Cosh family further papers, 1866-1998

MLMSS 3840 ADD-ON 2206/Box 1
MLMSS 3840 ADD-ON 2206/Box 2X

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1866-1998

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

99645

0.22 metres of textual material (1 box, 1 outsize box) includes photographs - manuscript, typescript, and printed
Clippings
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James Cosh, M.A., D.D., Presbyterian minister, missionary and academic, was born at Whitleys, Scotland on 27 June 1838. After receiving his M.A. from the University of Glasgow in 1861, he studied for the ministry at the Reformed Presbyterian Hall, Glasgow, 1861-1865. The University of Glasgow conferred upon him an honorary Doctorate of Divinity in 1892. Ordained for the Vanuatu mission field on 28 November 1865, he married Janet Scotland Frame (1843-1904) on 31 January 1866. They departed for Vanuatu on 1 March 1866, and served at Pango on the Island of Efate until 1870, when he supplied the pulpit of St Andrew's Church, Auckland in the absence of its minister. Cosh became minister of the Campbell Street Presbyterian Church Balmain in 1872, resigining in 1899 to take up the position of Hunter Baillie Professor of Oriental and Polynesian Languages at St. Andrew's College within the University of Sydney. Cosh held a number of offices within the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales, including Moderator, 1881-1883, Convener of the Foreign Missions Committee, 1873-1894, lecturer in Exegetical Theology, and Moderator of the Federal Assembly of the Presbyterian Churches of Australia, 1892. Cosh died at his home in Turramurra on 20 September 1900, survived by his wife and four children, James, Thomas Frame, John Inglis Clark and Janet Mary. He is buried at Gore Hill Cemetery, Sydney.

James Cosh (1867-1933), followed his father into the Presbyterian ministry, holding parishes in New South Wales and Queensland.

Thomas Frame Cosh (1867-1947), architect, was a partner in the firms Slayter & Cosh and Spain & Cosh.

John Inglis Clark Cosh (1873-1946), physician, was known as Jack. He married Louise S.A. Calvert (1872-1956), a nurse and daughter of James Snowden Clavert (1825-1884), explorer and farmer, and his wife, Caroline Louise Waring Atkinson (1834-1872), also known as Louisa Atkinson, novelist, journalist and naturalist. Jack and Louise were survived by their daughter, Janet Louise Cosh.

Janet Mary Cosh (1879-1963), known as Mary, married Arthur William Crane (1860-1932) on 10 October 1903.

Janet Louise Cosh, teacher and botanist, was born at Ashfield on 4 April 1901. Educated at Normanhurst School for Girls and the University of Sydney, Janet taught at Normanhurst for a short period after 1922. The family moved to their home, 'Netherby', near Moss Vale, in 1934, where Janet remained for the rest of her life. Active in the local community, she held a number of positions within the Berrima District Historical Society and the Central Southern Golf Association and was Moss Vale Citizen of the Year in 1988. Janet's interest in history and conservation led her to become an early member of the National Trust and a life member of the New South Wales Parks and Wildlife Foundation. She pursued an interest in natural history, particularly botany, and created her own herbarium for plants found in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Janet died on 22 October 1989.

1809-1998; Research notes, correspondence and documents on the family of Rev. Dr. James Cosh, compiled by Janet Denne. Correspondents include the archivists of the University of Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney Grammar School, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Presbyterian Ladies' College, Croydon (2 files) (Call No.: MLMSS 3840, ADD-ON 2206/1)
1916-1990; Papers of Janet Louise Cosh, including correspondence with family members and authors Patricia Clarke and Elizabeth Lawson regarding Louisa Atkinson, newscuttings and family photographs (Call No.: MLMSS 3840, ADD-ON 2206/1)
1875-1948; Letters received by Dr. John Inglis Clark Cosh, known as Jack, from his wife, family members in Scotland, his brother, Thomas F. Cosh, and his parents (2 files) (Call No.: MLMSS 3840, ADD-ON 2206/1)
1872-1899; Sermons of Rev. Dr. James Cosh (Call No.: MLMSS 3840, ADD-0N 2206/1)
1866-1901; Letters written by Rev. Dr. James Cosh and Janet Frame Cosh to family members in Scotland (Call No.: MLMSS 3840, ADD-ON 2206/1)
1901; 1904; Scrapbook of newscuttings regarding the deaths of Rev. Dr. James Cosh, 1901 and Janet Frame Cosh, 1904 (Call No.: MLMSS 3840, ADD-ON 2206/1)
1901-1904; Photographs of two houses in Kuringai Chase Avenue, Turramurra, built by Rev. Dr. James Cosh, designed by his son, Thomas F. Cosh (Call No.: MLMSS 3840, ADD-ON 2206/2X)