Nancy Coffman

Brief Life History of Nancy

When Nancy Coffman was born on 28 March 1836, in Putnam, Indiana, United States, her father, William Coffman, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Huffman, was 22. She married Andrew Jackson Keller on 27 November 1856, in Owen, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Morgan Township, Owen, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Harrison Township, Owen, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 26 August 1932, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jordan, Morgan Township, Owen, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson Keller
1831–1889
Nancy Coffman
1836–1932
Marriage: 27 November 1856
William Hiram Keller
1857–1920
Mary Jane Keller
1860–1938
Willard Fay Keller
1864–1942

Sources (16)

  • Nancy Keller in household of Mary Graham, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Nancy Coffman, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
  • Nancy Keller in the Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011

World Events (8)

1837

Historical Boundaries 1837: Owen, Indiana, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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