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Margaret Brennan 1814 – 1888 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1814

Birth Location: Tipperary, Ireland

Death Date: 13 SEP 1888

Death Location: Woodside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Father: Carbery Brennan

Mother: Joanna Brennan

Spouse(s): Pierce Cotter

Children(s): Baby Cotter, Baby Cotter, James Cotter, Mary Cotter, Thomas Cotter, Pierce Cotter, John Cotter

The story of Margaret Brennan began in 1814 in Tipperary, Ireland. Margaret Brennan married Pierce I Cotter, and had children including Baby Male Cotter, Baby Male Cotter, James Cotter, Mary Ellen Cotter, Thomas Hosford Cotter, Pierce ll Cotter, John Cotter. Margaret Brennan passed away in 1888 in Woodside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Brennan began in 1814 in Tipperary, Ireland.
  • Margaret Brennan married Pierce I Cotter, and had children including Baby Male Cotter, Baby Male Cotter, James Cotter, Mary Ellen Cotter, Thomas Hosford Cotter, Pierce ll Cotter, John Cotter.
  • Margaret Brennan passed away in 1888 in Woodside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Carbery Brennan
1795 –
Birth Location: Ireland
CB
Joanna Brennan
Birth Location: Ireland
JB

Spouses(s)

Pierce Cotter
1815 – 1894
Birth Location: Macroom, County Cork, Ireland
PC

Children(s)

Baby Cotter
1842 – 1842
Birth Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
BC
Baby Cotter
1842 – 1842
Birth Location: sydney
BC
James Cotter
1843 – 1882
Birth Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
JC
Mary Cotter
1845 – 1927
Birth Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
MC
Thomas Cotter
1847 – 1889
Birth Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
TC
Pierce Cotter
1849 – 1892
Birth Location: Wellington, New Zealand
PC
John Cotter
1852 – 1911
Birth Location: Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
JC

