Elizabeth Collett [1820 - 1872]

[1820 - 1872] FMMFFM

Father: Samuel Collett

Mother: Esther Southall

5-generation pedigree

Baptismal Entry:

ChurchDudley St Thomas
Date9 January 1820
NameElizabeth
ParentsSaml. and Esther Collett
Father's OccCarpenter

Siblings:

  1. Ann Collett [27 March 1796 - ]
  2. Sarah Collett [27 March 1796 - ]
  3. Mary Maria Collett [4 February 1798 - ]
  4. John Collett [19 September 1802 - ] Martha Chance
    1. Mary Collett [1826 -] married Serjent Parsons [27 April 1823 Dudley St Thomas -]
      1. Martha Parsons [4th qtr 1848 Dudley RD -]
      2. Harriet Parsons [1850 Dudley -] married 3rd qtr 1874 Droitwich RD George Alick Worbey [1847 London - 4th qtr 1889 Worcester RD]
        1. Harriet Worbey [4th qtr 1877 Worcester RD -] married 3rd qtr 1901 Worcester RD Wilson George Thomas [1879 St Switchins WOR -]
          1. Dorothy May Thomas [2nd qtr 1902 Worcester RD -]
          2. Alec George Thomas [3rd qtr 1905 Worcester RD -]
          3. Agnes Adelaide Thomas [1st qtr 1901 Droitwich RD -]
            1 Railway Terrace, Stoke Works Nr Bromsgrove WOR: RG14/17767 sn95 {1911 [3 children, all surviving]}
        2. Mary Amelia Worbey [2nd qtr 1881 Dudley RD -] married 4th qtr 1898 Worcester RD Alfred Jenkins
          1. Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Jenkins [1st qtr 1900 Worcester RD -]
          2. Lily May Jenkins [1st qtr 1901 Worcester RD -]
          3. Alfred George Jenkins [3rd qtr 1902 Worcester RD -]
          4. Victor Thomas Jenkins [4th qtr 1903 Worcester RD -]
          5. Mabel Florence Jenkins [2nd qtr 1905 Worcester RD -]
            1 Woodlea Villa, Worcester : RG13/2779 f39 p22 {1901}
            8 Prince Rupert Road, Wyilds Lane, Worcester: RG14/17643 sn402 {1911 [5 children, all surviving]}
        3. George Henry Worbey [ 1st qtr 1879 Worcester RD -]
        4. Sarah Ann Worbey [1st qtr 1883 Droitwich RD -] married 1st qtr 1907 Dudley RD Joseph Green [1880 - 1966]
          1. Mary Elizabeth Green [3rd qtr 1911 Nantwich RD - 3rd qtr 1997 Hounslow RD] married 3rd qtr 1935 Brentford RD Henry Charles Wapshott [16 April 1910 Brentford - 8 April 1964 Isleworth MDX]
            1. Jean M Wapshott [2nd qtr 1938 Brentford RD -] married 2nd qtr 1963 Ealing RD Alfred A E Jordan
              1. Carolyn A Jordan
              2. Christopher David Jordan
            2. Marjorie E Wapshott [1st qtr 1940 Brentford RD -] married 1st qtr 1959 Ealing RD David Helby
            3. Henry G Wapshott [1st qtr 1942 Brentford RD -] married 3rd qtr 1963 Ealing RD Jean L E Chilton
              1. Paul Wapshott
              2. Colin Wapshott
              3. Susan Wapshott
          2. Dennis O Green [4th qtr 1919 Ware RD -]
          3. Arthur William Green [16 June 1921 - July 2002 Aylesbury Vale RD
          4. Kenneth G Green [4 qtr 1924 Ware RD -]
        5. Female Worbey [1st qtr 1885 Droitwich RD - 1st qtr 1885 Droitwich RD]
          44a Bond Street, Dudley: RG11/2877 f57 p11 {1881}
          22 Gregory Well Street, South Claines WOR: RG12/2330 f87 p10 {1891}
      3. William Henry Parsons [4th qtr 1856 Dudley RD -] (Living with his sister Harriet Worbey née Parsons in 1891)
      4. Amelia M Parsons [2nd qtr 1859 Dudley RD -] (Living with her sister Harriet Worbey née Parsons in 1881)
        George Street, Dudley: HO107/2032 f282 p6 {1851}
        Minories, Dudley : RG9/2056 f45 p36 {1861}
        Starr Mill Street, Dudley: RG10/3011 f121 p20 {1871}
        Newhall Street Court 3, Dudley: RG11/2876 f104 p27 {1881}
    2. John Collett [1827 -]
