Robert William COON Jr. ^6,18,19

   Another name for Robert was Robert William COON.

  Research Notes:

Addresses
1900 Census: -Hudson Ave., Village of Chatham , Town of Ghent, NY
1910 Census: -38 Robertson Ave., White Plains, NY
1920 Census: Alison is a widow -62 Robertson Ave., White Plains, NY
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1900 map of Greenburg, White Plains : Robertson Ave is called Bronx Ave.
1908 map Revised Map of Building Lots - Chatterton Hill, changed to Robertson Ave. Was street renamed for Robert Coon and sons who built so many houses there?

  Events in his life were:

• He was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church on 22 Oct 1854 in Germantown , Columbia, NY, USA. ^21,22,23 His parents were recorded as Robert W. and Betsey Coen, his birth as Mar 30 1854.

• In 1860 he lived in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, USA. ¹⁸

• In 1865 he lived in Clermont, , New York, USA. ²⁴ He was 11, listed as a labourer and lived with sister Mary Ellen and her husband Peter Feller.

• Marriage: married Alison Davidson, 29 Sep 1881, Toronto, Canada. ²⁵ He was 27 and she was 24. The marriage was performed by Joseph Wild and their witnesses were Willet F Casey and Amelia Jettie Davis.

• Death of child: Leonard died at age 3 and was buried, 1886, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA.

• Birth of child: Bessie, 1887, Stratford, , Ontario, Canada.

• From 1888 to 1895 he lived in Stratford, , Ontario, Canada. His children Bessie,Edward, Charles, Archie and Henry were born here.

• Birth of child: His youngest child Louis G. Coon born, 1898, Town Of Ghent, Village Of Chatham, Columbia County, New York.

• In 1900 he lived Hudson Avenue in the Town of Ghent, (part of the village of Chatham) in Chatham, Columbia, New York, USA. ⁷

• In 1910 he lived 38 Robertson Ave in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA. ⁸

• He worked as a Carpenter.

• He was Lutheran. ²⁶

• He died on 1 Jan 1920 in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA.

• He was buried on 4 Jan 1920 in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA.

• He was buried at the White Plains Rural Cemetery in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA. ²⁷ I visited this cemetery in 2007. There is a large stone with the name COON in raised letters cut into the stone. Robert's marker is set in the ground, it reads: FATHER, 1854-1920. Next to his marker are Alison and Allan.

Robert married Alison DAVIDSON, daughter of Duncan DAVIDSON and Elizabeth FISHER, on 29 Sep 1881 in Toronto, Canada.¹⁷ (Alison DAVIDSON was born on 22 Feb 1857 in Toronto, Canada,^2,6,28 died on 14 Feb 1946 in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA ²⁹ and was buried on 16 Feb 1946 in White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA.)

  Events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: Witnesses were Willet Casey and Amelia Jettie Davis; Ceremony preformed by Joseph Wild., 29 Sep 1881, Toronto, Canada.