Ann Coleman

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Coleman was born on 5 July 1852, in Friskney, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Phillip Brackenbury Coleman, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Walker, was 32. She married James Gent on 16 May 1878, in Moulton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Moulton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Firsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 29 June 1917, in Elgin, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Saint Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

James Gent
1855–1938
Ann Coleman
1852–1917
Marriage: 16 May 1878
Anny Gent
1879–1963
John Gent
1880–1931
Sarah Gent
1891–1951

Sources (19)

  • Ann Coleman in household of James Sergeant, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Ann Coleman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Anne Gent, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1869

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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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