PART SIXTY-FOUR
The Upper Swell / Oddington (Glos) Line – 1880 to 2000
This is the second of two sections of this family line
(it includes an appendix for members of the Collett family in the Wiltshire village of Hullavington)
Updated October 2026
Edward Collett [64P17] was born in 1880 at 16 Wellington Street, Idle, within the Bradford parish of Eccleshill. His birth was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 9b 251) during the last quarter of that year. Upon being baptised at St Luke’s Church in Eccleshill on 17th November 1880, his parents were named as Arthur and Margaret Ellen Collett, the only occasion when his mother’s second forename was used. Edward was a poorly child and his baptism was a hastily arranged event, with the death of baby Edward Collett recorded at Bradford (Ref. 9b 156) shortly after he was christened
Agnes Collett [64P18] was born at 16 Wellington Street in Idle, her birth recorded at Bradford (Ref. 9b 219) during the last three months of 1884. Like most of her siblings, she was baptised at the Eccleshill Church of St Luke where, over a year later, on 1st January 1886, she was named as the daughter of Arthur and Margaret Collett. Agnes may have been suffering with the same condition or illness that caused the death of her brother Edward (above) since, just after her christening day, the death of Agnes Collett was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 9b 161) when she was one year old
Maud Collett [64P19] was born at 16 Wellington Street in Idle, her birth recorded at nearby Bradford (Ref. 9b 234) during the second quarter of 1890, the last of the seven children of Arthur Collett and Margaret Ward. It was at the Church of St Luke in Eccleshill where she was baptised on 12th May 1890. According to the census in 1891, Maud Collett was inaccurately recorded as being six months old when living with her family at 16 Wellington Street. Ten years later Maud Collett was 10 years old when she was the only child still living with her parents at 16 Wellington Street. By 1911 the census that April still had the three of them living at the same address which was then in Eccleshill. At that time in her life, Maud Collett was 20 when she was working as a restaurant attendant – presumably a waitress. Maud was 21 when she married George Boldy just a few months later, the event recorded at the Bradford register office in North Bierley (Ref. 9b 32) during the third quarter of 1911. George was born George Freeman Boldy, the son of Herbert and Ellen Boldy, whose occupation in 1911 was that of a grease extractor
John Henry Albert Collett [64P22] was born at Bristol in 1876, the eldest child of John Collett of Foxley and his wife Margaret Louisa Goodfield, also from Foxley. His birth was recorded at Clifton (Ref. 6a 55) during the second quarter of that year. It was at Barton Hill to the south of Bristol, near the county boundary with Somerset, where John Henry Albert Collett was baptised at the Church of St Luke on 4th June 1876. When he was around four years of age, his parents left Bristol when the family settled in Worcester. It was as John H A Collett, aged four years, that he was recorded in the census of 1881 when he was living with his family at 21 Bowling Green Terrace in the Blockhouse area of the city. Sometime during the next decade, the family moved to South Claines, immediately to the north of Worcester, where they were living in 1891, when John H A Collett was 14 years of age
Nine years after that census day, John became a married man, where the marriage of John Henry A Collett and Edith Purser was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 495) during the third quarter of 1900. Six months later, the Worcester census conducted in March 1901 placed John H A Collett from Bristol as living there, where he was working as a tailor’s cutter at the age of 24. His wife was also living there with him, and was confirmed as Edith Collett from Twyning in Gloucestershire, who was 22. During the first decade of their married life, Edith presented John with four children, who were all still living with the couple at Worcester in 1911. John H A Collett from Bristol was 34 and a tailor’s cutter in the manufacture of clothing, Edith from Twyning was 32, Sidney J Collett was nine, James H Collett was six, Edith M Collett was four, and Thomas A Collett was one-year-old. All the children were born in Worcester. Three years later, a further son was added to the family, with the arrival of Victor A Collett, whose birth was also recorded at Worcester
It was in 1932, and following the death of his father, that John’s full name was recorded, when he was named as John Henry Albert Collett, a clothing manufacturer’s foreman, the sole executor of his late father’s estate. Five years later, the death of Edith Collett, wife of John H A Collett, was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 6) during the second quarter of 1938, when she was 59 years old. His full name was used again during the probate process for his Will in 1944. As John H A Collett his death was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 37) during the first quarter of that year, following his death on 5th March at the age of 67. His Will was proved at Birmingham on 17th April 1944 when his second son James Henry Collett, a tailor’s cutter, was named as the sole executor of his estate of £150 19 Shillings and 8 Pence
64Q13 – Sidney John Collett was born in 1901 at Worcester
64Q14 – James Henry Collett was born in 1904 at Worcester
64Q15 – Edith Mary Collett was born in 1906 at Worcester
64Q16 – Thomas Arthur Collett was born in 1909 at Worcester
64Q17 – Victor Albert Collett was born in 1914 at Worcester
Mary Elizabeth Maud Collett [64P23] was born at Bristol in 1877 and it was there that she was baptised on 21st October 1877 the daughter of John and Margaret Collett. She was around three years old when her parents took the family from Bristol to Worcester where they were living in 1881, when Mary E M Collett was three years old. Their address on that occasion was 21 Bowling Green Terrace in Blockhouse, Worcester. It was as Mary E L Collett that she was living with her family at South Claines near Worcester in 1891 when she was 13. She was recorded simply as Maud Collett from Bristol, aged 23, who was a dressmaker in the March census of 1901 when she was still living at Lower Chesnut Street in Worcester with her family. It was the same situation in 1911, when Maud Collett from Bristol single, 34 and a dressmaker, who was the eldest of the six children still living with her parents in Worcester
Mary was into her late forties when she became a married lady. The marriage of Mary E M Collett and George W Millwater was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 297) during the third quarter of 1925. They were together for less than seven years when George William Millwater passed away on 17th January 1932. His Will was proved at Birmingham on 1st July 1932 when during the probate process his wife was described as Mary Elizabeth Maud Millwater, a widow, who was jointly charged with looking after his personal effects with Alice Gladys Millwater, the wife of Walter Millwater, who was most likely his brother or his son from an earlier marriage. His widow, Mary Elizabeth Maud Millwater nee Collett died on 28th February 1956 and her Will was proved at Gloucester on 24th April that year, when the executors of her estate were named as Lena Florence Collett, a married woman, and Elsie Carpenter, another married woman. Lena Florence Collett was the wife of Mary’s younger brother James F W Collett (below)
Ernest Percy William Collett [64P24] was born at Bristol, possibly at the end of 1878 or early in 1879, since his birth as simply Ernest Percy Collett was recorded at Barton Regis (Ref. 6a 230) during the first quarter of 1879. He was the third child of John and Margaret Collett. Shortly after he was born his family moved to Worcester where his further siblings were born. Ernest P W Collett from Bristol was two years old in the Worcester census of 1881, when he and his family were living at 21 Bowling Green Terrace in the Blockhouse area of Worcester. He was still with his family at South Claines, near Worcester in 1891, when Ernest E Collett was 12 years old. By the time of the census in 1901 Ernest Collett, aged 22 and from Bristol, was a telegraph labourer, indicating that he was employed by the General Post Office. He was still unmarried and was still living at the family home at Lower Chesnut Street in Worcester
Just over two years later, the marriage of Ernest Percy W Collett and Sarah Burgess Perring was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 258) during the last three months 1903. The birth of Sarah Burgess Perring was recorded at Worcester (Ref. 6c 210) during the third quarter 1880, following which she was baptised there at the Church of St Mary Magdalene on 4th November 1880, the daughter of Walter Tweed Perring and Susan Perring. It is likely that she was born at Easy Row in Whistones within the parish of Claines, where her family was living in 1881. Once married the couple initially settled in Glamorganshire, where their first child was born before returning to Worcestershire for the births of their next three children. It was at 20 Wolverton Road in Worcester where they and their four children were living in 1911, when Ernest Percy William Collett from Bristol was 32 and working as a carpenter. His wife Sarah Burgess Collett from Worcester was 31, and their three children were recorded as Elsie Collett who was six and born in Glamorganshire South Wales, Walter S Collett who was four, Ernest W Collett who was two years old, and baby Violet S Collett who was just five months old, all three of them born in Worcester
The birth of their eldest child, Elsie, was recorded at Pontypridd register office (Ref. 11a 239) during the last three months of 1904. Following her birth on 20th October 1904, the baptism of Elsie Collett took place at Ystradyfodwg in Glamorganshire on 11th December 1904. It may well have been Ernest’s work as a carpenter that resulted in a family move to Nuneaton in Warwickshire, where the births of three more children were recorded of the next three years, the first two being twins. The later death of Ernest P W Collett was recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 6d 44) during the first three months of 1936, when he was 57 years of age
64Q18 – Elsie Collett was born in 1904 at Pontypridd
64Q19 – Walter Stanley Collett was born in 1906 at Worcester
64Q20 – Ernest William Collett was born in 1908 at Worcester
64Q21 – Violet Susan Collett was born in 1910 at Worcester
64Q22 – Edna Collett was born in 1912 at Nuneaton
64Q23 – Percy Collett was born in 1912 at Nuneaton
64Q24 – John Kenneth Collett was born in 1914 at Nuneaton
Francis Lewis George Collett [64P25] was born at Worcester during the early days of March 1881, the son of John and Margaret Collett. His birth was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 311) under the name of Francis Lewis G Collett during the second quarter of 1881 and he was just three weeks old in the census that year when he was named as Francis G L Collett. Tragically, he was only six years of age when he died at Worcester where the death of Francis Collett was recorded during the third quarter of 1887 (Ref. 6c 147)
Arthur Reginald Collett [64P26] was born at Worcester in 1886, his birth recorded there during the second quarter of that year (Ref. 6c 16), the fifth child of John Collett and Margaret Louisa Goodfield. He was five years old in 1891 when Arthur R Collett was living in South Claines near Worcester. By 1901 he was living at Lower Chesnut Street in Worcester, when Arthur was working as a general errand boy at the age of 14, one of six children still living there with his parents. Some years later, Arthur left his family in Worcester and move to Birmingham to seek work, and it was there at Saltley, to the east of the city centre that he was listed in 1911 as being Arthur Collett from Worcester who was 25 and the manager of a seed store. Most likely at the outbreak of the Great War, he enlisted with the army and eventually became Private Collett 23212 with the 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Sadly, on 23rd October 1916 at the age of thirty, he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme which lasted from early July to early November that year. His name, simply as Arthur Collett, is just one of the 72,000 listed on the Thievpal Memorial for men who died with no known grave. It is not known whether he was married or not, since no next-of-kin was listed in his military records
James Francis Walter Collett [64P27] was born at Worcester on 20th October 1888, one year after the death of his older brother Francis whose name he was given. He was recorded as James Francis W Collett on the occasion of the registration of his birth at Worcester (Ref. 6c 209) during the last three months of 1888. It is possible that he was born when the family was living in the South Claines district to the north of Worcester, where they were living at the time of the census in 1891 where he was recorded as James F W Collett aged two years. He was still attending school in 1901 when he was 12 years old and still living with his parents at Lower Chesnut Street in Worcester. On that occasion he was simply recorded as James Collett, as he was again in 1911 when he was still living with his parents in Worcester at the age of 23, by which time he was a leather sorter working for a glove manufacturer
Also living in Worcester on that same census day, was James’ future wife Lena Florence Jones, who was a dressmaker still living there with her parents. Lena was born at Worcester on 28th August 1887, the daughter of Thomas and Henrietta Clara Jones. Her entry into the Collett family was by way of the marriage of James F W Collett and Lena F Jones which was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 86) during the third quarter of 1914. Upon the death of James’ older married and widowed sister Mary Elizabeth Maud Millwater nee Collett (above) in 1956, her Will named Lena Florence Collett, a married woman, as one of the two main beneficiaries. The death of Lena Florence Collett was also recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 9d 39) during the first few months of 1971. Seven years after losing his wife, and apparently having lived all of his life in Worcestershire, the death of James Francis W Collett was recorded at Worcester register office (Vol. 29 78) during spring of 1978
George Lewis Collett [64P28] was born at South Claines, just north of Worcester in July 1890, the seventh of the eight children of John and Margaret Collett, who was baptised on 17th September 1890 at the Church of St Mary Magdalene. His birth was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 322) during the third quarter of that year and, according to the census in 1891, he was eight months old. On that occasion he was recorded at South Claines with his family as George L Collett. His family eventually moved in Worcester and was residing at Lower Chestnut Street in 1901, when George Collett was 10 years of age. Tragically, two years later, the death of George Lewis Collett was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 327) during the second quarter of 1903, when he was only 12 years of age. He was buried in Worcester of 14th May 1903, his home address recorded as 4 Eastnor Villas on Lower Chestnut Street
Victor Stanley Collett [64P29] was born at South Claines in Worcester during the first half of 1892, with his birth recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 177) during the second quarter of that year. He was baptised on 11th May 1892 at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, the eighth and last child of John Collett and Margaret Louisa Goodfield. Curiously, his name was simply recorded by his parents in both the next two census returns as Stanley Collett. On the first of those, Stanley Collett was nine years of age when his family was living at 4 Eastnor Villas, Lower Chestnut Street in Worcester, while in 1911 he was 19 years old and employed as a glove cutter, working alongside his old brother James (above). It was over eight years later when the marriage of Victor S Collett and Annie M Walley was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 137) during the last three months of 1919, with whom he had two sons and a daughter and, in each case, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Walley. Annie Mabel Walley was born at Worcester in summer of 1892 (Ref. 6c 288), the daughter of potter’s printer John Walley from Ohio City, USA, and his wife Mary from Staffordshire. According to the census in 1911 Annie was working in the Royal Worcester Pottery as a china printeress
Victor Stanley Collett was still a resident of Worcester when he died on 18th May 1966 at 13 Cecilia Avenue in Worcester. The details included within the probate process for his Will, proved at Gloucester on 18th August 1966, described him at Stanley Victor Collett of 268 Wylds Lane in Worcester, while it was his widow Annie Mabel Collett who was the executor of his estate. It was also at Worcester register office, fifteen years later, where the death of widow Annie Mabel Collett was recorded (Vol. 29 48) towards the end of 1981 when she was 88 years of age, her death certificate stating that she had been born on 16th August 1892. It is understood that the two youngest children were still alive in 2013
64Q25 – Stanley John Collett was born in 1921 at Worcester
64Q26 – Leonard W Collett was born in 1924 at Worcester
64Q27 – Beryl M Collett was born in 1928 at Worcester
Henry Collett [64P30] was born at Norton-Coleparle, at the end of 1862 or early in 1863, since his birth was recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 77) during the first three months of 1863. He was the first-born child of William Collett and Emma Garland, and was eight years old in the census of 1871. He was still living at the family home in Norton-Coleparle ten years later, when he was 18 and employed as an agricultural labourer, probably alongside his father. As with other members of his family, Henry was also drawn to the north of England, probably through the opportunity of working on the railway since, by 1891, when he was still single at 27 years of age, he was employed as a railway signalman. At that time in his life, he was lodging at Grace Church Street in Bradford, with the family of James Collett from Bremilham in Wiltshire, whose young family had moved to Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire prior to 1881. James Thomas Collett (Ref. 64O16) from Bremilham near Malmesbury, was the cousin of Henry’s father William Collett
