PART SEVENTY-SEVEN

The Cricklade to Isleworth Brentford Line

Issued August 2022

Five years prior to the issue of this new line of the Collett family, Terry Collett and his wife Julie sought help in 2017 to identify and locate Terry’s younger brother Martin R Collett. It was known that the brothers were born ten years apart in the Southend-on-Sea area of Essex, their births recorded at Rochford register office in 1950 and 1960, when their mother’s maiden-name was recorded as Welch. They were the only children of George Edward Collett and Violet Welch. Terry emigrated to Australia in 1971 and that was the last time he saw his brother. It was in 2018 that Terry and Julie were planning to visit England to be reunited with his brother, so asked for our help to achieve that. Information was therefore sent to them in Australia regarding two possible Martin Colletts of the right age, both married and identified within the 2001 Census. Sadly, Terry has still not managed to discover where his brother is living.

In 2022 the brief details provided by Terry back in 2017 were revisited, with the outcome that his father was revealed as Edward George Collett, rather than George Edward, resulting in a family line (underlined) that has now been traced back to 1770 in Wiltshire. This therefore, is their story.

Thomas Collett [77K1] was possibly born around 1775, although his date and place of birth is currently not known. What is known is that his wife was Ann (no wedding found) and their likely first child was baptised at St Sampson’s Church on Bath Road in Cricklade near Swindon on 3^rd May 1796. By the time their daughter was born the family had settled in Isleworth in Middlesex, where she was born and baptised. When their daughter was eighteen years old, Thomas Collett died at Isleworth and was buried there on 18^th October 1818. Eighteen years later, his widow also died and was buried at Isleworth on 16^th June 1837.

77L1 – William Collett was born in 1796 at Cricklade

77L2 – Maria Collett was born in 1800 at Isleworth, Middlesex, London

William Collett [77L1] was born at Cricklade in 1796, where he was baptised on 3^rd May 1796, the son of Thomas and Ann Collett. The details were also recorded in the Bishop’s Transcripts for Cricklade. By the time his sister Maria (below) was born the family was residing in Isleworth, where first William’s father died in 1818, and then his mother is 1837. Seven years prior to losing his mother, William married Elizabeth Osborn at Isleworth on 18^th October 1830. Within the following ten years Elizabeth gave birth to five children, as confirmed in the Isleworth census of 1841. By then William had a rounded age of 40, and Elizabeth a rounded age of 30. Living with the couple at Brentford End in Isleworth were Thomas Collett aged nine, William Collett who was seven, Henry Collett who was five, Elizabeth Collett who was two, and Susan who was only seven weeks old. All of the children had been born in Middlesex, but not their parents. It is of particular interest that the couple’s first-born child was named after William’s father. Over the next twelve years two more daughters and a final son was added to the family which, by 1851, was residing at Brickfield Yard before later returning to Brentford End.

The family living at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth, comprised: William Collett from Cricklade in Wiltshire who was 54 and a labourer working for a farmer and sawyer; Elizabeth Collett from Colnbrook in Buckinghamshire who was 42; Thomas Collett who was 19 and a sawyer’s labourer; William Collett who was 17 and a bricklayer’s labourer; Henry Collett who was 15 with no stated job of work; Elizabeth Collett who was 12 and attending school; as was Susan who was nine and Martha Collett who was seven; and Sarah Collett who was one year old. All of the children had been born at Isleworth. Two years after that census day the couple’s last child was born and, during the following eight years, sons Thomas and William left home to be married, as did daughter Elizabeth. The latter of these three was staying with William and Elizabeth at Brentford End in Isleworth on the day of the next census in 1861.

William Collett was 66 and a general labourer, his wife Elizabeth was 50, daughters Martha and Sarah were 17 and 11 respectively, and son John Collett was eight years old. All of them, in error, were said to have been born in Isleworth. Living with them that day was newlywed couple Elizabeth and John Harris – son-in-law, with their baby son John Harris, all three of them also born at Isleworth. No records of the family have been found within the census of 1871, while it was just over three years later that the death of William Collett, born in Cricklade in 1796, was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 43) during the last quarter of 1874, when he was 78.

77M1 – Thomas Collett was born in 1831 at Isleworth

77M2 – William Collett was born in 1833 at Isleworth

77M3 – Henry Collett was born in 1835 at Isleworth

77M4 – Elizabeth Charlotte Collett was born in 1838 at Isleworth

77M5 – Susan Hannah Collett was born in 1841 at Isleworth

77M6 – Martha Collett was born in 1843 at Isleworth

77M7 – Sarah Collett was born in 1849 at Isleworth

77M8 – John Collett was born in 1852 at Isleworth

Maria Collett [77L2] was born at Isleworth on 19^th December 1800 and was baptised there on 11^th January 1801, the daughter of Thomas and Ann Collett.

Thomas Collett [77M1] was born at Isleworth on 26^th July 1831, where he was baptised on 14^th August 1831, the eldest child of William Collett and Elizabeth Osborn. He was recorded in the census of 1841 as being nine years old, seven weeks before his tenth birthday, when living with his family at Brentford End in Isleworth. On leaving school, Thomas secured work alongside his father employed by a farmer and sawyer, with Thomas being 19 and a sawyer’s labourer in 1851, when he and his family were living at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth. Six years following that census day, the marriage of Thomas Collett and Harriet Ann Garton was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 113) during the third quarter of 1857.

The absence of the 1871 Census makes it difficult to accurately say which children were born to the couple between 1858 and 1869, although the possible candidates could be Hannah Agnes Collett, born in 1860, who died at Isleworth on 9^th December 1860, where she was buried less than three months after she was born there, and Agnes Collett born in 1863 who died in 1865, their births and deaths registered at Brentford. Another Hannah Agnes Collett was born at Brentford in 1869 and she was a daughter of Thomas’ brother William (below) and his wife Hannah Collett, with whom she was living in both 1881 and 1891.

According to the census in 1881, when the family was living at London Road in Isleworth, Thomas was 49 and a gardener labourer, his wife Harriet A Collett was 46 and another gardener, and their three children were Eliza E Collett who was ten, Thomas J Collett who was seven, and Alice M Collett who was three years old. Every member of the family had been born at Isleworth. Three elderly people were lodging with the family, two widows and a widower. Ten years later, Thomas Collett from Isleworth was again residing on London Road in the town when he was 59 and still working as a gardener. His wife was recorded as Ann Collett who was 56, and living with them was 17-year-old son and labourer Thomas, and 12-year-old daughter Mary (Alice Maud) who was an apprentice. Living with the family, both on that day and ten years later, was the couple’s one-year-old grandson William Collett, who was very likely the base-born child of their daughter Elizabeth Eliza Collett, about whom nothing is known at that time, or later on.

By 1901, Thomas was 69 and still working as a gardener from his home on London Road, Isleworth. Harriet A Collett was 63 and still taking in widowed lodgers, while the only person staying with the couple was their grandson 11-year-old Willie Collett from nearby Brentford. Two years later, Thomas Collett was 71 years old when he died at Isleworth, his death recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 43) during the second quarter of 1903. After just over two years as a widow, the death of Harriet Ann Collett, nee Garton, of Isleworth, was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 41) during the third quarter of 1905, at the age of 71

77N1 – Hannah Agnes Collett was born in 1860 at Isleworth and died there in 1860

77N2 – Agnes Collett was born in 1863 at Isleworth and died there in 1865

77N3 – Elizabeth Eliza Collett was born in 1870 at Isleworth

77N4 – Thomas John Collett was born in 1874 at Isleworth

77N5 – Alice Maud Collett was born in 1878 at Isleworth

William Collett [77M2] was born on 3^rd October 1833 at Isleworth, where he was baptised on 27^th October 1833, the second child of William and Elizabeth Collett. He was seven years old in 1841 when he and his family were living at Brentford End in Isleworth. At the age of 17, William was working as a bricklayer’s labourer when he was still living with his family, but at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth. It was four years later when the marriage of William Collett and Hannah Blunden was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 74) during the second quarter of 1855, after which their first child was born at Isleworth. Hannah was born in the summer of 1837 at Sion Lane in Isleworth, the daughter of William and Agnes Blunden, later of Brickfield Yard. By 1861, head of the household William Collett, a married man from Isleworth, was 27 and a garden labourer living at London Road in Heston (Middlesex). Listed with him in the census return that year was his wife Hannah who was 25 and also born at Isleworth, where their son five-year-old William Collett had been born. Lodging with the family that day was unmarried James Shortland of Heston who was 22 and a labourer. Not long after that census day, the family returned to Isleworth, where son Edward James Collett was born, with his birth registered at Brentford near the end of 1861. No record of the family has been found in 1871, by which time William and Hannah had given birth to five children

In 1881, William Collett aged 47 and from Isleworth, was a labourer living with his wife and their family at Brickfield Lane in Isleworth. Hannah Collett from Isleworth was 43, and their children were Edward Collett aged 20, a labourer born at Isleworth, John Collett also of Isleworth who was 17 and a labourer, Hannah Collett who was 11 and born at Brentford, as was Elizabeth Collett who was seven and Henry Collett who was five, while one-year-old Emma Collett had been born after the family returned to live in Isleworth. The two absent children in 1881 were eldest son William aged 24 who was married with a family of his own, and eldest daughter Mary Ann aged 14 who staying with her married brother, helping his young wife with their two young children. The family address in 1891 was Brickfield Yard in Isleworth, where William was 57 and a gardener, Hannah was 53, daughter Hannah was 22 and a laundress, Henry was 14 and working with his father as a gardener, and Emma was 11 years old. All of them were confirmed as born in Middlesex.

