuming Annie was a second wife after his first wife died. In the 1939 England and Wales Register, Annie is his wife, and the two children are in the household. They are still at 32 Walkden St.

There is a birth record for a John J. Coleman in Mansfield in Jan/Feb/Mar 1923. Probably this is "Cousin Johnnie" in the photos we have; I am leaning toward that conclusion.

John married Annie Geary 23 May 1933, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet]

John married Edith Ethel Marshall 1917, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Edith was born 1896, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died Abt May 1926, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In 1901 Horace and his brother John were living with their mother Emily on Plantation Row in Mansfield.

Family History
Mother: Emily Coleman in 1901 she was a widow. His father, John Joseph Coleman, had died in 1899 aged only 26. In 1911 Horace and his older brother, John were living with their grandfather, Charles Thrall at 114 Nottingham Road, Mansfield. He was working as a coal miner.
Employment/Hobbies: Coal Miner at Mansfield Colliery.
Date of death: 02 Jun 1917
Age at death: 28
Commonwealth Grave No 2750036
Service number: 112940
Rank: Sapper
Military Unit: Royal Engineers
Military History: In France from 21/9/15
Extra Information: Mansfield |Chronicle Advertiser; 14/06/1917: Military Funeral at Mansfield. Sapper Horace Coleman of Chaucer Street, Mansfield funeral took place at Nottingham Road Mansfield. One of the first volunteers from Mansfield Colliery. He joined the Royal Engineers and served at the Battle of Arras. Horace had been invalided out of the army. This man is commemorated in a book of remembrance held by Mansfield District Council.

Ref: parish records of St. John's Church, Mansfield, fiche 9 of 22 p. 56 no. 445

Notes:

The name on Helen's birth record is Ellen.

Helen married Albert W. Kettell 20 Apr 1935, Providence, RI. Albert (son of Edward Peter Kettell and Florence M. Diana) was born 2 Oct 1908, PA; died 17 Apr 1990, PA. [Group Sheet]

Loretta married Pasco Mitola Abt 12 Jun 1943. Pasco (son of Vincenzo Mitola and Antonetta Andreano) was born 6 Feb 1912, Providence, RI; died 22 Jun 1995, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

Elsie married Wallace David Powers 5 Oct 1951, Providence, RI. Wallace (son of Philo Powers and Aurilla "Rilla" May Hanson) was born 31 Mar 1915, Brownington, VT; died 15 May 2003, Colorado Springs, CO; was buried , Highland Memorial Park, Johnston, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

My Mom says:
Until I was about ten years old, the only heat we had as I remember was the kitchen stove. On Saturday nights we took our baths in a big tin tub such as we have in our back yard here. We had our hair washed and fine combed to see if we had acquired any critters during the week at school. My parents slept in a room off the kitchen, but the rest of us were upstairs in two bedrooms where there was no heat. I think we closed off the parlor most of the time. It was a very small house.

Mom noted in her birthday book that she was born on a Monday.

Edna married Norman Chester REMINGTON 6 Sep 1941, Providence, RI. Norman (son of Chester Philip REMINGTON, Sr. and Laura Russel CHAFEE) was born 6 Aug 1918, Coventry, RI; died 21 May 2007, Providence, RI; was buried 24 May 2007, Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I am placing Alice in this family because her name is here on a family chart which was partially filled out by my mom in the 1970s.

I found a birth record for an Alice Allsop in Mansfield, England, in 1911. I don't know if it is for this Alice, but I have used this as her birth year. According to a notation on the back of her picture, she is "Alice the youngest." This agrees with the 1911 census, in which Alice in the youngest child in this family group.

Notes:

Excerpted from my mother's letter to my father dated 27 October 1943: "We got a letter from Aunt Florrie today, and also one from Horace, John's brother. He sent us two pictures -- one of himself and his wife, and the other of his wife and another girl . . . He is a nice looking fellow and wrote a good letter."

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
Name: Horace Coleman
Registration Date: Jan 1918
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district : Mansfield
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
Mother's Maiden Name: Marshall
Volume Number 7b
Page number 292

In 1939 he appears to be single and living in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. His dob is given as 2 Mar 1918.

