1930 U.S. Census, King and Queen County, Virginia
Enumeration District 49-5, Sheet 12-B
Stevensville Magesterial District
Dwelling 242, Family 242
Coleman, Aston B., head, owns home, owns radio, male, white, 55, married, age at first marriage 24, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, farmer on general farm, works on own account, at work previous day, 233 on farm schedule
Coleman, Bettie B., wife, female, white, 51, married, age at first marriage 20, not in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation
Coleman, Marguerite, adopted daughter, female, white, 11, single, in school, can read and write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia, speaks English, no occupation

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

On 26 February 1949 in Richmond, Virginia, Ellyson Theodore Ford was married to Mary Elizabeth Coleman in a Baptist ceremony. He was 34, white, divorced, married once previously, occupation plasterer, born in Richmond, father Laddie L. Ford, mother Effie Smoot, resident of 3303 Meadow Bridge Road. She was 30, white, divorced, married twice previously, occupation saleslady, born in Brooklyn, Maryland, father Ashton Boyd Coleman, mother Bettie J. Baughan, born in Richmond, Virginia. [Certificate of Marriage, Commonwealth of Virginia, 3106.]