Birth: 13 October 1866 Wickland Farm, Little Horsted, Sussex, UK
Father: Asher Coleman 1838-1902
Mother: Mary Maplesden 1842-1924
Christening: 23 December 1866 Little Horsted, Sussex, UK
Marriage: 12 January 1891 Brighton, East Sussex, UK
Wife: Caroline Penton Mitchener (Wakeford) 1866-1913
Death: 22 May 1908 Preston, West Sussex, UK
Kathleen Mary Coleman 1893
Albert William Coleman 1894-1947
Birth of William Coleman in FreeBMD in October-December 1866 in Uckfield (2B 114).
There are two entries in Ancestry East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 for William Coleman baptised 23 December 1866 in Little Horsted, Sussex, parents Ashur and Mary Coleman. "Little Horsted Baptisms 1865 (contd) [...] Dec. [...] 23 Coleman William s. of Ashur and Mary (Wickland Farm)" in one and "Page 52 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Litle Horsted in the County of Sussex in the Year 1866-7 [...] Decr 23d No. 412 William [parents] Ashur [a] Shoemaker and Mary Coleman [of] Wickland Farm" in the other.
His brother was born on 5 May 1869 in Isfield and registered in July-September 1869 in Cuckfield.
In the 1871 census as William Coleman aged 4, born in Little Horsted, Sussex and living with Azubert Maplesden in the High Street, St Anns, Lewes, Sussex.
His brother was born 7 April 1874 in Isfield and registered in April-June 1873 in Uckfield.
His brother was born 21 October 1875 in Burgess Hill and registered in October-December 1875 in Cuckfield.
His sister was born 4 October 1878 in Keymer and registered in Cuckfield in October-December 1878 in Cuckfield.
In the 1881 census as William Coleman aged 14, born in Little Horsted, Sussex, a bookstall attendent, and living with his parents (Asher and Mary), three brothers (Charles, Edward and George) and sister (Mary) at 3 Cleavers Cottages, Keymer, Sussex.
Marriage of William Coleman and Caroline Wakeford in FreeBMD in January-March 1891 in Brighton (2B 380).
In the 1891 census as William Coleman aged 24, born in Little Horsted, Sussex, a ? clerk, and living with his wife (Caroline) at 91 Betham Road, St Luke, Brighton, West Sussex.
His daughter and son were born at 91 Bentham Road, Brighton, and registered in January-March 1893 and July-September 1894 in Brighton.
In the 1901 census as William Coleman aged 34, born in Little Horsted, Sussex, a GPO telegraphist, and living with his wife (Caroline), son (Albert W) and daughter (Kathleen M) at 91 Bentham Road, Brighton St Luke, Sussex.
Death of William Coleman in FreeBMD in April-June 1908 in Steyning (2B 164).
Fifteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Coleman.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for William Coleman.
An email states William Coleman was born on 13 October 1866 in Little Horsted, Sussex, parents Asher Coleman and Mary Maplesden, at 4 was living with his Aunt Azubah Maplesden (nee Gorringe), at 14 he worked as a book stall attendant, he married Caroline Penton Mitchener/Wakeford on 12 January 1891 in Brighton, was a postal clerk and a GPO telegraphist, and his death on 22 May 1908 in Brighton of TB.
William Coleman was the great grandfather of Linda H Blunden, wife of Philip Walter Randall, my second cousin.
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