1. David Isat. Born about 1775 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Deceased.
Married Margaret Wellwood on 23 Nov. 1799 when about 24 years old (Margaret was about 29 years old). Margaret Wellwood b. about 1770; deceased.
Issue of David Isat and Margaret Wellwood:
| 2 | i. | son James Izatt b. on 13 July 1807 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. |
2. James Izatt, son of David Isat [1] and Margaret Wellwood. Born on 13 July 1807 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Died on 12 July 1873 in Bruce Street, Dunfermline, Scotland, 65 years old.
Married Margaret Somerville on 14 Jan. 1834 in Dunfermline when 26 years old (Margaret was 24 years old). Margaret Somerville b. on 24 July 1809 in Dunfermline, Scotland; d. on 6 Jan. 1872 in Beveridgewell, Dunfermline, Scotland, 62 years old.
Issue of James Izatt and Margaret Somerville:
| 3 | i. | son James Callamer Izatt b. on 9 Dec. 1839 in Dunfermline. |
3. James Callamer Izatt, son of James Izatt [2] and Margaret Somerville. Born on 9 Dec. 1839 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Died on 4 June 1921 in Dunfermline, Scotland, 81 years old. Buried in June 1921 in 64 Cemetery Road, Dunfermline, Scotland.
Married Janet Russell. Janet Russell b. about 1843; d. on 16 Jan. 1922 in Dunfermline, about 79 years old.
Issue of James Callamer Izatt and Janet Russell:
| 4 | i. | son James Izatt b. on 18 Sep. 1866 in Dunfermline. |
4. James Izatt, son of James Callamer Izatt [3] and Janet Russell. Born on 18 Sep. 1866 in Dunfermline, Scotland. Died on 11 Feb. 1923 in Springfield, Illinois, 56 years old.
Married Nora “Mullen” Mullins on 14 Sep. 1892 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois when 25 years old (Nora “Mullen” was 17 years old). Nora “Mullen” Mullins b. on 7 Nov. 1874 in Ross Common, County Cork, Ireland; d. in 1960 in Springfield, 85 or 86 years old.
Issue of James Izatt and Nora “Mullen” Mullins:
| 5 | i. | dau. Noreen Izatt b. on 9 May 1902 in Illinois. |
| ii. | dau. Janet “Jeanett” Izatt b. on 31 Jan. 1894; d. in 1978, 83 or 84 years old. | |
| iii. | son James Frances Izatt b. on 12 April 1896 in Roughlands Carron, Sterlingshire, Scotland; d. on 10 Oct. 1973 in Springfield, 77 years old. | |
| iv. | dau. Frances Izatt b. on 12 May 1900; d. about 2000 in Golconda, about 100 years old. |
Images for James and Nora Izatt:
Nora Mullins Izatt |
James Izatt |
Nora Mullins Izatt |
James Izatt |
Nora Izatt with Francine |
James Izatt Business Card |
5. Noreen Izatt, dau. of James Izatt [4] and Nora “Mullen” Mullins. Born on 9 May 1902 in Illinois. Died on 8 June 1987 in Springfield, 85 years old. Buried in June 1987 in Springfield.
Married first James E. “Buck” Cotton, son of William Cotton and Elizabeth Spring. James E. “Buck” Cotton b. on 25 Feb. 1898 in Illinois; d. on 8 June 1935 in Illinois, 37 years old.
Issue of Noreen Izatt and James E. “Buck” Cotton:
| 6 | i. | dau. Betty Cotton b. on 28 Aug. 1921, of Springfield. |
Married second Paul Cassell.
Issue of Noreen Izatt and Paul Cassell:
| ii. | son William Cassell . |
Images for James E. "Buck" Cotton and Noreen Izatt:
James Cotton |
James Cotton was always called "Buck" |
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| Middle row, young Betty Cotton with her parents, Noreen and Buck, and in Golconda, Illinois with Buck and one of her cousins, Tom Davis. Bottom row, Aunt Bridget Mullins with baby Noreen, and the three Izatt sisters: Frances, Noreen and Janet. |
6. Betty Cotton, dau. of James E. “Buck” Cotton and Noreen Izatt [5]. Born on 28 Aug. 1921, of Springfield, Illinois. Baptized in Springfield. Died on 20 May 1974 in Los Angeles, California, 52 years old. Buried in May 1974 in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Married first Frank Meyer Chism, son of Frank Harvey Chism (son of Harvey Chism and Amanda Elizabeth Stults) and Flossie Meyer (dau. of Charles W Meyer and Rosa Hollingsworth), in 1941 in Springfield when 19 or 20 years old (Frank Meyer was 21 or 22 years old). Divorced. Frank Meyer Chism b. on 30 May 1919, of Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois; d. on 30 Jan. 1970 in Palmyra, 50 years old; bur. in Jan. 1970 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Palmyra, Illinois.
Issue of Betty Cotton and Frank Meyer Chism:
| i. | dau. Francine Chism b. on 3 Oct. 1943 in Springfield; bap. in Oct. 1943 in Springfield when an infant; m. Robert Malcolm Schwieder (31 Dec. 1922 in Denver, Colorado–23 Dec. 1986 in Fontana) on 8 Sep. 1970 when 26 years old (Robert Malcolm was 47 years old). | |
| 7 | ii. | son Frank Walter Chism b. on 22 June 1947 in Springfield. |
Married second Robert Albers. Robert Albers d. in 2008.
7. Frank Walter Chism, son of Frank Meyer Chism and Betty Cotton [6]. Born on 22 June 1947 in Springfield, Illinois.
Married Anne Louise Lindsay. Anne Louise Lindsay b. on 14 April 1951 in Olympia, Washington.
Issue of Frank Walter Chism and Anne Louise Lindsay:
| 8 | i. | dau. Fiona Alice Lindsay Chism b. on 12 Feb. 1997 in Seattle. |
8. Fiona Alice Lindsay Chism, dau. of Frank Walter Chism [7] and Anne Louise Lindsay. Born on 12 Feb. 1997 in Seattle, Washington.
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