William Herr Coleman ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: L6VV-M91.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵ The 1860 census recorded Margaret Coleman, 35, living with her children: Laura O., 15; Ellen R., 13; Augustus R., 11; William H., 9. Also in the home was Sarah G. Herr, 58; and May E. Herr, 22. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁶ The 1880 census recorded George Leonard, Railroad Superintendent, 67, living with wife Margaretta, 55; stepson Augustus Coleman, bookkeeper, 30; and stepson William H. Coleman, grocer, 27. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Margaretta's father was born in Maryland.

3. Residence: in 1884 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

4. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴ The 1910 census recorded William H. Coleman, 58, living with son Ralph P., 17; and mother-in-law Mary E. Feger, 66. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded living at 1227 Susquehanna Ave.: William Coleman, 68, widower, with Henry W. Beecher, winder in yarn factory, 25, and Henry's mother, Lulu, 48, widow.
(William is the husband of Henry's deceased aunt Martha Beecher Coleman.) The men and their parents and Lulu's father were born in Pennsylvania. Lulu and her mother were born in Washington DC.

6. Cause of Death: uremia, chronic nephritis, 25 Apr 1936, Abington Twp., Montgomery, PA. ³

William married Martha Herr Beecher, daughter of William Herr Beecher Sr. and Elizabeth Mary Sites, on 9 Dec 1884 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA.^{1 2} (Martha Herr Beecher was born on 6 Apr 1867 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA ^{1 2}, christened on 13 Jan 1868 in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA,¹ died on 9 Nov 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ^{1 2} and was buried in Pottstown: Trinity Reformed Church, Montgomery, PA ^{1 2}.)

William next married Anna H. Pallen on 20 Nov 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.²