Military: California National Guard

Occupation: Mulkey's store, Diamond Match Company, IBM

Spouse: Yvonne Jessie "Vonnie" CHATFIELD. Yvonne Jessie "Vonnie" CHATFIELD and Donald Joseph COSTA were married on 3 September 1949 in Chico, Butte Co., California, USA. Children were: Donald Howard Costa COSTA, Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Andrew Gould IRWIN. Katherine Agnes "Katie" COSTELLO and Andrew Gould IRWIN were married on 8 June 1889 in Belle Plaine, Scott Co., Minnesota, USA. Name: A. G. Irwin
Spouse's Name: Katie Costello
Event Date: 08 Jun 1889
Event Place: Belle Plaine, Scott, Minnesota
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M74715-9 , System Origin: Minnesota-EASy , GS Film number: 1379415 , Reference ID: Vol E Item 6 P585
Children were: Andrew Gould IRWIN, Andrew Chatfield "Ace" IRWIN, Irene IRWIN, Rose IRWIN, Frank Robert IRWIN, Marcus Costello IRWIN, May / Mae IRWIN, Eunice E IRWIN, Andrew Gould IRWIN, Gladys M IRWIN.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: Alfred William CHATFIELD. Agnes Caroline Christina COSTER and Alfred William CHATFIELD were married on 16 April 1930 in Mataura, Gore District, Southland, New Zealand. NZ Marriage Index 1930/10087 Agnes Caroline Christina Coster Alfred William Chatfield
Children were: Living, Living, Alfred Wiliam Bevan CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Agnes Caroline Christina COSTER.

Spouse: Sarah Jane FARMER.

Spouse: Charles Henry CHATFIELD. Children were: Living, Craig Michael CHATFIELD, Living, Living.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Wilma COSTON.

Spouse: Harry W "Buck" CHATFIELD. Wilma COSTON and Harry W "Buck" CHATFIELD were married on 8 September 1915 in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, USA. Washington, County Marriages
Name Harry Chatfield
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 8 Sep 1915
Event Place Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Event Place Spokane
Gender Male
Age 29
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Father's Name Chas F Chatfield
Mother's Name Margaret Evo
Spouse's Name Wilma Coston
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 24
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1891
Spouse's Father's Name Michael Coston
Spouse's Mother's Name Henrietta Schroeder
Children were: Harry F "Dusty" CHATFIELD, Raymond Cashous CHATFIELD, Hennrietta M CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Courtney Crandall CHATFIELD. Children were: Living, Living, Living, Living.

Spouse: Claudius Buchanan PRIME. Mary COTREL and Claudius Buchanan PRIME were married in 1840 in New York City, New York Co., New York, USA. Children were: Sarah Louise PRIME, Juliette S PRIME, Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living.

Spouse: Harriet L GETZ. Harriet L GETZ and John COTTER were married on 26 June 1937 in Clark Co., Ohio, USA. Name: John L Cotter
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 26 Jun 1937
Event Place: Clark, Ohio
Age: 22
Birth Year (Estimated): 1915
Father's Name: Harry L Cotter
Mother's Name: Nellie O'Donnell
Spouse's Name: Harriett L Getz
Spouse's Age: 24
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Spouse's Father's Name: Albert J Getz
Spouse's Mother's Name: Bessie Conover
GS Film Number: 000466639 , Digital Folder Number: 004732837 , Image Number: 00626
Children were: Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Peter J KIRWAN. Mary Cecelia COTTER and Peter J KIRWAN were married on 24 February 1876 in Farley, Dubuque Co., Iowa, USA. Iowa, County Marriages
Name: P. J. Kirwin
Event Date: 24 Feb 1876
Event Place: Farley, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Age: 29
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Spouse's Name: Mary C. Cotter
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1853
Reference ID: bk 4 p 124 cn 62
GS Film number: 1035402
Digital Folder Number: 004311192
Image Number: 84
Children were: Mary Anne KIRWAN, Dorothy Johanna "Dode" KIRWAN.

