COTTINGHAM, Mary Maide

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Last Name
 
COTTINGHAM
Given Names
 
Mary Maide (Capers)
AKA's
 
Better known as
 
Date of Birth
 
11/30/1899
Age at Death
 
78
Place of Birth
 
Florence, South Carolina
Race
 
Black
Gender
 
Female
Religion
 
Family Tree
  Cottingham Family Tree
Birth Mother
 
Birth Father
 
Siblings
 
Partner
 
Children
 
Florence Edith Heath, Grover Washington; Mary Nathaniel Morton (granddaughter), Michael DeAngelo Heath (grandson), Gloria Victoria Parker aka Vickie Morton (great-granddaughter)
Non-Temple Relatives
 
Florence Wiles, Charles Capers (parents); Jessie Washington (first husband); Bobby Washington, James Capers, Hannah Brown, Timothy Washington, Essie Mae Flynn
Body Identification Number
 
Burial Location
 
Fair Lawn Cemetery, Fair Lawn, NJ
Source of Death Information
 
House Foreign Affairs Committee report; FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78)
Entry into Guyana
 
2/4/1978
Residence (US)
 
Pittsburg, California
Residence (JT)
 
Cottage 16
Occupation in U.S./Skills, Talents & Interests
 
Food processor (PT occupation record)
Occupation in Jonestown (Temple Records)
 
(senior)
Jonestown Roles (FBI Records)
 
Government Income
 
SSA (JT), SSI
Discrepancies
 
Randolph list and FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78) say middle name is "Maid"; passport name above
Remembrances
 
“I will always remember my grandmother,mary, we all called her mama because she was the head of the family, and she had a special way of making all of us feel special. I will forever miss her. ” - Anonymous