Brief Life History of Pearl May
When Pearl May Runyan was born on 7 May 1878, in Indiana, United States, her father, Marcus Lafayette Runyan, was 36 and her mother, Amanda McNairy, was 30. She married William Francis Coffman on 18 October 1898, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Monroe Township, Madison, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States for about 40 years. She died on 21 July 1961, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.
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- Pearl M Coffman in household of Willaim Coffman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Pearl May Runyan - Published information: birth-name: Pearl May Runyan
- Pearl May Runyan, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Possibly also Irish: variant of Runyon 2. This surname is virtually non-existing in Ireland and Britain.
Variant of Runyon 1, a surname of French origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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