Seven months later, the marriage of Henry Collett and Louisa Fuller took place on 18th October 1891 at Pangbourne in Berkshire, where Louisa was born near the end of 1866. She was also baptised at Pangbourne on 10th March 1867, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Fuller, with whom she was still living at Reading Road in Pangbourne in 1891, from where she was working as a housemaid at the age of 24. After their wedding day, the couple lived for a time in Bradford, where their daughter was born, before moving to Keighley, where their son was born. Just after the turn of the century the family was living at Skipton from where Henry was continuing his occupation as a railway signalman. He was 36 and from Norton, Louisa was 34 and from Pangbourne, and their two children were Flossie Collett who was eight and from Bradford and Clement Collett who was three years old and born at Keighley
Sometime during the next decade, the family left Skipton and by the time of the next census in 1911 the family of four was residing at 3 Oswald Street, off Carr Lane, in Shipley-cum-Heaton, just north of Bradford within the North Bierley district of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The census return on that occasion confirmed that Henry and Louisa had been married for nineteen years and that they had given birth to two children. Henry Collett from Norton in Wiltshire was 48 and still a railway signalman, his wife Louisa Collett from Pangbourne was 44, and their two children were Flossie Collett who was 18 and working as a laundress, and Clement Collett who was 13. When her son died in 1930, it was Louisa Collett and Henry Collett who were named as the first and second beneficiaries, which was rather strange bearing in mind that Clement Henry Collett was a married man, with a son of his own, by then. The death of a Henry Collett, of the right age, was recorded at Blyth in Suffolk (Ref. 4b 47) during the fourth quarter of 1952, when he was 90 years old. Whether he was the Henry from Wiltshire via Yorkshire remains to be determined
64Q28 – Flossie Esther Collett was born in 1892 at Bradford
64Q29 – Clement Henry Collett was born in 1898 at Keighley
Elizabeth Collett [64P31] was born at Norton-Coleparle with her birth recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 97) during the second quarter of 1865, the second child of William and Emma Collett. For some reason she was recorded as being four years old in the Norton census of 1871 and again in 1881 when she was 14 and already working as a general domestic servant. By that time in her life Elizabeth Collett from Norton in Wiltshire was employed by maltster and brewer Isaac Witchell in his home at Church Street in Tetbury
Catherine Collett [64P32] was born at Norton-Coleparle in 1868, when her birth was recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 261) during the second quarter of that year, another daughter of William and Emma Collett. She was two years old and 12 years of age, and a scholar, respectively in the 1871 and 1881 censuses for Norton-Coleparle. She was twenty-one years old when, as Kate Collett, the marriage of Catherine Collett and Sidney King was recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 270) during the second quarter of 1889, which may have taken place at Norton-Coleparle. Sidney had been born at Beverston, near Tetbury, during 1864 and may have been introduced to Kate by her older sister Elizabeth (above) who was working in Tetbury in 1881
Immediately following the wedding, the couple left Wiltshire and settled at Woodchester, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, where their first child was born around nine months later. Two years later, Sidney King was 30 years of age and working as a carter and agricultural labourer who was living at Bospin Lane in Woodchester with his wife Kate King from Wiltshire who was 23, and their first child, son Frederick W King, who was one year old. Over the next ten years, the couple had a further four children, all of whom were born at Woodchester. It was also at Woodchester that they were still living in 1901. Sidney King was 38 and his occupation was that of a shepherd on a farm, and living with him was Catherine King from Norton in Wiltshire who was 32, and their five children. They were Frederick William King aged 12, Florence King aged 10, George King who was eight, Adeline King who was four, and Sidney Philip King who was two years old. Completing the household was Kate’s widowed father William Collett from Norton-Coleparle
Four more children were added to the family during the first decade of the new century, with the enlarged family still residing in Woodchester in 1911. By then Sidney was 52, Catherine was 43, Fred was 21, Florence was 19, George was 17, Adeline was 14, Philip was 12, Herbert King was 10, Douglas King was seven, Dorothy King was five, and Clement King was two years old. Staying with the family that day was Roscoe Collett who was six years of age and described as the nephew of Sidney and Kate, who had been born at Mountain Ash in Glamorganshire, South Wales (Rhondda Cynon Taff). He was Roscoe Elrick Collett (Ref. 53R16), whose birth had been recorded at Pontypridd register office (Ref. 11a 363) during the second quarter of 1904
William Collett [64P33] was born at Norton-Coleparle in 1871, his birth recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 261) during the third quarter of that year. By the time of the census in 1881 he was 10 years old and attending school in Norton, where he was living with his family. At the age of 29, head of the household William Collett from Norton was in Hullavington, next door to his brother Fred Collett (below). On that occasion, William was working as a general labourer on the construction of a line of the Great Western Railway. No record of William has been found after that day
Philip Collett [64P34] was born at Norton-Coleparle, his birth recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 188) during the last three months of 1874, another son of William and Emma Collett. Whilst his age was listed as being six years in the Norton census of 1881, ten years later he was recorded as being 18 years old, but that may have simply been an error in transcribing, as 16 would have been a more accurate age. Philip was an agricultural labourer, the elder of two sons still living at the home of his parents which, by then was on Foxley Road in St Mary Westport. However, according to the 1901 Census, bachelor Philip Collett, aged 25 and from Norton, was a lodger at the home of George and Ann Cordy in Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire, from where he was working as a railway porter. Around four and a half years later he married Rhoda Bailey at the Church of St James in Mangotsfield on 2nd September 1905. Philip was confirmed as the son of William Collett, while Rhoda was the daughter of George Baily and had been born on 22nd March 1884 at Frampton Cotterell, near Mangotsfield. The details of the marriage were recorded at Keynsham register office (Ref. 5c 147), where the births of their two children were also recorded, together with the premature death of their father within the same decade they were born
Tragically, the couple was only married for just over three years when, Philip Collett died on 21st February 1909 at the age of 35, following which he was buried at St James Church in Mangotsfield on 25th February 1909. His passing was recorded at Keynsham register office (Ref. 5c 80) and by that time in his life, Philip was still employed as a railway porter who was living with his wife at St James Place in Mangotsfield. The administration of his personal effects took place at Bristol on 29th March 1909, when it was his wife Rhoda Collett, widow, who inherited £88 6 Shillings and 2 Pence. Curiously, two years later. on the day of the census in 1911, the only member of the family of three who has been positively identified was Philip’s son George Collett of Mangotsfield, who was five years of age and was staying with Rhoda’s parents in Mangotsfield. Head of the household George Bailey was 53, his wife Elizabeth was 50, and their daughter Bessie was 18. No record of his mother or his sister has been discovered, while it was during the last three months of 1911, when the second marriage of Rhoda Collett, a widow, and widower Thomas Howard was recorded at Keynsham register office (Ref. 5c 60). The service was conducted at St James’ Church in Mangotsfield on 16th December 1911, when Rhoda was confirmed as the daughter of George Bailey, and the groom’s father was named as Richard Howard
64Q30 – Philip George Collett was born in 1906 at Mangotsfield
64Q31 – Nora Emily Bessie Collett was born in 1908 at Mangotsfield
Frederick Collett [64P35] was the odd one of the family as he was born at Easton Grey in 1879, rather than at Norton-Coleparle. Like his brother Philip there were discrepancies in his age in the 1881 and 1891 census records. The first of them placed him living with his family at Norton and he was one-year old. Ten years later his age was recorded as 15 when he was still living at Norton-Coleparle. Just after the turn of the century Fred was working as a wagon tipper on the construction of a line of the Great Western railway while living at house number 88 in the main street in Hullavington. It seems very likely that he was working with his brother William (above) who also lived next door at number 89
John William Wicks [64P37] was born at Hullavington in 1870 and was the base born child of Sarah Deborah Wicks. In November 1873 John’s mother married widower Charles Collett whose second wife had died in 1869. There is therefore some speculation that John’s father may have been Charles Collett. According to the 1881 Census John was 12 years old and was listed as ‘son’ and eldest child in the family of Charles and Sarah Collett. However, that may have been said for propriety’s sake only, as he may or may not have been the birth son of Charles Collett. Nine years later in the first quarter of 1890 John married Minnie Curtis. She was the daughter of Henry and Ruth Curtis and had been at Stoke Gifford in 1871 where she and her family were living in 1881. Once they were marriage John and Minnie lived all of their life together in Stoke Gifford where all nine of the children were born. At the time of the 1901 Census John was confirmed as living with his family at Stoke Gifford where he was working as a general labourer. His place of birth was confirmed as Hullavington. According to the census John was 30, Minnie was 29, and their first three children were sons Jesse A Wicks, aged ten, and George F Wicks, aged five, and daughter Ruth E Wicks who was three years old. When John died, he was living at Westerleigh, not far from Stoke Gifford
Elena Elizabeth Collett [64P38] was at Hullavington on 2nd February 1874, her birth being rerecorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 54) during the first quarter of 1874, under the name of Elena Elizabeth Collett. In addition, the Bishops transcript of her baptism, and that of the Hullavington parish register, recorded the event as follows: Helena Elizabeth Collett baptised at Hullavington on 11th February 1874, the eldest daughter of labourer Charles Collett and his third wife Sarah Deborah Wicks. She was also recorded as Helena Collett in the census of 1881, by which time she was six years old and living with her family at Gibbs Lane in Hullavington. Various family moves took place during the 1880s but, by 1891, Elena E Collett was 18 when she was described as ‘helping her mother’ while living with her family at Latteridge, just north-west of Iron Acton in Gloucestershire. In between those times she and her family had lived at Mangotsfield, Westerleigh, and Stoke Gifford, all near Bristol
Around the time of her twenty-first birthday, but referred to as Bessie Collett, she married Arthur Stone in Bristol, the event recorded at the Barton Regis register office (Ref. 6a 304) during the second quarter of 1894. Arthur was born in 1870 at Fishponds where it appears that the couple lived all of their life and where all of their nine children were born. By 1901 Elena E Stone from Hullavington was 28 and her husband Arthur Stone of Fishponds was 30 and a cycle mechanic, who were living in the Fishponds parish of St Mary with their four children, who were all born at Fishponds. They were Lilian E Stone who was six, Ethel H Stone who was four, Rosie Stone who was three, and Hilda M Stone who was one-year-old. And it was at Fishponds that Elena and Arthur both died. From the day of her wedding, and for the rest of her life, Elena was known as Bessie and Auntie Bessie. Just prior to the next census in 1911, and following the birth of a further two children at Fishponds and another at Winterbourne, the family moved to Mangotsfield
It was therefore at Mangotsfield where the enlarged family was recorded in 1911, when Arthur Stone was 40, Bessie Stone was 38, and their six children were Lily who was 16, Ethel who was 15, Rosie who was 14, Harold Stone who was seven, Grantly Stone who was five, and Arthur Stone who was two years of age and born at Winterbourne. No record of daughter Hilda M Stone has been found in 1911. Apparently, there were two other children for whom the dates of birth are not known, and they were Cissy Stone and Ronald Stone. Elena’s son Arthur Stone, married Vera Sophie England at Downend on 6th April 1939, with whom he had two daughters. His wife Vera, who was born in 1914, died in 1999 in South Gloucestershire
Hannah Matilda Collett [64P39] was born at Foxley on 18th January 1876, the daughter of Charles Collett and his third wife Sarah Deborah Wicks, with her birth being recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 52) during the during the first quarter of 1876. She was five years old and was living with her family at Gibbs Lane in Hullavington by the time of the census in 1881. Sadly, she was only 14 years old when she died from typhoid fever, with her mother Sarah by her bedside when she passed away at Gaunts Earthcott in Almondsbury on 17th June 1890. The death was recorded at Thornbury in Gloucestershire and the certificate noted correctly that she was 16, and at that time in her life she had already started working as a general domestic servant
Charles Eli Collett [64P40] was born at Hullavington in 1878, although his birth was recorded at Malmesbury (Ref. 5a 59) during the first quarter of the year as simply Charles Collett. He was baptised at Hullavington on 28th April 1878, the son of labourer Charles Collett and his wife Sarah Deborah Collett. He was three years old and was living with his family at Gibbs Lane in Hullavington on the day of the census in 1881. Ten years later, the next census of 1891 placed the family living at Latteridge near Iron Acton, when Charles Collett was again living with his parents and was confirmed as their son, although he was recorded as Eli C Collett, similar to the name he used on his wedding day. On that occasion he had already left school and was working as an agricultural labourer at the age of 13. Where Charles was in 1901 is not currently known, but it was just over five years later that he married Sarah Louisa Milsom at St Werburgh’s Church in Bristol on 5th August 1906. On the marriage certificate his name was given as Charles Eli Collett – as it was again at the birth of the couple’s first child. The witnesses to the marriage were named as James and Maud White. Sarah was the daughter of William and Louisa Milsom who was living with her family at Victoria Street in Bristol in 1901
Sometime between the birth of their son at Bristol in 1909 and the census inn April 1911, Charles and his family left Bristol, when they moved to South Wales. By the time of the census, the family was residing at 48 Vaughan Street in Pwllgwaun, Pontypridd. According to the census return Charles and Sarah had been married for five years and during that time Sarah had presented Charles with two children, of which son Arthur was the only survivor. Charles Collett from Wiltshire was 33 and working as an underground horse driver (in the coal mines), while his wife Sarah, from Easton, Bristol, was 23. Two other people were listed at the address with them, the first being their son Arthur Collett who was two years old and born at Fishponds in Bristol, and Sarah’s brother George Milsom, also from Easton, who was 19
On the day of the census, Sarah was once again with-child and the couple’s third issue was born later that same year. Tragedy was to strike the family again when their third child died before the end of 1911. Charles’ occupation in 1911 was that of an underground horse driver, indicating that he was working in a coal mine. Living with the family at that time was Sarah’s brother George Milsom who was 19. Nothing more is known of Charles and his family after that time. In the Electoral Roll for Painswick in, or after, 1956, Charles E Collett and his wife Sarah L Collett were recorded as residing at 8 Gyde Alms Houses, where also three other people with the Collett surname were also noted living at New Hall. They were husband and wife Francis J Collett and Lucy O Collett, and their daughter Elizabeth B Collett who was born at the end of 1935, thus placing the earliest date for the entry as 1956, when she was 21. That family of three features in Part 35 – The Melksham to Wisconsin and Ontario Line (Ref. 35P84). The death of Charles Collett was recorded at Stroud (Ref. 7b 623) during the fourth quarter of 1967 at the age of 90. It was at the start of that same year when the death of Sarah Collett was recorded at Bristol (Ref. 7b 153) during the first quarter of 1867 when she was 80 years old
64Q32 – Phyllis Edna May Collett was born in 1907 at Bristol
64Q33 – Arthur Charles Eli Collett was born in 1908 at Bristol
64Q34 – George William Collett was born in 1911 at Pontypool
Jane Collett [64P41] was one half of a set of twins born at Hullavington in May 1880. As the daughter of Charles Collett, a labourer, and his wife Sarah Deborah, she was privately baptised at Hullavington on 25th May 1880 in a joint ceremony with her twin sister Frances (below). Privately baptised means that the two sisters were baptised at home due to their poor health. Jane was ten months old by the time of the census of 1881 and was living with her family at Gibbs Lane in Hullavington. Her twin sister Frances had died within three weeks of their private baptism and Jane passed away five days after the census day, aged eleven months. She died at Hullavington on 8th April 1881 and was ‘received into the church’ on 17th April 1881
