Brief Life History of John Englebrit
When John Englebrit Cottam was born on 27 September 1878, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Cottam, was 54 and his mother, Anna Gustava Johnson, was 36. He died on 31 January 1944, at the age of 65, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Englebritch Cottam in household of Mary Reid Cottam, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Engelbrecht Cottam, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
- John Engelbrit Cottam, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands and northern England): variant of Cotton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mission of John Englebrit Cottam
John Englebrit Cottam, he was set apart by: James E Talmage, severed in the British Mission at the age of 37, He departed from home on the 22 May 1915 he arrived in the field on 4 June 1915, he was re …
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