Harvey Coat (1899 - 1973)

Born 6 Feb 1899 in Upper Sturt, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Son of Charles Coat and Mary Ann Hines (Bradley) Coat

Husband of Gladys Vida (Figg) Coat — married 8 Nov 1923 in West Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Husband of Valda Lila (Harvey) Coat — married 1 Oct 1949 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1973 at age 74 in Daw Park, South Australia

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Biography

Harvey Coat was born in the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)

Harvey COAT^[1] was the fifth child of Charles and Mary Ann COAT, born in Upper Sturt, South Australia.

Between 1948-1968 he was known to live in Prospect. He worked as a Tramways inspector and was of the Methodist faith. He was believed to have remarried several times. He married Valda McDermid in 1949 and they had at least two children.

Harvey died on 10 December 1973 at the Repatriation Hospital at Daw Park, South Australia. He was buried at Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia.

Adelaide Advertiser, Saturday 1 October 1949, p20,

McDERMID-COAT.- The marriage of Valda McDermid. of North Adelaide to Harvey Coat, of Prospect, solemnised at Scots Church. North Terrace on October 1 at 430 p.m.

The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Wednesday 9 July 1919 page 8

IRONBANK, June 21.- A concert and social in connection with the unveiling of the Ironbank Sunday School honour roll, was held in the church. Mr. Laffer. M.P. took the chair. Dr. Dawkins unveiled the roll, and gave a fine address. As a token of respect to the fallen soldiers the audience stood for a moment with bowed heads in silence. The roll contained the following names:- Claude Ahrens. 50th Batt. (killed), Albert Brown, Gordon Brown, Harry Brown, John Carthew. Lancelot Carthew, Alexander Coats. Alice Coats. Arnold Coats, Britton Coat's. Charles Coats, Frank Coats. Gilbert Coats, Harvey Coats, Leopold Coats, Marmaduke Coats, Norman Coats. Reuben Coats, David Davies, Cecil Edwards, Douglas Evans. Frederick Evans, Thomas Evans, Frederick Gates, Henry Gates, Jack Hancock, Charles Hill, Cleveland Hill, John Hill. Rowland Hill. Henry Holland, Matthew Holland. Percival Holland, Clifford Jacobs. 43rd Batt. (died of wounds). 'Hal Jacobs, William Lewis, William Pole, 11th Machine Guns (killed), Herbert Slater, Alfred Uren (killed), William Warland. Addresses -were also delivered by the Rev. J. Shaw. Rev. A. W. Gordon. Mr. Laffer, Mr. Silvester Smith, and Capt. Coats. The musical part of the programme, rendered by Mrs. Smith and Mrs. J. Brown, Messrs. C. J. Hill and Smith, added to the evening's success. Other soldiers present were Ptes. Rowland Hill, Albert Hill, and Hal Jacobs. A vote of thanks to helpers was tendered by Mr J. McGough, supported by Mr. T. Evans, to which Dr. Dawkins responded.

DNA

Both the paternal and maternal lines are confirmed back to the following ancestors:

• Charles Coat and Mary Ann Bradley. ^[2]

The paternal line is confirmed back to the following ancestors:

• Paternal relationship is confirmed. ^[3]

• John Richards and Susanna Richards.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Veronica Williams created WikiTree profile Coat-21 through the import of BRADLEY_2013-08-13_2013-08-27.ged on Aug 26, 2013.
2. ↑ GEDmatch one to one comparison confirmation of second cousin relationship betweenVeronica Williams GEDmatch T350954, Private Coat GEDmatch T538569; resulting in Largest segment = 48.4 cM, Total of segments > 7 cM = 217.4 cM and Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 3.0. www.gedmatch.com, 20 Jun 2012.
3. ↑ Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Private DNA Coat, FTDNA kit # 237225, and his 3rd cousin, Private DNA Coats, FTDNA kit # 470969, match at a Genetic Distance of 5 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is John Coat, the 2x great grandfather of both Private DNA Coat and Private DNA Coats.
4. ↑ GEDmatch triangulated group confirmation of relationships between Private DNA Coat GEDmatch T538569, Adam Spinks GEDmatch A925657 and Carol (Smith) Tann GEDmatch A008713 sharing a 13.1 cM segment on chromosome 1 from 44,146,026 to 58,309,949. 2016
5. ↑ GEDmatch triangulated group confirmation of relationships between Private DNA Coat GEDmatch T538569, Veronica (Coat) Williams GEDmatch T350954 and Private DNA GEDmatch T748594 sharing a 24.7cm segment match on chromosome 11 from 118,757,658 to 131,179,197, 2014. 2016

• Cherry Gardens and Ironbank Jubilee committee, Memories of Cherry Gardens and Ironbank: Jubilee 1836-1986 (Edwardstown SA, K B Printing Services PTY LTD, 1986), GSNT Cavenagh Street, Darwin, The family of Thomas Brown, p13.

• Research conversations, R.Coat 2009.

• Research J Lane, Email, Email December 2009.

• Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), www.ancestry.com.au, Database online.

• BDM - SA, Digger index, COAT Harvey - Birth - Ade 635/224.

• BDM - SA, Digger index, COAT to Figg - Marriage - HIN 297/455.

• BDM - SA, Digger index, COAT Valda Lila - Death - H 60A/9032.

• Newspaper - South Australian Advertiser, 1949 Saturday 1 October -McDermid to Coat Marriage.