Frances Ellen Collett [64P42] was one half of a set of twins born at Hullavington in May 1880. She was privately baptised at Hullavington on 25th May 1880 in a joint ceremony with her twin sister Jane (above), but tragically passed away three weeks later and was buried at Hullavington on 14th June 1880
Ellen Jane Collett [64P43] was born at Hullavington in July 1881 and was named in honour of her late twin sisters Jane and Ellen (above). She was baptised at Hullavington on 5th June 1881, when her parents were confirmed as Charles, a labourer, and Sarah Deborah Collett. Unlike her twin sisters, Ellen did survive long enough to celebrate her fourth birthday but then, tragically, she died during the fourth quarter of 1885, together with her baby brother Henry (below), both deaths being recorded at Keynsham (Ref. 5c 429) in Gloucestershire on the same day
Henry Collett [64P44] may have been born at Hullavington, before the family moved to Westerleigh. Alternatively, he might have been born after the move to Westerleigh, where the family was certainly living when Henry Collett, the son of labourer Charles Collett of Westerleigh and Sarah Deborah Wicks, was baptised on 3rd June 1884. Henry was two years old when he died during the last quarter of 1885, with his death recorded at Keynsham (Ref. 5c 429) immediately after his sister Ellen Jane Collett (above), their deaths recorded under the same register reference
William Collett [64P45] was born at Westerleigh on 7th October 1884, where he was baptised on 19th April 1885, a son of Charles Collett by his third wife Sarah Deborah Wicks. He was seven years old in the census of 1891 when living with his family at Latteridge. Ten years later, at the age of sixteen, William was working as a general labourer while still living with his family at Westerleigh Hill in Westerleigh. Just over five years later William married Dorothy Pullin on 22nd December 1906 at the White Hill Chapel in Winterbourne in South Gloucestershire. Dorothy was born in 1883 at Winterbourne and was the daughter of Arthur and Nellie Pullin who were witnesses at her wedding. It was William who was the informant of the death of his mother Sarah Collett in January 1910 at Hambrook. Her death certificate confirmed that William was present at her passing and that he lived at nearby Winterbourne. Fifteen months later William and Dorothy were still living at Winterbourne with their first two children who were born there. The census in 1911 recorded William Collett at the age of 27, his wife Dorothy as 28, and their two children as Alden Collett, who was three, and Leslie Collett who was two years old. It would appear that William and Dorothy remained living at Winterbourne for the rest of their life together, since it was there that all of their remaining children were born, and where they both died, with William Collett passing away on 23rd March 1962. In addition to the ten children listed below, it is understood that Dorothy gave birth to a stillborn child between 1913 and 1919
64Q35 – Alden George Charles Collett was born in 1907 at Winterbourne
64Q36 – Leslie Collett was born in 1909 at Winterbourne
64Q37 – Wilfred Graham Collett was born in 1911 at Winterbourne
64Q38 – Nora Millicent Collett was born in 1913 at Winterbourne
64Q39 – Wilfred Collett was born in 1919 at Winterbourne
64Q40 – Jesse Collett was born in 1920 at Winterbourne
64Q41 – Henry John Collett was born in 1922 at Winterbourne
64Q42 – Ellen Edna Collett was born in 1923 at Winterbourne
64Q43 – Reginald Collett was born in 1925 at Winterbourne
64Q44 – Thomas William Collett was born in 1927 at Winterbourne
Henry Edward Collett [64P46], who was known by the family as Harry, was born at Downend near Mangotsfield in Bristol on 7th April 1886, where he was baptised on 25th August 1886, another son of Charles and Sarah Deborah Collett. It was as Henry that he was listed in the 1891 Census living with his family at Latteridge within the Iron Acton & Chipping Sodbury registration district. He was five years old at that time and additional information in the census record referred to the fact that he was a cripple. That coincides with the family story that he was either born with only half a leg, or that he had suffer the loss due to an accident and used a wooden stump to get around. In the census return for 1901 he was referred to as Harry Collett who was born at Downend in Bristol. His age was given as being fourteen and his occupation was that of a shoemaker. By that time, he had left the family home in Westerleigh Hill and was living with a family in Bristol
At some later time, during the third quarter of 1910, the marriage of Henry Collett and Florence E Tovey was recorded at Bristol register office (Ref. 6a 88). She was a child of George and Elizabeth Tovey of Arthur Street in Bristol, where Florence Ethel Tovey was born in 1885. It was at Station Avenue in the Fishponds area of Bristol that the couple was living in April 1911, when Florence was most likely pregnant with the couple’s first child. Henry was 25 and Florence was 24, and with them was Harry’s father Charles Collett who had gone to live with them following the death of his wife at the start of 1910. The marriage of Harry and Florence was previously thought to have produced two children for the couple, although it now appears that there were at least three, the third child born after Henry’s likely absence because of the First World War and the dreadful flu pandemic that followed it
64Q45 – Christine Collett was born in 1911 at Bristol
64Q46 – Gilbert Henry Collett was born in 1914 at Bristol
64Q47 – Gladys M Collett was born in 1925 at Bristol
Thomas Collett [64P47] was born at Westerleigh on 16th April 1887, his birth recorded at Chipping Sodbury (Ref. 6a 322) during the second quarter of that year. He was then baptised there at the Church of St James the Great on 9th July 1887, another son of Charles and Deborah Collett and their tenth child. Rather curiously, a year later, as Tom Collett, he was baptised at St Michael’s Church in Stoke Gifford in a joint ceremony with his younger brother Alden (below) on 5th August 1888), when the family was living at Walls Court, his father a labourer. He was three years old in the Latteridge census of 1891 by which time he was again referred to as Tom Collett. By 1901 his family was living at Westerleigh Hill in Westerleigh where Thomas was recorded as Tom Collett of Westerleigh, aged 13, who was still attending school. According to the next census in April 1911, Thomas was 23 and had moved to Brentford in Middlesex where it is known that he was married six years later
It was either at the end of 1915 or early in 1916, when the marriage of Thomas Collett and Mary Emma French was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 122) during the first three months of the latter. The church service took place at St Faith’s Church on Windmill Road in Brentford. One year prior to the couple’s wedding day, Emma gave birth to a son, whose birth was recorded at Ealing, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as French, as with all eight children. It would also appear that the family lived all of their life together in Middlesex, with the later weddings of their children recorded either at Brentford or Ealing. The death of Thomas Collett was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5b 145) during the second quarter of 1965, age the age of 78. Two years later, the death of Emma M Collett was recorded at Hounslow register office (Ref. 5c 94) during the second quarter of 1967, when she was also 78 years old. It was as Emma Mary French that she was born in 1888 and baptised at St James’ Church in Hatcham, Surrey on 24th May 1888, the daughter of Albert Thomas and Ellen Maria French
64Q48 – Thomas Charles Collett was born in 1915 at Ealing, Middlesex
64Q49 – Bessie M Collett was born in 1917 at Brentford, Middlesex
64Q50 – Doris May Collett was born in 1919 at Brentford, Middlesex
64Q51 – Ronald William Collett was born in 1921 at Brentford, Middlesex
64Q52 – Stanley Clifford Collett was born in 1923 at Brentford, Middlesex
64Q53 – Peggy Collett was born in 1927 at Brentford, Middlesex
64Q54 – Lawrence F Collett was born in 1931 at Brentford, Middlesex
64Q55 – Sheila B Collett was born in 1933 at Brentford, Middlesex
Alden Collett [64P48] was born at Stoke Gifford on 1st July 1888, his birth recorded during the third quarter of that year at Barton Regis (Ref. 6a 289) in Bristol. It was also at Stoke Gifford, in the Church of St Michael, that he was baptised with his older brother Tom (above) on 5th August 1888, when Alden Bertie Collett was confirmed as the son of Charles and Sarah Collett. According to the 1891 Census, Alden was two years old and was living with his family within the Iron Acton and Chipping Sodbury census registration district. Curiously in the census of 1901 his age was recorded as being ten years, although his place of birth was confirmed simply as Stoke. At that time, he was living with his parents at Westerleigh Hill in Westerleigh. It was four years later, on 8th November 1905 at Bristol, that Alden enlisted with the British Army when he said his age was eighteen years and no months, residing at 250 Stapleton Road in Bristol, the home of Mr G Iles, from where he was working as a labourer with a market gardener. His next-of-kin were named as his father Charles Collett of Stoke Gifford, his mother Sarah Collett of Stoke Gifford, and his sister Mrs Stone of Fishponds (Bristol) - the former Elena Elizabeth Collett (above). A fourth next-of-kin was listed as “brother (older) James Collett at Fishpond Asylum”. Who he was, has still to be determined. Alden initially signed up for six years and was assigned to the Gloucestershire Regiment
By April 1911 Alden would have been around twenty-two years old, but was not recorded as living anywhere in Great Britain. That was because he was serving with the 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, in Malta. A later record stated that he transferred to the 7th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment on 13th August 1914 with whom he reached the rank of Corporal. And it was as bachelor Lance Sergeant Alden Collett 8103 that he was killed in action in Iraq on 11th April 1917 a, the age of twenty-nine. He was buried in Basra and his name is included on panel 17 of the Basra War Memorial in Iraq. In addition to all of the details above, in Alden’s military record, his legatee was named as Agnes Paxton in the army registers of soldiers’ effects. In 1911, Agnes was a servant for Agnes Jane Martin, when Agnes Paxton was 26 and living at 12 North View, Westbury Park in Bristol. It is also known that she was born at Tweedmouth, Berwick on Tweed and, perhaps, it is possible that Alden had intended that she would be his future wife
ARTHUR COLLETT [64P49] was born at Latteridge, in the parish of Iron Acton, on 25th April 1891, where he was privately baptised at the Iron Acton parish church on 21st May 1891, the last child of Charles Collett, a carter, and his third wife Sarah Deborah Wicks. Ten years later in March 1901, Arthur Collett of Latteridge was nine years old and was living at Westerleigh Hill in Westerleigh with his parents and three older brothers. By the time of the next census in April 1911 Arthur had joined the army and was living in the Maindy Barracks at Whitchurch Road in Cardiff. It was during that period in his life when he became friendly with another soldier, his future brother-in-law Benjamin Osborne, and it was through Benjamin that he met and married Benjamin’s sister Dorothy Osborne
And so it was, that Arthur Collett subsequently married Dorothy Osborne at St Mary’s Church in Whitchurch, where the couple lived for the rest of their lives and where all of their five children were born. Dorothy was the daughter of Francis Osborne and Sarah Thomas and was born on 24th March 1895 at Broad Street in Merriott near Crewkerne in Somerset. Arthur saw active service with the British Army in the Great War and sustained a non-fatal injury during the First Battle of Ypres in late 1914. It was that event which prompted the special naming of his eldest child. And it was at Whitchurch that Arthur Collett died on 6th May 1942 and was buried there three days later. The death certificate recorded that the cause of death was cardiac failure, coronary thrombosis and pulmonary tuberculosis. His wife Dorothy Collett nee Osborne survived for a further forty-two years before she passed away at Whitchurch on 24th June 1984
64Q56 – Hyacinth Ypres Sarah Collett was born in 1915 at Cardiff
64Q57 – Arthur Collett was born in 1918 at Cardiff
64Q58 – THOMAS COLLETT was born in 1920 at Cardiff
64Q59 – Benjamin Cyril Collett was born in 1922 at Cardiff
64Q60 – Alexander Collett was born in 1927 at Cardiff
Albert Aaron Vizor Collett [64Q1] was born at Swindon during August 1897, the eldest son of Aaron Vizor Collett and his wife Rosina Kane. By the time of the census in March 1901 Albert Collett, aged three years from Swindon, was living with his family at Chiseldon, just south of Swindon. Another family move found the family living at Knutford Lodge Farm in Longcot, near Faringdon in 1911, where Albert A V Collett was 14. Tragically Albert was only 20 years of age when he died at Longcot on 27th March 1918 and was buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin where his parents were buried just over twenty years later. The death certificate confirmed that he had no occupation and that the cause of death was lateral sclerosis and bronco-pneumonia
Clarence George Collett [64Q2] was born at Chiseldon in Wiltshire on 14th September 1899, the second of three sons of Aaron Vizor Collett and Rosina Kane. In 1901 the family was living at Chiseldon where Clarence’s father was an inn keeper and a shopkeeper. Shortly after the census day the family moved to Longcot, where he and his family were living in April 1911, when Clarence G Collett from Chiseldon was 12 years old. It was at Uffington on 30th December 1919 that Clarence George Collett married Evelyn May Jenkins who was born on 11th November 1897, the daughter of Uffington haulier John Jenkins and his wife Sarah Jane Chivers. Clarence and Evelyn initially lived at Grove near Wantage, where their three children were born. The family then moved to Wootton Bassett near Swindon, and eventually to Uffington near the famous White Horse Hill which, at that time was in Berkshire but is now in Oxfordshire, after the county boundaries in England were changed in 1974. Following the death of his father in 1940 his son Clarence was named as one of the executors of his personal effects, when he was described as a farmer. Clarence George Collett was just four months short of his eightieth birthday when he died on 21st May 1979. Five years later Evelyn May Collett nee Jenkins died on 19th September 1984, following which she was buried with her husband at St Mary’s Church in Uffington
64R1 – Clarence John Collett was born in 1920 at Grove, near Wantage
64R2 – Bryan George Collett was born in 1924 at Grove, near Wantage
64R3 – Michael Alan Collett was born in 1927 at Grove, near Wantage
Cecil Francis Kane Collett [64Q3] was born at Badbury near Chiseldon in 1901 but after 2nd April that year, the third child of Aaron Vizor Collett and Rosina Kane. Not long after he was born his parents took the family to live in the village of Longcot near Faringdon and to Knutford Lodge Farm, where Cecil F K Collett was 10 years old in April 1911. Just over fourteen years later Cecil Francis Kane Collett, a bachelor and farmer aged 23, married Annie Florence Burson, a spinster aged 19, at the Swindon register office by licence on 12th October 1925. It was not a church wedding as Annie was already with-child. Cecil’s address was 28 Prospect Place in Swindon and his father, farmer Aaron Vizor Collett, was the first witness. Annie’s address was Monks Farm at Grove near Wantage and her father, farmer Albert Mortimer Burson, was the second witness. The marriage produced four children, the first of which was born shortly after the wedding day. At the time of the birth of their third child in 1933, the family was living at Coppice Leaze Farm in West Challow, just west of Wantage
Cecil’s parents later resided at a property called The Firs at Grove near Wantage where they both died prior to the spring of 1940. Upon their deaths, it would appear that Cecil took over The Firs Farm at Grove, where he was a managed the dairy. He was still living at The Firs when he was taken into The Churchill Hospital in Headington, Oxford where he died on 21st December 1951. His death certificate stated that he was 49 and that the cause of death was renal failure. Following his death, he was buried in the churchyard of the parish church in Grove. The same solicitor who had represented his mother in 1939, Alan Lindsey Fullalove, also handled the probate for Cecil. The Will was proved at Oxford on 7th March 1952, the sum of his estate being £1,775
In addition to all of that, the death certificate of Cecil Francis Kane Collett has provided the highly significant information that it was his son F M V Collett of 5 Dixons Row in Grove, Wantage who was present in the hospital at the time of his passing. The same Francis Mortimer Vizor Collett, an agricultural worker, was the only member of the family named during the proving of his father’s Will. The widow of Cecil Francis Kane Collett was more than twice his age when she passed away on 13th August 2008 at the age of 102 when she was still residing in Grove. The death of Anne Collett nee Burson was reported in the Oxford Mail newspaper on 20th August that year, as follows:
“Anne Collett, Grove's oldest resident, has died, aged 102. Anne, also known as Nancy, was the daughter of local farmer Albert Burson and was born at Steptoe Farm, Grove, where she lived briefly before moving with her family to neighbouring Monk's Farm. She met her husband, Cecil Collett, a farmer's son from Grove Bridge Farm, in the village, and together they had four children - Cecilia, Francis, Douglas and Edwina. The pair lived first at Coppice Leaze Farm in West Challow and, after the war, moved to The Firs in Main Street, Grove - which was to become their family home, and where they kept a smallholding. Cecil died after a long illness in 1951, aged 49, leaving Mrs Collett to bring up their children alone. A compulsory purchase order meant she was forced to sell nearly all the land for the Millbrook Square development. Before she was married, she worked on the family farm and also behind the counter at Penney's Menswear in Market Place, Wantage. A regular churchgoer, she had her own Women's Institute stall at Wantage Market, which she ran until she was 80, selling her own vegetables and cakes.”