Tragically, it was later that same year that Hannah Collett, nee Blunden died at the age of 54, possibly at hospital in London, when her death was recorded at Chelsea register office (Ref. 1a 244) during the third quarter of 1891. By 1901, widower William Collett aged 67 was continuing to work as a domestic gardener while he was living at Lateward Road in Brentford. That was the home of William’s married daughter Mary Ann Kirby and her husband James. Only one other person was living with them and that was James’ younger brother Frank Kirby aged 23 and a soldier. Ten years after that, the Brentford census in 1911, identified William Collett as a widower with no occupation, who was 78 and again living at the home of his married daughter Mary Ann Kirby from Brentford. She was 44 and the wife of head of the household James Thomas Kirby also 44 and born at Brentford who was a lighterman – a lighter was a flat-bottomed barge working on the River Thames in London. Less than two years after that census day, William Collett died at Brentford when he was still said to be 78 rather than 79, with his death recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 151) during the last quarter of 1912.

77N6 – William Collett was born in 1856 at Isleworth

77N7 – Edward James Collett was born in 1861 at Isleworth

77N8 – John Collett was born in 1864 at Isleworth

77N9 – Mary Ann Collett was born in 1866 at Isleworth

77N10 – Hannah Agnes Collett was born in 1869 at Brentford

77N11 – Elizabeth Collett was born in 1873 at Brentford

77N12 – Henry John Collett was born in 1876 at Brentford

77N13 – Emma Agnes Collett was born in 1879 at Isleworth

Henry Collett [77M3] was born in 1835 at Isleworth, the third child of William and Elizabeth Collett, who was baptised there on 15^th November 1835. He was five years old and 15 years of age in the Isleworth census returns for 1841 and 1851, when living there with his family at Brentford End and Brickfield Yard respectively. He was 20 years old when he married Emma of the same age, with their wedding recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 68) during the last three months of 1855, with whom he had two children by 1861. The census that year recorded the four members of the family, all born at Isleworth, living again at Brentford End in Isleworth, as Henry Collett who was 26 and a labourer, his wife Emma Collett also 26, Louisa Collett who was three, and Henry Collett who was one year old. Five more children were added to the family over the next ten years, the last two born at Old Brentford, after which the family returned to Isleworth. In 1871 it was at Worton in Isleworth where Henry was 35 and a brick-maker, Emma was 35 and a basket-maker, Louisa was 13, Henry was 11, Thomas was nine, Emma was six, Ellen was four, and Harriet was two years old. Apart from daughter Louise, everyone else was recorded as having been born at Isleworth. Why she alone was listed as born at Brentford is unclear since, in 1861, her place of was also Isleworth.

On that census day, Emma was anticipating the arrival of her last child, but sadly, just two years later Emma Collett died, possibly giving birth to another child, who also did not survive. The death of Emma Collett aged 39 was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 62) at the start of 1874. As a result of his loss, Henry Collett was a widower aged 44 (sic) and a brick-maker in 1881, who was living at Hundreds London Road in Isleworth, with just five of his children. They were Henry who was 20 and Thomas who was 19, both labourers, Emma who was 17, and Harriet who was 13 and Alice who was 10, both of them born at Old Brentford, unlike all of others, who were born at Isleworth. What happened to Henry after 1881 is still not known, with no obvious record of his death found in Middlesex or further afield.

77N14 – Louisa Collett was born in 1857 at Isleworth

77N15 – Henry Collett was born in 1859 at Isleworth

77N16 – Thomas Edward Collett was born in 1862 at Isleworth

77N17 – Emma Collett was born in 1864 at Isleworth

77N18 – Frances Ellen Collett was born in 1866 at Isleworth

77N19 – Harriet Collett was born in 1869 at Brentford

77N20 – Alice Collett was born in 1871 at Brentford

Elizabeth Charlotte Collett [77M4] was born at Isleworth towards the end of 1838, with her birth registered at Brentford (Ref. iii 22) during the first quarter of 1839. It was also at Isleworth where she was baptised on 10^th March 1839, the fourth child of William and Elizabeth Collett. As simply Elizabeth, she was two years old in the Isleworth census of 1841, when living with her family at Brentford End, and was 12 years of age in 1851, when the family was recorded at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth.

Susan Hannah Collett [77M5] was born at Brentford End in Isleworth on 15^th April 1841 and was baptised there on 16^th May 1841, another daughter of William and Elizabeth Collett, who was under two months old on the day of the census that year. Upon the registering of her birth at Brentford (Ref. iii 19) her name was recorded by the registrar as Susannah, rather than Susan Hannah. It was at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth that Susan was nine years of age in 1851. Nearly nine years later, the marriage of Susan Collett of Isleworth and Mark Stiles OR Arthur William Speak was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 66) near the end of 1859.

Martha Collett [77M6] was born at Isleworth in the latter months of 1843, with her birth registered at Brentford (Ref. iii 22) during the first three months of 1844. She was another daughter of William and Elizabeth Collett, who was baptised at Isleworth on 14^th January 1844. At the age of seven years, she and her family were living at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth in 1851 and was 17 in 1861 when the family home was at Brentford End in Isleworth.

Sarah Collett [77M7] was born in 1849 at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth, the seventh child of William and Elizabeth Collett. She was baptised at Isleworth on 3^rd February 1850 and fourteen months later was still living at Brickfield Yard with her family, when she was one year old. Sarah was 11 years of age in 1861, by which time the family was residing at Brentford End in Isleworth. No record of the family has been found in 1871, while it was ten years later when the marriage of Sarah Collett and Thomas Clements was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 143) in the third quarter of 1881. They made their home in Brentford and were recorded at Walnut Tree Road in 1901, when Sarah Clements from Isleworth was 49, and Thomas Clements from Brentford was 52 and a greengrocer. Staying with the couple was nephew Thomas Bates who was 19 and a general labourer, also born at Brentford. Just three years after that day, Sarah Clements, nee Collett, died at the age of 53, her passing recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 65) during the second quarter of 1904.

John Collett [77M8] was at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth in 1852 and was the last child born to William Collett and Elizabeth Osborn. His birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 35) during the third quarter of that year. By the time he was eight years of age, he and his family were living at Brentford End, Isleworth in 1861, one of the three youngest children still living there with their parents. Also staying at the same address, was John’s older married sister Elizabeth Harris, nee Collett, with her husband John Harris and their recently born baby boy of the same name. John was 24 when he married Sarah Goddard, their wedding day recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 130) during the third quarter of 1877. Fourteen years after they were married, labourer John was 38, his wife Sarah was 34 and a laundress, and their daughter Annie Collett was 15 and still attending school. Her age may have been given in error, or perhaps she was born before the couple was married. At that time in their life, the three of them were living on Ealing Road in Old Brentford, when all three were simply confirmed as having been born in Middlesex. Close to the end of the following decade John died at Ealing Road, the death of John Collett aged 47 being recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 61) during the second quarter of 1900. One year later, having lost her husband, Sarah Collett a widow, was still living at Ealing Road in Old Brentford in 1901, when she was 45 and continuing work earn a living as a laundress. Still living with her was her daughter Annie Collett who was 25 and another laundress, with both mother and daughter confirmed as having been born in Brentford. Living with them was Sarah’s unmarried niece Emma Thomas, a laundress from Brentford who was 30.

Sarah Ann Goddard was born at Brentford in 1855, where her birth was registered (Ref. 3a 51) during the third quarter of the year. It was also as Sarah Ann Collett she passed away at the age of 84, when her death was recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 3a 527) in 1940. It would appear that their daughter never married, and that she was very likely still living with her mother at the end of her life. It was just four years later, that the death of Annie Collett was recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 3a 301) in 1944, when she was 67.

77N21 - Annie Collett was born in 1876 at Brentford

Elizabeth Eliza Collett [77N3] was born at Isleworth in 1870 and her birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 54) during the third quarter of that year. As Eliza E Collett from Isleworth, she was ten years of age in 1881 when she and her family were living on London Road in Isleworth. In the absence of any better information, it has been assumed that in 1890, she gave birth to a son, with the birth of William Thomas Collett recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 47) during the first three months of the year. William was raised by his paternal grandparents at London Road in Isleworth, where in 1891 he was William Collett at the age of one year, and ten years later he was Willie Collett from Brentford who was 11. What happened to his mother remains a mystery. At Brentford register office are recorded three marriages of a William T Collett. The first in 1910 to Emily Jacobs OR Ethel Joyes, the second in 1925 to Ada East, and the third in 1943 to Margaret Hopkins.

77O1 – William Thomas Collett was born in 1890 at Brentford

Thomas John Collett [77N4] was born at Isleworth in 1873, the fifth child and only son of Thomas and Harriet Collett, whose birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 58) during the last quarter of the year. As Thomas J Collett he was seven years old in the Isleworth census of 1881, when the family was living at London Road. It was the same situation in 1891, when labourer Thomas was 17, one of only two children still living at London Road with their parents. Just after that census day, Thomas John Collett aged eighteen and from Middlesex started his military career, which was acknowledged by the Chelsea Pensioners’ Records up to 1913. This probably means that he may have been involved in the Boer War, and was in South Africa in 1901, hence his absence from the London census that year. Over the next few years, first Thomas’ father died in 1903, followed shortly after by his mother in 1905, thereafter no record of their son has been discovered in England.

