William COCHRANE was born 31 January 1845 in Girvan, Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland

He was a son of William COCHRANE & Marion McQUEEN


He married Emma Louisa COCKERILL on 2 November 1880 in Shag Valley, Central Otago

- Emma was a daughter of Henry Mylam COCKERILL (1806-1873) & Eliza VINCENT (1816-1864) originally from London England
- her siblings were: (all born in Tasmania Australia)

1835 - 1920 Charles Cockerill

1837 - 1920 Eliza Cockerill

1840 - 1911 Frederick Cockerill

1841 - 1925 Martha Annie Cockerill

1843 - 1853 Jane Maria Cockerill

1845 - ? William Cockerill (born Jan)

1845 - 1941 Dennis Jones Cockerill (born Aug)
- Dennis married Amy Maud CHAPMAN in 1871
their known children were:
1875 - Albert Edward Cockerill
1877 - Dennis Percy Cockerill
1878 - still birth
1880 - Amy Ethel Cockerill
1884 - Herbert William Cockerill
1887 - Mabel Floremce Cockerill
1890 - Edith Maud Cockerill

1847 - 1940 Edward James Cockerill
- Edward married Sarah Elizabeth CAWTHORN (1843-1929) in 1875
their known children were:
1877 - Ruth Vincent Cockerill
1878 - Lizzie Louisa Alice Cockerill
1880 - Emily Mona Annie Cockerill
1883 - Clara Laura Isabella Cockerill
- Edward and Sarah are buried in PLOT JEC, ROW 18, PLAN II Archer St Masterton

1849 - 1938 Matilda Cockerill
- Matilda married Thomas SCREEN in 1877
their known children were:
1878 - Matilda Georgina Vincent Screen
1880 - Alice Louisa Scree
1881 - Charles Robert Sreen
1883 - Thomas Oliver Mylam Screen
1889 - Harold James Screen

[]b1851 - 1889 John Francis 'Vincent' Cockerill
- married Mary DEMPSTER in 1885
their known children were:
1886 - Ernest Vincent Cockeril
1887 - Mary Jane Cockerill
1888 - Alice Ellen Cockerill
1889 - John Edward Cockerill
1852 - ? Caroline Susannah Cockerill

1854 - 1935 Francis George 'Frank' Cockerill
- Francis married Janet KITCHIN in 1879
their known children were:
1879 - Alice Louisa Cockerill
1883 - Francis James Mylam Cockerill
1885 - John William Herbert Cockerill
1887 - Marion Jane Cockerill
1890 - Charles Alfred Cockerill

1856 - 1924 Emma Louisa Cockerill

1858 - 1937 Alfred Gower Cockerill

1861 - 1931 Alice Ellen Cockerill




the known children of William COCHRANE & Emma COCKERILL were:
... born in Invercargill

1882 - William Henry Cochrane
1884 - Eliza Vincent Cochrane
- Eliza married Albert Alexander HENDERSON in 1910
1886 - 1952 Alexander Cochrane
- Alexander married Agnes 'Nan' McFARLANE in 1913
1888 - 1964 Marion Cochrane
- Marion married Alexander ROBERTSON
1893 - Francis Alfred Cochrane
1898 - James Cochrane