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Note: IMMIGRATION: Arrived in NSW via the "Emerald Isle" on 23rd Dec 1841 from Louth, Ireland Farm labourer 19 yrs old Roman Catholic Able to read and write Parents Thomas and Judith (mother dead) sister Margaret under his protection BIOGRAPHY: * 1862 Iron monger, Princes St, Sydney 1871 James, upholsterer, Charlotte Place, Sydney * 1871 James, ironmonger, 190 Princes St J., bootmaker, Parramatta Rd, Glebe 1873 James, upholsterer 30 Druitt St J., shoemaker, Darling St, Balmain 1875 Upholsterer 47 Pitt St, p.o.r. 30 York St 1877 James, upholsterer, 30 York St James, George St, Canterbury James, butcher, Charles St, Ctbury 1879 Upholsterer 155 Woolloomooloo St 1880 141/155 Woolloomooloo St 1885 -- 1890 James, 6 Bourke St James, grocer, 177 Norton St Leichhardt 1893 Bourke St 1895 39 Curtis Road, Balmain DEATH: Death reg in NSW Date and place 15th April 1912, no 41 Curtis Rd, Balmain North. James Coleman, storekeeper (general), male, 88 yo Cause of death a)Bronchitis b)Syncope Father Thomas Coleman, farmer Mother Julia unknown Informant H.P. Coleman, son, no 41 Curtis Rd, Balmain North Buried 16th April 1912, RC cemetery Rookwood Minister and witnesses to burial John Sheridan, RC; James Vaughan, Allen Worrill Born County Louth, Ireland, 70 years in NSW married Catherine Tierney a.30, Sydney NSW Children of marriage Mary 56, John 55, Julia 54, Emily 45, Albert 41, Henry 39 4 males, 2 females deceased DEATH: SMH DEATHS April 16 1912 p.8 col.1 COLEMAN April 15 at his residence, 41 Curtis Rd Balmain, James Coleman (late city valuer) aged 88 years. R.I.P. BURIAL: SMH FUNERALS April 16 1912 p7 col1 COLEMAN.--The Friends of the late Mr. JAMES COLEMAN and FAMILY are kindly invited to attend his Funeral ; to move from St Augustine's Church, Balmain East, THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON at 12.30 for Catholic Cemetery, Rookwood. Mrs P. KIRBY and SON, Ltd. Funeral Directors, 7 Elizabeth street City Tel., 875C. and all suburbs. WILL: No. 4/56263 James Coleman, freeholder, late of 41 Curtis Rd Balmain I, James Coleman, .... leave to my daughter Mary Catherine, wife of James Waddell, the household furniture, bedding and other utensils now at 41 Curtis Rd. I also leave her the sum of 50 pounds sterling to be taken from an account at one of the banks at Balmain. To my son Henry Patrick I leave the 3 houses at the corner of Thames St and Curtis Rd, nos 39, 41 & 43 Curtis Rd, the sacred pictures in my bedroom, the chest of drawers in his bedroom, also a few pictures in the front room. To my son John I leave the sum of 1 shilling. To my daughter Julia the wife of Charles Barnett I leave the sum of 1 shilling. To my daughter Emily the wife of of David Martin I leave the sum of 1 shilling. To my son Albert Joseph Coleman I leave the sum of 1 shilling. It is my sincere wish that my body be removed from St Augustine's church on the day of my burial and that a Requiem Mass be said at the month's end. I die a sincere member of the Holy Roman Catholic Church and a member of the Sodality of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in St Augustine's church. I appoint Henry Patrick Coleman and my friend William McGrath to be my executors & trustees. Dated 2/11/1911. Witnesses William Whitmarsh & W. Orr Stewart. Probate granted 14/5/1912 to Henry Patrick Coleman of 41 Curtis Rd Balmain draper's assistant and William McGrath of Darling St Balmain bookseller. Died 15/4/1912 Estate sworn at £1118-18-0.
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