Individual Notes
Note for: Frank Frederick Norman, 28 SEP 1909 - 29 OCT 1986
Index
Burial: Date:
Place: donated his body to scientific research
Individual Note: He married twice. He had one daughter by his first marriage and adopted 3 other girls and Lucy only with Pat Cummings, his second wife.
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Source - Lucy Spiers nee Norman, daughter, March 2003:
Dates and places of your Dad's birth, marriage, death, burial?
Frank Frederick Norman Born 28 Sep 1909 (Billingshurst Sussex?).
Married Pat 12 Dec 1963 at the Friend's Centre Brighton I believe (they never
made much fuss about their anniversary, so I'll have to check this date )
Died 29 Oct 1986 of a heart attack, at Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton
He donated his body to scientific research, therefore there was no funeral as
such, but memorial services instead.
He was an ardent pacifist during the 2nd world war (having seen at least one -
if not 2 - older brother(s) killed during the 1st world war) and was imprisoned
in Wormwood Scrubs for 6 months hard labour for his refusal to enlist.
Who were your Dad's parents and any other information about them?
>From memory one of his brothers was called Charles.
I believe he had a sister called Lilly? (Will check with Pat).
Don't know his father's name, he was an alcoholic who drank the family money
away, treated his family very badly and was not a popular topic of conversation
with my father. His mother's name was Lucy, and I was named after her.
Both my paternal grandparents died long before I was born and would most
definitely have been alive at the time of the 1901 census.
My dad's first wife was called Pauline and she died in a hospital in Burgess
hill approx 1961 or 1962. Frank had a natural daughter with Pauline, called
Nadine, who sadly died of peritonitis aged 5. Pauline could not have any other
children, so she & Frank adopted 3 daughters: Nadelle (Del), Vanessa and Janine
(Jan).
All 3 were babies of single mothers who were quite possibly desperate to keep
their babies, but were forced to give them up for adoption due to the social
stigma of having a child out of wedlock.
All 3 are still alive, I will get birth dates.
Nadelle married Frank Parker & had 1 x daugher Gail born 26 March 1964.
Vanessa married 3 times (Ian Bussey, Peter Gold, Maurice Grange) but had no
children.
Janine married ? Foley and had 1 x son Mark, don't have his birth date either.
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Source - Lucy Spiers nee Norman, daughter, email, 19 March 2003
Hi Mike
I've spoken to Pat, and Frank's father was definitely Charles and Frank was born in East Grinstead, so Charles Richard and Lucy Ellen must indeed be his parents.
Frank & Pat's wedding : 7 Dec 63
Pat can't remember the names of Frank's TWO brothers, but his sister was Lilly Norman, who went on to marry a Mr Tipping and had 2 sons and a daughter.
(Ps My middle names are Caroline, Mary.)
Thank you for all of this.
Look forward to hearing any more exciting finds
Lucy
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Source - FreeBMD Births:
Births Dec 1909
NORMAN Frank Frederick E.Grinstead 2b120
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Source - 1911 England Census:
Name Relation Condition/Yrs married Sex Age BirthYear Occupation Where Born
NORMAN, Charles Rechard Head Married M 45 1866 Carpenter Sussex East Grinstead
NORMAN, Lucy Ellen Wife Married
22 years F 45 1866 Great Bookham
NORMAN, Charles Thomas Son Single M 15 1896 Fishmonger's Assistant Sussex East Grinstead VIEW
NORMAN, Sydney George Son M 12 1899 School Sussex East Grinstead
NORMAN, Lillian Lucy Daughter F 8 1903 School Sussex East Grinstead
NORMAN, Frank Fredrick Son M 1 1910 Sussex East Grinstead
Address:
2 Hackenden Cottages, East Grinstead
Individual Notes
Note for: Susanna Dunn, ABT 1864 - 1929
Index
Occupation: Place: None
Residence: Date: 10 FEB 1915
Place: 43, George Road, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Residence: Date: 1881
Place: 130, Shipley Street, Byker, Northumberland, UK
Residence: Date: 1891
Place: Nether Heworth village, Heworth, Co. Durham, UK
Residence: Date: 1901
Place: 12, North Road, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Residence: Date: 1911
Place: 43, Philiphaugh, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Residence: Date: 1916
Place: 43, George Road, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Individual Note: My (Michael Collinson) great grandmother.