64R4 – Cecilia Ellen R Collett was born in 1925 at West Challow, near Wantage
64R5 – Francis Mortimer Vizor Collett was born in 1928 at Oxford
64R6 – Douglas Albert Aaron Collett was born in 1933 at West Challow, near Wantage
64R7 – Edwina F A Collett was born in 1936 at West Challow, near Wantage
Frances Mary Vizor Collett [64Q4] was born at Bristol on 2nd June 1894, the eldest of the two children of Arthur Francis Vizor Collett and his wife Elizabeth Mary Richardson. Frances V Collett, aged six years, was living in Bristol with her family in 1901 and was listed in the next census in 1911 under her full name when she was 16 and still living with her family at 5 The Quadrant in the Redland area of Bristol. Four years later she married Harry Stanley in Bristol during 1915. It seems highly likely that their son Peter T V Stanley was born at Bristol in 1920, when the mother’s maiden-name was given as Collett. Frances Mary Vizor Stanley nee Collett died towards the end of 1972, when her death was recorded at the Surrey South-Eastern register office during the final quarter of that year
Edward Reginald Vizor Collett [64Q5] was born at Bristol on 24th June 1896, the only son of Arthur and Elizabeth Collett, the birth being recorded at Barton Regis register office (Ref. 6a 61) during the third quarter of the year. It was at St Bartholomew’s Church in Bristol where he was baptised on 22nd November 1896, the son of Arthur Francis Vizor Collett and his wife Elizabeth Mary. He was Edward R V Collett aged four years in the Bristol census of 1901 and was listed under his full name in 1911 when he was 14 and still living with his family at 5 The Quadrant in the Redland area of Bristol. He later married Hilda Audrey Empson-Ridler at Hendon in Middlesex (Ref. 3a 1368) during the third quarter of 1929. It was as Hilda Audrey Ridler that her birth on 2nd December 1905 was recorded at Brighton register office in Sussex, the daughter of Annie Sarah Ridler of London who, in 1911, was living at Romford in Essex with her daughter Hilda Audrey Ridler, aged five years, and her son Herbert Leonard Empson-Ridler who was five months old. Annie’s status was that of a married woman, although her husband was not included in the census return with her and her two children
The marriage of Edward and Hilda produced four children who were all born in Middlesex during the couple’s first ten years together. Apart from their eldest son, who was born at Hendon, all the subsequent children were born at 'Oakend', Arkley, Barnet, in a house built for them and where they lived from 1930 to 1957. Following retirement from the Imperial Tobacco Company in 1956, Edward and Audrey moved into a bungalow built to their design at Selsey near Chichester in West Sussex, together with their youngest son Martin. At the time of the premature death of the couple’s youngest child Robin in a road traffic accident in 1959, the three older children were residing at 1 South Cottages, Windmill Lane (off the A411) in Arkley, within the London Borough of Barnet. The death of Edward Reginald Vizor Collett was recorded at the Chichester register office in Sussex (Ref. 5h 1561) during the third quarter of 1971, when he was 74. Twenty-three years later Audrey Hilda (the names reversed) Collett nee Empson-Ridler passed away at a nursing home in Headley, Hampshire, her death recorded at Alton register office (Vol. 4891) during the summer of 1994, aged 88. And it was their son Martin who generously provided new family details in 2020
64R8 – Raife F Vizor Collett was born in 1930 at Hendon
64R9 – Ann P Vizor Collett was born in 1932 at Barnet
64R10 – Edward Robin Vizor Collett was born in 1939 at Barnet
64R11 – Reginald Martin Vizor Collett was born in 1950 at Barnet
Kenneth Vizor Collett [64Q6] was born at Bristol on 27th November 1895, the eldest child of William Vizor Collett and his wife Annie Estelle Handcock, who was baptised at St James’ Church in Bristol on 21st September 1898. As Kenneth V Collett aged five years he was living in Bristol with his family in 1901, while in 1911 he and his family were residing at Valken, a dwelling at Downs Park West in Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol when Kenneth Vizor Collett was 15. It was eleven years later that he married Joyce Eileen Dunsford at Long Ashton in Somerset where it was recorded during the third quarter of 1922 (Ref. 5c 1333). Joyce was born on 6th March 1896. Thanks to Ben N Collett of Yan Yean in Victoria it is now established that Joyce presented Kenneth with at least one child, their son Neil Francis Vizor Collett who was born in 1929. Two years later, on 24th September 1931, Kenneth Vizor Collett, aged 35 and a manager, sailed into the Port of Southampton as a passenger on the vessel Indrapoera of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Line, having sailed from Surabaya in Indonesia. In addition, the Kelly’s Directory published in 1931 for the county of Buckinghamshire listed Kenneth Vizor Collett as a forester. The death of widower Kenneth Vizor Collett at the age of 74 was recorded at the Poole register office (Ref. 7c 79) during the final three months of 1969, where around six months earlier his wife Joyce Eileen Collett nee Dunsford passed away, her death also recorded at Poole (Ref. 7c 54) during the second quarter of 1969 at the age of 73
64R12 – Neil Francis Vizor Collett was born in 1929 at Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Margaret Valentine Vizor Collett [64Q7] was born at Bristol during 1896, the daughter of William and Annie Collett. It was as Margaret V V Collett that she was recorded in the Bristol census of 1901, while ten years later she and her family were residing in a property named Valken at Downs Park West in the Westbury Park (Westbury-on-Trym) area of Bristol when Margaret Valentine Collett was 14. She later married Richard Douglas Gerald Pearce with whom she had two children. Later in their lives, perhaps upon retirement, Margaret and Richard were living in Cornwall and it was at St Austell register office (Ref. 7a 181) that the death of Margaret V V Pearce was recorded during the first three months of 1967, the same year that her husband also passed away
Ella Matilda Jane Collett [64Q8] was born at West Kington in 1884 and her birth was recorded at Chippenham (Ref. 5a 61) during the first quarter of that year. Shortly after she was born the family settled in Highworth, where Ella’s sister (below) was born. And it was at Page Street in Highworth that the completed family was living in 1891, when Ella was seven and her place of birth was simply recorded as Wiltshire. During the next few years, the family left Highworth and, on the day of the census in 1901, three members of the family were recorded at London Road in Tetbury Upton. Ella was 17 with no occupation stated, while it was her mother who was the absent member of the family that day. After a further ten years unmarried Ella M J Collett from West Kington was 27 and had entered into domestic service at a dwelling in Trowbridge, where she was employed as a servant and a sewing maid. The other three members of her family were also living nearby in Trowbridge at day. Ella Matilda Jane Collett never married and her death was recorded at Devizes register office (Ref. 7c 343) during the third quarter of 1955 when she was 71
Janetta Margaret Collett [64Q9] was born at Highworth, Swindon, perhaps at the end of 1887 or early in 1888, the younger of the two daughters of James William Collett and his wife Fanny. However, her birth was also recorded at Highworth (Ref. 5a 41), but during the first three months of 1888. Janetta was three years of age in 1891 when living with her family at Page Street in Highworth. A move to London Road in Tetbury Upton took place during the following decade, where Janetta Margaret was 13 in 1901. She was still living with her parents in 1911, but at Trowbridge, where unmarried Janetta was a dressmaker working at home at the age of 23. Like her sister Ella (above), Janetta never married, and her death was recorded at Chippenham register office (Ref. 7c 560) during the first quarter of 1962 when she was 74
Maggie Collett [64Q10] was born at Bradford in Yorkshire on 3rd October 1903, with her birth recorded as Maggie Collett at nearby North Bierley (Ref. 9b 194) during the last three months of that year. She was named after her grandmother Margaret Collett nee Ward with whom she was raised at Eccleshill and with whom she was living in 1911 at the age of nine years (sic). Through a process of elimination, it has been determined that must have been the base-born child of Ann (Annie) Elizabeth Collett, the eldest child of Arthur Collett and Margaret Ward. On the day that Maggie was born, Annie’s two younger sisters Emily and Minnie were already married, as was Annie’s brother John who also had a daughter of his own born close to the same time
It was as Margaret Collett that she married Thomas Egglestone at Bradford in 1932, their wedding day recorded at North Bierley register office (Ref. 9b 28) during the second quarter of that year. Within the first two years of their life together, Margaret presented Thomas with two children. The birth of Colin Egglestone was recorded at North Bierley (Ref. 9b 78) during the second quarter of 1933 and the birth of Margaret Egglestone also recorded there (Ref. 9b 77) during the second quarter of 1934. In both cases, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. One year after celebrating the couple’s sixtieth wedding anniversary, the death of Margaret Egglestone nee Collett was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 0811b b49a) towards the end of 1993
Arthur Collett [64Q11] was born at Eccleshill near Bradford on 17th November 1900, the first child of John Collett by his first wife Lucy, whose birth was recorded at the Bradford North Bierley register office (Ref. 9b 193) during the final quarter of that year. Arthur was under one-year old by the end of March in 1901 when he was living with his parents at Idle in Eccleshill. Three years after the birth of his sister Hilda (below), Arthur’s mother died and within the next two years his father was re-married to Millicent Amos Morton. That change for the family was reflected in the census of 1911, when Arthur Collett was 10 years old and living in Bradford with his sister, his father and his stepmother Millicent. Thirteen years after that census day the marriage of Arthur Collett and Florence Jackson was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 9b 400) during the last three months of 1924
During the short time they were married, Florence presented Arthur with four children who were all born at Bradford, as listed below. At the time of the death of his father in April 1947, Arthur Collett was working as a builder’s labourer when he was named as one of the joint executors of his estate with his brother-in-law Ernest Burgin (below). Although no death of Florence Collett has been found, following the birth of the couple’s last child, there is a record at Bradford (Ref. 2b 313) of the marriage of Arthur Collett and Dorothy Myers which took place during the fourth quarter of 1955. However, it has still to be determined whether or not that was the second marriage of this particular Arthur Collett. The death of Arthur Collett, who was born on 17th November 1900, was recorded at Bradford (Vol. 4 0306) during the spring of 1978
64R13 – Bernard Arthur Collett was born in 1926 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64R14 – Margaret R Collett was born in 1930 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64R15 – John Collett was born in 1938 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64R16 – Derek Collett was born in 1943 at Bradford, Yorkshire
Hilda Collett [64Q12] was born at Eccleshill on 4th March 1904 and was the second child and only daughter of John Collett and Lucy Eastmead. Her birth was recorded at the Bradford North Bierley register office (Ref. 9b 206). Following her mother’s premature death in 1907, her father remarried in 1909 and in the Bradford census of 1911 Hilda Collett was seven years of age, when living with her father John, her older brother Arthur (above) and stepmother Millicent Amos Collett. Over twelve years later Hilda Collett married Ernest Burgin in the parish of Bowling St John on 12th December 1923, when her father was named as John Collett, a co-operative sub-manager, and his father was named as William Irwin Burgin. The wedding was recorded at Bradford register office (Ref. 9b 199) during the last two weeks of 1923
During the following years Hilda presented Ernest with three children whose births were all recorded t Bradford, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Marjorie Burgin was born there (Ref. 9b 267) during the first quarter of 1925, Irene Burgin was born there (Ref. 9b 115) during the first quarter of 1927, and Glenna Burgin was born there (Ref. 9b 152) during the second quarter of 1936. Ernest Burgin was a master grocer just after the Second World War and was described as such during the probate process for the Will of his father-in-law John Collett in the spring of 1947. Hilda Burgin nee Collett died at Bradford in 1978 where her death was recorded (Vol. 4 0739) at the age of 74 during the first three months of that year
Sidney John Collett [64Q13] was born at Worcester during the summer of 1901, the first-born child of John Henry Albert Collett and his wife Edith Purser, who were married there nine months earlier. The birth of Sidney John Collett was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 284) during the third quarter of 1901. In the 1911 Worcester census he was nine years of age. As Sydney J Collett her married Gertrude Mary Lampitt in 1929, the wedding recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 287) during the third quarter of that year. Again, as Sydney J Collett, when he was 63, he died at Worcester, where his passing was recorded (Ref. 9d 335) during the first three months of 1965. Administration of his personal effects valued at £25,888 was granted to his widow Gertrude Mary Collett. Sidney and Gertrude are not credited with any issue
James Henry Collett [64Q14] was born at Worcester on 8th December 1904, another son of John and Edith Collett. His birth was recorded at Worcester register office (6c 274) using his full name, during the first few months of 1905, and he was six years old in the Worcester census of 1911. It was early in 1937 that James H Collett married Dorothy Tomkins, the event recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6a 341) during the first quarter of that year. Their daughter was born at Upton-on-Severn four years later, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 6c 400) during the third quarter of 1941, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Tomkins. James Henry Collett was 95 years old when he died in Worcester, where his passing was recorded early in 2000 (Ref. 5271a a54c)
64R17 – Jean Collett was born in 1941 at Upton-on-Severn
Thomas Arthur Collett [64Q16] was born at Worcester in 1909 and was the fourth child of John and Edith Collett. Under his full name, his birth was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 247) during the third quarter of the year. It was as Thomas A Collett aged one year, that he was with his family at Worcester in 1911. He was twenty-four when his marriage to Elsie Brown was recorded at Worcester (Ref. 6c 391) during the third quarter of 1933. During the following year, their daughter was born at Worcester on 30th October 1934, who also died there at the age of 50, during the summer of 1985 (29 764). The birth of their son was also recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 236) during the first three months of 1939, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Brown, as it had been in 1934 for his sister Janet (Ref. 6c 175)
64R18 – Janet Collett was born in 1934 at Worcester
64R19 – John A Collett was born in 1938 at Worcester
Victor A Collett [64Q17] was born at Worcester in 1914 his birth, as the last child of John Henry Albert Collett and Edith Purser, was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 252) during the final quarter of 1914, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Purser. Victor was almost twenty-five when he married Elsie P Harris, their wedding recorded at Worcester (Ref. 6c 601) during the last three months of 1940. Towards the end of the next year their daughter was born, with her birth recorded at Worcester (Ref. 6c 301) in the fourth quarter of 1941. She was followed by their son, whose birth was also recorded at Worcester (Ref. 9d 398) during the fourth quarter of 1946. In both cases, the births were recorded under the mother’s maiden-name of Harris
64R20 – Margaret Collett was born in 1941 at Worcester
64R21 – Geoffrey A Collett was born in 1946 at Worcester
Walter Stanley Collett [64Q19] was born on 9th September 1906 at Worcester, the eldest son and second child of Ernest Percy William Collett and Sarah Burgess Perring, his birth recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 9c 220) during the last quarter of the year. As Walter S Collett, aged four years, he was living with his family at 20 Wolverton Road in Worcester in 1911. He was twenty-one-years old when the marriage of Walter S Collett and Hilda J Gardner was recorded at the Coventry Foleshill register office (Ref. 6d 97) during the first three months of 1928. Hilda Janet Gardner was born at Bedworth, near Foleshill, on 16th January 1907, the daughter of George and Mary Gardner. Their marriage appears to have produced just the one child, who was born at Hartshill near Nuneaton within a few months of the couple’s wedding day. It would also appear that William and Hilda lived all their life in the Nuneaton area of Warwickshire, with the death of William Stanley Collett recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 9c 2) near the end of 1970, when he was 64 years old. After eighteen years as a widow, the death of Hilda Janet Collett was recorded at Nuneaton (Vol. 31) in the first months of 1986, at the age of 79
64R22 – Violet Elsie Collett was born in 1928 at Nuneaton
Ernest William Collett [64Q20] was born in 1908 at Worcester, where his birth recorded (Ref. 6c 260) during the first quarter of the year, another son of Ernest and Sarah Collett. Two-year-old Ernest W Collett was living in the family home at 20 Wolverton Road in Worcester in 1911
Violet Susan Collett [64Q21] was born at 20 Wolverton Road in Worcester on 22nd October 1910, and was five months old in the Worcester census of 1911. Her birth was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 62) as Violet S Collett. It was also at 20 Wolverton Road that she was living with her family in 1911 but then, after that day, the family moved to Hartshill, near Nuneaton in Warwickshire, where her three younger siblings were born. Upon being married, she was again recorded as Violet S Collett, the wedding recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 6d 63) during the third quarter of 1937, when the groom was named as William J Martin. It is likely that the wedding service was conducted at Holy Trinity Church in Hartshill. Their marriage produced six children for Violet and William, and they were: Ronald William Martin (1937); Christine J Martin (1938); Bernard P Martin (1940); Stanley K Martin (1941); Carol A Martin (1942); Peter J Martin (1943), the birth of each of them recorded at Nuneaton, when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. For the first time, as far as the public records are concerned, the informant for the death of their mother provided the registrar at Nuneaton register office with her full name as Violet Susan Martin, nee Collett, which was recorded there during the spring of 1977, when she was 66 years old
Edna Collett [64Q22] was a twin born at Hartshill near Nuneaton towards the end of 1912, having arrived there from Worcester just before she and her twin brother Percy (below) were born. Her birth was recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 9d 57) at the start of 1913, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Perring. She and Percy were another two children of Ernest P W Collett and Sarah Burgess Perring whose birth name was curiously changed to Vera when she was baptised in Holy Trinity Church at Hartshill, three miles north-west of Nuneaton, in a joint ceremony with her twin brother on 18th February 1913. She never married and was living in the Coventry area when Ms Vera Collett died there on 20th December 2010, at the age of 98
