Eliza Anne COTTAM (1842

Eliza Anne COTTAM (1842 - 1911)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Mary PEARCE (1860 - 1890) Henry George PEARCE (1863 - 1939) Eliza PEARCE (1865 - 1865) John Cottam PEARCE (1866 - 1954) Eliza Ann PEARCE (1869 - 1943) Emily PEARCE (1871 - 1942) Martha Elizabeth PEARCE (1872 - ) William Joseph PEARCE (1876 - 1965) Edmund James PEARCE (1878 - 1905) Ralph Thomas PEARCE (1879 - 1951) Hannah PEARCE (1883 - 1960)	Eliza Anne COTTAM (1842 - 1911) + John Joseph PEARCE (1830 - 1913)	Ralph COTTAM (1819 - 1880)



		Eliza Elizabeth PENNINGTON (1817 - 1880)

Pic S1. Inscription
In loving memory of our dear father
JOHN JOSEPH PEARCE
Died 5th Jan. 1913
Aged 82 years

Pic 3. Inscription
Our dear mother
ELIZA ANN PEARCE
Died 8th May 1911
Aged 69 years

Pic 4. Inscription
Our dear mother
ELIZA ANN PEARCE
Died 8th May 1911
Aged 69 years

b. 31 Jan 1842 at Lamberton Green, Wigan, Lancashire, England

m. 25 Jun 1861 John Joseph PEARCE (1830 - 1913) at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

d. 08 May 1911 at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia aged 69

Near Relatives of Eliza Anne COTTAM (1842 - 1911)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	Ralph COTTAM	1819		13 Jan 1880	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	61
Mother	Eliza Elizabeth PENNINGTON	abt 1817		28 Jul 1880	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	63

Self	Eliza Anne COTTAM	31 Jan 1842	Lamberton Green, Wigan, Lancashire, England	08 May 1911	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	69

Husband	John Joseph PEARCE	22 Oct 1830	Lambeth, Surrey, England	05 Jan 1913	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	82

Daughter	Mary PEARCE	25 May 1860	Bago, New South Wales, Australia	25 Mar 1890	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	29
Son	Henry George PEARCE	30 Oct 1863	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	13 Dec 1939	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter	Eliza PEARCE	09 May 1865	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	12 May 1865	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	0
Son	John Cottam PEARCE	18 Apr 1866	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	25 Sep 1954	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	88
Daughter	Eliza Ann PEARCE	08 Jan 1869	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jul 1943	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	74
Daughter	Emily PEARCE	25 May 1871	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	08 Oct 1942	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	71
Daughter	Martha Elizabeth PEARCE	27 Aug 1872	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Son	William Joseph PEARCE	21 Feb 1876	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	05 Dec 1965	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	89
Son	Edmund James PEARCE	06 Mar 1878	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	29 Dec 1905	Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia	27
Son	Ralph Thomas PEARCE	04 Dec 1879	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	12 Aug 1951	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia	71
Daughter	Hannah PEARCE	28 Oct 1883	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	10 Feb 1960	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	76

Brother	Henry George COTTAM	abt Jun 1844	Manchester, Lancashire, England	1926	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	82
Brother	Ralph COTTAM	10 Jul 1846	Salford, Lancashire, England	10 May 1934	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Brother	William COTTAM	1853		26 Dec 1872	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	19
Brother	Edmund Lyon S COTTAM	1857		1892	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	35
Sister	Hannah Anna COTTAM	1859	Camden, New South Wales, Australia	25 Dec 1873	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	14

Son in Law	Glenville BROWN
Daughter in Law	Rose NORRIS	1868	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	10 Jun 1944	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	76
Daughter in Law	Sarah Jane WHITING	abt 1878	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	06 May 1927	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	49
Son in Law	Joseph GRADY	16 Aug 1858		10 Dec 1931	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	73
Son in Law	John S CROMPTON
Son in Law	Robert C HUGHES
Daughter in Law	Julia Mary DICKSON	1879	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	Oct 1951	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	72
Son in Law	Ernest Jospeh ADAMS	1880	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	30 May 1952	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	72

