The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameEric Roy Cottier 
Birth10 May 1910, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand
Death4 Mar 1989, Tauranga, New Zealand
OccupationPainter
FatherHenry William Cottier (1868-1947)
MotherPriscilla Cowling (1871-1948)
Misc. Notes
Name from a search in December 2020 of children to Henry William COTTIER and added here in February 2022.
Year of birth and death from screenshot of phone message sent to Brian from Simon Perry on 14 December 2020.
Simon is the great-grandson of Ernest Henry GRAY and Frances Maud ANDREWS. He is the grandson of their daughter, “Nola Ailsa Gray” and thought maybe this Eric or his brother Cyril.
This theory for Simon Perry’s grandfather has since been discounted as at July 2022. Eric Roy Cottier or Cyril James Cottier is not Simon Perry’s grandfather.
Country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in February 2022:
1910/8809. Cottier, Eric Roy. Mother: Priscilla. Father: Henry William
Full date of birth of 10 May 1910 from further searching in February 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Different year of death, country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in February 2022:
1989/32670. Cottier, Eric Roy. Date of birth: 10 May 1910
Full date of death of 4 March 1989 from further searching in February 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
No record of marriage could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at February 2022.
Place of birth registration as “Ingelwood” from New Zealand birth Index found online in February 2022.
Place of death given as “Tauranga” in Bay of Plenty Cemetery record found in February 2022.
Occupation from New Zealand World War II Ballot Lists 1940 - 1945 as published in the New Zealand Gazette, October 1940, page 2509
423768 Cottier, Eric Roy, Painter, 171 Courtenay St, New Plymouth
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Stratford Supplementary Roll 1931, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, York Road, Ingelwood, labourer
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga General Roll 1935, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, Pitt Street, Tauranga, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga General Roll 1938, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, Pitt Street, Tauranga, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - New Plymouth Supplementary Roll 1946, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, 171 Courtenay St., Painter and paperhanger
New Zealand Electoral Roll - New Plymouth General Roll 1949, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, 171 Courtenay Street, painter and paperhanger
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga Supplementary Roll No. 2 1949, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, 81 Pitt St., Tauranga, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga Main Roll 1957, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, No. 1 Road, Te Puke, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Bay of Plenty Main Roll 1963, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, No. 1 Rd. Te Puke, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Bay of Plenty Main Roll 1966, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, No. 1 Rd. Te Puke, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waipa Composite Roll [Waikato] 1981, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric R, 143 Rangatira Drive, Mangakino, Retired
Year of birth and death from screenshot of phone message sent to Brian from Simon Perry on 14 December 2020.
Simon is the great-grandson of Ernest Henry GRAY and Frances Maud ANDREWS. He is the grandson of their daughter, “Nola Ailsa Gray” and thought maybe this Eric or his brother Cyril.
This theory for Simon Perry’s grandfather has since been discounted as at July 2022. Eric Roy Cottier or Cyril James Cottier is not Simon Perry’s grandfather.
Country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in February 2022:
1910/8809. Cottier, Eric Roy. Mother: Priscilla. Father: Henry William
Full date of birth of 10 May 1910 from further searching in February 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.
Different year of death, country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in February 2022:
1989/32670. Cottier, Eric Roy. Date of birth: 10 May 1910
Full date of death of 4 March 1989 from further searching in February 2022 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.
No record of marriage could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at February 2022.
Place of birth registration as “Ingelwood” from New Zealand birth Index found online in February 2022.
Place of death given as “Tauranga” in Bay of Plenty Cemetery record found in February 2022.
Occupation from New Zealand World War II Ballot Lists 1940 - 1945 as published in the New Zealand Gazette, October 1940, page 2509
423768 Cottier, Eric Roy, Painter, 171 Courtenay St, New Plymouth
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Stratford Supplementary Roll 1931, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, York Road, Ingelwood, labourer
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga General Roll 1935, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, Pitt Street, Tauranga, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga General Roll 1938, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, Pitt Street, Tauranga, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - New Plymouth Supplementary Roll 1946, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, 171 Courtenay St., Painter and paperhanger
New Zealand Electoral Roll - New Plymouth General Roll 1949, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, 171 Courtenay Street, painter and paperhanger
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga Supplementary Roll No. 2 1949, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, 81 Pitt St., Tauranga, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Tauranga Main Roll 1957, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, No. 1 Road, Te Puke, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Bay of Plenty Main Roll 1963, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, No. 1 Rd. Te Puke, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Bay of Plenty Main Roll 1966, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric Roy, No. 1 Rd. Te Puke, painter
New Zealand Electoral Roll - Waipa Composite Roll [Waikato] 1981, found in February 2022:
Cottier, Eric R, 143 Rangatira Drive, Mangakino, Retired