Spouse: Ellen B CHATFIELD. Ellen B CHATFIELD and Christopher C COTTINGHAM were married on 23 November 1858 in Medina Co., Ohio, USA. Ohio, County Marriages
Name: Christ. Cottingham
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 23 Nov 1858
Event Place: Medina, Ohio
Spouse's Name: Ellen Chatfield
Reference ID: P186
GS Film number: 423819
Digital Folder Number: 004257661
Image Number: 00409
Children were: Fenton George COTTINGHAM, Ernest A COTTINGHAM, Guy Clyde COTTINGHAM.

He was born September 4, 1919 in Sharon Center, Ohio.

Cone served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired with over 30 years of service from Barefoot Sole.

He was preceded in death by first wife, Esther; second wife, Doris; daughters, Linda and Becky; sisters, Jean and Doris; and brother, George. Survived by two sons and one daughter; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, stepchildren, and step-grandchildren; one sister; one brother; and extended family.
Parents: James Burke COTTINGHAM and Orpha Gertrude ROOT.

Spouse: Esther Elizabeth CONRAD. Children were: Linda Marie COTTINGHAM, Rebecca Jane "Becky" COTTINGHAM.

Spouse: Doris P HOUSTON.

She was preceded in death by grandson, Michael, brother, George Cottingham, and sister, Jean Cottingham. Surviving are her husband of 49 years, Robert; three children; five grandchildren; one sister and two brothers.
Parents: James Burke COTTINGHAM and Orpha Gertrude ROOT.

Spouse: Living.

Census, 1901
Name: Edward C Cottingham
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Streat, Sussex
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Cuckfield
Ecclesiastical Parish: St Wilfrids
Civil Parish: Haywards Heath, Sussex

Census, 1911
Name: Edward Cottingham
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Birthplace: Streat, Sussex
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Cuckfield
Sub-District: Cuckfield
Parish: Haywards Heath, Sussex
Parents: Phillip COTTINGHAM and Sarah CHATFIELD.

Spouse: James William COWSHALL. Emily COTTINGHAM and James William COWSHALL were married in 1891 in Eastbourne, Sussex East, England. Marriages GRO 1st qtr 1891
Cowshall, James William Eastbourne 2b 107
Cottingham, Emily Eastbourne 2b 107
Children were: Edith Rose COWSHALL, Living.

When the Oregon Short Line was built through Idaho, 1882-1883, the unusual names given to some of the stations along the railroad were believed, according to public opinion, to be of Indian origin. F. G. Cottingham, of Nampa, was interested in learning the origin of his town's name. About 1904 an Indian agent located at Ross Fork had told him it meant "moccasin." When W. N. Shilling, ex-USA employee in the Indian service who had later become postmaster at Rupert, Idaho, gave the origin and meaning of several of the unusual names, Cottingham evidently tried to learn, without success, the origin of Nampa, from him.

He carried on further investigation by writing the USA Indian agents at Ross Fork and Owyhee, Nevada, since both places were occupied by Indians of Shoshoni origin. The replies he received were published in the December 6, 1911, installment of his "History of Nampa and Vicinity" that appeared in the "Nampa Messenger." Evan W. Estep, agent at Ross fork, wrote: "I am not able to find the meaning of the word 'Nampa' although the Indians seem to think it is a Shoshone word, Namb, a word very similar in sound, means moccasin."

George B. Haggett, superintendent at Owyhee, Nevada, was more specific. He wrote:

"Your letter inquiring as to the meaning of the word 'Nampa' at hand. I asked quite a good many of the Indians here and some of the best informed of them say that it, the word, is of Shoshone origin, and primarily means ‘footprints' as the imprint of the moccasin in the sand or earth. Some use it as implying the moccasin or shoe, but this is probably a secondary use, or borrowed one, as we sometimes speak of the cause for the effect."

Mr. Cottingham concluded that "There may be some room for a question as to whether the word now spelled is pure Shoshone, but there is no room for doubt that the original root was a Shoshone word, and the meaning is either moccasin or footprint." He explained that he had gone into the history and meaning of the word more extensively than he would have done ordinarily since the folklore and tradition of the community had begun to befog the memory with visionary meanings or to defile the name by ascribing to it a putrid definition or a vile epithet in some unfamiliar tongue.

