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  2. Alonzo Burton COLEMAN: Birth: 12 JAN 1922 in Madrid, Iowa. Death: AFT 1 NOV 2010 in Bakersfield, California

  3. Leroy COLEMAN: Birth: 19 MAR 1923 in Madrid, Iowa. Death: 19 MAR 1923 in Madrid, Iowa

  4. Vanila Fae COLEMAN: Birth: 2 FEB 1925 in Madrid, Iowa. Death: 15 MAR 1997 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio

  5. Arnold Duane COLEMAN: Birth: 4 SEP 1928 in Madrid, Iowa; Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa/Des Moines, Polk Co., IA. Death: MAR 2002 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington

  6. Arlene COLEMAN: Birth: 30 DEC 1932 in Boone, Iowa. Death: 30 DEC 1932 in Boone, Iowa


Notes
a. Note:   Alta went out to South Dakota at age 11 and worked.
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  History:
 Madrid, Iowa, was originally known as Swede Point by its Swedish founders, among whom the first was Anna Dalander, an immigrant Swedish widow, in 1846. She and her seven children traveled to Iowa looking for the community of New Sweden. Taking the wrong fork of the Des Moines River, they ended up in the area now called Madrid.
  It was a small coal mining community during the winter and a farming community during the summer. Mining became a larger part of its economy as time went on. Initially, coal was used locally for winter heating, hence the reason for it being considered a part time job by most residents. The Carpenter Coal Company opened a mine between Madrid and Woodward in 1901, and the Reese Brothers Coal Company opened two mine shafts near Madrid. The Carpenter Brothers named their coal camp Scandia, and changed their corporate name to match.[2] By 1914, The Scandia Coal Company of Madrid produced over 100,000 tons of coal per year, ranking among the top 24 coal producers in the state.[3] In 1912, Locals 709 and 2460 of the United Mine Workers union, both based in Madrid, had an aggregate membership of 397, representing about 1/3 of the total population in 1910.[4]
  Madrid gained a large Italian population that worked in its coal mines during the 1920s and 1930s.[5]
  Madrid (/'m�dr?d/) is a city in Douglas Township, Boone County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,264 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'Boone, Iowa Micropolitan Statistical Area', which is a part of the larger 'Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area'.
  Above info is from Wikipedia.
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