Brief Life History of Walter Thomas
When Walter Thomas Coffman was born on 17 August 1882, in Polk, Iowa, United States, his father, William Thomas Coffman, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Lambert, was 33. He married Bertha Pauline Cecil on 20 November 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1935 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 25 November 1944, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Walter T Coffman in household of William T Coffman, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Walter Thomas Coffman, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Walter T. Coffman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1899 · The Salt Palace Convention Center
The original Salt Palace was built in 1899 and It stood on 900 South, between State Street and Main Street. The Salt Palace was a frame structure covered in large pieces of rock salt, which gave it its name. The Salt Palace was destroyed by fire on August 29, 1910 and was replaced by the Majestic Hall. This Hall only lasted for a while during the remodel of the Salt Palace. The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake Comic Con has been held at the Salt Palace Convention Center since September 2013.
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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