Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer; residence 1777: Great Maplestead, Essex, England (Essex Review, vol 20, p 106)
• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 39C6C452F440A244993F08C4F2F0882F6C50

Notes:

Things to do:
1. find on map Braintree, Great Mapleston (Maplestead?), and parish-Sible Hedingham
2. review will of John
3. who did temple work for John Collis?
4. What was John's occupation? farmer 1777 in Great Mapleston
5, What do we know about John?

Timeline for John Collis

1727 Jul 14, John Collis born at Braintree, Essex, England
1747 Mar 9, John marries Dorcas Ely
1749 John Collis born
1762 Samuel Collis born
? Edward Collis born
1815 John Collis dies at Great Mapleston, Essex, England


John was listed of Great Maplestead in County of Essex, England at the time of making his will. He asked to be buried in the meeting house yard Castle Hedingham. He listed leasehold messuage or tenement farm lands and premises situate lying and being in the parish of Sible Hedingham

John married Dorcas ELY on 9 Mar 1748 in Gestingthorpe, Essex, England. Dorcas (daughter of William ELY and Mary) was born in 1728 in Castle Hedingham, Essex, England; died before 1815 in , Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: residence Pebmarsh 1788 ERO:66BR28 (will of Benjamin Grainger)
• _UID: 80E6706FE70A75428F769DCD1405EB45A53E

John married Jane GRAINGER on 24 Apr 1781 in St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England, Great Britain. Jane was born about 1753 in of St George, Southwark, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: High Street Braintree, Essex, England; Saddler and Harness Maker;
• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 4CD3C3E683CB6B47A5B411CA9D73DC301820

Notes:

Things to do:
1. check out christening dates for the children.
2. court records for Samuel and Susannah.
3. where is Tollesbury, Essex in relation to Bocking and Braintree?
4. death dates of first Dorcus and first William.
5. Susannah's death date and place. (found this- copy in pictures/Marilyn ancestors/Collis/Samuel)
6. find info on Jeff Clinton, descendant of William Collis, son of Samuel.
7. Is there an 1831 census?
8. Is Samuel buried in St Michaels Church yard?
9. How do I know Rebecca is daughter of Samuel

Timeline for Samuel Collis:
1762 Samuel Collis born Essex, England
1785 Oct 20 Samuel marries Susannah Smith at Bocking, Essex, England
1788 Oct 5 daughter Susannah born in Bocking
1790 Jul 3, son Samuel born in Braintree, Essex, England
1794 Apr 11, daughter, Dorcus born in Braintree,
1795 Jul 12, son Charles Smith born in Braintree,
1797 Jun 17, son William born in Braintree,
1800 May 7, son Christopher in Braintree,
1803 Aug 9, daughter Dorcus born in Braintree,
1804 son, William born in Braintree,
1814 daughter, Rebecca Ely born in Braintree
1826 Pigot's Directories show Samuel Collis as a Saddler in High Street, Braintree, England
1832 Samuel died at Braintree
1832 Pigot's Directories show Susannah Collis as a Saddler in High Street, Braintree, England.

BOCKING, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Braintree district, Essex. The village stands on the left bank of Blackwater river, and on the Braintree railway, adjacent to Braintree; forms a suburb of that town; consists chiefly of one long street; and is a seat of petty sessions. A trade in baizes, called "bockings," was at one time prominent; and a manufacture of silk and crape is now carried on. The parish includes also Bocking-street and Bocking-Church-street, ¾ and 2 miles distant from Braintree, both with post offices under that town, and the former situated on the branch Roman road from Chelmsford. ...
"BRAINTREE <../Braintree/index.html> and BOCKING, though distinct parishes, form one continuoous town, extending for a mile on the road between Chelmsford <../Chelmsford/index.html> and Halstead , and the rivers Blackwater and Podsbrook, and having a united population in 1861 of 8,186

England, Boyd's marriage indexes, 1538-1850 Transcription
First name(s) Samuel
Last name Collis
Birth year -
Marriage year 1785
Spouse's first name(s) Susan
Spouse's last name Smith
Place Bocking
County Essex
Country England
Source Boyd's marriage index, 1538-1850
Record set England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain

SOURCE: LDS marriage sealing batch # A457628 sheet # 1132, input 457628-457632 Made a will in 1831 while ill and died in 1832 , his occupation listed as Saddler and Harness maker (Essex Record Office Will 532BR33)
Pigot's Directories show Samuel Collis as a Saddler in High Street, Braintree, England, in 1826 and Susannah Collis as Saddler at the same address in 1832.

England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," Samuel Collis (familysearch.org)
name: Samuel Collis
gender: Male
burial date: 27 Jan 1832
burial place: Braintree, Essex, England


* It is perhaps of interest and significance to note that his youngest child is named Rebecca Ely and that a Marriage Bond shows John Collis aged 21 of Castle Hedingham married Dorcas Ely aged 20 of Sibyl Hedingham at Gestingthorpe about 1748.

Samuel's son William - descendant Geoff Clinton of Abbots Langley, Herefordshire geoffclinton@tiscali.co.uk

Samuel married Susannah SMITH on 20 Oct 1785 in Bocking, Essex, England. Susannah (daughter of Josiah SMITH and Susannah) was born about 1768 in Tollesbury, Essex, England; died on 17 Jan 1840 in Braintree, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: residence 1815: Ixsworth (father's will)
• _UID: 1A3882950DEF1B4AA30FB4597927445ECBD3

Notes:

In Grandfather, John Collis' will, Edward is stated to be of Ixworth. and was left a gun.

Edward married Sarah on 22 Aug 1775 in Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Miller (will of William Nice, His Father in law) Residence 1810: Great Tey, The Mill House opposite Warren Farm
• _UID: F7DF4D3EDB98DA40B2C4C7F244F5350E9924

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Sarah Ann Collis
Baptism 21 Dec 1781
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Jonathan Collis
mother: Jane

John married Jane NICE on 23 Jan 1810 in Gestingthorpe, Essex, England. Jane was born in in Gestingthorpe, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Baker; residence 1851: Union Yard, Chelmsford, Essex, England
• _UID: E79EE31FB777E4459A6FB54B152E430976B0

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Edward Collis
Baptism 19 Jun 1783
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Jonathan Collis
mother: Jane

Edward married Elizabeth SEWELL on 22 Jun 1807 in Purleigh, Essex, England. Elizabeth was born in 1791 in Stow Maries, Essex, England; was christened on 7 Jun 1791 in Par Ch, Chelmsford, Essex, England; died in 1851 in Union Yard, Chelmsford, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: B2A1FA262CB92B4DAD0CE4932D2CEE236AB9
• Occupation: 1824/1851, Pebmarsh; 1824: farmer of Pebmarsh, residence 1851: Worlds End Farm, Pebmarsh, England

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Samuel Collis
Baptism13 Jul 1784
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Jonathan Collis
mother: Jane

Samuel Collis is listed as an auctioneer appraiser in Pebmarsh
U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s Record for U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1839 Pigot's Directory 39 Halstead, Essex
Also listed is John Bentall as Gentry and Clergy

1851 England Census about Samuel Collis
Name: Samuel Collis
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1784
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Hannah Susannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
Ecclesiastical parish: Rochester
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 22
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 67 farmer of 280 acres employing 11 men and 5 boys
Hannah Susannah Collis 52 wife, born Halstead, Essex
John Collis 24 son, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Mary Collis 20 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Jemima Bond 18 servant

Samuel married Hannah Susannah BENTALL on 20 Apr 1825 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England. Hannah was born about 1796 in Halstead, England; was christened on 10 Jul 1796 in St Andrew, Halstead, Essex, England; died after 1882 in , Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 0CBC99002D54DC4D9661625C4976ECDF4AD3

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Sarah Ann Collis
Baptism 14 Jun 1786
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: John Collis
mother: Jane

1851 England Census
Name: Ann Bell
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Henry
Gender: Female
Where born: Sible Hedingham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Sible Hedingham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Blois End
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 1d
Household schedule number: 50
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Bell 60 farmer 200 acres, employing 17 men
Ann Bell 60 wife
Rebeckea Chaplin 22 neice
Isaac Palmer 19 servant
Elizabeth Mead 18 servant

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1860
Bell Ann Halstead 4a 180

Ann married Henry Bell on 21 Feb 1833 in St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Henry was born in 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 7FC564B15FE58B4C99E1B2134A918F698631

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Sarah Collis born 4 Oct 1787
Baptism 2 Apr 1788 by protestant minister, Robert Stevenson
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: John Collis of the Parish of Pebmarsh
mother: Jane

Is this the right one?
1841 England Census
Name: Robert Chaplin [Richard Chaplin]
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1781
Gender: Male
Where born: Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Hundred: Hinckford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Chaplin 60 hawker
Sarah Chaplin 45
Benjamin Chaplin 21
Sarah Chaplin 23 school mistress
Henry Chaplin 12

1851 England Census
Name: Richard Chaplin
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1786
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Ridgwell, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Town: Halstead
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 7f
Household schedule number: 203
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Chaplin 65 tea dealer
Sarah Chaplin 60 school mistress, born Pebmarsh
Ellen Chaplin 26 school mistress, born Halstead
Agnes Chaplin 19 school mistress, born Halstead

1861 England Census
Name: Sarah Chaplin
Age: 72
Estimated birth year: abt 1789
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Halstead
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Bridge St.
Occupation: independent means
Condition as to marriage: widow
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 27
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah Chaplin 72 independent means
Ellen Chaplin 39 school mistress
Ann Agnes Chaplin 29 dressmaker
Charles H Tendall 10 grandson, born Cambridge

freebmd.uk.org
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Jun 1862
Chaplin Sarah Halstead 4a 1[49]7

Family/Spouse: Richard CHAPLIN. Richard was born about 1786 in Ridgewell, Essex, England, United Kingdom; died in Mar 1853 in Halstead, Esses, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 0753A3797BAD074FB033828DB6E35EFAD785

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Benjamin Granger Collis
Baptism 28 Jul 1790
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Jonathan
mother: Jane

Benjamin married Sarah KING on 10 Mar 1811 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England. Sarah (daughter of WILLIAM KING and Ann) was born on 23 Jan 1791 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; was christened on 27 Feb 1791 in Epping, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 2336387A5D19634CA43A2EFCD767DD7DD013

Susannah married William JOHNSON on 6 Dec 1819 in Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom. William (son of Thomas JOHNSON and Jemima Cliff) was born on 20 Nov 1768 in Braintree, Essex, England; died in 1826 in Braintree, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 8586D09DDAB53B4199783A4A4D12B6558222
• Occupation: 1841/1861, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England; straw manufacturing

Notes:

There is a Samuel Collis as a Brazier and Tin worker on High Street in Chelmsford,
U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s Record for U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1839 Pigot's Directory 18 Chelmsford

Is this Samuel in a second marriage? Harriet born as first child to Ann?
1841 England Census
Name: Samul Collis
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Civil parish: Dunstable
Hundred: Manshead
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Straw Mcht
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Dunstable
Household Members: Name Age
Samul Collis 50 not born in this county
Ann Collis 35 not born in this county}
Emma 15 not born in this county
Joseph 15 not born in this county
Mary Ann 11 not born in this county
Thomas 9 (not born in this county )
June 8 (probably Jane) born Bedfordshire
Harriet 9 mos born Bedfordshire

Could this be Samuel in a second marriage?
1851 England Census
Name: Samuel Collis
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Dunstable
Town: Dunstable
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: manager to straw factory
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Dunstable
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Household schedule number: 16
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 60
Ann Collis 48 wife, born 1803, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England
Emma Collis 28 daughter, born abt 1823, Essex, Braintree, milliner
Mary Ann Collis 20 daughter, born 1831, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, bonnet sewer
Jane Collis 17 daughter, born 1834, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Harriet Collis 10 daughter, born 1841, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Emmily D Collis 8 daughter, born 1843, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Clara S Collis 7 daughter, born 1844, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Louisa Collis 5 daughter, born 1845, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Ellen Bangham 18 servant, born 1833, Bister, Oxfordshire, England

1861 England Census
Name: Samuel Collis
Age: 71
Estimated birth year: abt 1790
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Luton
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Luton
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: employed in straw manufactory
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Luton
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household schedule number: 186
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 71
Ann Collis 58 born Redbourn, Herfordshire
Jane Collis 27 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire
Emily D Collis 18 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire
Clara S Collis 17 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire
Louisa Collis 15 born Dunstable, Bedsfordshire

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: Samuel Collis
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 79
District: Luton
County: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 289

Samuel married Jane HAMILTON about 1812 in Braintree, Essex, England. Jane was born about 1792 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Ann after 1834 in England. Ann was born in 1804 in Redbourne, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: F112D2A1682E1E4F94E3B0169FEBED5D8A6B

Notes:

!SOURCE: LDS ordinances batch # 7429712 sheet # 83, input 935230

possibly died before 1803

Other Events:

• Occupation: Little Withim; saddler and harness maker
• _UID: 12F3C5CA826EDA42B0B40B1D327A8B177AAF

Notes:

1841 England Census
Name: Charles Collis
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1796
Gender: Male
Where born: Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Louth
Hundred: Louth Eske Hundred (Wold Division)
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address: Eastygate
Occupation: Saddler
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Louth
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Collis 45
Sophia Collis 40
James Collis 8
Emma Collis 6
Sophia Collis 3

1851 England Census
Name: Charles Collis
Age: 56
Estimated birth year: abt 1795
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sophia
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Louth
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Withern
ED, institution, or vessel: 14d
Household schedule number: 67
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Collis 56 saddler and harness maker
Sophia Collis 52 born Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Emma Collis 16 born Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Sophia Collis 14 born Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Dorcas Collis 9 born Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Richard Pinning 28 visitor, tailor
Frances Brown 17 visitor, dressmaker

1861 England Census
Name: Sophia Collis
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Louth
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Occupation: keeper of lodging & boardinghouse
Condition as to marriage: widow
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Louth
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 13
Household Members: Name Age
Sophia Collis 61 widow, lodgekeeper,
Emma Collis 25 daughter, dressmaker, born Louth, Lincolnshire
Alice Ann Hay 13 boarder
Arthur Hay 10 boarder
Thomas Scott 16 lodger

freebmd.org.uk
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Jun 1839
Collis William Samuel Louth 14 458
Collis William S* Louth 14 458
Births Jun 1842
Collis Dorcas Louth 14 482

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1840
Collis William Samuel Louth 14 333
Deaths Sep 1855
Collis Charles Louth 7a 276
deaths Mar 1856
COLLIS Sophia Louth 7a 32_
Deaths Sep 1857
Collis Dorcas 32 Louth 7a 347
Deaths Dec 1868
Collis Sophia 69 Louth 7a 322

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1843
Collis Elizabeth Catherine Louth 14 648
WHITE Samuel Louth 14 648

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1847
BOYNTON Thomas Louth 14 903
COLLIS Susannah Louth 14 903

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1866 (
Collis Emma Louth 7a 1278
DOWLMAN Aaron Louth 7a 1278
Hewson Thomas Louth 7a 1278

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 about Emma Dowlman
Name: Emma Dowlman
Death Registration Month/Year: 1934
Age at death (estimated): 84
Registration district: Louth
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a
Page: 531

Charles married Catherine BRIDGE on 23 Nov 1820 in Braintree, Essex, England. Catherine (daughter of George BRIDGE and Elizabeth Endersby) was born about 1798 in Witham, Essex, England; died after 1822 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Sophia about 1830 in England. Sophia was born about 1799 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England; died in Dec 1868 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: E27E257E0F76A3419DA45851C19818C48B24
• Occupation: 1851, 1861,1871, Clerkenwell, Middlesex & Wandsworth, Surrey; Coach trimmer

Notes:

Descendant- Geoff Clinton of Abbots Langley, Herefordshire, England geoffclinton@tiscali.co.uk also Mike Kelly Mike@m-kelly.freeserve.co.uk

William christening date Parish Register pp152: 24 Jul 1801, Braintree, Essex, England

1851 England Census
Name: William Collis
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1798
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Betsey
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 1 Brewer St
Registration district: Clerkenwell
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members: Name Age
William Colli 53 born Braintree, Essex, coach trimmer
Betsey Colli 50 born Boston, Lincolnshire
William Colli 24 born Boston, Lincolnshire, coach painter
Dorcas Colli 18 born Witham, Essex, straw bonnet maker
Ley H Colli 15 born Brentwood, Essex, coach Trimmer,
Susannah Colli 12 born Brentwood, Essex, scholar
Rebecca Colli 8 born Brighton, Sussex, scholar
James Colli 19 born South, Louth, Lincolnshire, nephew, harness maker ( believe James father is
Charles and mother Sophia as found in Louth in the 1841 census)

1861 England Census
Name: William Collis
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1798
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Betsey
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: coach trimmer
Registration district: Clerkenwell
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street 49 Lil John Rd.
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 120
Household Members: Name Age
William Collis 63 coach trimmer
Betsey Collis 60 born Boston, Lincolnshire
Dorcus Collis 28 born Witham, Essex, bonnet maker
Rebecca Collis 18 born Brighton, Essex, bonnet maker

1871 England Census
Name: William Collis
Age: 73
Estimated birth year: abt 1798
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Betsey
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Clapham 2 Caroline Place
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Clapham
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 182
Household Members: Name Age
William Collis 73 coach trimmer
Betsey Collis 70 born Boston, Lincolnshire, England

William married Betsy Winn about 1825 in . Betsy was born in 1807 in Blyton, Lancashire, England; was christened on 21 Oct 1807 in Blyton, Lancashire, England; died after 1871 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1832: Baker, Victualler; residence 1839:
• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 2F6625C640922E42B30FABD42757EF2F9F37

Notes:

Things to do:
1. Look through records in binder to add details
2. Is there an 1831 Census? no
3. Are there news articles or advertisements for Star brewery or Kennington Brewery?
4. Who did temple work for Christopher Annett Collis, mother, Susannah Smith/Collis?
5. Can more info on children be found? What about New Zealand/Australia?
6. 4. What is the name of the town where the White Horse Inn was located? Bert's email states it was in Witham.

