Susan (Hartnett) Cottam (1848 - 1912)

Born 1848 in Yass, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of Ralph Cottam — married 1870 in Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 25 Jan 1912 at about age 64 in Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia.

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Susan (Hartnett) Cottam was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Biography

Susan Hartnett was born in 1848, the daughter of Edward Hartnett and Ellen Coyle. Her birth was registered at Yass, New South Wales, Australia. ^[1]

Her siblings were:

• Edward William, born 1845
• Andrew, born 1846
• Mary, born 1851

Tragically her mother passed away when the children were only young. In June 1852, Gundagai, NSW was hit by a severe flood which claimed the lives of one third of the inhabitants of the town. According to the family history related to Ellen's great grand-daughter, Ellen went outside in the night during this period to look for a cow and was never seen again; she is presumed to have drowned in the flood.^[2] Her father remarried and they had eleven children:

• Sarah, born 1856
• Margaret, born 1857
• Robert, born 1858
• James, born 1860
• Catherine, born 1862
• Thomas, born 1864
• Ellen, born 1866
• John, born 1868
• Francis, born 1870
• Jane, born 1872
• Julia, born 1875

Susan married Ralph Cottam on the 6th June 1869.^[3] Not all of their children lived to adulthood, they included:

• Eleanor, born 1870
• Ralph, born 1872
• Edmund, born 1875
• Hannah, born 1876
• Christina, born 1878
• Charles, born 1880
• Mary, born 1882
• Arthur, born 1883
• Eliza, born 1885
• Susan, born 1887
• Martha, born 1888
• Bertha, born 1888
• Elsie, born 1892

Susan passed away on the 30th January after a painful illness aged 64. She is buried in the Tumbarumba Cemetery.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ BIRTH Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922, Name:Susan Harnett, Birth Date: 1848, Birth Place: New South Wales,Registration Year: 1848, Registration Place: Yass, New South Wales, Australia, Father: Edward Harnett, Mother: Ellen, Volume Number: V1848820 67
2. ↑ BATLOW: The Growing Years from Gold to Apples, Horwitz Publications for the Batlow Historical Society, CAMMERAY NSW ,1975., Pages 9-13.
3. ↑ MARRIAGE NSW Births ,Deaths and Marriages 3509/1870 COTTAIN (Cottam) RALPH married CORNOTT (Harnett) SUSAN district TUMUT
4. ↑ DEATH NSW Births ,Deaths and Marriages COTTAM SUSAN 3574/1912 (F=EDWARD M=ELLEN) district TUMBARUMBA
5. ↑ DEATH OF MRS R. COTTAM. (1912, January 30). The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser (NSW : 1903 - 1925), page. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112264095