Mr. Cottingham thought it a little hard to see how the definition applied to the Nampa area, and so did I until I learned that the Indians of the region were wont to stuff their moccasins, during cold weather, with sage brush leaves. This would enlarge to unusual size, the tracks of Indians wearing such stuffed moccasins.

No information concerning the name is found again until August, 1919, when Fred W. Wilson, Secretary of the Nampa Harvest Festival, wrote Fred G. Mock concerning publicity proposed for the forthcoming community fair. He stated, "We have decided that a stunt, new and different than anything ever tried here, would be to seek out and find Chief Nam-Puh..." and he wanted Mr. Mock to do just that. Mock, as "Ogal Alla, Chief of the Nampah and Kunah Tribes, "consented to do so and give the name of the Indian sought as "War Chief, Big Foot Nampa!"

In his "A Romance of the Sawtooth," published in 1917, Mock had made extensive use of the Chinook jargon, even translating, by use of a Chinook dictionary, the Lord's Prayer. He again turned to that dictionary and messages in Chinook, with translations "for the palefaces," began to appear in a local paper. The great War Chief would attend the Harvest Festival: in full regalia he would hold a reception before his tipi one night of the Festival and he would ride in the parade. He even made a speech to the assembled crowd. He had become "the doughty warrior after whom this city was named."

Such a fanciful tale caught the imagination of most people who believed from then until the present time that the town had been named actually after an Indian chieftain, War Chief Big Foot Nampa, not from a Shoshoni word meaning "footprints." Yet Mr. Mock was historian enough to preserve, along with Mr. Wilson's letter and his correspondence in English and Chinook concerning it, the Cottingham account of the true origin of the word Nampa. This material is now a part of my file on "Nampa."

Recent linguistic investigation of Shoshoni words by Dr. Sven Liljeblad confirms the footprint interpretation. He reports that a Shoshoni word for foot, pronounced "nambe" or "nambuh," corresponds quite closely with the name "Nampa," and supports the Cottingham account of the origin of the name.
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USA Census, 1900
Name: Fenton G Cottingham
Event Place: ED 136 Nampa Precinct Nampa village, Canyon, Idaho
Birth Date: Oct 1859
Birthplace: Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 15
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1885
Page: 2
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 35
Reference ID: 54
GS Film number: 1240232
Digital Folder Number: 004113688
Image Number: 00536
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Fenton G Cottingham M 41 Ohio
Wife May N. Cottingham F 37 Ohio
Son Cone Cottingham M 11 Idaho
Boarder Lucretia Sebern F 19 Iowa
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USA Census, 1910
Name: Fenton G Cottingham
Event Place: Nampa, Canyon, Idaho
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Ohio
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Household ID: 198
Page: 10
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Fenton G Cottingham M 50y Ohio
WIFE May A Cottingham F 47y Ohio
SON Corie Cottingham M 20y Idaho
Charles A Smith M 22y
Parents: Christopher C COTTINGHAM and Ellen B CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Minerva May NETTLETON. Minerva May NETTLETON and Fenton George COTTINGHAM were married on 17 March 1885 in Medina Co., Ohio, USA. Ohio, Marriages
Name: Fenton G. Cottingham
Spouse's Name: M. May Nettleton
Event Date: 17 Mar 1885
Event Place: Medina,Ohio
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51418-6
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
GS Film number: 0423822 V. F
Children were: Cone COTTINGHAM, Ruth May COTTINGHAM.

Spouse: Monroe Willard SCHLOTT. Children were: Helen F SCHLOTT.

Spouse: June Marie CECH.

Spouse: Netta May HAZEN. Netta May HAZEN and Guy Clyde COTTINGHAM were married on 8 June 1893 in Medina Co., Ohio, USA. Ohio, Marriages
Name: Guy Clyde Cottingham
Spouse's Name: Nettie May Hazen
Event Date: 08 Jun 1893
Event Place: Medina, Ohio
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86930-3
System Origin: Ohio-VR
GS Film number: 423823
Reference ID: 2:3HRZNJ8
Children were: Fern Hazen COTTINGHAM, James Burke COTTINGHAM.

