Good Morning Stewart.
Me and my step mother Geraldine live near Birmingham in England.She is the great granddaughter of William Henry's younger sister Jane Elizabeth Coates who married a David Goodwin a school master.
Teaching remains in the family.
We are not unfortunately in touch with the girl's families in the US.It would be nice to know more from closer family ,the personal stuff you don't really get from official records.But it is possible to track them down up until the 1980's on official documents.
Now I've found my notes I do have a little more on the family.
You already have William and Ellen's marriage.
Ruby Millicent Gertrude Coates was baptised at Ashton under Lyne St Peters 11th April 1878 and born 18.2.1878
Yolande Elizabeth Helen is baptised at Prestwich St Mary 28.9.1880 and they are living at Greenfield Terrace Prestwich.
(I can send you a copy of both if you want).
The neighbor Ellen was involved with was a Norris Taylor Collinge .Norris Taylor Colling(e)s married Hannah Oldham in Rochdale Dec 1876.He had been born in June 1855 at Rochdale his parents Robert and Ellen running the Baloon Inn ,Queen St..By 1881 the married couple are living in Liverpool Road Barton Upon Irwell.He is an Inspector of Nuisances for the Council.
He and Ellen seem to have traveled to the US separately and agreed to meet up there.I did have the passenger list for Norris but I'm finding it difficult to find again.Ellen and the girls supposedly left in 1888 according to latter censuses for Ruby and 1885 for Yolande.The first could co-inside with James her father in laws death .William Henry is not named as an executor even though he is the older son.Do you know when he reached Australia?Had he already gone?
Norris and Ellen married 6.10.1896 Washington District of Columbia both as widowed,aged 40 and 37.
Presumably they waited until William Henry had died and they got the news.
There is a possible death for his wife Hannah Dec 1881 in Bury age 47 but it's such a common name it's difficult to tell.
Ruby is on the 1900 Us census living with her in laws and she married Warren Leroy Simmons 11.4.1901.He works for the US postal service.They have two children Roland E 1902 and Mildred G 1906.
1910 and 1920 they are in R?Street Washington
1930 and 1940 Monroe St
There is a draft card for Warren in 1942.
I can't find deaths for them.Roland is last seen in 1940 in Takoma Park,Montgomery Maryland working in air conditioning.
Yolande is married to Homer M(a/e)lone by 1910 US census and they are living in Washington with daughter Yolande 5 .Homer is a plumber and Yolande senior a millner.
(Yolande junior married a Mr William G Gehri and died aged 94 in 1998.They had 2 children Virginia and Sylvia.)
1920 North Capital St Washington
1930 Shepherdstown ,Jefferson West Virginia-German St
1940 same town
Here's her death
Yolanda Eliz. Ellen Malone
[Yolanda Eliz. Ellen Coates]
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1880
Death Date: 15 Aug 1968
Death Place: Berkeley County, West Virginia
Death Age: 88
Race: White
Gender: Female
Father Name: Robec Coates
Mother Name: Ellen Haslam
She's buried at Elmswood Cemetery.Homer died 21.6.1880-16.2.1951 and he is also buried there.
(I have photos of their graves if you want them).
I can't find a death for either Norris Collings or Ellen.The 1890 US census has been lost and they don't seem to appear on the 1900 and after.
I do have copies of the US censuses and draft cards for the two son in laws etc.,if you want them just give me a bell and we can exchange e-mail address and I'll send them to you.
My name's Cathy.
All the best for now.
