Ulysses Edward Coffman

Brief Life History of Ulysses Edward

When Ulysses Edward Coffman was born on 13 April 1924, in Daleville, Salem Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, his father, Irvin Michael Coffman, was 36 and his mother, Edith Pugsley, was 35. He had at least 1 daughter with Claire Ione Sells. He lived in United States in 1949 and Anderson Township, Madison, Indiana, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 29 June 1994, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 70.

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Ulysses Edward Coffman
1924–1994
Claire Ione Sells
1928–1969
Nancy Jean Coffman
1956–1956

Sources (9)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • U Edward Coffman, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Ulysses Edward Coffman, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

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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