{"id":16120,"date":"2020-11-14T20:46:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T20:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/?post_type=war_memorials&#038;p=16120"},"modified":"2021-12-15T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:01:07","slug":"coolledge-john","status":"publish","type":"war_memorials","link":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/war_memorials\/war-memorial-hadleigh-essex\/coolledge-john\/","title":{"rendered":"COOLLEDGE &#8211; John Henry Coolledge (1884-1914)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>War Memorial &#8211; Hadleigh, Essex<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The St James The Less church WWI plaque lists <strong>J H Coolledge <\/strong>as having died in <strong>1914<\/strong>, and the memorial plaque names him as <strong>John H Coolledge<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16120 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[16120]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial-250x177.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial-250x177.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/St-James-Less-War-Memorial.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p>The <strong>Commonwealth War Graves Commission<\/strong> states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leading Stoker JOHN HENRY COOLLEDGE<\/li>\n<li>Service Number: 305541<\/li>\n<li>Regiment &amp; Unit\/Ship: Royal Navy (RFR\/CH\/B\/4875). H.M.S. &#8220;Cressy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Date of Death: 22 September 1914<\/li>\n<li>Age 30 years old<\/li>\n<li>Buried or commemorated at CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, United Kingdom. 4.<\/li>\n<li>Country of Service: United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Additional Info: Son of Job Coolledge, of Howe Green, Purleigh, Maldon, Essex; husband of Harriet Alice Coolledge, of 4, Reginald Cottages, High St., Leigh-on-Sea. Essex.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>John Henry COOLLEDGE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>John Henry COOLLEDGE<\/strong> was born on 25th July <strong>1884<\/strong> in Purleigh, Essex, and was the ninth of eleven children born to <strong>Job COOLLEDGE<\/strong> and <strong>Sarah Ann OLIVER<\/strong>. His father was a Shoemaker and John&#8217;s both parents were born in Maldon, Essex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job<\/strong> and <strong>Sarah<\/strong> already had two children by the time they married in late <strong>1870<\/strong> (<strong>Emily<\/strong> in <strong>1866<\/strong> and <strong>Caroline<\/strong> early <strong>1870<\/strong>, both born in Maldon). Their third child, <strong>Sidney<\/strong>, was born around Nov <strong>1871<\/strong> but tragically died 5 months later (he was possibly baptised and buried on the same day) and their forth (<strong>Kate<\/strong>) born in <strong>1873<\/strong>. Sidney was the only child to be baptised out of their first four children.<\/p>\n<p>The family had moved to Purleigh by <strong>1875<\/strong> where their fifth child was born (<strong>Nelly<\/strong>), who was baptised the following year. Their sixth child (<strong>Clara<\/strong>) was born summer <strong>1878<\/strong> and baptised in the September, then on 25th Oct 1878 their eldest three daughters were finally baptised (aged 12, 8 and 5). Tragedy struck again in May <strong>1879<\/strong> when 10 month old Clara died. She was buried on 10th May and two days later Sarah gave birth to their seventh child, <strong>Flora<\/strong>. Their eighth child, <strong>Eliza<\/strong>, was born in spring <strong>1882<\/strong>, followed by their ninth (<strong>John<\/strong>) in the summer of <strong>1884<\/strong>. Their tenth child (<strong>Elizabeth<\/strong>) was born in <strong>1887<\/strong>, and their final child, <strong>George<\/strong>, in <strong>1889<\/strong> (Sarah was now age 44). Of their last five children, Flora was 1 when she was baptised, and the rest were all just a few weeks old.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Emily Jane COOLLEDGE <\/strong>(aka Emily Jane Oliver and Emily Creasy Oliver) &#8211; 1866 Maldon, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Caroline <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>(aka Caroline Oliver) &#8211; 1870 Maldon, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Sidney Oliver <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; Dec 1871 Maldon, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Kate <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; 16 Jun 1873 Maldon, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Nelly <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; 8 Nov 1875 Purleigh, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Clara <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; Jul 1878 Purleigh, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Flora <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; 12 May 1879 