According to family story "from Ireland, possibly south"
but
1901 lists her as Susanah Collinson [sic], wife, 37, born in Bensham, Co. Durham and there is a matching 1881 record (with her Dad John indeed from "Ireland"). From census records, the birth of her first children are in nearby Heworth - so a likely scenario is that she met husband John Collinson locally while he was
She died in 1929 in the Tynemouth registration area, probably Wallsend.
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Source - FreeBMD
Births Jun 1864
DUNN Susannah Gateshead 10a652
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Source - 1881 England Census:
Susanna Dunn [sic], 17, living with parents John & Sarah Dunn at 130, Shipley Street, Byker, Northumberland, UK. Born Bensham, Co. Durham, England.
Bensham is a district parish of Gateshead, on the outskirts of Newcastle.
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Source - 1911 England Census:
Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born:
COLLINSON, SUSAN HEAD WIDOW F 47 BENSHAM DURHAM
COLLINSON, ELIZABETH DAUGHTER SINGLE F 19 HEWORTH DURHAM
COLLINSON, JOHN SON SINGLE M 18 APPRENTICE PLATER BACKWORTH NORTHLD
COLLINSON, JAMES W SON SINGLE M 15 JOINER BACKWORTH NORTHLD
Living: 43 PHILIPHAUGH, Wallsend, Northumberland
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Source - AIF Personal War Records:
As late as 1915, son John Collinson lists her as next of kin living in Wallsend - so she probably did not accompany her husband on his one way trip to South Africa.
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Source - GRO BMD Births Index
Almost certainly one of these, given her age and name spelling in the 1881 Census, it is very likely the first.
Births Mar 1864
DUNN Susanna Gateshead 10a 623
Births Jun 1864
DUNN Susannah Gateshead 10a 652
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Source - Australian AIF personal war records
10-Feb-1915 Enlistment papers, Brisbane, Queensland:
Her son John Collinson state his next of kin as mother Susan [sic] Collinson, 43, George Road, Wallsend
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Source - Ward's Directory of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1916
STREET KEY
George Road
Begins at 90 Neptune Road
...
43 Collinson S. Mrs
Ends at Philiphaugh [i.e. her house appear to be the last on this side of the road before "Phililphaigh"]
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Source - John Collinson, grandson:
"Regarding you earlier enquiry about Grandma Susan if I remember correctly she died at the age of 65 i.e. in about 1929. I think I saw her in Wallsend when I was 5 or 6 years old and have vague memories of a gas lit room. "
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Source - FreeBMD Deaths:
Deaths Dec 1929
Collinson Susannah 65 Tynemouth 10b228
Individual Notes
Note for: John Collinson, 1866 - BET MAR 1901 AND APR 1911
Index
Occupation: Date: 1901
Place: Deputy Overman Coal Mine (1901 Census)
Occupation: Date: 1881
Place: Grocer & Quarryman (1881 Census)
Occupation: Date: 1891
Place: Freestone Quarryman
Residence: Date: 5 APR 1891
Place: Nether Heworth, Co. Durham,
Residence: Date: 1901
Place: 12, North Road, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Individual Note: John Collinson is my great grandfather and followed in the family tradition of mining.
The eldest son, he was born in either Gosforth (1881 Census) or Kenton, immediately to the south of Gosforth (1901 Census). Most likely he was actually born in the small village of Kenton which is sometimes included as part of its large neighbour. Both places are just to the north of Newcastle in Northumerland, UK.
His family had certainly been living in Kenton for much of the nineteenth century. In the 1871 Census he is shown as born in Kenton but living with his parents and two brothers in Newcastle. In 1881 the family is back in Kenton.
In 1889 he married Susannah Dunn somewhere in the Newcastle area.
In 1891, they are living in Nether Heworth village, Heworth, Co. Durham; he is following his father's occupation of stone quarryman. His first two children Joseph and Elizabeth are also born there. In late 1891 or very early 1892 he moved to Shiremoor, Northumberland where my grandfather John Collinson was born in February. Shiremoor is a village to the north-east of Newcastle and just north of North Shields. His last (known) born James Collinson was also born there c1896.
At some point he made a switch into coal mining, as by 1901 he is a Deputy Overman at a coal mine and living a Wallsend close to the River Tyne. The only pit in Shiremore was Blue Bell Pit owned by Backworth Collieries Ltd. In Wallsend he might have worked at Bigge's Main Colliery or Wallsend Colliery (aka Russell's Wallsend) which included Church Pit and Edward Pit.