    3. Catherine Collett [1829 -]
    4. Harriet Collett [1831 -]
      Minories, Dudley: HO107/1196/10 f52 p18 {1841}
  5. Mary Maria Collett [6 April 1806 - ]
  6. Richard Collett [6 April 1806 - ] married Sarah Unknown [1804 -]
    1. Sarah Collett [1827/1832 -] (The ages in the 1841 and 1851 censuses are inconsistent.)
    2. Eliza Collett [1829/1835 -]
    3. Esther Collett [1835/1837 -]
    4. Noah Collett [1841 -] married 3rd qtr 1867 Dudley RD Elizabeth Davies [1842 -]
      1. Richard Noah Collett [3rd qtr 1869 Dudley RD -]
      2. Sarah Collett [3rd qtr 1870 Dudley RD -]
      3. Nicholas Collett [1872 -]
      4. Noah Richard Collett [3rd qtr 1877 Dudley RD -]
        14 Himley Street, Dudley: RG10/3011 f112 p13 {1871}, 33 Walters Row, Dudley: RG11/2875 f140 p54 {1881}
        7 back Walters Row: RG12/2293 f111 p36 {1891}
        33 Walters Row: RG13/2744 f117 p17 {1901}
    5. Mira Collett [1844 -]
      Churchfield Row, Dudley: HO107/1196/9 f38 p15 {1841}
      New Dock, Dudley: HO107/2032 f132 p51 {1851}
  7. William Collett [6 March 1808 - ] married Ann Unknown [1811 WOR -]
    1. Elizabeth Collett [1831 -]
    2. Ann Collett [1835 -]
    3. Emma Collett [1837 -]
      Minories, Dudley: HO107/1196/10 f51 p17 {1841}
  8. George Collett [21 October 1810 - ] married Eliza Unknown [1813 -]
    1. Thomas Collett [1840 -] 5 Vauxhall Street, Dudley: RG14/17431 sn191 {1911 [no children]}
    2. Samuel Collett [1844 -]
      Angel Street, Dudley WOR: RG9/2057 f114 p32, f115 p33 {1861}
    His nephew Thomas Whitehouse was living with him at the time of the the 1861 census
  9. Joseph Collett [28 March 1813 - Probate issued 27 June 1877] married 12 September 1838 Esther Hartshorne [1816 -]
    Probate (27 June 1877) of the will (dated 4 February 1877) of Joseph Collett of Cromwell Street, Kates Hill, parish of Dudley, Worcs., carpenter. 24 and 25 Cromwell Street, and all other estate except tools etc. to wife, Esther Collett, who is sole executrix; tools and 2 carpenter's benches to sons Joseph and Richard.)
    1. Samuel Collett [1840 -]
    2. Sarah Collett [1842 - 12 August 1917] married 3rd qtr 1859 Tipton RD Isaac Guest [ - 1865]
      1. Thomas Guest [1861 -]
      2. Joseph Collett Guest [2nd qtr 1862 Dudley RD -]
      Sarah Collett married 4th qtr 1865 Sedgley RD John Bowen
      1. Rachel Bowen [4th qtr 1866 Dudley RD -]
      2. John Bowen [1870 Dudley -]
      Sarah Bowen married 17 June 1894 John Patrick Flanagan [1830 Tulsk ROS IRL - 8 March 1901 Dudley]
      1. Elizabeth Flanagan [6 March 1874 -] married 22 February 1897 Dudley RC Church Samuel Paskin [1874 -]
        1. Elizabeth Paskin [3rd qtr 1897 Dudley RD -]
        2. Samuel Patrick Paskin [2nd qtr 1902 Dudley RD -]
          29 Stone Street, Dudley: RG13/2745 f26 p2 {1901}
          81 Park Lane West, Tipton: RG14/17380 sn99 {1911 [3 children, 2 surviving]}
      2. Patrick Michael Flanagan [16 August 1875 -] married 1st qtr 1897 Dudley RD Florence Clarke [1871 -]
        1. Florence Agnes Gertrude Flanagan [21 February 1898 Dudley - 3rd qtr 1995 Leicester RD] married 2nd qtr 1925 Dudley RD Alfred James Gilbert [1895 Dudley - 2 April 1961]
          1. Mary P Gilbert [3rd qtr 1928 Dudley RD -]
          2. Joan C Gilbert [2nd qtr 1932 Dudley RD -]
        2. John Michael Flanagan [1st qtr 1900 Dudley RD -]
        3. Kathleen Lucy Flanagan [4th qtr 1901 Dudley RD -]
        4. Bernard Flanagan [4th qtr 1902 Dudley RD -]
          4 Titchbourne Court, Dudley: RG13/2744 f170 p28 {1901}
