Solomon Cotton (1865 - 1946)

Born Aug 1865 in Belarus, Russia

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1946 at age 80 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Solomon Cotton has Jewish Roots.

Solomon Cotton migrated from Russia to the United States of America.

Solomon Cotton was born in Aug 1865 in Russia. On his Social Security Application, Solomon lists his father as Barnard Cotton.^[1] According to census records, he immigrated to America about 1894,^[2][3][4] and settled in Worcester, Massachusetts. About 1887, Solomon married Sarah Gersonovitz / Gershenovitz.^[2]

Solomon and Sarah had eight children:^[2][3]

1. Jacob Cotton (1890-1950), m. Bessie Rotenstreich
2. Gertrude Lena 'Spinney' Cotton (1891-1971)
3. Charles M. Cotton (1894-1973)
4. Shulem Cotton (1896-1896)
5. Rosa Cotton (1897-1974), m. Nathan Hurwitz
6. Henry Cotton (1899-1979), m. Dorothy Baskin
7. Samuel 'Sharky' Cotton (1901-1986), m. Sadie
8. Florence Cotton (1904- )

Solomon became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 17 Oct 1900.^[5]

Solomon died in Worcester on 14 Apr 1946 at the age of 80.^[6] He was buried at Worcester Hebrew Cemetery in Auburn, Massachusetts. ^[7]

Research Notes

There was an Israel D. Cotton who died 15 July 1905 (aged 22) in Worchester, Mass. His death certificate lists his place of birth as Russia, his father as Barnard Cotton of Russia, and his mother as Bluma Gordon, also of Russia. The informant is listed as Father. B. Cotton.^[8]

This is the only Solomon Cotton found in the 1900 Census for Worcester:
Ward 3, Worcester, Massachusetts^[9]
Solomon Cotten, 33
Annie Cotten, 32
Mary Cotten, 10
Dora Cotten, 8
Sarah Cotten, 2
Annie Cotten, 8/12

There were three other Cotton families living in Ward 4 in 1910:

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 1910 United States Federal Census. residence date: 1910 residence place: Worcester Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts birth date: UNKNOWN birth place: Belarus, Russia (near Riga) arrival date: 1894.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1920 United States Federal Census. residence place: Worcester Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts arrival date: 1894.
4. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. Immigration Year: 1895, Years married: 23.
5. ↑ National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Copies of Petitions and Records of Naturalization in New England Courts, 1939 - ca. 1942; NAI Number: 4752894; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2.
6. ↑ JewishGen, comp. JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #88820357.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. / Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Year: 1900; Census Place: Worcester Ward 3, Worcester, Massachusetts; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 1730; FHL microfilm: 1240696. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.