Personal Details of Matilda Collins
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| Buried: | 09/01/1917 |
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Burial Register
| Name at death | Matilda Collins | ||||||
| Age at Death | 86 | ||||||
| Burial Date | 09 January 1917 | ||||||
| Abode |
63 Gloucester Road,
Newbury. |
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| Official at Burial | J W F..ford. | ||||||
| Comments | Not sure about officials name | ||||||
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| Sources | Burial Register. |
Burial Register entry for Matilda Collins
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Burial Register Entry for Matilda Collins
Memorial Details
| North facing kerbstone: In Loving Memory of a Dear mother Matilda Collins who fell asleep Jan. 5th 1917 aged 88 years | |
| Name on Memorial | Matilda Collins |
| Date of death | 05/01/1917 |
| Age | 86 |
| Gender | Female |
| Memorial Type | 4 kerbstones |
| Construction Material | Sandstone; weather stained |
| Condition of memorial | Inlaid letters |
| Pattison Location Code | LS(H)20 |
Biographical Information
The articles below contain information about Matilda Collins.
Matilda Collins c1831-1917
Matilda Collins
c1831-1917
Matilda, her parents, siblings and early life:
Matilda was born in Crookham, Berkshire, the illegitimate daughter of Mary Ann Rodd.
Her mother also had an illegitimate son Samuel, baptised in Thatcham in 1826.
Mary Ann married William Wilmot on the 18th October 1832 at St Mary’s Church Thatcham (both were single). After they were married Maltida was known as Matilda Wilmot
William and Mary Ann had the following children:
John c1833
Mary Ann c1835
Henry 1838
Abraham c1841
Isaac 1842
Lucy c1844
Charles 1846
Edward 1848
George 1850
Ellen c1853
In 1841 Matilda (10) was living with her parents and siblings in Crookham Village.
The 1851 census records Matilda (20) as a House Servant at 29 Henry Street East, St Marylebone, Middlesex for William S Britton, a General Practitioner and his family.
Matilda in later life:
Matilda married Thomas Holloway in 1862 (marriage registered in Newbury, Matilda’s surname recorded as Rodd).
Thomas and Matilda also had the following three children:
Lucy Eliza 1863
Elizabeth Mary 1865
Thomas George 1866
Matilda was widowed in 1866, Thomas died aged 45, he was buried at St Mary the Virgin Aldermaston on the 5th May.
Matilda remarried in 1870, her 2nd husband was Alexander Collins, an Engine Fitter (previously worked as a Millwright). (Alexander was baptised on the 5th April 1835 in Speen, the son of Edward (a Millwright) and Hannah Collins (nee Knapp) who were married o the 29th July 1811 in Blewbury Berkshire)
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 in 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). In this census both Matilda and her daughter Ellen were recorded as being deaf.
Matilda 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 with her married daughter Elizabeth Brazier (46), her two granddaughters, Florence Brazier (16) a Draper’s Assistant, Kathleen Brazier (12) and a visitor, Emma Willmott (43), at 24 West Street, Newbury. In this census Matilda was recorded as being totally deaf for 40 years.
By 1913 her daughter Elizabeth and her family had moved to 63 Gloucester Road, Newbury.
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 with her daughter Elizabeth and her family)
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Author: C Gambles
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