Brief Life History of Florence Adella
When Florence Adella Bonham was born on 18 June 1897, in Saint Jacob, Madison, Illinois, United States, her father, Lewis Hugh Bonham, was 25 and her mother, Pauline Schoeck, was 21. She married Timothy Foster Coleman on 10 June 1918, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Indio Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States in 1940 and Indio, Riverside, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 25 January 1989, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Beaumont, Riverside, California, United States.
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Sources (25)
- Florence A Coleman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Flarence Adella Bonham, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Coleman, Timothy and Florence Bonham, Marriage Certificate, 1918
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin):
nickname from Old French bon homme ‘good man’ (from Latin bonus homo), or from a Middle English personal name of the same etymology.
possibly also a habitational name from Bonham in Stourton (Wiltshire), which is likely manorial in origin, taking its name from that of an early owner with the same name as in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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