Researching Cecil Coleman
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14924 people with the Coleman surname? In that year Coleman was ranked number 259 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Cecil means "Blind" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Cecil Coleman on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Cecil Coleman and the Coleman Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Coleman Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Coleman family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 24018 people with the Coleman surname in the UK? Coleman is now ranked number 213 for popularity in the UK. |
Coleman Family History Databases
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Coleman Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Cecil Coleman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Cecil Coleman
Cecil Noble Coleman Jr. (April 12, 1924 – February 27, 1988) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Fresno State College—now known as California State University, Fresno—from 1959 to 1963, compiling a record of 37–13. Coleman was the athletic director at Fresno State from 1963 to 1971, at Wichita State University from 1971 to 1972, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1972 to 1979.
Coleman played college football at Arizona State University, from which he graduated in 1950. He was the starting quarterback for the Sun Devils and captain of the 1949 Arizona State Sun Devils football team. Coleman began his coaching career in 1950 at North High School in Phoenix, Arizona. He coached there for six seasons before moving on to Long Beach City College in 1956. Coleman returned to his alma mater, Arizona State, in 1957 and worked as an assistant under head coach Dan Devine for two seasons.
Coleman died at the age of 63, on February 27, 1988, at the Carle Clinic in Urbana, Illinois.
Source: Cecil Coleman, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Coleman
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