Purleigh, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Eliza Mary <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; 1882 Purleigh, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>John Henry <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; 25 Jul 1884 Purleigh, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Elizabeth Jessie <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; 1887 Purleigh, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>George <\/strong><strong>COOLLEDGE <\/strong>&#8211; 20 Nov 1889 Purleigh, Essex<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In <strong>1901<\/strong>, Job was boarding in Prittlewell with his daughter Emily, whilst Sarah was still in Purleigh with their youngest two children. Meanwhile, John was living with his sister Kate (also in Prittlewell), who had married in 1893. He was age 16 (almost 17) and working as a General Labourer. Then in mid <strong>1902<\/strong> their mother Sarah died aged 56 and very shortly after this, in the September, John enlisted into the <strong>Royal Navy<\/strong> as a Stoker (now aged 18). It is interesting to note his service record incorrectly states his birth as 25 Jul 1883 in Purley, Surrey. His previous occupation was listed as Cab Driver, and was described as 5&#8242; 7&#8243; with brown hair, hazel eyes and a ruddy complexion. He also had a birthmark on the left side of his face.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-16120 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-John-Henry.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-16121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-John-Henry.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-John-Henry-250x322.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-16121'>\r\n\t\t\t\tJohn Henry Coolledge\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<p><strong>John<\/strong> served on many different ships up to <strong>1911<\/strong> when he married <strong>Harriet Alice CAREY <\/strong>(John&#8217;s father Job was still living in Purleigh, age 64). They married on 29th Jul <strong>1911<\/strong> in Leigh-On-Sea (where Harriet was born and whose father was a Fisherman). John was 26 (just 4 days shy of his 27th birthday) and Harriet was 27. John had shore purchase between 7 Dec 1911 and 23 Feb <strong>1912<\/strong>, then joined <strong>RFR Chatham B<\/strong> on the 24th to serve aboard <strong>HMS Cressy<\/strong>. Their first and only child <strong>John Henry Wallace COOLLEDGE<\/strong> was born on 5 Jul <strong>1912<\/strong>. John was still serving aboard HMS Cressy as a Lead Stoker when war broke out on 28 Jul 1914, and on <strong>22 Sep 1914<\/strong> his ship was was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 whilst in the North Sea near Holland with the loss of 560 of her crew, including John. He was aged 30. His widow Harriet was stated to be living at 4 Reginald Cottages, High Street, Leigh On Sea. Not even a year after loosing her husband, their son John died aged just 3 in the summer of <strong>1915<\/strong>. Three years later in <strong>1918<\/strong>, Harriet gave birth to a daughter, <strong>Florence May COOLEDGE<\/strong> (when Florence married in 1940 she named her father as John Henry COOLLEDGE, which clearly he wasn&#8217;t as he&#8217;d been dead for nearly four years by the time she was born). Harriet herself remarried in <strong>1922<\/strong> to a Fishmonger named <strong>Frank <\/strong>(aka <strong>Francis<\/strong>)<strong> STONE<\/strong>, but had no children together (she was 38 by now and Frank was 33). John&#8217;s father <strong>Job<\/strong> died in <strong>1926<\/strong> aged 79. <strong>Harriet<\/strong> died in <strong>1966<\/strong> aged 82 and her second husband (Frank) in 1978 aged 89.<\/p>\n<p>What of John&#8217;s brothers and sisters?<\/p>\n<p><strong>EMILY <\/strong>was working as a domestic servant by the time she was 15. Although Job states to be her father on her baptism and census records, because she was born four years before her parents married she went by the surname <strong>OLIVER<\/strong> rather than <strong>COOLLEDGE<\/strong> on official documents. Unmarried, she had her first child in <strong>1888<\/strong>, a William John OLIVER born in Maldon. In <strong>1891<\/strong> aged 26, Emily and her son were living in Prittlewell, where she was working as a Housekeeper for the 49 year old widower <strong>William SMITH<\/strong> (a brickfield labourer) and four of his eleven children. One of his older sons, George, had just married Emily&#8217;s sister Kate. Skip forwards another ten years, and the <strong>1901<\/strong> census shows Emily was still working as a housekeeper for William SMITH and she&#8217;d had another child (listed as Florence OLIVER). Her father Job was also boarding with her. Looking up Emily&#8217;s children in the birth register reveals that Florence was actually named Florence Oliver SMITH, clearly pointing to William being her father. There were also another two children born to Emily and William in <strong>1895<\/strong>, twins named Alfred Oliver SMITH and Emily Oliver SMITH. Alfred died the same quarter he was born, and baby Emily died during the beginning of <strong>1896<\/strong>. In <strong>1911<\/strong>, William and Emily state to have been married for twenty years (since 1881), but they obviously hadn&#8217;t been (nor were they ever married). Their daughter Florence was now listed with the surname &#8220;Smith&#8221;, and Emily&#8217;s first son was also living with them as a lodger. It is also stated that Emily had given birth to five children, and two were still living. Emily certainly had four children and two died, so suggests she must have had another child at some point who died (but I haven&#8217;t discovered any record of such). I don&#8217;t know when Emily died.