Lt. Col. Roger Lathrop "Rogie" COIT[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1913 - 2007  (93 years)


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  • Name Roger Lathrop "Rogie" COIT 
    Prefix Lt. Col. 
    Birth 7 Nov 1913  Oakland, Alameda County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    _UID 2444DBDEABCBD04F84AB2C82DE4666BFDC54 
    Death 29 Jan 2007  Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Burial Santa Cruz Memorial Park Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I70  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2022 

    Father Roger L. COIT,   b. 16 Sep 1884, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1968, Oakland, Alameda County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Alma Ellen RAYMOND,   b. 18 Nov 1884, White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1918, Oakland, Alameda County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1907  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    _UID 7C2BCD6FDE3BEF4BBEF9E8F6A9CEB3160B8F 
    Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thelma Doris RABB,   b. 6 Mar 1923, Fresno, Fresno County, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 2011, Capitola, Santa Cruz County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 9 Oct 1941  Reno, Washoe County, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    _UID 5DA200D8F47C624091DEF16BD6DC4F8E438D 
    Children 
     1. R.K.K. COIT
     2. J.L. COIT
     3. Cheryl Elaine COIT,   b. 20 Jan 1950, Oakland, Alameda County, California Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 2016, Salinas, Monterey County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F79  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Said to have visited at the Raymond house in Melbourne, Florida in the 1920s, as his cousins Murray and Mildred Raymond remember it. In 1937, lived in Berkeley, California. For a time was mayor of Mendota, near the Coit Ranch. Later lived in Palo Alto, Ca. where he was a buyer at Lockheed. In 1995, living in Aptos, CA.

  • Sources 
    1. [S132] Palo Alto City Directory from years 1958-1970 with his wife Thelma, living on Manchester Court. A buyer at Lockheed.

    2. [S133] William Bowden Coit of Fresno, CA.
      Said "Rogie" was mayor of Mendota, CA before moving to Palo Alto.

    3. [S11] U. S. Census records.
      1940 age 26 at Fresno, CA. Owner and operator grocery store.
      1950 age 36 at 3857 Brighton Ave, Oakland, CA w Thelma D, c Roger K, Jacqueline L, Cheryl E. Warehouseman, chain department store.

    4. [S5895] AT Coit Hollenbeck Family Tree, lgrose168.

    5. [S131] California Birth Index.

    6. [S3] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S211] Findagrave.com entry.
      LT COL US AIR FORCE
      WORLD WAR II KOREA

    8. [S2972] Cook County Illinois Marriages Index.

    9. [S7397] Marriage notice Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, 28 Oct 1941.
      Marries in Nevada
      In Reno, on October 9, the marriage of Miss Thelma Rabb to Mr. Roger L. Coit took place.
      The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mattie Rabb, San Joaquin rancher. She is a graduate of the Tranquility Union High School.
      Mr. Coit is son of Mr. Roger Coit, treasurer of Alameda County. He is a graduate of Oakland High School and attended the University of California at Berkeley, He is a west side San Joaquin Valley rancher and store proprietor.
      After a honeymoon at Lake Tahoe and Northern California, the couple are making their home on the Coit Ranch, near Mendota, in California.