Brief Life History of Edward Winfield
When Edward Winfield Cotner was born on 23 October 1903, in Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, James Lawrence Cotner, was 23 and his mother, May Amelia Rock, was 19. He married Helen R Berry on 7 January 1928, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Manchester Township, Passaic, New Jersey, United States in 1935 and Black River Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 28 February 1983, in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Edward W Cottner, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edward W Cotner, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Edward Cotner, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
1903–1983 Male
1908–1987 Female
Children (4)
1929–1978 Female
1933–1933 Female
1946–1946 Female
1946–1946 Male
Parents and Siblings
1880–1953 Male
1884–1970 Female
Siblings (5)
1903–1983 Male
1905–1919 Male
1908–1993 Female
1909–1909 Male
1910–1989 Male
World Events (8)
1904
Age 1
1913 · Cleveland Museum of Art
Age 10
1925 · The First Municipally Owned Airport in the Country.
Age 22
Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of German Kötner or Köthner, status names for a cotter, derived from Middle High German, Middle Low German kote ‘shelter, cottage’, specifically of a kind that was rented on a daily basis and had little or no land with it. See Koth 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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