Thomas Cottam Romney

Brief Life History of Thomas Cottam

When Thomas Cottam Romney was born on 3 April 1876, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, Miles Park Romney, was 32 and his mother, Catharine Jane Cottam, was 21. He married Lydia Ann Naegle on 12 December 1899, in Oaxaca, Bavispe, Sonora, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1937 and lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1930 and Logan Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States for about 5 years. In 1950, at the age of 74, his occupation is listed as church write. He died on 8 January 1962, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Cottam Romney
1876–1962
Lydia Ann Naegle
1879–1945
Marriage: 12 December 1899
Owen Thomas Romney
1900–1976
Golden Romney
1902–1963
Pauline Romney
1905–2000
Lucille Romney
1907–2006
Lydia Romney
1911–1920
Miles Conrad Romney
1913–1999
Catherine Romney
1918–1992
Genevieve Romney
1921–2016

Sources (66)

  • Thomas C Romney, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Cottam Romney - birth-name: Thomas C Romney
  • Thomas Cottam Romney, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed

Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.

1880

United States railroad companies receive favorable concessions. Railroad boom.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Romney (Kent), from an uncertain first element (perhaps an Old English personal name Rūmen) + Old English ēa ‘river, stream’. Compare Rye 2.

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

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A Dagger in the Moonlight

Two of my older brothers, Miles and George had leased a portion of the Williams' ranch adjacent to Cave Valley in northern Chihuahua, hoping to find ready market at the mines for all the vegetables th …

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