George Sackville Cotter

1859 - 1947  (88 years)

• Name	George Sackville Cotter
  Birth	14 Feb 1859
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Dec 1947	Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  		George Sackville Cotter
  Siblings	4 brothers and 7 sisters
  1. Frederick William Cotter,   b. 14 Feb 1849   d. Bef 1871  (Age 21 years)   2. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 14 Feb 1859   d. 16 Dec 1947, Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years) ▻ Emma Docker   3. William Rupert Cotter,   b. 27 Sep 1861   d. Bef 1871  (Age 9 years)   4. Caroline Alexandra Cotter,   b. 10 Sep 1863   d. London, Middlesex, England ▻ G. A. Blake   5. Francis Ewart Cotter,   b. Apr 1866   d. 19 Jan 1949, Petoskey, Emmet County, Michigan, USA  (Age ~ 82 years) ▻ Cora Edna Goodman,  m. cir 1902   6. Pauline Cotter,   b. cir 1868 ▻ George Francis Cowell,  m. 7 Oct 1889   7. Louisa Cotter,   b. 1869, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada ▻ George Francis Cowell,  m. 7 Oct 1891   8. James Lawrence Cotter,   b. 26 Nov 1870   d. Aft 1911  (Age 41 years)   9. Georgina Cotter,   b. 20 Nov 1872, Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada d. Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada ▻ Alexander Bethune,  m. 27 May 1907   10. Jane Croft Cotter,   b. 19 Oct 1876   d. 13 Aug 1899, Maple Street, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada  (Age 22 years)   11. Dolly Cotter,   b. 1878 ▻ Frank Whitmore   12. Wilhemine Cotter,   b. 14 Feb 1878 ▻ Francis Whitmore,  m. 9 Mar 1904
  Notes	George Cotter joined the North West Mounted Police on 9 June 1879. George Cotter was amongst the charter members of the Masonic Alberta Lodge No. 3, in Ft.Macleod which was instituted prior to December 31, 1890. He was a member of the NWMP contingent at the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. He helped build Fort Walsh and was one of three police who went into Sitting Bull's camp to encourage the Indians to go return to the United States. He retired on 4 April 1929, with the rank of Staff Sergeant. Obituary: RCMP Quarterly Vol 13 No 3 pp 287 January (?) 1948 Reg No. 322, ex-S/Sgt. George Sackville Cotter, 88, died at Dunnville, Ont., Dec 16, 1947. He served in the N.W.M.P. from June 9, 1879 to June 8, 1884, and from June 9, 1888 to Apr. 30, 1904, being stationed in the Northwest Territories at Regina and Wood Mountain (Sask.), and St. Mary's, Fort Walsh, Fort Macleod, Cardston, and Pincher Creek (Alta.) He was one of the members of the Force who welcomed the Mormon pioneers to Western Canada 50 years ago.
  Person ID	I13396	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2010

  
  

  Father	William Crofts Cotter,   b. 4 Apr 1830, County Cork, Ireland d. 11 Jun 1911, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Georgina D'Aguilar Hyde   d. 21 Feb 1885, Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  Marriage	4 Feb 1858	Dunn Township, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F5237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Docker,   b. cir 1860   bur. St. John the Divine Anglican Church Cemetery, South Cayuga, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F5272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 16 Dec 1947 - Dunnville, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Christ Church Cemetery, Port Maitland, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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