Alice Maud Collett [77N5] was born at Isleworth in 1878, the youngest child of Thomas Collett and Harriet Ann Garton. Her birth, like those of her older siblings, was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 53) during the third quarter of that year. Alice M Collett was three years of age in the Isleworth census of 1881, when she and the family was living at London Road. It was also at London that Alice was living in 1891 when she was described as Mary Collett of Isleworth who was 12 years old and already signed up for an apprenticeship, although no trade was mentioned. Where she was in 1901 has yet to be discovered, but it is possible that as Maud Alice Collett she married John Merryweather, the event recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 257) during the second quarter of 1902. The couple then settled in Isleworth, where their three children were born, and where the family took up residency at Vine Cottage, and where they we recorded in 1911. John Michael Merryweather from the village of Arlesey, on the county boundary between Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, was 39 and a painter at the nearby gas works. Alice Maud Merryweather was 32, and their three children were Doris Merryweather aged nine, son Jackie Merryweather aged seven, and Winnie Merryweather who was four years old. All three children were confirmed as having been born at Isleworth. Three years later, Alice presented John with another son, when the birth of Leonard W Merryweather was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 168) during the third quarter of 1914, with the mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Collett.

William Collett [77N6] was born at Isleworth in 1856, the first-born child of William Collett and Hannah Blunden, whose birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 43) during the second quarter of 1856. By the time he was five years old, William and his parents were living at London Road in Heston, Middlesex, but shortly thereafter the family returned to Isleworth before the end of 1861, where his younger siblings were born. No record of any member of this family line has been found for the census day in 1871. Three years later, the marriage of William Collett and Emma Wigginton was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 70) during the second quarter of 1874. She was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Wigginton of High Street in New Brentford. By 1881, William from Isleworth was 24 and a general labourer, his wife Emma from Brentford was 27, when they were living at Linden Cottages in Chiswick. Staying with them that day was Margaret Collett from Brentford who was 14 and described as William’s sister, possibly an enumerator error for Mary Ann Collett who was 14 and missing from the main family home, most likely helping William’s wife with their two young children. Those two children were daughter Elizabeth Collett who was five, and son William Collett who was three, both born at Isleworth. The birth of William George Collett was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 73) during the third quarter of 1877, with the earlier birth of Elizabeth Emma Collett registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 55) during the second quarter of 1875. Lodging with the Collett family in 1881 was married couple George Brill 27 and Fanny Brill 30.

During the 1880s it was most likely William’s work that resulted in the family moving to Ealing, and it was at Moors Alley within the Twyford Abbey area of Ealing that they were recorded in the census of 1891. Labourer William Collett was 35, Emma Collett was 36, daughter Lizzie Collett was 16 and a laundress, and son William Collett was 14 and a van boy. Their two children were no longer living with them on the day of the next census in 1901, due to them being married, when the couple was residing on Grosvenor Road in Chiswick. However, their respective ages were incorrectly recorded as being 36 and 38, rather than 45 and 46. That year William had the same occupation as he had ten years later, that of a market porter. At the end of that ten years, the couple were living in Brentford, where William was 55 and a market porter from Isleworth, and Emma from Brentford was 56 and a laundress. William Collett from Isleworth was 69 when he died, with his death recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref.3a 175) in 1925. Ten years after being widowed, the death of Emma Collett was recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref.3a 146) in 1935, at the age of 80.

77O2 – Elizabeth Emma Collett was born in 1875 at Isleworth

77O3 – William George Collett was born in 1877 at Isleworth

Edward James Collett [77N7] was born at Isleworth after his parents returned there from Heston, Middlesex, towards the end of 1861, with his birth registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 42) during the last three months of the year. He was the second child of William and Hannah Collett and, with no census details for 1871, Edward Collett was 20 years of age and a labourer who had been born at Isleworth who was living with his family at Brickfield Lane in Isleworth in 1881. It was during the following year when the marriage of Edward James Collett and Harriet Millington was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 139) during the third quarter of 1882. Having given birth to two children during the first few years of their married life together, no record of the four of them has been identified in 1891. However, after a further ten years, during which three daughters were added to the family, the family was living at the High Street in Brentford in 1901.

In March that year, Edward Collett aged 40 and born at Brentford (sic) was a greengrocer, when his Harriet Collett from Staffordshire was 37. Their son Edward Collett was 15, Amelia Collett was 10, May Collett was nine, and Ellen Collett was seven, all four of them born at Isleworth, like their father. Ten years later Edward and Harriet were again living in Brentford where Edward was 52 and still a greengrocer by trade, and Harriet was 47. The census return indicated that they had been married for 27 years, rather than 29. Only their three daughters were still living there with the couple, and they were Melly (Amelia) Collett who was 20 and a dressmaker, May Collett who was 19 and helping her father in his greengrocer’s shop, and Nelly (Ellen) Collett who was 17 and a printer’s compositor. On that occasion, every member of the household was said to have been born at Isleworth. The later death of Edward James Collett was recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 3a 290) during 1941, at the age of 80. Harriet survived her husband by ten years, when her passing was recorded at Hendon (Middlesex) register office (Ref. 5e 488) during the last quarter of 1951, when she was 86 years old.

77O4 – Emily Ann Collett was born in 1883 at Isleworth

77O5 – Edward Thomas Collett was born in 1885 at Isleworth

77O6 – Amelia Lucy Collett was born in 1890 at Isleworth

77O7 – Florence May Collett was born in 1891 at Isleworth

77O8 – Ellen Elizabeth Collett was born in 1893 at Isleworth

John Collett [77N8] was born at Isleworth in 1864, the third son of William and Hannah Collett. His birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 46) during the last three months of 1864 and in 1881, John Collett of Isleworth was 17 and a labourer who was still living with his family at Brickfield Lane in Isleworth. It was also at Brentford register office that the marriage of John Collett and Eliza Sarah Brown was recorded (Ref. 3a 121) during the second quarter of 1896. His bride was much younger, with the birth of Eliza Sarah Brown registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 91) during the second quarter of 1876. Eliza was the first-born child of Edward and Emma Eliza Brown, who were living at Catherine Wheel Yard in New Brentford in 1881, her younger siblings being Edward and Ellen Brown. It may be worth mentioning here, that John’s niece, Amelia Lucy Collett, one of the daughters of John’s older brother Edward James Collett (above), married Dennis T Brown at Brentford in 1918

By 1891, at the age of 15, Eliza Brown was working as a domestic servant, when she was still living with her family at Windmill Road in Ealing, just five years before she married John Collett. Five years after their wedding day John Collett was 37 and a general labourer who gave his place of birth as Brentford, when he and his wife, and their family, were living at Lateward Road in Brentford. His wife Eliza Collett was 24 and born at Brentford, as were their two sons, John who was four, and Albert who was two years of age. Living with the family that day in 1901 was Eliza’s widowed mother Emma Eliza Brown aged 44, a laundress, and two of Eliza’s brothers Edward Brown 22 and a carman, and William G Brown who was 11. All three of them had also been born at Brentford.

After a further ten years the family was still living at Brentford in 1911 and was recorded as John Collett 45 (sic) and out of work, Eliza Collett who was 34 and an ironer at a local laundry, John Collett who was 14 and an errand boy, Albert Collett who was 12, Amy Collett who was nine, the twins William Collett and Edward Collett who were six, Violet Collett who was two, and Ivy Collett who was one year old. Still living the Collett family were members of Eliza’s Brown family, and they were her mother Eliza Brown aged 55 and a washer, and her brother William Brown who was unemployed at the age of 22. Lodging at the property was mother and daughter Emily Homle 42 a daily servant and Ethel Homle who was 13. Every member of the household, apart from John, had been born at Brentford.

77O9 – John William Collett was born in 1896 at Brentford

77O10 – Albert George Collett was born in 1898 at Brentford

77O11 – Amy Elizabeth Collett was born in 1901 at Brentford

77O12 – William Edward Collett was born in 1906 at Brentford

77O13 – Edward James Collett was born in 1907 at Brentford

77O14 – Violet Florence Collett was born in 1908 at Brentford

77O15 – Ivy May Collett was born in 1910 at Brentford

Mary Ann Collett [77N9] was born in 1866 at Isleworth, the eldest daughter of William and Hannah, her birth registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 70) during the last three months of that year, but as Mary A A Collett. With no records for Brentford in 1871, the next census in 1881 incorrectly recorded Mary Ann Collett aged 14 as Margaret Collett aged 14, by which time she had left the family home at Brickfield Lane in Isleworth and she was instead living with her eldest married brother William, whose wife had just given birth to a daughter and a son. Mary had completed her schooling so was being introduced to helping to look after her niece and nephew. Just less than six years later, the marriage of Mary Ann Collett and James Thomas Kirby was recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 82) during the first three months of 1887. Following the death of her mother at the end of 1891, Mary Ann’s widowed father was taken in by the Kirby family at their home on Lateward Road in Brentford, as confirmed in the Brentford census of 1901. That year the family was listed as James Kirby aged 34 and a lighterman, Mary Ann Kirby also 34, Joseph Henry Kirby aged 13 and a van boy, Florence Kirby who was nine, Harry Kirby who was seven, Anne Mary Kirby who was five, Emma H Kirby who was three, and Winnie Kirby not yet one year old. Two other occupants at the premises were James’ younger brother Frank Kirby who was 23 and a soldier, and Mary Ann’s father, 67-year-old William Collett.

Her father was again living with her family in 1911, but passed away twenty months later in 1912. Prior to that, the previous year’s census recorded the family group as James Thomas Kirby aged 44 and a lighterman, Mary Ann Kirby also 44, Joseph Henry Kirby (1888-1969) 23 a barman, Henry Kirby 18 a chauffeur, Mary Kirby 16 a domestic servant, Emma H Kirby 14, and the most recent arrival Annie Kirby who was six years old. Every member of the family was said to have been born at Brentford. Completing the household was William Collett aged 78. Less than five years after suffering the loss of her father, Mary Ann Kirby was only 52 when she died, her death recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 94) during the third quarter of 1917.

