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I looked at it again and I see that there are 2 Michael Colemans and family on the same page and the Michael Coleman who is a Hawker doesn’t have a son John listed.

Entry was a common part of an address in that type of place. A bit like "Lane" or "Passage". Sometimes these old names don't appear on official documents if it was just what the were known as locally.

I have now found a likely match in the 1921 census for one of Francis and Mary Ann Grahams orphan children,
Margaret Alice aka Margarita Alicia Graham

Convent of Mercy Wigton

Parents both dead

Date of birth is correct.

Because Francis and Mary Ann Graham both died in 1918 I am trying to find out what happened to their children, as they were all my family members.
Amy information would be gratefully received.

Thanks for your input.
I don’t have any evidence for Johns mother’s maiden name.
I was looking at the Coleman family which settled in Knaresborough and the mother was Anna Kelly. But I discounted that family as I can’t find a John in the correct period. I made contact with a member of the knaresborough family and they did not know about my John.
I was told by my ancestor that my branch of the family were tinkers.
I have found some more clues:

Name   John Coleman
Baptism Age   0
Event Type   Baptism
Birth Date   1845
Baptism Date   20 May 1845
Baptism Place   Lorrha and Dorrha, Tipperary, Ireland
Parish Variants   Doorha, Dorrha, Durrow, Lorha, Lorha and Durrow, Lorrha and Doorha
Diocese   Killaloe
Father   
Michael Coleman
Mother   
Bridget Hegarty

How ever I do have confirmation of the 1911census  tynemouth workhouse where John Coleman is supposed to be from knocknahur Sligo. It fits with my other verified facts.

If I could even get a census of Ireland copy which had both John and Michael in then that would help. According to census records John was born 1845.

Updating the search for my ancestors, I did find a bit more information regarding the Knarsborough family probably not being the one because they are missing a John at the appropriate period, but I did come up with a possible family match in the household of Batty Coleman in Sligo from the 1911 Irish census.
I also found that John and Mary Ann had an infant daughter named Margaret Dixon Coleman, born 19 jan 1870, Haverton Hill, Billingham. Registered by Mary Ann Coleman. John is a general labourer.

A death certificate from 13 Feb 1870 lists cause of death as premature birth. The informant is John Coleman present at the death.
I have looked into the possibilities as to what  they were doing there and it seemed a hive of industry in 1870 with possibilities of all sorts of work for a general labourer. I have been past Haverton Hill recently and it seems mainly to be the destination for a Teeside recycling plant.