Robert Cottrell
Robert Cottrell (15 September 1815 – 3 November 1880) was a coachbuilder and politician in the colony of South Australia. His first sojourn in Australia was in Maitland, New South Wales and his last near Maitland, South Australia.
History
Cottrell first emigrated to New South Wales, arriving in Sydney on the ship Orient in February 1839.[1] He ran a coachbuilding business in Maitland, New South Wales from 1843 to 1845.[2] Cottrell had married Abina Ledsam; their two elder sons were born in Maitland, where various members of the Ledsam family had settled from the early 1830s including poundkeeper John Ledsam and auctioneer Jeremiah Ledsam, with whom he was closely associated.
Cottrell, his wife Abina, and children, returned as immigrants to South Australia on the Rachel, arriving in September 1847. In 1848 he opened a coachbuilding business in Rundle Street, which prospered, enabling him to move several times, finally to Grenfell Street.[3]
He was member for East Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly April 1868 – February 1875, and was an advocate of protection. In 1875, he stood again for East Adelaide, but was defeated by William Kay.
He purchased a farm "Brook Cottage", Woodforde, near Magill around 1865, where they lived, and later moved to a much larger property at Urania, some 9 miles (14 km) from Maitland, South Australia.
He had been an invalid for some time, and died of bronchitis.
Family
Robert Cottrell married Abina Ledsam (c.1813 – 30 May 1890) around 1838. Among their children were:
- George Thomas Cottrell (c. 1839 – 14 December 1917) was student at Adelaide Educational Institution,[4] married Sarah Pearce (c. 1842 – 28 September 1930) on 21 August 1869
- Thomas Ledsam Cottrell (1841–), also AEI student, married Martha Rebecca Galway on 1 January 1861. Daughter Abina Ledsam Cottrell (1863-1928) married David Halliday Irving
- Robert Cottrell ( – ) married Jane Lowe on 25 December 1865
- Frederick William Cottrell ( – ) lived at Maitland; had falling out with brother Robert.[5] He was subsequently admitted to the Lunatic Asylum[6] declared bankrupt,[7] and the sole executor of his mother's Will.[8]
Both G. T. Cottrell and T. L. Cottrell were born in Maitland, New South Wales.
References
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 April 1839. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Classified Advertising". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Obituary". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 November 1880. p. 2 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 20 December 1917. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Advertising". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Police Court—Adelaide". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 August 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Advertising". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 February 1887. p. 23. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Advertising". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 July 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 4 June 2015.