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Sarah S. (Gersonovitz) Cotton (1870 - 1924)

Sarah S. Cotton formerly Gersonovitz aka Gershenovitz
Born in Russian Empiremap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , and
Died at about age 54 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Sarah (Gersonovitz) Cotton has Jewish Roots.
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Sarah (Gersonovitz) Cotton migrated from Russia to the United States of Ameria.
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Sarah Gersonovitz was born in Russia in 1870. She married Solomon Cotton about 1887. According to census records, Sarah and Solomon immigrated to America about 1894.[1][2][3]

Solomon and Sarah had eight children:[1][2]

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

Sarah died in Worcester on 4 Jan 1924 at the age of 54.[4][5] She is buried at Worcester Hebrew Cemetery in Auburn, Massachusetts. [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1910; Census Place: Worcester Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_632; Page: 31B; Enumeration District: 1873; FHL microfilm: 1374645. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Immigation year: 1891, years married: 23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1920; Census Place: Worcester Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T625_752; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 242. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Immigration year: 1894.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts; Page: 30B; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 2340706. 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. T626, 2,667 rolls. Immigriation year: 1895, Age at first marriage: 25.
  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Ref. no.: F63.M363v.75. Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]. Volumes 66–145. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
  5. ↑ JewishGen, comp. JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: This data is provided in partnership with Jewishgen.org.
  6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #92177321.




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