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Edith Muriel COTTAM (1911 - 2008)
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Edith Muriel COTTAM (1911 - 2008)

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Frederick John ECCLESTON (1907 - 1992)
 George COTTAM (1878 - 1962) Henry George COTTAM (1844 - 1926) Ralph COTTAM (1819 - 1880)
Eliza Elizabeth PENNINGTON (1817 - 1880)
Elizabeth Sarah FIFIELD (1860 - 1913)



Alice Mary SEILER (1888 - 1954)











b. 1911 at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
m. 1929 Frederick John ECCLESTON (1907 - 1992) at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
d. 2008 at Batlow, New South Wales, Australia aged 97
Parents:
George COTTAM (1878 - 1962)
Alice Mary SEILER (1888 - 1954)
Siblings (1):
Eileen Elizabeth COTTAM (1908 - 2001)
Events in Edith Muriel COTTAM (1911 - 2008)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1911 Edith Muriel COTTAM was born Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
1929 18 Married Frederick John ECCLESTON (aged 22) Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 63
1954 43 Death of mother Alice Mary SEILER (aged 66) Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
1962 51 Death of father George COTTAM (aged 84) Westmead, New South Wales, Australia 24
1992 81 Death of husband Frederick John ECCLESTON (aged 85)
2008 97 Edith Muriel COTTAM died Batlow, New South Wales, Australia
Personal Notes:
The Tumut and Adelong Times 15 Oct 1929
ECCLESTON— COTTAM WEDDING At the wedding, the bride was attired in white crepe-de-tbene and silver lace, with wreath and veil, and carried a bouquet lent by her sister, Mrs. W. Jordan. The bridesmaid, Miss Lois Briggs, wore pink georgette with a picture hat, and carried a bouquet of large maidenhair fern and snowflakes and daffodils (given by Mrs . N. L. Quarmby). Mrs. George Cottam (mother of the bride) was attired in blue crepe-de-chirie . The bride left for Tumut in a frock of brown Jersey silk with hat to match. Their future home will be in Batlow, A gift evening was tendered to Miss Edith Muriel Cottam on the Wednesday prior to her marriage with Mr, Frederick John Eccleston. The bride-elect received many useful presents, no two being alike, Mr. Stan Fenn making the presentation, to which Mr. Geo. Cottam responded on behalf of his daughter. The music was supplied by the Batlow Gaiety Orchestra, and Miss Lois Briggs and Mr. Pat Waters carried off the cake in the cake waltz. An enjoyable evening was spent by the dancers, and the ladies contributed a much appreciated supply of eatables.
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 15 Oct 1929 (Marriage)
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 15 Oct 1929 (Name, Notes)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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