Mr. Cottingham lived most of his life in Sharon Center. He moved to Round Bottom 15 years ago. He formerly worked for the B. F. Goodrich Co.

Surviving him are three daughters, three sons, 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Sharon Center Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Hillard Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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Ohio, County Births
Name: Burke Cottingham
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 30 Apr 1897
Event Place: Sharon, Medina, Ohio
Gender: Male
Father's Name: G.C. Cottingham
Mother's Name: Nellie Hazen
Reference ID:
GS Film number: 423828
Digital Folder Number: 004016757
Image Number: 00308
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USA Census, 1940
Name: Burke J Cottingham
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Montville Township, Medina, Ohio
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated): 1898
Last Place of Residence: Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio
District: 52-18
Family Number: 180
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B
Line Number: 61
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3112
Digital Folder Number: 005460641
Image Number: 00537
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Burke J Cottingham M 42 Ohio
Wife Gertrude Cottingham F 45 Ohio
Dau Jean T Cottingham F 22 Ohio
Son Gore C Cottingham M 20 Ohio
Dau Paige H Cottingham F 17 Ohio
Dau Doris L Cottingham F 13 Ohio
Son George R Cottingham M 11 Ohio
Dau Glenna M Cottingham F 4 Ohio
Parents: Guy Clyde COTTINGHAM and Netta May HAZEN.

Spouse: Orpha Gertrude ROOT. Orpha Gertrude ROOT and James Burke COTTINGHAM were married on 30 November 1916 in Medina Co., Ohio, USA. Ohio, County Marriages
Name: Burke Cottingham
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 30 Nov 1916
Event Place: Medina, Ohio
Event Place (Original):
Age: 30
Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
Birthplace: Sharon Center, Ohio
Father's Name: G. C. Cottingham
Mother's Name: Nettie Wasen
Spouse's Name: Gertrude Root
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1895
Spouse's Birthplace: Granger
Spouse's Father's Name: George Root
Spouse's Mother's Name: Lena Moon
Reference ID: 44
GS Film number: 423825
Digital Folder Number: 004261000
Image Number: 00378
Children were: Twyla Jean COTTINGHAM, Cone C COTTINGHAM, Page Henry COTTINGHAM, Doris Lena COTTINGHAM, George Riley COTTINGHAM, Living.

Spouse: John WILE. Mary Ann COTTINGHAM and John WILE were married on 3 June 1882 in St Martin, Westmeston, Sussex East, England. Marriages GRO 2nd qtr 1882
COTTINGHAM, Mary Ann Lewes 2b 299
WILE, John Lewes 2b 299
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Marriages
Name: John Wile
Birth Date: 1858
Age: 24
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Cottingham
Spouse's Birth Date: 1858
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age: 24
Event Date: 1882
Event Place: Westmeston, Sussex, England
Father's Name: Thomas Wile
Spouse's Father's Name: Phillip Cottingham
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M04288-3
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 1468994
Reference ID: 2:JLRF5S
Children were: Elisabeth WILE.

He was a beloved brother, uncle, great uncle, and great-great uncle. His family will greatly miss him.
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WADSWORTH -- Page H. Cottingham passed away January 5, 2013. Born October 14, 1922 in Sharon Center, Ohio to the late Burke and Gertrude (Root) Cottingham.

Page was proud to be a Navy World War II veteran. He retired from Barefoot Sole after working 37 years.

He was preceded in death by sisters, Jean Cottingham, and Doris White; brothers, Cone Cottingham, and George Cottingham, and niece Becky Elsmore. Survived by one sister, and many nieces and nephews.
Parents: James Burke COTTINGHAM and Orpha Gertrude ROOT.

