Jo Ann Cotton

Brief Life History of Jo Ann

When Jo Ann Cotton was born on 5 May 1926, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, her father, Horace Malcolm Cotton, was 27 and her mother, Bertha Mae Thornton, was 26. She married James Walker Wertz Jr on 3 July 1946, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in United States in 1949. She died on 26 February 2015, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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James Walker Wertz Jr
1923–2005
Jo Ann Cotton
1926–2015
Marriage: 3 July 1946
Michael Lee Wertz
1948–2020
Suzanne Wertz
1950–

Sources (12)

  • Jo Ann Wertz, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Joe Anne Cotton, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
  • Jo Ann Cotton Wertz, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1950

United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called from Old English (æt) cotum (dative plural of cot) ‘at the cottages or huts’ (or sometimes possibly from a Middle English plural, coten). Examples include Coton (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire), Cottam (East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire), and Cotham (Nottinghamshire). Particularly common in Staffordshire.

French: from a pet form of the personal name Nicolas (see Nicholas ), derived via Nicot, or of the personal name Jacques , derived via Jacot.

History: John Cotton (1584–1652) was a noted Puritan preacher, who landed at Boston, MA, from London in 1633 and became leader of the Congregationalists in America.

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

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