When Mary Ida Coffman was born on 31 October 1910, in Boyer Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States, her father, Thomas J. Hudson Coffman, was 30 and her mother, Elsie Rae Griffith, was 25. She married Lawrence Herman Cornelius on 6 December 1929, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Milaca Township, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States in 1950. She died on 30 March 1999, in Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Milaca, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States.
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Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
The museum started as a private collection given to the city by Henry W. Grout. Today it is still a nonprofit educational museum that helps engage students and all people from the surrounding communities.
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.
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