Timeline for Christopher Annett Collis:

1800 May 7 Christopher born Braintree, Essex, England
1821 marriage: June 7 Maria Bridge in Witham, Essex, England
1822 Aug 11 daughter, Jane, born Essex County to Chrisopher and Maria
1824 son, Samuel Annett, born Essex
1825 son, Samuel Annett, died Witham, Essex, England
1826 May 20 son, William, born Witham,
1827 Christopher went bankrupt
1828 April 16 son, George Smith Collis, born Witham,
1829 Feb 9 daughter, Maria, born Witham,
1830 Poll Books and Electoral Registers Christopher A Collis, Witham
1831 May 21 daughter, Dorcus, born Witham,
1832 Christopher was a baker, brewer in Witham,
1833 Death: May 23, wife, Maria, in Witham,
1833 Christopher moves to Chelmsford as a brewer's clerk at Kennington Brewery, Dorset St
and Chapham Rd near the oval cricket grounds in London.
1836 son? Joseph Collis born (he was born after Christopher's wife Maria died and before he married Eliza)
1838 Oct 19 Marries Eliza Parker at St. Giles Cripplegate, London England. 1839 daughter, Eliza Collis born
1839 Owned a Tavern/Public House, The Woolpack Inn (near the White Horse Inn), Church St. Chipping Hill,
Witham
1839 Pigot's Directory: baker, Chipping Hill, Witham (Baker's yeast and yeast for ale may have been
interchangeable at that time)
1841 Census: Christopher and Eliza living Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey, England
1844 Sept, wife, Eliza dies, Lambeth, Surrey, England
1846 Jul 9 marries Alice Scott Honeysett at St. Giles Cripplegate, London England.
1851 Census: Christopher with wife, Alice, in Hounslow, Middlesex 177 London Rd, Brewer at Star Brewery,
employing 1 labor and two sons
1851 London, England, Electoral Registers, Christopher in Heston, Star Brewery
1853 London, England, Electoral Registers, Christopher in Heston, Star Brewery
1868 Christopher marries Elizabeth Archer age 37, spinster
1869 Death: Christopher South Stoneham, Hampshire age 69



According to the records sent to me from Bert Collis I write the following:
Christopher was bankrupt in 1827 and paid his creditors 2s.6d. in the pound. (i.e. One eighth) but by 1833 he was buying a small house in Witham and started in business as a victualler and baker. In 1833 he was in Chelmsford and was listed as a brewer's clerk of Kennington Brewery, Dorset Street and Chapham Rd. Brewer's clerk. (44 K from Witham, 35 K from Chelmsford. He also with his brother William became tenant of the Swan Inn at Brentwood in Essex. (Quite a coincidence! He soon failed again owing nearly four hundred pounds mainly to the brewers and was again made bankrupt. The Essex Record Office has a thick wad of court papers on the claims and counter claims. It includes a letter written by Christopher A Collis to the brewers solicitors. Christopher moved to London and became Brewers Clerk at the Kennington Brewery in Dorset St. Clapham Road. (This was near the Oval Cricket Ground). His father Samuel Collis was buried at Braintree on Jan 27th 1832, age 70 (Information from Bert Collis)

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England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
Christopher Annett Collis
baptism/christening:24 Jul 1801
Braintree, Essex, England
father: Samuel Collis
mother: Susannah
indexing project batch# 103390-0
source film # 1702171

UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
Name: Christopher A Collis
Poll Year: 1830
Residence: Witham
Where Freehold lies: White Notley Houses occupier: Hawkes
Hundred: Lexden And Witham
County: Essex

(page 111;1838 Marriage solemnized in
the Parish Church in the Parish of St Giles without Cripplegate in the city of London.
No. 222 Married 19 Oct 1838, Christopher Annett Collis, age 39, bachelor, profession: Brewer, Residence:
Witham, Essex, Father's name: Samuel Collis, Profession of father: Sadler
Eliza Parker, age 31, Spinster, residence: Witham, Essex, Father's name: Henry Parker, profession of father:
Sawyer)

1841 England Census Christoper Collis
Name: Christoper Collis
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: Lambeth (St. Mary Lambeth Parish)
Hundred: Brixton (Eastern Division)
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street address: Camberwell Lane South Occupation: Brewer
Source information: HO107/1054/1
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Brixton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Folio: 31
Page:
Line number: 12
GSU Number: 474652
Household: Name: age
Christoper Collis 40
Eliza 35,
William 15,
George 14,
Maria 10,
Samuel 5,
Joseph 5,
Dorcus 5,
Eliza 5,
Henry Parker 20 (probably Eliza's brother) carpenter

1851 England Census Christopher A Collis
Name: Christopher A Collis
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Alice
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Hounslow
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address: 177 London Rd. Occupation: Brewer employing 1 labor and two sons
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 1a
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 177 Star Brewery, London Road
Household Members: Name Age
Alice Collis 53 wife, born Norfolk, Thilgay
Christopher A Collis 52 brewer
Samuel Collis 17 son, born Witham, Essex brewer
Joseph Collis 15 son, born Witham, Essex brewer
Eliza Collis 14 daughter, born Witham, Essex scholar at home

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Christopher Annett Collis
Year: 1851
County or Borough: Star Brewery, London
Smallberry Green, Hounslow Road, in the parish of Heston, County of Middlesex
Ward or Division/Constituency: Heston

London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Christopher Annett Star Collis
Year: 1853
County or Borough: London, County of Middlesex
Ward or Division/Constituency: Heston
Street address: Star Brewery, Smallberry-green Hounslow

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
Name: Christopher Annett Collis age 67, widower, reside Portswood, father Samuel Collis, Saddler
and Elizabeth Archer age 37, spinster, reside Portswood, father William Archer, Blacksmith
Year of Registration: 1868
Quarter of Registration: 21-Mar
District: South Stoneham
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 89

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983
Surname Given Name District Volume Page
Deaths Jun 1869 age 68
Collis Christopher Annett S. Stoneham 2c 29
The district S. Stoneham is an alternative name for South Stoneham and it is in the county of Hampshire

Food in the 17th Century
In the early 17th century people began eating food with forks for the first time.
During the century new foods were introduced into England (for the rich) such as bananas and pineapples. New drinks were introduced, tea and coffee. In the late 17th century there were many coffee houses in the towns. Merchants and professional men met there to read newspapers and talk shop.
In the late 17th century the rich began eating ice cream. Many rich people built special underground chambers in the grounds of their houses for preserving ice during the summer. The ice was covered in straw to preserve it.
However for the poor food remained plain and monotonous. They subsisted on food like bread, cheese and onions. Ordinary people continued to eat pottage each day.
Food in the 18th Century
There was little change in food in the 18th century. Despite the improvements in farming food for ordinary people remained plain and monotonous. For them meat was a luxury. A poor person's food was mainly bread and potatoes. In the 18th century drinking tea became common even among ordinary people.
19th Century Food
In the early 19th century the working class lived on plain food such as bread, butter, potatoes and bacon. Butcher's meat was a luxury. However things greatly improved in the late 19th century. Railways and steamships made it possible to import cheap grain from North America so bread became cheaper. Refrigeration made it possible to import cheap meat from Argentina and Australia. Consumption of sugar also increased. By the end of the 19th century most people (not all) were eating much better food.
The first fish and chip shops in Britain opened in the 1860s. By the late 19th century they were common in towns and cities.
In the late 19th century the first convenience food in tins and jars went on sale. Although the principle of canning was invented at the end of the 18th century tinned food first became widely available in the 1880s. The can opener was invented in 1855 and the rotary can opener followed in 1870. Furthermore in the 1870s margarine, a cheap substitute for butter, was invented. Tomato ketchup was invented in 1874.
Several new biscuits were invented in the 19th century including the Garibaldi (1861), the cream cracker (1885) and the Digestive (1892). Furthermore new sweets were invented during the 19th century including peanut brittle (1890) and liquorice allsorts (1899).
For centuries people drank chocolate but the first chocolate bar was made in 1847. Milk chocolate was invented in 1875.

19th Century Britain
In the 19th century Britain became the world's first industrial society. It also became the first urban society. By 1851 more than half the population lived in towns.
The population of Britain boomed during the 19th century. In 1801 it was about 9 million. By 1901 it had risen to about 41 million.
This was despite the fact that many people emigrated to North America and Australia to escape poverty. About 15 million people left Britain between 1815 and 1914.
However there were also many immigrants. In the 1840s many people came from Ireland, fleeing a terrible potato famine. In the 1880s the Tsar began persecuting Russian Jews. Some fled to Britain and settled in the East End of London.
19th Century Society
In the early 19th century Britain was an oligarchy. Only a small minority of men (and no women) were allowed to vote. The situation began to change in 1832 when the vote was given to more men. Constituencies were also redrawn and many industrial towns were represented for the first time. The franchise was extended again in 1867 and 1883. In 1872 the secret ballot was introduced.
However in the 19th century at least 80% of the population was working class. In order to be considered middle class you had to have at least one servant. Most servants were female. (Male servants were much more expensive because men were paid much higher wages). Throughout the 19th century 'service' was a major employer of women.
In the 19th century families were much larger than today. That was partly because infant mortality was high. People had many children and accepted that not all of them would survive.
In a 19th century family the Father was head of the family. He wife and children respected him and obeyed him (at least that was the theory!). Until 1879 a man could legally beat his wife and until 1882 all a woman's property, even the money she earned, belonged to her husband. Divorce was made legal in 1857 but it was very rare in the 19th century.

Christopher married Maria BRIDGE on 7 Jun 1821 in Witham, Essex, England. Maria (daughter of George BRIDGE and Elizabeth Endersby) was born about 1797 in Witham, Essex, England; was christened on 18 Feb 1797 in Witham, Essex, England; died on 23 May 1833 in Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex, England; was buried in Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married Eliza PARKER on 19 Oct 1838 in St Giles Cripplegate, London, London, England. Eliza (daughter of Henry PARKER and Elizabeth) was born in 1807 in England; died in Sep 1844 in Lambeth, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married Alice Leste Honeysett on 9 Jul 1846 in St Giles Cripplegate, London, London, England. Alice was born about 1798 in Thilgay, Norfolk, England; died in Mar 1868 in Brentford, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married Elizabeth Archer on 21 Mar 1868 in Stoneham, Southampton, England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth (daughter of William Archer) was born about 1831 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 836DE85DAD5415479E1F09AA04803AFCBC56

Notes:

!SOURCE: LDS ordinances batch # 7429712 sheet # 90, film # 935230

the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Dorcas Collis
Spouse: James Prance
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 14 Dec 1840
Parish: St Mary, Whitechapel
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Father Name: Samuel Collis saddler
Spouse Father: Thomas Prance licensed Victualler
Register Type: Parish Register

England and Wales Census, 1841
Name Dorcas Prance
Titles and Terms NULL (occupation)
Event Type Census
Event Date 1841
Event Place Bocking, Essex, England
Residence Note Bocking End
Gender Female
Age 30-34
Age (Original) 30
Occupation Null
Birth Year (Estimated) 1807-1811
Birthplace Essex
Registration District Braintree
Parish Bocking
County Essex
Page Number 19
Registration Number HO107
Piece/Folio 331/28
Affiliate Record Type Institution

1841 England Census
Name: Dorcas Prance
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1811
Gender: Female
Where born: Essex, England
Civil Parish: Bocking
Hundred: Hinckford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Braintree
Sub-registration district: Bocking
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 331
Book: 8
Folio: 28
Page Number: 19
Household Members:
Name Age
James Prance 30
Dorcas Prance 30

1851 England Census
Name: Dorcas France
[Dorcas Prance]
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1806
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: James France
Gender: Female
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Braintree
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View related Ecclesiastical Parish
Town: Braintree
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Braintree
Sub-registration district: Finchingfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 4f
Household schedule number: 58
Piece: 1785
Folio: 573
Page Number: 13
Household Members: Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Prance Head M 42 Bocking, Essex
Dorcas Prance Wife F 45 Braintree, Essex
Emily Prance Daughter F 8 Braintree, Essex
Emma Prance Daughter F 7 Braintree, Essex

Dorcas married James Prance on 14 Sep 1840 in St Mary, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex, England. James (son of Thomas Prance and Jane) was born in 1810 in Bocking, Essex, England; was christened on 24 Jul 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1835: Innkeeper
• _UID: BF8A93C2088EEA4DA892D80257EDC643CC87

Notes:

This William is said to be the son of Charles and Rebecca.

Family/Spouse: Betsy HASTINGS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: CB4ACE02C0ADE948B771B06C514D148C055F

Notes:

Dorcas named in grandfather, John Collis' will of 1810, as daughter of son Edward.

Other Events:

• Occupation: residence 1851: Bardwell, Suffolk, England
• _UID: B4B6D8881B4CCB48B4B94885378909E02701

Notes:

Edward named in grandfather, John Collis' will of 1810, as son of son Edward. listed of Ixworth, left a gun in the will.

Other Events:

• _UID: 255E406250CA4A49906816A49C0E2B65BE94

Other Events:

• _UID: 174908FFE18B3845A1739687837662462208

Notes:

Could this be our Susannah and her brother the Eward Collis Jr. The Surety?
Suffolk, England, Extracted Parish Records about John Hubbard Susannah Dorcas Collis Edw. Collis, Jun.
Text: John Hubbard, of Sible Hedingham, Essex, s. m., & Susannah Dorcas Collis, of Bardwell, s. w., at same. Surety: Edw. Collis, jun., of same. 20 Dec 1813 Book: 12.The Hearth Tax. Charles 2nd.
Collection: Suffolk: Sudbury - Marriage Licences, 1782-1814

Other Events:

• Baptism: CHILD
• _UID: 055D58AA5D19014991CB248002935427343C

Other Events:

• _UID: 6ACEDDFE4CF8F142BD0F0B64D053FD664BC2

Notes:

possible step son to Edward Ely Collis?

Edward married Ann GOODE on 21 Jul 1835 in Great Baddow, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 4A7832FA6EE2A7439D3E943BF5F9B523985A

Other Events:

• _UID: 296C57E5972B8F4FADF1A7C5962178C973C7

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1861: Charwoman; residence 1861: Union Yard, Chelmsford, Essex, England
• _UID: 7994F0FB16DE7043A853D3702065F794ED40

Other Events:

• _UID: 40A23EC02AA8614A822A126388EB920E91DA

Other Events:

• _UID: B31B622730BCDB4794A11780C2969D294FBB

Other Events:

• _UID: C83E963883C13545B658D76023DD9188F0EB

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1851: baker; residence 1851: Union Yard, Conduit Street, Chelmsford, Essex, England
• _UID: 0FA66887B12F98428478BE5733B0A1C7BA3C

Other Events:

• _UID: B5E98FB657A8F24D87023D5DDB9A2B04E895

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1881 Farmer & Maltster of 420 acres, Employs 16 men, 4 boys; residence 1881: Hill Farm, Pebmarsh, England
• _UID: F2843D1CA331844EA5DDB89EA5E069F32ED5

Notes:

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Search Record Details
County Essex
Place Pebmarsh
Church St John the Baptist
RegisterNumber 264
DateOfBirth 24 Jan 1827
BaptismDate 01 Apr 1827
Forename John
Sex -
FatherForename Samuel
MotherForename Hannah Susannah
FatherSurname COLLIS
MotherSurname
Abode Pebmarsh
FatherOccupation Farmer
Notes D-P 207-1-5
FileNumber 20849



1851 England Census
Name: John Collis
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Samuel
Mother's Name: Hannah Susannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
Ecclesiastical parish: Rochester
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 22
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 67
Hannah Susannah Collis 52 wife, born Halstead, Essex
John Collis 24 son, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Mary Collis 20 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Jemima Bond 18 servant


1861 England Census
Name: John Collis
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Susanah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 9 Old Hill Farm
Household Members: Name Age
John Collis 34 farmer of 280 acres, employing 11 men and 5 boys
Susanah Collis 35 wife, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Elizabeth M Collis 6 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Ellen Susannah Collis 4 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Jane Ann Collis 2 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Eliza Frost 15 servant


1871 England Census
Name: John Collis
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Susannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 10 Old Hill Farm
Household Members: Name Age
John Collis 44 malster & farmer of 378 acres employing 15 men and 5 boys
Susannah Collis 45 wife, born Pebmarsh, Essex
David T Collis 18 son, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Elizabeth M Collis 17 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Jane Ann Collis 12 daughter, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Hanah Hales 26 servant

