Personal Details of Alexander Collins
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| Buried: | 11/05/1874 |
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| Name at death | Alexander Collins | ||||||
| Age at Death | 39 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 11 May 1874 | ||||||
| Abode |
Newbury |
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| Official at Burial | The Rev'd. A B Donaldson, Assistant Curate. | ||||||
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Burial Register entry for Alexander Collins
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Burial Register Entry for Alexander Collins
Newspaper Cuttings
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Deaths - Alexander Collins,
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| Article date: | 14/05/1874 |
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| Transciption: | Newbury Weekly News Dated 14th May 1874 COLLINS – May 9, at Bartholomew-street, Newbury, Alexander Collins, aged 39 |
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Biographical Information
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Alexander Collins c1835-1874
Alexander Collins
c1835-1874
Alexander was baptised on the 5th April 1835 in Speen, Berkshire, the son of Edward and Hannah Collins (nee Knapp) who were married on the 29th July 1811 in Blewbury Berkshire. (Edward was from the parish of Cookham)
His mother Hannah was baptised on the 22nd December 1793 in Blewbury, the daughter of George and Susanna Knapp (nee Dandridge) who were married on the 3rd November 1793 in Blewbury. Hannah died aged 62 in 1856 and was buried on the 27th April in the Newtown Road Cemetery.
His father Edward was born c1790 (place unknown, not Berkshire) and was a Millwright. He died aged 58 in 1848 and was buried on the 24th November at St Nicolas Newbury.
Edward and Hannah had the following children baptised in Blewbury:
Samuel born 13th July, baptised 2nd August 1812
Edward baptised 15th May 1814
George baptised 7th June 1818
By 1824 the family had moved to Speenhamland. Hannah and Edward had the following children baptised in Speen:
Clarissa baptised 19th September 1824
Edwin baptised 4th February 1827
Susanna baptised 20th September 1829
Henry baptised 14th October 1832
Letitia baptised 3rd March 1834
Emmanual baptised 11th February 1838
In 1841 Alexander (6) was recorded living in London Road, Speen with his parents and siblings Clarissa (15), Edwin (14), Susan (12), Henry (8) and Emanuel (3). (Surname recorded as Colling on Ancestry)
In 1851 Alexander (16) was working as a Millwright, he was living in Old Newtown Road, Newbury with his widowed mother Hannah and his brothers Henry (18) a Millwright and Emanuel (11).
Alexander joined the Army serving as a Private in the 52 Foot Regiment. He left in 1868.
He married Matilda Holloway on the 8th October 1870 at the Independent Chapel, Thatcham
(Matilda was a widow with three children (maiden name Rodd, 1st husband Thomas Holloway married in 1862)
Alexander and Matilda had two children, William Alex born c1871 and Ellen born c1873
In 1871 the family were recorded living in Wither’s Yard, Newbury
Alexander died aged 39 on the 9th May 1874, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 11th May.
In 1881 Matilda was recorded as a Seamstress, living in Waldegrave Place, Newbury with her children Thomas Holloway (14) and Errand Boy, William Collins (10) and Ellen Collins (8). She was still working as a Seamstress in 1891 and was still living in Waldegrave Place but was now living alone. By 1901 she was living in a Kimber’s Almshouse in Newbury.
The 1911 census records Matilda (81) living at 24 West Street, Newbury, with her married daughter Elizabeth Brazier (46), her two granddaughters Florence Brazier (16) a Draper’s Assistant and Kathleen Brazier (12) and a visitor, Emma Willmott (43).
Matilda died aged 86 on the 5th January 1917, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 9th January (At the time of her death she was living at 63 Gloucester Road Newbury, home of her daughter Elizabeth Brazier and her family)
Author: C Gambles
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