Hannah Agnes Collett [77N10] was born at Brentford in 1869 and was another daughter William and Hannah Collett, her birth recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 68) during the third quarter of the year. Whilst she was the fifth child of William and Hannah, the earlier children all born at Isleworth, Hannah and her siblings Elizabeth and Henry (below) were born when the family was living in Brentford, but later returned to Isleworth. Sadly, no record of Hannah, or any member of the Collett family, has been found in 1871, but in 1881 Brentford born Hannah Collett, aged eleven, Elizabeth, aged seven, and Henry who was five, were all confirmed as born there, with all of them living at Brickfield Lane in Isleworth with their parents and their other siblings. Hannah was again living with her family at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth in 1891, when she was 22 years of age and working as a laundress. It was also towards the end of 1891, when Hannah Agnes Collett married Henry (Harry) Winter, a builder’s labourer, their wedding recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 116). By 1901, as Hannah Winter from Isleworth she was 31 years old and was living at Lorne Road in Richmond, Surrey, with her husband Harry Winter 35, son Herbert Winter six, and daughter Winifred Winter who was two, all three of them born at Richmond. Three further children were born to the couple, with their Richmond family including Harry Winter junior aged nine, Cyril Winter aged six, and Florence Winter who was one year old in 1911. Hannah Agnes Winter, nee Collett, was 75 years old, when her death was recorded at the Surrey North-Eastern register office (Ref. 2a 195) during the first three months of 1945.

Elizabeth Collett [77N11] was born in 1873 at Brentford, where her birth was registered (Ref. 3a 74) during the final quarter of the year. She was another daughter of William and Hannah Collett and was seven years old in 1881 when the family was living at Brickfield Lane in Isleworth, when her place of birth was confirmed as Brentford. The family was living at Brickfield Yard in Isleworth in 1891, by which time Elizabeth had left home. Curiously, no further obvious record of Elizabeth Collett has been found, except that it is believed that she never married, lived a long life, and died in Middlesex in 1943 at the age of 70, where her death was recorded (Ref. 3a 161). An alternative option is that she married Charles William Nelson in 1895 at Brentford. In 1901 the Nelson family of Charles and Elizabeth, both 27, was residing at Green Dragon Lane in Brentford where Charles was a barge builder. Their three children were Dorothy Nelson, Charles Nelson, and Thomas Nelson. A final child was added to the family during the next five years, who was living with the family at Brentford in 1911, but with her father absent on that day. It was Elizabeth Nelson, aged 36 and a laundry ironer, who was the head of the household, whose marital status was still that of a married woman, maybe indicating that Charles was working away from home. The children with Elizabeth that day were Dorothy Nelson who was 15 and working with her mother as a laundress packer and sorter, Thomas W Nelson who was 12, and Ada F Nelson who was five years of age. Elizabeth was 55 when she died, her death recorded at London register office (Ref. 1c 304) in 1928. Her husband survived for another twenty years with the death of Charles W Nelson recorded at London in 1952 (Ref. 5c 774) at the age of 81.

Henry John Collett [77N12] was born at Brentford in 1876, his birth registered there (Ref. 3a 70) during the last quarter of the year, the seventh child, and youngest son of William and Hannah Collett. On that occasion his name was Henry James, while later records gave his name as Henry John. As simply Henry Collett he was five years old in 1881, having returned to Isleworth from Brentford after living there for around ten years. The family’s new address at Isleworth was Brickfield Lane, while in 1891 it was Brickfield Yard in Isleworth, where Henry Collett was 14 and working with his father as a gardener. Six and a half years after that census day the marriage of Henry John Collett, aged 22 and the son of William Collett, and Beatrice Willcox, aged 21 and the daughter of Frederick Willcox, was conducted at St Paul’s Church in Hammersmith on 31^st October 1897, where the couple’s first child was also born nine months later.

He later worked as a cowman on a farm and in 1901 Henry John Collett from Brentford was 24 when he was living and working at Twyford Abbey in West Twyford, just north of Brentford. His wife Beatrice Collett was 25 and from Leicester and, by that time they had two sons living there with them. Henry Roy Collett was two years old and born at Hammersmith to the east of Brentford, and Reginald Collett was under one year old and had been born at Longford in nearby Ealing. Further moves for the family took place of the next decade, as indicated by the different locations for the births of their next three children. The first of them back at Brentford, before travelling south to Surbiton and Reigate in Surrey. By 1911 it was at Kingswood, north of Reigate, that the enlarged family was residing, when Henry John Collett from Brentford was 35 and continuing his work as a cowman. Beatrice was 36, and the couple’s five children were Henry Roy aged 12 and already working as a school milk boy on a farm, presumably with his father, Reginald aged 10 of Park Royal in Ealing, Beatrice Kathleen aged eight who had been born at Brentford, Ronald aged four from Hook in Surbiton, and Raymond Robin born at Margery to the north of Reigate who was not yet one year old.

The young family was living at Hambledon, to the south of Godalming in Surrey, when Beatrice Collett suffered a premature death at the age of 43, with her passing recorded at Hambledon register office (Ref. 2a 189) during the last three months of 1919. That was the same year that Beatrice had already suffered the tragic loss of her only daughter, so it is possible that Beatrice was severely affected by that awful event. Hambledon lies close to the Surrey County boundary with Sussex where, many years later the death of Henry John Collett was recorded (Ref. 5h 496) in 1953 at the age of 76.

77O16 – Henry Roy Collett was born in 1898 at Hammersmith

77O17 – Reginald Collett was born in 1901 at Park Royal, Ealing

77O18 – Beatrice Kathleen Collett was born in 1903 at Brentford

77O19– Ronald Collett was born in 1906 at Hook, Surbiton

77O20 – Raymond Robin Collett was born in 1910 at Margery, Reigate

Emma Agnes Collett [77N13] was born at Isleworth on 12^th July 1879, her birth registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 53) during the third quarter of the year. She was the last child of William Collett and Hannah Blunden, and may have been born at Brickfield Lane in Isleworth, where they were living in 1881, when Emma Collett was one year old. During the following decade, the family moved Brickfield Yard in Isleworth, where Emma Collett was 11 years old in 1891. Eight years later the marriage of Emma Agnes Collett and John Henry Baker OR William Richard Smith was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 145) during the second quarter 1899. The census in 1901 identified Emma Smith aged 22 living at Lateward Road in Brentford with her husband William who was 23 and a wood sawyer from Shoreditch, and their first child William Smith who was one year old. During that decade a further three children were born into the family, which was residing in Brentford in 1911. William Smith was 32 and a porter with the Great Western Railway, Emma was 30 (sic), William junior was ten, and the three new children were Fred Smith who was six, Hilda Smith who was four, and Charles Smith who was three years old. Every member of the family was recorded (in error) as born at Brentford. Emma lived all of her life in Middlesex, and was 94 years old when she died there, the death of Emma Agnes Smith, nee Collett, recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 5c 1110) in 1973, when her date of birth was confirmed as 12^th July 1879.

Louisa Collett [77N14] was born at Isleworth in 1857, the first child of Henry and Emma Collett, her birth registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 64) during the first three months of 1858. Louisa (as Laura sic) was three years old in 1861 when she and her growing family were living at Brentford End in Isleworth, which was confirmed as her place of birth. Ten years after, when she was 13, the family was again living in Isleworth, but within the Worton of the town, when Louisa was the only member of the family reported to have been born at Brentford. Louisa was just twenty years of age when she married William Mason OR Walter Joseph Smith, their wedding recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 131) during the second quarter of 1878.

Henry Collett [77N15] was born at Brentford End in Isleworth at the end of 1859 when his birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 45) during the first quarter of 1860. He was the second child and eldest son of Henry and Emma Collett, and was one year old in the Isleworth census of 1861. In 1871 when Henry was 11, he and his family were living within the Worton area of Isleworth. By 1881 his mother had died in 1874, leaving Henry aged 20 and working as a labourer living with his widowed father and younger members of his family at Hundreds London Road in Isleworth. After a further ten years bachelor Henry Collett was 30 and a general labourer who was a boarder with Melville family at London Road Isleworth in 1891. On that day Henry was preparing for his wedding, which took place later that same year. The marriage of Henry Collett and Emma Prince was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 113) during the final three months of 1891. Emma was the daughter of Thomas and Laura Prince and was baptised at St James’ Church in Pentonville, Middlesex on 9^th November 1866.

By the end of March in 1901 the young family was residing at Walnut Nut Road in Brentford when Henry was 40 and continuing to work as a general labourer. His wife Emma was 33 and the two children were son Henry Collett who was nine, and daughter Louisa who was eight. All four members of the family were recorded as born at Brentford. No more children were added to the family, so the same group of four was still together in Brentford in 1911. That year, for the first time, Henry gave his correct age as 52 when he was a labourer for a builder, Emma was 43, William Henry Collett was 19 and a newspaper agent, and Louisa Collett was 18 and employed as a daily domestic servant, as opposed to a live-in everyday servant. Thirty-four years later, the death of Henry Collett aged 86, was recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 3a 329) in 1946.

77O21 - Henry William Collett was born in 1892 at Brentford

77O22 - Louisa Collett was born in 1893 at Brentford

Thomas Edward Collett [77N16] was born at Brentford End in Isleworth in 1862 with his birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 45) during the third quarter of the year. He was another child of Henry and Emma Collett. who was nine years of age in 1871 when living in the Worton district of Isleworth. Shortly after that census day, Thomas’ mother died and, in 1881, 19-year-old Thomas was a labourer living with his reduced family at Hundreds London Road in Isleworth. Where he was in 1891 is still unknown, while it was eight years after that the death of Thomas Collett was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 47) during the first three month of 1899, at the age of only 37.

