Leonard & Elizabeth Coleridge of Port Arthur (married 1911)

Leonard COLERIDGE, born in Wolborough in 1883, is the second son of Alfred & Ann COLDRIDGE. He emigrated to Canada in 1908, and settled in Port Arthur, where he married and had 4 children.

1911 census for Ontario

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Port Arthur⧉	Leonard COLERIDGE	27	Lodger	Accountant

In 1911 Leonard is unmarried and working in Port Arthur, Ontario. The census records his year of immigration as 1908, which matches a passenger entry for L COLDRIDGE travelling from Liverpool to Quebec in 1908.

Leonard COLDRIDGE, age 28, bachelor, Accountant, of 212 Pearl St Port Arthur, son of Alfred COLDRIDGE, Collector for Gas Co. and Annie ROBERTS, & Elizabeth Mary WESTON, age 30, spinster, Dressmaker, of Port Arthur, daughter of William John WESTON, Carriage Builder and Jane DOWNES – Marriage 26th September 1911 in Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Witnesses G HUNT, Port Arthur; W W JONES, Fort William; Beula HUNT and R L WESTON, Port Arthur.

1921 census for Ontario

Address	Name	Age	Relation	Occupation
Port Arthur & Kenora⧉ Port Arthur City 105 Pine St	Leonard COLERIDGE Eliz. Mary COLERIDGE Marjory COLERIDGE Doris E COLERIDGE Alfred S COLERIDGE	38 40 6 4 2	Head Wife Daughter Daughter Son	Book Keeper

In 1921 Leonard is still working in Port Arthur and married with 3 young children. Leonard's grandson, Jonathan SARLO, told me that Leonard had 4 children. Leonard's youngest daughter Edith, born around 1920, was Jonathan's mother.

I found several passenger list entries for Leonard & Elizabeth Mary COLDRIDGE, born 1882, travelling from Liverpool to Canada, and a few other records relating to the family:

The Globe & Mail 1944, Air Force Casualties, has an entry for Alfred Stanley COLDRIDGE, son of Leonard COLDRIDGE, in the section Previously Missing, Now Reported Safe.

A document titled Schools & Teachers in the Province of Ontario 1946, lists Marjorie COLDRIDGE in Prospect School and Edith N COLDRIDGE in Shuniah School Port Arthur. Marjorie COLDRIDGE is also listed in Algonquin School Port Arthur in 1956 & 1958.

A notice of Alfred Stanley COLDRIDGE's marriage appeared in The Scotsman, Edinburgh on Thursday 8th August 1946:

COLDRIDGE–SKENE. At Rosedale Presbyterian Church, Toronto, on 30th July 1946, F./O. Alfred Stanley, R.C.A.F., only son of Mr and Mrs L. COLDRIDGE, 42 Marlborough Road, Port Arthur, Ontario, to Jemima Stephen (Jenny), daughter of Mr and Mrs G. SKENE, 75 Water Street, Strichen, Aberdeenshire.

The following records relate to Leonard & Elizabeth's daughter Doris:

Doris Elizabeth COLDRIDGE. Born 18th March 1917. Died 14th November 2002. Married George WILSON. Born 16th February 1916 St. Vital, Manitoba. Died 2003 Hamilton, Ontario.

Doris's daughter: Elizabeth Joan WILSON. Born 6th May 1943. Married 17th March 1962 Hamilton, Ontario. Died 2014 Hamilton, Ontario.

I found the following death notices in the Fort William Times Journal obituaries index:

COLDRIDGE, Leonard, age 81, 17 June 1965, PA (18 June 1965 p.2)

COLDRIDGE, Elizabeth (Mrs.), age 91, 22 June 1972, Thunder Bay (23 June 1972 p.19)