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Norman Percival COLEMAN
1893 - 1970 (76 years)
Has 8 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Norman Percival COLEMAN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 29 Dec 1893 Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Coleman, Norman Percival q1 1894 Milton RD 2a 899; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Parker
Actual date from death registration index
Gender Male Residence Between 1898 and 1911 Orphanage, Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England - A newspaper article by a niece (daughter of his brother Charles) refers to him and Charles being put in an orphanage in Stony Stratford by their mother, after their father's death, an action for which they never forgave her.
It is not clear when this was, or how long for.
Just over two years after their father's death their mother remarried. Whilst it is easy to imagine that a single mother might have struggled to cope with three young sons, Rose did have family locally who might have been expected to help, including her parents, and her sister Alma who married a few months later (and so might not have been able to help out until then - and then clearly did).
OR was it later? Whilst Norman was with his aunt Alma etc. in 1901, once she had children of her own it may not have been practical. Was there friction between Norman and Charles and their step-father? If so, it looks like it can't have been too bad, at least where Norman was concerned, as he was with them in 1911. He did then go to see, but was this due to wanting to get away, or just, as it was, a common occupation for young men?
Occupation Between 1911 and 1918 Mercantile marine - The 1921 census shows that his last occupation had been as a mariner employed by the P&O Company.
It also shows he had been disabled in the war, and was receiving treatment, so this must have been sometime between 1911 when he was in the paper making industry and the end of the war.
A marine mercantile medal card shows he had done insufficient service and his application was rejected. It mentions 179 days; it this was the total length of his service with P&O he must have joined them after 1914.
Occupation 1911 Sittingbourne, Kent, England Paper mill labourer Residence 1919 Horn Street, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England Residence From 1921 to 1927 8, Council Houses, London Road, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England - With his wife and young daughter Amy at the time of the census. Also given as his abode (no. not given) when in a report of his maternal great uncle Charles Wickins death it was mentioned his grandmother Ann Parker was living with him.
Residence 1939 17, Vincent Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, England Occupation 1939 Saleman Died 27 Jan 1970 Sittingbourne, Kent, England - GRO ref: COLEMAN, Norman Percival q1 1970 dob 29De1893 Sittingbrne RD 5f 1926
Actual date from probate calendar entry
Probate 3 Feb 1971 Ipswich, Suffolk, England Calendar entry - "Coleman Norman Percival of 17 Vincent Rd Sittingbourne Kent died 27 January 1970 Probate Ipswich 3 February. £6018."
Siblings3 brothers Half-siblings2 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of Harry GOATHAM and Rose PARKER) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Joshua John COLEMAN, b. Jun Q 1844, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England, d. Dec Q 1901, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 57 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth GOUGE, b. Abt 1808, Borden, Kent, England, d. Mar Q 1886, Bobbing, Kent, England (Age ~ 78 years) (Great Grandmother) Notes - With his aunt Alma Darlington and her husband, and his maternal grandparents, at the time of the 1901 census. With mother and stepfather in 1911.
Person ID I4534 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 11 Aug 2023
Father Charles William COLEMAN, b. Jun Q 1870, Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England , d. 15 Nov 1898, West Ham Reg Dist, Essex, England (Age ~ 28 years) Mother Rose PARKER, b. 5 Mar 1871, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England , d. 25 Aug 1947, Gympie, Queensland, Australia (Age 76 years)
Other Partners: Harry GOATHAM m. 6 Feb 1901Married 20 Dec 1891 St. Andrew’s Church, Fulham, London, England - GRO ref: Coleman, Charles William to Parker, Rose q4 1891 Fulham RD 1a 435
Details from PR entry (image on Ancestry, viewed 29 July 2017)
Family ID F354 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann IRELAND, b. 5 Aug 1894, Fordwells, Oxfordshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married Sep Q 1916 Devonport Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: Coleman, Norman P to Ireland, Mary A. q3 1916 Devonport RD 5b 733
Children3 children Last Modified 11 Aug 2023 Family ID F5372 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: Coleman, Norman Percival q1 1894 Milton RD 2a 899; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Parker