1881 England Census
Name: John Collis
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Suzanna
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Hill Farm
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household Members: Name Age
John Collis 54 farmer and malster of 420 acres employing 16 men and 4 boys
Suzanna Collis 55 wife, born Pebmarsh, Essex
Jane Ann Collis 22 daughter born Pebmarsh, Essex
Samuel B. Collis 18 son born Pebmarsh, Essex
Eliza Howard 30 servant

1891 England Census
Name: John Collis
Age: 64
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Susannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
Ecclesiastical parish: Pebmarsh
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household Members: Name Age
John Collis 64
Susannah Collis 65 wife
Ellen Susannah Turpin 35 daughter
Samuel Bentall Collis 28 son, farmer's assistant
Florence Ellen Turpin 4 grand daughter, born Manchester
Adaline Collar 22 servant

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: John Collis
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Year of Registration: 1892
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 65
District: Halstead
County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 316

John married Susannah Bentall in Dec 1851 in Sudbury, Essex, England. Susannah was born in 1826 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England; was christened on 31 Aug 1828 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England; died in 1906 in Halstead, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1851: Draper's assistant, GRAVES, High St. Colchester, Essex, England
• _UID: 800CF85257AC9549B3125A15E5574F9208AD

Notes:

Could this be a first marriage for Benjamin? Probably.
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1852
Collis Benjamin Grainger Abingdon 2c 441
Harris Mary Abingdon 2c 441

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Search Record Details
County Essex
Place Pebmarsh
Church St John the Baptist
RegisterNumber 280
DateOfBirth 13 Feb 1828
BaptismDate 16 Mar 1828
Forename Benjamin Granger
Sex -
FatherForename Samuel
MotherForename Hannah Susannah
FatherSurname COLLIS
MotherSurname
Abode Pebmarsh
FatherOccupation Farmer
Notes D-P 207-1-5
FileNumber 20849



Deaths Mar 1893
Collis Benjamin Grainger 65 Edmonton 3a 191
The district Edmonton spans the boundaries of the counties of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex;

1861 England Census
Name: Benjamin Collins (should be Collis
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Ealing
Ecclesiastical parish: St George
Town: Old Brentford
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: Orchard Road
Occupation: drapers assistant
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Brentford
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 124
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamin Collins 33
Mary Ann Collins 31 born Colchester, Essex
Eleanor Collins 6 daughter, scholar, born Bishops Stratford, Hertfordshire,


1871 England Census
Name: Benjamine G Collis
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary A
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Barnes
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Richmond 1 Franklin Cottage
Sub-registration district: Mortlake
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Household schedule number: 155
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamine G Collis 42 brewers traveler
Mary A Collis 40 wife, born Colchester, Essex
Elenor S Collis 14 daughter, scholar, born Bishops Stratford, Hertfordshire,

1881 England Census
Name: Benjamin Collis
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Petmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Barnes
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: No 2 Cambridge Ter Archway Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Employment status: Postmaster
Occupation: Postman
Registration district: Richmond
Sub-registration district: Mortlake
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household Members: Name Age
Benjamin Collis 51
Mary Ann Collis 30 wife born Ewaston, Essex, England
Arthur Granger Collis 6 months son, born Barnes Surrey
George Greenger 17 lodger, gardener, born Barnes, Surrey

Benjamin married Mary Ann Harris in Jun 1852 in Abingdon, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Mary was born about 1830 in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom; died in Jun 1874 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mary Ann Skipper in Mar 1877 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Mary was born about 1851 in Easton, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 65B1C230ADE43145BD0A4CA4AD3E535B5F93

Notes:

Possible other children of Ezekiel and Hannah Bentall? from freebmd.org.uk
1. Births Dec 1852
Bentall Eliza Ann Halstead 4a 258
2.Births Jun 1853
Bentall Anna Halstead 4a 279
3.Births Jun 1853
Bentall, male Halstead 4a 278

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Search Record Details
County Essex
Place Pebmarsh
Church St John the Baptist
RegisterNumber 306
DateOfBirth 13 May 1829
BaptismDate 14 Jun 1829
Forename Hannah Susanna
Sex -
FatherForename Samuel
MotherForename Hannah Susanna
FatherSurname COLLIS
MotherSurname
Abode Pebmarsh
FatherOccupation Farmer
Notes D-P 207-1-5
FileNumber 20849




1851 England Census
Name: Ezekial H Bentall
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Hannah Susanna
Gender: Male
Where born: Halstead, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Town: Halstead
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 7g
Household schedule number: 41
Household Members: Name Age
Ezekial H Bental l 25 draper (maker of cloth, dealer in cloth & drygoods)
Hannah Susanna Bentall 21 draper's wife, born Pebmarsh
Ellen Mary Bentall 1 Mo born Halstead, Essex
Robert Sack 21 draper assistant
Urban Gardener 20 draper assistant
Henry Clift 17 draper apprentice
Lucy Booth 30 servant
Susanna Pamplin 17 servant
Catherine Coe 55 widow, nurse


1861 England Census
Name: Ezekiel Henry Bentall
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Hannah Susanna
Gender: Male
Where born: Halstead, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: High Street
Occupation: woolen draper, master
Condition as to marriage: married
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 127
Household Members: Name Age
Ezekiel Henry Bentall 35 woolen Draper, master
Hannah Susanna Bentall 32 wife, born in Pebmarsh
Frank Bentall 3 Mo son, born in Halstead
Wallace England 26 assistant
William Cook Cartwright 26 assistant
Charles Dixon 18 apprentice
Eliza French 23 servant
Anna Hoy 17 servant

1871 England Census
Name: Ezikeil H Bentall
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Hannah Susannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Halstead, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
Town: Halstead
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 4 Mawhill Road
Household Members: Name Age
Ezikeil H Bentall 45 farmer, 225 acres, employing 7 men and 2 boys
Hannah Susannah Bentall 41 wife
Edith Mary Bentall 4 daughter, born Gestingthorpe
Susannah Gertrude Bentall 2 daughter, born Gestingthorpe
Sarah Jane Mowling 20 servant, domestic
George Messaul 15 servant



1881 England Census (where is wife, Hannah Susannah and daughter Edith Mary?)
Name: Ezekiel H. Bentall
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Halstead, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Head Street
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: Auctioneer
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Members: Name Age
Ezekiel H. Bentall 55
Emily J. Bentall 26 daughter, born Halstead, Essex
Ezekiel H. Bentall 21 son, born Halstead, Essex, auctioneer
Lizzie Deeks 18 servant, general domestic



1891 England Census
Name: Ezekiel Henry Bentall
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Hannah Samual
Gender: Male
Where born: Halstead, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: Halstead
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Head Street
Occupation: auctioneer & surveyor, employer
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Members: Name Age
Ezekiel Henry Bental 65
Hannah Susannah Bentall 60 wife, born, Pebmarsh, Essex
Edith Mary Bentall 24 daughter, single, born Gestingthorpe, Essex
Mary Bentall Branwhite 60 visitor, widow, farmer (sister in law) born Pebmarsh, Essex
Rose Monk 20 general servant

Hannah married Ezekiel Henry BENTALL on 12 Feb 1850 in Pebmarsh, England. Ezekiel (son of Ezekiel BENTALL and Dudley) was born in 1827 in Halstead, Pebmarsh, Essex, England; died in Dec 1892 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _MARNM: Simpson, & Branwhite
• _UID: BAD2089965C8904A9D1C2A00B4279C97256D

Notes:

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County Essex
Place Pebmarsh
Church St John the Baptist
RegisterNumber 330
DateOfBirth 15 Jul 1830
BaptismDate 15 Aug 1830
Forename Mary Bentall
Sex -
FatherForename Samuel
MotherForename Hannah Susanna
FatherSurname COLLIS
MotherSurname
Abode Pebmarsh
FatherOccupation Farmer
Notes D-P 207-1-5
FileNumber 20849



Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1871
Branwhite Charles Hammond Halstead 4a 475
SIMPSON Mary Bentall Halstead 4a 475

1861 England Census
Name: Mary B Simpson
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William (note that there are some Simpsons just before, probably related to William)
Gender: Female
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Stisted
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Occupation: retired Grocer
Registration district: Braintree
Sub-registration district: Bocking
ED, institution, or vessel: 7c
Household schedule number: 25 Stisted Villas, Pricis Green
Household Members: Name Age
William Simpson 57 retired grocer, born Halsted, Essex, England
Mary B Simpson 30 wife
Elizabeth M Thorne 25 servant

1881 England Census
Name: Mary B. Branwhite
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1832
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Pebmarsh
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Byndes Farm
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: Farmers Wife
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Hannah S. Collis 84 head farmer 41 acres 2 men, born Halstead
Hannah S. Bentall 50 visitor, auctioneers wife, born Pebmarsh
Mary B. Branwhite 49 visitor, farmers wife, born Pebmarsh
Elizabeth Jay 28 servant

1891 England Census
Name: Mary Bentall Branwhite
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Relation: visitor
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Halstead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: Halstead
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Head Street
Occupation: auctioneer & surveyor, employer
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Members: Name Age
Ezekiel Henry Bental 65
Hannah Susannah Bentall 60 wife, born, Pebmarsh, Essex
Edith Mary Bentall 24 daughter, single, born Gestingthorpe, Essex
Mary Bentall Branwhite 60 visitor, widow, farmer (sister in law) born Pebmarsh, Essex
Rose Monk 20 general servant

1901 England Census
Name: Mary B Branwhite
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Relation: Widow Head (Widow)
Gender: Female
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Gestingthorpe
Ecclesiastical parish: Gestingthorpe St Mary
Town: Gestingthorpe
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: 31 The Moat
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Bulmer
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 31
Household Members: Name Age
Mary B Branwhite 70 head, widow, farmer, employer
Sarah Collis 61 widow, visitor, living on own means
Georgina Downs 26 servant, housemaid
Ellen Downs 21 servant, cook



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Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1903
Branwhite Mary Bentall 72 Sudbury 4a 471

Mary married William Simpson on 30 Oct 1855 in Lambeth, Essex, England, United Kingdom. William (son of Philip Simpson) was born in 1804 in Halstead, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Charles Hammond Branwhite in Jun 1871 in Halstead, Essex, England. Charles was born about 1819; died in Sep 1886 in Sudbury, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1881: Corn & Seed Merchant, Farmer 780 acres, empl 40 men, 7 boys; residence 1868: Dylvyns Farm, Gestingthorpe, Essex, England. (directory)
• _UID: D4BD08D535D37841A47F0F3F735BF17AD981

Notes:

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County Essex
Place Pebmarsh
Church St John the Baptist
RegisterNumber 409
DateOfBirth 21 Nov 1834
BaptismDate 21 Dec 1834
Forename Auther Bentall
Sex -
FatherForename Saml
MotherForename Hannah Susanna
FatherSurname COLLIS
MotherSurname
Abode Pebmarsh
FatherOccupation Labourer
Notes D-P 207-1-5
FileNumber 20849



1851 England Census about Arthur B Collis
Name: Arthur B Collis
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relation: Apprentice
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Chelmsford
Town: Chelmsford 42 High Street
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: 42 High Street
Registration district: Chelmsford
Sub-registration district: Ingatestone
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Household schedule number: 42
Household Members: Name Age
James Rust 41 Widow, liner, draper employing 4 men
Bernard L Potter 33
Samuel T Wackbrill 23
Charles Nunn 20
Arthur B Collis 16 unmarried, apprentice
Sarah Brown 52
Sarah Brown 28

1861 England Census
Name: Arthur Bentall Collis
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebworth, Essex, England
Civil parish: Gestingthorpe
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: farmer of 200 acres employing 11 men and 1 boy
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Bulmer
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 95
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur Bentall Collis 26
Sarah Collis 24 wife, Toppsfield
Phoebe White 18 servant

1871 England Census about Arthur B Collis
Name: Arthur B Collis
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Gestingthorpe
Town: Gestingthorpe
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Bulmer
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 52
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur B Collis 36 farmer of 395 acres employing 21 men and 4 boys
Sarah Collis 31 wife
John Ely Collis 9 son born Gestingthorpe
Martha Marriage 18 servant
Matilda English 18 servant

NOTE: Arthur and Sarah Collis children, Mary B age 7, and Arthur B age 4 living next door to their parents as lodgers. Was the mother sick? Was Jane or James Rice a relative?
1871 England Census
Name: Arthur B Collis
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Gestingthorpe, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Gestingthorpe
Town: Gestingthorpe
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Bulmer
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 53
Household Members: Name Age
James Rice 46
Jane Rice 43
Alice Farthing 19
Mary B Collis 7
Arthur B Collis 4




1881 England Census
Name: Arthur Bentall Collis
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Pebmarsh, Essex, England
Civil parish: Gestingthorpe
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: 40 The Odwell cottage
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: Corn & Seed Merchant And Farmer Of 780 Acres Employing 40 Labourers And 9 Boys
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Bulmer
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household Members: Name Age
Arthur Bentall Collis 45
Sarah Bentall Collis 40 born Toppsfield, Essex, England
Mary Bentall Collis 17 daughter, born Gestingthorpe, Essex, England
Arthur Bentall Collis 13 son, born Gestingthorpe, Essex, England
Jessie Sarah Bentall Collis 7 daughter, born Gestingthorpe, Essex, England
Emma Daniels 20 servant
Ada Kemp 16 servant

1891 England Census
Name: Sarah Collis
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Toppesfield, Essex, England
Civil parish: Gestingthorpe
Ecclesiastical parish: Gestingthorpe
Town: Gestingthorpe
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: 44 Odwell
Occupation: Living on own means
Condition as to marriage: widow of Arthur Bentall Collis
Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Bulmer
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah Collis 50 (maiden name Vilate/violate)
Mary B Collis 27 daughter born Gestingthorpe
Jerrie S Collis 17 daughter born Gestingthorpe
Voilet E Chalk 20 visitor born Linton
Bence Byford 21 servant


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1888
COLLIS Arthur Bentall 53 Sudbury 4a 415

Arthur married Sarah Mary Vilate or Violate in Mar 1860 in Halstead, Essex, England. Sarah was born in 1841 in Toppesfield, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 904737C47AF39742A54E5B9113C9EA7633B2

Notes:

1851 England Census
Name: Sarah C Tendall
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Henry
Gender: Female
Where born: Halsted, Essex, England
Civil parish: Cambridge St Andrew The Less
Ecclesiastical parish: Christ Church
County/Island: Cambridgeshire
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration district: Cambridge
Sub-registration district: St Andrew
ED, institution, or vessel: 19s
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 60
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Tendall 27 schoolmaster
Sarah C Tendall 34 schoolmistress
George F Tendall 5
Edwin A S Tendall 3
Charles H Tendall 3 Mo

Sarah married Henry Tendall in Dec 1845 in Halstead, Esses, England, United Kingdom. Henry was born about 1824 in Islington, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 76DCB8A3D8015F4EBC7EF84F5547F95CA55E

Notes:

Is one of these right husband for Ellen?
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Sep 1862
Ashby Joseph Halstead 4a 441
Chaplin Ellen Halstead 4a 441
Pebody Thomas Halstead 4a 441

Other Events:

• _UID: A5DEFD14BCA3104597532D8A1CC128B6A480

Notes:

1851 England Census
Name: Ann Bell
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Henry
Gender: Female
Where born: Sible Hedingham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Sible Hedingham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Blois End
Registration district: Halstead
Sub-registration district: Halstead
ED, institution, or vessel: 1d
Household schedule number: 50
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Bell 60 farmer 200 acres, employing 17 men
Ann Bell 60 wife
Rebeckea Chaplin 22 neice
Isaac Palmer 19 servant
Elizabeth Mead 18 servant

1861 England Census
Name: Rebecca Rayner
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1831
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Halstead, Essex, England
Civil parish: Ware
Ecclesiastical parish: Wareside
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Mardon Farm
Registration district: Ware
Sub-registration district: Ware
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 78
Household Members: Name Age
William Rayner 30 farmer 276 acres employ 11 men 3 boys
Rebecca Rayner 30
Henry B Rayner 7 Mo son
Sarah Clarke 35 servant
Emily Clarke 12 servant

1871 England Census
Name: Rebecca Rayner
Age: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Halstead, Essex, England
Civil parish: Ware
Ecclesiastical parish: Wareside Holy Trinity
Town: Wareside
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Ware
Sub-registration district: Ware
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 27
Household Members: Name Age
William Rayner 36 farmer 500 acres 16 men 2 boys, 2
Rebecca Rayner 43 Halstead
Fanny Rayner 8 daughter Wareside, Hertfordshire, England
William Rayner 6 son Wareside, Hertfordshire, England
Sarah Clarke 44 servant

Rebecca married William Rayner in Sep 1859 in Halstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom. William was born about 1831 in Great Maplested, Essex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 92A39B9FA543784C9BA2BDE3B24B7EFF72FA

Other Events:

• _MARNM: Dixon
• _UID: 17D9F1E9D586C34ABBCB4E251F3B91061C67

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Elizabeth Jane Collis
Baptism 20 Jul 1820
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Benjamin Granger Collis
mother: Sarah

Is this our Elizabeth Jane? The birthdate on the census is 3 years off.
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Elizabeth Jane Collis
Spouse Name: Alexander Dixon
Spouse Age: Full Age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 5 Sep 1850
Parish: St Mary, Stoke Newington
County: Middlesex
Borough: Hackney
Father Name: Benjamin Grainger Collis
Spouse Father Name: William Dixon

