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Doris Lorraine Williams 1916 – 1949 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Jan 1916

Birth Location: Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, United States

Death Date: 26 Jan 1949

Death Location: Colfax, Whitman, Washington

Father: Francis Williams

Mother: Josie Williamson

Spouse(s): Harold Cottrell

Children(s): Raymond Cottrell, Jeffery Cottrell

Doris Lorraine Williams was born in Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, United States in 1916, to Francis Bertrum Williams and Josie Belle Williamson. Later in life, Doris Lorraine Williams married Harold "Bud" Cottrell; among their children were Raymond Lennox Cottrell and Jeffery L. Cottrell. Doris Lorraine Williams died in Colfax, Whitman, Washington, 1949.

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Parents

Francis Williams
1878 – 1958
Birth Location: Edina, Knox County, Missouri
FW
Josie Williamson
1879 – 1946
Birth Location: Milton, Wayne Co., IN
JW

Spouses(s)

Harold Cottrell
1911 – 1959
Birth Location: Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
HC

Children(s)

Raymond Cottrell
1940 – 2009
Birth Location: Idaho, United States
RC
Jeffery Cottrell
1948 –
Birth Location: Moscow, Idaho, USA
JC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 Jan 1916
    Event Place: Goodland, Sherman, Kansas, United States
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, Washington Death Index, 1940-1996, Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960, Web: Washington, Find A Grave Index, 1821-2012, Year: 1920; Census Place: Pine Grove, Ferry, Washington; Roll: T625_1921; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 595., Year: 1930; Census Place: Republic, Ferry, Washington; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Pine Grove, Ferry, Washington
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Pine Grove, Ferry, Washington; Roll: T625_1921; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 595.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Republic, Ferry, Washington
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Republic, Ferry, Washington; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Ferry, Washington
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Pullman, Whitman, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04370; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 38-4

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1 Aug 1936
    Record Source: Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1939
    Event Place: Rexburg, Idaho, USA
    Record Source: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: E P-51, Pullman, Whitman, Washington, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Pullman, Whitman, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04370; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 38-4

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Jan 1949
    Event Place: Colfax, Whitman, Washington
    Record Source: Washington Death Index, 1940-1996, Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960, Web: Washington, Find A Grave Index, 1821-2012

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint John (Whitman County), Whitman County, Washington, USA
    Record Source: Web: Washington, Find A Grave Index, 1821-2012

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