          60 Stourbridge Road, Scotts Green, Dudley: RG14/17457 sn32 {1911 [4 children, all surviving]}
      3. King Roderick Flanagan [11 May 1877 - 19 March 1957] married 27 December 1897 Dudley RC Church Charlotte E 'Lottie' Danks [1881 Birmingham (RG11/3007 f90 p23) - 4th qtr 1944 Dudley RD]
        1. Eva A Flanagan [2nd qtr 1899 Dudley RD -] married 1st qtr 1938 Dudley RD John Thomas Evans
        2. Nora Flanagan [2nd qtr 1900 Dudley RD -] married 2nd qtr 1929 Dudley RD Howard Jeffery Finch [4th qtr 1898 Dudley RD - 20 April 1966]
          1. Kathleen Finch [3rd qtr 1929 Dudley RD -]
          2. Joan I Finch [3rd qtr 1930 Birmingham South RD -]
        3. Mary Maud Flanagan [4th qtr 1901 Dudley RD -]
        4. Roderick Patrick Flanagan [1st qtr 1905 Dudley RD -]
        5. Lucy Margaret Flanagan [4th qtr 1908 Dudley RD -] married 3rd qtr 1938 Dudley RD Frank Loat
          1. Janet Loat [4th qtr 1947 Rowley Regis RD -]
        6. Daniel Joseph Flanagan [2nd qtr 1910 Dudley RD -] married 4th qtr 1934 Kingswinford RD Muriel N Newborough
          1. Michael M Flanagan [2nd qtr 1935 Rowley Regis RD -]
        7. Leonard R Flanagan [2nd qtr 1912 Dudley RD -]
          14 Cross Street, Dudley: RG13/2744 f165 p18 {1901}
          18 Cross Street, Dudley: RG14/17426 sn320 {1911 [7 children, 6 surviving]}
      4. Mary Flanagan [4 November 1883 -] married 2nd qtr 1906 Dudley RD Alfred Taylor
        1. Jenny Patricia Taylor [1st qtr 1907 Dudley RD -]
        2. Ida Agatha Taylor [3rd qtr 1909 Dudley RD -]
        3. Marjorie E Taylor [4th qtr 1914 Dudley RD -]
        4. Marion E Taylor [1st qtr 1918 Dudley RD -]
          29 Stone Street, Dudley: RG14/17428 sn8 {1911 [2 children, both surviving]}
        Stone Street, Dudley: RG11/2879 f74 p1 {1881}, RG12/2296 f45 p4 {1891}
    3. Joseph Collett [1844 -] married 1st qtr 1864 Stourbridge RD Mary Jane Pearson [2nd qtr 1845 Dudley RD -]
      1. Martha Collett [1867 Dudley -]
      2. Sarah Collett [1869 Wolverhampton -]
      3. Mary Collett [1871 Dudley -]
        13 Pensnett Road, Dudley: RG10/3013 f75 p18 {1871}
    4. Richard Collett [1847 -] married 1st qtr 1870 Stourbridge RD Elizabeth Warne [1848 MDX -]
      1. Sarah Collett [3rd qtr 1870 Dudley RD ] married 4th qtr 1892 Stourbridge RD Abel Merchant [4th qtr 1866 Stourbridge RD -] (married as Abraham Merchant)
        • The 1911 census gives 4 children, all deceased. The Stourbridge Civil registers of Death list a number of Merchant children dying in their first months, including an Abel and a Sarah, who are likely to have been children to the marriage.
          (54 Green Street, Stourbridge: RG13/2754 f69 p21 {1901}, RG14/17483 sn213 {1911 [4 children, none surviving]}
      2. Samuel Collett [4th qtr 1873 Dudley RD -]
      3. Elizabeth Collett [2nd qtr 1878 Dudley RD -] married 2nd qtr 1901 Stourbridge RD, emigrated to Canada via USA 1919 Joseph Wooldridge
        1. Gladys Maud Wooldridge [3rd qtr 1901 Stourbridge RD -]
          (277 Monmouth Road, Walkerville, Windsor ONT CAN {1923}
      4. Joseph Collett [2nd qtr 1881 Dudley RD -]
        29 Price Street, Dudley: RG11/2880 f86 p31 {1881}
        59 Green Rd, Stourbridge: RG12/2303 f47 p23 {1891}
        88 Worcester Street, Stourbridge: RG13/2754 f11 p14 {1901}
        40 Worcester Street, Stourbridge: RG14/17486 sn119)
      Sedgley STS: HO107/998/3 f37 p13 {1841}, New Dock, Dudley: HO107/2032 f130 p46 {1851}, 25 Cromwell Street, Dudley: RG10/3015 f91 p8 {1871}
  10. Mary Collett [1 November 1818 - ]
  11.   Elizabeth Collett [1820 - 1872]

