Person:Sidney Colman (1)

Sidney Hall Colman was born in 1853 at Taunton in Somerset, son of Mary Colman, formerly Hall, and her husband John Colman, a master mariner. The family did not stay long in Taunton after Sidney's birth, and by 1855 had moved to the city of Bristol, where Sidney was baptised on 1st April 1855 along with his baby brother Walter. The 1861 census finds the family living at 30 Centre Crescent in the Bedminster area of Bristol. By 1871 the family had moved to Wales, living at 6 Trafalgar Terrace Lower in Swansea. Sidney was working as an accountant at this time.

By 1880, Sidney had moved to the Manchester area, where he was employed as a superintendent at the Manchester Workhouse (which was outside the city's boundaries in the parish of Crumpsall at the time, until 1890 when Crumpsall was absorbed into Manchester). On 2nd August 1880, aged about 27, he married Alice Perry at Stretford, to the south-west of Manchester. They went on to have six children in the Manchester are between 1882 and 1892, although the fourth child died as a baby.

The 1891 census finds Sidney, Alice and their children living at 146 Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester. The census form notes that they lived in the "Back part of" the house, suggesting it had been subdivided.

Alice died in 1893, aged 34. Early the following year their youngest child also died, aged two.

On 4th July 1894, Sidney married again. His second wife was Beatrice Eveline Timothy. She had been working as a hospital nurse at Manchester Workhouse at the time of the 1891 census, which is presumably how they met. They married at St Stephen's Church in the Hulme area of Manchester.

Sidney and Beatrice went on to have another six children between 1895 and 1910. The 1901 census finds the family living at 16 Queen Street in Manchester. Sidney and Beatrice's eldest son died in 1903.

The 1911 census finds the family living at Farm Lodge on the Manchester Workhouse site. Both Sidney and Beatrice were described as workhouse officers at this time.

Sidney died in Manchester in 1928, aged 74. Beatrice survived him by nearly 28 years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Sydney COLMAN, September Quarter 1853, Taunton Registration District, Volume 5c, page 393, mother's maiden name Hall

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Parish Registers of St Mary, Redcliffe (Bristol Archives, Bristol).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Redcliff in the County of Bristol in the Year 1855
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   1919	1855 April 1st	Sydney Hall son of	John and Mary	Colman	9 Redcliff Crescent	Master Mariner	W.P.S. Bingham, Curate

   Baptised same day as brother Walter John.

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1704; Folio 111; Page 7, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 30 Centre Crescent, Bedminster, Bristol
   John W. Colman, head, married, male, 55 [1805/6], Master Mariner, b. Ipplepen, Devon
   Mary Colman, wife, married, female, 40 [1820/1], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Sidney H. Colman, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Walter J. Colman, son, male, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. City & County of Bristol

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 5451; Folio 65; Page 22, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 6 Trafalgar Terrace Lower, Swansea, Glamorgan
   Capt[ain] John Colman, head, married, male, 65 [1805/6], Master Marriner [sic], b. Ipplepen, Devon
   Mary Colman, wife, married, female, 50 [1820/1], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Sedney [sic] Colman, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Accountant, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Walter Colman, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1854/5], Druggist's Apprentice, b. Bristol, Somerset
   Mary Colman, daughter, unmarried, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Bristol, Somerset
   Mary Williams, servant, unmarried, female, 21 [1849/50], General Servant, b. Gower, Glamorganshire

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 4027; Folio 22; Page 39, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Manchester Workhouse, Crumpsall, Lancashire
   [many staff and inmates, including:]
   Sidney Colman, married, male, 27 [1853/4], Sup[erintenden]t Able Bodied Men, b. Taunton, Somerset

6. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 3263; Folio 74; Page 10, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Back part of 146 Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham, Manchester, Lancashire
   Sydney H. Colman, head, married, male, 37 [1853/4], Official in W[ork]house, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Alice Colman, wife, married, female, 30 [1860/1], b. Stafford, Staffordshire
   Florence M. Colman, daughter, female, 9 [1881/2], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Bertha A. Colman, daughter, female, 7 [1883/4], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Edgar W. Colman, son, male, 4 [1886/7], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Lennard A. Colman, son, male, 1 [1889/90], b. Manchester, Lancashire

7. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 3768; Folio 158; Page 29, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 16 Queen Street, Manchester, Lancashire
   Sidney H. Colman, head, married, male, 47 [1853/4], Workhouse Official, worker, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Beatrice E. Colman, wife, married, female, 32 [1868/9], b. London, Middlesex
   George A. Colman, son, single, male, 12 [1888/9], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Victor S. Colman, son, single, male, 5 [1895/6], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Mabel I. Colman, daughter, female, 2 [1898/9], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Sarah Winifred Horniman, servant, widow, female, 29 [1871/2], Domestic Servant, b. Bangor, North Wales
   Nina G. Colman, daughter, female, 2 months, b. Manchester, Lancashire

8. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 24201; Schedule 272, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Farm Lodge, Manchester Workhouse, Crumpsall, Manchester, Lancashire
   4 rooms occupied
   Sidney Hall Colman, head, male, 57 [1853/4], married, Workhouse Officer - Manchester Board of Guardians, worker, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Beatrice Eveline Colman, wife, female, 44 [1866/7], married 17 years, 6 children born to marriage, 5 children still living, Workhouse Officer - Manchester Board of Guardians, worker, working at home, b. Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
   Mabel Irene Colman, daughter, female, 12 [1898/9], School, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Nina Grace Colman, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], School, b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Frank Vincent Colman, son, male, 8 [1902/3], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Olive Constance Colman, daughter, female, 5 [1905/6], b. Manchester, Lancashire
   Vivian Hall Colman, son, male, 1 [1909/10], b. Manchester, Lancashire

9. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Sidney Hall COLMAN, June Quarter 1928, Manchester North Registration District, Volume 8d, page 639, aged 74 [1853/4]