Brief Life History of John D. "Jay"
When John D. "Jay" Coffman was born on 4 December 1881, in Gilmore, Georges Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John H Coffman, was 36 and his mother, Anna C Lyon, was 31. He married Effie Linda Smith on 30 July 1912, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in West Grange Election Precinct, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Malheur City, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 17 May 1961, in Vale, Malheur, Oregon, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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- Jay D Coffman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jay D Coffman, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- J D Coffman, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1890
1890: Reconstructed Idaho Information; population 2,311
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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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