Coates

John Coates c1800 and Sarah c1802 came from Cambridgeshire on the Amazon arrived at Port Adelaide on 19 Feb 1852, with their children. Sarah Coates died 30 Aug 1857 aged 57, wife of John Coates, when they were living near Bowden, South Australia. John's death is not recorded in South Australia.
Possible death is in Victoria, of John Coates aged 65, registered 1865 #4346, when index does not record place of birth or of death for him.

1. John Coates 1830 came with wife Rebecca
2. Elizabeth Coates 1832 appears to have not married, died 24 Dec 1884 aged 54
3. Josiah Coates 1833 wed 24 June 1852 to Sarah Ellen Kent
4. Mary Coates 1835 as Mary Susan Coats aged 18 wed 24 Jun 1852 to William Pilgrim
5. Sarah Coates 1837
6. George Coates 1839 from Cambridgeshire wed in Victoria 1866 #3422 to Ann Milner
7. Charles Coates 1841 as Charles Henry Coates aged 23 wed 1864-02-12 to Betsy Brown aged 25, daughter of Thomas Brown
8. Alfred Coates 1844 as Alfred Thomas Coates wed in Victoria 1867 #4178 to Mary Anne Barnes from Lancashire
Josiah Coates 1833 wed 24 June 1852 to Sarah Ellen Bemrose Kent, came to Victoria and lived at Avoca. After 1870 used spelling 'Coates'

From on Mon, 25 Oct 2004 Elizabeth Thanks for your response to my query - Your suggestion that the Coats may have arrived via Adelaide proved to be correct and I now have a pretty good record of them. Thanks Peter Based on shipping details and Vic Govt B,D& M records I've come up with the following info. COATS and PRESSWOOD John Coats, and Rebecca Presswood where both born in England. John was born in Wisbech in Cambridgeshire in 1828 to parents John Coats (farmer) and Sarah Coats (nee Swift). Rebecca was born in Clenchwarton, Norfolk in 1830 to parents John Presswood (farmer) Susan Presswood (nee Bemrose). John (22) and Rebecca married at (Kings) Lynn, Norfolk England in 1850. John and Rebecca sailed from Plymouth to South Australia on the barque AMAZON on the 26/11/1851 and arrived at Port Adelaide on 19/2/1852. 17 people died on the voyage out. They travelled to Australia with John Coats' parents - John(52) -Agr labourer and Sarah (50) and their other children Elizabeth(20) Josiah(19), Mary(17) Sarah(15) George(14), Charles(11) Alfred(8) NB on the passenger list Coats is spelt Coates. I have not found any records pertaining to John Coats (elder) or his wife Sarah in Victoria. Perhaps they remained in South Australia. John and Rebecca however travelled to Victoria and resided for a time at Campbells Creek where John worked as a Gold digger and their first set of twin daughters Rebecca and Susannah where born in September 1853, unfortunately both twins died at 3 months. Subsequently they moved to Rathscar near Avoca where they had another 9 children beginning with John (Jno Coates-SIC) in 1855 Fredrick (1857) William (1860) Alice Presswood Coats (1862)- (also at Rathscar), Married Andrew Glenn in 1882 Charles(1864), (Sarah and Mary) twins (1867) who both died in infancy Annie (1868) -Annie died at Laen aged 21 in 1889. Joseph(1871)- all registered at Avoca. John Coats died 24/9/1874 aged 46 at Raglan after 22 years in Victoria and was buried at Moonambel Cemetery. At the time of John's death in 1874, the family may have been residing Moonambel. By the time of her daughter Alice's marriage to Andrew Glen, in 1882, Rebecca had moved to Laen. Rebecca Coats nee Presswood died aged 75 on 5/5/1905 at North Laen after 53 years in Victoria and was buried at Donald cemetery. Josiah - John's brother who also came out on the AMAZON appears to have married a Sarah Ellen Bemrose Kent in Australia and initially moved to Amherst and where they had a son John in 1854. All their subsequent children are registered at Avoca. A Sarah E Kent is listed as an 18 yo passenger on the AMAZON voyage that also brought out the Coats family. As Bemrose was Rebecca's mother's maiden name so possibly Sarah and Rebecca were cousins.