Brief Life History of Walter Preston
When Walter Preston Coffey was born on 17 February 1903, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States, his father, Elijah Coffey Jr, was 39 and his mother, Rosa Shockley, was 38. He married Mamie Dent Stapleton on 27 March 1923, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Civil District 4, Grainger, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and District 4, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He died on 14 September 1984, in Thorn Hill, Grainger, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery, Thorn Hill, Grainger, Tennessee, United States.
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- Walter P Caffey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Walter Coffey, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Walter P Coffey, "Find A Grave Index"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Irish:
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cathbhadha ‘descendant of Cathbhadh’, a byname meaning ‘battle tent’, Ó Cathbhuadhaigh ‘descendant of Cathbhuadhach’ (‘battle victorious’), or Ó Cathmhogha ‘descendant of Cathmhugh’ (‘battle slave’).
shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cobhthaigh ‘descendant of Cobhthach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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