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Margaret Foley 1770 – 1821 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Oct 1770

Birth Location: County Cork, Ireland

Death Date: Sep 1821

Death Location: Tracton, County Cork, Ireland

Father: Edward Foley

Mother: Mary Nowlan

Spouse(s): Col. Baronet

Children(s): James Cotter

Margaret Foley was born in 1770 in County Cork, Ireland, the child of Edward (Ned) Foley and Mary Kate Nowlan. Margaret Foley married Col. Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet, and had children including James Laurence III Cotter. Margaret Foley passed away in 1821 in Tracton, County Cork, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Margaret Foley was born in 1770 in County Cork, Ireland, the child of Edward (Ned) Foley and Mary Kate Nowlan.
  • Margaret Foley married Col. Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd Baronet, and had children including James Laurence III Cotter.
  • Margaret Foley passed away in 1821 in Tracton, County Cork, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward Foley
1735 – 1850
Birth Location: Castlecomer, Kilkenny, Ireland
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Mary Nowlan
1747 –
Birth Location: Carlow, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Col. Baronet
1748 – 1829
Birth Location: Mallow, County Cork, Ireland
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Children(s)

James Cotter
1790 – 1858
Birth Location: Curraclogh, Kilmurry, Macroom, County Cork, Cork, Munster, Ireland
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Margaret Foley's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Foley
1770 – 1821
Birth Place: County Cork, Ireland
Parents
Edward (Ned) Foley
1735 – 1850
Castlecomer, Kilkenny, Ireland
Mary (Kate) Nowlan
1747 –
Carlow, Ireland
Grandparents
Thomas Nowlan
1723 – 1790
Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, Kent, England
Elizabeth Fortune
1720 –
Dublin South, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Jane Brain
1700 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Foley's Descendants

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Margaret Foley (21 Oct 1770 – Sep 1821) m. Col. (Sir James Laurence Cotter, 2nd) Baronet (1748 – 09 FEB 1829)
  1. 1. James (Laurence III) Cotter (13 July 1790 – 1858) m. Mary (Ellen) Hosford (1792 – 25 April 1867)
    1. 1. Pierce (I) Cotter (18 June 1815 – 28 June 1894) m. Margaret Brennan (1814 – 13 SEP 1888)
      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)
        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)
        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)
        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)
        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)
        4. 4. Pierce (James III) Cotter (4 Apr 1872 – 23 Sep 1948) m. Elizabeth (Jessie) Harris (8 Oct 1875 – 12 Mar 1961)
        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)
        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 Foley's Timeline

2 Records

1770
21 Oct 1770
Birth of Margaret Foley in County Cork, Ireland
County Cork, Ireland
1821
Sep 1821
Age 51
Death of Margaret Foley in Tracton, County Cork, Ireland
Tracton, County Cork, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Oct 1770
    Event Place: County Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1821
    Event Place: Tracton, County Cork, Ireland
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