What happened after to him after 1901 is a bit of a mystery. John Collinson, his grandson, says family folklore says he died in South Africa in a "mining accident" with foul play suspected, being "done in by the blacks". Reading between the lines, pehaps he was recruited as a gold mining foreman during economic hard-times (at least two children also emigrated) and throw his arrogant white weight around a bit too much?
The most likely record a departing ship passenger is 9 October 1909, when the ARMADALE CASTLE left Southampton for South Africa. On board is a J. Collinson, miner, no age or POB, Single or unaccompanied by wife or children. There are a number of other miners, some with families, but nothing to suggest (e.g. ticket number) that they were associated.
In the 1911 England Census, his wife Susanna is shown as a widow still living in Wallsend. (And in 1915, his son John showed his mother Susannah as next of kin (still living in Wallsend)). This suggests that his father may have died by then.
However, in 1913, his son John Collinson arrives in South Africa. Why? And why is he referred to in a party invitation as "John Collinson Junr" in a place where underground mining only started in 1913?
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Source - England GRO BMD Index - Births:
Births June 1866
John Collinson, Castle W. 10b 239
There appears to be only one Collinson family living in the Castle Ward registration district during nineteenth century so it is a pretty safe bet that this record is the same John.
(Researcher self-Note: this was found in a microfiche index at Society of Australian Genealogists not on-line, suggests on-line records are not yet complete here - LOOK AGAIN LATER [now thre, mar 2005)
Curiously, there is a Mar 1868 Teesdale entry for John Collinson birth, just as there is for a Joseph Collinson marrying an Elizabeth in the right time-frame
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Source - 1871 UK Census:
Living with parents, brother James and Joseph and one servant:
NameAge in 1871BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Joseph Collinson33 Kenton, NorthumberlandHead St Andrew Northumberland?Fruitvier??, & Grind Stone Quarryman
Elizabeth Collinson32 ?C?rawcrook,DurhamWife St Andrew Northumberland
John Collinson4 Kenton, NorthumberlandSon St Andrew Northumberland
...
31 Georges Lane st andrew dist northumberland (cf Gray Ward / Fairhurst)
or
28, Lea(g or y?)es Lane
St Andrew
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Source - 1881 Census:
14, Living with parents at Struggle Cottage, Kenton, Northumberland. Grocer & Quarryman. Eldest child, all the others are still at school.
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Source - FreeBMD - Marriages:
Marriages Sep 1889
COLLINSON; John; Newcastle T.; 10b;134
DUNN; Susannah; Newcastle upon Tyne; 10b;134
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Source - 1891 Census:
Now married:
John Collinson, head, M, 24; Freestone Quarryman / Stone; born Kenton, Nortumberland
Susanna Collinson; wife, M; ; born Gateshead; Durham
Joseph Collinson; son; ; 1; ; born Heworth, Durham
Living: [no number] Nether Heworth village, Heworth, Co. Durham
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Source - 1901 England Census:
34, Head of family, Deputy Overman, Coal Mine; living at 12 North Road, Wallsend, Tyneside. Born Kenton, Northumberland. His wife Susanah [sic] is 37, no occupation, born Bensham, Co. Durham.
His probable whereabouts before that can traced by the birth places of children:
c1890 Heworth, Co. Durham (Joseph, 11)
1891 Heworth, Co. Durham [1891 Census, 5th April]
c1892 Heworth, Co. Durham (Elizabeth,9)
Feb 1892 Shiremoor, NBL (John, 8)
c1896 Shiremoor, NBL (James W, 5)
1901 Wallsend, NBL [1901 Census]
Post-1901 - South Africa [according to John Collinson, grandson]
Heworth is close to Wallsend on the other south side of the Tyne, 3 miles east of Gateshead. Joe Collinson reports John Collinson's mother and aunt living there at one time. If a coal miner, he could have worked at Upper Heworth Colliery, or Ada Pit, Fanny Pit, John Pit of Heworth Colliery, opened 1700s, closed 1963.
Shiremoor is a village to the north-east of Newcastle and just north of North Shields. The only pit there was Blue Bell Pit owned by Backworth Collieries Ltd, OS Map Ref: NZ313713.
