Brief Life History of Edgar Donald
When Edgar Donald Coleman was born on 1 March 1911, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States, his father, Gaston Lee Coleman, was 33 and his mother, Maggie Elizabeth King, was 33. He lived in Reems Creek Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Leicester Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1940.
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Sources (6)
- Edgar Coleman, "United States Census, 1940"
- E D Coleman, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Edgar Donald Coleman, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1911– Male
1911– Female
Parents and Siblings
1877–1953 Male
1877–1964 Female
Siblings (6)
1899–1918 Male
1900–1971 Male
1904–2000 Female
1909–1955 Female
1911– Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 1
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Age 7
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Age 31
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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