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Josephine Cotton 1937–2006 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Sep 1937

Birth Location: Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA

Death Date: 26 Sep 2006

Death Location: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Father: Clarence Goings

Mother: Margaret Tilque

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The story of Josephine Cotton began in 1937 in Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA. Josephine Cotton passed away in 2006 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Josephine Cotton began in 1937 in Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA.
  • Josephine Cotton passed away in 2006 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

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Josephine Cotton's Ancestors

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Josephine Cotton
1937–2006
Birth Place: Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA
Parents
Clarence Goings
1907–
Louisiana
Margaret (Williams) Tilque
1918–1995
Grandparents
John (Robert Goings) Sr.
1873–1963
West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States
Mary (Eliza) Smith
1877–1937
West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA
Louis (or Luther or Lit) Williams
1892–
Louisiana, United States
Josephine Haynes
1893–1939
Plettenberg, West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States
Great-Grandparents
Jack Goings
1845–1934
Louisa Crump
1850–1941
Steward Smith
1848–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rose Goens
1820–
William Smith
1810–
Nancy Smith
1810–

Josephine Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1937
6 Sep 1937
Birth of Josephine Cotton in Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA
Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA
2006
26 Sep 2006
Age 69
Death of Josephine Cotton in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1937
    Event Place: Saint Francisville, West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Sep 2006
    Event Place: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

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