Henry Coleman

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Coleman was born on 18 May 1856, in Friskney, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Phillip Brackenbury Coleman, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Walker, was 36. He married Betsy Ann Page on 31 August 1879, in Leverton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1921. He died in 1931, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Henry Coleman
1856–1931
Betsy Ann Page
1862–1927
Marriage: 31 August 1879
Mary Alice Brackenbury
1881–
Harry Brackenbury
1884–
Frederic George Brackenbury
1886–1889
Frank Brackenbury
1888–1975
Albert Earnest Brackenbey
1893–1915
Gertrude Brackenbey
1895–
Harold Brackenbury
1897–
Sidney Brackenbey
1898–
Florence Maud Brackenbury
1902–

Sources (20)

  • Hy Brackenbury, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Henry Coleman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Henry Brackenborough, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (6)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

Name Meaning

Irish and English: from the Middle English personal name Col(e)man, Old Irish Colmán, earlier Columbán, adopted as Old Norse Kalman. It was introduced into Cumbria, Westmorland, and Yorkshire by Norwegians from Ireland and probably spread widely across England. Ó Colmáin (‘descendant of Colmán’) was the name of an Irish missionary to Europe, also known as Saint Columban(us) (c. 540–615), who founded the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in 614. Columbanus is formally a derivative of the Latin for ‘dove’, seen in the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as Saint Columba (521–597), who converted the Picts to Christianity. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

Irish: from Mac Colmáin or Ó Colmáin ‘son (or descendant) of Colmán’.

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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