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Agnes Kilgour

Female 1810 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Agnes Kilgour was born in cir 1810.

    Agnes married George Sackville Cotter in 1836. George (son of James Laurence Cotter and Matilda Sampayo) was born in 1808 in Ireland; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. George Sackville Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1837; died on 9 Jan 1859 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 12 Jan 1859 in Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. James Laurence Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1838 in Jaulnah, India; died on 6 Aug 1889 in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Agnes Mary Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1845; died in 1922 in Dalkeith, Scotland.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Sackville Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (1.Agnes1) was born in 1837; died on 9 Jan 1859 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 12 Jan 1859 in Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: clerk in Commerce Bank, Kingston, Ontario


  2. 3.  James Laurence CotterJames Laurence Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (1.Agnes1) was born on 24 Dec 1838 in Jaulnah, India; died on 6 Aug 1889 in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online:

    COTTER, JAMES LAURENCE, HBC fur-trader and photographer; b. 24 Dec. 1839 at Jaulna (Jalna), India, son of Colonel George Sackville Cotter and Agnes Kilgour; m. 13 Sept. 1868 at Sault Ste Marie, Ont., Frances Symington Ironside, daughter of George Ironside*, and they had 11 children; d. 6 Aug. 1889 at Sault Ste Marie.

    James Laurence Cotter, a descendant of an Irish baronet, was brought up by his grandmother near Edinburgh, where he attended Loretto School. He arrrived in Canada in 1857 and joined the Hudson’s Bay Company that fall as an apprentice clerkeorge Simpson* described him as “a young gentleman of good education” and sent him to Fort La Cloche (Ont.) on Lake Huron, where he was to be kept “actively engaged” and pick up the “French & Indian” languages. Cotter served two seasons at Bersimis (Betsiamites, Que.) and another at Fort Chicoutimi (Que.) as a clerk and was then transferred to Moose Factory (Ont.), the administrative headquarters of the HBC’s Southern Department. At Moose Factory, where he arrived in October 1867, Cotter was initiated into the complexities of a large fur-trading centre. In 1872 he was assigned to the Eastmain District and made junior chief trader the following year. He recommended to George Simpson McTavish, officer-in-charge at Moose Factory, that the district headquarters be moved from Little Whale River (Petite rivière de la Baleine, Que.) to Fort George (Que.). McTavish agreed, and the move was made in the summer of 1874. Cotter was promoted to chief trader in 1875, and remained at Fort George for another year, until he was sent to Rupert’s House (Fort-Rupert, Que.) to take charge of Rupert’s River District.

    In 1879 Cotter returned to Moose Factory to take charge of the Southern Department, which comprised the districts of Albany, Rupert’s River, Eastmain, Moose Factory, New Post (on the Abitibi River), and Kenogamissi (on the Moose River). Te a period of important changes in the development of northern Ontario: the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the opening up of the northwest to settlement were, in Cotter’s words, “beginning to have their effect in unsettling the minds of the people.” This general instability was reflected in the difficulty Cotter experienced in retaining qualified staff, especially skilled mechanics and boat builders. He was, however, successful in obtaining higher wages and better pensions for the men. He also succeeded, despite the restrictions on space in company ships, in having the wives and families of his staff brought out and housing provided for them. As settlement advanced to the north and west, the Indians too were affected. They were exposed to epidemics of whooping cough and influenza, which invariably meant death and sorrow, a decrease in fur returns, and an increase in their debts. To protect the Indians, Cotter prevailed upon them not to travel in areas afflicted by contagious diseases. During this unsettling period, Cotter, who attained the rank of chief factor in 1883, kept the fur returns for the Southern Department reasonably stable. His interests went beyond the fur trade. He established a sawmill for the HBC at Moose Factory, brought in livestock to improve the company’s herd, and planted several productive vegetable gardens.

    It is perhaps as a photographer, however, and not as a company officer that Cotter is best remembered. He made his own camera, and took some of the first photographs of the area around Hudson Bay. Nine drawings in Harper’s Weekly (New Yfe 1879, for instance, were based on Cotter’s photographs. Historians and anthropologists are particularly interested in the artistically composed, sharp, clear photographs of people, buildings, and transportation. One of his photographs, taken at Moose Factory in 1871, shows a flat-roofed building which probably dates from 1762. Others show the Moose Factory bell tower, double-masted coastal vessels, the fort cannon pointing out to James Bay, and Indians and canoes. His pictures capture scenes reminiscent of a life which had changed little since the establishment of the fort in 1673. Cotter’s photographs of the Inuit of the Eastmain District at Little Whale River, with their skin tents and kayaks, are probably the first photographs from that area.

    During the winter of 1888/89 Cotter was too ill to work. He and his family left Moose Factory for Sault Ste Marie, where he died on 6 August.

