The Proeger Family · Generation 3 — Earl's grandparents and their siblings

Joseph Franklin Coffman Jr.

Son of Joseph Franklin Coffman · 1908–1990

Joseph Franklin Coffman Jr.

Probable

Son of Joseph Franklin Coffman · 1908–1990

Born
in Texas
Parents
Joseph Franklin Coffman
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as a son of Joseph Franklin Coffman. The evidence is strong: the 1940 Kauffman-Coffman family book, page 567, gives his birth on 10 November 1908; the index of the 1930 census lists him in his father’s household; and the index of his California death record gives the same date of birth and his mother’s maiden name as Stanley, the surname the family book gives his father’s first wife S1753. It stays Probable because every record is an index or a compiled book: no image has been read and no birth record has been found.

Evidence: The 1940 Kauffman-Coffman family book, page 567, gives his birth on 10 November 1908; the index of the 1930 census lists him in the household of his father, Joseph Franklin Coffman; the California Death Index gives the same date of birth, his death on 24 June 1990 in San Diego County and his mother's maiden name as Stanley; the Social Security Death Index agrees on the death (S1753). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Every record is an index or a compiled book, and no image has been read; no birth record has been found; his mother's first name rests on the family book alone; no record read names his wife. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1990
Joseph Franklin Coffman Jr., called J. Frank, died on 24 June 1990 in San Diego County, California. He was born in Texas on 10 November 1908. The date of birth is in the 1940 family book and in the California Death Index; the date of death is in the California Death Index and the Social Security Death Index S1753.
Census1933
The 1933 Abilene city directory lists a J. Frank Coffman with a wife Edna M. at 709 Grape S1400. A directory states no relationships, and that this is he is not proved. His wife and his children are not named here.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when he was added to the family tree as a son of Joseph Franklin Coffman, from the 1940 Kauffman-Coffman book, the 1930 census index, the California Death Index and the Social Security Death Index (S1753).

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Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Son of Joseph Franklin Coffman (1884–1966). His mother was his father’s first wife, whom the 1940 family book names as Pet Stanley; she has no card. He is not a son of Lora Matilda Maxwell Coffman, his father’s second wife, who was his stepmother.
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: every record is an index or a compiled book, and no image has been read; no birth record has been found; his mother’s first name rests on the family book alone; no record read names his wife. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1400 S1753 Card added 2026-10-12

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Joseph Franklin Coffman Jr. · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

2 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1400Abilene, Texas, city directory, 1933, p. 114 — the Coffman entries. Ancestry, “U.S., City Directories, 1822–1995”, record 407514432. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 4 October 2026. Confirmed “Coffman D Carl (Minnie M) slsmn r426 Elm”; “Coffman J Frank (Edna M) h709 Grape apt 5”; “Coffman J Lee (Mattie Jane) agt Seaboard Life Ins Co h1782 Oak”; with an unrelated grocer’s family. ⚠ A directory states no relationships. D. Carl at 426 Elm with Minnie M. matches the 1930 and 1940 censuses (S1220, S1221); J. Frank, with a wife Edna M., is not identified here: he is either his brother Joseph Franklin Coffman, whose wife by the other records was Lora, or that brother’s son Joseph Franklin Coffman Jr., born in 1908, which the wife’s name fits better (S1753).
  2. S1753Indexes and family book — Joseph Franklin (J. Frank) Coffman Jr., Texas, 1908, and San Diego County, California, 1990. Kauffman-Coffman genealogy (1940), p. 567. FamilySearch: 1930 census index (HLJ5-7W2); California Death Index (VP9H-33B); Social Security Death Index (JB75-CZW). Index text and a compiled book; no image read. Probable Family book: born 10 November 1908, a son of Joseph Franklin Coffman. 1930: in his father’s household. California Death Index: born 10 November 1908 in Texas, died 24 June 1990 in San Diego County, mother’s maiden name Stanley. The Social Security Death Index agrees on the death. ⚠ Index and compiled book only: no image has been read and no birth record has been found. The family book alone gives his mother’s first name, Pet. His wife and children are not named here. Serves the cards of Joseph Franklin Coffman Jr., Joseph Franklin Coffman and Lora Matilda Maxwell Coffman, his stepmother.

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