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William Henry Cotton and family fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1777-1963.

Référence :

R9255-0-6-E, MG29-E79

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels, Documents photographiques, Art

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

101431

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William Henry Cotton and family fonds
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Fonds comprend :

9 description(s) de niveau inférieur
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Date(s) :

1777-1963.

Lieu de création :

Lieux divers

Étendue :

24 cm of textual records.
125 photographs : b&w.
4 watercolours.
6 drawings : postcard, pen & ink ; 9 x 14 in.
2 drawings.
4 prints. chromolithographs.
4 reproductions : photomechanical print.
8 medals.
1 tintype b&w.
1 print : b&w salt paper.

Langue du document :

anglais

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William Henry Cotton and family fonds [textual record, graphic material, object]

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Fonds consists of documents relating to the military career of Brigadier General W.H. Cotton (1848-1914), correspondence with his parents Henry and Eleanor Cotton, material on his wife Jessie Penner Cotton and the Penner family of Montreal. Material on his three sons who died in the South African and First World Wars and on his daughters Elsie and Dorothy (see MG30-E464).

Material on the military career of Col. Thomas Ross (1821-1901), the first commander of the Governor General's Foot Guards. Also the Lower Canadian judicial appointments of Arthur Davidson (1743-1807). Miscelleanous printed material principally related to Montreal celebrations.

Art material includes watercolours of places familiar to the Cotton family, rough sketches, ephemeral items such as Valentine's Day cards, a portrait, and invitations to military events. Medallic items relate to the military careers of W.H. Cotton, Charles Penner Cotton, and Gordon Ross Penner Cotton.

Photo material consists of portraits of William Henry Cotton, his wife Jessie Penner Cotton (d. 1942), his three sons Henry (Harry), (d. 1900), Charles Penner (1890-1916) and Ross Penner (1892-1916), his two daughters Mary Eleanor (1879-1950) and Elsie Knox (1884-1968); portraits of John Penner and of his two daughters Mary and Jessie Penner (d. 1942); a very rare salt paper print identified in Dorothy Cotton's hand as being "Granny Cotton", represents a woman in a bonnet which apparently date from the 1840s or 1850s; an albumin cabinet print of six men and a dog team, by James Penrose, Winnipeg, Man., 1877; six albumin prints of winter scenes, mounted in a disassembled album, all by Alexander Henderson. Two represent Grand Trunk Ry locos and snowplows; one is of the snow cone at Monmorency Falls, Que.; one of a log cabin; one of the St.Lawrence with the Victoria Bridge in the background, Montreal, Que.; and one of a man in a sleigh, taken in Kingston, Ont., 1878; two copies of a carte de visite of Jessie Penner (later Mrs. W.H. Cotton), by Alexander Henderson; four views of the residence of W.J. Knox on "The Lachine Rapids", Lower Lachine, Quebec, ca. 1860-1865 by Alexander Henderson; a number of signed portraits of various Governors General and their consorts such as Earl of Dufferin (ca. 1874), Marquess of and Maud Landsdowne, 1888, Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught (1912), Lady Mary and Earl of Minto (1904), Mrs. Drummond, wife of Colonel Drummond; a carte de visite of Sir John A. Macdonald (1873) by William Notman. Finally, one unidentified tintype of either Cotton or Penner family child.

Photos by Alexander Henderson, Archambault & McCorkindale, William Notman, Notman & Sons, Ashmead Ashworth, Montreal, Que; William James Topley, Ottawa, Ont.; Sheldon & Davis, Kingston, Ont.; Notman & Fraser, Toronto, Ont.; J.E. Livernois, Quebec; James Penrose, Winnipeg, Man.

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Cotton, William Henry, 1848-1914
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Cotton family

Cotton (Famille)

Cotton, William Henry, 1848-1914
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Cotton, William Henry, 1848-1914 : William Henry Cotton was born in Montreal on 7 January 1848, the son of Henry Cotton who was on the Governor General's staff and Eleanor Ross. Cotton obtained a first class certificate from the Royal Military School in Quebec in 1865. Commissioned as a lieutenant in the Quebec Garrison Artillery in 1866, he became a captain in the Ottawa Garrison Artillery. Cotton served in the Fenian raids 1866-1870. In 1871 he was a captain of the School of Gunnery at Quebec and then captain of "A" Battery in Quebec in 1874. In 1876 Cotton married Jessie Penner (1855-1942) and they has eight children.

Cotton became commandant of the Royal School of Artillery, Quebec in 1882, Assistant Adjutant-General, Artillery, 1897, Quarter-Master-General of the Ordnance 1904 and Brigadier-General in 1907. After serving as general officer commanding the Western Ontario District, Cotton was appointed in 1912 to succeed General Otter as Inspector General, a post he held until his retirement on 20 April 1914. Major-General Cotton died several hours after his retirement.

The Cottons' eldest son Private Henry (Harry), a member of the Royal Canadian Regiment died 30 April 1900 in the South African War. Two other sons died during the First World War; Lieutenant Charles Penner Cotton of the Canadian Field Artillery died on 1 June 1916 and Captain Gordon Ross Penner Cotton of the Canadian Infantry Brigade died on 14 June 1916. Their daughter Dorothy Cotton (1886-1977) was a nursing sister in England, France and Russia during the First World War.

See: Morgan, Canadian Men and Women of the Times, 1912, p. 263.

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Textual records (Électronique) This finding aid describes volumes 1 to 3 at the file level. MSS2425 (90: Ouvert)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003711.pdf

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Note générale :

Textual records received in 1974 and 1978 from Lt.-Col. H.F. Cotton of Ottawa, Ontario. Additional material received in 2005 from William E. Stavert of Montreal, Quebec.
One watercolour of the Ottawa Rifle Range, item 1991-29-1, was received from Mrs. Eleanor Cotton (née Ross).

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8 : Medallic items.
9 : Works on paper.
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World War, 1914-1918 France

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 France
Source :

Privé

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118-080319-1
1975-253 NPC
1991-029 DAP
2005-00731-5
MG29-E79

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MG29-E79
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

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Documents textuels

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Documents iconographiques (photo)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]
photocopies are available for research use.

Volume [R9255] 6--7

[Consultation 90 Ouvert]

Documents iconographiques (art)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

Volume [MG29 E 79] 1

[Consultation 90 Ouvert]

Volume [R9255] 8--9

[Consultation 90 Ouvert]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.
Art and medallic material: Copyright expired. No restriction on access or on use for publication.

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Date de modification :: 2024-04-09