Harvey Beam Coleman

Brief Life History of Harvey Beam

When Harvey Beam Coleman was born on 14 December 1919, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, his father, Press Coleman, was 39 and his mother, Ida Bean, was 36. He lived in Halsellville Township, Chester, South Carolina, United States in 1920. He died on 12 September 1980, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.

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Harvey Beam Coleman
1919–1980
Bessie Mae Mayfield
1923–1992

Sources (9)

  • Harvey Coleman in household of Press R Coleman, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Harvey Coleman, "South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951"
  • Harvey B. Coleman, "Find A Grave Index"

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1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920 · Women Get the Vote

In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified making it so that women could vote. This achievement finally gave North Carolina the freedom to vote they had been fighting for since 1897.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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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