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Family [F184]

COLLINS

Parents

Albert COLLINS [P509] = Elizabeth Jane HARRIS [P510]

Married 6 Jul 1907, Mountfield, Sussex, England1

Albert

Born 25 Jul 1879, Netherfield, Sussex, England2
Christened 31 Aug 1879, Netherfield, Sussex, England3
Died 28 Mar 1938, Mountfield, Sussex, England4
Buried Mountfield, Sussex, England5
Occupation: Groom Domestic, Gypsum Miner, Royal Engineers6

Albert Collins c.1918
Albert Collins c.1918

Certificate for courageous action in WWI
Certificate for courageous action in WWI

Elizabeth Jane

Alias Elizabeth Jane COLLINS
Born 1881, Mountfield, Sussex, England7
Died 28 Sep 1962, Mountfield, Sussex, England8
Buried Mountfield churchyard, Sussex, England9

Children

Albert [P7676] = Margaret Rose JAMES [P7677] > Family [F2466]

Married 1934, Hythe, Kent, England10

Albert

Alias Bert
Born 1910, Mountfield, Sussex, England11
Died 1987, St Helen's Hospital, Hastings, Sussex, England12
Buried Mountfield, Sussex, England
Occupation: Shot firer, gypsum mine

Bert Collins Courtesy Trish Jones
Bert Collins Courtesy Trish Jones

Margaret Rose

Alias Margaret Rose COLLINS (1934)
Born 4 Feb 1911, Kencott, Oxfordshire, England13
Died 1995, Bexhill Hospital, Sussex, England14
Buried Mountfield, Sussex, England

Flora L [P7689]

Born 1912, Battle district15

John E [P7690]

Born 1921, Battle district16

Charles [P7691]

Born 1925, Battle district17

Charlie Collins Courtesy Trish Jones
Charlie Collins Courtesy Trish Jones

Dorothy [P7666] = Fred HONEYSETT [P7667] > Family [F2464]

Dorothy

Dorothy Collins
Dorothy Collins

Dorthy (centre row, right) in the Pansy Patrol, Girl Guides, 1922 at Mountfield
Dorthy (centre row, right) in the Pansy Patrol, Girl Guides, 1922 at Mountfield

Family

Albert & Elizabeth's headstone in Mountfield Churchyard
Albert & Elizabeth's headstone in Mountfield Churchyard

Sources

1 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1907, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 121

1a: ; Secondary evidence
Marriage register, Entry 307, witnesses were Rose Collins and Amos Harris. Both of this parish.

2 : ; Primary evidence
1881 census for Netherfield Village gives age as 1 and birthplace Battle

2a: ; Primary evidence
1901 census for Sealands Gate, Hardings Wood, Brightling had age 21, birthplace Netherfield - living with a widow, Sarah Mewett (69) and her daughter Annie (24).

2b: ; Primary evidence
Date of birth is written on the baptism register

2c: ; Primary evidence
1891 census for Netherfield Road, St John Netherfield, has age 11, scholar, birthplace Netherfield

2d: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1879, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 60

3 : "Netherfield Baptism Register"; Primary evidence
Page 40, #320 Abode Netherfield, Father's occupation Miner

4 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone has date of death inscribed, together with age (58)

5 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone visited

6 : ; Primary evidence
1901 census has occupation Groom Domestic

6a: "Mountfield Meanderings (Two Volumes)"; Page Vol 2, Page 14; Secondary evidence
Albert Collins worked at the Gypsum Mines but in WW1 he joined the Royal Engineers. He was commended for his bravery when, in 1918 he came under heavy fire and gas when taking supplies to the front. Though his horses were wounded, frightened and hard to control, he managed to get his transport back to the wagon lines.

7 : ; Secondary evidence
Age is given of 81 on her tombstone (died 1962)

8 : ; Primary evidence
Date of death is inscribed on tombstone, together with age (81)

9 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone visited

10 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

11 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

12 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

13 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

14 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence

15 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
June quarter 1812, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 85

16 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1921, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 75

17 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1925, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 71

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