| Event |
Date |
Details |
| Birth |
ABT 1829 |
Place: Russian Lithuania
- Source:
- 1910 IL Federal Census
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: 1910 IL census INDEX: vol 70 ED 894 line 32 (NARA T1264 R68)
COTTON, Joseph, white, age 41, Rsa PrWr {born 1869?}
COTTON, Rose, wife, age 35 , Rsa PrWr
COTTON, Goldie, daughter, age 12, born IL
COTTON, Kate, daughter, age 11, born IL
COTTON, Abraham, son, age 6, born IL
COTTON, Herman, son, age 5, born IL
COTTON, Esther, daughter, age not given, born IL
***
COTTON, Mary, mother, age 80, Rsa PrWr
COTTON, Hyman, nephew, age 21, born England
COTTON, Abraham, nephew, age 19, born England
|
| Death |
21 MAR 1912 |
Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
- Source:
- LDS 1295971/72 WPA Chicago Death Index
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: WPA Chgo Death Index, 1871-1932
COTTON, Mollie 33 W 22 died 21 Mar 1912 #8362-5
(unknown connection)
COTTON, James 33 W 22 died 8 Feb 1922 #3438-15
|
| Immigrat'n |
1889 |
- Source:
- 1910 IL Federal Census
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: 15 April 1910 :: 20-Wd Chicago, Cook, Illinois;
808 Winchester Ave, dwelling 15, family 32
COTTON, Joseph, head, 41, married 14 yrs, Russian-Yiddish of Russian pa
rents, imm 1889, naturalized, speaks English, pressman in tailoring co, f
or wages, lit, rents
COTTON, Rose, wife, age 35, 7 child/5 alive, Russian-Yiddish of Russian p
arents,imm 1891, speaks English
COTTON, Goldie, daughter, age 12, born IL, speaks English, in school
COTTON, Kate, daughter, age 11, born IL, speaks English, in school
COTTON, Abraham, son, age 6, born IL, in school
COTTON, Herman, son, age 5, born IL
COTTON, Mary, mother, age 80, widow, 5 child/ 5 alive, Russian-Yiddish o
f Russian parents,imm 1889, speaks Yiddish, not literate
COTTON, Esther, daughter, 3/12, born IL
COTTON, Hyman, nephew, age 21, born England (YID) of Russian-Yiddish pa
rents, imm 1904, petitioned, lab sweeper in clothing house, for wages, l
it
COTTON, Abraham, nephew, age 19, born England (YID) of Russian-Yiddish p
arents, imm 1909, speaks English, stock boy in dept store, for wages, n
ot lit
|
| Census |
15 APR 1910 |
Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
- Source:
- 1910 IL Federal Census
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: 15 April 1910 :: 20-Wd Chicago, Cook, Illinois;
808 Winchester Ave, dwelling 15, family 32
COTTON, Joseph, head, 41, married 14 yrs, Russian-Yiddish of Russian pa
rents, imm 1889, naturalized, speaks English, pressman in tailoring co, f
or wages, lit, rents
COTTON, Rose, wife, age 35, 7 child/5 alive, Russian-Yiddish of Russian p
arents,imm 1891, speaks English
COTTON, Goldie, daughter, age 12, born IL, speaks English, in school
COTTON, Kate, daughter, age 11, born IL, speaks English, in school
COTTON, Abraham, son, age 6, born IL, in school
COTTON, Herman, son, age 5, born IL
COTTON, Mary, mother, age 80, widow, 5 child/ 5 alive, Russian-Yiddish o
f Russian parents,imm 1889, speaks Yiddish, not literate
COTTON, Esther, daughter, 3/12, born IL
COTTON, Hyman, nephew, age 21, born England (YID) of Russian-Yiddish pa
rents, imm 1904, petitioned, lab sweeper in clothing house, for wages, l
it
COTTON, Abraham, nephew, age 19, born England (YID) of Russian-Yiddish p
arents, imm 1909, speaks English, stock boy in dept store, for wages, n
ot lit
|
| Burial |
ABT 23 MAR 1912 |
Place: Forest Park, Cook, Illinois
- Source:
- IL Forest Park, Waldheim Cemetery
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: Grave not found. Believe headstone vandalized and removed.
Jewish Waldheim: Sulwaki section, gate 16
Per Barnett Joseph office records, July 1981
- Source:
- Apel, Helene Miller
Quality: Questionable
Source Text: Molly was buried several rows west and slightly north of Celia Cotton M
iller, near Bessie Miller in the Sulwaki section at Jewish Waldheim.
|
| Misc |
8 FEB 1922 |
Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
- Source:
- LDS 1295971/72 WPA Chicago Death Index
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: WPA Chgo Death Index, 1871-1932
COTTON, Mollie 33 W 22 died 21 Mar 1912 #8362-5
(unknown connection)
COTTON, James 33 W 22 died 8 Feb 1922 #3438-15
|
| Misc |
15 APR 1910 |
- Source:
- 1910 IL Federal Census
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: 15 April 1910 :: 20-Wd Chicago, Cook, Illinois;
808 Winchester Ave, dwelling 15, family 32
COTTON, Joseph, head, 41, married 14 yrs, Russian-Yiddish of Russian pa
rents, imm 1889, naturalized, speaks English, pressman in tailoring co, f
or wages, lit, rents
COTTON, Rose, wife, age 35, 7 child/5 alive, Russian-Yiddish of Russian p
arents,imm 1891, speaks English
COTTON, Goldie, daughter, age 12, born IL, speaks English, in school
COTTON, Kate, daughter, age 11, born IL, speaks English, in school
COTTON, Abraham, son, age 6, born IL, in school
COTTON, Herman, son, age 5, born IL
COTTON, Mary, mother, age 80, widow, 5 child/ 5 alive, Russian-Yiddish o
f Russian parents,imm 1889, speaks Yiddish, not literate
COTTON, Esther, daughter, 3/12, born IL
COTTON, Hyman, nephew, age 21, born England (YID) of Russian-Yiddish pa
rents, imm 1904, petitioned, lab sweeper in clothing house, for wages, l
it
COTTON, Abraham, nephew, age 19, born England (YID) of Russian-Yiddish p
arents, imm 1909, speaks English, stock boy in dept store, for wages, n
ot lit
|
| Interment |
ABT 23 MAR 1912 |
Place: Forest Park, Cook, Illinois
- Source:
- IL Forest Park, Waldheim Cemetery
Quality: Secondary
Source Text: Grave not found. Believe headstone vandalized and removed.
Jewish Waldheim: Sulwaki section, gate 16
Per Barnett Joseph office records, July 1981
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| Literacy |
|
- Source:
- Borenstein, Kate Miller
Page: Kate Miller Borenstein letter to Helene Apel, date 29 June 1976
Quality: Questionable
Source Text: "Mother's father was a coppersmith. He made copper wear by hand and he s
ure must of been pious as was Grandma Merrie. She was so learned that s
he could converse with Rabonim Chasomen, canters, and very learned peop
le. In those days not too many women were learned in the Bible and Tor
ah. We had some big doctors. Dr. Mayerovitz was considered a great do
ctor."
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