Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Henry COTTON, 2C2R
Birth1890, Stainton, Cumberland
Death6 Sep 1918, West Africa
FatherJohn COTTON (~1855-1935)
MotherFanny MERCER (1858-1951)
Notes for George Henry COTTON
In the July to September 1890 birth index George Henry Cotton, Penrith district, Cumberland, volume 10b, page 465

In the 1891 census Sniff Mill?, Stanton, part of Dacre, Cumberland
Head John Cotton, age 33, coachman (domestic servant), born Scotland.
Wife Fanny Cotton,age 31, born York, Yorkshire.
Daughter Ethel Cotton, age 6, scholar, born Dacre, Cumberland.
Daughter Maud Cotton, age 4, born Dacre.
Son Charles M. Cotton, age 2, born Dacre.
Son George H. Cotton, age 9 months, born Dacre.

In the 1901 census Green Lane, Horsforth, Yorkshire
Head John Cotton, age 44, coachman domestic, worker, born Scotland
Wife Fanny Cotton, age 42, born York, Yorkshire.
Daughter Ethel Cotton, age 16, single, born Dacre, Cumberland.
Daughter Maud Cotton, age 14, born Dacre.
Son George Henry Cotton, age 10, born Dacre.

In the 1911 census Burley Terrace, Horsforth, Yorkshire West Riding
Head John Cotton, age 54, coachman domestic, born St. Lees, Scotland
Wife Fanny Cotton, age 52, married 27 years, 4 children born alive 3 still living, born York, Yorkshire.
Daughter Maud Cotton, age 24, single, assistant teacher of Deaf, City Education Committee, born Stainton, Cumberland.
Son George Henry Cotton, age 20, single, clerk for leather works, born Stainton, Cumberland

UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed March 11 1913 on the Benue from Liverpool, England, destination Fernado Po, West Africa
George H. Cotton, clerk, age 22, country of last permanent residence England

National Probate Calendar
George Henry Cotton of Boco San Carlos Fernando Po West Africa died 6 September 1918 Administration London 14 October 1919 to John Cotton [father] retired coachman. Effects 405 pounds
[Fernando Po now known as Bioko is an island of Cameroon, but part of Equatorial Guinea]
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