Antoinette Christine DOBRY

1899 - 1985  (86 years)

• Name	Antoinette Christine DOBRY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	13 Jun 1899	Kremlin, Garfield, Oklahoma Territory, USA   [3, 5, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Christina DOBRY  [13, 14]
  Also Known As	Chryse DOBRY  [11, 12, 15, 16]
  Also Known As	Shan STEWART  [5, 15]
  	Searching for "Shan Stewart" on ancestry.com gives various answers, including multiple "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995" entries dated 1948 through 1969 - all in Palo Alto, CA. We do not truly know this is the same person so we will just reference them here for now.
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Kremlin, Garfield, Oklahoma, USA   [10]
  Immigration	1906  [13]
  	This refers to the date of Antoniette's immigration to Canada from the US.
  Census	Abt May 1911	Killam, Flagstaff, Alberta, Canada   [13]
  Census	6 Jun 1911	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   [17]
  Census	1916	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   [2]
  Census	1921	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada   [14]
  Immigration	10 Oct 1923	San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA   [5]
  	This refers to the date of Antoniette's immigration to the US from Canada.
  Census	4 Apr 1940	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [11]
  Census	24 Apr 1950	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [16]
  Naturalization	25 Mar 1958	San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA   [3, 7]
  Death	22 Jul 1985  [12]
  	It never ceases to amaze me that we can have so much information for a person and then they just simply disappear. No record of Antoinette, Christina or Shan's death can be located anywhere.
  Person ID	I289	Rivera Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph August DOBRY,   b. 27 Jul 1870, Bohemia d. 22 Jul 1956, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Annie Agnes RUZICKA,   b. 20 Feb 1879, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA d. 18 Jan 1972, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Apr 1896	Canadian, Oklahoma Territory, USA   [18]
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Eugene COLEMAN, Jr.,   b. 9 Mar 1901, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA d. 10 Feb 1966 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1924	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA   [5, 6]
  Divorce	Between 5 Apr 1940 and 24 Apr 1950  [5]
  	Antoinette was married in 1924 and on her 1958 naturalization papers is listed as divorced. The family was enumerated on the 1940 census and the divorce must have occured between those two events. Update... Antoinette is listed as divorced on the 1950 census, which helps us narrow our window. Assuming the correct record has been located, Eugene Coleman Jr appears on the 1950 Beverly Hills, CA census married to a lady named Valmar.
  Children	+ 1. Rexford Lee COLEMAN,   b. 2 Jun 1930, Hollywood/Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA d. 26 Jan 2013, Irvine, Orange, California, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Mattison Barr COLEMAN
  Family ID	F125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 6 Jun 1911 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Census - 1916 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Census - 1921 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S117] COLEMAN, Rex, Email of 20 May 2004. My mother?s name was Antoinette Christine Dobry but she disliked "Antoinette" and never used it. [S760] 1916 Census of Canada, Alberta, District No. 37, Sub-District No. 2, Enumeration District No. 2 in City of Edmonton, Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 1916 Schedule; Online Images, Page 14. [S693] U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992. Name: Antoinette Christine Coleman Birth Date: 13 Jun 1899 Age at event: 58 Court District: California Date of Action: 25 Mar 1958 [S963] Obituary of Joseph DOBRY, (Name: Calgary Herald; Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Date: 23 Jul 1956;). Joseph Dobry A resident of Alberta for more than 50 years, Joseph August Dobry of 1119 Premier Way, died Sunday in a local nursing home at the age of 86. Born in Czechoslovakia, he came to Canda in 1905. Well-known for his work to obtain gas rights for Edmonton in the Viking Gas Field, Mr. Dobry was president of Dobry Oil Co. Ltd. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Church. Survivors include is wife, Annie; two sons, Dr. Joseph Dobry of Calgary and Dr. Austin N. Dobry of Vancouver; three daughters, Mrs. J. Slavik, Viking, Mrs. Dwain [sic] T. Shinn, Washington, and Mrs. E. Colman [sic], California, and one brother, Joseph of Oklahoma. The body will be forwarded to Viking for funeral srvice [sic] and burial. Leyden's Funeral Home Ltd. is in charge. This obituary references Joseph's brother Joseph in Oklahoma - which makes no sense. It must be a mistake and is actually referring to Florian. [S1046] California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999. Name: Antoinette Christine Dobry Coleman Record Type: Petition Birth Date: 13 Jun 1899 Birth Place: Kremlin, Oklahoma Petition Place: California, USA Spouse: Henry Eugene Coleman Petition Number: 132945 [S1047] California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980. Name: Antoinette C Dobry Gender: Female Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 12 Jun 1924 [this is the date of recording] Marriage Place: Los Angeles, California, USA Spouse: Henry E Coleman [S693] U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992. Name: Antoinette Christine Dobry Record Type: Naturalization Naturalization Date: 17 Feb 1958 [S1130] California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Name: Mattison Barr Coleman Birth Date: 8 Apr 1934 Gender: Male Mother's Maiden Name: Dobry Birth County: Los Angeles [S1046] California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999. Name: Aiko Takahashi Coleman Gender: Female Petition Age: 26 Record Type: Naturalization Petition Birth Date: 1 Jan 1932 Birth Place: Abute, Japan Marriage Date: 28 Aug 1953 Marriage Place: Sapporo, Japan Petition Date: 1958 Petition Place: California, USA Naturalization Place: USA Ship: President Cleveland Court: District Court, Northern District, California: San Francisco Relation to Head: Self (Head) Spouse: Rexford Lee Coleman Child: Christine Eugenie Petition Number: 135436 Description: Petition 134840 Johann Heinrich Goebel: Petition 135628 Yoko (Minayoshi) (Maya) Radcliff 1958 [S4] 1900 U.S. Census, Oklahoma Territory, Garfield, Kremlin, Twelfth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District #219, Enumeration District #51, Sheet #4, Line #36. [S821] 1940 U.S. Census, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Sixteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 11, Enumeration District No. 60-52, Sheet No. 2A. Lines 34 thru 37 [S1432] RUZICKA FAMILY, Page 2, "Appendix B". [4] CHRYSE DOBRY B. 13/6/1899 D. 22/7/1985 [S165] 1911 Census of Canada, Province: Alberta, District No. 6, Strathcona, Enumeration District No. 14 Killam, Page 17. [S1430] 1921 Census of Canada, Alberta, District No. 6, West Edmonton, Enumeration Sub-district No. 84, Sixth Census of Canada Schedule; Online Images, Page 6A. Lines 29 thru 34 [S693] U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992. Name: Shan Stewart Court District: California Date of Action: 17 Feb 1958 [S1433] 1950 U.S. Census, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 66-202, Sheet No. 76. Lines 3 and 4 [S165] 1911 Census of Canada, Province: Alberta, District No. Edmonton, Enumeration District No. 61 in City of Edmonton, Page 13. It appears that the DOBRY family was counted twice on the 1911 Canada census. They seem to have been counted a month apart based on Austin's reported age - 8/12 in Killam and 9/12 in Edmonton. Additionally, Agnes is missing from the Edmonton census. As she was 18 at the time, maybe she had just moved out? Or was maybe with her natural mother? [S945] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995. Name: Joseph A Dobry Gender: Male Age: 24 Birth Date: abt 1872 Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1896 Marriage Place: Canadian, Oklahoma, USA Father: Joseph Doby Mother: Madalene Semrad Spouse: Annie B Reuzecka [sic] Film Number: 001398781