Dear Gerry Coulson - with copy to the Coulson rootsweb list This is (1) a long shot and (2) a reaction to your rootsweb message on Harry Coulson. There was a plaint submitted to the high court in Albany, (upstate) New York shortly after 1837. The plaint may have involved the disputed will of Thomas Coulson who died August 6, 1837 in the Albany area. The wife or widow of the deceased appears to have been named Jane. Litigants in the case were two children of the deceased, being Thomas Coulson (jr) whose may himself have been a lawyer and who was probably married to a lady called Mary Jane, and Eleanor (or Elinor) Coulson who was born December 29, 1812 and would die September 1, 1862, having first married George Hillman 1809 - 1866 and by him had five recorded children. (Alas, I have no details for the marriage ceremony: I would speculate that the marriage most likely took place at Albany between 1830 and 1842.) I do not know Ontario and do not have ready access to a Canadian atlas, but I do remember driving from Toronto to Ohio via upstate New York in the space of a few hours. I am therefore daring to wonder if there might be any kinship connection between your grandfather, Harry Coulson 1876 - 1965, and the Coulsons who by marriage are connected to my Hillman family (some of whom had moved to Albany from Ireland around 1824). Thanks for thinking on it... Best wishes Charles Hillman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Coulson" <gcoulson@telus.net> To: <COULSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 1:31 AM Subject: [COULSON] {Coulson-L) Coulson's in Rainy River District of Ontario Canada > Hi - My Grandfather Harry Coulson homesteaded in Burriss, Ontario in 1997. > He was born 11 Mar 1876 at Newmarket, Ontario and died 18 Mar 1965 at Fort > Frances, Ontario. He was married to Annie Almira Hatch who was born 3 Oct > 1876 at Vienna, Ontario. My Grandfather's parents were William Coulson > (1847-1915) West Gwillimbury, Ontario and he was married to Jane Mary O > Connell (1850-1884). > > I would be interested in hearing from any Coulson's who is looking for > information on this line. > > > > ==== COULSON Mailing List ==== > Please remember to turn off your HTML or RTF in your email programs when posting to this list. > COLSON FAMILY GENEALOGY - http://members.aol.com/eleanorcol/colsonfam.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >