Coates
In 1841, the Coates family is represented by two young girls
living alone:
Name | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
COATES Jane | 15 | Independent | Yks |
COATES Elizabeth | 12 | | Yks |
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Jane and Elizabeth were the children of John Coates and Jane, nee
Horn. Jane was baptized 4 April 1824, and Elizabeth 9 November 1828.
By 1851, Jane was living with the Pattinson family:
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
PATTINSON Ann | Head, Widow | 55 | Farmer 8 Acres | Redmire |
PATTINSON Elizabeth | Daughter | 17 | | Redmire |
COATES Jane | Lodger, Unmarried | 27 | | Redmire |
COATES Joseph | Lodger | 5 | Scholar | Redmire |
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Joseph is Jane's illegitimate son, baptized in Redmire 27 September
1845.
By 1861, a Coates family from Swaledale were living at Hare Gill:
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
COATES Nathan | Head, Widower | 43 | Leadminer | Thorns, Swaledale |
COATES Alice | Daughter, Unmarried | 18 | | Angram |
COATES Jane | Daughter | 14 | Scholar | Angram |
COATES Nanny | Daughter | 12 | Scholar | Angram |
COATES James | Son | 8 | Scholar | Redmire |
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Nathan was the son of James and Ann Coats, born 29 June 1816 and
baptized at Keld Independent 4 August 1816. He first married Diana
Alderson, 15 June 1839 at Auckland St. Andrew, DUR, and can be seen
with his first wife and children on the 1851 census in Muker.
Nathan Coates subsequently married Ann Wensley in October 1852 (banns
read in Redmire), Ann being the child of John Wensley and Rose, nee
Close. Nathan and Ann had two children, one of whom survives on the
above census:
- James: baptized (unknown)
- Mary: baptized 3 November 1856, buried 16 November 1856
Nathan is a widower by the census, though, as Ann died and was buried
in Redmire, 23 February 1859.
Another Coates has moved in with the Peacock family:
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
PEACOCK Thomas | Head, Married | 60 | Butcher | Leyburn |
PEACOCK Isabella | wife, Married | 60 | dressmaker | Redmire |
PEACOCK Isabella | Daughter, Unmarried | 17 | | Redmire |
PEACOCK Henrietta | Daughter, Unmarried | 15 | | Redmire |
COATES William | s-in-law, Married | 34 | joiner | Harmby |
COATES Christiana | Daughter, Married | 27 | dressmaker | Redmire |
COATES Henry T. | Grandson | 1 | | Redmire |
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William Coates married Christiana Horner Peacock (daughter of Thomas
Peacock and Isabella Horner, seen above) in October 1859, banns read
in Redmire. Their first child Henry Thomas Coates was baptized in
Redmire 13 May 1860.
Jane's son Joseph is now living with the very large Miller family.
Ann Miller (nee Coates) is Joseph's aunt:
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
MILLER William | Head, Married | 42 | Stonemason | Worton |
MILLER Ann | Wife, Married | 39 | | Redmire |
MILLER Jane | Daughter, Unmarried | 20 | | Thornton Rust |
MILLER William | Son | 15 | Leadminer | Redmire |
MILLER John | Son | 14 | Stonemason | Redmire |
MILLER Henry | Son | 12 | Scholar | Redmire |
MILLER Elizabeth | Daughter | 10 | Scholar | Redmire |
MILLER Mary A. | Daughter | 8 | Scholar | Redmire |
MILLER Hannah A. | Daughter | 5 | Scholar | Redmire |
MILLER James | Son | 3 | | Redmire |
MILLER Thomas | Son | 1 | | Redmire |
COATES Joseph | Boarder, Unmarried | 15 | Leadminer | Redmire |
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By 1871, only Nathan is left in the village. This is the
last time we see him, as Nathan was buried 12 May 1871.
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
COATS Nathan | Head, Widower | 53 | Leadminer | Thorns, Swaledale |
METCALFE Margaret | Servant, Unmarried | 46 | Housekeeper | Burtersett |
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A lone Coates appears in 1881, the last Smith in the Redmire returns:
Name | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
SMITH John | Head, Married | 38 | Groom (Domestic) | Thirsk |
SMITH Henrietta | Wife, Married | 36 | Groom's Wife | Redmire |
SMITH William | Son, Unmarried | 16 | Leadminer | Redmire |
SMITH Mary Elizth. | Daughter | 11 | Scholar | Hauxwell |
SMITH Leonard Homer | Son | 7 | Scholar | Redmire |
SMITH George Edward | Son | 3 | | Redmire |
COATS Mary Jane | Nurse | 16 | Nurse | Redmire |
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Mary Jane was baptized 4 October 1863, the child of William and
Christiana.
©2004 David W.J. Stringer-Calvert, Christine Amsden, Larraine Williams