Burden Blood Cottrell

Brief Life History of Burden Blood

When Burden Blood Cottrell was born on 4 June 1915, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Henry James Cottrell, was 25 and his mother, Myrtle Colemere Blood, was 25. He married Ila Tonks on 10 June 1938, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in World in 1935. He died on 7 March 1997, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Burden Blood Cottrell
1915–1997
Ila Tonks
1919–2006
Marriage: 10 June 1938
Gordon Tonks Cottrell
1945–2022

Sources (40)

  • Binden B Cottrell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Binden Blood Cottrell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Binden Blood Cottrell, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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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