Brief Life History of Marcus E
When Marcus E Coffman was born on 27 June 1905, in Indiana, United States, his father, William Francis Coffman, was 34 and his mother, Pearl May Runyan, was 27. He married Audrey Faye Shipp on 4 June 1925, in Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1950. He died in 1972, in Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.
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- Marcus E Coffman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Marcus El cannon Coffman - Published information: birth-name: Marcus El cannon Coffman
- Marcuse E. Cuffman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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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.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
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
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kaufmann or of its variants Kaufman , Koffmann (see Koffman ), Kofmann, and Kofman .
Americanized form of Dutch Kofman or of its cognate Koffeman, the second form characteristic of the former island of Urk.
History: As a name of Swiss German origin, originally spelled Kaufmann (see 1 above), the surname Coffman is also found among the American Mennonites; the change of their already Americanized name Kauffman to Coffman occured in Page County, VA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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