Amelia (Semmens) Cotton (1860)

Born 1860 in Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Elisha Chenhall — married 1878 in Victoria, Australia

Wife of John Benjamin Cotton — married 1884 in Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Amelia Semmens (married names Chenhall, then Cotton) was born in 1860 in Scotland.^{[citation needed]}

She married Elisha Chenhall in 1878 in Victoria, Australia.^[1] Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• Elisha James Chenhall (1879–?)
• Albert Chenhall (1881–?)
• Samuel Chenhall (1883–?)

Elisha died in 1883.^[2]

Amelia remarried in 1884 in Victoria, to John Cotton.^[3] Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• Amelia Jane Cotton (1886–?)
• Joseph Henry Cotton (1889–?)
• John Leslie Cotton (1891–?)
• Ruby Cotton (1893–?)
• Charles Henry Cotton (1897–?)

Research notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Marriage 1 record: 4996 / 1878. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Amelia SEMMENS and Elisha CHENHALL)
2. ↑ Death record: 4854 / 1883. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Elisha CHENHALL); (Place of death: E'HAWK); (Age at death: 26); (Spouse at death: Amelia SEMMENS); (Mother: Jane WILLIAMS); (Father: Thos)
3. ↑ Marriage 2 record: 4940 / 1884. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Amelia CHENHALL and John COTTON)

• Victorian Pioneer Index 1836-1888