Noted Relations: COFFIN Family

COFFIN Family ODT

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Relatives
Candidates Work List
Wikipedia Article
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Name forms

Coffeen, Coffen, Coffin, Coffing

Origin

English, French :
French: Derived from the Old French word cof(f)in, meaning basket. The name was given to those who worked making baskets.

Relatives

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	COFFIN, Robert P(eter) Tristram [1892-1955] – American poet, Pulitzer Prize COFN190 15C1 Over the course of his literary career, Coffin worked diligently to refine a style that would be able to embrace both the breadth of his reading and the depth of his social and historical ties to his land of origin, its civilization, and its religion. In 1934 Coffin accepted the Franklin Pierce professorship at Bowdoin, where he remained happily for the next three decades, teaching Shakespeare and poetry writing and issuing more than thirty books of verse, fiction, reminiscence, criticism, and regional description. In 1936 his book Strange Holiness won the Pulitzer Prize; ¤Robert Frost spoke for him when the award was presented. wiki:
	MOTT, Lucretia [1793-1880] – American reformer and Quaker preacher COFN116 12C4 wiki: née COFFIN, Lucretia

Candidates Work List

This is my working list of candidates to include -- I'm not yet sure if they are related to me! As candidates are eliminated (proven not related) they are marked appropriately (~~THUS~~) and an explanation included. They are kept in the list in case future research proves they can be included. (And to keep them from popping up on the list again!) Never discard good research!

Proven candidates' names are marked with an asterisk (*) until they can be added to the database.

COFFIN, Charles Albert [1844-1926]: American CEO (General Electric)
COFFIN, Charles Carleton [1823-1896]: American author and journalist
COFFIN, Charles Fisher [1823-1916]: American banker and Quaker minister
COFFIN, David Robbins [1918-2003]: American writer
COFFIN, Dean (Fiske) [1911-1992]: American writer
COFFIN, Henry Sloane [1877-1954]: American religious leader
COFFIN, Howard Earle [1873-1937]: American engineer

COFFIN, James Henry [1806-1873]: American mathematician, meteorologist
COFFIN, John [1756-1838]: American Loyalist
COFFIN, Levi [1789-1877]: American abolitionist
COFFIN, Lorenzo [1823-1915]: American legislator
COFFIN, Patricia [1912-1974]: American writer; The Gruesome Green Witch
COFFIN, Tristram [1912-1997]: American writer
COFFIN, William Anderson [1855-1925]: American art critic, painter

Wikipedia Article

This article may name additional candidates: coffin (surname)

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