Emma Collett [77N17] was born at Isleworth in 1864 when her birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 44) during the fourth quarter of the year. She was six years old in the census of 1871, and was eight years old when her mother died. So, it was with her widowed father the Emma was 17 in 1881, by which time she was employed as a labourer, like her two older brothers, when she was living with her family at Hundreds London Road in Isleworth.

Frances Ellen Collett [77N18] was born at Isleworth in 1866 and, while no record of her birth has been found, she was around 14 years of age when she died, the death of Frances Ellen Collett recorded at Brentford (Ref. 3a 44) during the second quarter of 1880. On the day of the census in 1871, as just Ellen Collett she was four years old when living with her family in the Worton area of Isleworth.

Harriet Collett [77N19] was born at Brentford in 1869, the last of the six children of Henry and Emma Collett and the only one not born at Isleworth, where Harriet was two years old in the Worton, Isleworth census of 1871. Her birth was registered at Brentford, like all of her five older siblings, during the second quarter of 1869 (Ref. 3a 47). Her mother died when Harriet was only five years of age in 1881, when she was living at Hundreds London Road in Isleworth where she was 13 years old, with Old Brentford given as her place of birth. Nine years later, when she was 21, the marriage of Harriet Collett and Philip Joseph Poulter was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 107) during the third quarter of 1890. Six months later, according to the census in 1891, Philip Poulter from Chiswick 23 and an apprentice waterman, living at Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick, where Harriet Poulter was 22. Boarding with the childless couple was Alice Collett aged 20 and from Old Brentford, laundry maid born around 1871/72, who was Harriet’s younger sister. Just after the start of the new century, Harriet and Philip were both 33 years old, when they were living at Lateward Road in Brentford, by which time Philip was a waterman/lighterman. Living with the couple that day, as a boarder, was 17-year-old Annie Collett from Isleworth a laundress born around 1883. She was Emily Ann Collett of Isleworth, the eldest child of Edward James Collett and Harriet Millington, and therefore a niece of Harriet Poulter. By 1911 they were still living in Brentford where Philip Poulter was 42 and a lighterman with a tug company, and Harriet was 42 and a general laundress. Boarding with the couple that day was Ellen Moore aged 78 and a widow from Whitton, in Middlesex.

Philip Joseph Poulter was born on 24^th December 1868 and was baptised at Chiswick on 11^th April 1869, a son of Philip Joseph Poulter senior and his wife Mary Poulter. He was 61 when he died, the death of Philip Poulter was recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 3a 179) in 1930, confirming he was born in 1869. It is possible that his widow lived for a great many years after he died, when the possible death in London of Harriet Poulter was recorded there in 1962, when she was 92, when her year of birth was also confirmed as 1869.

Alice Collett [77N20] was born at Old Brentford, her birth registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 84) during the first quarter of 1872, and two years prior to the premature death of her mother. She was the seventh and last child of Henry and Emma Collett and was 10 years old and living with her family on Hundreds London Road in Isleworth in 1881. Ten years later, and following the wedding of her older sister Harriet (above), Alice was living with Harriet and her husband Philip at Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick in 1891, when she was 20 years of age and working as a laundry maid, whose place of birth was confirmed as Old Brentford.

Emma Elizabeth Collett [77O2] was born at Isleworth in 1875 and her birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 55) during the second quarter of that year. She was the first of the two children of William Collett and Emma Wigginton. Her brother William (below) was also born at Isleworth two years later, but after that the family of four moved the short distance to Chiswick, where they were recorded at Linden Cottages in 1881 when, as Elizabeth Collett she was five years of age. Another move followed during the next decade, with the same four members of the family residing at Moors Alley in the Twyford Abbey district of Ealing in 1891, where Emma Elizabeth was recorded in the census that year as Lizzie Collett aged 16 who was working as a laundress. Eight years later the marriage of Emma Elizabeth Collett and George William Goble was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 138) during the last three months of 1899. George was born at Sittingbourne in Kent during 1879 but was not baptised there until 7^th May 1882, when he was confirmed as the son of George and Caroline Goble. By the end of March in 1901, the childless couple of George and Emma Goble were married boarder staying at the Rothschild Road, Acton home of Henry Boreham of Hackney, and his wife Sarah. That day George Goble was 22 and a laundry carman from Nottinghamshire, while his wife Elizabeth Goble from Isleworth was 26 who was awaiting the birth of the first of their four children, with all of them born at Acton and their births recorded at Brentford register office. The following Acton census, conducted in 1911, listed the family as George Goble 31 and a laundry man from Kent (?), Elizabeth Goble 35, Emma Elizabeth Goble who was nine, George William Goble who was seven, Florence May Goble who was six, and Ellen Edith Goble who was four years old. Five years later the 1916 military record for George William Goble confirmed that he served with the 4^th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment, service no. 6379. Many years later, at the end of her life, Emma was recorded as Elizabeth E Goble when she died in 1952, with her death recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 5f 384) when she was 75.

William George Collett [77O3] was born in 1877 at Isleworth and his birth was registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 73) during the third quarter of the year, before his parents moved to Chiswick. He was the second of only two children born to William Collett and Emma Wigginton. William was three years old in 1881 when he and his family were living at Linden Cottages in Chiswick, while ten years later William had left school and was working as a van boy at the age of 14, by which time he and his family were living at Moors Alley, Twyford Abbey, in Ealing. William George Collett was not yet eighteen years old when his marriage to Edith Isabell Davey was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 135) during the first quarter of 1895. Six years after their wedding day, and with three children already, William Collett from Isleworth was 23 and a bricklayer’s labourer and the son-in-law of head of the household of widow Martha Davey at Essex Place in Chiswick. His wife was Edith Collett from Chiswick was also 23 and an ironer at a laundry, the daughter of 46-year-old Martha who was a plain needle worker, and the older sister of Eliza Davey from Chiswick, a folder at the laundry who was 19. The three children of William and Edith were Edith Collett who was five, Elizabeth Collett who was three, and William Collett who was just nine months. One more child was added to the family during the following year and, shortly thereafter, Edith’s sister Eliza Davey married George Claridge with whom she had two children, all of them living with the family in 1911. Absent from the family home in Chiswick that day was William George Collett, when his wife Edith still had the status of being married, plus being the head of the household. Edith Collett from Turnham Green, Chiswick, was 34 and earning a living as a laundress, daughter Edith E Collett was 15 and a school daily domestic, Martha was 13, William was 10, Eliza was nine. Like their mother, all of the children were recorded as having been born at Turnham Green. Completing the group was Edith Collett’s brother-in-law George Claridge who was 30 and a general labourer from Paddington Green, and Eliza Claridge who was 29 and from Turnham Green, Edith’s sister. George and Eliza’s children that day were George Claridge who was seven, and Elsie Claridge who was under one year old, both of them also born at Turnham Green, Chiswick.

77P1 - Edith Emily Collett was born in 1896 at Chiswick

77P2 - Martha Elizabeth Collett was born in 1898 at Chiswick

77P3 – William Davey Collett was born in 1900 at Chiswick

77P4 - Eliza Florence Collett was born in 1902 at Chiswick

Emily Ann Collett [77O4] was born at Isleworth mostly like towards the end of 1883, with her birth registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 131) during the first quarter of 1884. No record of her, or her brother Edward (below), and their parents, has been found amongst the census returns for 1891. However, by 1901, when Emily’s family was living at The High Street in Brentford, Emily Ann Collett, recorded as simply Annie Collett, was 17 and a laundry maid boarding with Philip and Harriet Poulter at Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick, Harriet being the former Harriet Collett of Old Brentford and therefore Annie’s aunt.

Edward Thomas Collett [77O5] was born at Isleworth in 1885, his birth registered at Brentford (Ref. 3a 51) during the third quarter of 1885, the eldest child and only son of Edward and Harriet Collett. For whatever reason, no record of Edward or his parents has been found within the census of 1891. According to the census conducted at the end of March in 1901, 15-year-old Edward Collett had finished his schooling when he was living with his family at their home on the High Street in Brentford, where Edward was employed as a carrier’s van guard. At the age of 19 in 1905, Edward Thomas Collett from Isleworth served with the Cameron Highlanders service number 3769, and the 17^th Field Artillery Brigade of the 58^th Company of the Royal Army Service Corps service number T/22874. The marriage of Edward Thomas Collett and Honora Theresa Turner was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 128) during the second quarter of 1910. On the day of the census in 1911, Edward Thomas Collett was 25 and a printer’s clerk from Isleworth, and his wife Honora Theresa Collett was 22 and from Hammersmith, when they were residing in Acton.

Within the next six months Honora gave birth to the first of the couple’s five children, when the birth of Edward George Collett in Acton was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 416) during the third quarter of 1911. He was followed by Lily N T Collett whose birth was also recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 452) during the second quarter of 1912, and on both occasions the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Turner. Another daughter was born at Acton, before the family moved to the Southend-on-Sea area of Essex, where the last two were born. It was Irene A Collett whose birth was also recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 283) during the fourth quarter of 1917, while the last two were Grace Ivy May Collett and Joan M Collett, and their births were recorded at Rochford register office, when their mother’s maiden-name was again confirmed as Turner.

