Stonehouse, Devon - COTTELL Births during 1820s

[BHSyd]

I would much appreciate any assistance to identify birth or christening records for the following family members who were all born at Stonehouse, Devon (ie Plymouth) during the 1820s:

Arthur Patrick COTTELL, b. ~1820
Henry COTTELL, b. ~1823
William COTTELL, b. ~1825
Louisa Champneys COTTELL, b. ~1826
Adelaide Elminstone Dorothea COTTELL, b. ~1829

Their father was a James COTTELL of the Royal Marines and their mother was Elizabeth, nee HILL.

The surname is sometimes given as COTTEL or COTTLE.

There were five other siblings born earthier in Grantham, Lincolnshire and Gillingham & Chatham, Kent for whom I have already found christening records.

Best regards,
CM
Sydney
Australia

[Priscilla]

Found the following Marriages and Deaths for you on FreeBMD website:

Marriage
Fourth Quarter 1852
COTTELL Louisa Champneys - Bedminster - Vol 5c - Page 1359 to either PIKE Thomas or POUNSBERY Edward.

Death
Second Quarter 1861
POUNSBERY Louisa Champneys - Bedminster - Vol 5c - Page 519.

Marriage
Third Quarter 1849
COTTELL Adelaide Elminstone Dorothea - Bedminster - Vol 11 - Page 72 to either LLOYD Samuel; LOCKIER George; OLIVER William or POUNSBERY John Edward.

Death
Third Quarter 1860
POUNSBERY Adelaide Elminstone Dorothea - Bedminster - Vol 5c - Page 407.

?Two brothers married two sisters?
Hope this is helpful but expect you already have this info!
Priscilla

[Priscilla]

Have also now found the following from FreeBMD:

Marriage
Second Quarter 1852
COTTELL Arthur Patrick - Bedminster - Vol 5c - Page 1320 to either PARSONS Jane or ROWLAND Matilda Ann.

Death
Fourth Quarter 1897
COTTELL Arthur Patrick - Aged 78 - Bedminster - Vol 5c - Page 406.

Death
First Quarter 1898
COTTELL Matilda Ann - Aged 71 - Bedminster - Vol 5c - Page 521.

Priscilla

[BHSyd]

Dear Priscilla,

Thank you for your response.  I've seen some of these Cottell events in Bedminster/Bristol before, except for Matilda Ann Cottell, its first time for me to see her name.  On the other hand, it's much harder to find the 1820s birth records from Devon.

Best regards,
CM

[gmr]

I have Henry Cottell b1823 in my tree.

So I was pleased to see your request for info. as it gave me several leads 

According to the census records I have (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891) Henry was born in France. The 1881 census gives most detail... St Servan, France. This is adjacent to St Malo on the coast. I have not yet tried following up on this lead.

Henry married Elizabeth B Rowland (b 1825). She and daughter Matilda were living with her father Thomas Rowland in the 1851 census with her sister Matlida Rowland, (who married Arthur Patrick Cottell in 1852?) and Ellen Rowland in 19 Richmond Terrace, Bedminster. Elizabeth (Hill) Cottell was next door with 5 of her children, including Adelaide Pounsbery with James Pounsbery (9mths), and another grandson Arthur Cottell, aged 8 .. it is not clear who was the parent of Arthur.

Henry and Elizabeth had 7 children incuding Edwin Hill Cottell, so the Hill name went on for another generation.

I have not yet found Henry in the 1851 census

If you would like more information on Henry and his descendants please let me know.

In one of your posts you stated that Joseph Hall Cottell was James & Elizabeth's second child. I have
Elizabeth Cottell aged 27 in the 1841 census, b elsewhere and Maria Cottell aged 38 b Gillingham, Kent in the 1851 census. Any thoughts as to whether one or both of these are "Elizabeth Maria".

I would also be interested to know more about James (Henry's father) and associated relations. I did find a reference to him at the battle of Trafalgar and and a request to the Navy for monies owing from the Royal Marines after his death on April 30 1842 a few days ago, but I gather you probably have that info. already.

Thanks

GMR
Canada

[meadbh]

I could only find the baptism records of two children of James COTTELL (Capt, Royal Marines) and Elizabeth at St George's, East Stonehouse:

Georgiana Hannah COTTELL  18 March 1818 (Priv)

Arthur Patrick COTTELL  4 August 1819



Kath

[meadbh]

Sorry, just checked again and that first name should be 'Georgenia'

Kath

[gmr]

Thanks very much. It's interesting to see that James was a captain in 1818.

1851 census has Louisa Cottell born in Bedminster
Henry put down born in St Servan in France on censuses.

but Adelaide Elminstone Dorothea COTTELL put down Stonehouse as her birthplace in1851 census, unfortunately she died before the 1861 census.... I gather there was no sign of her in Stonehouse in 1828/9/30.  Maybe she was baptised in Bedminster??

gmr

[BHSyd]

Below is a summary of the extended family of James Cottell, Captain in the Royal Marines, who eventually settled at Bedminster (Bristol).  I don’t guarantee it’s 100% correct but hopefully it’s not too far off.  I can provide a properly formatted version in MS Word but I can't work out how to attach a Word document to this posting.

