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I am tracing the family of John Cotter who migrated to the Bristol area about 1839.  His approx baptism is 1812 and I am interested in the possible family of James Cotter and Ellen Murphy who were married at St Finbar's in 1810.  Children of this marriage are:  John (1812), Mary (1815), Edmund (1819), Richard (1820) & William (1826).  

Sue Hamer

Saturday 2nd Apr 2016, 04:39PM

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  • Apologies for the long delay in getting back to you. Have you already tried irishgenealogy.ie (a free site) to see if you can find a baptism for John?

    Clare Doyle

    Genealogy Support 

    Monday 25th Apr 2016, 02:21PM
  • Yes there is a possible baptism of a John Cotter, 29 March 1812 at Cork, South Parish son of James & Ellen Cotter (nee Murphy) - not sure whether this is the correct baptism but keeping a look out for alternatives and tracing this group to eliminate if incorrect. The children's names of this family are reproduced in John's family so definitely a possibility.  John's father is described as an Innkeeper on his marriage certificate to Sarah Mulcock in 1839 so looking at directories to see if I can find James as an Innkeeper anywhere.  

    Sue Hamer

    Tuesday 26th Apr 2016, 08:05AM
  • John & Sarah's children all born Bristol area James Morris (1840), George (1842), John O'Connell (1846), Richard Joseph (1848), William Edmund (1852), James Morris (1855), Peter Job Paul (1857) migrated to Australia, Sarah Jane (1860) and Frances Catherine (1863).

    Sue Hamer

    Tuesday 26th Apr 2016, 08:15AM
  • Do let us know if you learn anything new. One issue with early records, as you probably know, is that they can be a bit patchy. You can see at the link here the start dates and availability of records for the parish: Cork Records

    Best wishes

    Clare

    Genealogy Support 

    Wednesday 4th May 2016, 01:57PM
  • Attached Files

    See Cotter Baptisms Word document

    Bill, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘

    Sunday 22nd May 2022, 11:44PM

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