When William Chris Coffman was born on 29 June 1829, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Isaac Coffman Junior, was 39 and his mother, Marab T Harbour, was 35. He married Martha E Ashby in 1846, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Morganfield, Union, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 1 Morganfield, Union, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 January 1924, in Union, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sturgis, Union, Kentucky, United States.
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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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