| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation13012. Joseph Willson Coffey8433 was born on 13 July 1879 in Iowa. He registered for the WWI draft on 2 September 1918 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.37416 He registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL37417 Joseph died in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA on 9 February 1952 and was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA in February 1952 .37418 This family was not found in any Washington Co., IA census record. From an article in the Iowa City Citizen, Iowa City, IA, May 23, 1917: "Willson [sic] Coffey and family of Iowa City were over Sunday visitors at the E. I. Coffey home." Joseph Willson Coffey and Vinnie Mae Estella Emmons were married on 24 December 1901 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA.37419 They37419 appeared in the census on 21 April 1910 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA.37420 They37420 appeared in the census on 6 January 1920 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.37421 Joseph and Vinnie37421 appeared in the census on 22 April 1930 in Cook Co., IL.37422 Vinnie Mae Estella Emmons8433, daughter of Joshua Emmons and Minnie J. Kennedy, was born on 29 May 1879 in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA. Vinnie died at St. Therese Hospital in Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX on 18 October 1949 congestive heart failure and was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, Johnson Co., IA in October 1949 .37423,37424 Under the headline "Iowa City Women Are Six To One For Equal Suffrage In Test Made," The Iowa City Citizen, May 26, 1916: Women Favorable to Suffrage: Mrs. J. W. Coffey [among many other ladies] Joseph Willson Coffey and Vinnie Mae Estella Emmons had the following children:
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