1851 England Census
Name: Alexander Dixon
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Hackney, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Higham Ferrers
Town: Higham Ferrers
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Curate of Higham Ferrers
Registration district: Wellingborough
Sub-registration district: Earls Barton
ED, institution, or vessel: 8a
Household schedule number: 68
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Dixon 28
Elizabeth Jane Dixon 34 wife, Essex, Colone

1861 England Census
Name: Alexander Dixon
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth J
Gender: Male
Where born: Hackney, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Higham Ferrers
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street Address: Wood Street
Occupation: Curate of Higham Ferrers
Registration district: Wellingborough
Sub-registration district: Higham Ferrers
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 26
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Dixon 38
Elizabeth J Dixon 44 wife, Essex, Colone
Hannah Parker 31 cook
Harriet Grant 22 housemaid

1871 England Census
Name: Alexander Dixon
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1824
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Hackington, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Higham Ferrers
Town: Higham Ferrers
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wellingborough
Sub-registration district: Higham Ferrers
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 23
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Dixon 47 Curate of Higham Ferrers
Elizabeth Jane Dixon 51 wife, Essex, Colone
Hannah Parker 41 domestic servant
Ellen Hast 19 domestic servant

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: Elizabeth Jane Dixon
Estimated birth year: abt 1815
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 63
District: Wellingborough
County: Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 105

Elizabeth married Alexander Dixon on 5 Sep 1850 in St Mary, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. Alexander (son of William Dixon and Elizabeth) was born on 18 Sep 1822 in Hackney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; died in Apr 1877 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: FD4350AD8438084F86ACEED9858A7A956785

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Emma Collis
Baptism 20 Jul 1820
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Benjamin Granger Collis
mother: Sarah

Other Events:

• _UID: 484A8B176793344380E57D0B5BF0B9AA40E3

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Sarah Ann Collis
Baptism 20 Jul 1820
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Benjamin Granger Collis
mother: Sarah

Other Events:

• _UID: D0821A0DD3FAA848883B2820BEA422CE93D0

Notes:

England & Wales non conformist Record Index (RG 4_8)
RG4_0487
Anna Collis
Baptism 20 Jul 1820
Castle Hedingham, Essex,
father: Benjamin Granger Collis
mother: Sarah

Other Events:

• _UID: C1A8C1406403DE418ACCB321193684BCA901

Jane married Henry Thomas Golding in 1841 in Witham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Henry was born about 1816 in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom; was christened on 27 Nov 1816 in Saint Mary the Virgin at the Wall, Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom; died on 20 Mar 1886 in Bethnell Green, London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 732BFE425A5817488147949F3A5C1545DA58

Notes:

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#surname=Collis&p=recordResults&searchType=close&placeId=3490168&alivePlaceLoc1=Braintree%2C%20Essex%2C%20England%2C%20United%20Kingdom
England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
Rebecca Ely Collis
baptism/christening: 8 Oct 1814
Braintree, Essex, England
father: Samuel Collis
mother: Jane
indexing project batch# 103390-0
source film # 1702171
ref # item 10

Rebecca married George SHAIT in 1828 in Braintree, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: A9C94D20A8612947A8C1D4CB12D10E7BCC19

Notes:

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The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
Samuel Sherlock Collis
baptism/christening: 2 Jan 1818
Braintree, Essex, England
father: Samuel Collis
mother: Jane
indexing project batch# 103390-0
source film # 1702171
ref # item 36

The district Market Harbro' is an alternative name for Market Harborough and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire; information about it can be found
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1838
COLLIS Samuel Sherlock Market Harborough 15 291
Cox Hannah Maria Market Harborough 15 291 (Should it be Anna Maria?)

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Charles Cox Collis
Year of Registration: 1840
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Luton
County: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
Volume: 6
Page: 95


1851 England Census
Name: Samuel S Collis
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Maria N
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Dunstable
Town: Dunstable
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Shaw Nat. Manufactory
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Dunstable
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Household schedule number: 29
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel S Collis 34
Maria N Collis 32 born 1819, Oxoudon, Northamptonshire, England
Charles Collis 11 born 1840, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Sarah Collis 9 born 1842, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Edward Collis 6 born 1845, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Maria Collis 4 born 1847, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Mary Ann Frost 18 visitor
Mary Lease 26 servant


1861 England Census
Name: Samuel Sherlock Collis
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Relation: U;v
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Collingtree
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: licensed victualler
Condition as to marriage: married
Registration district: Hardingstone
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 2
Household Members: Name Age
Pickering Phipps 34 born Northamptonshire, mayor of Northhampton, Malshe, brewer, spirit merchant,
farmer of 230 acres, employing 20 men and 16 boys.
Mary Ann Phipps 31 wife, born Northamptonshire
Agnes Mary Phipps 10 born Northamptonshire
Eleanor Whitney Phipps 7 born Northamptonshire
Bessie Louisa Phipps 4 born Northamptonshire
Emily Florence Phipps 2 born Northamptonshire
Julia Phipps 1 born Northamptonshire
* Samuel Sherlock Collis 45 uncle, visitor, born Essex, braintree, licensed victualler
Mary Dunkley 17 governess
Harriet Weston 22 nursemaid
Sarah Manning 20 housemaid
Elizabeth Barnes 45 laundress

1871 England Census
Name: Saml Collis
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Maria
Gender: Male
Where born: Braintree, Essex, England
Civil parish: Kensington St Mary Abbott
Ecclesiastical parish: West Brompton St Mary
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Kensington
Sub-registration district: Brompton
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Household schedule number: 176
Household Members: Name Age
Saml Collis 55 C... traveler
Maria Collis 54
Maria Collis 23
Edwd Collis 25

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 about Samuel Sherlock Collis
Name: Samuel Sherlock Collis
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1888
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Lambeth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 278

1841 England Census
Name: Pickering Phipps
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Gender: Male
Where born: Northamptonshire, England
Civil parish: St Giles
Hundred: Northampton
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street Address: Albion Place Occupation:
Registration district: Northampton
Sub-registration district: St Giles
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Phipps 40 born, Northamptonshire, independant means
Pickering Phipps 14

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Northampton, Northamptonshire, England Jun 1850
Phipps, Pickering & Whitney, Mary Ann Vol - 15, page 499

1851 England Census
Name: Pickering Phipps
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1825
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Northamptonshire, England
Civil parish: Northampton All Saints
Town: Northampton
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street Address: 18 Bridge St
Occupation: brewer employing 20 men
Registration district: Northampton
Sub-registration district: All Saints
ED, institution, or vessel: 1d
Household schedule number: 18
Household Members: Name Age
Pickering Phipps 26 born Northamptonshire
Mary Ann Phipps 21 born Northamptonshire
Agnes Mary Phipps 2 Mo born Northamptonshire
Lucey Smith 25 nursemaid
Ann Mercer 22 house servant
Henry Whealley 15 house servant

1871 England Census
Name: Pickering Phipps
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Northamptonshire, England
Civil parish: Collingtree
Town: Collingtree
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Registration district: Hardingstone
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 2
Household Members: Name Age
Pickering Phipps 44
Agnes Mary Phipps 20
Eleanor Whitney 17
Emily Florence 12
Julia Phipps 11
Pickering Phipps 9
Reginald Whitney 5
Mary Dunkley 27
Sarah Frisby 26
Caroline Starmer 24
Sarah Goff 22

1881 England Census
Name: Pickering Phipps
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: All Saints, Northamptonshire, England
Civil parish: Collingtree
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street Address: The Grange
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: M.P.J.P.Common Brewer Malster Wine & Spirit Merchant &
Registration district: Hardingstone
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Pickering Phipps 54
Mary Ann Phipps 51
Eleanor Whitney Phipps 27
Julia Phipps 21
Pickering Phipps 19
Mary Dunkley 37
Agnes Mary Lamb 30
Richard Edgar Lamb 1
Mary Burgess 24
Ellen Eames 21
AncestoryOxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 Record for Pickering PhippsOxford University Alumni, 1500-1886
1715-1886, Volume III > > 58
Phipps, Pickering, O.S. Pickering, of Collingtree, Northants, gent. New Coll., matric, 16 Oct., 1880, aged 19; B.A. 1885

Re: Samuel Sherlock Collis born 1817, Braintree England
1790 is the birthdate for his father, Samuel. I believe his father married Jane Hamilton, but have no source except the following birth info. http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#surname=Collis&p=recordResults&searchType=close&placeId=3490168&alivePlaceLoc1=Braintree%2C%20Essex%2C%20England%2C%20United%20Kingdom England births and Christenings 1538-1975 The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records. Samuel Sherlock Collis baptism/christening: 2 Jan 1818 Braintree, Essex, England father: Samuel Collis mother: Jane indexing project batch# 103390-0 source film # 1702171 ref # item 36 The district Market Harbro' is an alternative name for Market Harborough and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire; information about it can be found Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Marriages Dec 1838 COLLIS Samuel Sherlock Market Harborough 15 291 Cox Hannah Maria Market Harborough 15 291 (Should be Anna Maria?)
Hi mparker4 I cant read yr note clearly because it is flowing into the 'tips' section of the page for some reason - however - you may be correct - but I am curious about Jane Hamilton - we have a family 'rumour' that somehow we are connected to Admiral Lord Nelson - and in fact we have some Nelson memorabilia floating around in our family - a snuffbox, ceremonial sword, paintings etc - the family 'rumour' is that the connection is through Nelson's mistress Emma Hamilton - I would be fascinated if we could make that connection. Do you have any idea?? Gretchen Harris (nvanderknok3488)
I was born in Rugby Warwickshire, which is only abt 20 miles away from Market Harborough!! Gretchen

Samuel married Hanna Maria Cox in Dec 1837 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, EnglandSelect. Hanna was born about 1819 in Oxoudon, Northamptonshire, England; died after 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mary Ann Hamilton Collis
baptism/christening: 1 Jan 1823
Braintree, Essex, England
father: Samuel Collis
mother: Jane
indexing project batch# 103390-1
source film # 1702171
ref # item 77

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• Occupation: 1841: servant to Joseph Bull, Innkeeper, Brooke St., South Weald, Essex, England
• _UID: 3DAA24367FFAB9458EC5219C5CE3C4C08BDB

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• _UID: B7BF3988D99A1B428B1B02B78AEFFAF3CC61

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Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
COLLIS Joseph William Luton 6 64

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IGI Christenings, Bedfordshire, England
Mary Ann Collis, 16 Jul 1845, Dunstable, daugh of: Samuel and Jane Collis

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• _UID: 7047EF309552DF41B51A25D0FD323A1E2894

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IGI Christenings, Bedfordshire, England
Thomas Hamilton Collis, 16 Jul 1845, Dunstable, son of: Samuel and Jane Collis

1861 England Census
Name: Thomas Hamilton Collis
Age: 27
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Eleanor Collis
Gender: Male
Where born: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: Kensington St Mark
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: warehouseman Condition as to marriage:married
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Kennington Second
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household schedule number: 77
Piece: 361
Folio: 51
Page Number: 17
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Hamilton Collis 27
Mary Eleanor Collis 30
Edith Mary Collis 1
Mary Carter 19 house servant

1871 England Census
Name: Thomas H Collis
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary E Collis
Gender: Male
Where born: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Saviour Herne Hill Road
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Kennington Second
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Household schedule number: 131
Piece: 679
Folio: 61
Page Number: 24
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas H Collis 38
Mary E Collis 38 born Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Edith M Collis 11
Henry P Collis 9
Blanche M Collis 7
Thomas H Collis 5
Mary E Collis 3
Amy G Collis 7 Months
Louisa A Meeking 44 sister in law artificial florist born Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Emma Wilson 25 general servant
Elizabeth Wilson 15 nurse maid



1881 England Census
Name: Thomas Hamilton Collis
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Eleanor Collis
Gender: Male
Where born: London, London, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Clapham
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 46 Gauden Road
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: Warehouseman (Buyer)
Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Clapham
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Piece: 633
Folio: 92
Page Number: 15
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Hamilton Collis 48
Mary Eleanor Collis 45
Edith Mary Collis 21
Henry Percy Collis 19
Mary Eleanor Collis 13
Amy Gertrude Collis 10
Ethel Maud Collis 8

1891 England Census
Name: Thomas H Collis
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary E Collis
Gender: Male
Where born: Middlesex, London, England
Civil parish: Wandsworth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary Magdalene
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status:
Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Wandsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 34
Piece: 451
Folio: 31
Page Number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas H Collis 57 warehouseman
Mary E Collis 51 born Chelsea, London
Edith M Collis 28 born Briston, Surrey
Blanch M Collis 26 born Briston, Surrey
Thomas H Collis 24 Clerke, born Briston, Surrey
Ethel M Collis 19 born Cambervill, Surrey
Emily Lutt 19 Domestic

1901 England Census
Name: Thomas Hamilton Collis
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Eleanor Collis
Gender: Male
Where born: London, England
Civil parish: Streatham
Ecclesiastical parish: Ascension Balham Hill
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: warehouseman, worker, Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment statu Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Streatham
ED, institution, or vessel: 37
Household schedule number: 54
Piece: 475
Folio: 10
Page Number: 11
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Hamilton Collis 68
Mary Eleanor Collis 69
Edith Mary Collis 36

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 about Thomas Hamilton Collis
Name: Thomas Hamilton Collis
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1909
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 473

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Thomas Hamilton Collis
Name: Thomas Hamilton Collis
Probate Date: 7 Aug 1909
Death Date: 2 Jan 1909
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: London, England

Thomas married Mary Eleanor Meeking on 17 Jul 1858 in Saint Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, England. Mary was born about 1833 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4A271DB1DCBFC74DA5A3877C768027005655

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IGI Christenings, Bedfordshire, England
Jane Collis, 16 Jul 1845, Dunstable, daugh of: Samuel and Jane Collis

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• _UID: 6251AC28D92E8342A583DFAC7B17A61D5BD2

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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Collis Harriet Luton 6 85
The district Luton spans the boundaries of the counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

IGI Christenings, Bedfordshire, England
Harriett Collis, 16 Jul 1845, Dunstable, daugh of: Samuel and Ann Collis

1871 England Census
Name: Harriet Hazell
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Charles Hazell
Gender: Female
Where born: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Civil parish: Wimbledon
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Kingston
Sub-registration district: Wimbledon
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 78
Piece: 856
Folio: 79
Page Number: 12
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Hazell 34 House decorator
Harriet Hazell 22
Frederick C Hazell 11
Frank L Hazell 8
Clara S Collis 25 no occupation sister in law

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• _UID: 63E010F8D9C1C14EB9D06810177496D2E875

Notes:

IGI Christenings, Bedfordshire, England
Emily Dorcas Collis, 16 Jul 1845, Dunstable, daugh of: Samuel and Ann Collis

Is this the correct Emily?
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Deaths Sep 1862
Collis Emily Dorcas Luton 3b 225

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• _UID: 7E70CBAD1103044CA979E71E7A9699D26C59

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Births Dec 1843
Collis Clara Sarah
Luton 6 91

IGI Christenings, Bedfordshire, England
Clara Sarah Collis, 16 Jul 1845, Dunstable, daugh of: Samuel and Ann Collis

1871 England Census
Name: Clara S Collis
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Relation: Wife's Sister (Sister-in-law)
Gender: Female
Where born: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Civil parish: Wimbledon
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Kingston
Sub-registration district: Wimbledon
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 78
Piece: 856
Folio: 79
Page Number: 12
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Hazell 34
Harriet Hazell 22
Frederick C Hazell 11
Frank L Hazell 8
Clara S Collis 25 no occupation

Clara married Charles Hazell about 1859. Charles was born in 1835 in Hamptonwick, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A9E342023BB7114C922ECC59E72D91E08906

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Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Collis Louisa Luton 6 96

IGI Christenings, Bedfordshire, England
Louisa Collis, 4 Dec 1845, Dunstable, daugh of: Samuel and Ann Collis

1871 England Census
Name: Louisa Collis
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Female
Where born: Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England
Civil parish: Luton
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
Town: Luton
County/Island: Bedfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Luton
Sub-registration district: Luton
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 31
Piece: 1571
Folio: 51
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
Louisa Ingram 44
Adelaide Ingram 32
Sarah Newman 24
Louisa Collis 23 straw hat finisher

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• _MARNM: Boynton
• _UID: E7767427A14B194F832C41E2CDAF1FC079AE

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Susannah Collis
baptism/christening: 24 Nov 1822
Witham, Essex, England
father: Charles Smith Collis
mother: Catherine
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677

1851 England Census
Name: Susannah Boynton
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Thomas Boynton
Gender: Female
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Habrough
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability:
Registration district: Caistor
Sub-registration district: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 33
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Boynton 30 Journeyman grocer and draper, born Habrough, Lincolnshire
Susannah Boynton 28
Frank William Boynton 2 son, born Habrough, Lincolnshire
Stella Boynton 1 daughter, born Habrough, Lincolnshire

1861 England Census
Name: Susanah Boynton
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Thomas Boynton
Gender: Female
Where born: Witham, Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Habrough
Ecclesiastical parish: Yarborough
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Caistor
Sub-registration district: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Household schedule number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Boynton 40 grocer & draper, born Hasbrough, Lincolnshire
Susanah Boynton 38
Frank W Boynton 12 son, born Habrough, Lincolnshire
Mary Ann Boynton 7 daughter, born Habrough, Lincolnshire
Chales Joseph Boynton 4 son, born Habrough, Lincolnshire
Thomas Henry Boynton 3 son, born Habrough, Lincolnshire
Susanah Collis Boynton 1 daughter, born Habrough, Lincolnshire
Susanah Hutton 17 house servant

