Robert Clare Coleman

Brief Life History of Robert Clare

When Robert Clare Coleman was born on 14 August 1879, in Richardson, Nebraska, United States, his father, William Lewis Coleman, was 54 and his mother, Alice Leona Wheaton, was 27. He married Gertrude Williams on 21 March 1903, in Falls City, Richardson, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Verdon, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1910 and Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1920. He died in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Clare Coleman
1879–
Florence Trimmer
1883–1951
Marriage: 29 November 1905
Martin Claire Coleman
1907–1991
Melvin Louis Coleman
1909–1990
Marvel Wauneta Coleman
1911–1980

Sources (9)

  • Clare Coleman in household of W L Coleman, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
  • Clare Coleman, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Robert Clare Coleman, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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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

Historical Boundaries: 1882: Richardson, Nebraska, United States

1910 · The BSA is Made

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Name Meaning

Irish and English: from the Middle English personal name Col(e)man, Old Irish Colmán, earlier Columbán, adopted as Old Norse Kalman. It was introduced into Cumbria, Westmorland, and Yorkshire by Norwegians from Ireland and probably spread widely across England. Ó Colmáin (‘descendant of Colmán’) was the name of an Irish missionary to Europe, also known as Saint Columban(us) (c. 540–615), who founded the monastery of Bobbio in northern Italy in 614. Columbanus is formally a derivative of the Latin for ‘dove’, seen in the name of the 6th-century missionary known in English as Saint Columba (521–597), who converted the Picts to Christianity. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

Irish: from Mac Colmáin or Ó Colmáin ‘son (or descendant) of Colmán’.

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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