Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Cottrell Jr. was born on 7 December 1864, in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Cottrell, was 29 and his mother, Eleanor Whiteman, was 28. He married Erminnie Rozella Layton on 27 September 1893, in Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 16 October 1959, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Charles Cottrell, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Charles Cottrell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Charles Jr Cottrell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
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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