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Elizabeth Emily Cotton

Elizabeth Emily Cotton

Female 1853 - 1928  (74 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Emily Cotton  [1, 2] 
    Birth 14 Nov 1853  Willington, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 26 Mar 1928 
    Person ID I59100  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 Simpson Wharton,   b. 24 May 1847   d. 24 Dec 1911 (Age 64 years) 
    Children 
     1. Nellie Wharton,   b. 9 Nov 1878, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1962, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F19550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Newspaper Obituary - Tuesday, March 27, 1928 Wilkes-Barre Times Leader - Mrs. E. E. Wharton - Mrs. Emily Elizabeth Wharton, aged 74, of Scranton, mother (sister?) of George Cotton, of South Grant street, this city, died last night at her home of complications. Mrs. Wharton who was the widow of Simpson Wharton, well known mine forman for Hudson Coal Company, had a wide circle of acquaintances in this city and had returned to Scranton last week after a visit here with her son. She is survived also by a daughter, Mrs. R.B. Hadley, of Scranton and a sister, Mrs. Rose Colving, of Staten Isalnd, N.Y. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1382] Ancestry.com, 1861 Wales Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: RG9; Piece: 3995; Folio: 94; Page: 7; GSU roll: 543219.

    2. [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.