Theresa Alice Cottrell

Brief Life History of Theresa Alice

When Theresa Alice Cottrell was born on 10 March 1866, in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Wallace Cottrell, was 52 and her mother, Susannah Shearer, was 47. She married Isaac Avery Coffey on 12 January 1887, in Lower Creek Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 25 September 1929, in Lower Creek Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 63.

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Isaac Avery Coffey
1862–1908
Theresa Alice Cottrell
1866–1929
Marriage: 12 January 1887
Vonnie Ethel Coffey
1893–1949
Alda Boone Coffey
1902–1937

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  • Thussey S Cottrell in household of William Cottrell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Alice Cottrell, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Alice S Coffey, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

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This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1886

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Name Meaning

English (southern and western England): status name for a cottager, from Old French coterel, a diminutive of cotier ‘cottager’ (see Cotter ). In southwestern England, there may have been some confusion with Cottle , the place Frampton Cotterell, earlier recorded as Franton' Ade Cotelli, having been named after the Cotel family, who held the manor from the 12th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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