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CAROLINE<\/strong> married at age 20 to <strong>George SMITH<\/strong> in Prittlewell on 16 Aug <strong>1890<\/strong>. George was William SMITH&#8217;s son (from above) via his first wife. George worked at the brickfields like his father. Their first child was born either just before or just after they married (both marriage and birth of child were registered in the same quarter of 1890). Their second child was born in <strong>1893<\/strong> and their third and last in <strong>1904<\/strong>. In <strong>1907<\/strong> the family emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where George found work as a caretaker and night janitor. Caroline died there 15 May <strong>1929<\/strong> aged 59 and George died there many years later on 29 Dec <strong>1951<\/strong> aged 82.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SIDNEY<\/strong> died aged 5 months old in <strong>1872<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KATE<\/strong> was living with her newly wed sister Caroline in <strong>1891<\/strong>, aged 17 and working as a domestic servant. Two years later, on 15 Nov <strong>1893<\/strong>, she married <strong>Frank John BRAND<\/strong>, who worked for the Gas Works. They had six children between <strong>1895-1905 <\/strong>(two boys and four girls). In <strong>1901<\/strong>, the family were living next door to Kate&#8217;s sister Caroline and her family in Prittlewell, but had moved to Southchurch by <strong>1911<\/strong>. Their eldest son Albert enlisted into the <strong>Royal Army Medical Corps<\/strong> in <strong>1912<\/strong> and served for eight years until <strong>1920<\/strong>, and their other son Alfred enlisted into the <strong>Royal Navy<\/strong> in <strong>1915<\/strong> age 17 (he said he was 18). Alfred served for twelve years until <strong>1923<\/strong> when he contracted TB and was discharged. He then died in <strong>1926<\/strong> aged 28. Kate and Frank were living in Southend by <strong>1939<\/strong>. Kate died in <strong>1953<\/strong> aged 79, and Frank died in <strong>1958<\/strong> aged 86. Mar<\/p>\n<p><strong>NELLY<\/strong> married cab driver <strong>Amos Harry OSBORNE<\/strong> (uncle of <strong>Thomas Henry FARLEY<\/strong>, who is also commemorated on the Hadleigh War Memorial) on 18 Mar <strong>1899<\/strong>, and already had a two year old with a second one on the way. In <strong>1901<\/strong> they were living in Prittlewell (4 Coleman Street) and by <strong>1920<\/strong> had a total of eleven children (just like her own parents). They continued to live at 4 Coleman Street until their deaths in <strong>1946<\/strong> (Amos, aged 71) and <strong>1948<\/strong> (Nelly, age 72).<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLARA<\/strong> died aged 10 months in <strong>1879<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FLORA<\/strong> was age 19 and four months pregnant when she married <strong>Thomas BROCKES<\/strong> (who was almost 31) in Shoeburyness on 26 Nov <strong>1898<\/strong>, and the had four children together between <strong>1899-1907<\/strong>. Thomas was an Engine Driver, and they lived in Shoeburyness their entire lives. He died in <strong>1953<\/strong> aged 85, and Flora died in <strong>1864<\/strong> aged 85.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELIZA<\/strong> was working as a general domestic servant in <strong>1901<\/strong> (age 19, but recorded as 21), in Leyton, Essex. After this point Eliza disappears from records, so I don&#8217;t know what happened to her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELIZABETH<\/strong> (who also went by her middle name of Jessie) married <strong>Robert PEACOCK<\/strong> on 5 Nov <strong>1910<\/strong> in Prittlewell. Robert was 11 years older than Elizabeth and a career soldier. He enlisted into the Royal Artillery in 1894 as a Private, being promoted to Staff Sergeant in 1915. He was discharged in 1920 after 26 years service. Their first child was born in <strong>1912<\/strong> but sadly died at a few months old. They had twins in <strong>1916<\/strong> and their forth and final child in <strong>1918<\/strong>. In <strong>1931<\/strong>, Elizabeth died aged 44 (leaving children age 13 and twins at 15). Robert never remarried, and died in <strong>1962<\/strong> aged 86.