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Edmund George Cotton

Edmund George Cotton

Male 1852 - 1938  (86 years)


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  • Name Edmund George Cotton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth 12 Jul 1852  Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Nov 1938  Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I59039  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Richard Cotton,   b. Abt 1829, Willington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1875, Plains, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth Samuels,   b. Abt 1829, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1870, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1852  Blaenau Gwent, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Jane Evans,   b. 12 Mar 1857, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1919, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1879  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Infant Cotton   d. 15 Aug 1891  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Clarence Cotton,   b. Abt 1880, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1901, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Alma Beatrice Cotton,   b. 23 Aug 1881, Hudson, Plains Township, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1963 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. George Elwood Cotton,   b. 18 Aug 1884, Parsons, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1946 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Edna A. Cotton,   b. 4 Apr 1888, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1976 (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Anna Verna Cotton,   b. 24 Apr 1894, Parsons, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1915, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F19541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Friday, November 18, 1938 The Times-Tribune - Scranton, Pennsylvania - George Cotton, retired railroader, died last night at his home, 186 South Grant street, Wilkes-Barre. He was employed as an engineer by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad for many years. Surviving are two daughters, Edna and Alma, one son, Elwood; one sister, Mrs. Rose Colman, and three nieces. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home. Interment will be in the Hanover Green cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1382] Ancestry.com, 1861 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG9; Piece: 3995; Folio: 93; Page: 6; GSU roll: 543219.

    2. [S847] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1966; Certificate Number Range: 097351-100200.

    3. [S1308] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Wilkes Barre Ward 9, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0166.

    4. [S1321] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0239.

    5. [S1309] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Plains, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1367; Page: 460B; Family History Library Film: 552866.

    6. [S1432] FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).

    7. [S1317] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1149; Page: 724D; Enumeration District: 123.