77P5 – Edward George Collett was born in 1911 at Acton, Middlesex

77P6 – Lily Nora T Collett was born in 1912 at Acton, Middlesex

77P7 – Irene A Collett was born in 1917 at Acton, Middlesex

77P8 – Grace Ivy May Collett was born in 1922 at Rochford, Essex

77P9 – Joan M Collett was born in 1931 at Rochford, Essex

Amelia Lucy Collett [77O6] was born in 1890 at the family home in Isleworth, her birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 56) during the second quarter of the year. She was the third of the five children of Edward James Collett and Harriet Millington and would have been almost one year old on the day of the census in 1891. However, no record of any member of the family has been found for that day. Ten years later, the family was living at the High Street in Brentford in 1901, where Amelia was ten years of age. After a further decade, it was as Melly Collett that she was a dressmaker aged 20 who was still living with her family at Brentford. On both occasions in 1901 and 1911, her place of birth was confirmed as Isleworth. The later marriage of Amelia L Collett and Dennis T Brown was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 423) during the first quarter of 1918. There are many births of children with the Brown surname after 1918 within the London area so, at the moment it is not clear which ones, if any, are the children of Amelia and Dennis

Florence May Collett [77O7] was born in 1891 at Isleworth with her birth also recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 51) during the third quarter of that year, another daughter of Edward and Harriet Collett. It was as May Collett, aged nine years, that she was living with her family at High Street in Brentford in 1901, and was nineteen years old and a shop assistant when she was helping her father in his greengrocer’s shop at Brentford in 1911. Within both of the census returns for 1901 and 1911, her place of birth was confirmed as Isleworth. Just less than four years later, the marriage of Florence M Collett and Albert C Price was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 199) during the first three months of 1915. Their two children were born two years, and three years, after their wedding day, both recorded at Brentford, when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. They were Albert E Price in 1917, and Dorothy M Price in 1918, both during the first three months of each year. Florence M price was 55 when she died, her death recorded at the Surrey Mid-Eastern register office (Ref. 5g 598) during the first quarter of 1947. Albert was only 36 years old when he died twenty years earlier, when the death of Albert C Price was recorded at London register office (Ref. 1a 472) in 1926

Ellen Elizabeth Collett [77O8] was born at Isleworth on 7^th June 1893 and her birth, like those of her four older siblings, was also recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 55) during the third quarter of that year. She was the last child of Edward James Collett and Harriet Millington. Sometime after she was born her father opened a greengrocer’s shop on the High Street in Brentford, where the family was living in 1901, when Ellen Collett was seven years old. It was as Nelly Collett from Isleworth that she was 17 and employed as a printer’s compositor in 1911. She never married and, later in her life, she moved away from London and was living in Hertfordshire when she died at the age of 92, the death of Ellen Elizabeth Collett recorded at Hertfordshire register office (Vol. 10 888) in 1985.

John William Collett [77O9] was born in 1896 at Brentford, where his birth was also recorded (Ref. 3a 112) during the third quarter of 1896. He was the eldest child of John Collett and Eliza Sarah Brown, and four years old in the census of 1901 when living with his family at Lateward Road in Brentford. After leaving school in 1911, John Collett from Brentford was 14 years old and working as an errand boy while he was the eldest of the seven children living at Lateward Road in Brentford with their parents. John William Collett from Brentford was eighteen at the outbreak of war and, after signing up, he served with 5^th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, service number 9453, and 2^nd Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment, with the service number 10253. And it was as Private John William Collett 10253 of the South Lancashire Regiment, and the son of John and Eliza Collett of 10 Lateward Road in Brentford that he was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 30^th September 1916. His name appears on the Thiepval War Memorial.

Albert George Collett [77O10] was born at Brentford on 10^th November 1898, his birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 104) during the last three months of the year. He may have been born at Lateward Road in Brentford, where his family was residing in 1901, when Albert Collett was two years old and where he was 12 years of age in 1911. He was very likely still living there five years later, as 10 Lateward Road was his parents’ address in 1916, where they received the tragic news of the death of Albert’s older brother John. Albert was 30 years old when the marriage of Albert G Collett and Ethel Wakeling was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 516) during the third quarter of 1929. Just over one year later the birth of the couple’s only child was recorded at Brentford register office towards the end of 1930, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Wakeling. It would appear that Albert lived all his life in Middlesex, since it was at Middlesex register office that his death was recorded (Vol. 13 1689) in 1979, at the age of 80.

77P10 - Raymond A Collett was born in 1930 at Brentford

Amy Elizabeth Collett [77O11] was born on 9^th November 1901 at Lateward Road in Brentford, the third child and eldest daughter of John Collett and Eliza Sarah Brown. Her birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 124) during the last quarter of the year. In 1911, nine-year-old Amy Collett was still living with her family at Lateward Road in Brentford. She was 25 when the marriage of Amy E Collett and William F Baker was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 462) during the summer of 1927. Amy Elizabeth Baker was 76 years old when she died, her death recorded at London register office (Vol. 15 1900) in 1978

William Edward Collett [77O12] was born at Lateward Road in Brentford near the start of 1906, his birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 1173) during the first quarter of the year. Curiously, both William and his younger brother Edward (below) were recorded as being six years of age, indicating that they may be twins. However, that is not the case with an eighteen gap between registration of their births.

Edward James Collett [77O13] was born in 1907 at Lateward Road in Brentford, another son of John and Elizabeth Collett. His birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 126) during the third quarter of the year. He was living there with his family in 1911, although he was recorded in error as six years, when he was four years of age.

Violet Florence Collett [77O14] was born in 1908 at Lateward Road in Brentford, another daughter of John and Elizabeth Collett, with her birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 158) during the third quarter of the year. As simply Violet Collett she was two years old in the Brentford census of 1911, when the family was still living at Lateward Road.

Ivy May Collett [77O15] was born at Lateward Road in Brentford in 1910, the last child of John Collett and Eliza Sarah Brown, whose birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 1a 134) during the first three months of the year. It was as Ivy Collett, aged one year, that she and her family were residing t Lateward Road in Brentford in 1911. Ivy May Collett was 25 when her marriage to Norman H Long was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 730) during the second quarter of 1935. During the following year their only child was born, with the birth of Doreen M Long recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 461) during the third quarter of 1936, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett.

Henry Roy Collett [77O16] was born at Hammersmith on 5^th July 1898 with his birth recorded at Fulham register office (Ref. 1a 221). A month later he was baptised at St Paul’s Church, Queen Caroline Street in Hammersmith on 7^th August 1898, the first-born child of Henry John Collett and Beatrice Willcox. It is possible that he was born at Twyford Abbey in West Twyford, to the north of Brentford, where the family was living in 1901 when Henry Roy was two years old. Ten years later, he and his larger family were residing at Kingswood, near Reigate in Surrey, where Henry Roy Collett from Hammersmith was 12 and described as a school milk boy working on a farm, most likely with his father who was a cowman. Henry’s mother died eight years after that census day, by which time the family was at Hambledon, south of Godalming in Surrey. Apart from his confirmed death in 1989, the following details have not been verified as the mid-life years of Henry Roy Collett from Hammersmith.

After the death of his mother, it would appear that Henry travelled west along the south coast when, five years later, the marriage of Henry R Collett and (1) Phyllis M Evans recorded at Weymouth register office (Ref. 5a 797 during the last three months of 1924. Four year later their only known child was born and his born was recorded at Weymouth near the end of 1929 (Ref. 5a 382). It was also at Weymouth that the later death of Phyllis M Collett was recorded (Ref. 6a 582) during the last quarter of 1955, when she was 57, having been born in the same year as her husband. Just over a year later Henry’s son Kenneth married Ruth B I Morris, their wedding recorded at Weymouth (Ref. 6a 1843) during the first quarter of 1957. Later that same year, the marriage of Henry R Collett and (2) Margaret P Roberts was also recorded at Weymouth register office (Ref. 6a 1225) during the last quarter of 1957. Henry’s grandson was born a year after Kenneth and Ruth were married, with his birth also recorded at Weymouth. Furthermore, when the grandson was married in 1980, it was at the South-East Hampshire register office that the event was recorded, and it was there also, nine years later, that Henry Roy Collett aged 91 was living when he died during October 1989, with his death recorded at the South-East Hampshire register office (Vol. 20 1950).

77P11 – Kenneth Henry Collett was born at Weymouth in 1929

Reginald Collett [77O17] was born in early 1901 at Longford, Park Royal in Ealing, just before his parents moved to West Twyford, when they were recorded at Twyford Abbey on the census day that year when Reginald from Longford, Ealing, was just a few weeks old. His birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 99) during the second quarter of that year, and the second child of Henry and Beatrice Collett. It was at Kingswood in Surrey, near Reigate, that Reginald Collett from Ealing Park Royal was 10 years of age and still at school in 1911. The only likely marriage was for Reginald Collett and Alma K Goff which was recorded at the Sussex Midhurst register office (Ref. 2b 789) during the first quarter of 1935. Their marriage produced a son, whose name followed the family tradition of giving the father’s name as the child’s second name, in this case Peter Reginald Collett. His birth was recorded at Midhurst register office (Ref. 2b 544) during first quarter of the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Goff. Nothing further is known about him after that time.

77P12 – Peter Reginald Collett was born in 1936 at Midhurst, Sussex

Beatrice Kathleen Collett [77O18] was born in 1903 at Brentford, where her birth was recorded (Ref. 3a 107) during the second quarter of the year. She was the third child and only daughter of Henry and Beatrice Collett. She was eight years of age in 1911, when she and her family were living at Kingswood in Surrey. Tragically, only eleven years later, the premature death of Beatrice K Collett, who was born in 1903, died in 1922 at the age of 19, with her death recorded at Sussex register office (Ref. 2b 408). Her family suffered another loss that same year, when her mother died not long after.

