Researching Jack Cotton
Research the background of Jack Cotton using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7149 people with the Cotton surname? In that year Cotton was ranked number 569 for popularity in the UK. |
Good news! There is already a One Name Study on the Cotton surname.
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Cotton on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Jack Cotton in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Jack Cotton. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Jack Cotton. |
|
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Jack Cotton. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Jack Cotton. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Jack Cotton. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Cotton ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Cotton Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Cotton and the Cotton Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cotton Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cotton family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Jack Cotton at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Jack Cotton using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Jack Cotton records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Jack Cotton information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Jack Cotton.
Research the Cotton surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cotton Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 8520 people with the Cotton surname in the UK? Cotton is now ranked number 690 for popularity in the UK. |
Cotton Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Jack Cotton.
Study MyTrees for information on the Cotton family and people looking to contact living Cotton relations.
Search One Great Family for Cotton records submitted by people who are already researching the Cotton Family Tree.
Find Jack Cotton from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Cotton Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Cotton surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 42535 people with the Cotton surname in the USA? Cotton is ranked number 143 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cotton Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Jack Cotton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jack Cotton
Jack Cotton
Jack Cotton (1 January 1903 – 21 March 1964) was a British property developer. He became the dominant figure in the world of property development in Britain. His methods of operation were a model for others involved in the property boom in the years following World War II.
Jack Cotton was born on 1 January 1903 in Birmingham, and was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham, and at Cheltenham College. He left school at the age of 18 to become an articled clerk in a firm of estate agents and surveyors. In 1924, he set up his own firm in Birmingham.
By the 1930s, he was buying farmland to sell to speculative builders of housing estates. In 1932 he began the first of his purely urban developments, starting with blocks of flats and moving on to commercial property. In 1937, he built King Edward House on the site of his old school, which was rebuilt in Edgbaston close to the University of Birmingham. Other office blocks in the centre of Birmingham followed.
During World War II, he realised that there would be a huge demand for new buildings after the war. He moved to London, and bought a property company called Mansion House Chambers Ltd., which he then merged with another company called Chesham House (Regent Street) Ltd., the name of which was changed in 1955 to City Centre Properties. He persuaded the Pearl and the Legal and General Insurance Companies to become partners in his ventures. Barclays Bank joined in his overseas operations. In 1960 City Centre Properties merged with two other big property companies, "City and Central" and "Murrayfield", to create the biggest property company in the world.
The most important of Cotton's developments were the Big Top 3.5-acre site in Birmingham, the Notting Hill complex in London, and the Pan Am Building over the Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Cotton was, like his father and grandfather, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Birmingham. He was vice-president and treasurer of its main synagogue (of which his grandfather was president). He contributed to many charities. The Cotton Terraces of the Zoological Gardens in Regent's Park are named in his memory. He also founded a chair of architecture and fine arts at the Hebrew University and chairs of biochemistry at the Royal College of Surgeons and the Weizmann Institute.
Cotton died on 21 March 1964 in Nassau, Bahamas.
Source: Jack Cotton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cotton
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Cadamy Cadany Caddan Cadden Cadena Cadney Cadona Catania Catino Caton Catone Catonne Cattaneo Catten Cattin Cattini Catton Cauthen Cauthon Cawthon Cayton Cedeno Chaddoan Chaddoen Chadney Chadouin Chadwen Chadwin Chatain Chatan Chatham Chatin Chatom Chattan Chatten Chattin Chatwin Chaudoin Chaudowen Cheatham Cheatum Cheetam Cheetham Chetham Chetney Chetwin Chiodini Chitham Chittem Chittim Chittum Coaten Coatham Coatney Codden Codney Cotham Cotney Coton Cottam Cottem Cotten Cottham Cottoen Cottom Cottone Couden Couthon Coutinho Couton Coutton Cowden Cowdin Cowton Cuddem Cuddon Cudemo Cudney Cutten Cuttin
Comments
Looking for information on a Jack Cotton in your family tree? Why not post a question here -