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William Muir

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Muir was born on 13 Feb 1912 (son of William Hawkins Muir and Ellen Purcell Cotter).

    William married Jean McKenzie Rankin in Sep 1942. Jean was born on 21 May 1916; died on 21 Aug 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living
    3. Living
    4. Living
    5. Living

    William married Edith Hill in 1982. Edith was born in cir 1915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Hawkins Muir was born on 20 Feb 1846; died on 31 Jul 1933.

    William married Ellen Purcell Cotter on 3 Sep 1907. Ellen (daughter of John Quarry Cotter and Catherine Wenz) was born on 2 Oct 1875 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; died on 30 Jul 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ellen Purcell Cotter was born on 2 Oct 1875 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia (daughter of John Quarry Cotter and Catherine Wenz); died on 30 Jul 1934.
    Children:
    1. Malcolm Muir was born on 17 Feb 1908; died on 3 May 1985.
    2. Ruth Adeline Muir was born on 7 Dec 1910; died on 23 Jul 1994.
    3. 1. William Muir was born on 13 Feb 1912.
    4. Allan Douglas Muir was born on 9 Nov 1913; died on 28 Dec 1977.
    5. Graham Muir was born on 16 Dec 1916.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Quarry Cotter was born on 30 May 1832 in Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland (son of Joseph Rogerson Cotter and Mary Susannah Purcell); died on 29 Aug 1903 in Rockforest, Waverley Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 1 Sep 1903 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: farmer, minister
    • Religion: Wesleyan

    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 .

    John married Catherine Wenz on 20 Mar 1857 in St. James (Church of England), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Catherine (daughter of Johann Wenz and Julia Anne Webster) was born on 29 Jul 1833 in Hattenheim, Germany; died on 11 Sep 1901 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 13 Sep 1901 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Catherine Wenz was born on 29 Jul 1833 in Hattenheim, Germany (daughter of Johann Wenz and Julia Anne Webster); died on 11 Sep 1901 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 13 Sep 1901 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: Weslyan

    Notes:

    On 23 April 1838 Catherine Wenz , then aged 4 years, arrived in Sydney with her father Johann (John) aged 44, her mother Julia Anne (nee Webster) also aged 44, and her two older sisters Margaret aged 15 and Anna Maria aged 8 . They were one of six families brought out to Australia from the wine-growing town of Hattenheim on the Rhine by Edward, James, and William MacArthur, to look after their vineyards at Camden under a five year contract . According to some reports, the MacArthurs treated their employees very badly and the Wenz family was probably glad to end their employment on 22 Feb 1845. They then moved to Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney, where John was later described as an innkeeper. John was naturalised in 1849 and died at Lochinvar in 1853; his wife died there two years later.

    Children:
    1. Mary Susannah Cotter was born on 26 Dec 1857 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia; died on 11 Feb 1885 in Scoresby, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 11 Feb 1885 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
    2. Anna Maria Cotter was born on 20 Sep 1859 in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; died on 16 Mar 1946 in Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
    3. Catherine Cotter was born on 25 Jan 1862 in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; died after 1903.
    4. John Joseph Cotter was born on 5 Apr 1864 in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; died in 1869; was buried on 24 Feb 1869 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
    5. George Sackville Cotter was born on 20 Nov 1865 in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; was christened on 10 Mar 1868; died on 13 Oct 1921 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
    6. Unnamed Cotter was born in 1867 in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; died in 1867 in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 8 Oct 1867 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
    7. Louisa Percival Cotter was born on 11 Oct 1868 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; died on 24 Oct 1929 in Blackburn, Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia.
    8. John Quarry Cotter was born on 2 Mar 1871 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; died on 19 Nov 1942.
    9. Isabel Cotter was born on 7 Nov 1873 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
    10. 3. Ellen Purcell Cotter was born on 2 Oct 1875 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; died on 30 Jul 1934.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Joseph Rogerson Cotter was born on 2 Sep 1790 in Cork, Ireland (son of Rev. George Sackville Cotter and Margaret Rogers); died on 4 Feb 1868 in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland; was buried in Carrigtwohill, Cork, Ireland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: clergyman

    Notes:

    Joseph Rogerson Cotter, B.A., served as Rector of Donoughmore, Senior Prebendary of Cloyne, and Rural Dean.

    Joseph married Mary Susannah Purcell on 5 Aug 1819. Mary (daughter of George Purcell and unknown) died on 15 Apr 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Mary Susannah Purcell (daughter of George Purcell and unknown); died on 15 Apr 1851.
    Children:
    1. Joseph Rogerson Cotter was born on 9 Jun 1822.
    2. James Laurence Cotter was born on 14 Aug 1824.
    3. Isabella Cotter was born in cir 1825.
    4. Catherine Louisa Cotter was born in cir 1825.
    5. Jane Emily Perceval Cotter was born in cir 1825.
    6. Sarah Phillips Cotter was born in cir 1825.
    7. Georgina Purcell Cotter was born in 1835; died on 15 Apr 1865.
    8. Mary Grace Jessie Cotter was born in cir 1825.
    9. Charles Purcell Cotter was born on 17 Feb 1826.
    10. Mary Purcell Cotter died before 1865.
    11. Richard Henry Cotter was born on 5 Feb 1831.
    12. Margaret Anne Cotter was born on 10 Nov 1831.
    13. 6. John Quarry Cotter was born on 30 May 1832 in Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland; died on 29 Aug 1903 in Rockforest, Waverley Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 1 Sep 1903 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
    14. Arundel Hill Cotter was born on 15 Apr 1837.
    15. Duncan Donald Darroch Cotter was born on 12 Sep 1838; was christened on 2 Oct 1838 in Ballyhay, Cork, Ireland.
    16. Samuel Kyle Cotter was born on 10 Nov 1841.

  3. 14.  Johann Wenz was born in cir 1810.

    Johann + Julia Anne Webster. Julia was born in cir 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Julia Anne Webster was born in cir 1810.
    Children:
    1. 7. Catherine Wenz was born on 29 Jul 1833 in Hattenheim, Germany; died on 11 Sep 1901 in Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 13 Sep 1901 in Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.


 

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