Margaret Brennan's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Brennan
1814 – 1888
Birth Place: Tipperary, Ireland
Parents
Carbery Brennan
1795 –
Ireland
Joanna ((Hannah)) Brennan
Ireland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Brennan's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Brennan (1814 – 13 SEP 1888) m. Pierce (I) Cotter (18 June 1815 – 28 June 1894)
  1. 1. Baby (Male) Cotter (12 MAR 1842 – 12 MAR 1842)
  2. 2. Baby (Male) Cotter (12 March 1842 – 12 March 1842)
  3. 3. James Cotter (8 Jul 1843 – 5 Jul 1882) m. Rosina (Cotter) Williams (12 Oct 1848 – 26 May 1926) m. Winifred Crowe (1843 – 1907)
    1. 1. Edith (Mary) Cotter (4 Nov 1867 – 9 Dec 1942)
    2. 2. NR Cotter (1869 – )
    3. 3. Margaret (Eliza (Maggie)) Cotter (10 Feb 1869 – 30 Apr 1948)
    4. 4. Pierce ((Percy) James) Cotter (31 Dec 1870 – 14 Aug 1948) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Bate (29 JUN 1877 – 31 July 1920)
      1. 1. Bertram (Percy) Cotter (15 DEC 1899 – 6 NOV 1968)
      2. 2. Reginald (James) Cotter (27 APR 1902 – 31 Jan 1924)
      3. 3. Emily (Ysobel) Cotter (22 Jul 1903 – 25 Dec 1995)
      4. 4. Henry (Everard) Cotter (31 Dec 1905 – 22 Mar 1981)
      5. 5. Laurence (Parr) Cotter (15 NOV 1910 – 25 AUG 1986) m. Freda (Magdalene) Armstrong (8 JAN 1913 – 27 OCT 1998)
      6. 6. Charles (Napier) Cotter (05 Dec 1911 – 09 Aug 2006)
      7. 7. Baby Cotter (1918 – 1918)
    5. 5. Rosina Cotter (27 Sep 1872 – 11 Dec 1958)
    6. 6. Charles (Douglas) Cotter (27 Dec 1873 – 31 Jul 1951) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Butler (5 Dec 1878 – 15 Jan 1945)
      1. 1. Ethel (May) Cotter (22 May 1903 – 1994)
      2. 2. Myrtle (Rose) Cotter (9 MAY 1906 – 18 OCT 1994)
      3. 3. Pierce (James (Percy)) Cotter (23 Mar 1908 – 02 Oct 1987)
      4. 4. Stanley (Walter) Cotter (19 Aug 1909 – 17 Feb 1981) m. Patricia (Bunbury) Wilson (13 May 1912 – 6 Nov 1999) m. Valda (Condlan) Deane (16 Oct 1910 – 1988) m. Olga (Doreen) Hodges (07 Dec 1923 – 02 Sep 1978)
        1. 1. Mervyn (Colin) Cotter (1936 – )
      5. 5. Bertram Cotter (27 Aug 1910 – 14 Jan 1992)
      6. 6. Harold (Arthur) Cotter (Jan 1912 – 19 Jan 1992)
      7. 7. Rita (Olive) Cotter (24 Mar 1913 – 1994)
      8. 8. Douglas (Claude) Cotter (Oct 1915 – )
      9. 9. Henry (Charles) Cotter (1918 – )
      10. 10. Henry Cotter (1921 – 1921)
      11. 11. Eileen (Phyllis McGuiness) Cotter (23 Mar 1923 – 09 Aug 2010)
    7. 7. Henry (Thomas) Cotter (11 Feb 1875 – 26 Jan 1966)
    8. 8. Herbert (Parr) Cotter (14 Jun 1876 – 23 May 1916)
    9. 9. Roland (George) Cotter (29 Nov 1877 – 10 May 1920)
    10. 10. Bedelia Cotter (1863 – 29 May 1948)
  4. 4. Mary (Ellen) Cotter (20 Sep 1845 – 21 Sep 1927)
  5. 5. Thomas (Hosford) Cotter (13 DEC 1847 – 24 May 1889) m. Susannah (Ann Cotter) Dixon (11 Sep 1842 – 26 AUG 1877) m. Emma (Ann Cotter) Haybittle (1859 – 16 Jul 1929)
    1. 1. Cotter (21 Aug 1869 – 21 Aug 1869)
    2. 2. Margaret (Louisa Sarah Kirton) Cotter (20 Jul 1870 – 4 Nov 1943)
    3. 3. Charles (Pierce (Percy)) Cotter (3 May 1872 – 17 Sep 1954) m. Hannah (Jane) Pearson (29 May 1874 – 10 Nov 1909) m. Kate (Winton Cotter) Fraser (13 Jan 1879 – 19 Mar 1930)
      1. 1. Alice (Beatrice Brooke-Anderson) Cotter (1 Feb 1898 – 23 Jul 1984)
      2. 2. Dorothy (Winifred) Cotter (1 Feb 1898 – 1 Aug 1984)
      3. 3. Mavis (Leoni) Cotter (9 Apr 1899 – 6 Jan 1911)
      4. 4. Stanley (Pierce) Cotter (16 Jun 1917 – 26 March 1978) m. Jessica ((Jessie) Leonora) Hocking (11 Sep 1922 – 10 Feb 2019)
        1. 1. judith (anne) Cotter
      5. 5. Kate Cotter (21 Mar 1916 – 21 Mar 1916)
      6. 6. Una (May) Cotter (29 Dec 1918 – 27 Mar 1987)
    4. 4. Thomas (Arthur) Cotter (30 Dec 1873 – 29 May 1881)
    5. 5. John Cotter (13 Oct 1875 – 23 Nov 1936) m. Mary (Alice Cotter) Russell (29 Mar 1876 – 22 Jun 1950)
      1. 1. Constance (Mary) Cotter (25 October 1903 – 29 July 1991) m. John ((Jack) Thomas) Walton (15 Jan 1880 – 12 Jan 1963)
        1. 1. Barbara (Jean Third) Walton (24 Jan 1927 – 2 Jun 1975)
        2. 2. Dulcie (Joyce) Walton (26 Oct 1928 – 27 Apr 2010)
        3. 3. Liecester (John) Walton (02 Sep 1931 – 10 Oct 2012) m. Margaret (Irene) Browne (28 Jul 1930 – 29 Dec 2023)
