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William (Cockran) Cochran (abt. 1825 - 1920)

William Cochran formerly Cockran aka Cochrane
Born about in Narellan, New South Wales, Australiamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 21 Feb 1853 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 95 in Glebe, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

William (Cockran) Cochran was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

William was born in 1828 and baptised at Narellan, New South Wales on 4 January 1831. He was the son of William Cochran & Helen.[1][2]

William Cochran married Margaret Baynard in St. Andrews Scotts Church, Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales on 21 February 1853.[3][4][5] They had the following children:

  1. Helen Cochran (1853-1870)
  2. Benjamin Cochran (1855-)
  3. Ada (Cochran) Ritchie (1858-1902)
  4. Walter W Cochran (1860-)
  5. Lily Cochran (1862-)
  6. Thomas Buckland (Cockran) Cochran (1864-abt.1934)
  7. Lucy Cochran (1867-)
  8. William B Cochran (1869-)
  9. Montague Cochran (1871-1888)
  10. Arthur Lewers Cochran (1874-1952)

In 1890 William was operating a business as a hatter in Brown Street, Paddington when his business went into bankruptcy.[6]

His wife Margaret died at their residence of 1 Victoria Road, Glebe Point on 16 August 1918.[7]

William died in Glebe in May 1920.[8][9]

Research Notes

An Ancestry tree suggests that the death and funeral of William’s mother is:

  • NSW BDM death registration of COCHRANE, HELEN, Reg. No’s 2592/1852 V18522592 102, and 306/1852 V1852306 106, both showing AGE 50
  • Family Notices (1852, April 15). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12935945
  • Family Notices (1852, April 16). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12935971

Further, it suggested that William’s mother was born illegitimately in 1798 in the last name SCOTT, to mother Helen HORSMAN, at South Leith, Scotland.

The funeral notice of the possible mother cited above suggests that William’s sister is the the Margaret Cochran who married Benjamin Mountcastle in 1848 or 1849 per NSW BDM marriage registrations 1792/1848 V18481792 73C, and 610/1849 V1849610 79.

He passed away in 1920.

Sources

  1. ↑ NSW BDM baptism registration of COCKRAN, WILLIAM, Reg. No. 557/1828 V1828557 15, to parents WILLIAM and HELEN
  2. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNB2-7CPZ : 28 January 2020), William Cockran, 1831.
  3. ↑ NSW Marriage Registration No's. 217/1853 V1853217 81 and 2372/1853 V18532372 73C for William Cochrane & Margaret Baynard, JB district
  4. ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZ6-H9M : 28 January 2020), William Cochrane, 1853.
  5. ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HJ37-Y26Z : 28 January 2020), William Cochrane, 1853.
  6. ↑ "IN BANKRUPTCY." New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) 17 October 1890: 8085. Web. 11 Jan 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221643638>.
  7. ↑ "Family Notices" The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) 19 August 1918: 4. Web. 11 Jan 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article239364652>.
  8. ↑ NSW Death Registration No. 6636/1920 for William Cochran, Glebe district, Father: William, Mother: Helen
  9. ↑ "Family Notices" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 21 June 1920: 7. Web. 11 Jan 2021 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15894749>.




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