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]
  Siblings	7 brothers and 8 sisters
  1. Joseph Rogerson Cotter,   b. 9 Jun 1822 ▻ Philadelphia Louisa Hall   2. James Laurence Cotter,   b. 14 Aug 1824 ▻ Mary Gaggin,  m. 19 Oct 1854 ;   Mary Beatrice Bromilow,  m. 3 Sep 1856   3. Isabella Cotter,   b. cir 1825 ▻ William Ridley,  m. 11 Apr 1850   4. Catherine Louisa Cotter,   b. cir 1825 ▻ John William Stubbs   5. Jane Emily Perceval Cotter,   b. cir 1825 ▻ Joseph Rogerson Cotter Butler   6. Sarah Phillips Cotter,   b. cir 1825 ▻ Edward Langford Dillon,  m. 23 May 1865   7. Georgina Purcell Cotter,   b. 1835   d. 15 Apr 1865  (Age 30 years) ▻ Hunter Alexander Coghlan,  m. 24 May 1864   8. Mary Grace Jessie Cotter,   b. cir 1825   9. Charles Purcell Cotter,   b. 17 Feb 1826 ▻ Mary Anne Caroline Gaitskill,  m. 13 Jul 1852   10. Mary Purcell Cotter   d. Bef 1865   11. Richard Henry Cotter,   b. 5 Feb 1831   12. Margaret Anne Cotter,   b. 10 Nov 1831 ▻ Edward Pringle Hodgins   13. John Quarry Cotter,   b. 30 May 1832, Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland d. 29 Aug 1903, Rockforest, Waverley Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia  (Age 71 years) ▻ Catherine Wenz,  m. 20 Mar 1857   14. Arundel Hill Cotter,   b. 15 Apr 1837 ▻ Williamina Grantt Mclean,  m. 12 May 1863   15. Duncan Donald Darroch Cotter,   b. 12 Sep 1838   16. Samuel Kyle Cotter,   b. 10 Nov 1841 ▻ Mary Elizabeth ?
  Half-siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Joseph Rogerson Cotter and Anne Charlotte Butler)
  1. George Sackville Cotter,   b. 1816, Ireland ▻ Henrietta Hoare,  m. 15 Jan 1844   2. Elizabeth Anne Cotter   d. Bef 1865
  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	Private
  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	Catherine Wenz,   b. 29 Jul 1833, Hattenheim, Germany d. 11 Sep 1901, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia (Age 68 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

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 May 1832 - Castlemagner, County Cork, Ireland Marriage - 20 Mar 1857 - St. James (Church of England), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death - 29 Aug 1903 - Rockforest, Waverley Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia Burial - 1 Sep 1903 - Oakleigh Cemetery, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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