1881 England Census
Name: Thomas Boynton
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah Boynton
Gender: Male
Where born: Habrough, Lincoln, England
Civil Parish: Habrough
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: Grocer & Draper
Registration district: Caistor
Sub-registration district: Great Grimsby
ED, institution, or vessel: 53
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Boynton 60
Sarah Boynton 50
Ann Nicholson 18 boarder, domestic servant

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Boynton Thomas Caistor 14 340
Births Sep 1853
Boynton Mary Ann Caistor 7a 526
Births Jun 1856
Boynton Charles Joseph Caistor 7a [35][79]_
BOYNTON Charles Joseph Caistor 7a 590
Births Mar 1858
BOYNTON Thomas Henry Caistor 7a 554
Births Mar 1860
BOYNTON Susanna Collie Caistor 7a 597
Births Jun 1862
BOYNTON Charles Robert Caistor 7a 579
Births Sep 1867
Boynton Walter Caistor 7a 570
Births Jun 1872
Boynton Edwin Saul Caistor 7a 620
Births Dec 1881
BOYNTON Frank Caistor 7a 611
Births Mar 1896
Boynton Charles Caistor 7a 634
Births Sep 1917
Boynton Douglas H Cock[es] Caistor 7a 931
Births Mar 1926
BOYNTON Rachel Cook Caistor 7a 1014

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Mar 1850
BOYNTON Thomas Caistor14 235
Deaths Jun 1851
Boynton Charlotte Caistor 14 227
Deaths Dec 1858
Boynton Stella Caistor 7a 405
Deaths Mar 1860
Boynton Catharine Bridge Caistor7a 412
Deaths Sep 1861
Boynton Susannah Collis Caistor 7a 372
Deaths Jun 1869
Boynton William 81 Caistor 7a 379
Boynton William 84 Caistor 7a 379
Deaths Jun 1870
Boynton Frank Whitaker 21 Caistor 7a 354
Deaths Sep 1897
Boynton Charles Robert 35 Caistor 7a 444

Susannah married Thomas Boynton in Dec 1847 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Thomas was born about 1820 in Hasbrough, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _MARNM: White
• _UID: CC0D0C76A9AF954C9F477D0B1E30A5DCD154

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Elizabeth Catherine Collis
baptism/christening: 18 May 1823
Witham, Essex, England
father: Charles Smith Collis
mother: Catherine
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677

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Collis Elizabeth Catherine Louth 14 648
WHITE Samuel Louth 14 648

1851 England Census
about Elizabeth C White
Name: Elizabeth C White
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Samuel White
Gender: Female
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Haltham
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Horncastle
Sub-registration district: Tetford
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 41
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel White 33 Blacksmith, employing ? men, born Haltham, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth C White 29
Charles B White 6 son, born Halsham, Lincolnshire
Albert T White 3 son, born Halsham, Lincolnshire
Warresden Clements 18 apprentice
Susan Dickinson 14 servant

1861 England Census
Name: Elizabeth C White
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Samuel White
Gender: Female
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Haltham
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage:
Registration district: Horncastle
Sub-registration district: Tattershall
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 20
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel White 43 Blacksmith, master, born Haltham, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth C White 39 born Witham, Essex,
Charles B White 16 son, blacksmith, born Haltham, Lincolnshire
Albert S White 13 son, born Haltham, Lincolnshire
Charles Curtis 23 servant, blacksmith
Charles W Wright 7 visitor, scholar

1871 England Census
about Samuel White
Name: Samuel White
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Haltham On Bain, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: South Thoresby
Town: South Thoresby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Withern
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 31
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel White 53 married, innkeeper Obine (sic) Inn,
Charles B White 26 Son, unmarried, blacksmith, born Haltham On Bain, Lincolnshire
Betsy Fliertham 34 visitor, unmarried
Henry Smith 50 servant, yard
Edward Skipworth 22 servant, wheelwright
Rebecca Smally 18 general domestic servant

1881 England Census
about Samuel White
Name: Samuel White
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Haltham, Lincoln, England
Civil Parish: South Thoresby
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Condition as to marriage: Widow
Occupation: Innkeeper
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Withern
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel White 63
Charles B. White 36 son, unmarried, blacksmith, born Haltham, Lincolnshire
Sarah Bonnett 19 domestic servant
Charles Green 32 boarder
Joseph Edeson 31 boarder
William Pinnington 20 boarder

Elizabeth married Samuel White in Sep 1843 in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Samuel was born about 1818 in Haltham, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 1C777724084E0345B9EDF7D251F7930B21D5

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England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record, Wesleyen Church baptism. father Charles Smith Collis, mother Sophia RG4_1934

1841 England Census
Name: Charles Collis
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1796
Gender: Male
Where born: Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Louth
Hundred: Louth Eske Hundred (Wold Division)
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address: Eastygate
Occupation: Saddler
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Louth
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Collis 45
Sophia Collis 40
James Collis 8
Emma Collis 6
Sophia Collis 3

1851 England Census about James Colli
Name: James Colli [James Collis]
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1832
Relation: Nephew
Gender: Male
Where born: Louth, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: 1 Brewer St
Registration district: Clerkenwell
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members: Name Age
William Colli 53 born Braintree, Essex, coach trimmer
Betsey Colli 50 born Boston, Lincolnshire
William Colli 24 born Boston, Lincolnshire, coach painter
Dorcas Colli 18 born Witham, Essex, straw bonnet maker
Ley H Colli 15 born Brentwood, Essex, coach Trimmer,
Susannah Colli 12 born Brentwood, Essex, scholar
Rebecca Colli 8 born Brighton, Sussex, scholar
James Colli 19 born South, Louth, Lincolnshire, nephew, harness maker ( believe James father is
Charles and mother Sophia as found in Louth in the 1841 census)

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• _UID: CCA8465917356B4FBF485933589674B0BE00

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Wesleyen Chapel England, Lincolnshire, Louth, non conformist baptism; RG4_1934 Sophia Collis, father Charles Smith Collis, mother Sophia Collis

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• _MARNM: Hewson
• _UID: BC7E13FDAE0B1B448547C98A5335046E7BFA

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England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record, Wesleyen Church baptism. father Charles Smith Collis, mother Sophina RG4_1934

could one of these be the marriage of Emma?
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Marriages Dec 1866 (
Collis Emma Louth 7a 1278
Hewson Thomas Louth 7a 1278

1881 England Census
Name: Emma Hewson
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Thomas Hewson
Gender: Female
Where born: Louth, Lincoln, England
Civil Parish: Gayton Le Marsh
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Withern
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Hewson 38 farmer of 47 acres, employs 1 boy, born Gayton Le Marsh, England
Emma Hewson 45
Charles C. Hewson 13 son, farmer's son, born Louth, Lincoln, England
John T. Hewson > 11 son, scholar, born Gayton Le Marsh, England
Albert Edw. Hewson 9 son, scholar, born Gayton Le Marsh, England
Frank S. Hewson 7 son, scholar, born Gayton Le Marsh, England
Fred Hewson 5 son, born Gayton Le Marsh, England
Emma C. Hewson 3 son, born Gayton Le Marsh, England
Alfred Evison 15 servant, farm &indoor

1891 England Census
Name: Thomas Hewson
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Emma Hewson
Gender: Male
Where born: Gayton Le Marsh, Lincolnshire, England
Civil Parish: Gayton Le Marsh
Ecclesiastical parish: Gayton le Marsh
Town: Gayton Le Marsh
County/Island: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Street address: Occupation: farmer
Registration district: Louth
Sub-registration district: Withern
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Hewson 49
Emma Hewson 54
Frank S Hewson 17
Emma C Hewson 13
Florence A Hewson 9

Family/Spouse: Thomas Hewson. Thomas was born about 1842 in Gayton le Marsh Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 9E5A30D28CAEAC43BAED4F3CE7C62886B0A2

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COLLIS Sophia Louth 7a 32_

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• _UID: 9F78D2DC4B060B4E868ED7830B3F250C587C

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Births Jun 1839
Collis William Samuel Louth 14 458

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1840
Collis William Samuel Louth 14 333

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• _UID: 4B7EE43BF2445C47B7725B2689F748B6E9E9

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Collis Dorcas Louth 14 482

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Sep 1857
Collis Dorcas 32 Louth 7a 347

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• _UID: ED9E8FB6C824C545B9050D9F8F39FA0AFC66

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1851 England Census
Name: William Colli [William Collis]
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Betsey
Gender: Male
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Clerkenwell
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members: Name Age
William Colli 53
Betsey Colli 50
William Colli 24
Dorcas Colli 18
Ley H Colli 15
Susannah Colli 12
Rebecca Colli 8
James Colli 19

1861 England Census
Name: William Wain Collis
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Charlotte Hanson
Gender: Male
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Chiselhurst
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Bromley
Sub-registration district: Chiselhurst
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
William Wain Collis 34 coach painter
Charlotte Hanson Collis 33 born Smithfield, Middlesex
Stephen Collis 4
Charlotte Collis 6
Dorcas Collis 2
Betsey Ann Collis 6 Mo

1871 England Census
Name: William W Collis
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Charlotte H
Gender: Male
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Chiselhurst
Ecclesiastical parish: Foots Cray
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Bromley
Sub-registration district: Chislehurst
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 250
Household Members: Name Age
William W Collis 44 Painter, piece matter,
Charlotte H Collis 43 wife, born London, Middlesex
Charlotte B Collis 17 daughter, born Greenwich, Kent
Stephen W Collis 14 son, born Greenwich, Kent
Dorcas Collis 12 daughter, born Greenwich, Kent
Betsey Ann Collis 10 daughter, born Foots Cray, Kent
Harriett Collis 8 daughter, born Foots Cray, Kent
William W Collis 3 son, born Foots Cray, Kent
Thomas L Collis 8 months son, born Foots Cray, Kent

1881 England Census
Name: William W. Collis
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Charlotte H.
Gender: Male
Where born: Boston, Lincoln, England
Civil parish: Chislehurst
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Foots Cray Street Lower Boro Chisle
Condition as to marriage: Married
Occupation: Coach Painter
Registration district: Bromley
Sub-registration district: Chislehurst
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Household Members: Name Age
William W. Collis 54
Charlotte H. Collis 53
Dorcas Collis 22
William W. Collis 13
Thomas L. Collis 10

1891 England Census
Name: William W Collis
Age: 64
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: Chiselhurst
Ecclesiastical parish: Foots Cray All Saints
Town: Chiselhurst Brooks Cottage
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Bromley
Sub-registration district: Chislehurst
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Household Members: Name Age
William W Collis 64 coach painter,
Thomas L Collis 20 Son, coach painter, born Foots Cray, Kent

1901 England Census
Name: William W Collis
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Father
Gender: Male
Where born: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Civil parish: North Cray
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Bromley
Sub-registration district: Chislehurst
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 47
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas L Collis 30 House painter, born Chistlehurst, Kent
Alice L Collis 27 wife, born 1874 Thelveton, Suffolk, England
Thomas E Collis 2 son, born Chistlehurst, Kent
William W Collis 74 father, living on own means, born Boston Lincolnshire

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Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Dec 1904
COLLIS William Winn 77 Bromley 2a
The district Bromley spans the boundaries of the counties of Greater London and Kent

William married Charlotte Henson Lockey on 8 May 1852 in Saint Paul, Deptford, Kent, England. Charlotte was born about 1828 in Smithfield, Middlesex, England, Great Britain; died after 1881 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 29CEAFB509B5234D881A21FEBD7B0B780550

Notes:

Could this be our George?
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: George Smith Collis
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Year of Registration: 1906
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 78
District: Reading (1837-1974)
County: Berkshire
Volume: 2c Page: 188

1901 England Census about George Smith Collis
Name: George Smith Collis
Age: 73
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England

Civil parish: Handsworth
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image

Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub-registration district: Handsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 41
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 17
Household Members: Name Age
George Smith Collis 73
Grace E Collis 4
George E Collis 9
Mary Clark 75
Alice Clark 42

Other Events:

• _UID: 2EB2BB5D1AF5414EA1D669F3FD774D355F87

Notes:

mike@studioe9.myzen.co.uk

Other Events:

• _UID: F993A68879D169439693BEA352C0D00E2AD3

Other Events:

• Occupation: watchmaker, Postal Telegraph Instrument Repr
• _UID: 2DA15D246DEF5443AB10C95C543DE129BD69

Notes:

1851 England Census
Name: Ley H Colli [Ley H Collis]
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Betsey
Gender: Male
Where born: Brentwood, Essex, England
Civil parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Clerkenwell
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members: Name Age
William Colli 53
Betsey Colli 50
William Colli 24
Dorcas Colli 18
Ley H Colli 15 son
Susannah Colli 12
Rebecca Colli 8
James Colli 19

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Ley Hastings Collis
Spouse Name: Harriet Clara Cooper
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 12 Dec 1858
Parish: St Mary
County: Middlesex
Borough: Islington

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Marriages Dec 1858
Collis Ley Hastings Islington 1b 360
Cooper Harriett Clara Islington 1b 360

1861 England Census
Name: Ley H Collis
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Harriett C
Gender: Male
Where born: Brentwood, Essex, England
Civil parish: Clerkenwell St James
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Clerkenwell
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 2 #40 Wynyatt St
Household Members: Name Age
Ley H Collis 25 watchmaker
Harriett C Collis 24 wife, born Paddington, Middlesex, England
Mary A Cooper 13 sister-in-law, Paddington, Middlesex, England

1871 England Census
Name: Louis H Collis
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Clara
Gender: Male
Where born: Brentwood, Essex, England
Civil parish: Clerkenwell
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Holborn
Sub-registration district: Goswell Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household schedule number: 272
Household Members: Name Age
Louis H Collis 35 occupation: Co....ding Balance
Clara Collis 34
Emily Collis 8
Louis Collis 6
Harry Collis 4
William Collis 2 years, 6 months
Ellen Collis 8 months

1881 England Census
Name: Ley H. Collis
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Clara
Gender: Male
Where born: Brighton, Sussex, England
Civil parish: Islington
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 3 James St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Occupation: Postal Telegraph Instrument Repr
Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Islington West
ED, institution, or vessel: 65
Household Members: Name Age
Ley H. Collis44
Clara Collis 44 wife, born St Pancras, Middlesex
Emily Collis 18 Daughter, Artificial Florist, born Islington, Middlesex
Louis Collis 16 son, General laborer, born St. Lukes', Middlesex
Harry Collis 14 son, errand boy (unemployed), born Clerkenwell, Middlesex
William Collis 13 son, errand boy, born Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Helen Collis 10 daughter, scholar, born Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Charles Collis 8 son, scholar, born Clerkenwell, Middlesex
Florence Collis 6 daughter, scholar, born Islington, Middlesex
Sidney Collis 4 son, born Islington, Middlesex
Jessie Collis 2 daughter, born Islington, Middlesex

1891 England Census
Name: Loy H Collis (Ley H Collis
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Clara
Gender: Male
Where born: Brentwood, Essex, England
Civil parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Highbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 26
Neighbors: Henry L Collis, head, age artificial florist, born Clerkenwell, London and wife Sarah A wife, M....machinist, dress, born, St Lukes, London
Household Members: Name Age
Loy H Collis 50 head, Watchmaker
Clara Collis 50 born St Pancras, London
Ellen Collis 20 electrician NK, born Clerkenwell, London
Florence Collis 16 artificial Florist, born Clerkenwell, London
Sidney Albert Collis 14 bedstead painter, born Clerkenwell, London
Jossie Collis 12 scholar, born Islington, London
Walter Calles 10 scholar, born Islington, London


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: Ley Hastings Collis
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 63
District: Coventry
County: Warwickshire, West Midlands
Volume: 6d
Page: 374

Ley married Harriett Clara Cooper on 12 Dec 1858 in Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. Harriett was born about 1837 in Paddington, Middlesex, England; died in Dec 1903 in Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: BB56805B22A0DB4392837527A28378C2DC23

Notes:

This information came from Mike Kelly

Susannah married Frederick Force Armytage on 12 Feb 1860 in St Paul's, Islington, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 64ECA2314F0ECA45855C56038884F3A26AFF

Notes:

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Births Mar 1843
COLLIS Rebecca Brighton 7 282

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• _MARNM: Chappell
• _UID: 35729247C59D02449E81EDC44EFE9EEFD13E
• Occupation: 1871, Newland Street, The George, Witham, Essex, England; Innkeeper's wife

Notes:

England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
Jane Collis
baptism/christening: 11 Aug 1822
Witham, Essex, England
father: Christopher Annett Collis
mother: Maria
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677
ref # item 8 p 75

1851 England Census
Name: Jane Chappell
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Henry
Gender: Female
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Witham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Millright employing 4 men Witham Blue Mill Yard
Condition as to marriage: married
Registration district: Witham
Sub-registration district: Kelvedon
ED, institution, or vessel: 1a
Neighbors: Barnard Chappell
Household schedule number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Chappell 35
Jane Chappell 29 wife
Jane Maria Chappell 6 daughter
George Chappell 2 son
Infant Chappell 1 Mo daughter
Ephraim Firmin 17 apprentice
Louisa Bright 24 domestic servant