Percy Collett [64Q23] was born near the end of 1912 at Hartshill in Warwickshire, his birth like that of his twin sister Edna (above) was recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 6d 58) during the first quarter of 1913, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Perring. He was old a few months old when Percy and his twin sister were baptised together at Holy Trinity Church in Hartshill on 18th February 1913, the children of Ernest Percy William Collett and his wife Sarah Burgess Collett. Percy may have been just three months old when he died at Hartshill, his death recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 6d 46) during the same first quarter of 1913, and just after he was baptised
John Kenneth Collett [64Q24] was born at Hartshill in 1914, the last child of Ernest P W Collett and Sarah B Perring, whose birth was recorded at nearby Nuneaton register office (Ref. 6d 126) during the first three months of 1914 and just twelve months after the death of his brother Percy (above). He was baptised at Holy Trinity Church in Hartshill on 2nd March 1914 and was married much later in his life. The marriage of John K Collett and Eileen M Garratt was recorded at Atherstone register office (Ref. 9c 81) during the first quarter of 1955. Eileen was much younger than John, having been born at Atherstone during 1930. The couple’s only known child was a honeymoon baby, born during the last quarter of 1955 at Nuneaton. It was also within the Whittleford area just west of Nuneaton where John Kenneth Collett died on 1st October 1997, at the age of 83. Eleven years later, and also at Whittleford, Eileen Mary Collett passed away on 14th May 2009
64R23 – David John Collett was born in 1955 at Nuneaton
Stanley John Collett [64Q25] was born at Worcester on 8th May 1921, the first of the three children of Victor Stanley Collett and Annie Mabel Walley. His birth was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 6c 265) during the second quarter of that year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Walley. Twenty-eight years later the marriage of Stanley J Collett and Doreen H Stiff was recorded at Worcester (Ref. 9d 873) during the third quarter of 1949. Their marriage was blessed with the birth of a son five years later in Worcester. Stanley John Collett was still residing in Worcester when he passed away during the early months of 2005, his death recorded there (Ref. 5271c) at the age of 83
6R24 – Ivor C Collett was born in 1954 at Worcester
Leonard W Collett [64Q26] was born at Worcester in 1924 where his birth was recorded (Ref. 6c 215) during the first quarter of that year. He was the second child of Victor and Annie Collett, whose maiden-name was confirmed as Walley but written as Whalley. Leonard W Collett married Doreen Waldron at Worcester where it was recorded during the first three months of 1951 (Ref. 9d 817). Over the next ten years Doreen presented Leonard with three children, all born at Worcester
64R25 – Anne Collett was born in 1952 at Worcester
64R26 – Susan Collett was born in 1954 at Worcester
64R27 – James Leonard Collett was born in 1961 at Worcester
Beryl M Collett [64Q27] was born in 1928 at Worcester during the third quarter of the year, the daughter of Victor and Annie Collett. It was at Worcester register officer where her birth was recorded (Ref. 6c 218) when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Walley. It was there also that the marriage of Beryl M Collett and Anthony K Joyce was recorded (Ref. 9d 643) during the second quarter of 1955. No record of any children for the couple has been found so far
Flossie Esther Collett [64Q28] was born on 1st October 1892 at Bradford, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 9b 298), the first of the two children of Henry Collett and Louisa Fuller, and was baptised at the Church of St Paul Manningham in Bradford on 13th November 1892. After a brief few years living in Manningham, and then Keighley where her brother was born, the family was residing in Skipton by 1901, where Flossie Collett was eight years of age. After a further ten years, the family was living at Shipley-cum-Heaton in the West Riding of Yorkshire when Flossie Collett from Bradford was 18 and working as a laundress. Nearly ten years later Flossie was still located in the West Riding of Yorkshire when the marriage of Flossie E Collett and William T Rose was recorded at North Bierley register office (Ref. 9b 127) during the last quarter of 1920. William had been born at Croydon, in Surrey, during 1893, the son of Charles and Annie Rose. At some time in their married life, the couple travel south to Surrey where the death of William T Rose was recorded at Croydon register office (Ref. 5g 129) during the third quarter of 1956, at the age of 63. Eighteen years after being widowed, Flossie was still living in Surrey, and it was also at Croydon register office (Vol. 11 43) that the death of Flossie Esther Rose was recorded during the early months of 1975 when she was 82 years old
Clement Henry Collett [64Q29] was born at Keighley on 10th March 1898, the second of the two known children of Henry and Louisa Collett, who was baptised at St Mary’s Church in Keighley on 26th June 1898. The birth of Clement Henry Collett was recorded at Keighley register office (Ref. 9a 219) during the second quarter of 1898. Shortly after he was born his family settled in Skipton where Clement was three years old in 1901. A further move took place sometime during the next decade since the family was residing at 3 Oswald Street, off Carr Lane, in Shipley just north of Bradford in Yorkshire in 1911. Clement Collett from Keighley was still attending school at the age of 13, but who was also described as a barber’s boy. Twelve years after that census day, when he was twenty-five years old, the marriage of Clement H Collett and Agnes M Mortimer was recorded at North Bierley register office (Ref. 9b 19) during the third quarter of 1923, when Agnes was already halfway towards giving birth to their son. It was as Mary Agnes Mortimer that she was born in 1898 at Bramley, her birth recorded at Wharfedale, the sixth child of Walter and Mary Mortimer of Bramley
It was during the following quarter of 1923, when the birth of their son was recorded at Wharfedale, perhaps indicating they had moved away from North Bierley to hide their embarrassment at giving birth so soon after their wedding day. Their son was nearly seven years old when Clement H Collett died on 23rd September 1930 at the age of 32, his premature death recorded at Bradford register office (Ref. 9b 95). He may have known that his time on earth was limited, because he made a Will, the contents of which may raise a few concerns about his life, particularly with regard to his wife and child. The Will of Clement Henry Collett was proved at Wakefield on 10th October 1930 in which the first beneficiary was named as Louisa Collett, the second being Henry Collett, his parents. His personal effects were valued at £793 14 Shillings and 5 Pence, while his address at the time of his death was 311 Kings Road in Bradford. Three years after being widowed, the second married of Agnes Mary Collett was recorded at Bradford register office (Ref. 9b 30) during the quarter of 1933 when she married John W Fearnsides
64R28 – Raymond Henry Collett was born in 1923 at Wharfedale, Yorkshire
Philip George Collett [64Q30] was born at Mangotsfield in 1906, following the wedding of his parents Philip Collett and Rhoda Bailey during the previous autumn, his birth recorded at Keynsham register office (Ref. 5c 245) during the first quarter of that year. He was baptised at Mangotsfield on 4th March 1906, the record confirmed he was the son of Philip and Rhoda Collett. Tragically, his father died when Philip was only three years old. At the age of five years George Collett, grandson and school boy was staying with George and Elizabeth Bailey at their home in Mangotsfield, while it was previously speculated that his widowed mother had already remarried by then. In fact, it was towards the end of 1911 when his mother married Thomas Howard, with whom he may have subsequently reunited afterwards. The marriage of Philip G Collett and Kate Davis was recorded at the Somerset Axbridge register office (Ref. 5c 105) during the second quarter of 1928
It seems their marriage produced no issue and, during the Second World War Philip and Kate were living at 74 Badminton Road in Downend, just north of Mangotsfield. Philip G Collett was a sapper with the Royal Engineers, service number 2145232, and appears to have been badly wounded in action, with the result that he was shipped back to England and, following his death on 19th July 1944 at the age of 38, he was buried at the Downend Mangotsfield Cemetery – Grave 1486, Sector D. The Will of Philip George Collett of 74 Badminton Road was proved at Bristol on 15th November 1944, the three main beneficiaries of his personal effects valued at £1,034 10 Shillings being named as Kate Collett, his widow, and Kate Moore, another widow, and George Henry Young, a surveyor
Nora Emily Bessie Collett [64Q31] was born at Mangotsfield on 29th December 1907, the second child of Philip Collett and Rhoda Bailey. Her birth was recorded at Keynsham register office (Ref. 5c 23) during the first months of 1908. She was just fourteen months old when her father died in February 1909, following which no positive record of Nora or her mother has been located in the census of 1911. It was on 24th September 1932 at St Katherine’s Church in the Redland district of Bristol that Nora married Richard Harold Taylor, the event recorded at Bristol register office (Ref. 6a 136). Richard had been born at Bristol on 31st March 1907. Nora Taylor nee Collett died in Bristol on 25th September 2003, and was followed two years later by her husband, who also passed away while he was still living in Bristol
Phyllis Edna May Collett [64Q32] was born at Bristol, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 6a 189) during the first three months of 1907. It was at the Church of St Thomas in Eastville, to the north-east of Bristol that she was baptised on 31st March 1907, the eldest of the three children of Charles Eli Collett and Sarah Louisa Milsom. After the birth of her brother Arthur (below), the young family moved to Pontypridd in South Wales where, sadly, the premature death of Phyllis Edna May Collett was recorded (Ref. 11a 333) during the first quarter of 1910 and just before her third birthday
Arthur Charles Eli Collett 64Q33 was born at Fishponds in Bristol on 12th December 1908, where his birth was recorded (Ref. 6a 180) during the first three months of the following year. Not long after he was born, his parents Charles Eli Collett and Sarah Louisa Milsom, together with his sister Phyllis (above), travelled to South Wales and Pontypridd, where his father secured work in the coal mining industry there. That move was confirmed by the census in 1911 when Arthur Collett was two years old and his place of birth was recorded as Fishponds in Bristol. He was the only child living with his parents, when his mother was carrying her third child
Thanks to Maureen Iliffe nee Collett (Ref. 64R46) we now know a little more about Arthur, whose life was ended prematurely. Although too young to have taken part in the First World War, Arthur enlisted with the British Army Office in Bristol on 4th January 1926, when he was recorded in error as being 19 years and 24 days old, and his occupation was that of a packer. He was first assigned to the Royal Berkshire Regiment but, shortly after, transferred to the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, service number 5378596. He was posted to India on 15th February 1927 where, seven months later, the death of Private Arthur Charles Eli Collett of the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire was recorded on 30th September 1927. His death certificate stated that he died while in the Rest Camp at Kalsi (Uttarakhand Province), his passing recorded at Chakrata (U P) on 4th October 1927, the cause of death accidental drowning. It was on the previous day when he was buried at Chakrata on 3rd October when his age was incorrectly recorded as 20 years and 292 days, instead being nearer eighteen years of age. That error arose from the day he joined the army, when he was said to be 19 years and 24 days, placing his date of birth as 12.12.1906. The same military record also listed Arthur’s father as Arthur Collett, rather than Charles Eli Collett and, later on, in the same record, his father was said to be Arthur Charles Collett of 10 Gloucester Street in Clifton, Bristol
George William Collett [64Q34] was born at Pontypridd in 1911, his birth recorded there (Ref. 11a 1238) during the last quarter of that year. It was also during that same quarter of 1911 that the death of George W Collett was recorded at Pontypridd (Ref. 11a 578)
Alden George Charles Collett [64Q35] was born at Winterbourne on 12th October 1907 ten years before the uncle he was named after was killed during the Great war. He was the eldest child of William Collett and Dorothy Pullin and was recorded in the census of 1911 as being three years old. He later married Elsie Close with whom he had one son who was born at Winterbourne, where Alden George Charles Collett died during May 1995
64R29 – Raymond George Collett was born in 1930 at Bristol
Leslie Collett [64Q36] was born at Winterbourne on 10th February 1909 and was two years old in the census of 1911. He later married Rosina Margaret Tremlin who was born on 26th July 1915. The couple had two children, a daughter who was still living in 2008 and a son Anthony whose death was recorded at South Gloucestershire register office during the second quarter of 2001. The birth of their daughter was recorded at Sodbury register office (Ref. 6a 7) during the second quarter of 1942, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Tremlin. No further details of the two children have been revealed at this time, but it is known that Leslie died on 17th October 1985, followed by Rosina Margaret Collett whose death was recorded at South Gloucestershire during the spring of 1998
64R30 – Rita J Collett was born in 1942 at Sodbury, Gloucestershire
64R31 – Anthony William Collett was born on 12th May 1947 at Sodbury; and died in April 2001
Wilfred Graham Collett [64Q37] was born at Winterbourne on 2nd December 1911, the son of William Collett and his wife Dorothy Pullin. Tragically, he died eleven months later, on 9th November 1912, following which the next son born to the couple was given his name
Nora Millicent Collett [64Q38] was born at Winterbourne on 13th February 1913, the daughter of William Collett and Dorothy Pullin. She married Frederick Brown and the marriage produced three children for Nora and Fred, a daughter and two sons. One of the sons was Alan Brown who was born in 1936 and he married Marion Lambert
Wilfred Collett [64Q39] was born at Winterbourne on 5th July 1919 and he later married Alice Evelyn Jones. Wilfred never liked either of his wife’s Christian names so always called her Betty. During the Second World War he was Royal Marine Wilfred Collett PLY/X120162 serving on board HMS Nile. On 30th April 1945 Adolf Hitler killed himself and two days later on 2nd May the German forces in Italy surrendered, signally the end of the war. On that same day the news was greeted by the British forces, which began celebrating a momentous victory. Part of the celebration for Wilfred and his comrades involved diving into a swimming pool. In doing so he accidentally hit his head on the diving board and was knocked unconscious, as a result of which he was tragically drowned. His death was recorded as taking place on 2nd May 1945 at the age of 25 years. Having survived through the war years, Wilfred would have been feeling elated that he would soon be returning home to his wife Betty who he knew was with child. Sadly, his death preceded the birth of his son by eleven days
Wilfred’s name is listed on the Chatby Military War Memorial at Alexandria in Egypt perhaps indicating that he died in the Mediterranean Sea. At the time of his death his wife Betty was living at Newport in Monmouthshire. The War Office record of his death made reference to Wilfred’s wife by her correct name of Alice Evelyn Collett, while his parents were correctly confirmed as William and Dorothy Collett. Following the death of her husband, Betty married John Lewis with whom she had twins, a son and a daughter, before John passed away. Betty was still living in South Wales in the summer of 2008
64R32 – Wilfred G W Collett was born in 1945 at Monmouth, South Wales
Jesse Collett [64Q40] was born at Winterbourne on 25th October 1920, his birth recorded at Chipping Sodbury register office (Ref. 6a 8), when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Pullin. He was the sixth child of William Collett and Dorothy Pullin, and he later married June Gifford but the marriage did not produce any children for the couple. Jesse Collett died at Winterbourne in 1996, with his passing recorded at the South Gloucestershire register office (Ref. 3041b) near the end of that year
Henry John Collett [64Q41] was born at Winterbourne on 6th February 1922, his birth recorded at Chipping Sodbury register office (Ref. 6a 138), when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Pullin. He married Jean McCutcheon and the marriage produced one daughter for the couple. It would appear that Henry lived all his life at Winterbourne since it was there that he died in 1996. His wife Jean was still alive in the summer of 2008 and was a great great grandmother to three children
64R33 – a Collett daughter was born at a time and place not known
Ellen Edna Collett [64Q42] was born at Winterbourne on 27th April 1923, and she later married Clifford Jones. Clifford was the brother of Betty Jones who married Ellen’s brother Wilfred (above). As with other members of her family, it would appear that she lived all her life at Winterbourne, where she was living in the spring of 2013 at the age of 90. However, two years later, and just three days short of her ninety-second birthday, Ellen Edna Jones nee Collett passed away in Bristol Southmead Hospital on 24th April 2015
Reginald Collett [64Q43] was born at Winterbourne on 25th February 1925, his birth recorded at Chipping Sodbury register office (Ref. 6a 383) where his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Pullin. Sadly, he suffered with a kidney disease and died in 1937 aged just twelve years. The cause of his kidney disease was diagnosed as tuberculosis
Thomas William Collett [64Q44] was born at Winterbourne on 13th August 1927, the last of the children born to William Collett and Dorothy Pullin. He later married Patricia May Stephens who was also born at Winterbourne on 6th February 1928, their wedding recorded at Chipping Sodbury register office (Ref. 7b 1283) during the first quarter of 1952. Their marriage produced three children for Thomas and Patricia, two sons and a daughter. The death of Thomas William Collett was recorded at Bristol register office in 2006, following his passing at Winterbourne on 13th October 2006. His wife had died many years earlier in November 1987, her death also recorded at Bristol register office under the name of Patricia Mary Collett
64R34 – Michael William Collett was born in 1953 at Kingswood, Bristol
64R35 – a Collett son was born between 1954 and 1959
64R36 – Amanda Collett was born in 1960 at Winterbourne
Christine Collett [64Q45] was born at Bristol during the latter half of 1911, the eldest child of Henry (Harry) Collett and his wife Florence E Tovey. Her birth was recorded at Bristol register office (Ref. 6a 317) during the final three months of that year under the name of Chrissie Collett, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Tovey
Gilbert Henry Collett [64Q46] was born at Bristol on 6th June 1915, the son of Harry and Florence Collett, following which his birth was recorded at Bristol register office (Ref. 6a 337) during the second quarter of that year. The entry gave his name as Gilbert H Collett and his mother’s maiden-name as Tovey. It was also as Gilbert H Collett that he married Winifred Dowler at Bristol in 1948, the event being recorded there (Ref. 7b 398) during the fourth quarter of that year. It is not known whether the marriage produced any children, but it is known that Gilbert Henry Collett died at Bristol in 1969 when his death was recorded at the Bristol register office (Ref. 7b 522) during the last three months of that year
Gladys M Collett [64Q47] was born at Bristol in 1925, her birth recorded at Bristol register office (Ref. 6a 43) during the last quarter of that year, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Tovey. She was the third children of Henry Collett and Florence Ethel Tovey