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GEORGE<\/strong> enlisted into the <strong>Royal Field Artillery<\/strong> as a gunner c.<strong>1910<\/strong>, and in <strong>1911<\/strong> was stationed at Louisberg Barracks at Bordon Camp in Hampshire age 21 (not 25 as stated). In <strong>1912<\/strong> (in Kent) he married <strong>Nellie Maisie WINGHAM<\/strong>, the daughter of George Collins WINGHAM, a groundsman and professional cricketer at Shorncliffe Camp, Kent (where Nellie was born). They then moved to Southend-On-Sea where their three children were born, in <strong>1913<\/strong>, <strong>1914<\/strong> and <strong>1916<\/strong>. On <strong>19 Sep 1918<\/strong>, George died of wounds sustained in D\u00e9muin after being taken to a casualty clearing station. He was age 28. Nellie continued to live in Southend and had her forth child a year after George died in late 1919 and a fifth in 1921 (fathers unknown). In 1923, Nellie emigrated to Quebec, Canada and in 1925 married George William Cunningham CARPHIN but divorced in 1948. Nellie died in Quebec, Canada in <strong>1952<\/strong> aged 63.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-16120 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-Memoranda-John-and-George.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[16120]\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-Memoranda-John-and-George-250x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-16122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-Memoranda-John-and-George-250x290.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-Memoranda-John-and-George.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-16122'>\r\n\t\t\t\tMemoranda for John &#038; George Coolledge\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Family Tree<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John&#8217;s father <strong>Job COOLLEDGE<\/strong> was the last of twelve children born <strong>1847<\/strong> in Maldon, Essex to parents <strong>John COOLLEDGE<\/strong> and <strong>Caroline HIPSEY<\/strong>. John was a corn and coal porter, and married Caroline in Maldon on 24 Mar <strong>1824<\/strong>. Job&#8217;s mother died in <strong>1862<\/strong> when he was 15 (Caroline was 58). John remarried swiftly the following year in <strong>1863<\/strong> to <strong>Catherine BANNISTER<\/strong>. They had just over eleven years together before Catherine died in <strong>1875<\/strong> aged 67. John died three years later in <strong>1878<\/strong> aged 74.<\/p>\n<p>John&#8217;s mother <strong>Sarah Ann OLIVER<\/strong> was born in 1846 in Maldon, Essex to a 19 year old unmarried <strong>Susan OLIVER<\/strong> (father unknown). Susan married <strong>Ephraim CARPENTER<\/strong> four years later in <strong>1850<\/strong> and had a further four children between <strong>1854-1865<\/strong>. Ephraim was an agricultural labourer, and sadly died in <strong>1866<\/strong> aged 47 leaving Susan with four young children to raise on her own (aged 1, 6, 9 and 12 &#8211; Sarah was now 20). In <strong>1881<\/strong> Susan was living in Prittlewell as married with <strong>Charles TYLER <\/strong>(a Brick Maker &amp; General Labourer), but they didn&#8217;t actually get married until the following year on 15 Oct <strong>1882<\/strong>. Charles died in <strong>1896<\/strong> aged 65. I haven&#8217;t been able to confirm what happened to Susan but she too may have died in 1896.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t    float: left;\r\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\r\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\r\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\r\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\r\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-16120 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-Family-Tree-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-17310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-Family-Tree-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/tg-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Coolledge-Family-Tree-1-250x158.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\r\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-17310'>\r\n\t\t\t\tCoolledge Family Tree\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Link To Hadleigh<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t discovered John&#8217;s link to Hadleigh, a place he himself never lived. John is also on the Purleigh memorial, where he was born, but why the Hadleigh rather than Leigh memorial where he and his wife lived?<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Henry COOLLEDGE was born on 25th Jul 1884 at Purleigh, Essex. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Stoker in 1902 and was serving aboard HMS Cressy when war broke out. On 22nd Sep 1914 John&#8217;s ship was was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-9 whilst in the North Sea near Holland with the loss of 560 of her crew, including John. 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