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Family [F183]

COLLINS

Parents

James COLLINS [P96] = Minnie Alice MANN [P508]

Married 17 Apr 1880, Battle, Sussex, England1

James

Born 17 Jun 1854, Lanivet, Cornwall, England2
Christened 2 Mar 1856, Lanivet, Cornwall, England3
Occupation: Gypsum miner5

Minnie Alice

Alias Minnie A COLLINS (1880)
Born ABT 1863, Battle, Sussex, England6

Children

Mary Elizabeth [P3453]

Born 10 Aug 1881, Netherfield, Sussex, England7
Christened 25 Sep 1881, Netherfield, Sussex, England8

Ethel Minnie [P3454]

Born 1 Nov 1884, Netherfield, Sussex, England9
Christened 1 Mar 1885, Netherfield, Sussex, England10

Sources

1 : ; Primary evidence
Battle marriage register ~ James (25) didn't sign, just mark; Minnie (17) signed; both were residing in Battle. There were no family witnesses.

1a: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
June 1880 quarter, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 57

2 : ; Primary evidence
Age shown as 27 on the 1881 census for Darwell Hole Hill Cottage, Battle, Sussex, England

2a: ; Primary evidence
Shown as 7yo scholar on 1861 census for Lanivet

3 : ; Primary evidence
Baptised : 02/03/1856 : Lanivet, Cornwall on same day as Charles - copy of register obtained.

4 : ; Primary evidence
Occupation on 1881 census is Gypsum miner

5 : ; Primary evidence
1881 census shows occupation as gypsum miner

6 : ; Primary evidence
Age shown as 16 on the 1881 census, Darwell Hole Hill Cottage, Battle, Sussex, England - This seems in slight contradiction with her age given on her wedding day.

6a: ; Primary evidence
Age given as 17 on the Battle Marriage register, 17/4/1880

7 : ; Primary evidence
Date of birth is written on baptism register

8 : "Netherfield Baptism Register"; Primary evidence
Page 45, #360. Abode Netherfield, Father's occupation Miner.

9 : ; Primary evidence
Date of birth is written on the baptism register

9a: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1885, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 63

10 : "Netherfield Baptism Register"; Primary evidence
Page 52, #416 Abode Netherfield, Father's occupation miner

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