1861 England Census
Name: Jane Chappell
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: Henry
Gender: Female
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Witham
Town: Witham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Newland Street? Occupation: Millwright, brewer, and Inn keeper:
Registration district: Witham
Sub-registration district: Witham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 20
Household Members: Name Age all family born in Witham
Henry Chappell 45 Millwright, brewer, and Inn keeper
Jane Chappell 39 wife
Jane Maria Chappell 16
Henry William Chappell 14
George Chappell 12
Emma Susannah Chappell 10
Annie Chappell 8
Hellen Bertha Chappell 6
Arthur Barnard Chappell 4
Edith Alice Chappell 2
Kate Elizabeth Chappell 9 Mo
Amelia Wakeling 24 governess
John Overett Smith 20 apprentice millwright
Jane Richardson 22 cook
Ann Richardson 14 housemaid
William Ashwell 15 Pot boy servant

1871 England Census
Name: Henry Chappell
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1816
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Witham
Town: Witham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: Witham
Sub-registration district: Witham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 47 Newland Street, The George
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Chappell 55 Inn keeper
Jane Chappell 48 born Essex, Witham, Inn keeper's wife
Annie Chappell 18 born Essex, Witham, daughter, barmaid
Arthur Barnard Chappell 14 born Essex, Witham, son
Edith Alice Chappell 12 born Essex, Witham, daughter
Kate Elizabeth Chappell 10 born Essex, Witham, daughter
Charles Annett Chappell 8 born Essex, Witham, son
Henrietta Jane Chappell 5 born Essex, Witham, daughter
Frances Avery Chappell 39 visitor born Middlesex, London
Sarah Cotter Chappell 19 Servant
Ann Wood 16 Servant
John Dudman 17 Servant, pot boy

1881 England Census
Name: Jane Chappell
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Chippinghill Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Witham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Guithavon Street Private House
Condition as to marriage: Windower (Widower)
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: Annuitant
Registration district: Braintree
Sub-registration district: Witham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Chappell 58 annuitant
Edith Alice Chappell 22 daws governess
Charles Annett Chappell 18 apprentice to ironmonger

1891 England Census
Name: Jane Chappell
Age: 69
Estimated birth year: abt 1822
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Witham
Ecclesiastical parish: Witham
Town: Witham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street Address: Guilhavon Street, Conservative Club.
Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status:
Registration district: Braintree
Sub-registration district: Witham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Chappell 69
George Morgan Chappell 17 grandson, ironmonger apprentice, born Essex White Notley


This could be the right one?
Surname Given Name District Volume Page
Deaths Dec 1895
Chappell Jane Braintree 4a 386 age 73
The district Braintree is in the county of Essex; information about it can be found here .


http://www.gyford.com/domesday/
Five mills are mentioned in this area at Domesday; these would all have been watermills, windmills not being found in England until about 100 years later. The River Brain runs through the area from north to south, to join the larger Blackwater in the south-east of the area.

Like woods and meadows, the watermills were retained by the lord of the manor. This was because of the profit to be made from their essential function, in this case grinding corn.

In later records we know of only three such mills in Witham parish. Only one of these still has an actual mill building today, namely Blue Mill or Machins Mill, on the Blackwater (this probably belonged to either Blunts Hall or Benton Hall at Domesday). The two other survivors are now only represented by mill houses, at Chipping Hill (no.1 Powershall End), and Newland (Old Mill House, Guithavon Valley). This last eventually belonged to the 13th century settlement of Newland, and may not have been present at Domesday.

Thus there were either two or three Domesday mills that did not survive many centuries. This is a common feature, many mills being recorded at Domesday in places where there is now only a relatively small watercourse, for instance at Faulkbourne and Fairstead, upstream from Witham on the River Brain.

Jane married Henry Chappell about Feb 1844 in Lambeth, Surrey, England. Henry (son of Barnard Chappell and Sarah) was born about 1815 in Witham, Essex, England; died in Jun 1875 in Witham, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: F10A71553BAB2147874D57C97ECA377AFC93

Notes:

England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
Samuel Annett Collis
baptism/christening: 11 Sep 1824
Witham, Essex, England
father: Christopher Annett Collis
mother: Maria
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677
ref # item 8 p 94

Other Events:

• Occupation: Brewer, Carpenter and Bar Keeper
• Reference Number: *
• _UID: 9AD4983E54D12041B7753B0AE56EB762A723

Notes:

Things to do:
1. look for George Collis, brother to William in 1861 census as a painter? found him in 1891 and probably also 1901.
2. How do I know that in 1859 William arrived in Philadelphia, PA?
3. Newspapers of Hammonton, NJ and graves in Kensington. Did they choose Kensington because of Kensington, ENG
4. Naturalization papers Petition Aug 1858, New York county
5. Find any info on William 1826 to 1841. Ask Bert any newspaper accounts about Father?
6. Info on Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex, England
7. Who did the temple work for William's father, Christopher? and Anne's sealing to parents, 22 Jan 1971 S G
8. Who is Henry W. Chappell, grandson, in 1851 census?
9. Is there a will for Thomas Randall and also Elizabeth Randall?
10. Plot town's lived in: Witham, Brixton, , Hammersmith, Barnes, Richmond, Camberwell, Southwark.
11. Brentwood homestead papers. Did they choose Brentwood because there is a Brentwood near London?
12. Cemetary in Southwark for Randall and Laura Elizabeth Collis
13. Christening of first four children in England
14. Why did he enlist in Union Army
15. Why did they come to California?
16. Is there information on the saloon on Berry Street, SF? land records?

Timeline for William Collis
1826 May, William bn Chipping Hill, Witham, Essex, England
1833 May, William's mother Maria died, Chipping Hill, Witham
1838 Oct, William's father, Christopher Collis, marries Eliza Parker, St Giles, Cripplegate, London
1841 Census: living with father Christopher Collis, step mother, Eliza and several brothers and sisters,
Civil Parish:Lambeth (St. Mary Lambeth Parish), Brixton, Surrey, England, Camberwell Lane So
1846 July, William's father marries Alice Honeysett
1851 Census: William is an Inn keeper living with brother, George, and sister Dorcus in Lambeth, (also a Betsey Ann
Collis, a neice, and Wesley W Chappell who is listed as a grandson, probably to William's father, Christopher.)
Brixton, Surrey,England. (Brixton is a short distance from where Anne Randall lived)
1852 Nov, married Anne Randall, St. Pauls Parish, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
1853 Nov, daughter, Ada Annie born in Barnes, England
1854 Nov, son, William Arthur born in Barnes, England
1856 Apr, daughter, Laura Elizabeth born in Richmond, England
1857 Jan, Anne's father, Thomas, died.
1857 Aug, daughter, Anna Bertha born in Camberwell, England
1858 April 6 - Laura Elizabeth died at London Rd. Southwark, England (apparently at grandparent's
house just after Anne's father, Thomas, died.)
1858 April 25 - Sailed from port in London, England, to America
1858 June 3 - Arrived New York (It looks like the trip took less than 1 1/2 months.)
1858 Aug, Petition for Naturalization, New York County
1859 May 9, son, Alfred George born in Buffalo, New York
1860 Census in Buffalo, New York, Wm, Ann and 4 children, he is listed as a brewer
1861 May 12, enlisted in Company F 21st regiment of New York Volunteers of Union Army in Elmira,
New York
1861 July-Oct served as a nurse in hospital
1862 June - Feb 1863 was ill in hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with war related disability
1863 Feb 9, discharged due to disability
1864 son, Austin Watson born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1865 Jan, daughter, Anna Bertha, age 7, & Feb, son, Alfred George, age 5, buried in Kennsington, Pennsylvania
1866 daughter, Rachel born in Hammonton, New Jersey
1867 Sep 3 - 1 1/2 story house on 3 1/4 acres for sale in Hammonton, New Jersey for $100. (Philadelphia Exchange)
1868 listed in San Francisco directory at Mission & Precita
1868 Sept listed in San Francisco directory at Berry Street
1868 Sept son, Walter Winner born Berry Street, San Francisco
1870 Census, San Francisco, Wm, Ann and 5 children, He is listed as a Carpenter
1871 daughter, Florence born San Francisco
1872 daughter, Lillian born San Francisco
1871-74 listed in San Francisco directory at Berry Street as a saloon keeper
1876 homesteaded in Brentwood, Contra Costa, California
1880 Census, Tnp 5 Contra Costa County, Wm Ann and 7 children, He is a farmer
1884 homestead recorded'
1896 California great register Contra Costa County, farmer, age 70, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches fair complexion, hazel eyes,
brown hair, born Entgland. naturalized 4 Sept 1870, Dist. San Francisco, registered 5 Aug 1896
1900 William died at age 73 in Brentwood of a brain hemorrage and is buried in the Point of Timber cemetery, now
called the Union Cemetary
1900 Census, Ann, widow, and 2 daughters living in Contra Costa County, CA
1910 Census, Ann and one daughter living in Contra Costa County, CA
1918 Anne Esther died in Brentwood of old age at almost age 90.

William Collis and Anne Esther Randall

William Collis and Anne Esther Randall were married by license on the 18th day of November in 1852 in Saint Paul's church in the Parish of Hammersmith, Middlesex County, England. This is where William's father lived at the time. It is said that Anne's parents did not approve of the marriage. The story passed down is that her father was not pleased and may have disowned her when she married William Collis, who was a brewer. The 1851 Census shows William is an Inn keeper, or publican, of the Royal Veteran at # 8 Zoar Place, living with his brother, George, and sister, Dorcus, in Lambeth, a civil parish and within the ecclesiastic parish of Brixton, in the county of Surrey, England. The Inn in Lambeth was probably no more than a mile from Thomas Randall's butcher shop. Did William Collis meet Anne Randall at the Inn or at her father's butcher shop when he bought pork for the Inn? Perhaps William and Anne met at some local social activity. It is unknown where and when they met.

Anne was born 13 March 1828 at Southwark, (which means south of London Bridge), England. She was the oldest of 8 children of Thomas Randall and Elizabeth Benfield, his wife. In the 1851 census, she is listed as a butcher's assistant. Anne Esther Randall was said to have been a lady in waiting to queen Victoria. The story is told by the family that the queen gave Anne a pair of silk stockings that are still in the family. As far as can be proven, it is just a fun family story. ( The royal archives in England have no record of this and they say that they keep very good records of Ladies in Waiting. Nor do they have any record of her mother, Elizabeth or Ann Benfield as a lady in waiting). There is a photo on glass of Elizabeth Benfield Randall. There is also a photo and an oil painting of Anne Esther as a child. The oil painting is said to have been hanging on the wall of her home during the San Francisco earthquake on April 18, 1906. Florence saved the painting by cutting it out of the frame and rolling it up. Thus Florence kept it in her home eventually giving it to her brother, William's oldest son, Langley.

Anne's father, Thomas Randall, was a pork butcher at 78 London Road in Southwark, England. He had his own coach and footman and at least one servant. In the 19th century at least 80% of the population was working class. In order to be considered middle class you had to have at least one servant. Anne was christened in Saint George the Martyr Church and a part of the Church of England, which was just down the street from their home and butcher shop. The family very likely attended church with Charles Dickens. There was a debtor's prison, Marshalsea jail, next door to the church. At the time Anne was growing up, Charles Dicken's father was in that debtor's prison. Charles Dicken's would visit his father there. Although he worked outside as a boot black, it is most likely that Charles Dicken's also attended that same church as a child. Even the prisoners were let out to attend church.

Conditions in early 19th century towns were often dreadful as seen through the eyes and stories of Charles Dickens. towns were dirty, unsanitory and overcrowded. Streets were very often unpaved and they were not cleaned. Rubbish was not collected and it was allowed to accumulate in piles in the streets. Since most of it was organic, when it turned black and sticky it was used as fertiliser. Furthermore in the early 19th century poor people often had cesspits, which were not emptied very often. Later in the century many people used earth closets. (A pail with a box containing granulated clay over it. When you pulled a lever clay covered the contents of the pail). In the early 19th century only wealthy people had flushing lavatories and poor families often had to share toilets. On Sunday mornings queues (long lines) formed at the public toilets. In the late 19th century flushing lavatories became common.

Given these horrid conditions it is not surprising that disease was common. Life expectancy in towns was low (significantly lower than in the countryside) and infant mortality was very high. British towns and cities suffered outbreaks of cholera in 1831-32 and again in 1848-49. Fortunately the last outbreak at last spurred people into action.
In the late 19th century most towns dug sewers and created piped water supplies, which made life much healthier.

Within 4 1/2 years of their marriage, William and Anne had 4 children: Ada Anne, William Arthur, Laura Elizabeth, and Anna Bertha; all born in England in varying towns just west of London. Ada Anne born November 12,1853 and William Arthur, born November 24, 1854, both in Barnes, Surry County; an area just south of London with several breweries. Laura Elizabeth born April 6, 1856, in Richmond, and Anna Bertha born 23 August, 1857,in Camberville.

Why did they decide to come to America? Was it adventure that prompted them to emigrate to the United States? Was it lack of funds? Was it the falling out with her father? Whatever the reason, they were preparing to leave England, when their 3rd child, Laura Elizabeth, died suddenly, at 2 years of age, just 8 days before sailing. Ironically, she died at Anne's parent's home on London Road in Southwark. Anne's father, Thomas Randall, had died the previous year. It is believed the baby died from the inoculations received in preparation for the trip. The dye was cast. Their tickets had been purchased, so on the 25 of April in 1858, they left from London, England, and sailed for America on the ship, Cornelius Grinnell, with Capt A. G. Fletcher. They arrived in New York on the 3 of June of that same year. The voyage had taken less than one and a half months. What kind of a hardship was it to sail across the Atlantic Ocean in that small ship with three small children and to leave a little one behind in a new grave? Anne surely was grieving in her heart, but kept busy in body by the needs of her other three children.

The first known place of residence in the U.S. is Buffalo, New York, where their 5th child Alfred George was born May 9, 1859. William and his family were living in Buffalo during the 1860 census and he was listed as a brewer, his occupation in England. It is from Buffalo on the 4th of May, 1861, at age 34, that William enlisted in the 21st Regiment of New York volunteers in the Union Army and served as a private under General Wadsworth in Virginia. His description is given as light complected, hazel eyes, brown hair and 5 feet 6 inched tall. He mustered in May 12, 1861 at Elmira N.Y., and was in the detached service from 1 Aug 1861, serving in the hospital as a nurse, (possibly using his chemistry background as a brewer). In March and April 1862, he was in the Washington Street Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia. Then again in June 1862 through February 1863 he was a patient in the Christian Street General Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was known for its several hospitals for Civil War casualties, but it was not a place of heavy military conflict.

On February 6, 1863, William was discharged from Captain Clinton's Company, for physical disability, (by reason of general disability connected with spinal irritation due to wearing the cartridge belt.) William appears on the Company muster out roll dated 18 May 1863, Buffalo, N.Y. In later years he was unable to work due to rheumatism in the small of his back and hips and collected disability. He lived in Antioch, CA at the time of application for disability.

The family was living in Philadelphia after his discharge and another child, Austin Watson, was born there on January 29, 1864. Philadelphia must not have seemed a happy place to live considering William's hospitalization and the tragedy of the deaths of 2 more of their children. Alfred age 5, and his sister, Anna, age 7, died within 2 weeks of each other in late January and early February of 1865. They were buried in Kensington, Pennsylvania, a northern area of Philadelphia. Perhaps they chose Kensington because it reminded them of the Kensington back home in England. Their 7th child, Rachael, nicknamed Rettie, was born a year later in 1866. She was never quite normal. On the mother's widow's pension application it states that "Rettie was an imbecile from birth." Rettie never married and lived to be 46 years old. She lived with her mother her entire life.

An article appeared in the Philadelphia Exchange on September 3, 1864, offering land owned by William Collis for sale for $100. The place was listed as a small farm, 3 1/4 acres situated on Hammonton Avenue in the village of Hammonton, Atlantic County, N. J. about 1 mile from the station of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. It was a 6 room, 1 1/2-story frame house; cellar, kitchen and storeroom, conveniently fitted with sink, closet &c; barn, cart shed and lots of berries, fruit and shade trees.

Sometime between February 1866 and September 1868, Anne and William moved with their family to San Francisco. They went by Steamer down the Atlantic coast to the Isthmus of Panama. Then traveled across the Isthmus about 7 miles by train and then by donkey to the west coast. Their son, William Arthur remembers being in awe of the monkeys there. They then boarded a freighter up the Pacific Coast to San Francisco. (See appendix 1. Crossing the Isthmus of Panama.) Their furniture was shipped "around the horn" of South America. They settled in San Francisco. In 1868, William Collis is listed as a saloon keeper in the San Francisco Directory as living on the corner of Mission and Precita Avenue. On September 14, 1868, Walter Winner was born at 130 Berry Street, San Francisco. Florence was born January 8, 1871 and Lillian, their last child was born October 11, 1872. Both were also born at Berry Street, San Francisco. William Collis is listed in the San Francisco Directories of 1871 through 1874 as a saloonkeeper at 130 Berry Street. In the 1871 directory he was also listed as a carpenter.

In 1873, William and his family settled in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, California. They were familiar with the name Brentwood as there was a Brentwood just north of London in England close to where they had lived. A Patent for 160 acres of Homestead Land was granted to William Collis in Washington, D. C. on 25 Sep 1876 and was not recorded in the Martinez County Recorder's office until 10 Nov 1884. (This land is located on the official map of Contra Costa Co. published in 1908. They lived there until William's death on February 3, 1900. He died of hemorrhage into the brain at the age of 73, and was buried February 5th, at the Point of Timber Cemetary, in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, California. William was said to have a bit of an ornery streak later in life.