Thomas Charles Collett [64Q48] was born at Ealing in Middlesex on 6th January 1915, where his birth was recorded (Ref. 3a 35) one year prior to the marriage of his parents Thomas Collett and Emma Mary French, although the birth record did confirm the mother’s name as French. However, it was at Brentford register office that all of his seven siblings’ births were recorded. It was during the fourth quarter of 1938 that the marriage of Thomas Collett and (1) Hilda Plumridge was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 61). Later on, Thomas and Hilda were divorced, but not before they had given birth to three children in Middlesex, although only two survived. Sometime after their legal separation Thomas C Collett married (2) Mabel F Hibbert, that second marriage recorded at Hounslow register office (Ref. 5c 14) towards the end of 1972. No other details are currently available except that it is known that Thomas Charles Collett died at Hounslow Heath on 5th January 1989, with his death recorded at Hounslow register office during the first three months of 1989. Having lost her husband, it would appear that his widow moved to Dorset, since it was at Ferndown in Dorset where Mabel Frances Collett died on 7th July 2006, her death recorded at Dorset register office (Ref. 4291f)
The birth of Raymond S Collett was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 137) during the first three months of 1945 where also, sadly, his death was recorded during that same quarter of the same year (Ref. 3a 130). His mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Plumridge. The birth of the couple’s last child, Sylvia C Collett, was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 80) during the last three months of 1949 when again, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Plumridge. Sylvia was only nineteen years of age when the marriage of Sylvia C Collett and Philip T Harman was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5b 54) during the third quarter of 1969
64R37 – Brian M T Collett was born in 1941 at Willesden
64R38 – Raymond S Collett was born in 1945 at Brentford
64R39 – Sylvia C Collett was born in 1941 at Ealing
Bessie M Collett [64Q49] was born at Brentford in Middlesex, with her birth recorded there (Ref. 3a 134) during the month of December in 1917. She was the second of the eight children of Thomas and Emma Collett and her birth register confirmed that her mother’s maiden-name as French. Tragically, she did not survive beyond a few days, with the death of Bessie M Collett also recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 128) at the end of 1917
Doris May Collett [64Q50] was born at Brentford on 17th December 1919, her birth recorded there (Ref. 3a 8), when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as French. Just five days after her twentieth birthday she married Timothy Paget Russell on 22nd December 1939 at St Mary’s Church in South Ealing, the event recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 107). Timothy was born at Sunderland on 2nd August 1903 and he and Doris had two daughters, one of which was Pauline Russell who died when she was only five years old. It may be that the couple lived most of their married life at Ealing, where Timothy died on 15th May 1986. Shortly after that, his widow seems to have left London and moved to Lichfield in Staffordshire where Doris May Russell nee Collett died three years later on 8th June 1989
Ronald William Collett [64Q51] was born at Brentford on 21st October 1921, with his birth recorded there (Ref. 3a 77), when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as French. He was twenty-three years old when the marriage of Ronald W Collett and Daphne B Holtom was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 149) during the second quarter of 1945. The couple’s only known child was born just over six years later. It was at Fulham register office in London, that the death of Ronald William Collett was recorded (Vol. 12) during the summer of 1990
64R40 – Terence William Collett was born in 1951 at Ealing
Stanley Clifford Collett [64Q52] was born at Brentford on 16th June 1923, his birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 23), when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as French. He married Elsie Downey on 28th September 1946 at St Silas’ Church in Toxteth Park in Liverpool, the event recorded at Liverpool South register office (Ref. 10d 37). Elsie had been born at Toxteth Park on 1st April 1922. Once married the couple stayed in Liverpool, where their son and daughter were born, although the exact details have not been revealed by the family. And it was later, at Liverpool, that Stanley Clifford Collett died on 13th June 1987, followed eight years later by Elsie Collett who died there on 27th June 1995
64R41 – June Collett was born in 1948 at Liverpool
64R42 – Allan Collett was born in 1949 at Liverpool
Peggy Collett [64Q53] was born at Brentford on 1st July 1927, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 3a 105) when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as French, another daughter of Thomas and Emma Collett. It was during the last quarter of 1954 that the marriage of Peggy and Albert E Tottman was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 120). The later death of Peggy Tottman was recorded at Hillingdon register office in Middlesex during the summer of 1989
Lawrence F Collett [64Q54] was born at Brentford in 1931, his birth recorded there (Ref. 3a 112) during the second quarter of 1931, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as French. Like his sister Sheila (below) his marriage to Ivy A Harding was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 131) during the first quarter of 1953, when Lawrence was twenty-one years old. Although not proved, two children from a Collett-Harding marriage were born at Portsmouth in 1956 and 1957, and they were Christine D Collett who married David C Eve at Portsmouth in 1976, and Gary V Collett who married Julie A Robertson at Portsmouth in 1983. Further work therefore needs to be done to confirm or deny that they were the children of Lawrence and Ivy Collett
Sheila B Collett [64Q55] was born at Brentford in Middlesex in 1933, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 3a 120) during the third quarter of the year, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed at French, Sheila being the last of the eight children of Thomas Collett and Emma Mary French. She was twenty-one years of age when the marriage of Sheila B Collett and George R Ball was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 86) during the first three months of 1955
Hyacinth Ypres Sarah Collett [64Q56] was born at Whitchurch in Cardiff on 27th March 1915. Her second Christian name was given to her in honour of her father who was injured during the First Battle of Ypres, but who thankfully survived the ordeal. She married Clifford Sidney James at Whitchurch on 25th April 1939 less than six months before the outbreak of war. Clifford was born at Cardiff on 31st May 1916. And it was there that they both died within five months of each other. Hyacinth was a patient at St Fagans Nursing Home in Cardiff when she passed away at 0110 hours on the morning of Friday 1st June 2007, while her husband followed those few months after on 25th October 2007. The marriage produced two daughters for Hyacinth and Clifford, the youngest being Lynne James who was born 17th November 1946. She married Vernon George Joyce in the parish Church of St Mary in Whitchurch, Cardiff in 1972. Vernon was born on 3rd February 1931 at Swansea and they had no children. Lynne Joyce passed away on the morning of 14th November 2020 in the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, just three days before her seventy-fifth birthday, leaving Vernon who would be ninety in 2021
Arthur Collett [64Q57] was born at Whitchurch in Cardiff on 2nd October 1918, but sadly he died less than two months later on 29th November 1918 and was buried at Whitchurch that same day. The cause of death was noted as ‘debility from birth’, that being a failure of the infant to thrive
THOMAS COLLETT [64Q58] was born at Whitchurch on 9th March 1920 and was baptised at St Mary’s Church in Whitchurch during April 1920. He later married Elizabeth Louisa Perry, their marriage recorded at the East Glamorgan register office (Ref. 8b 680) during the first three months of 1948. The birth of three of their six children was also recorded at that same register office, with the other three recorded at Cardiff. Thomas died at the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff on 18th August 1995, while it was twenty-three years later when his widow Elizabeth Louisa Collett passed away on Thursday 29th March 2018 at the age of 91. Elizabeth, who was known as Betty, was born at Whitchurch in Cardiff on 11th March 1927, seven years after her late husband was born there and, like him, she too died in the Cardiff University Hospital. Betty had fourteen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren, with the birth of number twenty-two due late on in 2018
64R43 – Patricia Collett was born in 1948 at Cardiff
64R44 – Peter Collett was born in 1950 at Cardiff
64R45 – Allen Collett was born in 1953 at Cardiff
64R46 – MAUREEN COLLETT was born in 1955 at Cardiff
64R47 – Pauline A Collett was born in 1958 at Cardiff
64R48 – Jayne Alison Collett was born in 1966 at Cardiff
Benjamin Cyril Collett [64Q59] was born at Cardiff on 15th February 1922, the son of Arthur Collett and Dorothy Osborne. In fact, his birth was recorded at Cardiff register office (Ref. 11a 144) during the second quarter of 1922 when his name was said to be Cyril B Collett and his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Osborne. He was known within the family as Benny and was later married but was subsequently divorced. However, the marriage did produce a son for Benjamin and his wife. It was Benny’s niece Maureen Iliffe nee Collett who reported that he had passed away on 10th March 2015 at the grand age of 93. That happened only a few weeks after he had become a resident at a nursing home near Sidmouth in East Devon
64R49 – a Collett son was born at a place and date not yet known
Alexander Collett [64Q60] was born at Cardiff on 25th June 1927, the youngest child of Arthur Collett and his wife Dorothy Osborne. It is known that he married Violet Sainty in 1952, the marriage recorded at Cardiff (Ref. 8b 347) during the third quarter of that year. The wedding service was conducted at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff and their marriage produced a daughter for the couple, who was born at Cardiff during the following year. It is also established that Alexander Collett died while he was still living in Cardiff on 2nd November 2010. Nine years later, on 12th December 2019 Violet Collett nee Bowen (Sainty) passed away at the age of 87 at Ty Hafod Nursing Home in Cardiff, after which her funeral took place at Thornhill Crematorium Cardiff on 8th January 2020. Violet left a daughter Christine, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren
Violet was born Violet Bowen in Newport, Gwent, Wales, on 16th October 1932, her mother being Ada Gwendoline Bowen. At a few months old, Violet was given by her mother into the care of Doctor Barnados Children Home because she was unable to care for her due to illness, and maternal grandparents were said to be too old to care for her. On the same day Violet was taken there, she was fostered out to Archibald Sainty and his wife Cassie Vickery. When Violet was approaching the end of primary school, a girl told her, Cassie was not her real mother and that they had adopted her. When Violet married Alexander Collett, she married under the name of Sainty. It wasn't until she was in her late sixties, that she discovered she had not been adopted, but had only ever been fostered. Violet then had to go and swear on-oath that she was indeed Violet Collett, nee Bowen, and not Sainty as her marriage certificate stated
64R50 – Christine Collett was born in 1953 at Cardiff
Clarence John Collett [64R1], who was known within the family as Peter, was born at Grove near Wantage during October 1920. He was the eldest of the three sons of Clarence George Collett and his wife Evelyn May Jenkins, and some years after he was born the family settled in Wootton Bassett. Peter married Jean Withey and they had two children. Widow Jean Collett, nee Withy, died during August 2012, while both of her two children are still alive. It was their daughter Gillian who has carried out extensive research into the Collett family, much of which has been received via Ben Collett (Ref. 64T1) to enable a revised version to be produced
64S1 – Jeremy J Collett was born in 1949 at Swindon
64S2 – Gillian M Collett was born in 1951 at Swindon
Bryan George Collett [64R2] was born at Grove, near Wantage, on 19th November 1924, the son of Clarence and Evelyn Collett, who later moved to Wootton Bassett. He married Dorothy Elizabeth Hicks, who was known as Betty, at Swindon (Ref. 7c 1323) during the second quarter of 1948. Their marriage produced three children whose births were all recorded at Swindon register, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Hicks in each case, all three of them still alive in 2012. Eight years earlier, Bryan George Collett died at Wootton Bassett on 7th November 2004, his death recorded at Swindon register office (Ref. 796/1 a68b) at the age of 80
64S3 – Rosemary Elizabeth Collett was born in 1950 at Swindon
64S3 – Roger Bryan Collett was born in 1952 at Swindon
64S3 – Russell George Collett was born in 1961 at Swindon
Michael Alan Collett [64R3] was born at either Grove near Wantage on 25th January 1927, the youngest of the three sons of Clarence George Collett and his wife Evelyn May Jenkins. It was at Chippenham in Wiltshire that Michael married (1) Josephine Webb on 18th November 1950. Josephine was born at Swindon on 27th April 1930 and she and Michael had six children, the first three while the family was living in Swindon, before moving to Wokingham in Berkshire, all six of whom were living in August 2012. In 1964 the family left Wokingham when Michael, Josephine and all of their children emigrated to Australia, where they eventually settled in Victoria. Josephine Collett nee Webb died at Rye in Victoria on 15th February 1990 and was buried at Rye Cemetery. After six years as a widower Michael married (2) to Jennifer Ross in 1996. All of the information regarding Clarence George Collett and his children and grandchild has been kindly supplied by Ben N Collett (Ref. 64T1) from Yan Yean in Victoria, the grandson of Michael Alan Collett who was still alive and living in Australia in August 2012
The births of the couple’s first three children were recorded at Swindon register office, with Sara’s during the third quarter of 1951 (Ref. 7c 147), Timothy’s during the first quarter of 1953 (Ref. 7c 87), and Lucy during the second quarter of 1955 (Ref. 7c 8). It was at Wokingham that the remaining children’s births were recorded, for Joanna (Ref. 6a 102) during the first quarter of 1958, for Nicholas (Ref. 6a 82) during the fourth quarter of 1960, and Catherine (Ref. 6a 62) during the second quarter of 1963. In all six cases, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Webb
64S6 – Sara Jane Collett was born in 1951 at Swindon
64S7 – Timothy Michael Collett was born in 1953 at Swindon
64S8 – Lucy Ann Collett was born in 1955 at Swindon
64S9 – Joanna Susan Collett was born in 1958 at Wokingham
64S10 – Nicholas James Collett was born in 1960 at Wokingham
64S11 – Catherine Alison Collett was born in 1963 at Wokingham
Cecilia Ellen R Collett [64R4] was born at Coppice Lease Farm in West Challow on 31st October 1925, the first of the four children of Cecil Collett and Anne Burson. It was at nearby Wantage that her birth was recorded (Ref. 2c 35) during the last three months of 1925, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Burson. It was during the Second World War, when Cecilia was living and working in Coventry, that she met and married John M Russell. At that time her family was still living and working on the farm at West Challow. The marriage of Cecilia E R Collett and John M Russell was recorded at Coventry register office (Ref. 6d 21) during the fourth quarter of 1944 and it was during the second quarter of the following year that the birth of their son John M Russell junior, their only known child, was recorded at Meriden Warwickshire register office (Ref. 6d 19), when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Cecilia Ellen R Russel was 77 years died when she passed away, her death recorded in Oxfordshire during August 2003
Francis Mortimer Vizor Collett [64R5] was born at Oxford in 1928, where his birth was recorded (Ref. 3a 91) during the second quarter of 1928, and when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Burson. The family home was Coppice Leaze Farm in West Challow, so it is possible Francis was born in hospital in Oxford. He was just over twenty years of age when he married Violet M Langford at Wantage, where the wedding was recorded (Ref. 6a 71) during the final quarter of 1948, by which time his family had only just left West Challow and settled in nearby Grove. Exactly three years after that, the birth of their son Alan was also recorded at Wantage register office (Ref. 6a 185) during the last three months of 1951, as was the birth of their daughter Teresa during the second quarter of 1954 (Ref. 6a 82). The mother’s maiden-name in each case was confirmed as Langford. It was also in 1951 that Francis’ father died at The Firs, Main Street in Grove. And it was at Grove Cemetery in 2019 that Francis Mortimer Vizor Collett was laid to rest at the age of 91
64S12 – Alan F Collett was born in 1951 at Grove, near Wantage
64S13 – Teresa A Collett was born in 1954 at Grove, near Wantage
Douglas Albert Aaron Collett [64R6] was born at Coppice Leaze Farm in West Challow on 15th November 1933, the third child of Cecil and Anne Collett. The birth of Douglas A A Collett was recorded at Wantage register office (Ref. 2c 78) during the last quarter of 1933, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Burson. It was simply as Douglas A Collett that he was recorded at Wantage register office (Ref. 6a 62) when he married Margaret E Talmage during the first three months of 1956. The first of their two children was born around nine months later, a honeymoon baby no doubt, with the second child born around the time of the couple’s second wedding anniversary. Although both births were recorded at Wantage, it is possible they were born in nearby Grove, where Douglas’ widowed mother was living and had a smallholding
64S14 – Angela M Collett was born in 1956 at Grove, near Wantage
64S15 – Michael D Collett was born in 1958 at Grove, near Wantage
Edwina F A Collett [64R7] was born at Coppice Leaze Farm in West Challow, the fourth and last child of Cecil Collett and Anne Burson. Her birth was recorded at Wantage register office (Ref. 2c 95) during the third quarter of 1936, when her mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Burson. She was nineteen years of age when the marriage of Edwina F A Collett and (1) Peter C Frusher was recorded at Wantage (Ref. 6a 124) during the final three months of 1955. The marriage produced two children when Edwina presented Peter with a son, Stuart Charles Frusher born on 7th May 1956 who died 24th November 1983, and a daughter Nicola C Frusher who was born during the second quarter of 1960. Both births were recorded at Newbury register office (Refs. 6a 32 & 6a 79) respectively, and on each occasion the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Edwina F A Frusher later married (2) Arthur C Loftus, the event recorded at Andover register office in July 1988, four years after the premature death of her son
Raife F Vizor Collett [64R8] was born in 1930 at Hendon, where his parents had been married during the previous year. The record of his birth was recorded there (Ref. 3a 726) during the second quarter of that year when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Empson-Ridler. Raife was the eldest of the four children of Edward Reginald Vizor Collett and his wife Hilda Audrey Empson-Ridler. He was thirty-four years old when he married Ines P M Wadey who was only twenty-one, having been born at Midhurst in Sussex in 1943. It was also at Midhurst register office (Ref. 5h 993) that their wedding was recorded during the last three months of 1964. Just over one year later the first of their two children was born at Worthing and ten years after that the couple’s second child was added to the family which, by then, was residing in the Chichester area of Sussex
64S16 – Naomi Leona Vizor Collett was born in 1966 at Worthing, Sussex
64S17 – Adam Leonard Vizor Collett was born in 1976 at Chichester, Sussex
Ann P Vizor Collett [64R9] was born in 1932, her birth recorded at Barnet (Ref. 3a 753) during the first three months of 1932, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Empson-Ridler
