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Title: Henry L Coleman
Post by: iluleah on Friday 04 May 18 19:39 BST (UK)

Can anyone find anything about 'Henry L' as apart from the 1881 I can find nothing at all  ???

Parents were Henry and Matilda (nee Copping) Coleman

Name    Henry L Coleman
Event Type    Census
Event Date    1881
Event Place    Tivetshall St Margaret, Norfolk, England
Registration District    Depwade
Gender    Male
Age    6
Marital Status (Original)    Single
Occupation    Scholar
Relationship to Head of Household    Son
Birth Year (Estimated)    1875
Birthplace    Broome, Suffolk, England
Page Number    4
Registration Number    RG11 Piece/Folio    1967/84

Title: Re: Henry L Coleman
Post by: DavidJP on Friday 04 May 18 20:08 BST (UK)

Hi,

Wonder if this is him in 1891?

Henry Coleman a Farm Servant aged 16 in Moulton St Michael, Depwade, Norfolk. Birth place given as Broom, Norfolk. Servant to a Robert & Maria Spicer, Robert  a Farmer. (RG12/1546/9/12).

Hope this helps.

Kind regards

David

Title: Re: Henry L Coleman
Post by: iluleah on Friday 04 May 18 20:29 BST (UK)

Thank you David, you seemed to have found him in 1891, well it certainly sounds like him.

I can't find his birth/baptism and I don't think his parent were married when he was born  they married in Feb 1875 and had a baby born in Dec 1875

Title: Re: Henry L Coleman
Post by: jonw65 on Friday 04 May 18 21:34 BST (UK)

Ancestry hints, for what they are worth, say he is Henry Elijah Copping (registered Dec 1874 Hartismere)
Baptism in Suffolk, 29 November 1874, of Henry Elijah Coppin, mother Matilda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5K6-NFN

Title: Re: Henry L Coleman
Post by: iluleah on Friday 04 May 18 21:56 BST (UK)

Quote from: jonw65 on Friday 04 May 18 21:34 BST (UK)

Ancestry hints, for what they are worth, say he is Henry Elijah Copping (registered Dec 1874 Hartismere)
Baptism in Suffolk, 29 November 1874, of Henry Elijah Coppin, mother Matilda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5K6-NFN

Oh! So maybe he was not Henry Coleman's son, who just took on the Coleman name when his mother married Henry Coleman

Title: Re: Henry L Coleman
Post by: amondg on Saturday 05 May 18 05:56 BST (UK)

Henry Coleman and Matilda Copping are witnesses to the marriage of William Watling and Maria Vyse at Tivetshall St Margaret 8 January 1874.

So they definitely knew each other as of that date, so he could be the father.

Title: Re: Henry L Coleman
Post by: amondg on Saturday 05 May 18 06:06 BST (UK)

NFHS transcriptions Tivetshall St Margaret
Baptisms

29 November 1874 Henry Elijah Coppin, mother Matilda notes born 14 September 1874


Sending a pm he goes back to his true name of Henry Elijah Copping

Title: Re: Henry L Coleman
Post by: iluleah on Saturday 05 May 18 08:43 BST (UK)

Thank you, he was the first child of my great great great grandparent(s) and I knew he was born before they married but for some reason didn't think of searching for him under her surname... looked for a death, a marriage even migration and found lots that 'fit' but none that 'prove'