Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameRobert Ashton Coleman
Birth23 Apr 1908, Virginia
DeathMar 1984
Soc. Sec. #225-12-4248
FatherAshton Boyd Coleman (1873-1954)
MotherBettie James Boughan (1878-1961)
Documentation
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Date of birth from Coleman family Bible transcribed by Myrle Jean Cook Theimer.

1910 U.S. Census, King and Queen County, Virginia
Stevensville District
Supervisor’s District 302, Enumeration District 54, Sheet 2B
Bestland and Prince Road
Visited No. 33, Family 33
Coleman, Boyd, head, male, white, 36, married once for 11 years, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, occupation farmer on general farm, working on own account, 0 weeks umemployed, can read and write, rents farm, 31 on farm schedule
Coleman, Bettie J., wife, female, white, 31, married once for 11 years, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
Coleman, Arthur L., male, white, 7, single, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write
Coleman, Robert A., son, male, white, 1, son, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation, cannot read or write

1920 U.S. Census, King and Queen County, Virginia
Stevensville District
Enumeration District 63, Sheet 15A
Farm, Dwelling 278, Family 280
Coleman, Ashton B., head, owns, farm, male, white, 46, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, operator on farm, works on own account
Coleman, Bettie, wife, female, white, 40, married, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Coleman, Robert, son, male, white, 11, single, in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation

On 16 August 1928 in Lynchburg, Virginia, Robert Ashton Coleman married Edna Irene Hall. They were white; he was 21; she was 20; both single; his residence Stevensville, Virginia; hers Christiansburg, Virginia; place of their residence #1 S. Addison St., Richmond, Va.; his parents A. B. Coleman and Bettie Boughan; her parents J. K. Hall and Bertha Collins; his occupation salesman; married by J. H. Lynch. [Library of Virginia, Marriage Registers 1853–1935.]

1940 U.S. Census, Richmond City, Virginia
Enumeration District 118–140, Sheet 11B
2515 Second Avenue
House 223, owned, value $4500
Coleman, Robert A., head, male, white, 31, married, not in school, highest level of education C2, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935, at work previous day, 48 hours worked previous week, agent for life insurance company, private work, 52 weeks worked previous year, $1800 income, no other income
Coleman, Edna J., wife, female, white, 31, married, not in school, highest level of educaiton H4, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935, at work previous day, 39 hours worked previous week, office clerk for Fed.[?] Housing Ad[?], government work, 52 weeks worked previous year, $1260 income, no other income
Coleman, Robert A. Jr., son, male, white, 8, single, in school, highest level of education 1, born in Virginia, living in same house in 1935
Coleman, Margaret E., sister-in-law, female, white, 21, married [sic], not in school, highest level of education H4, born in Maryland, living on a farm in King and Queen County, Virignia, in 1935, at work previous day, 40 hours worked previous week, 52 weeks work previous year, $625 income, no other income

Date of marriage from Coleman family Bible transcribed by Myrle Jean Cook Theimer.

Conversation between Thomas Darian Moore and Pearl Irene Davis Kopp, 28 September 1991:
PK: But Robert, he lives in North Carolina, I guess he’s still down there.
TM: Who is this?
PK: Robert. Robert Coleman.
TM: Oh, Robert Coleman.
PK: So I imagine he's still down there. That’s where he was last time I saw him, which was about twenty years ago.
Spouses
Birth20 Jul 1908
DeathAug 1985
Marriage16 Aug 1928, Lynchburg, Virginia
ChildrenRobert Ashton (1932-1995)
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