Possible Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1919
Cottingham, Philip G Robinson Cuckfield 2b 457

1891 Census
Piece: RG12/795 Place: Lewes -Sussex Enumeration District: 2
Civil Parish: Ditchling Ecclesiastical Parish: Ditchling
Folio: 27 Page: 21 Schedule: 111
Address: Pilbeams Cottage
Surname First name Rel Status Sex Age Occuptn Where Born
COTTINGHAM Philip Head W M 55 AgLab Sussex - Keymer
COTTINGHAM Philip G. Son S M 18 AgLab Sussex - Streat

Census, 1911
Name: Phillip George Cottingham
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Birthplace: Streat, Sussex
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: East Grinstead
Sub-District: Worth
Parish: West Hoathly, Sussex
Parents: Phillip COTTINGHAM and Sarah CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Alice Mary ROBINSON. Alice Mary ROBINSON and Philip George COTTINGHAM were married in 1919 in Cuckfield, Sussex West, England. Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1919
Cottingham, Philip G Robinson Cuckfield 2b 457
Robinson, Alice M Cottingham Cuckfield 2b 457
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No issue found.

Spouse: Sarah CHATFIELD. Sarah CHATFIELD and Phillip COTTINGHAM were married in 1854 in Lewes, Sussex East, England. Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1854
Chatfield, Sarah Lewes 2b 226
Cottingham, Phillip Lewes 2b 226
Children were: Jane COTTINGHAM, William COTTINGHAM, Mary Ann COTTINGHAM, Sarah Maria COTTINGHAM, Emily COTTINGHAM, Thomas COTTINGHAM, Ellen COTTINGHAM, Philip George COTTINGHAM, Edward C COTTINGHAM.

Spouse: Robert J ELSMORE Jr. Rebecca Jane "Becky" COTTINGHAM and Robert J ELSMORE Jr were married on 29 August 1971 in USA. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Census, 1881
Name: Sarah Cottingham
Age (Original): 21
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1860
Birthplace: Ditchling, Sussex, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Servant
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Servant Domestic
Address: Brickyard House South Common, Chailey, Sussex, England
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341252
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 1068 / 11
Page Number: 13
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Ephraim Norman M 38 Brighton, Sussex, England
Wife Elizabeth Norman F 35 Chailey, Sussex, England
Son Wallace W Norman M 0 Chailey, Sussex, England
Mother Harriet Norman F 68 Raydon, Sussex, England
Servant Sarah Cottingham F 21 Ditchling, Sussex, England
Parents: Phillip COTTINGHAM and Sarah CHATFIELD.

Spouse: Henry SMITH. Sarah Maria COTTINGHAM and Henry SMITH were married on 5 November 1881 in St Martin, Westmeston, Sussex East, England. Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1881
COTTINGHAM, Sarah Maria Lewes 2b 391
SMITH, Henry Lewes 2b 391

Marriage
Name: Henry Smith
Birth Date: 1860
Age: 21
Spouse's Name: Sarah Maria Cottingham
Spouse's Birth Date: 1859
Spouse's Age: 22
Event Date: 05 Nov 1881
Event Place: Westmeston,Sussex,England
Father's Name: George Smith
Spouse's Father's Name: Philip Cottingham
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M04288-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 1067384

Births and Christenings
Name: Thomas Cottingham
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 05 Feb 1865
Christening Place: WESTMESTON,SUSSEX,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Philip Cottingham
Mother's Name: Sarah
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C04288-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 1067384
Parents: Phillip COTTINGHAM and Sarah CHATFIELD.

Spouse: William Frederick CHATFIELD Sr. Frances Ersell COTTLE and William Frederick CHATFIELD Sr were married on 2 December 1948 in Southern Pines, Moore Co., North Carolina, USA. Name: William F. Chatfield
Birth Date: 1919
Age: 29
Spouse's Name: Frances Cottle
Spouse's Birth Date: 1926
Spouse's Age: 22
Event Date: 02 Dec 1948
Event Place: Southern Pines, Moore, North Carolina
Race: White
Spouse's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M75213-7 , System Origin: North Carolina-EASy , GS Film number: 548791 , Reference ID: M75213-7
Children were: Living, Living, Living.