Walter
John Simmonds
Coleman
Born in Bermondsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of John Coleman
and Jane (Simmonds) Coleman
Brother of
Jane Simmonds Goulden [half], Catherine Sarah Prentice (Coleman) Packman [half], Samuel Prentice Coleman [half], Toke James Simmonds Coleman and Alfred T Coleman
Husband of
Ada Alice (North) Coleman
— married
14 Jul 1877 in Kennington
Descendants 
Father of
Walter William John Simmonds Coleman, Edward C Coleman, Thomas Coleman, George Coleman and Reginald Herbert Coleman
Died about
at about age 80
in Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Apr 2017
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Biography
In 1877, he took over the license for a pub at 56 Chapel Street, Pentonville.(1)
In 1880, he was described as a fly driver when he had to appear in court after apparently threatening the life of his father-in-law. He was also accused at the same proceedings of having struck his mother-in-law because she would not let him see his wife, whom he had threatened to drag from her sickbed. He claimed in his defense that his father-in-law was delusional. He was fined.(2)
In 1898, he was working as a tailor. That year, he was fined for public drunkenness.(3)
His wife appears to have died before the 1911 Census, at which time he was an "Unemployed Clerk".
1921 Census finds him in Barking, Romford with Emma, Edward James and 3 others.
In 1926, he was sent to the workhouse twice for drunkenness. He was charged again in 1928, by which time he seems to have been working as a street musician, singing outside pubs for tips. This time he was dismissed with a warning.(4)
Sources
- Research of JF Coleman, 2000s
- 1911 Census
- 1921 Census
References
- (1) Islington Gazette 01 October 1877
- (2) Daily News (London) 14 February 1880, p 6
- (3) South Western Star 11 March 1898, p 2
- (4) Chelsea News and General Advertiser 28 September 1928, p 8
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Walter:
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~6.25%
Graham Lester
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A334660 [compare], Ancestry member 1_gclester
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