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Family HistoryFamily History - Elmer H. ‘Corky’ Coughran


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Elmer H. ‘Corky’ Coughran and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Elmer H. ‘Corky’ Coughran,1 born 15 March 1922 in Tarpley, Bandera County, Texas, the son of Elmer E. Coughran and Mabel E. Harris;1, 2, 3 died 27 May 2013 in Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas.1 Corky married, 29 June 1996 in Williamson County, Texas, Georgina ‘Gina’ Palmisano2, 5 (born 7 July 1924 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, the daughter of Pietro ‘Peter’ Palmisano and Antonina Lazzara;3, 4, 5 Gina died 11 April 20155). Corky is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.1

  1. Find a Grave (website). Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; Elmer Harris Coughran, born: 15 March 1922 in Tarpley, Bandera County, Texas; died: 27 May 2013 in Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas (from record, which indicates he was a LT COL, US Air Force, World War II, Korea, Viet Nam; and provides the names and links for his parents, sibling, and one spouse).
  2. Texas Marriage Collection 1814-1909 and 1966-2002, available at Ancestry.com, marriage of Elmer H. Coughran, age 74, and Georgina P. Palmisano, age 72, 29 Jun 1996, Williamson County, Texas.
  3. This is publicly viewable information found in various public information repositories, people finding websites, and/or social media.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, New London County, New London, Enumeration District 6-33, Sheet 12B, family of Peter Pamiscino [a misspelling of Palmisano] (31, Pennsylvania, 23 at first marriage), wife Anna (28, Italy, 20 at first marriage), son Samuel (7, Connecticut), daughter Georgina (5, Connecticut), and son Joseph (8/12, Connecticut). It is not known why Angelina, born in 1927, is not shown with the family in this census.
  5. Obituary, tributes.com (website), Georgina Joan “Gina” Coughran, died: 11 April 2005; born: 7 July 1924 in Westerly, Rhode Island. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents, three husbands, children and their spouses, siblings and their spouses.