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COGGER, Charles - patriarch of Victorian Coggers.

Charles Cogger was baptized at St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, 29.5.1833, the last child of Thomas Cogger and Eleanor (Harper). He married Emilie Friedriche Diehl (SEE DIEHL TREE) at All Saints, St Kilda, Melbourne 20.8.1863. They had 10 children between 1864 and 1880 and lived at 'The Laurels' on Mt Macedon which Charles built about 1864. He was a prominent citizen in the Shire of Gisborne and a council member for many years. He died 26.8.1915 and was buried at Macedon cemetery. These photographs relate mainly to the family and descendants of his eldest son Thomas Cogger, born in Brighton 29.6.1864.

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