Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1945, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA

William married Gladys Joan Cotter on 24 Apr 1937 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Gladys (daughter of Harold Edwin Cotter and Anita Woley) was born on 17 Mar 1915 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 1 Aug 2003 in At home, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; was buried on 30 Aug 2003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Northwestern University.
• Religion: Active in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, The Assistance League, and The Woman's Auxiliary at South Coast Medical Cente
• Religion: Early members of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, where she was a member for 38 years, teaching Sunday sch
• Residence: 1945, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
• Residence: Aft 1984, San Clemente, Orange County, California, USA

Notes:

[Houghtaling.FTW]

OBITUARY: Houston Chronicle, Monday, August 26, 2003, Joan Cotter Fogarty Lundahl
JOAN COTTER FOGARTY LUNDAHL died at home in Houston on August 1, 2003. She was predeceased by her first husband, William Henry Fogarty, who died in 1982, and her stepdaughter, Susan Lundahl Blee. A redhead, Joan was born in Chicago on St. Patri's Day, 1915. She is survived by her husband, Herbert Thorp Lundahl, three children and their spouses, Garrett Cotter Fogarty and his wife, Suzanne, of Dallas, Caryn Fogarty Tebbe andher husband, Graham, of Houston, and Gail Fogarty Phares and her husband, Don, of Morro Bay, California, and two stepsons, Jeffrey Lundahl and wife, Suzanne, of Glenbrook, Nevada, and Robert Lundahl of San Francisco. Also surviving her are five grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, five great grandchildren and six step-great grandchildren. Joan grew up in Evanston, Illinois, and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma at Northwestern University. She married Bill Fogarty in 1937, and in 1945 the family moved to Dallas. Joan and Bill and their family were very early members of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, where she was a member for 38 years, teaching Sunday school and serving on the Altar Guild. Joan married Herb in 1984 and moved to Cyprus Shore in San Clemente, California. There, Joan was active in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church,The Assistance League, and The Woman's Auxiliary at South Coast Medical Center in San Juan Capistrano. She poured her enthusiasm for life into entertaining and organizing events for her friends and family. Joan's love of fun, wit, intelligence, style, and compassion will be missed by all of those who knew her. A memorial service in celebration of Joan's life will be held on Saturday, August 30, at 4:00 PM, at Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas, Houston. Those wishing may send memorials to The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Attn: Macular Degeneration, 20 StanifordStreet, Boston, MA 02114. Published in the Houston Chronicle on 8/26/2003.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Insurance agent at Lloyds of London
• Religion: Episcopal, St. Luke's Cathedral, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
• Residence: Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Florida, USA
• Residence: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
• Occupation: Jun 1919; Insurance broker
• Residence: Jun 1919, 935 Margate Terrace, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1920, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1930, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA
• Residence: Sep 1944, Barrington, Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois, USA

Notes:

The Harold Cotter family was living in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, at the time of the 1920 census and in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, at the time of the 1930 census.

Harold married Anita Woley on 18 Feb 1912 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Anita (daughter of James D. Woley and Minna Rush) was born on 8 Sep 1889 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; died on 13 Dec 1965 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; was buried on 20 Dec 1965 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Jun 1919; housewife
• Residence: Jun 1919, 935 Margate Terrace, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Executive with the W.W. Kimball Piano Company

Notes:

William Cotter lived at 317 Home Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois, at the time of his death. The family was living there at the time of the 1930 census, as well (Roll T626_505, page 16b, E.D. 2268). His obituary in the Chicago Daily Tribune of Saturday 13, September 1941, reads: "William H. Cotter. 317 Home Ave., Oak Park, beloved husband of Belle Cotter, father of Earle, Harold, Ross & Roger. Private services Monday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. at late residence. Internment Forest Home."

William married Belle Ragsdale on 21 Dec 1885 in Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri, USA. Belle was born in cir 1868 in Moberly, Randolph County, Illinois, USA; died on 21 Jan 1944 in Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James + Minna Rush. Minna was born in cir 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1848, McGillivray Township, Huron (now Middlesex) County, Ontario, Canada
• Census: 1870, Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

James L. Cotter emigrated to Ontario, Canada, in 1835 with his father, and he later settled in the Park Hill, Ontario, area. In the "History of Middlesex County," James is listed as a warden and pathmaster for the year 1845. He is recorded as having owned land in Middlesex County, Ontario. The land was in McGillivray Township, Lot 23, Concession 9, and was purchased on 17 Dec 1842. His brother, George, purchased the neighboring lot, No. 22, on the same day; their brother, John, purchased Lot No. 20 on 18 Mar 1844 . However, James Cotter is also listed on the 28 September 1837 map of McGillivray Township as owning that same lot number. James Cotter appears in the 1848 census of Canada West (Ontario). He is listed on page 3, McGillivray Township, Huron (now Middlesex) County. Around 1848, James Cotter moved to Clark County, Ohio. He filed a Declaration of Intention for Naturalization in Clark County, Ohio, on 20 March 1861, but apparently never completed the naturalization process. At the time of the 1850 census, James and Maria (name given as Mary in the census) were living in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. James' age was given as 26, and his occupation was sawyer. Maria's age was given as 25. At the time of the 1860 census, the family was living in German Township, Clark County, Ohio. Included in the census is Anna Cotter, aged 66. He is listed in the 1880 census of Clark County, Ohio. James Cotter was a member of The Champion City Guard, Company A, Seventh Infantry, Ohio National Guard, during the Civil War. He purchased land from William T. Haley in the city of Springfield, Ohio, on 13 July 1855, and from James T. Warder on 14 December 1870, in Springfield Township. Around 1881, the James Cotter family moved to Illinois, settling near Claremont in Richland County. James Cotter purchased land from Robert B. and Ellen Patrick in Richland County, on 27 November 1882. The property is described in the deed as the northwest fourth of the southeast quarter of Section 26, township 4, North Range (numbered 14 west), "containing 40 acres, more or less." The property was sold by his heirs to Mary Cotter Melrose, James's daughter, for $800 on 28 November 1902, following the death of James's second wife in August 1902. James is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, in Lot 242 of Section L. This plot was purchased by Ann Cotter on 18 April 1899.

Buried:
Section L, Lot 242

James married Anna Maria Harrison on 6 Oct 1849 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Anna died before 1866; was buried in cir 1865 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Maria Harris
• Buried: 8 May 1903, Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Section L, Lot 242

Moved from Mt. Zion to Ferncliff, 8 May 1903