Daniel COTTON (1835 – 1917)

Name

Daniel Cotton

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1835

Birthplace

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

Marriage(s)

1868
Porangahau
Jane Cotton
1884
Harriet Cotton

Date of death

1917

Place of death

Te Pohue

Partner(s)

  • Jane Cotton, nee Handscombe (1845-1884)
  • Harriet Mary Cotton, nee Clements (1861-1943)

Children

  • Edward John Cotton (1869-1930)
  • Alice Stack (1870-1893)
  • Louisa Cotton (born 1872)
  • Daniel Cotton (1874-1906)
  • Frederick Charles Cotton (1876-1886)
  • Fanny Jane Sherwood
  • Arthur Cotton (1881-1900)
  • Albert Cotton (1882-1885)
  • Violet Beatrice Gallien (1886-1966)
  • Ivy May Tucker (born 1888)
  • Leslie Edmond Cotton (1892-1966)
  • Horace Stanley Cotton (4/7/1894-1919)

Biography

Arrived in Wellington as a crew member on the “Cresswell”, February 1858; deserted and walked to Hawke’s Bay; came to Napier about 1863
Took part in the battle of Omarunui and other conflicts
Worked at Porangahau, bushman, coach proprietor
Eight children to Jane, four to Harriet

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