After the death of her husband, Anne maintained a home in Brentwood with her two unmarried daughters, Lillian and Rachel. In 1903 she lived at 566 Walter Street in San Francisco. She had a dowager hump caused by osteoporosis. The last 4 years before her death, she lived with her daughter, Florence Gates, because she needed contant attending. Anne died at age 90, January 2, 1918, of old age. She is buried in the Point of Timber Cemetary in Brentwood, Costa County, California. Her will left the ranch in Brentwood, valued at $1000, to be divided among her 6 surviving children.

William and Anne Collis had 10 children born to them; 4 in England, 3 on the east coast of the United States, and 3 in San Francisco. Three of the 10 children died young. One was disabled for life. Two daughters married later in life and had no children. Only 4 of the 10 children had children. William and Anne had fifteen grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.



William Collis was born, 20 May 1826, at Chipping Hill in Witham, Essex County, England. Chipping Hill means market place. It is in East Essex, 1 mile north of Witham Parish on the River Brain. It was the site of a Roman Camp. William was the 3rd of 6 children of Christopher Annett and Maria (Bridge) Collis. His brothers and sisters were: Jane, Samuel (who died young), George, Maria, Dorcus and Samuel. William and his father were both brewer's. William is listed as a Publican in the 1851 census (Pub comes from Publican). William's mother died when he was 7 years old. 5 years later his father married Eliza Parker and Christopher and Eliza had two children, Joseph and Eliza. Christopher's wife, Eliza, also died as in 1846 he is listed as a widower and marries a widow named Alice Honeysett Leste. As far as is known, they had no children.

In the Lambeth, Surrey, England 1841 Census William Collis, age 15, was living with father, Christopher and Eliza Collis and brothers and sisters: George, Maria, Samuel, Joseph, Dorcus and Eliza. Lambeth is just a bit southwest of Southwark, Surrey, England. Christopher was a brewer. They lived on Camberwell Rd. which may be the same as the current Lambeth Rd. By 1851 William, George, and Dorcus along with a grandson and niece of Christopher, were living apart from the family, but still in Lambeth on what looks like #8 Zoar Place, Royal Veteran; probably an Inn or Saloon owned by Christopher as William, George and Dorcus are listed as sons and daughter. William was a brewer or Publican (which is British for Inn or Saloon). Dorcus is listed as a Publican assistant. George is listed as a painter. There are also 2 servants and a lodger listed there.

William and his father, Christopher, were both brewers. In the 1851 census Christopher is now married to Alice and is living at 177 London Rd, Hounslow, Middlesex County, England. Hounslow is about 10 miles west of London and Southwark. Christopher is a Brewer and has 3 of his children with him; Eliza, Joseph, and Samuel. He is listed as a brewer employing 1 laborer and 2 sons. Where is daughter, Maria? Is Henry Chappell, listed as the grandson, the son of Maria? It appears this may be the case.

According to Langley Collis, William came across the isthmus by rail. He homesteaded Deer Valley, by Mount Diablo, by a Government War Grant. Watt and Will both worked Balfour- Guthrie share crop.

The following information was written by Florence Elizabeth Collis Gates, daughter of Ann Esther Randall and William Collis. "William Collis was born 20 May 1826 at Chipping Hill*, Witham, Essex, England. He was educated in London, England and was an accomplished musician, specializing on the violin. He owned a Stradavarian violin, which he played at concerts. He also played a cornet professionally." "His father was a brewer and wealthy. so he had to study chemistry. Before his marriage, he made music his profession. "He was married to Anne Esther Randall on 18 November 1852, in St. Paul's Parish Chapel, London, England. She was born 13 March 1828. Two years after his marriage, he owned and operated a brewery in Richmond, England. He disposed of this when leaving for America." They left England 25 April 1858 for America." "In 1861 he enlisted in the 21st Reg. N.Y. volunteers at Buffalo, NY. He served under General Wadsworth, at Richmond, Virginia. He was injured and sent to Christian St. Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When he recovered, he was placed in charge of the lab in the hospital. He was discharged Feb 9, 1863. He moved with his wife and family to San Francisco, California, in 1867."

The following information is from a letter dated 1 March 1975 to Marilyn Parker from Alma Collis, daughter of William Arthur Collis, Who was the son of William and Anne Collis. Arthur was born in Barnes, England in 1854. He always said that he was born within the sound of "Big Ben". He was about 13 years old when he moved with his parents to San Francisco. Langley Collis is Alma's brother. "Langley and Marge Collis came to see me last Saturday. We had quite a visit and did some reminding each other about this and that. Langley says Dad and his family came from New Jersey via boat, across Panama, through jungles via donkey. Dad couldn't get over the monkeys. Then they got on another ship and came to San Francisco. Their furniture came around the horn."

The following is taken from a letter dated December 1977 to Marilyn Parker from Marjorie Collis Ward, daughter of William Arthur Collis who was the son of William and Anne Collis. "I do hope you did (go to visit Langley Collis, her brother). You would have seen the portrait of Anne (Collis as a child). Langley had it hanging over the mantel in their living room. It is a charming painting. I loved it as a child and as an adult too. It hung in Aunt Florrie's house in Brentwood when I saw it first to remember. Although the old folks were great for `everything to the oldest son', who was my father William Arthur, I think he always felt Aunt Florrie deserved the portrait. She went into their burning home in San Francisco, the result of the earthquake of 1906, cut it out of its frame, rolled it up and ran back out through flames with it. Aunt Florrie gave it to Langley as `the oldest son of the oldest son'. He and Margaret treasured it. I believe their oldest, Reyburn, has it now."
*Chipping Hill means market place. It is in East Essex, 1 mile north of Witham Parish on the River Brain. It was the site of a Roman Camp.

England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
William Collis
baptism/christening: 16 Jun 1826
Witham, Essex, England
father: Christopher Annett Collis
mother: Maria
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677
ref # item 8 p 107


1841 England Census
Name: William Collis
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Gender: Male
Civil parish: Lambeth
Hundred: Brixton (Eastern Division)
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: Camberwell Lane, South
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Brixton
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Christoper Collis 40
Eliza Collis 35
William Collis 15
George Collis . 10
Maria Collis 10
Samuel Collis 5
Joseph Collis 5
Dorcas Collis 5
Eliza Collis 5
Henry Parker 20 carpentar (probably Eliza, the wife's, brother

The following is our William. The abstraction is incorrect. These should be two separate households with William at the start of the second. He couldn't possibly be the son of Richard and Sarah. Look at the ages of Richard and Sarah.
1851 England Census
Name: William Collis
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Richard F (No he's not)
Mother's Name: Sarah (No she's not)
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Lambeth (Lambeth is just southwest of Southwark, England)
Ecclesiastical parish: Brixton
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: 8 Zoar Place, Royal Veteran
Occupation: brewer now publican (British saloon keeper or inn keeper)
Condition as to marriage: unmarried
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Brixton
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 18
Household Members: Name Age
William Collis 24 son, brewer now publican
George S Collis 23 son, painter
Delene Collis 19 should be Dorcus, daughter, publican assistant
Belen A Collis 22 Should be Betsy Ann, neice
Henry W Chappell 3 grandson
Thomas Waite 22 servant
Mary Ann Garling 34 servant
Edward Turner 40 lodger

Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912
Name: William Collis
Gender: Male
Occupation: Brewer
Abode: St John's Grove
Parish as it Appears: Richmond
Spouse: Anna Esther Collis
Child: Laura Elizabeth Collis
born 6 Apr 1856
baptized 16 Jul 1856 Richmond, St Mary Magdalene
Reference Number: P7/1/14

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: William Collis
Arrival Date: 3 Jun 1858
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Age: 32
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination: United States of America
Place of Origin: England
Ship Name: Cornelius Grinnell (Note:This was the 2nd Cornelius Grinnell, the first one having wrecked at Squan Beach, NJ in 1853 without loss of life.)
Search Ship Database: Search the Cornelius Grinnell in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York
Line: 14
Microfilm Serial: M237
Microfilm Roll: M237_184
List Number: 439
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States

New York Port, Ship Images, 1851-1891
Name: William Collis
Arrival Date: 3 Jun 1858
Age: 32
Port of Departure: London, England
Port of Arrival: New York, United States
Ship Name: Cornelius Grinnell
Ship built: 1850
Shipping line: Swallowtail Line
Ship tonnage: 1,118 tons
Ship description: 3 masts

Soundex index to petitions for naturalization from New York County.
More information below
New York Petitions for Naturalization Record about William Collis
Name: William Collis
Naturalization Date: 23 Aug 1858
Former Nationality: English
Title and Location of Court: Common Pleas Court, New York County
Volume: 206
Record Number: 164
Note! Philadelphia Naturalization Rocords (fische # 6100592

1859, Oct 8 -Collis, William - GR Brit - CP Court - Date of Declaration of intent/and or oath of allegiance.

New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
Name: William Collis
Birth Date: 1827
Birth Place: England
Residence Place: Buffalo, New York
Enlistment Date: 8 May 1861
Enlistment Location: Buffalo, Erie, New York
Regiment: 21st Regimetn
Company: F
Rank: Private
Race: White

Civil War, Company Muster Roll:
William Collis- Pvt. Co. F 21st Reg't of NY volunteers
Enlisted by Captain Clinton, 4 day of May 1861, at Buffalo, N Y, to serve for 3 years.
Mustered in 12 May 1861, Elmira, NY
Detached service in hospital as a nurse, July -Oct 1861
Returned to his company, 24 Oct 1861
March/June 1862-sick in Washington Street Hospital, Alexandria, VA
June 1862 Feb 1863-sick in Christian Street US General Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Discharged 9 Feb 1863 as incapable of performing the duties of a soldier
(By reason of general debility connected with spinal irritation).

! BIR-MAR:Collis family bible in possession of Marilyn Parker

William arrived in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1859, (source: 9292 pg. 166, United States Works Projects Administration, Index to records of Aliens' Declaration of Intentions and or oath of allegiance, 1789-1880 in U. S. Circuit Court, U.S. Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, 11 Vols. Compiled by WPA Project #10837. Sponsored by Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1940, Lancour 188, (Vol. 1: Letter C, PP1-297) Wm. Collis was naturalized 6 Sept 1870, San Francisco, CA, 4th Dist.

*1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Collis
Age in 1860: 33
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: England
Home in 1860: Buffalo Ward 2, Erie, New York
Gender: Male
Post Office: Buffalo
Value of real estate: $200
Household Members: Name Age
Wm Collis 33 Eng Brewer
Ann E Collis 32 Eng
Ada Collis 6 Eng
William Collis 5 Eng
Bertha Collis 3 Eng
Alfred Collis 1 NY

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: William Collis
Residence Year: 1868
Street address: Mission and Preeita Avenue
Residence Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Occupation: Carpenter, Dwl
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1868

*1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Collis
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Age in 1870: 43 house carpenter
Birthplace: England
Home in 1870: San Francisco Ward 9, San Francisco, California
Family and neighbors:
Annie E. 41 England
Ada A. 15 Eng
Wm A 16 Eng
Austin W. 6 PA
Rachel 4 NY
Walter W. 2 CA
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate:
Post Office: San Francisco

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: William Collis
Residence Year: 1871
Residence Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Occupation: Liquor Saloon And Carpenter
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1871

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: William Collis
Residence Year: 1872
Street address: llaggin and Berrv
Residence Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Occupation: Liquor Saloon
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1872

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: William Collis
Residence Year: 1873
Street address: 130 Berry
Residence Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Occupation: Liquor Saloon
Publication Title: San Francisco Directory, 1873

U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name: William Collis
Residence Year: 1874
Residence Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Occupation: Sticker (with B & J S Doe - doors, sashes, & blinds )
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1874

*1880 United States Federal Census
Name: William Collis
Home in 1880: Township 5, Contra Costa, California
Age: 54
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: England
Relation to head-of-household: Self
Spouse's name: Esther A.
Father's birthplace: ENG
Mother's birthplace: ENG
Neighbors:
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
William Collis 54
Esther A. Collis 51
William A. Collis 24 (Ada A. was also listed on this line)
Austin W. Collis 15
Rachael Collis 12
Walter W. Collis 11
Florence E. Collis 10
Lillian E. Collis 8

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Name: William Collis
Gender: Male
Place Filed: California, USA
Relation to Head: Soldier
Spouse: Anne E Collis

Search for Type: Births Surname: Collis County: Surrey England
Birth date Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Dec 1853 COLLIS Ada Annie Richmond S
Jun 1856 Collis Laura Elizabeth
Dec 1857 Collis Anna Bertha
Dec 1854 Collins ? William Arthur Richmond S

Search for Deaths Surname: Collis County: Surrey England
Mar 1839 Collis Female St George Southwark
Mar 1839 COLLIS Female St Geo Southwk
Dec 1839 Collis Female St Geo Sthwk
Dec 1839 Collis Female St George Southwark
Mar 1842 Collis Sarah St George Southwark
lizabeth St George Southwark
Jun 1849 Collis Herbert Richard Charles St George Southwark
Jun 1853 Collis George St Geo Sk

Appendix 1.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. XXXV, 1888
California Inter Pocula by Hubert Howe Bancroft
http://books.google.com/books?id=pu0NAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA155&dq=California+by+the+isthmus+of+Panama#PPA177,M1

The Voyage to California P157-8 (Crossing the Isthmus of Panama)

(The Panama Railroad of seven miles was completed Jan 1858
Seven miles of that great undertaking-great considering the time and the place -the Panama railway was accomplished when, on the first of March, 1852, we dropped anchor off Chagres; and to afford the company due encouragement, those seven miles must be traveled over, and contribution levied for the same, at the rate of nearly one dollar a mile, on every passenger crossing the Isthmus thereafter. So orders were given to weigh anchor, and proceed thence two or three leagues easterly to Colon, or Navy bay, then called Aspinwall, the name and glory of the first admiral being thrust aside for those of a New York money magnate. However, the old name of Colon was a few years after restored. There we disembarked, and rode over the seven miles of completed work, paying for the same quite liberally, when we were permitted to engage boats and ascend the Chagres river which we could as easily and as cheaply have done before as afterward.
Crossing the Isthmus in early times, for an untravelled, provincial people, was a feat altogether individual and unique; a feat very different from a three or four hours' ride in comfortable rail-cars, through ever changing scenery which affords the observer constant delight, as the journey is now made.
Chagres at this time was a town of about seven hundred native inhabitants, dwelling in some fifty windowless, bamboo huts, with thatched, palm-leaf roofs, and having open entrances, and the bare ground for a floor. The town was surrounded by heaps of filthy offal, and greasy, stagnant pools bordered with blue mud. It is situated on a small but exceedingly picturesque and almost land-locked bay, well nigh buried by the foliage that skirts its banks and rolls off in billowy emerald toward the hill beyond. Between the shore and mountains stretch away for miles in every direction broad, open savannahs, cut into farms covered with chaparral, and stocked with cattle. Where the river and ocean meet rises a bold bluff crowned by the castle of San Lorenzo, whose ruined fortress and battlements, gnawed to a skeleton by the teeth of time, gaze mournfully out upon the sea which lashes its waves against its steep foundations, as if determined to uproot in all these inhospitable parts the last vestige of the olden time. Fallen to the bottom of the cliff were parapet and guns; screaming sea-birds occupied the crumbling, moss-covered watch-tower; while within the dismounted cannon, bearing, with royal arms of Spain, the date of 1745, were slowly changing into rust. Remnants of the old paved road which ascends the hill were there, and the drawbridge over the moat--once wide and deep, but now rank with vegetation--leading to the main gateway; likewise the drawbridge to the citadel on the verge of the cliff, whence a charming view of sea and land may be had. At Chagres, passengers were accustomed to stay no longer than sufficed to engage boats and start on their journey. This region is specially noted for the insalubrity of its climate.

COLON
Aspinwall, or Navy bay, where the first blow upon the railway was struck, occupies a small swampy mud-reef called Manzanilla island, fringed with mangrove trees, and originally covered with interlacing vines and thorny shrubs, and inhabited only by reptiles, beasts and poisonous insects.
The rainfall at Aspinwall is very heavy. During the rainy season, which is from May to January, the windows of heaven are opened, and in October and November there is a quick succession of deluges. Glued furniture falls in pieces; leather moulds, and iron oxidizes in twenty-four hours.
Quite a contrast between the old and the new! In making the transit by rail, the day before reaching Aspinwall every one descended into the hold of the steamer, either in person or by proxy, selected his baggage, had it weighed and checked, and paid ten cents a pound for all over fifty pounds if a holder of a steerage ticket, and all over one hundred pounds if a holder of a cabin ticket. Baggage was then transferred to the steamer on the other side without further trouble to the owner. No sooner was the plank out than the slosely penned passengers, with a rush squeezed and stampeded--the American style of disembarking--hastened ashore, scattered themselves among the hotels, shops, and fruit venders, and were soon lost in present gratification of appetite, and in laying in a store of comforts and disease for the future. The pleasure of placing foot on shore after a long voyage, even though it be the soft spongy shore of Aspinwall, is exquisite. To a cramped sea-rolled landsman any spot of earth looks lovely, especially when viewed from the sea. To tread on solid ground, and feel mother earth beneath your feet again, seems like a return from supernatural regions. Thus to land and thus to cross the Isthmus is a pleasant change from the tiresome life on board the steamers. Railway passengers wish the ride was longer, wish they could so ride all the way to San Francisco. Seated by an open window, the face fanned by the motion of the train, and armed with a pitcher or pail of iced water, the ride is indeed charming. But at the time of which I write crossing the Isthmus was a very different affair, as I shall show.

