Biographical notes:
Son of Christopher William Coe & Harriet Isabella Jane Sharp. He had 7 brothers & 2 sisters.
Occupation: Stick mount chaser [engraver of walking stick mounts] (1899, 1901), Grocer (1906, 1911), Cinema proprietor & operator (1939).
Addresses: At 1881 census - Rag Shop, 27 Powell Street, St Luke, LON; At 1901 census - 1 Salisbury Road, Hackney, LON; At birth of Patricia (1910) & 1911 census - 32 Clouds Hill Road, St George, Bristol, GLS; 1915 - Market St, Wotton under Edge, GLS; 1918 - The Chipping, Wotton under Edge, GLS; 1921-1948 - Picture House, Market Street, Wotton under Edge, GLS; 1950 until death (1959) - 8 Rosemary Terrace, Wotton under Edge, GLS.
Ran the Picture House (movie theatre) at Wotton-under-Edge, GLS.
Not found in 1891 census.
Probate record reads:
"COE William Thomas Frederick of 8 Rosemary Terrace Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire died 6 October 1959 at The Hospital Thornbury Gloucestershire Probate Gloucester 3 December to Henry Gabb aircraft engineer and Bernard Charles Werrett builder. Effects £ 21080 1s. 11d."
Reference Documents:
1876 birth certificate.
1877 birth registration index record.
1881 census return (William Coe sen).
1899 marriage certificate (to Lizzie Hunt).
1899 marriage registration index record (to Lizzie Hunt).
1901 census return.
1911 census return.
1906 marriage registration index record (to Kate Hunt).
1921 census return.
1915,1918-1937 electoral roll entries
1939 register entry.
1948, 1950, 1952 electoral roll entries.
1959 death registration index record.
1959 burial details in birthday book (Dessie Hunt).
1959 probate record.