Patrick Cotter
Dwelling #70.
Group Number 6

Group Members

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No Last Name First Names Maiden Name Relationship Occupation Born Died School Year
1 Cotter Patrick Husband Mustered, rabbiter
2 Cotter Ethel Wife
3 Cotter Richard (Dick) Child 1927
4 Cotter Patsy Child
5 Cotter Stanley (Stan) Child

Notes

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Note Date Short Description Note Text
1126 Mr Cotters family had been miners and storekeepers in Skippers and at Bullendale. They then moved to Arrowtown.

Mr Cotters family had been miners and storekeepers in Skippers and at Bullendale. They then moved to Arrowtown.

1127 1925 Marriage of Patrick and Ethel.

Mr & Mrs Patrick Cotter were married and moved from Arrowtown to Bannockburn. They took up the position of married couple at Hawkesburn Station.

1128 1927 The Cotters rented dwelling #70.

The Cotters moved to Bannockburn and rented dwelling #70 from Alfred Joblin who lived in dwelling #72 on Domain Road. Mr Cotter spent the next few winters rabbiting in Duffers Gully. During this time he lived in dwelling #494 on his own.

1129 1930 For two or three months this year, Mrs Cotter and family joined her husband in Duffers.

For two or three months this year, Mrs Cotter and family joined her husband in Duffers.

1130 1930 Some memories from Dick Cotter.

Dick remembers as a child being in Duffers Gully with his mother and father. He played with his mother's large cream and white mixing bowl when he was told not to. he bumped it off the table and it broke. Mrs Cotter used this bowl for cooking, mixing and baking. Mr Cotter had to ride his horse to Bannockburn to replace the bowl. He also remembers a photo taken in Duffers of his mother on a white horse with his brother and sister riding front and back of this mother. Pat Cotter worked as a musterer, farm hand, when he was not rabbiting. He worked for Kawarau and Mt Difficulty Stations at various times.

1131 1931 The Pat Cotter family moved from dwelling #70 to Ernscleugh.

The Pat Cotter family moved from dwelling #70 to Ernscleugh. The family's chattels were moved by Ted Lawrence.


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Image Id Source Date Short Description
2022 Mr R Cotter - Lake Hawea 1931 Mr & Mrs Patrick Cotter and family View Image