Barbara
Anderson
Coats
Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Matthew Coats
and Mary (Buchanan) Coats
Sister of
Isabella Nicol Coats, Mary Norris Coats, Isabella Dunlop Coats, Thomas Coats, Agnes Buchanan Coats, Jeanie Nicol Y Coats and Lizzie Dewar Coats
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 47
in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jun 2023
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Biography
Barbara was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1894. She was the daughter of Matthew Coats and Mary Buchanan.[1]
Barbara was an engineer’s draughtswoman and a first aid worker during WW2. She died on 6 May 1941 when the Woodside First Aid Post in Paisley was struck by a parachute bomb.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ "Statutory registers - Births" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 30 June 2023), COATS, BARBARA ANDERSO, F, 1894, Paisley; citing Reference Number: 573/ 924.
- ↑ "Statutory registers - Deaths" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 30 June 2023), COATS, BARBARA ANDERSO, age 46, 1941, Paisley; citing Reference Number: 573/1 794.
- ↑ UK, World War II Civilian Deaths, 1939-1945, Burgh of Paisley: Page 2454. (Ancestry UK).
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