Edward Robin Vizor Collett [64R10] was born in 1939, his birth recorded at Barnet register office (Ref. 3a 1551) during the quarter of that year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Empson-Ridler. Tragically, Edward Robin Vizor Collett of 1 South Cottages, Windmill Lane in Arkley, within the London Borough of Barnet, died at Highgate in London on 29th January 1959. His death was recorded at Islington register office (Ref. 5c 1309) when he was only nineteen years of age. Administration of his personal effects, amounting to £255, was granted in London on 2nd September 1959 to his father Edward Reginald Vizor Collett, a retired advertising inspector. It is assumed that, while Edward may have been working in London, he was still living with his parents whose home was at 1 South Cottages in Arkley
Reginald Martin Vizor Collett [64R11] was born on 15th February 1950 in the family home at 'Oakend' in Arkley, his birth recorded at Barnet register office (Ref. 5a 8), the last child of Edward Reginald Vizor Collett and Hilda Audrey Empson-Ridler. The record of his birth confirmed that his mother’s maiden-name was Ridler. In 2020, it was Martin who kindly provided the new details regarding himself being the fourth son of Edward R V Collett, where only three had been identified previously. At that time in his life Martin was Assistant Curate in the Benefice of Dulverton, Brushford, Brompton Regis with Withiel Florey, Skilgate and Upton, in Somerset
Neil Francis Vizor Collett [64R12] was born on 17th July 1929, the only known child of Kenneth Vizor Collett and Joyce Eileen Dunsford, his birth recorded at Amersham in Buckinghamshire (Ref. 3a 1510) during the third quarter of that year, when his mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Dunsford and his name was written as Neil F V Collett. His marriage to Shelagh Kathryn Farrell in British Columbia, Canada, produced four sons, all of whom were born in Canada. Shelagh was born at Edmonton in Alberta on 23rd November 1937, the daughter of Conway MacAllister Farrell and Clare Cenia Ward. Tragically she suffered a premature death at the age of 33, when she died on 14th December 1970 at North Vancouver, either during or just after the birth of her fourth child. She was then buried at Capilano View Cemetery in West Vancouver. What happened to Neil and his son after losing Shelagh is not yet known
64S18 – Tim Collett was born in 1963 in Canada
64S19 – Hugh Collett was born in 1965 in Canada
64S20 – Anthony Collett was born in 1968 in Canada
64S21 – Max Collett was born in 1970 in Canada
Bernard Arthur Collett [64R13] was born at Bradford in 1926 and was the first of the four children of Arthur Collett and Florence Jackson. His birth was recorded at Bradford register office (Ref. 9b 128) during the second quarter of 1926 when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Jackson. Bernard A Collett married Ellen P Wardall at Bradford (Ref. 2b 236) during the third quarter of 1949. The marriage produced two children whose births were recorded at Bradford
64S22 – Susan J Collett was born in 1954 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64S23 – Steven J Collett was born in 1960 at Bradford, Yorkshire
Margaret R Collett [64R14] was born at Bradford in 1930, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 9b 236) during the last three months of 1930, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Jackson. Just around the time she was twenty-one, the marriage of Margaret R Collett and Leslie E Wells was recorded at Leeds register office (Ref. 2c 405) during the final quarter of 1951
John Collett [64R15] was born at Bradford in 1938, the third child of Arthur and Florence Collett, whose birth was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 9b 147) during the first three months of the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Jackson. It was during the last quarter of 1962 that the marriage of John Collett and Ann McLean was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 2b 139), where the couple’s first child was born one year later
64S24 – Paul D Collett was born in 1963 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64S25 – Jonathan David Collett was born in 1967 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64S26 – Mark Andrew Collett was born in 1969 at Bradford, Yorkshire
Derek Collett [64R16] was born at Bradford in 1943 and was the last child born to Arthur Collett and Florence Jackson. Derek’s birth was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 9b 174) during the second quarter of 1943, when once again the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Jackson. It was also at Bradford, during the fourth quarter of 1966, that the marriage of Derek Collett and Valerie Unwin was recorded (Ref. 2b 268). The births of the couple’s two sons were also recorded at Bradford register office, with Martin’s during the first months of 1976 (Vol. 4 32), when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Unwin
64S27 – Dale Collett was born in 1971 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64S28 – Martin Collett was born in 1976 at Bradford, Yorkshire
Violet Elsie Collett [64R22] was born at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, her birth recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 6d 113) during the second quarter of 1928, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Gardner. It was only during the first three months of that same year, when her parents were married, and it was at Holy Trinity Church in Hartshill where Violet was baptised on 13th July 1928, the only child of William Stanley Collett and Hilda Janet Gardner. Tragically, she was nearly four years old when she died at Hartshill, her death recorded at Nuneaton register office (Ref. 6d 89) during the first three months of 1932
David John Collett [64R23] was born in 1955 at Nuneaton, where his birth was recorded (Ref. 9c 75) during the fourth quarter of that year, the only known child of John Kenneth Collett and Eileen Mary Garratt. It has not been discovered, whether or not he was married once or twice in his life, while he would have been forty-nine years old when the marriage of David J Collett and Karen L Dudfield was recorded at the South Warwickshire register office early in 2005
Ivor C Collett [64R24] was born at Worcester in 1954, the only child of Stanley J Collett and Doreen H Stiff. His birth was recorded at Worcester register office (Ref. 9d 281) during the third quarter of 1954, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Stiff. Just under twenty-two years later the marriage of Ivor C Collett and Valerie J Fisher was recorded at Droitwich register office (Vol. 29 0185) during the second quarter of 1976. The births of their two known children were recorded at Worcester during the summer of 1981 and early in 1983 when, on both occasions, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Fisher
64S29 – Adam Richard Collett was born in 1981 at Worcester
64S30 – Aimi Leanne Collett was born in 1983 at Worcester
Anne Collett [64R25] was born at Worcester in 1952, the eldest of the three children of Leonard W Collett and Doreen Waldron, whose birth was recorded at Worcester (Ref. 9d 339) during the second quarter of that year. The record also confirmed that her mother’s maiden-name was Waldron
Susan Collett [64R26] was born at Worcester in 1954 and was the second child of Leonard and Doreen Collett. It was also at Worcester that her birth was recorded (Ref. 9d 304) during the last three months of 1954, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Waldron
James Leonard Collett [64R27] was born at Worcester in 1961, the youngest of the three children of Leonard and Doreen Collett. His birth was recorded there during the second quarter of 1961 (Ref. 9d 353) when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Waldron. Although not proved, it seems highly likely that James was the James L Collett who married Alison L Bond during the spring of 1985, when the event was recorded at the Chiltern & Beaconsfield register office in Buckinghamshire (Vol. 12 1221). If validated, then the couple ended up with twin daughters, the births of which were recorded at Aylesbury Vale register office (Ref. 3241c c27c) towards the end of 1994. The mother’s maiden-name was Bond
64S31 – Jessica Mary Collett was born in 1994 at Aylesbury
64S32 – Hannah Alice Collett was born in 1994 at Aylesbury
Raymond Henry Collett [64R28] was born in 1923, possibly at Bramley, with his birth recorded at Wharfedale register office (Ref. 9a 91) during the fourth quarter of the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Mortimer, Raymond being the only child of Clement Henry Collett and Mary Agnes Mortimer [aka Agnes Mary Mortimer]. He was twenty-two when his marriage to Emily G Stonebridge was recorded at the London Shoreditch register office (Ref. 5d 32) during the third quarter of 1946, most likely after he had taken some part in the Second World War. Over the following years, Emily presented Raymond with two daughters, the births of both of whom were recorded Bradford register office, with their mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Stonebridge. It was during the summer of 1947 that daughter Linda was born (Ref. 2b 53) and she married Derek Welch during the spring of 1971, the event recorded at Sheffield register office. The birth of daughter Jill was recorded (Ref. 2b 1) during the third quarter of 1953, for whom no marriage has been found. The later death of Raymond Henry Collett was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 08 11c) during the third quarter of 1997, when he was 76
64S33 – Linda A Collett was born in 1947 at Bradford, Yorkshire
64S34 – Jill E Collett was born in 1953 at Bradford, Yorkshire
Raymond George Collett [64R29] was the only child of Alden George Charles Collett and Elsie Close. He was born at Winterbourne with his birth recorded at Bristol register office (Ref. 6a 306) during the first three months of 1930, his mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Close. He was twenty-two years of age, when the marriage of Raymond G Collett and Ina R Hale was recorded at Chipping Sodbury register office (Ref. 7b 11) during the third quarter of 1952. Although it is known that they had a son and a daughter, the only birth so far found is that of their son, which was recorded at Bristol (Ref. 7b 124) during the first three months of 1960, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Hale
64S35 – Christopher Collett was born in 1960 at Bristol
Wilfred G W Collett [64R32] the only son of Wilfred Collett and Betty Jones was born around 13th May 1945, approximately eleven days after his father drowned during a swimming incident on the same day that the German forces surrendered in Italy. His birth was recorded at Monmouth register office (Ref. 11a 316) during the second quarter of 1945. During the first two decades of the 21st Century, Wilfred was living in Australia, where he is married with a son and daughter of his own. No further details have been revealed at this time
The only daughter [64R33] of Henry Collett and Jean McCutcheon was married and had one son and one daughter
Michael William Collett [64R34] was born in 1953, his birth recorded at the Kingswood register office in Bristol (Ref. 7b 704) during the third quarter of the year. His mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Stephens, Patricia Stephens being the wife of Thomas William Collett. Michael was twenty-nine when he married Colleen M Dalton at Bristol, where their wedding was recorded (Vol. 22 0954) during the spring months of 1982. Their marriage resulted in the birth of two children, the births of whom were recorded at Bristol, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Dalton
64S36 – Tomas Michael Collett was born in 1984 at Bristol
64S37 – Meg Elizabeth Collett was born in 1987 at Bristol
Amanda Collett [64R36] was born at Winterbourne in 1960, her birth recorded at Sodbury register office (Ref. 7b 817) during the third quarter of 1960. Her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Stephens, Amanda being the daughter of Thomas Collett and Patricia Stephens. Amanda was nearly twenty-one when she married Gary D Jenkins, the event recorded at Bristol (Vol. 22 0502) during the second quarter of 1981
Brian M T Collett [64R37] was the eldest of the two children of Thomas Charles Collett and his first wife Hilda Plumridge, who later divorced. His birth was recorded at Willesden in Middlesex (Ref. 3a 110) during the fourth quarter of 1941, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Plumridge. The later marriage of Brian M T Collett and Evelyn D Pratt was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 151) during the third quarter of 1963. Four children were born into a Collett-Pratt family, two at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire – Debra J Collett in 1963 during the same quarter Brian marriage Evelyn, the other Darren Richard Collett in 1970. Another, Phillipa L Collett at Swindon in 1965 and the last, Graham Barry Collett born at Northampton in 1967. Whether any of these were the children of Brian and Evelyn has still to be confirmed
Terence William Collett [64R40] was born in 1951, the son of Ronald W Collett and Daphne B Holtom, whose birth was recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 6) during the third quarter to the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Holtom. He married later in his life, when the wedding of Terence W Collett and Kay Smith was recorded at Hounslow register office (Vol. 13) towards the end of 1985. No record of any children has been found
June Collett [64R41] was the daughter and the eldest child of Stanley Clifford Collett and Elsie Downey. She was born at Liverpool and her birth was recorded at the Liverpool South register office (Ref. 10d 20) during the second quarter of 1948, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Downey. The marriage of June Collett and Raymond Aspinall was recorded at Prescot register office in Lancashire (Ref. 10f 340) during the fourth quarter of 1969. Over the following years June and Raymond had two sons. Philip Lee Aspinall was born in 1971 and Andrew Simon Aspinall was born in 1975, their births recorded at Liverpool during the second and third quarter of each year respectively. On both occasions, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett
Allan Collett [64R42] was the son and last child born to Stanley Collett and Elsie Downey. He was born in Liverpool and his birth recorded at Liverpool South register office (Ref. 10d 52) during the last three months of 1949. His birth record confirmed that his mother’s maiden-name was Downey. He later married and the marriage produced three sons for the couple of which no details have been revealed. It was in the town of Prescot, to the east of Liverpool, that Allan’s sister June (above) was married in 1969. Therefore, it is possible that the marriage of Allan Collett and Georgina Wiseman, also recorded at Prescot register office (Ref. 10f 77) during the first three months of 1973, relates to the son of Stanley and Elsie Collett. However, so far though, only two of the three children credited to Allan Collett had been positively identified. They are Stephen Allan Collett and Michael Paul Collett, whose births were recorded at Liverpool during the spring of 1978 and 1980 respectively, the mother’s maiden-name in each case being Wiseman. It is the unusual spelling of the name Allan that perhaps indicates the connection is correct
An earlier birth of Sharon Marie Collett was recorded at the Somerset Taunton register office (Ref. 7c 18) during the third quarter of 1969, when the mother’s maiden-name was Wiseman. As far as can be determined, hers is the only other birth of a Collett-Wiseman partnership, but does not match the male gender listed below
64S38 – a Collett son whose date of birth has not been revealed
64S39 – Stephen Allan Collett was born in 1978 at Liverpool
64S40 – Michael Paul Collett was born in 1980 at Liverpool
Patricia Collett [64R43] was the eldest of the six children of Thomas Collett and Elizabeth Louisa Perry, whose birth was recorded at the Cardiff register office (Ref. 8b 265) during the third quarter of 1948, the same year her parents were married. Her birth record also confirmed that her mother’s maiden-name was Perry. By 2020, Patricia was living abroad, was married, and had a son. Her son, now married with one daughter and three sons living abroad
Peter Collett [64R44] was the second child and eldest son of Thomas Collett and Elizabeth Louisa Perry, his birth recorded at the East Glamorgan register office (Ref. 8b 399) during the third quarter of 1950, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Perry. Peter Collett married Carole A Galozzi with their wedding recorded at Pontypridd (Vol. 27 0532) during the third quarter of 1976. They have three sons those births were recorded at the South Glamorgan register office when, in each case, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Galozzi. By 2020, Peter and Carole were divorced, with the marriages of the two older sons having taken place abroad, from which Paul has no children, and James has a son and daughter residing in Wales
64S41 – Paul Collett was born in 1978 at South Glamorgan, Wales
64S42 – James Collett was born in 1982 at South Glamorgan, Wales
64S43 – Symon Peter Collett was born in 1986 at South Glamorgan, Wales
Allen Collett [64R45] was born at Cardiff in 1953, the third child of Thomas and Betty Collett, whose birth was recorded at East Glamorgan register office (Ref. 8b 411) during the first quarter of 1953, his mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Perry. Eighteen years later the marriage of Allen Collett and (1) Janet Yorath was recorded at Cardiff (Ref. 8b 436) during the first three months of 1971, while six years later Allen Collett married (2) Shirley D Morris. That marriage was recorded at South Glamorgan register office (Ref. 28 0685) during the first quarter of 1977. It is known that Allen and Janet had a daughter, while Allen and Shirley had two daughters and a son. As regards the three daughters, the first of them is Tracey Ann Collett, born in 1972, whose birth was recorded at Cardiff when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Yorath, next is Nicola Jayne Collett, born in 1979, her mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Morris, the youngest being Abigail Jessica Collett whose birth details have not been discovered. The birth of his son, Michael David Collett, was recorded at Pontypridd (Vol. 27 1500) during the third quarter of 1977, the mother’s maiden-name again stated as being Morris
The following is the only child of Allen Collett by his first wife Janet Yorath:
64S44 – Tracey Ann Collett was born in 1972 at Cardiff
The following are the three children of Allen Collett by his second wife Sheila Morris:
64S45 – Michael David Collett was born in 1977 at Pontypridd, Wales
64S46 – Nicola Jayne Collett was born in 1979 at South Glamorgan
64S47 – Abigail Jessica Collett whose date of birth is not known
MAUREEN COLLETT [64R46] was born in Wales the fourth child of Thomas and Betty Collett, whose birth was recorded at East Glamorgan register office (Ref. 8b 409) during the second quarter of 1955, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Perry. It was Maureen who kindly provided much of the basic detail that has enabled this family line to be constructed. The May 2009 update of the file was also thanks to Maureen who provided all of the additional information now contained in the appendix, together with more precise details of the children of her great grandfather Charles Collett and his wife Sarah. In addition to this, very special thanks must go to Maureen who, during the autumn of 2009, provided the vital information that confirmed the common start point for Part 35 – The Melksham to Wisconsin Line and Part 44 – The New Malmesbury Line. That new information also affected Part 31 – The Third Wiltshire Line which now also has the same origin at Broughton Gifford in 1595. Maureen, who is Maureen Iliffe, having married Mark during the spring of 1976, lives in Cardiff with their two children, a son and a daughter. Then later, during 2019 and 2020, she very generously provided even more details about her branch of the Collett family back to her great grandparents, Charles Collett and Sarah Deborah Wicks (Vol. 64O21)
Pauline A Collett [64R47] was born in Cardiff, her birth recorded there (Ref. 8b 392) during the last quarter of 1958, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Perry. The marriage of Pauline A Collett and Nigel R Hallam was recorded at South Glamorgan register office (Vol. 28 0832) during the second quarter of 1980. Their marriage produced a son and daughter for the couple, their son married twice abroad, with no children arising from the first marriage. From his second marriage, he has a stepson and three sons, who all live abroad
