Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
John Quarry Cotter
1832 - 1903 (71 years)-
Name John Quarry Cotter Birth 30 May 1832 Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland [1] Gender Male Occupation Farmer, minister Religion Wesleyan Death 29 Aug 1903 Rockforest, Waverley Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia Burial 1 Sep 1903 Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia [2] John Quarry and Catherine Wenz Cotter Newspaper notice of the funeral of John Quarry Cotter
The Argus (Melbourne, Australia), 2 September 1903Siblings 8 brothers and 8 sisters Half-siblings 1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Joseph Rogerson Cotter and Anne Charlotte Butler) Notes - John Quarry Cotter was probably born in the rectory of the church at Castlemagner, County Cork . Nothing is known of his early life in Ireland but, judging from his family background and the academic achievements of his brothers, he probably attended a good school . Family tradition , which of course must be treated cautiously, indicates that J.Q. Cotter's health failed while he was studying law, and he came to Australia to recuperate. It was intended that he return to County Cork when his health was restored, but it is said he liked life in the colony so well that he refused to do so - much to the irritation of his father, who had sent him money for his return fare (which he may have used to buy his property in Waverley Road). Hence his father disinherited him. He is said to have emigrated to England and lived there a short time before embarking for Australia. This may have been to circumvent the then current system of limited quotas of Irish immigrants to Australia by travelling to England to board a migrant ship, so that the records showed them as English migrants. J. Q. Cotter, then aged 16, was on the immigrant ship "Chaseley" when it sailed from "the Downs" on 27 December 1848. He was in the company (and probably in the charge) of his sister Jane Emily Percival Butler and her husband, Joseph Rogerson Cotter Butler, who was a cousin of Jane and John. Both Cotter and Butler are described as farmers on the passenger list. (John and Jane were apparently also related to the Butlers through their father's first wife, who was Anne Charlotte, daughter of Capt G.B. Butler, who was probably J.R.C. Butler's father's sister). The ship reached the Moreton Bay (Brisbane) settlement on 1 May 1849 . [2]
Person ID i13352 Bryan-Martin Last Modified 11 Oct 2024
Father Rev. Joseph Rogerson Cotter, b. 2 Sep 1790, Cork, Ireland d. 4 Feb 1868, Macroom, County Cork, Ireland (Age 77 years) Mother Mary Susannah Purcell d. 15 Apr 1851 Marriage 5 Aug 1819 Family ID F4892 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John Quarry Cotter, b. 30 May 1832, Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland d. 29 Aug 1903, Rockforest, Waverley Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia (Age 71 years) Marriage 20 Mar 1857 St. James (Church of England), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [2] Children 1. Mary Susannah Cotter, b. 26 Dec 1857, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia d. 11 Feb 1885, Scoresby, Victoria, Australia (Age 27 years) 2. Anna Maria Cotter, b. 20 Sep 1859, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia d. 16 Mar 1946, Footscray, Victoria, Australia (Age 86 years) 3. Catherine Cotter, b. 25 Jan 1862, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia d. Aft 1903 (Age 41 years) 4. John Joseph Cotter, b. 5 Apr 1864, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia d. 1869 (Age 4 years) 5. George Sackville Cotter, b. 20 Nov 1865, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia d. 13 Oct 1921, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia (Age 55 years) 6. Unnamed Cotter, b. 1867, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia d. 1867, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years) 7. Louisa Percival Cotter, b. 11 Oct 1868, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia d. 24 Oct 1929, Blackburn, Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia (Age 61 years) 8. John Quarry Cotter, b. 2 Mar 1871, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia d. 19 Nov 1942 (Age 71 years) 9. Isabel Cotter, b. 7 Nov 1873, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia 10. Ellen Purcell Cotter, b. 2 Oct 1875, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia d. 30 Jul 1934 (Age 58 years) Family ID F7417 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Feb 2023
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