This may be his death record:
Name: Horace Coleman
Birth: 20 Mar 1918
Death: Jul 1979 Canterbury, Kent, England

Horace married Joan A. Chandler abt. 1943, Thanet, Kent, England. Joan was born Abt 1918, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I think this is the "Cousin Johnnie" we have photos of from the 1940s. Two are military photos.

One family tree at ancestry says he died in 2005 at Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, England.

I found three individuals with the same name in the records; one died in 2002 and the other two died in 2005. I will need to confirm that this John actually is one who died in 2005.

David — Evelyn Costanzo. [Group Sheet]

David married Nancy Ruth Leshinski 18 Jun 1960, PA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Obituary:
Allan R. Kettell of Falls died Friday 9/28/2018 unexpectedly. He was the son of the late Albert and Helen Berry Kettell.

Allan was a devoted Christian. He worked at Clarks Summit State Hospital for 20 years. Allan and his wife owned and operated Kehrli Oil Co. for many years. Allan and his son Allan owned Kettell and Son Farm producing sweet corn for Gerrity’s, Weis and Quinn’s markets and local produce for roadside stands. He was an avid baseball player, hunter and loved the New York Yankees.

Surviving are two of his greatest joys, wife the former Nancy Kehrli and his son Allan Ryan Kettell; two brothers David (Evelyn) of Clarks Summit and Albert of Falls; sister Nancy Brunori (Dominick) of Florida; two sisters–in-law Sharon Parli of Kentucky and Susan Decker (Russell) of Clarks Summit; many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Services will be private and at the convenience of the family under the direction of Harding-Litwin Funeral Home, Tunkhannock.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Pleasant View Baptist Church P.O. BOX 228 Lake Winola PA 18625.

Allan — Linda Covey. [Group Sheet]

Allan married Nancy Kehrli 1 Nov 1975. [Group Sheet]

Nancy married Dominick Brunori Abt 26 Aug 1966. Dominick was born 1 Sep 1945. [Group Sheet]

Albert married Kathy Anne Hobbs Abt 1974. [Group Sheet]

Albert married Linda Unknown Aft 1975. [Group Sheet]

Ruth married Daniel Robert Knowlton 6 Sep 1969, North Kingstown, RI. Daniel was born 20 Sep 1946, Oxnard, CA. [Group Sheet]

Barbara married Lee Raymond Jacobs 23 Dec 1972, North Kingstown, RI. Lee was born 15 Aug 1945, Centerville, Iowa. [Group Sheet]

John married Carol Robin Conn 29 Jun 1974, North Kingstown, RI. Carol (daughter of Nelson Deans Conn and Lucile Faye Adams) was born 7 Apr 1953, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet]

David — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Avis — Raymond Vencill. [Group Sheet]

Avis — Thomas J. Tegtmeyer. Thomas was born 3 Jun 1953. [Group Sheet]

Avis married Timothy Thornley 31 Dec 1977, El Paso, TX. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I'm told that she was born on a Thursday.

Elizabeth married Thomas Leslie Willett 28 Aug 1969, North Kingstown, RI. Thomas (son of Edward John Willett and Ruth Georgina Shea) was born 7 Feb 1947. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Russell was born on a Sunday.

Russell married Deborah Ann Simmons 29 Aug 1970, Warwick, RI. Deborah was born 8 May 1950. [Group Sheet]

Russell married Kathleen Crabtree 18 Sep 1981, Los Angeles, California. Kathleen (daughter of Graydon Timmons Crabtree and Ruth Carpenter) was born 27 Apr 1954. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I was born on a Tuesday.

My son Paul was born on my birthday in 1979. He was my best birthday present ever!

Lois married Richard Brahe Sorensen 16 Jun 1973, North Kingstown, RI. Richard (son of Paul Brahe Sorensen and Katherine Ann Nikolaisen) was born 25 Sep 1951, Minneapolis, MN. [Group Sheet]