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DILLY BENJAMIN COLEMAN
Recognized as one of the able barristers practicing at the bar of Welland county, Dilly Benjamin Coleman has won appreciation not only from his professional associates, but from his fellow citizens at Welland where he has been practicing since 1919.
His family on his father’s side, are among the very earliest settlers in Welland county. His great –grandfather having settled at Port Robinson in 1808, their family properly belong amongst the original founders of Port Robinson, this county.
Dilly Benjamin Coleman was born in the beginnings of the eighteenth century, September 6th, 1890, in Wainfleet township, Welland county. His parents were James Arthur and Lelia (Strong) Coleman. His father was engaged in the natural gas business. Mr. Coleman attended public and high school, graduating from both in Welland, and then attended the Toronto University, graduating from here in 1914 with a B.A. and L.L.B. Mr. Coleman then attended Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1916. He spent a short time after his graduation with the well-known law firm of Gregory, Gonderham, Campbell and Coleman of Toronto.
In 1919 Mr. Coleman, visioning a wider field for his talents, returned to his birthplace, Welland county, and entered the practice of law with Mr. McComb, Barrister and City Solicitor of the City of Welland and has been affiliated in this law partnership ever since.
He also enjoys the honor of being president of the City of Welland Horticultural Society, and has been a member of the Welland Park Commission several years. He is a member of the Anglican Church, and is married to Miss Lillian Gooth, daughter of Frederick H. and Augusta A. Gooth, the former is a prominent insurance broker of Toronto.
A.E. Coombs
History of The Niagara Peninsula and the New Welland Canal
1930
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