Marriage of William Cottell & Hannah Wyat
27 Sep 1768, Barnstaple, Devon (IGI)

Children of  William Cottell & Hannah of Barnstaple Devon (refer IGI):
John Champneys Cottle, b. 1769
Ann Elminstone Cottell, b. 1771
Elizabeth Cottell, b. 1772
Hannah Maria Cottell, b. 1773
Dorothea Cottell, b. 1775
William Cottell, b. 1776 (later to become Lieutenant in the Royal Marines)
Mary Cottell, b. 1778
James Cottel, b. 1781
James Cottel, b. 1782 (later to become Captain in the Royal Marines)

Marriage of James Cottell & Elizabeth Hill:
16 Aug 1811, Grantham, Lincolnshire (Grantham Deanery Marriage Index)

Children of James Cottell (Captain in the Royal Marines) & Elizabeth Hill:
Elizabeth Maria Cottell, b. 1813, Gillingham (near Chatham), Kent (IGI)
Joseph Hall Cottell, b. 1814, Grantham, Lincolnshire (IGI)
Hannah Georgiana Cottell, b. 1816, Grantham, Lincolnshire (IGI)
William Arthur Cottell, b. 1817, Grantham, Lincolnshire (IGI)
Georgiana Hannah Cottell, b. 1818, East Stonehouse, Devon (Georgeana?)
Arthur Patrick Cottell, b. 1819, East Stonehouse, Devon
Henry Cottell, b. 1823, St Servan, France (British subject)
Camilla Ann Cottell, b. 1824, Chatham, Kent (IGI)
William Cottell, b. ~1825, Stonehouse, Devon (?)
Louisa Champneys Cottell, b. ~1826, Stonehouse, Devon (?)
Adelaide Elminstone Dorothea Cottell, b. ~1829, Stonehouse, Devon (?)

Note: There were apparently quite a number of British families at St Servan in France, particularly families of naval officers based in Jersey.

Marriages of children of James Cottell & Elizabeth Hill:
Joseph Hall Cottell & Ann Granger
    3Q, 1842, Kings Norton, Vol 18, pg 401
Henry Cottell & Elizabeth B Rowland
    3Q 1849, Bedminster, Vol 11, pg 65
Adelaide Elminstone Dorothea Cottell & John Edward Pounsbery
    3Q 1849, Bedminster, Vol 11, pg 72
Arthur Patrick Cottell & Matilda Ann Rowland
    2Q 1852, Bedminster, Vol 5c, pg 1320
Louisa Champneys Cottell & Edward Pounsbery
    4Q 1852, Bedminster, Vol 5c, pg 1359

 
Death of James Cottell (Captain on the reserved half pay of the Royal Marines):
2Q 1842, Bedminster, Vol 11, pg 54, inflammation on the lungs

Death of Elizabeth Cottell nee Hill (officer’s widow, fund holder):
2Q 1877, Bedminster, Vol 5c, pg 511.

Deaths of children of James Cottell & Elizabeth Hill:
Hannah Georgiana Cottell, prior to March 1818 (?)
William Arthur, prior to 1825 (?)
Camilla Ann Cottell, 1Q 1845, Bedminster, Vol 11, pg 61
Adelaide Elminstone Pounsbery, 3Q 1860, Bedminster, Vol 5c, pg 407
Louisa Champneys Pounsbery, 2Q 1861, Bedminster, Vol 5c pg 519
Elizabeth Maria Cottell, 1Q 1885, Bristol, Vol 6a, pg 17 (spinster)
Joseph Hall Cottell, 1Q 1891, Bedminster, Vol 5c, pg 568
Henry Cottell, 2Q 1895, Barton Regis, Vol 6a, pg 50 ? (sawn timber measurer)
Arthur Patrick Cottell, 4Q 1897, Bedminster, Vol 5c, pg 406 (clerk of coal merchant)
Matilda Ann Cottell, 1Q 1898, Bedminster, Vol 5c, pg 521 (wife of Arthur Patrick)
Georgiana Hannah Cottell, 4Q 1907, Bristol, Vol 6a, pg 125 (spinster)

Children of Joseph Hall Cottell (accountant, railway inspector) and Ann Granger:
Arthur William Joseph Cottell, b. 3Q 1842, Bedminster/Bristol (railway clerk)
Camilla Seaton Cottell, b. 2Q 1846, Bedminster/Bristol (milliner)
Walter G. (Granger?) Cottell, b. ~1848, Bristol
James Edward Cottell, b. 2Q 1850, Bedminster/Bristol
Oswald Dannies Cottell, b. 2Q 1852, Westbury, Wiltshire (accountant, vinegar brewer)
Eva Camilla Cottell, b. 2Q 1854, Westbury, Wiltshire (milliner)
Ada Annie Cottell, b. ~1856, Frome, Somerset
Elizabeth Hill Cottell, b. 2Q 1858, Melksham, Wiltshire
Worthington Hall Cottell, b. 3Q 1860, Maiden Newton, Dorset (seaman, customs officer)
Mabel Emily Cottell, b. 1863, Maiden Newton, Dorset
Herbert Vincent Cottell, b. 3Q 1864, Bedminster/Bristol (seaman)

Note: In the 1851 census Arthur William Joseph Cottell (aged 8) is staying with his grandmother Elizabeth Cottell in Richmond Terrace, Bedminster.

Oswald Dannies Cottell was co-owner of a vinegar works White, Cottell & Co which seems to have been located at various times in Long Lane, West Bermondsey and Lowth Road, Camberwell, both in London.

Worthington Hall Cottell & Herbert Vincent Cottell were put into the merchant navy by their family.  Both eventually settled in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.  Worthington gave his middle name as Halle rather than Hall.  Herbert Vincent worked for the Adelaide Steamship Company.

CM