    6. 6. Stillborn Cotter (31 Jul 1877 – 31 Jul 1877)
    7. 7. William (Stanley) Cotter (13 Dec 1880 – 31 Jan 1884)
    8. 8. Ethel (Amy Cleland) Cotter (27 Jul 1882 – 5 Feb 1953)
    9. 9. Evelyn (May) Cotter (3 Jun 1884 – 8 May 1965)
    10. 10. Lilian (Maud) Cotter (27 Jul 1886 – 15 Feb 1913)
  6. 6. Pierce (ll) Cotter (09 December 1849 – 18 March 1892) m. Selina (Cotter) Whatton (21 April 1849 – 21 Jun 1918)
    1. 1. Olive Cotter (1870 – 1870)
    2. 2. Olive Cotter (1870 – 1870)
    3. 3. Frederick (Charles Henry) Cotter (23 Feb 1871 – 7 Aug 1946) m. Alice (Emma Rose) Pearman (15 May 1870 – 5 Jul 1950) m. Kathleen (Ida Knell) (Rowse) (26 June 1896 – 18 Sep 1975)
      1. 1. Fredrick (Thomas Pierce) Cotter (21 Jun 1894 – 11 May 1962)
      2. 2. Selina (Kathleen (Kath) May) Cotter (4 Jan 1898 – 21 Aug 1966)
      3. 3. Lucy (Matilda Eva Ross) Cotter (29 Jan 1900 – 12 Jun 1922)
      4. 4. Spencer (Harold) Cotter (13 Mar 1896 – 1 May 1985)
      5. 5. James (Lawrence Anthony) Cotter (11 December 1923 – 23 June 2011) m. Beryl (Mary) Scadden (30 July 1927 – 11 March 2015)
        1. 1. Maria (Eneta Veronica) Cotter (20 Dec 1956 – 2 Feb 2021) m. Gerard (Kenneth) Pasco
        2. 2. Lesley (Ruth Joan) Cotter m. Ralph Wardle
        3. 3. Hugh (Lionel) Cotter m. Iva
        4. 4. Diane (Laurette) Cotteer m. Arthur (Inness) D'Ath (29 Sept 1945 – 24 Jun 2010)
      6. 6. Frank (Blatchford) Cotter (15 MAY 1926 – 25 Aug 1981)
      7. 7. Hugh (Lionel) Cotter (7 Jun 1934 – 4 Jul 2015)
    4. 4. Pierce (James III) Cotter (4 Apr 1872 – 23 Sep 1948) m. Elizabeth (Jessie) Harris (8 Oct 1875 – 12 Mar 1961)
      1. 1. Lulu (Trilby) Cotter (13 Oct 1897 – 16 Nov 1953) m. Edward (John) Wilson (9 Sep 1900 – 28 Apr 1979)
        1. 1. Lois (Elizabeth May) Wilson (17 Sep 1926 – 26 Feb 1988) m. Kenneth (McIntyre) Miller (12 Jan 1923 – 26 Feb 1991)
        2. 2. Heather (Louise Muriel Mason) Wilson (20 Feb 1924 – 10 Oct 2013)
    5. 5. John (Joseph (Jack)) Cotter (4 Jan 1874 – 27 Oct 1941)
    6. 6. Alice (May Harris Moran) Cotter (2 August 1875 – 9 May 1963) m. Edward (George) Harris (1 Feb 1867 – 13 Aug 1934) m. Stanislaus ((James)) Moran (13 Nov 1879 – 9 Jun 1953)
      1. 1. Wyvern (Edward Owen) Harris (21 Dec 1896 – 24 Aug 1918)
      2. 2. Alice (May (Girley)) Harris (12 APR 1899 – 20 Sep 1934)
      3. 3. Edward (Ned) Harris (26 May 1904 – 29 Nov 1970)
    7. 7. Selina (Matilda Welch Parton) Cotter (17 Jul 1877 – 17 Feb 1940)
    8. 8. Nora Cotter (abt 1876 – )
    9. 9. Helena Cotter (abt 1882 – )
    10. 10. Jasper (M) Cotter (abt 1883 – )
  7. 7. John Cotter (7 Feb 1852 – 2 DEC 1911)

Margaret Brennan's Timeline

6 Records

1814
1814
Birth of Margaret Brennan in Kanturk, Cork, Ireland
Kanturk, Cork, Ireland
1814
1814
Birth of Margaret Brennan in Tipperary, Ireland
Tipperary, Ireland
1814
1814
Birth of Margaret Brennan in Tipperary, Ireland
Tipperary, Ireland
1841
1841
Age 27
Margaret Brennan was married in Sydney, New South Wales
Sydney, New South Wales
1888
13 SEP 1888
Age 74
Death of Margaret Brennan in Riverside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Riverside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
1888
13 SEP 1888
Age 74
Death of Margaret Brennan in Woodside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Woodside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1814
    Event Place: Kanturk, Cork, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1814
    Event Place: Tipperary, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1814
    Event Place: Tipperary, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Sydney, New South Wales
    Record Source: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, Nsw Pioneer Index - Pioneer Series 1778 - 1888

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 SEP 1888
    Event Place: Riverside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [3] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 SEP 1888
    Event Place: Woodside, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Greytown, South Wairarapa District, Wellington, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
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