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Elizabeth Coleman, born in Singapore on 10 March 1829 (or 1828) by an unknown woman, and was christened at St. Andrew's Cathedral on 30 July 1837. The mother of his daughter is likely to have been Takoyee Manuk, the sister of Gvork Manuk, even though Coleman had built a
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on 17 September 1842. Coleman however found himself unable to settle down in Europe, and returned to
Singapore via Calcutta with his bride on 25 November 1843 at short notice. He took possession of another of his houses which stood at 1 and 2 Coleman Street. Coleman later had a son, George Vernon
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Coleman grave along with others were since exhumed from 1954 to 1965 and their preserved gravestones were built into the walls of the former cemetery. The memorial for his gravesite still stands at Fort Canning Park. In December 1965, Coleman's residence, the
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In June 1823, Coleman left for Java where he spent his next two and a half years, and returned to
Singapore in 1825 due to conflicts between the Dutch and native Javanese. On 26 January 1826 he designed a large
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Revenue Surveyor, surveyed land titles which was issued mostly to cover shop-house lots in the town. In 1828, Coleman designed and built his own
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England after 15 years of continuous work and 25 years in the East. On a return trip to in Ireland, Coleman married Maria Frances Vernon, of
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in 1846, then known as the Public
Offices of the Settlement. The building has undergone considerable changes since and not much of Coleman's original design remains.
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architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of much of the civil infrastructure in early Singapore, after it was founded by Sir
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which was built on the slope of the hill in late 1822. Raffles was away in Sumatra at the time, but Coleman also set about designing for him the
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of timber with a thatched roof. On his return, Raffles approved the house, construction of which was begun in November of the same year on
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within months of her first husband's death. Napier adopted Coleman's infant son George, who would die on board of
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Respected Citizens: The History of Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia
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