Jayne Alison Collett [64R48] was the sixth and last child of Thomas Collett and Elizabeth (Betty) Louisa Perry. Her birth was recorded at Cardiff register office (Ref. 8b 392) during the first three months of 1966, where her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Perry. The marriage of Jayne A Collett and Michael W Parramore was recorded at South Glamorgan register office (Vol. 28 850) during the spring of 1989. They have one son and one daughter
The only son [64R49] of Benjamin Cyril Collett (or Cyril Benjamin Collett) is married and he has two sons of his own. No details are available at this time
64S48 – a Collett son whose date of birth has not been revealed
64S49 – a Collett son whose date of birth has not been revealed
Christine Collett [64R50] was born at Cardiff in 1953, the only known child of Alexander Collett and Violet Sainty, her birth recorded at Cardiff (Ref. 8b 359) during the first three months of that year, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Sainty. Christine was eighteen when she gave birth to a son, whose birth was recorded at Cardiff register office during the summer of 1971, with the mother’s surname confirmed as Collett. Three years later, the marriage of Christine Collett and Paul Harris was recorded at Merthyr Tydfil (Vol. 27 0040) during the last three months of 1974 when she was twenty-one. It might be that Christine was already carrying her husband’s baby on their wedding day, since it was during the second quarter of the following year that the birth of their son Simon Harris was recorded at Merthyr Tydfil (Vol. 27 0274), although he may have been a honeymoon baby. Afterwards, two daughters were born into the family, Sheree Harris in 1981 and Holly Ann Harris in 1986, their births also recorded at Merthyr Tydfil register office, when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Paul Harris passed away during the month of July in 2017 when he was only 64
64S50 – Neil Tarot Collett was born in 1971 at Cardiff
Jeremy J Collett [64S1] was born at Swindon in 1949, the first of the two children of Clarence John Collett (known as Peter) and Jean Withey. His birth was recorded at Swindon register office (Ref. 7c 683) during the third quarter of 1949, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Withey. The marriage of Jeremy J Collett and Gloria D Winder was recorded at Swindon (Vol. 23 2200) during the spring months of 1980
Gillian M Collett [64S2] was born at Swindon in 1951, whose birth, like that of her older brother (above) was recorded at Swindon (Ref. 7c 653) during the second quarter of that year. Her mother’s maiden-name was also confirmed as Withey
Rosemary Elizabeth Collett [64S3] was born at Swindon in 1950, the eldest of the three children of Bryan George Collett and Dorothy Elizabeth Hicks, who was known as Betty. The birth of Rosemary E Collett was recorded at Swindon register office (Ref. 7c 124) during the second quarter of 1950, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Hicks. She was around twenty-one when Rosemary E Collett married Robin W Bishop, their wedding day recorded at Swindon (Ref. 7c 2175) during the second quarter of 1971. It seems highly likely that Robin was the brother of Joan Bishop who, four years later married Rosemary’s brother Roger (below)
Roger Bryan Collett [64S4] was born at Swindon where his birth was recorded (Ref. 7c 113) during the second quarter of 1952 and his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Hicks. He was eldest son and second of the three children of Bryan and Betty Collett. Perhaps it was through his brother-in-law Robin Bishop, the husband of his sister Rosemary (above), that he met his future wife, since it was at Chippenham (Vol. 23 1767) during the summer of 1975 that the marriage of Roger B Collett and Joan K Bishop was recorded
Russell George Collett [64S5] was born in 1961 with his birth recorded at Swindon register office (Ref. 7c 122) during the second quarter of the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Hicks. The was the third and last child of Bryan George Collett and Dorothy Elizabeth Hicks. He was around thirty-two years of age when the marriage of Russell G Collett and Jacqueline A Highman was recorded at Chippenham register office (Vol. 23) during the spring of 1993. Nine years later, Jacqueline presented Russell with a son, whose birth was recorded at the Bath & North East Somerset register office (Ref. 3001c) during the spring of 2002
64T1 - William George Collett was born in 2002 at Bath, Somerset
Nicholas James Collett [64S10] was born in Wokingham during in 1960 and was the youngest son and fifth of the six children of Michael Alan Collett and his wife Josephine Webb. When Nicholas was four years old his family emigrated to Australia where, around 1990, he partnered with Shelley Dianne Doherty who was born in 1973. Their partnership resulted in the birth of three children
64T2 - Ben Nicholas Collett was born in 1992 in Australia
64T3 – Tom Michael Collett was born in 1993 in Australia
64T4 – Grace Rose Collett was born in 1997 in Australia
Alan F Collett [64S12] was born at Grove in 1951, with his birth recorded at Wantage register office (Ref. 6a 185) during the last three months of that year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Langford. Twenty-six years later the marriage of Alan F Collett and Julia C Smith was recorded at Wantage register office (Vol. 20 19) during the spring of 1978
Teresa A Collett [64S13] was born in 1954 at Grove, near Wantage, and twenty years later she married Martin M Bulpitt at Grove in the spring of 1974, as recorded at Wantage register office (Vol. 20 68)
Angela M Collett [64S14] was born in 1956, possibly at Grove, although her birth was recorded at Wantage register office (Ref. 6a 125) during the third quarter of 1956. She was the daughter of Douglas A Collett and Margaret E Talmage. It was at the West Oxfordshire register office (Vol. 20 3724) that the marriage of Angela M Collett and Mark R Booty was recorded during August 1984. That followed the county boundary changes in 1974, when it would have been Wantage in Berkshire
Michael D Collett [64S15] was born in 1958 at Wantage (Grove), the son of Douglas and Margaret Collett. His birth was recorded at Wantage (Ref. 6a 114) during the first quarter of that year. It was towards the end of 1983 that the marriage of Michael D Collett and Deborah J Athawes was recorded at Newbury (Vol. 19 66). Deborah was born in Newbury during 1959
Naomi Leona Vizor Collett [64S16] was born in 1966 at Worthing, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 5h 747) during the first three months of 1966, and when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Wadey. She married Timothy J Chatwood with whom she had three children, with their marriage recorded at Chichester register office (Vol. 18 990) during the spring of 1988. It was also at Chichester that the birth of their children was recorded. Charlie Jack Chatwood was born in 1993, Samuel Harvey Chatwood was born in 1995, and Matilda Alice Chatwood was born in 1998
Adam Leonard Vizor Collett [64S17] was born in 1976 and it was at Chichester that his birth was recorded (Vol. 18 584) during the last quarter of the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Wadey. So far, no record of any marriage for Adam has been found
Susan J Collett [64S22] was born at Bradford in 1954 where her birth was recorded (Ref. 2b 161) during the third quarter of that year, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Wardall
Steven J Collett [64S23] was born at Bradford in 1960, the second of the two children of Bernard A Collett and Ellen P Wardall. Steven’s birth was recorded at Bradford register office (Ref. 2b 183) during the second quarter of the year, which confirmed his mother’s maiden-name was Wardall. He was twenty-five years old when he married Pamela L Elliott, the event recorded at Bradford (Vol. 4 30) during the third quarter of 1985. Their marriage resulted in the birth of two sons, the birth of which were recorded at Keighley register office when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Elliott. The birth of the first child (Ref. 4 859) took place towards the end of 1990, the second during the spring of 1993 (Ref. 0821b b36c)
64T5 – Elliott John Collett was born in 1990 at Keighley, Yorkshire
64T6 – Oliver George Collett was born in 1993 at Keighley, Yorkshire
Paul D Collett [64S24] was born at Bradford in 1963, the eldest of the three sons of John Collett by his wife Ann McLean. His birth was recorded at Bradford (Ref. 2b 208) during the last three months of that year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as McLean. During the spring of 1997 he married Angela Law, the event recorded at Bradford (Vol. 081 0610)
Jonathan David Collett [64S25] was born at Bradford in 1967, his birth recovered there (Ref. 2b 223) during the first three months of the year, confirming his mother’s maiden-name was McLean
Mark Andrew Collett [64S26] was born at Bradford, the last of the three children of John and Ann Collett. It was at Bradford register office, during the second quarter of 1969, that his birth was recorded (Ref. 2b 411), when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as McLean. It was as Mark A Collett, that his marriage to Tracey L Coates was recorded at Bradford (Vol. 081 0320) during the spring of 1996
Dale Collett [64S27] was the eldest of the two children of Derek Collett and Valerie Unwin, whose birth was recorded at Bradford register office (Ref. 2b 104), during the last months of 1971, with his mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Unwin. It was during the summer of 2001, that the marriage of Dale Collett and Sarah E Hamilton was recorded at Bradford (Vol. 81)
Tracey Ann Collett [64S44], whose birth was recorded at Cardiff register office (Ref. 8b 88) during the third quarter of 1972, was the first-born children of Allen Collett and his first Janet Yorath. The record of her birth also confirmed that her mother’s maiden-name was Yorath. Tracey is now married and has two children, a daughter and a son
Michael David Collett [64S45], whose birth was recorded at Pontypridd register office (Vol. 27 63) during the third quarter of 1977, following the second marriage of Allen Collett and Shirley D Morris at the start of that same year. His birth also confirmed that his mother’s maiden-name was Morris. Upon being married Michael and Rebecca had three children in the order, a daughter, a son, and then another daughter. Tragically Michael’s son, who was born on 3rd May 2013, was very sadly found dead in his cot on 27th July 2014. The obituary, published by the Media Wales Group on 4th August reads follows: ‘COLLETT Callum Evan Stanley, fell asleep at home July 27 aged 15 months; a dearly loved baby boy of Rebecca and Michael and a loved brother of Caitlin, devoted grandson of Allen and Shirley and Janet and John, and a beloved nephew and cousin. Callum will be very sadly missed’. At the inquest, a pathologist informed the Cardiff Coroner's Court that toddler Callum Collett was a victim of cot death and that the cause of his death was unknown, upon which the coroner declared an open conclusion
64T7 – Caitlin Collett was born in Wales on an unknown date
64T8 – Callum Evan Stanley Collett was born in 2013 at Cardiff, where he died in 2014
64T9 – a Collett daughter was born during August 2014 at Cardiff
Nicola Jayne Collett [64S46], whose birth was recorded at South Glamorgan (Vol. 28 54) during the early months of 1979 when her mother’s maiden-name was stated as being Morris. It is that fact which confirms the parents of Nicola Jayne were Allen Collett and Shirley D Morris who were married in 1977. Nicola Jayne Collett has a son and daughter from her first partnership. She was later married and that second relationship produced another two sons
Neil Tarot Collett [64S50] was the base-born son of Christine Collett whose birth was recorded at Cardiff register office (Ref. 8b 33) during the third quarter of 1971, when his mother’s surname was confirmed as Collett. He was three years of age when his mother married Paul Harris, giving Neil two half-sisters. Although not yet confirmed, it does seem highly likely that Neil was married in 2002, when the wedding of Neil T Collett and Clare M Jones (possible Welsh connection?) was recorded at the Bath & North East Somerset register office (Vol. 300) during the summer of that year
Ben Nicholas Collett [64T2] was born in Australia during 1992, the eldest of the three children of Nicholas James Collett and Shelley Dianne Doherty. In 2012 Ben was living at Yan Yean in Victoria, and it was thanks to the information received from him and his aunt Gillian M Collett (Ref. 64S2) that this new family line has been recreated using details previously included in Parts 12, 28 and 44
APPENDIX
The Other Collett Families of Hullavington in Wiltshire
During the research into this family line, numerous other Colletts have been discovered by Maureen Iliffe nee Collett (Ref. 64R46) amongst the parish registers for the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Hullavington. Some of them have now been inserted into the main body of this document, with one branch of the family the subject of this appendix. Whilst no obvious link to any of the aforementioned Collett families has been found, it is hoped, by including them here, that their place within the main body of the document could be found at some date after 2021
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St Mary Magdalene Church
Arthur Collett [64k7] was married to Anne and their three children were born and baptised at Hullavington. It was also at Hullavington that Arthur died and was buried on 17th January 1798. The date of birth of the couple’s first-born child would suggest that Arthur was born sometime around 1720, which would make him around 77 when he died
64l4 – Mary Collett was born in 1742 at Hullavington
64l5 – Betty Collett was born in 1744 at Hullavington
64l6 – John Collett was born in 1747 at Hullavington
Mary Collett [64l4] was born at Hullavington in 1742, where she was baptised on 21st May 1742, the eldest child of Arthur and Anne Collett. It was also at Hullavington where she married William Farr of Grittleton on 7th September 1773
Betty Collett [64l5] was born at Hullavington in 1744 and was baptised there on 13th September 1744, another daughter of Arthur and Anne Collett. It was on 17th April 1769 at Hullavington that, as Elizabeth Collett, she married Jonas Matthews of Malmesbury. The witnesses at the wedding ceremony were Mary Collett, her older sister (above), and Gabriel Greenman who were also the witnesses at another Hullavington Collett wedding in 1808 (below). It is possible that Gabriel Greenman was in some way attached to the church for him to be listed at both ceremonies, especially with an interval of almost forty years between the two events. That second wedding was between Betty’s niece Ann Collett and Robert Greenman, who was possibly related in some way to Gabriel
John Collett [64l6] was very likely born in 1747 and was baptised at Hullavington on 29th January 1748, the only known son and third child of Arthur and Anne Collett. The later marriage of John Collett, said to be of Easton Grey, near Malmesbury, and Elizabeth Taviner, took place at Hullavington on 7th October 1772, where Elizabeth had been born. Over the next few years, Elizabeth presented John with seven children, all of whom were born and baptised at Hullavington, the first of which was named after his grandfather. And it was at Hullavington that John Collett died and was buried on 25th December 1830, at the age of 82. Interesting Note: It seems very likely that John had a cousin by the name of John Collett who was married to Mary. The marriage of that couple produced a child who was baptised at Hullavington on 2nd April 1775, although no name was entered in the parish record
64m2 – Arthur Collett was born in 1773 at Hullavington
64m3 – Sarah Collett was born in 1775 at Hullavington
64m4 – John Collett was born in 1777 at Hullavington
64m5 – Ann Collett was born in 1779 at Hullavington
64m6 – Mary Collett was born in 1780 at Hullavington
64m7 – Elizabeth Collett was born in 1784 at Hullavington
64m8 – John Collett was born in 1787 at Hullavington
Arthur Collett [64m2] was born at Hullavington where he was baptised on 26th June 1773, the first of the six children of John Collett and his wife Elizabeth Taviner. The parish records at Hullavington confirmed that Arthur Collett, of Hullavington, married Sarah Bromsgrove at Malmesbury on 22nd April 1805, with whom he had at least four children born at Hullavington. Following the birth of their last child at Hullavington, Arthur and Sarah took their surviving children to live at Kington Langley. Sadly, it was there, on 6th August 1816, that the couple’s youngest child was buried. Upon the deaths of both Sarah and Arthur, they were buried at Hullavington, Sarah Collett ‘of Langley’ first on 27th April 1836, when she was 67, following by widower Arthur Collett of Kington Langley on 7th October 1837 at the age of 64
64n1 – Louisa Collett was born in 1805 at Hullavington
64n2 – John Collett was born in 1807 at Hullavington
64n3 – Ann Collett was born in 1809 at Hullavington
64n4 – John Collett was born in 1812 at Hullavington
Sarah Collett [64m3] was born at Hullavington and was baptised there on 16th March 1775, the eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth Collett. She suffered an infant death and was buried at Hullavington during the following year on 25th July 1776
John Collett [64m4] was born at Hullavington, where he was baptised on 8th July 1777, another son of John Collett and Elizabeth Taviner
Ann Collett [64m5] was born at Hullavington and was baptised there on 21st February 1779, the eldest surviving daughter of John and Elizabeth Collett. When she was twenty-nine years old, she married Robert Greenman at Hullavington on 9th June 1808. The witnesses at the wedding ceremony were Mary Collett, Ann’s younger sister (below), and the aforementioned Gabriel Greenman. The parish register recorded the event in the following way. Robert Greenman was a dealer of Hullavington, and the first bondsman was John Smith from Yatton Keynell, who was also described as a dealer
Mary Collett [64m6] was baptised at Hullavington on 14th October 1780, another child of John and Elizabeth. where she was most likely born and where she was a witness at the marriage of her older sister Ann (above) at the Hullavington parish church in 1808. It would also appear that, not long after that, Mary was married at Hullavington to William Tanner, of nearby Grittleton, although no date for the event has been found. It is of interest to note that in 1835, Henry Collett (Ref. 64N5) married Hannah Tanner who was the daughter of William Tanner of Grittenham (near Wootton Bassett) and Ellenar Hilliar who was probably his second wife, the first being Mary Collett. Another connection between the two families, was recorded at Hullavington on 22nd May 1800 for the baptism of Elizabeth Collett Tanner, the illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Tanner
Elizabeth Collett [64m7] was born at Hullavington, where she lived all her life, having been baptised there on 15th August 1784, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Collett. She never married and died at Hullavington, where she was buried on 7th August 1840, at the age of 55
John Collett [64m8] was born at Hullavington on 18th April 1787, where he was also baptised on 5th April 1789, the last child of John Collett and Elizabeth Taviner
Louisa Collett [64n1] was born at Kington St Michael near Hullavington towards the end of 1805, or very early in 1806, and was baptised at Hullavington on 13th March 1806, the eldest of the four children of Arthur Collett and Sarah Bromsgrove. Although no further details regarding Louisa were known prior to 2014, it now seems highly likely that she married Edwin Buckland of Kington St Michael. Further details of the family of Edwin Buckland and Louisa Collett, and the continuation of this family line, are provided from Ref. 62l3 in Part 62 – The Trowbridge to New Zealand Line
John Collett [64n2] was born at Hullavington and was baptised there on 20th May 1807. Just one year and two days later John Collett, the son of Arthur and Sarah Collett was buried at Hullavington on 22nd May 1808
Ann Collett [64n3] was born at Hullavington, where she was baptised on 23rd July 1809, another daughter of Arthur and Sarah Collett
John Collett [64n4] was born at Hullavington and it was there also that he was baptised on 25th June 1812, the last child of Arthur Collett and Sarah Bromsgrove. Shortly after he was born, his parents took the family to live at Kington Langley. And it was there, at the age of only eighteen months, that John Collett of Kington Langley died, following which he was buried at Hullavington with his brother and namesake