Researching Jerry 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 Jerry means "Form of GERALD. Spear Warrior" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jerry Coleman on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jerry 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 Genealogy Databases
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Coleman Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 288633 people with the Coleman surname in the USA? Coleman is ranked number 68 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Coleman Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Jerry Coleman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jerry Coleman
Jerry Coleman
Gerald Francis Coleman (September 14, 1924 – January 5, 2014) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 1949 by Associated Press, and was an All-Star in 1950 and later that year was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Yankees teams on which he was a player appeared in six World Series during his career, winning four times. Coleman served as a Marine Corps pilot in World War II and the Korean War, flying combat missions with the VMSB-341 Torrid Turtles (WWII) and VMA-323 Death Rattlers (Korea) in both wars. He later became a broadcaster, and he was honored in 2005 by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcasting contributions.
Source: Jerry Coleman, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Coleman
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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