Family tree Witte Vaessen » Patrick Cotter (1856-1940)

Personal data Patrick Cotter 

  • He was born in the year 1856 in (Glen) Cape Clear, Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland.
  • Profession: fisherman, farmer.
  • He died on September 10, 1940 in Cape Clear Ireland, he was 84 years old.
  • A child of James Cotter and

Household of Patrick Cotter

He is married to Mary (Anne) Driscoll.

They got married on February 17, 1885 at Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John Patrick Cotter  1887-1974
  2. Mary Anne (Ann) Cotter  1891-1961 
  3. Patrick Cotter  1893-1963
  5. James Cotter  1898-????
  6. Hannah Cotter  1900-
  7. Timothy Cotter  1903-1916


Notes about Patrick Cotter

geboren: 21 nov 1866?


 (Glen Cast > Glencastle?)

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Day of marriage February 17, 1885

  • The temperature on February 17, 1885 was about 6.9 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
    • January 17 » A British force defeats a large Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
    • June 17 » The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
    • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
    • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
    • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Day of death September 10, 1940

  • The temperature on September 10, 1940 was between 3.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • May 5 » World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London.
    • May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
    • June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    • November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
    • November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.
    • November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.


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