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IN
AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE
OF

JOHN COE

BORN AUGUST 1ST 1841

DIED FEBRUARY 26TH 1910

AGED 68 YEARS

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"THY WILL BE DONE"
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ALSO

LOUISA

WIFE OF THE ABOVE

BORN MAY 31ST 1841

DIED OCT 2ND 1915

AGED 74 YEARS



John was born in Desborough to Nathaniel Coe and Sarah Robinson. Jo. John began work as a silk weaver like his father, then, by 1871, moved into the shoe trade.

John married Louisa Wallis in 1875. Louisa was one of eight children born to John Wallis and Mary Morris. She had a twin sister, Lucy, who died at the age of about one.