John Curtis (Coffman) Finnerty (1923 - 1993)

Born 8 Jan 1923 in North Mountain neighborhood, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

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Died 18 Jul 1993 at age 70 in Bound Brook, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1923. His parents were George Coffman and Lucy (Bly) Coffman. ^[1]

His parents died in 1929.

In 1930 he and his twin brother were 7 years old and living with their uncle Russell Coffman in Virginia. ^[2]

John Curtis Coffman, and his twin brother, William Carson, were adopted by William and Mary (Connolly) Finnerty of Fayette County, Pennsylvania at age 12. They changed his surname to Finnerty.

His adoptive father died in 1838.

In 1940 he was 17 and living with his adoptive mother Mary, his brother and adoptive brother in Pennsylvania. ^[3]

He married Fannie Elizabeth Holliday in about Jun 1943. Her parents were Clark Holliday and Josephine (Harford) Holliday. ^[4]

He passed in 1993. Parents listed. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K34-1CYY : 10 February 2023), Curtis Coffman, .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CNPP-D6Z : accessed 3 April 2023), Curtice L Coffman in household of Myrtle P Coffman, Davis Magisterial District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 4B, line 76, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2460; FHL microfilm 2,342,194.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQHG-3Q9 : 7 January 2021), John Finnerty in household of Mary A Finnerty, German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-44, sheet 12A, line 6, family 163, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3504.
4. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K98-XG3K : 10 February 2023), Fannie Elizabeth Finnerty, .

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: GK85-3ZH
• Daniel W. Bly, A History of the Bly Family, Baltimore, MD (1992), p. 166.
• United States Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007 at ancestry.com. His original name and birth parents are named on the application.