REDUNDANT VEGETATION

Surpassingly beautiful is the foliage along the banks of this Circean stream. Rolling up from either side are mountains of impervious forest, gigantic, Rank, and wild. Every shade of green, somber and bright, mingles with rose-red, purple, white, and yellow, orange, blue, and pink in endless varying kaleidoscope. Solemn palms, thick-leaved mangoes, bold majestic teaks, and bounteous bananas are linked by crimson-blossomed parasites, which, twining, interlacing, creeping, and pendant, mat and unite all brotherhoods in close embrace, and over-reaching the glistening banks meet their image in the glassy waters. Bending acacias dig their sinewy roots into the soft earth to prevent falling, and weave their branches into thick screens; bread-fruit hangs in huge clusters overhead, and plantain pine-apple and orange, mango and lime, papaw alligator-pear and sugar-cane, yield profusely their spontaneous favors. It is no trifling matter to be a tree in the tropics. If erect and strong it is made a plant-patriarch, whether it will or not, and must support a dense mass of orchids, purple convolvuli, and creeping plants of almost every genus and species, which if spread upon the ground would form a thick carpet covering a space five times the area of the tree's shadow at noon-day; and when at last the forest behemoth is smothered to death, and dragged down by these relentless parasites, its sapless trunk is speedily buried in broad leaves and tender vines and bunches of spongy moss, and its tomb decorated with flaming flowers and delicate microscopic blossoms.
Underneath dark vistas of shadowy colonnade are tall grasses and tangled shrubbery through which wild beasts with difficulty force their way. What in our colder climnes are rare exotics, here riot in the open air, bursting with exuberance. Innumerable flowers of every hue gild the landscape; the tiny blossoms of the north spread out in flaming proportions, or assume shapes in which they almost lose their identity, while innumerable species unknown to the northern naturalist abound in rank profusion. Chief among those, and one of the most remarkable that blooms in any clime is the Flor del Espiritu santo, the flower of the holy ghost. Lifting its graceful form from marshy pools and decayed logs to a height sometimes of six or seven feet, it throws out broad lanceolate leaves by pairs from jointed leaf-stalks, while on a leafless flower-stalk springing from the bulb are sometimes ten or fifteen tulip shaped blossoms of alabaster whiteness, and powerful magnolia perfume, enfolding within their tiny cups the prone image of a dove, formed in such consummate grace and symmetry as no art could approach. And with this emblem of innocence and celestrial purity rising from a sensual paradise; with its gentle head bent meekly forward, its exquisitely shaped pinions hanging listlessly by its sides, its tiny bill, tipped with delicate carmine, almost resting on its snow white breast, in form and feature the very incarnation of ethereal innocence--shall we blame the early priests for pointing the pooor natives to this flower, and telling them God is here:

ANIMATED NATURE

Palm trees of various descriptions line the banks, and gorgeous water lilies dip their fragrant heads as the boat passes over them. Every shower of rain is like the sprinkling of perfume on the vegetation. Birds of richly painted plumage and shrill song illuminate the forest; the dark, scarlet-breasted toucan, which tosses its food from its long serrated beak into the air and catches it in its throat, and in drinking, as the padres say, makes the signh of the cross, whence they call it Dios te de, (May God give thee); screaming parrots, parroquets and flamingoes with their harsh discordant voices, and black and yellow turpiales, wild turkeys, peacocks, and herons, and multitudes of others, gorgeously feathered and sweet of song, glitter amidst the shadowy green. Chattering monkeys leap from tree to tree and swing upon the pendent vines; mammoth blue butterflies, brilliant as the rainbow, dance in the sun and rise to match the azure of heaven on wings a hand broad; and bumming birds, beautiful as the butterflies, buzz and poise and dart from flower to flower. Myriads of insects with burnished coats of mail sparkle in the air and people the plants, while all through the day the shrill whistle of the chicharra--a kind of green grasshopper--is heard, which beginning in a low gurgle, rises into a clear blast like the whistle of a steam engine, and which may be distinguished a mile distant.

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Down from the mountains and out of the tropical wilderness we approach the borders of the broad Pacific. Fromm a series of plains dotted with patches of black thorn and cactus, and groves of citron, orange, and mango, we strike into the paved road, cross the old stone bridge, and are soon among the plantations and suburban residences of Panama. Goats and herds of cattle now mingle with bands of pack mules, mounted stragglers, and pedestrians; water-carriers ply their trade with increased activity as the day draws to a close; houses, two and three stories in height, of wood and adobe, supplant the remoter reed huts, and following the current of gold-seekers we leave behind the shops outside the walls, cross the moat, and passing under the arched and towered gateway of Puerta de Tierra, with its old stone cross and bell, we enter Panama
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. XXXV, 1888

William married Anne Esther RANDALL on 18 Nov 1852 in Saint Pauls Church, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. Anne (daughter of Thomas RANDALL and Elizabeth Benfield) was born on 13 Mar 1828 in 77 London Rd, Southwark, Surrey, England; was christened on 15 Jun 1828 in St. George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England; died on 3 Jan 1918 in Brentwood, Contra Costa, California, United States; was buried in Union Cemetary, Brentwood, Contra Costa, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
George Smith Collis
baptism/christening: 16 Apr 1828
Witham, Essex, England
father: Christopher Annett Collis
mother: Maria
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677
ref # item 8 p 122
Re: FAMILY OF GEORGE SMITH COLLIS, ARTIST
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Thank you for responding.George Smith Collis was my paternal great grandfather, I am trying to find out more about his offspring other than my paternal grandfather (Edwin Martin Collis, born 1877 and paternal great aunt (Annie Grace Dyrenforth).I believe there was another brother (half) - E.G. George Collis? but I have no other information regarding this.
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Sally please contact me as I have a tree for Christopher.GG John Collis & Sarah GP John Collis & Dorcas Ely Parents Samuel Collis & Susan Smith. Christopher had 3 Wifes & 5 Children.I have a very large collection of Collis names .Fay Mundy (nee Collis)
By genealogy.com user March 03, 2002 at 08:08:42
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS GEORGE SMITH COLLIS, BORN WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1828 - FAMOUS ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS PAINTING "HOME OF THE REDMAN", DIED 1907 AT READING, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND.HIS FATHER WAS CHRISTOPHER ANNETT COLLIS.ANY INFORMATION HELPFUL.
George Smith Collis
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 No Image
Name: George Smith Collis
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 16 Apr 1828
Baptism Place: Witham, Essex, England
Father: Christopher Collis
Mother: Annette Maria (Annette was Christopher's middle name, not Maria's first name)
FHL Film Number: 1702677


1851 England Census
Name: George S Collis
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relation: Son (probably the inn was owned by his father, Christopher)
Father's Name: Richard F This father and mother are not correct. they are listed in the household above.
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: Brixton
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability:
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Brixton
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
1575-0474>
Household schedule number: 18
Household Members: Name Age (I believe the property is listed under the father, Christopher's name)
William Collis 24 son, brewer now publican
George S Collis 23 son, painter
Delene Collis 19 should be Dorcus, daughter, publican assistant
Belen A Collis 22 Should be Betsy Ann, neice
Henry W Chappell 3 grandson
Thomas Waite 22 servant
Mary Ann Garling 34 servant
Edward Turner 40 lodger

The following is probably not ours as he is a servant in the 1861 census born in 1826 - Abridge, Essex, England
Surname Given Name District Volume Page
Marriages Mar 1853
Collis George Smith Marylebone 1a 620
The district Marylebone spans the boundaries of the counties of London and Middlesex; information about it can be found here .


1891 England Census
Name: George S Collis
Age: 63
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Florence
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Handsworth
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street address: 9 Johnston St. Occupation: retired grocer
Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub-registration district: Handsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Household Members: Name Age
George S Collis 63 retired grocer
Florence Collis 37 wife born Isle of Mann
Dorcas G Collis 1 daughter born Stafford, Handsworth
Dorcas Collis 59 sister born Witham, Essex living on own means

1901 England Census
Name: George Smith Collis
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Handsworth
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street address: 234 Healthfield Rd.; Occupation: Living on own means; Condition as to marriage: Wid., Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub-registration district: Handsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 41
Household schedule number: 17
Household Members: Name Age
George Smith Collis 73 living on own means, widower
Grace E Collis 11 dau born Handsworth, Staffordshire
George E Collis 9 son born Handsworth, Staffordshire
Mary Clark 75 visitor widow
Alice Clark 42 servant

Could this be our George?

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 about George Smith Collis
Name: George Smith Collis
Estimated birth year: abt 1828
Year of Registration: 1906
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 78
District: Reading (1837-1974)
County: Berkshire
Volume: 2c pg 188

Ancestry.com: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941. Record for George Smith Collis
Collis, George Smith of 4 Richmond-road, Reading died 12 August 1906, Probate London 2 Oct 1906, to Alice Dowden Clark spinster, effects L 125 5s 5d

George married Florence Alma Ellis in Dec 1888 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. Florence (daughter of Lister Ellis and Eliza) was born on 26 Mar 1855 in Onchan,Isle Of Man,England; died in Dec 1895 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Martin. Elizabeth was born in 1835 in England; died in 1882 in Riverside, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 7C4126397177864281FF04B2FA70934140B1

Notes:

England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
Maria Collis
baptism/christening: 9 Feb 1829
Witham, Essex, England
father: Christopher Annett Collis
mother: Maria
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677
ref # item 8 p 128

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1870: Seminary for girls (owner), Witham, Essex, England
• _UID: 498B77C5217B5043BF6741FF844938822CAF

Notes:

England births and Christenings 1538-1975
The index is an electronic database of information transcribed from original records.
Dorcas Collis
baptism/christening: 29 May 1831
Witham, Essex, England
father: Christopher Annett Collis
mother: Maria
indexing project batch# 104624-5
source film # 1702677
ref # item 8 p 147

Never married?

Surname Given Name District Volume Page
Deaths Sep 1896
Collis Dorcas West Bromwich 6b 427 age 65
The district West Bromwich spans the boundaries of the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire

Other Events:

• Occupation: England; brewer
• _UID: 1CE7E870E057F642B52999D9B1FD1F5E45C5

Notes:

1861 England Census
Name: Samuel Annett Collis
Age: 28 unmarried
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Chipping Hill, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: Hounslow
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Brentford (just west of Hammersmith)
Sub registration district: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 14 Wellington (Jane Bathl?)
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 113
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Annett Collis 28 Brewer

1871 England Census
Name: Samuel A Collis
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Caroline
Gender: Male
Where born: Chippen Hill, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Cheriton
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Elham
Sub registration district: Folkestone
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 168
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel A Collis 37 deaf from accident, Practical brewer
Caroline Collis 34
Emma E Collis 5
Samuel A Collis 4
William Collis 3
Florence C Collis 2
Mary A Collis 3 months

1881 England Census
Name: Samuel A. Collis
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Caroline
Gender: Male
Where born: Chipping Hill, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Aston
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Street address: 10 CT 1 House Alma St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education: Employment status:
Occupation: Brewer (Journeyman)
Registration district: Aston
Sub registration district: Aston Manor
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel A. Collis 47 Brewer, journeyman born, Essex, Chipping Hill
Caroline Collis 44 wife born Surrey, Kingston on Thames
Emma E. Collis 15 Cigar & cigarette maker born Middlesex, Hounslow
Samuel A. Collis 14 telegraph messenger born: Surrey, Redhill
William Collis 13 telegraph messenger born: Surrey, Redhill
Florence C. Collis 12 born, Kent, Sandgate
Mary A. Collis 10 born, Kent, Seabrook, Cheriton
Henrietta J. Collis 9 born, Kent, Seabrook
Constance Ada Collis 7 born, Kent, Seabrook
George E. Collis 5 born Staffordshire, Pennban

1891 England Census
Name: Samuel A Calles
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Baroline (Caroline)
Gender: Male
Where born: Essex, England
Civil parish: Aston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Silas
Town: Aston Manor
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status:
Registration district: Aston
Sub-registration district: Aston Manor
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel A Calles 54 brewer
Baroline Calles 54
Florence C Calles 22 daughter, born Cheriton, Kent, silver chain maker
Mary A Calles 20 daughter, born Cheriton, Kent, jeweler
Henrietta I Calles 18 daughter, born Cheriton, Kent,watchmaker
Constance V Calles 16 daughter, born Felkstone, Kent, dressmaker
George E Calles 15 son, born Perry Barr, Staffordshire, errand boy

1901 England Census
Name: Samuel Collis
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: N, Essex, England
Civil parish: Aston Manor
Ecclesiastical parish: Lozells St Paul
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Journeyman brewer,
Condition as to marriage: widow
Registration district: Aston
Sub-registration district: Aston Manor 137 Clifford St
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Household schedule number: 67
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Collis 67 widow, Journeyman brewer
Henrietta J Collis 28 daughter, ware house woman, born Seabrook, Cheriton, Kent
George E Collis 25 son, carpenter, cabinet maker, born Perry Barr, Staffordshire
Kate Spaldin 36 boarder,

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: Samuel Annett Collis
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Year of Registration: 1909
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 75
District: Birmingham (1837-1924)
County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 22

freebmd.org.uk
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Sep 1909
COLLIS Samuel Annett 75 Birmingham 6d

Samuel married Caroline Smith in Jun 1863 in Brentford, Middlesex, England. Caroline (daughter of Richard SMITH and Caroline) was born on 9 Dec 1839 in Kingston On Thames, Surrey, England; was christened on 19 Jan 1840 in All Saints, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England; died in Sep 1897 in Aston, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: E56E715DFC0E374894100AC3A9B3EA90F1FD

Notes:

Joseph Collis
England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997
Name: Joseph Collis
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 16 Nov 1835
Event Place: Essex, England, United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Christopher Annett Collis
Mother's Name: Eliza Collis

1851 England Census
Name: Joseph Collis
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Christopher A
Mother's Name: Alice
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Hounslow
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation:
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 1a
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 177
Household Members: Name Age
Christopher A Collis 52
Alice Collis 53
Samuel Collis 14
Joseph Collis 14
Eliza Collis 14
It looks like Joseph boarded with Sarah's mother, a widow, in the 1861 census.
Joseph Collis
in the 1861 England Census
Name: Joseph Collis
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: 1836
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil Parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: Hounslow
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
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Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 36
Piece: 774
Folio: 5
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Hague 49
Joseph Hague 26
Sarah Hague 23
Charles Haiselson 53
Joseph Collis 25
Harry Jenkins 9
Samuel Adams 9
1861 England Census
Name: Joseph Collis
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: Hounslow
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Dairyman, Condition as to marriage: not marr
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 15

1871 England Census
Name: Joseph Collis
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Town: Hounslow 3 Laurel Cottages Haines Road
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 35
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Collis 35 butcher
Sarah Collis 33 born Middlesex, London
Agnes A Collis 7 born Middlesex, Hounslow
Ada J Collis 2 born Middlesex, Hounslow
Joseph Collis 7 months born Middlesex, Hounslow
Sarah Hagar 64 mother in law


1891 England Census
Name: Joseph Collis
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Heston
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Town: Hounslow 8 Willow Cottages
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Butcher
Registration district: Brentford
Sub-registration district: Isleworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors:
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Collis 55 butcher
Joseph Collis 19 butcher assistant born Hounslow, Middlesex
Kate Collis 15 at boarding school born Hounslow, Middlesex
Frederick W Collis 18 born Hounslow, Middlesex
William G Collis 12 born Hounslow, Middlesex

1901 England Census
Name: Joseph Collis
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relation: Father
Gender: Male
Where born: Witham, Essex, England
Civil parish: Hammersmith
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch and St Matthew
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status:
Registration district: Fulham
Sub-registration district: South Hammersmith (including Starch Green)
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Household schedule number: 606
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Collis 30 butcher born Middlesex, Hounslow
Elizabeth Collis 37 born Feltham, Middlesex
Louisa E Collis 1 born Fulham, London
Joseph Collis 66 father, widower

Joseph married Sarah Hague on 4 Aug 1861 in Hounslown, Middlesex, England. Sarah (daughter of Hagar and Sarah) was born about 1838 in London, Middlesex, England; died in Feb 1884 in Brentford, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: 5B899A6912CEFA4AA699C8F408EE589AEE8F

Notes:

About this collection
name: Eliza Collis
event: Census
event date: 1861
gender: Female
age: 24
relationship to head of household: Servant
birthplace: Chipping Hill, Essex
record type: Household
registration district: Fylde
sub-district: 3 Poulton-Le-Fylde
ecclesiastical parish:
civil parish: Layton Warbreck
county: Lancashire

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• _UID: DE6EA9611C019E46BFA39100C1D718C5BFCB

Other Events:

• _UID: FB6AC5F9A1C9C041A5A98C2A56110D6E743D

Other Events:

• Baptism: CHILD
• _UID: 9A2C8B6DBC8B73499A00C18B238C0679D5F1