John Shelton COTTON
was born in Barrington (20km South of Devonport), Tasmania, Australia

Ellen Elizabeth AMOS
was born in 1859 in Cranbrook, Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia

JOHN & ELLEN married in the residence of her father, Adam Amos of Glen Heriot, Great Swan River (an estate of 2560 acres)

Their children, all born in places in Tasmania, were:

1883 - 1964 Lawrence Shelton Cotton
- Lawrence died in Hobart aged 81

1884 - 1948 Raymond 'Gordon' Cotton
- Gordon married Eleanor Annabella 'Annie' REID of Horton, Tasmania, Australia in 1905 in Irishtown, Tasmania
- Gordon died aged 63 in Smoerset Tasmania and is buried in Irishtown

1886 - 1974 Kenneth Henry Cotton
- married Mavis Mary STEBBINGS in 1921 at Launeston, Tasmania
- Kenneth died aged 87 in Launceston

1888 - 1958 Wilfred Cotton
- Wilfred died aged 69 in New Town Hospital, Tasmania

1889 - 1962 Clarence Cotton
- Clarence moved to New Zealand
- he settled in Masterton
- he married Ila Annie Rayner at the home of her parents, Thomas Ings RAYNER & Annie HARRIS at 14 Worksop rd Masterton in 1921
- (the mothers of Thomas Rayner & Annie Harris were sisters)
- he married Ila's sister, Dorothoy Emma Rayner in 1931
- Clarence died aged 73 in Masterton and is buried in Archer St

1891 - 1963 Elizabeth 'Bessie' Cotton
- Elizabeth died aged 71 in the Burnie Hospital, Tasmania

1896 - 1966 Roy Cotton
- Roy married Mary Frances Monica ABEL in 1926
- he died aged 80 in Devonport, Tasmania

1899 - 1902 Lewis Cotton
- Lewis died aged about 2 in Sheffield, Tasmania