BORN: 16 May 1880 in Barrie, Ontario
DIED: 21 August 1960 in Vernon, BC
MARRIED: 21 December 1905 in Toronto, Ontario
SPOUSE: Edith Kate Roper born 25 October 1873 in Toronto, Ontario, died 14 January 1963 in Vernon, BC
CHILDREN:
- Helen Jean born 6 March 1907 in Toronto, Ontario, died 5 September 1990 in Chase, BC
- John Roper born 24 October 1909 in Golden, BB, died 7 February 2013 in Oliver, BC
- Preston George born 29 November 1911 in Victoria, BC, died 27 May 1991 in Kamloops, BC
- Kathleen Sylvia born 5 July 1916 in Victoria, BC, died 22 September 2005 in Denman Island, BC
- Winnifred Merle born 3 December 1918 in Victoria, BC, died 8 January 2014 in West Vancouver, BC
NOTES:
PC Coates had a varied career. He earned his degree as a civil engineer at University of Toronto’s School of Practical Science in 1904. He then returned to Victoria and lived in the Marigold, Garden City district next to the John Abelson Coates house. He taught at Victoria High and rode his bicycle all the way to work. In August 1922 he became principal of Prince George High, then moved to teach at Princeton in 1924. In 1926, as Oliver was being opened for returning veterans, he bought a farm. In 1927 he moved to Oliver and developed his land into a successful fruit farm where he lived and worked for the rest of his life.