See also
- John COE's parents: James COE (1814-1875) and Maria WREN (1812-1852)
- John COE's siblings: Sarah Maria COE (1840-1893), James COE (1841-1878), Eliza COE (1843-1916), Margaret Mary COE (1845-1917) and Charles Henry COE (1848-1924)
John COE (1846-1909)
John COE
| Name: | John COE |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | James COE (1814-1875) |
| Mother: | Maria WREN (1812-1852) |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | 25 Nov 1846 | Montreal,Canada1 |
| Baptism | 7 Mar 1847 (age 0) | Trinity Chapel,Montreal,Canada1 |
| Census | 1861 (age 14) | 11 Melbourne Place, Plumstead |
| By the time of the 1861 census, the family was back in Plumstead, living with Sarah Hadden, James's common law wife, and her children from her first marriage. John, at 14, was still at school. | ||
| Occupation | Wheelwright/Engine Fitter, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; Royal Arsenal, Woolwich | |
| Death | 15 Feb 1909 (age 62) | Thildonck,Hawthorn Road,Bexleyheath,Kent2 |
| Burial | Plumstead | |
Marriage
Spouse: Ellen VAUGHAN
Daughter: Ellen Maud COE
Son: John Cyril COE
Son: James Clarence Charles COE
Son: Archibald Bernard COE
Son: Frank Thomas Dashwood COE
Daughter: Nora Blanche COE
| Spouse | Ellen VAUGHAN (1848-1936) | |
| Children | Ellen Maud COE (1869-1950) | |
| Edith Grace COE (1871-1872) | ||
| John Cyril COE (1873-1956) | ||
| James Clarence Charles COE (1875-1952) | ||
| Archibald Bernard COE (1877-1905) | ||
| Frank Thomas Dashwood COE (1881-1946) | ||
| Sydney Albert COE (1883-1883) | ||
| Nora Blanche COE (1885-1970) | ||
| Marriage | 1 Sep 1869 (age 22) | Parish Church Of East Wickham Kent |
| Census (family) | 1871 (age 24-25) | 155 Maxey Road, Plumstead |
| Census (family) | 1881 (age 34-35) | 85 Frederick Place, Plumstead |
| By 1881 John, now described as an Engine Fitter, and Ellen had produced three sons: John, James and Archibald; a daughter, Edith, had been born in 1872 but died later that year. The family had an elderly lodger, Elizabeth Douglas, living with them. | ||
| Census (family) | 1891 (age 44-45) | 47 Hanover Road, Plumstead |
| Ten years later Ellen Maud had left home to marry George James Dennison, and two more little Coes had arrived - Frank aged nine and Nora, five. A fifth son, Sydney Albert, had died in infancy in 1883. | ||
| Census (family) | 1901 (age 54-55) | 47 Hanover Road, Plumstead |
| Sons John and James had left home, their places taken by three boarders, all working at the Royal Arsenal as were the two remaining Coe sons, Archibald and Frank. | ||
Individual Note
John was born in 1846 in Montreal, Canada, where his family had recently arrived from Woolwich; his father, James, was listed in Lovell's City Directory for Montreal as living at 15 Tolentin Street in 1847, 1849 and 1850, and working as an Artificer. At some point after the death of his mother, Maria, in 1852, John returned to England with his widowed father and five brothers and sisters.
Over the next eight years John followed his father into the wheelwright's trade at the Royal Arsenal and made the acquaintance of Ellen Vaughan, the daughter of a prosperous local builder. The romance blossomed, and a baby girl, Ellen Maud, was born to the couple on 15 August 1869. Two weeks later John married Ellen at East Wickham parish church, where the bride's parents had also wed in 1843.
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On 15 February 1909 at the home of his son Frank and daughter-in-law Edith in Bexley Heath, John Coe died aged 62, leaving his widow, Ellen, who spent her remaining years moving from one to the other of her surviving sons and daughters (Archibald had died in America in 1905). John was buried in Plumstead Cemetery.
Sources
| 1 | "John Coe Baptism, 7 Mar 1847 Trinity Chapel Montreal". |
| 2 | "John Coe died 15 Feb 1909 Bexley Heath.". |