Born in North Mountain neighborhood, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Clinton Coffman
and Lucy May (Bly) Coffman
Brother of
Evelyn Louise (Coffman) Grubb, Margarette Elizabeth (Coffman) Apperson, Clinton Eugene Coffman, Pauline Bell (Coffman) Bradley, Raymond Franklin Coffman, Freda Marie (Coffman) Andrews, George Clinton Coffman Jr., John Curtis (Coffman) Finnerty, Ruby May Coffman, Jacqueline Harriet Coffman and Patricia Gloria (Coffman) Benben
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 64
in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jun 2017
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Biography
William was born in 1923. His parents were George Coffman and Lucy (Bly) Coffman.
In 1930 he and his twin brother were 7 years old and living with their uncle Russell Coffman in Virginia. [1]
He and his twin brother, Curtis, were adopted by William and Mary (Connolly) Finnerty of Fayette County, Pennsylvania at age 12. They changed his surname to Finnerty.
His adoptive father passed in 1938.
In 1940 he was 17 and living with his brother in the home of Mary Finnerty in Pennsylvania. [2]
In 1950 he was living with Mary Finnerty and her son in Pennsylvania. [3]
He married Doris Mae Myrick.
He passed in 1987. [4]
William was buried in Lafayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. [5]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CNPP-FW2 : accessed 3 April 2023), Carson E Coffman in household of Myrtle P Coffman, Davis Magisterial District, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 4B, line 77, family 85, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2460; FHL microfilm 2,342,194.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQHG-3QS : 7 January 2021), William Finnerty in household of Mary A Finnerty, German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-44, sheet 12A, line 7, 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.
- ↑ 1950 census
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J23M-PMS : 8 January 2021), William Finnerty, Jun 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106327569/william-c-finnerty: accessed 03 April 2023), memorial page for William C Finnerty (8 Jan 1923–22 Jun 1987), Find A Grave: Memorial #106327569, citing Lafayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Rebekah Billings (contributor 47129658).
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: GK8R-M3N
- Daniel W. Bly, A History of the Bly Family, Baltimore, MD (1992), p. 166.
- United States Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007 at ancestry.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~12.50%
John Finnerty
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~6.25%
Daniel Bly :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dwbly12
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~1.56%
Judy Kearns :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Jeremiah Rush :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TS4956867 [compare], yourDNAportal JER0e19e8cd, Ancestry member jrush4402
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~1.56%
Donna (Fadely) Housden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dfl1221
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