Researching Paul Coffin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 729 people with the Coffin surname? In that year Coffin was ranked number 2851 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Paul means "small" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Paul Coffin on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Paul Coffin in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paul Coffin and the Coffin Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Coffin 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 Coffin family tree.
Search Parish Records for Paul Coffin at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Paul Coffin using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Paul Coffin.
Research the Coffin surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Coffin Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 701 people with the Coffin surname in the UK? Coffin is now ranked number 3380 for popularity in the UK. |
Coffin Genealogy Databases
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Find Paul Coffin from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Coffin Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Coffin surname in the USA? Coffin is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Coffin Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Paul Coffin. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Paul Coffin
Paul Coffin
Paul R. Coffin (1942 – March 19, 2021) was a Canadian businessman who pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud in connection with the sponsorship scandal involving the Liberal Party of Canada in May 2005. As head of Communication Coffin, an advertising agency based in Montreal, Quebec, Coffin was contracted by Public Works Canada to handle sponsorship deals on their behalf. The RCMP charged him with 18 counts of fraud for submitting fake invoices in relation to this work, which Coffin later admitted to during the Gomery Commission. As part of his plea bargain, Coffin admitted to defrauding the federal government of $1,556,625, of which more than $1 million was eventually repaid to the federal government. He initially received a conditional sentence of two years less a day to be served in the community, although the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned this, and sentenced him to 18 months in jail.
According to Elections Canada, between 1999 and 2001 Coffin donated a total of $24,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada, the governing party of Canada at the time.
Along with Jean Brault and Charles Guité, Coffin is one of only a few people who were ultimately charged in connection with the sponsorship scandal. He died on March 19, 2021.
Source: Paul Coffin, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Coffin
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