Granddaughter	Isabella Ann BROWN	1880	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	William Glenville BROWN	1882	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1953	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	71
Granddaughter	Jessie BROWN	1884	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1977		93
Granddaughter	Eliza M BROWN	1886	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Emily M BROWN	1886	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John Pearce BROWN	1887	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	53
Granddaughter	Elsie M BROWN	1890	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elsie Mary PEARCE	1901	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	John Charles Roy PEARCE	1903	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Sarah May PEARCE	1904	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1987		83
Granddaughter	Amy Esther PEARCE	1907	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Richard Louis PEARCE	1909	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Henry Edgar PEARCE	1910	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Arthur W PEARCE	1914	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Emily PEARCE	1916	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Albert Lindsay PEARCE	1918	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia

Nephew	George COTTAM	1878		1962	Westmead, New South Wales, Australia	84
Nephew	Henry William COTTAM	09 May 1880	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1960	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	80
Niece	Eliza Ann COTTAM	1882	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia	91
Niece	Emily COTTAM	1884	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	89
Niece	Martha Hannah COTTAM	1886	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1954	Young, New South Wales, Australia	68
Niece	Charlotte Heaton COTTAM	1888	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1936	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	48
Niece	Ada Mary COTTAM	1890	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1973	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	83
Nephew	Samuel John COTTAM	1893	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1960	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	67
Nephew	Charles Edmund COTTAM	1895		1988		93
Niece	Annie Eva COTTAM	1898	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1899	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1
Nephew	Frederick R COTTAM	1900	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1902	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	2
Nephew	Seth Welham William COTTAM	1901	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1985	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	84
Niece	Doris Muriel COTTAM	1904	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1994	Kiama, New South Wales, Australia	90
Niece	Eleanor "Lena" COTTAM	21 Aug 1870	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1963		93
Nephew	Ralph COTTAM	02 Jan 1872	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1952		80
Nephew	William COTTAM	25 Jun 1873	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1952		79
Nephew	Edmund Lyon Seth COTTAM	30 Jan 1875	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jul 1947	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	72
Niece	Hannah COTTAM	1876	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1961		85
Niece	Christina Grace COTTAM	18 Jul 1878	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1965		87
Niece	Mary Heaton COTTAM	04 May 1882	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1945		63
Nephew	Arthur Ernest COTTAM	06 Nov 1883	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1959		76
Niece	Elizabeth "Puss" COTTAM	18 Jun 1885	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1957		72
Niece	Susan Emily May COTTAM	11 Apr 1887	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	1968		81
Niece	Elsie Gertrude COTTAM	02 Dec 1891	Batlow, New South Wales, Australia	1984		93

Sister in Law	Elizabeth Sarah FIFIELD	1860		1913		53
Sister in Law	Susan HARTNETT	1848		25 Jan 1912	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia	64
Sister in Law	Julia H HICKS

Events in Eliza Anne COTTAM (1842 - 1911)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
31 Jan 1842		Eliza Anne COTTAM was born	Lamberton Green, Wigan, Lancashire, England	Free BMD Mar 1842 21 784 Wigan
10 Jan 1858	15	Immigration	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	per 'Peter Maxwell'
25 May 1860	18	Birth of daughter Mary PEARCE	Bago, New South Wales, Australia	V1860144 159/1860	69
25 Jun 1861	19	Married John Joseph PEARCE (aged 30)	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	2935/1861	69
30 Oct 1863	21	Birth of son Henry George PEARCE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14172/1863	69
09 May 1865	23	Birth of daughter Eliza PEARCE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	15770/1865	69
12 May 1865	23	Death of daughter Eliza PEARCE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	6090/1865	69
18 Apr 1866	24	Birth of son John Cottam PEARCE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	15471/1866	69
08 Jan 1869	26	Birth of daughter Eliza Ann PEARCE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	18672/1869	69
25 May 1871	29	Birth of daughter Emily PEARCE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia		69
27 Aug 1872	30	Birth of daughter Martha Elizabeth PEARCE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	18429/1872	69
21 Feb 1876	34	Birth of son William Joseph PEARCE	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	21107/1876	69
06 Mar 1878	36	Birth of son Edmund James PEARCE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	13957/1878	69
04 Dec 1879	37	Birth of son Ralph Thomas PEARCE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	15621/1880	69
13 Jan 1880	37	Death of father Ralph COTTAM (aged 61)	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
28 Jul 1880	38	Death of mother Eliza Elizabeth PENNINGTON (aged 63)	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
28 Oct 1883	41	Birth of daughter Hannah PEARCE	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	31009/1883	69
25 Mar 1890	48	Death of daughter Mary PEARCE (aged 29)	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia		69
29 Dec 1905	63	Death of son Edmund James PEARCE (aged 27)	Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1	69
08 May 1911	69	Eliza Anne COTTAM died	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	4454/1911	69

