Dora Coleman (1891 - ????) |
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Born: 27th. March 1891, Queen Charlottes's Hospital, Marylebone Registered in Marylebone, Sub-District St. Mary, County of London Usual address: 97 Southam Street, Upper Westbourne Park, Kensington. |
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Parents: Henry Frederick Coleman and Rose Elvina Breeze |
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Siblings: John Henry Coleman |
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Spouse: N.N. (Charley ?) Webb |
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Children: Garry mentioned, in passing, that he had an uncle, who was a well-known boxer. One day, in an idle moment, I entered "Coleman boxer england" in the Google-Search-Engine and examined some of the 90+ results. Apart from a lot of adverts for "Nick Coleman's famous boxer shorts", I also found a Henry Boxer, who owned an art gallery and had had an exhibition of Joe Coleman's paintings !!! Further searching turned up an interview with Joe Coleman. The interviewer, commenting on a scar on Joe's chin, said "It makes you look like your grandfather, the boxer ...". I was getting quite excited at this, but then the next reference to Joe Coleman said ... "... born in Newark, U.S.A ..." So then I had the following fantasy:Garry's uncle, or one of his uncles's children, emigrates to the U.S.A. and one of his descendents, named Joe, becomes a painter .... Later, when I "found" Garry's Aunt Dora in the Census, he then remembered, that it wasn't his uncle, but his cousin, Aunt Dora's son, who was a boxer. He fought for the army, and one day, in the Thomas à Beckett Pub, which had a boxing ring upstairs, he took on, and beat, a well known boxer. The cousin later moved to Blandford, Dorset. (Coincidently, on Hessie Charlotte's mother's side of the family, the Bensons originally came from Blandford, Dorset !) |
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| Garry remembers, that his Aunt Dora and her husband, Webb, lived in Pimlico. They used to fight a lot. Sometimes, when visitors came, they would be offered a cup of tea, but in beer-mugs - all the cups had got broken, in a fight, the night before ! |
