Birth: 29 July 1894 91 Bentham Road, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Father: William Coleman 1866-1908
Mother: Caroline Penton Mitchener (Wakeford) 1866-1913
Marriage: 31 October 1915 Wesleyan Church, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Wife: Ethel May Guy 1895-1963
Death: 9 May 1947 19a Bonchurch Road, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Lawrence William Coleman 1916-1961
Joan Constance Coleman [Blunden] 1920-1997
Birth of Albert William Coleman in FreeBMD in July-September 1894 in Brighton (2b 227).
In the 1901 census as Albert W Coleman aged 6, born in Brighton, Sussex, and living with his parents (William and Caroline) and sister (Kathleen M) at 91 Bentham Road, Brighton St Luke, Sussex.
His father died in Preston, Sussex in 1908.
In the 1911 census as Albert Coleman aged 16, born in Brighton, Sussex, a shop porter at a picture dealer, and living with his widowed mother (Caroline) and sister (Kathleen) in 6? rooms at 55 Whippingham Road, Brighton, Brighton St Luke, Sussex.
Marriage of Albert W Coleman and Ethel M Guy in FreeBMD in October-December 1915 in Brighton (2b 737).
Two entries in Ancestry UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956 for Albert Wm Coleman born 29 July 1894, joined 20 June 1913, a porter (goods) at Portslade paid 17s weekly in one, and in the other at Willow Walk and Newhaven Harbour paid £1 3s, increased to £1 4s on 27 May 1916, £1 4s on 27 May 1917, £1 7s on 20 January 1920, £3 3s on 1 January 1920, and £3 15s 6d on 14 June 1920, left in 1939.
His son and daughter were born in Newhaven in 1916 and 1920.
In the 1921 census as Albert William Coleman born in Brighton, Sussex in 1894 and living with Ethel May Coleman (wife?), Laurence William Coleman (son?) and Joan Constance Coleman (daughter?) in South Heighton, Newhaven, Sussex.
Three entries in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert William Coleman, address 12 Hampden Gardens, Heighton, Lewes from 1919 to 1921.
Fifteen entries in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Electoral Registers, 1705-1963 for Albert William Coleman, addresses 3 Railway Road, Denton, Lewes from 1923 to 1932, other occupant Ethel May Coleman from 1926, 76 Gibbon Road, Newhaven, Lewes from 1934 to 1936, other occupant Ethel May Coleman (wife?), and 19 Rose Walk, Newhaven, Lewes from 1937 to 1939, other occupants Ethel May Coleman (wife?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Albert W Coleman born 29 July 1894, married, a railway goods guide and living with Ethel M Coleman (wife?), Joan C Coleman (daughter?), and John C and Louisa A Guy (parents-in-law?) at 19 Newhaven, Sussex.
Death of Albert W Coleman in FreeBMD in April-June 1947 aged 52 in Brighton (5h 62).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Albert William Coleman died on 9 May 1947 in Brighton, probate 16 Jul 1947 in London. "Coleman Albert William of 19a Bonchurch-road Brighton died 9 May 1947 Probate London 16 July to Ethel May Coleman widow. Effects £472 4s.".
There are twenty five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Albert William Coleman.
Information from an email:
Albert William Coleman was the grandfather of Linda H Blunden, wife of Philip Walter Randall, my second cousin.
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