Note 1: 3564/1906 Drowned Darling River

Personal Notes:

ELIZA ANN PEARCE nee Cottam

by Debbie Burgess

Eliza Ann Cottam was born on 31 January 1842, at Lamberton Green near Wigan, Manchester, England, the eldest child of nine born to Ralph and Eliza Elizabeth Cottam. Her parents, with six of her eight brothers and sisters, arrived in Sydney on board the Peter Maxwellon 10 January 1858.

The family came to Upper Adelong and selected 500 acres of land calling the properly Two Brooks now known as Ardrossan.

While living at Two Brooks her brother William and sister Hannah died. William died at the age of 19, as a result of a horse riding accident at Reedy FIat (Batlow) Race Course on 26th December 1872. Hannah died at the age of 14, from typhoid fever on 25th December 1873. The graves of Ralph , Eliza Elizabeth, William and Hannah still survive on land at "Ardrossan".

On 25 June 1861 Eliza married John Joseph Pearce at the Bago residence of Mr and Mrs Jonathan Goldspink. John Joseph, "Honest John", being a trusted and faithful servant of the proprietors of the Billapalap Station.

Eliza Ann was filled with the best qualities to suit her for the position of helpmate of an industrious, frugal and careful husband. Eliza was a most friendly and hospitable woman, she acquired the highest respect and admiration from all who knew her.

Eliza Ann and John Joseph Pearce had a family of eleven children, five sons and six daughters.

After accumulating a sufficient sum of money together, they selected an area of land at Billapalap.

They afterwards sold this land to a good advantage, and then became owners of a fine farm on the Gilmore Creek. (Which in 1911 was owned by Mr J Beck). After the disposal of the Gilmore property they secured a fine holding on Darlow's Creek, taking up residence on a site near where Mr Fred Mackay's home now stands. They held this property for a time.

While at Darlow's Creek, John Joseph and two of their sons Henry George and John Cottam joined five other male companions in gold mining pursuits at the "Navada" mine at Sharps Creek. (Application for an "Extended" Quartz Claim dated Adelong, August 5, 1885).

On 25 March 1890 while still residing at Darlow's Creek, Eliza received the news of the death of her daughter Mary (Mrs Glenville Brown) from typhoid fever at the age of 29 years, leaving seven young children aged between 2 months and 10 years.

This property was sold to enable their taking up the splendid property of Hillside Billapalap in late 1899- early 1900. There they built a most comfortable homestead.

Letters were received whilst al Hillside, detailing the death of her son Edmund James who drowned in the Darling River, near Pooncarie on 29 December 1905.

Eliza Ann died 8 May 1911 at Yaven Creek aged 69 years. Buried in the Adelong Cemetery, along with her husband and daughter Mary (Brown) .

'....We Buried old Mrs Pearce of Yaven Creek. We drove out the night before with the coffin and it took us a full day to reach the cemetery. We had silk black topper hats and the hearse entered the street, there was no minister to be found and we were perched up on this hearse whilst the parson was found; finally ending up with a storm during the burial.'
Memories of an old Adelonian - Mr H Whiting (Adelong Glimpses at the Past - Roslyn J Bird)

The properly Hillside is still held by a member of the direct family. The area is now known as Yaven Creek.

Source References:

69. Type: Book, Abbr: Relict of, Title: Relict of … Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District, Auth: Tumut Family History Group, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 2001

- Reference = 23 (Death)

- Reference = 22 (Marriage)

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120032045/eliza-ann-pearce (Name, Notes)

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