Wesley James Gotts (1874 - 1964)

Born 27 Jun 1874 in Lake Township, Huron County, Michigan

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel May Hogan — married 15 Feb 1899 in Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1964 at age 90 in Colfax County, Huron, Michigan

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Biography

Sources

• First hand information as researched by Janet Gotts Helman, grand daughter
• First hand information as researched by Dr. Ana Oquendo Pabón from Wesley's daughter, Alice Hazel Gotts and her son, Donald S. Shaw (my children's paternal grandfather).

Biography

Wesley James was born in 1874. He was the son of Robert Gotts and Hannah L. Davidson.^[1]

Wesley James Gotts married Ethel Hogan February 15, 1899, in Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan, USA.^[2][3] They first lived in Meade Township in Huron County.^[4]

The 1910 census taken in Detroit Ward 9, Wayne, Michigan, United States, showed Wesley, his wife Ethel and their children:

• Wesley J Gotts Head M 35 Michigan, wireman in a ship yard
• Ethel M Gotts Wife F 30 Canada
• Hazel A Gotts Daughter F 9 Michigan
• Robert M Gotts Son M 7 Michigan
• Gordon W Gotts Son M 5 Michigan
• Russell F Gotts Son M 2 Michigan
• Harold C Gotts Son M 1 Michigan ^[5] They were back in Bad Axe in 1918, when he was a telephone lineman for the Michigan State Telephone Company.^[6]

Wesley James Gotts passed away June 28, 1964.^[7] He was buried in plot EAST 23 3 of Colfax Cemetery in Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan, USA.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSC-5M2 : 10 August 2016), Wesley Gotts in household of Robert Gotts, Chandler, Huron, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 112, sheet 98D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0582; FHL microfilm 1,254,582.
2. ↑ "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3F4-XLM : 4 December 2014), Wesley Gotts and Ethel Hogan, 15 Feb 1899; citing Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, item 2 p 211 rn 37, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,512.
3. ↑ "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCJ8-25K : 25 April 2016), Wesley Gotts and Ethel Hogan, 1899.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSM6-YQQ : accessed 6 December 2016), Weslie Gotts, Meade township, Huron, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 9B, family 176, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,715.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLTL-X7K : accessed 30 November 2016), Wesley J Gotts, Detroit Ward 9, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 129, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 683; FHL microfilm 1,374,696.
6. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6X8-WK3 : 12 December 2014), Wesley James Gotts, 1917-1918; citing Huron County, Michigan, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,675,754.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPRY-2YQ : 19 May 2014), Wesley Gotts, Jun 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ Find a Grave memorial for Wesley James Gotts