Married 1: Thomas Whitehouse 8 July 1839

Marriage Certificate:

Registration DistrictDudley
Solemnized atThe Parish Church
in the Parish ofRowley Regis
in the County ofStaffordshire
When Married8 July 1839
Name and Surname Elizabeth Collett X
Ageof full age
ConditionSpinster
ResidenceTividale
Father's NameSaml. Collett
Father's ProfessionCarpenter
WitnessesJohn Breasier, Edw. Bridgewater

Children of first marriage:

  1. Samuel Whitehouse
  2. Emily Whitehouse
  3. Thomas Whitehouse

Married 2: William Coulson 3 August 1851 Birmingham

Marriage Certificate:

Registration DistrictBirmingham  William is presumably the William Colson who died 9th August 1853 at Queen's Cross, Dudley, whose age at death is given as 34. The death was registered by "Eliza Collett, Queen's Cross, Dudley", who would be Elizabeth's sister-in-law.

The only William Co(u)lson listed in the 1851 census of Birmingham St Thomas was a lodger at 35 Granville Street (HO107/2052 f319 p13), an unmarried stamper, born in America. Granville Street runs parallel to Washington Street. This could be the right man, but there is a problem with his age: the census lists his age as 18, which cannot be reconciled either with marriage at full age 4 months later, or with death aged 34 two years later.

Solemnized atthe Church of St Thomas
in the Parish ofBirmingham
in the County ofWarwick
When Married3 August 1851
Name and SurnameElizabeth Whitehouse XWilliam Coulson
Ageof full ageof full age
ConditionspinsterBachelor
Rank or Profession-Sadler
ResidenceWashington StreetWashington Street
Father's Name-John Coulson
Father's Profession-Baker
WitnessesThomas Barnett?, Sarah Barnett X
Thomas and Sarah Barnett are presumably the Barnetts living at 25 Washington Street at the 1851 census. Sarah was born at Dudley, so may have been an acquaintance or relative of Elizabeth

Married 3: Eli Hill 6 February 1854

Marriage Certificate:

Registration DistrictDudley
Solemnized atNetherton
in the Parish ofDudley
in the County ofWarwickshire
When Married6 February 1854
Name and Surname Elizabeth Coleson XEli Hill
Age3435
ConditionWidowBachelor
Rank or Profession Miner
ResidenceQueen's CrossQueen's Cross
Father's NameSamuel CollettWilliam Hill
Father's ProfessionCarpenter (dead)Tailor (dead)
WitnessesJames Mackay, Elizabeth Binal X

The same page of the marriage register has the marriage of George Collett and Eliza Turner. This might be the marriage of Elizabeth's brother George, whose wife is given as Eliza in the 1861 census

Child of third marriage:

  1. William H Hill

Died: 2 September 1872, Dudley

Death Certificate:

Registration DistrictDudley
in the Sub-District ofDudley
in the County ofWorcester
When and where died2 September 1872, 7 Angel Street, Queens Cross Dudley
Name and SurnameElizabeth Hill
SexFemale
Age53 years
Rank or ProfessionWife of Eli Hill, a coal miner
Cause of deathScirrhus Uteri, Certified
InformantEli Hill, Present at the death, 7 Angel Street Queens Cross Dudley
When Registered4 September 1872

Addresses:

1841183 Minories, Dudley
1851Minories, Dudley
1861 - 187121 Angel St, Dudley
18727 Angel St, Queens Cross, Dudley


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