Ronald Collett [77O19] was born at Hook, Surbiton in Surrey in 1906, with his birth recorded at Kingston-upon-Thames register office (Ref. 2a 433) during the last quarter of that year. He was the fourth child of Henry and Beatrice Collett and was four years old in the Kingswood Surrey census of 1911. When he was only seventeen years old, and working as a domestic servant, he decided to seek a better life in Canada. That happened in 1924 when he sailed across the Atlantic hoping to go into farming, as stated on the passenger list, which described him as Ronald Collett of Hook, Surrey, whose parents were Mr & Mrs Collett of Upper Lodge, Graffham near Petworth, Sussex. That was also identified as his first ever visit to Canada. Two years later, in the census of 1926, Ronald Collett from England was 19 and a hired hand, living at Elton within the Brandon electoral district of Manitoba Province with the McGregor family. What happened to him after that, has still to be discovered.

Raymond Robin Collett [77O20] was born on 19^th September 1910 at Margery, Reigate, his birth recorded at Reigate register office (Ref. 2a 187), the last child of Henry John Collett and Beatrice Willcox. Under his full name he was listed with his family at Kingswood, Reigate in 1911, when he was six months old. He was twenty years of age when his marriage to Mary Chapman was recorded at Maidstone Kent register office (Ref. 2a 2234) near the end of 1930. Mary was slightly younger that Raymond, with the couple married a long time before Mary eventually gave birth to a son, when the couple was still living in the Maidstone area of Kent. Mary Collett, nee Chapman was born on 18^th June 1911, with her death recorded in Kent in 1995. Three years after being widowed, the death of Raymond Robin Collett was recorded at Maidstone register office (Ref. 5691b b69c) during September 1998.

77P13 – Raymond John Collett was born in 1949 at Maidstone

Henry William Collett [77O21] was born at Brentford in 1892 and his birth was recorded there (Ref. 3a 90) during the third quarter of the year. He was the first of the two children of Henry Collett and Emma Prince. As simply Henry Collett, he was nine years old in the Brentford census of 1901, where he was living with his family at Walnut Tree Road. Thereafter, it seems that every record for him addressed him as William Henry Collett, the first occasion in 1911 when William Henry Collett from Brentford was 19 years of age, whose occupation was that of a newspaper agent. At the start of the First World War, when he was 22, William Henry Collett enlisted with the 9^th Battalion 63^rd Provisional Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, ser no. 3711. Two years later the marriage of William Henry Collett and Florence A Thorpe was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 287) during the summer of 1916. After the war, Florence presented Henry with three children, the births of all three recorded at Hammersmith, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Thorpe. They were Percy (Ref. 1a 353) towards the end of 1923, Douglas (Ref. 1a 330) in the second quarter of 1925, and Irene (Ref. 1a 278) during the last three months of 1928. Theirs is very much a family of mystery, with nothing found for any member of the family after the birth of the couple’s third child. That raises the question, as to whether the family moved abroad. A certain Florence A Collett was 69 when she died, with her death recorded at Buckinghamshire register office (Ref. 6a 344) in 1961, but she may not be the former Florence Thorpe.

77P14 – Percy A E Collett was born in 1923 at Hammersmith, London

77P15 – Douglas F A Collett was born in 1925 at Hammersmith, London

77P16 – Irene Collett was born in 1928 at Hammersmith, London

Louisa Collett [77O22] was born at Brentford in 1893, the second and youngest child of Henry and Emma Collett, whose birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 843) during the third quarter of the year. She was eight years of age in 1901 when living with her family at Walnut Tree Road in Brentford, and was again with her family at Brentford in 1911 when she was 18 and employed as a daily domestic service. It was ten years later that the marriage of Louisa Collett and Thomas Osborne was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 297) during the second quarter of 1921. Over the following ten years Louisa gave birth to three children, all of their births were recorded at Brentford register office, with their mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Collett. They were Mary L Osborne (Ref. 3a 279) early in 1923, Thomas H Osborne (Ref. 3a 303) in second quarter of 1926, John W Osborne (Ref. 3a 363) during the second quarter of 1931.

Edith Emily Collett [77P1] was born at Turnham Green, Chiswick in 1896, the first-born child of William George Collett and Edith Isabell Davey. Her birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 115) during the second quarter of the year. It was at Essex Place in Chiswick that five-year-old Edith Collett was living with her family in 1901, but at the home of her maternal grandmother, widow Martha Davey. The following census in 1911 recorded Edith E Collett from Turnham Green, Chiswick still living with her family in Chiswick, by which time she was 15 years of age and a school daily domestic servant. She was still a teenager, aged 19, when she married Christopher J Ayling, possibly in Chiswick, with their wedding recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 475) during the summer of 1915. Christopher may have been away during the war years, because the first of their five children was born after peace was declared. The five children were Rita E I Ayling born at the start of 1919, twins Christopher S Ayling and Peggy L Ayling born near the end of 1920, Charles R Ayling born early in 1922, and John S Ayling who was born during the first quarter of 1925. The births of all five children were recorded at Brentford register office, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett.

Martha Elizabeth Collett [77P2] was born at Turnham Green, Chiswick on 2^nd February 1898 with her birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 127) during the first quarter of that year. She was the second child of William and Edith Collett and, as Elizabeth Collett, she was three years old in the Chiswick census of 1901 when her family was staying at the Essex Place home in Chiswick of widow Martha Davey, her maternal grandmother. The family was still residing in Chiswick in 1911 when, as Martha Collett from Turnham Green, she was 13 and still attending school. From the later record, it seems that Martha never married, with the death of Martha Elizabeth Collett recorded in London during 1978.

William Davey Collett [77P3] was born at Turnham Green, Chiswick on 15^th May 1900, and was the only son in the family of the four children of William George Collett and Edith Isabell Davey, whose birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 135). He was ten months old at the end of March in 1901, when he and his family were staying with his grandmother, Martha Davey, widow, at her Chiswick home at Essex Place. On that occasion, the census return recorded him simply as William Collett, which was how he was recorded in the Chiswick census of 1911, when his place of birth was confirmed as Turnham Green. Twelve years later, the marriage of William D Collett and Edith M Pinnock was recorded at Hammersmith register office (Ref.1a 541) during the last quarter of 1923. The marriage resulted in the birth of three children, the births of all three were recorded at Hammersmith, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Pinnock. By the autumn of 1939, the family was living at 48 Redan Street in Hammersmith, as recorded in the pre-war register produced that year. William Davey Collett was 95 years old and still living in London when his death was recorded in 1995.

77Q1 – Edith M Collett was born in 1925 at Hammersmith, London

77Q2 – Jean M Collett was born in 1930 at Hammersmith, London

77Q3 – Leonard Davey Collett was born in 1934 at Hammersmith, London

Eliza Florence Collett [77P4] was born at Turnham Green, Chiswick in 1902, the last child of William George Collett and Edith Isabell Davey. Her birth, like those of her three older siblings, was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 14) during the first months of that year. It is also possible that she was born at Essex Place, where her family was living at the end of March 1901.

Edward George Collett [77P5] was born in 1911 at Acton in Middlesex, the eldest of the five children of Edward Thomas Collett from Isleworth and Honora Theresa Turner from Hammersmith. They were recorded in the Acton census of 1911 and, within six months of that day, the birth of Edward George Collett was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 416) during the third quarter of 1911, when his mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Turner. It is understood within the current family that he was married twice in his life but with only the latter marriage confirmed by the marriage record. It would also appear, from other family recollections, that Edward George was known as George Edward Collett who, from his first marriage to Doris, had a son Raymond Collett. Using these snippets of information, a search has revealed the marriage of Edward G Collett and (1) Doris M Shepherd recorded at the Essex Rochford register office (Ref. 4a 1639) during the last quarter of 1932. Just over one year later the birth of their son Raymond was also recorded at Rochford, near Southend-on-Sea, at the start of 1934, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Shepherd. That marriage did not work out, with both Edward and Doris re-marrying in 1949, when the second marriage for Doris M Collett and Ronald A Bedford was recorded at Rochford register office (Ref. 4a 1184) during the first quarter of 1949.

The second marriage for Edward G Collett was with (2) Violet Welch, their wedding day recorded at Southend-on-Sea register office (Ref. 4a 1705) during the second quarter of 1949. That marriage produced a further two children for Edward, they being Terence Edward Collett who was born on 23^rd May 1950, and Martin R Collett who was born on 16^th February 1960. The births of the two brothers were recorded at the Essex Rochford register office, when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Welch. Terence’s birth was recorded during the first three months of 1950 (Ref. 4a 1149), with Martin’s recorded ten years later (Ref. 4a 903). Terry, as he is known, emigrated to Australia when he was 21, when his brother was 11.

77Q4 – Raymond Edward Collett was born in 1934 at Rochford, Essex

The following are the two children of Edward George Collett by his second wife Violet Welch

77Q5 – Terence Edward Collett was born in 1950 at Rochford, Essex

77Q6 – Martin Raymond Collett was born in 1960 at Rochford, Essex

Lily Nora T Collett [77P6] was born at Acton, Middlesex on 8^th May 1912 and was the second child and eldest daughter of Edward and Honora Collett. Her birth was also recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 452) during the second quarter of 1912, with her mother’s maiden-name confirmed as Turner. Lily was 21 years old on her wedding day, when the marriage of Lily N T Collett and Joseph T Dowling was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 389) during the second quarter of 1933. Lily presented Joseph with two sons, Joseph E Dowling in 1934 and George E Dowling in 1939, their births recorded at Brentford register office, when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Many years late Lily Nora T Dowling was 69 years old when she died, her death recorded at Middlesex register office (Ref. 13 1310), with her date of birth confirmed at 8^th May 1912.

