Individual Details

William Lewis Coffman

(19 Apr 1869 - 8 Sep 1944)

U. S. Census of 1900 for City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota shows William L. Coffman [indexed as Coffma, Willson L.] with wife Edna and son Louis P. William is a switchman for the railroad and the couple has been married 5 years with 2 children born, one surviving.

San Diego Union, San Diego, California, September 10, 1944, Page 38: William L. Coffman. Services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 in the Lewis mortuary chapel for William Lewis Coffman, 75, of 4819 Orange ave., retired railroad man. Burial will be in the Mount Hope cemetery. He died Friday in a local hospital. Mr. Coffman, a native of Edginton, Ill., had resided in San Diego four years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Edna L. Coffman; five sons, Royal A., of San Diego; Lewis P. and J. Walker to Minneapolis, Minn., and Pvt. Frank W. and John H., U.S.A. [United States Army]; and four daughters, Helen M. and Elizabeth L. Coffman, of Los Angeles; Mrs. Stella C. Delmore and Mrs. Arline C. Flor, of Minneapolis.

Events

BirthApr 1869Iowa
Birth19 Apr 1869Edgington, Rock Island Co., Illinois
Residence1880Afton, Union Co., Iowa
Marriage22 Oct 1895Hennepin Co., Minnesota - Edna Laura Taylor
Residence1900Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
Residence1910Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
Residence1920Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
Residence1930Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota
Death8 Sep 1944San Diego, San Diego Co., California
BurialMount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., California

Families

SpouseEdna Laura Taylor (1877 - 1953)
ChildLewis Porter Coffman (1899 - 1971)
ChildHelen Mae Coffman (1901 - 1948)
ChildStella Beatrice Coffman (1902 - 1964)
ChildRoyal Alexander Coffman (1904 - 1952)
ChildFrank William Coffman (1907 - 1973)
ChildArline Luverne Coffman (1913 - 2003)
ChildJay Walter Coffman (1917 - 2002)
ChildJohn Harvey Coffman (1919 - 1984)
ChildElizabeth "Betty" Louise Coffman (1921 - 1994)

Endnotes

1. 1900 Census Hennipin Co., Minnesota.

2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

3. Obituary of William L. Coffman, San Diego Union, San Diego, California, September 10, 1944, Page 38.

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. 1900 Census Hennipin Co., Minnesota.

6. Minnesota Official Marriage System (MOMS) (n.p: www.moms.mn.gov, n.d).

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

12. Obituary of William L. Coffman, San Diego Union, San Diego, California, September 10, 1944, Page 38.