Robert Irish Coulton-Carpenter 195 Caledonis Street Stratford, ON 1873
The house at 195 Caledonia Street, lot 39, plan 6061 in Stratford was built by Robert l. Coulton in 1873. He was a carpenter by trade, building and selling houses in Stratford. The family lived in this house until 1880 when it was sold to George Taylor.
Robert Irish Coulton was on October 27, 1847 to father Richard and mother Mary Uglow. Richard was born on December 18, 1818, in Rattery, Devon, England. Mary was born on May 20, 1821, in Launceston, Cornwall, England. They married on March 10, 1841, in the Parish of St Thomas,
Launceston. Sons, Richard (1841), John (1844) and William (1846) were born at Luscombe Farm, Buckfastleigh, Devonshire, England.
The other children, Robert, Thomas Albert (1850), Mary (1852), Abel (1854), Fredrick(1855), Edward Ephriam(1858), Frances(1860) and Hillard Cameron(1862) were all born in Downie Township. Richard died on July 27, 1862, and Mary died on September 7, 1863. Both are buried in Avondale Cemetery.
Listed in the 1871 Census, Robert is living with his new wife Catherine Ramsey. They married the same year. She was born in 1848 in Cobourg, Ontario. Ada Mary, their first daughter was born in August 1871 and died on October 2, 1871. Their next daughter, Ida Blanche was born on February 15,1873 followed by son, Fredrick Treleaven, was born on August 13, 1875, and died on September 28, 1875. Their last son, Sidney Trevealen, was born on February 20, 1877.
Ida married Charles L. Welsh (1872-1944) in Stratford on September 4, 1895, and had 4 children. Sidney moved to Napa, California where he died on December 18, 1936. Sidney followed in his uncle's footsteps, as all but three, William, Robert, and Abel moved to the States.
Catherine died on June 26, 1916, of bronchitis. Robert remarried to a widow, Jane Craig Sinclair, on April 16, 1921 in Stratford. He was 75 and Jane was 65. When Jane died in 1950, she was buried in the Avondale cemetery with her first husband.
Robert died on August 2, 1935, at the age of 87 and is buried with his parents and his first wife, Catherine, in the Avondale Cemetery. In his obituary he is referred to as "this fine old pioneer" often confiding to his friends" The Lord has seen fit to allow me to live more than the allotted time. When he is ready to call me home, I am ready to go". Those words truly represent the type of manhood around which Richard led his life. More need not be written.
* *interesting note: Robert's middle name is listed as Irish in the 1881 Census, on the marriage record in 1871 and his death certificate in 1935, but on his head stone and cemetery database his middle initial is J His brother, Abel also has a plaque for his first house at 23 Trow Avenue.
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