George Coleman

DEPOT KAB

• SOURCE MOOC
• TYPE LEER
• VOLUME_NO 6/9/125
• SYSTEM 01
• REFERENCE 4794
• PART 1
• DESCRIPTION COLEMAN, GEORGE. DEATH NOTICE.
• STARTING 18680000
• ENDING 18680000

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age 69 so born around 1799 in Chatham, England fits with George Coleman but no wife named

Children

• William John
• Marian Elizabeth
• George Henry
• Ann Maria
• Thomas Benjamin
• Edmund Francis (the DN is signed by an E F Coleman)
• Adelaide

England, Kent, Parish Registers

• Name George Coleman
• Event Type Christening
• Event Date 24 Mar 1799
• Event Place Chatham, St Mary, Kent, England
• Gender Male
• Father's Name John Coleman
• Mother's Name Mary Coleman

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• Joined the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot, aged 9, as a drummer boy.
• 1808-1811, Peninsular War, Wellington called them 'the best Regiment in this Army'.
• 1814-1815, War of 1812, America, dispatched to Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Married Maria Montgomery, sister of John Montgomery.
• 1824-1830, drafted to 4th Regiment of Foot (Lancaster) Kings Own, bandmaster.
• Dec 1826- Feb 1827 Active Service Portugal.
• 1825-1831, England, Scotland & Ireland.
• 1831-1837, Australia, convict guarding duties, Paramatta, New South Wales, Norfolk Island & Sydney.
• 1837-1840, India, Madras, Bangalore, Bellary, Belgaum & Badami.
• Discharged in 1840, his character was exemplary, his general conduct has been that of a well conducted & efficient soldier.
• Chelsea Pensioner (Received a military pension).
• John Montgomery arranged to get him out to South Africa.
• Four of his children ended up marrying John Montgomery's children.

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906

• Name: George Coleman
• Gender: Male
• Christening Date: 24 Mar 1799
• Christening Place: Chatham, Kent, England
• Father's Name: John Coleman
• Mother's Name: Mary