William Robertson Coe (1869–1955) • FamilySearch

William Robertson Coe

Male8 June 1869–14 March 1955

Brief Life History of William Robertson

When William Robertson Coe was born on 8 June 1869, in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, his father, Frederick Augustus Coe, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Robertson, was 29. He married Jane Hutchinson Falligant on 26 September 1893, in Chatham, Georgia, United States. He immigrated to Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1928 and lived in Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Upper Brookville, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 14 March 1955, in Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Nassau, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Robertson Coe
1869–1955
Mary Huttleston Rogers
1875–1924
Marriage: 4 June 1900
William Rogers Coe
1901–1971
Robert Douglas Coe
1902–1985
Henry Huttleston Rogers Coe
1907–1966
Natalie Mai Coe
1910–1987

Sources (34)

  • William R Coe, "United States Census, 1940"
  • William Robertson Coe, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • William Robertson Coe, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    4 June 1900Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  • Children (4)

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    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    1873

    Age 4

    Historical Boundaries: 1873: Dade, Florida, United State: 1909: Palm Beach, Florida, United States

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 27

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from the jackdaw, Middle English co, Old English (see Kay ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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