    James married Frances Symington Ironside on 13 Sep 1868 in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada. Frances (daughter of George Ironside and unknown) was born in 1842 in Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada; died on 20 Jul 1912 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Agnes Mary Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Aug 1869 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
    2. 6. George Sackville Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Aug 1870 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died in 1942.
    3. 7. Wemyss McKenzie Osborne Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jan 1872 in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1935.
    4. 8. Henry Martin Stuart Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Sep 1873 in Little Whale River, Hudson Bay, Québec, Canada; died in 1940.
    5. 9. Evadne Kilgour Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1874 in Fort George, James Bay, Québec, Canada; died on 16 Jan 1948.
    6. 10. Ada Margaret Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1875 in Fort George, James Bay, Québec, Canada.
    7. 11. Katherine Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1877 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Jul 1973 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
    8. 12. Arthur Douglas Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1878 in Rupert House, James Bay, Québec, Canada.
    9. 13. Oliver Wendell Holmes Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1879 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada.
    10. 14. Ann Winnifred Ruth Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jan 1881 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada.
    11. 15. James Laurence Rogerson Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 May 1882 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Jan 1942; was buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 4.  Agnes Mary CotterAgnes Mary Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (1.Agnes1) was born in cir 1845; died in 1922 in Dalkeith, Scotland.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Agnes Mary Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 25 Aug 1869 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

  2. 6.  George Sackville Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 16 Aug 1870 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died in 1942.

    Notes:

    George Cotter was living in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the time of his marriage.

    George married Madelon Edna Craig on 18 Dec 1912 in St. John the Evangelist, London, Middlesex County, Ontario. Madelon (daughter of William Craig and Harriet M. Greig) was born in cir 1882 in Clinton, Central Huron, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Wemyss McKenzie Osborne Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 23 Jan 1872 in Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1935.

    Wemyss married Charlotte Mason on 27 Apr 1909 in York, York County, Ontario, Canada. Charlotte was born in cir 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 8.  Henry Martin Stuart Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 17 Sep 1873 in Little Whale River, Hudson Bay, Québec, Canada; died in 1940.

    Notes:

    Henry Martin Stuart Cotter had four children.

    Family/Spouse: Beatrice Wilson. Beatrice was born in cir 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 9.  Evadne Kilgour Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 2 Oct 1874 in Fort George, James Bay, Québec, Canada; died on 16 Jan 1948.

  6. 10.  Ada Margaret Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 12 Nov 1875 in Fort George, James Bay, Québec, Canada.

    Notes:

    Ada Margaret Cotter was a twin, but her twin did not survive.


  7. 11.  Katherine Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 1 Sep 1877 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died on 6 Jul 1973 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

    Family/Spouse: W. Tulloch Daniel. W. was born in cir 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Margaret Winnifred Daniel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jul 1910 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; died on 4 Jan 1985 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

  8. 12.  Arthur Douglas Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born in cir 1878 in Rupert House, James Bay, Québec, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: banker

    Notes:

    Arthur Douglas Cotter had three children.

    Arthur married Marian Church Solmes on 2 Dec 1904 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Marian (daughter of Reuben Solmes and Florence Church) was born in cir 1883 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 13.  Oliver Wendell Holmes Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 16 Sep 1879 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada.

  10. 14.  Ann Winnifred Ruth Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 29 Jan 1881 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada.

    Family/Spouse: F. C. Austin. F. was born in cir 1880; died on 29 Jan 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 15.  James Laurence Rogerson Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 23 May 1882 in Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, Canada; died on 21 Jan 1942; was buried in Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

    Notes:

    James Laurence Cotter was a twin, but his twin did not survive. He had two children.

    James married Mildred Amelia Purdy on 21 Sep 1905 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. Mildred (daughter of John Purdy and Annie Smith) was born in cir 1882 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Miriam Frances Cotter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in cir 1908 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 16.  Margaret Winnifred Daniel Descendancy chart to this point (11.Katherine3, 3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 18 Jul 1910 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada; died on 4 Jan 1985 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

    Family/Spouse: Alfred Keith MacDougall. Alfred (son of Alfred Lamb MacDougall and Jessie Elizabeth Cunningham) was born on 5 Nov 1911 in Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand; died on 13 Jun 1943; was buried in Runnymede Memorial Cemetery, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 17.  Miriam Frances Cotter Descendancy chart to this point (15.James3, 3.James2, 1.Agnes1) was born in cir 1908 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

    Miriam married William Henry Purdy on 7 Nov 1927 in Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. William (son of Thomas Herbert Purdy and Annie Spooner) was born in cir 1906 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 5

  1. 18.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (16.Margaret4, 11.Katherine3, 3.James2, 1.Agnes1)

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

    Children:
    1. 19. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point