John Leroy Coleman

Brief Life History of John Leroy

When John Leroy Coleman was born on 15 August 1879, in Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Moroni Coleman, was 35 and his mother, Jemima Price, was 30. He married Clarrissa Ann Parsons on 9 October 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 19 November 1967, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Magrath Cemetery, Magrath, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

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John Leroy Coleman
1879–1967
Leah Davies
1890–1934
Marriage: 16 November 1923
Enid Coleman
1924–2015
Joan Coleman
Joan Coleman
1930–2019

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  • John Leroy Colemane, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • John Leroy Coleman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • John Leroy Coleman, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1889

Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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