Irene A Collett [77P7] was born in 1917 at Acton, Middlesex towards the end of 1917, when her birth was recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 283) during the last three months of 1917, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Turner. She was the third child of Edward and Honora Collett. The subsequent marriage of Irene A Collett and James Francis E Adams was recorded at the Middlesex Hendon register office (Ref. 3a 1597) during the fourth quarter of 1938, with whom she had four children. They were Peter J Adams born in 1940, and Irene V Adams born in 1947, their births recorded at Uxbridge register office, while the births of Clive Adams in 1943 and Patricia A Adams in 1945 were recorded at the Hampshire New Forest register office. In all three cases, their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Irene’s husband James was born at Fulham, London, on 13^th April 1918, and was still living in the London area, where his death was recorded in 1988 (Vol. 13 842) at the age of 70.

Grace Ivy May Collett [77P8] was born at Rochford, Essex on 9^th June 1922 and was baptised there on 25^th June 1922, when she was confirmed as another daughter of Edward Collett and Honora Theresa Collett nee Turner. In addition to this, the birth of Grace I M Collett was recorded at Rochford register office (Ref. 4a 1264) in Essex, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Turner. Grace was twenty-one when her marriage to Norman C Hutt was recorded at Southend-on-Sea register office (Ref. 4a 1806) during the third quarter of 1943. It was also at Southend-on-Sea that the births of the couple’s two sons were recorded, the first of them Michael N Hutt in 1945, and John E Hutt in 1955, when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Grace Ivy May Hutt was 87 when she died at Leigh-on-Sea in Essex on 6^th August 2009, when her date of birth was again confirmed as 9^th June 1922.

Joan M Collett [77P9] was born at Rochford, Essex, the fifth and last child of Edward Thomas Collett and Honora Theresa Collett nee Turner. Her birth, like that of her sister Grace (above) was also recorded at Rochford register office (Ref. 4a 1116) during the final three months of 1931, when again the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Turner. Twenty-three years later, the marriage of Joan M Collett and Malcolm F Goodwin was recorded at Southend-on-Sea register office (Ref. 4a 1777) during the third quarter of 1954. Three of their children’s births were recorded at Rochford register office, with the birth of the third child’s birth recorded at Southend-on-Sea. They were Linda J Goodwin in 1955, Susan E Goodwin in 1956, Stephen M Goodwin in 1963, and Geoffrey Peter Goodwin in 1966.

Raymond Albert Collett [77P10] was born in 1930 with his birth recorded at Brentford register office (Ref. 3a 339) during the fourth quarter of the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Wakeling. He was the only child of Albert George Collett and Ethel Wakeling, who later married Patricia O Davies in 1951, the event recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 293) during the third quarter of the year. Around twelve months after their wedding day, Patricia gave birth to a son, whose birth was also recorded at Ealing register office (Ref. 5e 157) in the summer of 1952, when the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Davies. There were two marriages for a David R Collett; the first in 1973 with Jean Patterson at Amersham, Buckinghamshire, the other in 1977 with Jane R Buffrey at Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

77Q7 – David R Collett was born in 1952 at Ealing

Kenneth Henry Collett [77P11] was born at Weymouth in 1929, the only known child of Henry Roy Collett and his first wife Phyllis M Evans. His birth was recorded at Weymouth register office (Ref. 5a 382) during the last three months of 1929, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Evans. Just over a year after his mother died at Weymouth, near the end of 1955, plans were already in hand for Kenneth to be married, with the event recorded at Weymouth (Ref. 6a 1843) during the first three months of 1957. It was also at the end of 1957 that Kenneth’s widowed father was married for a second time. The marriage of Kenneth Henry Collett and Ruth B I Morris produced a son Mark Kenneth Collett who was born one year later. The later marriage of Mark K Collett and Rosemary S Walker was recorded at the South-East Hampshire register office (Vol. 20 1242) towards the end of 1980, where the death of his grandfather Henry Roy Collett was recorded nine years later.

77Q8 – Mark Kenneth Collett was born in 1958 at Weymouth

Raymond John Collett [77P13] was born at Maidstone, Kent in 1949, his birth recorded at Maidstone register office (Ref. 5b 1011) during the second quarter of the year, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Chapman. He was the only son of Raymond Robin Collett and Mary Chapman. He was still under twenty years of age when the marriage of Raymond J Collett and Jean F Clark was recorded at Maidstone register office (Ref. 5f 982) during the first three months of 1969. Later that same year, the first of the couple’s two Maidstone-born children was born, and was followed around eighteen months later by the second. The births of both children were recorded at Maidstone register office, when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Clark. They were Amanda Nichola Collett (Ref. 5f 1988) in the third quarter of 1969, and James John Collett (Ref. 5f 2025) during the first quarter of 1971.

77Q9 – Amanda Nichola Collett was born in 1969 at Maidstone

77Q10 – James John Collett was born in 1971 at Maidstone

Edith M Collett [77Q1] was born at Hammersmith, London in 1925 where her birth was recorded (Ref. 1a 310) during the third quarter of the year, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Pinnock. With war in Europe, she was 18 years old when the marriage of Edith M Collett and Henry G Barrett was also recorded at Hammersmith register office (Ref. 1a 454) during the second quarter of 1943. Later that same year, the birth of the first of their two children was born, the birth of Patricia J Barrett recorded at Hammersmith (Ref. 1a 219) during the last three months of 1943. She was followed, just over one year later, when the birth of Maureen C Barrett was recorded at Hammersmith register office (Ref. 1a 398) during the first quarter of 1945. On both occasions, the mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Collett. Towards the end of her life, Edith M Barrett was living in the Twickenham area of Middlesex when she died on 1^st September 1998.

Jean M Collett [77Q2] was born in 1930 with her birth recorded at Hammersmith register office (Ref. 1a 214) during the last three months of the year, when her mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Pinnock. She was 32 when the marriage of Jean M Collett and George R Champkin was also recorded at Hammersmith (Ref. 5c 2052) during the third quarter of 1963.

Leonard Davey Collett [77Q3] was born at Hammersmith on 17^th March 1934, where his birth was recorded (Ref. 1a 243) and where his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Pinnock. He was the only son and the third and last child of William Davey Collett and Edith M Pinnock. In the 1939 Register, Leonard D Collett was five years of age and had already started school, when he and his family were residing at 48 Redan Street in Hammersmith. Eighty years later, Leonard Davey Collett was living at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire when he died on 6^th November 2019, at the age of 85

Raymond Edward Collett [77Q4] was born in Essex in 1934 and was the only child born to Edward George Collett by his first wife Doris M Shepherd from whom he was later divorced, both of them remarrying afterwards. The birth of Raymond Edward Collett was recorded at Rochford register office in Essex (Ref. 4a 1068) during the first quarter of 1934, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Shepherd. Three marriages for Raymond E Collett have been unearthed in the south-east of England, one of which can be discounted age-wise. Of the remaining two, one of them took place within the area where his father was born and raised. But the more likely is the first one with Edna M Goodale during the first quarter of 1957 and recorded at Wallingford register office (Ref. 6a 390). Edna was born at Wallingford where her birth was recorded (Ref. 2c 515) during the summer of 1937. The second and less likely could be Susan C O’Dell during the fourth quarter of 1973 and recorded at Hendon (Middlesex) register office (Ref. 5c 380), by which time Raymond would be almost 40 years old. Therefore, it seems that Raymond married Edna who gave birth to twin sons four years after their wedding day, their births recorded fourteen miles south of Wallingford at Reading register office, where their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Goodale. The first birth to be registered was that of Andrew (Ref. 6a 1290) and then Stephen with the same number, during the first quarter of 1961. They were both 42 years old when they were married in a joint ceremony in the spring of 2003, both with the same marriage reference (Vol. 319 0673), Andrew’s bride being Kim S Collett, and Stephen’s named as Carol L Harker, also known as Carol L Martin. Who Kim S Collett is, remains a mystery to be solved.

77Q11 – Andrew J Collett was born in 1961 at Reading

77Q12 – Stephen R Collett was born in 1961 at Reading

Terence Edward Collett [77Q5] was born on 23^rd May 1950, when his birth was recorded at Rochford register office (Ref. 4a 1149), the first of the two sons of Edward George Collett and his second wife Violet Welch. Terry, as he is known, emigrated to Australia when he was 21, when his brother Martin (below) was 11, with whom he eventually lost contact. Terry married Julie in Australia and in 2017 they made contact with Brian Collett – webmaster of www.collettfamilyhistory.net seeking answers to questions regarding his younger brother, whom he had not seen since leaving England in 1971. It was arising from their exchange of emails that this family line was constructed in the summer of 2022.

Martin Raymond Collett [77Q6] was born on 16^th February 1960 and his birth as the younger of the two sons of Edward and Violet Collett, was also recorded at Rochford register office (Ref. 4a 903) as Martin R Collett. Here, the R has been assumed to be Raymond, the name given to Edward’s son from his first marriage. Martin’s later life remains a mystery, despite efforts by his older brother to find him in the twenty-first century.

Mark Kenneth Collett [77Q8] was born in 1958 at Weymouth, the only known child of Kenneth Henry Collett and Ruth B I Morris. His birth was also recorded at Weymouth register office (Ref. 6a 985) during the first quarter of 1958, when his mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Morris. The later marriage of Mark K Collett and Rosemary S Walker was recorded at the South-East Hampshire register office (Vol. 20 1242) towards the end of 1980. However, their two children were born after the couple settled in Essex, with their births recorded at Braintree register office (Vol. 9 1957) and (Vo. 9 1942), when their mother’s maiden-name was confirmed as Walker.

77R1 – Adam Mark Collett was born in May 1984 at Braintree, Essex

77R2 – Katherine Sara Collett was born in October 1986 at Braintree, Essex