In Wallsend he might have worked at Bigge's Main Colliery or Wallsend Colliery (aka Russell's Wallsend) which included Church Pit, Edward Pit. There is a Rising Sun Colliery but it seems to have opened later, around 1914.
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Source - FreeBMD:
UNMATCHED BIRTHS - To a brother of John perhaps?? James who emigrated to Canada??s
Births Dec 1893
Collinson Edward Castle Ward 10b308[not found in 1901 Census, no FreeBMD death entry in any district]
Collinson Joseph Castle Ward 10b308
Deaths Dec 1893
Collinson Joseph 0 Castle W. 10b191
Births Sep 1907
Collinson Elsie Castle W. 10b376
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Source - John DunnCollinson, grandson:
Verbal comment:
Apparently died in South Africa in a "mining accident" with foul play suspected, being "done in by the blacks". Son John Collinson b1892, who emigrated there with him hated the blacks so much that he left and went on to Australia. [However the same source says that son John went straight to Australia with a friend Harry Scott]
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Source - http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action
UK Outbound passenger lists
Possible matches:
Lastname Firstname Age Sex Year ofdeparture Departureport Destinationcountry Destinationport
COLLINSON J 37 M 1904 Southampton South Africa Cape
COLLINSON J F 39 M 1906 London South Africa Cape
COLLINSON J - M 1908 Southampton South Africa Cape
COLLINSON J - M 1909 Southampton South Africa Cape
COLLINSON J - M 1909 Southampton South Africa Cape
COLLINSON J - M 1910 Southampton South Africa Cape
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Source - UK Passenger Embarkation records http://www.findmypast.co.uk/passengerListShowTranscript.action?uvn=641000016&vsn=56 :
THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER Mr. J COLLINSON, mechanic, on the same list.
And other miners on the same list (one or more might have been travelling with him if they were recruited by a company):
ACornley? Mr &Mrs M Miner
Acornely? Master P and Miss N?
Croma?? W & Miner
Bell Mr & Mrs W Miner
Bell Misses R & M
Brown J T Miner
Also an Evans? family:
Evans Mr A Fitter
Evans FV? Miner
Evans T or J Miner
Evans [Mrs + Master T or J]
Evans Miss D
...
Kistle? Mr J Miner
Keast? Mr W L Miner
Lawry Mr A Miner
Miller Mr and Mrs R Mining Engr
Windle Mr T Miner
Tasker Mr A & Mrs Mine
Tasker Masters JT & WA
Johns Mr ? C Miner
Lanning Mr S Miner
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passenger transcript details
Name: Mr J COLLINSON
Date of departure: 9 October 1909
Port of departure: Southampton
Passenger destination port: Cape, South Africa
Passenger destination: Cape, South Africa
Date of Birth:
Age:
Marital status: Single or unaccompanied by wife or children
Sex: Male
Occupation: Miner
Nationality: Welsh
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Ship: ARMADALE CASTLE
Official Number: 118350
Master's name: R Rendall
Steamship Line: The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd
Where bound: South Africa
Square feet: 8259
Registered tonnage: 7264
Passengers on voyage: 700
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Source - 1911 England Census:
His wife is shown as head of household and a widow ... however, an invitation made in Jagersfontein, South Africa and dated early 1914 to, possibly, a "John Collinson SNR" *appears* to indicate that he is still alive.
Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born:
COLLINSON, SUSAN HEAD WIDOW F 47 BENSHAM DURHAM
COLLINSON, ELIZABETH DAUGHTER SINGLE F 19 HEWORTH DURHAM
COLLINSON, JOHN SON SINGLE M 18 APPRENTICE PLATER BACKWORTH NORTHLD
COLLINSON, JAMES W SON SINGLE M 15 JOINER BACKWORTH NORTHLD
Living: 43 PHILIPHAUGH, Wallsend, Northumberland
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Source - Family documents of John Dunn Collinson:
Was John Collinson actually still alive later than 1911? Had he done a runner??
There are two invitations to "balls" dated early 1913 for functions in Jagersfontein, South Africa. One is clearly to "John Collinson Junr.". This must be John's son John b. 1892 on his way to Australia. But why "Junr", was this John actually still alive?? Why was his son in South Africa at all? The second is enigmatic, it is addressed to John Collinson XXX., where XXX just might be Snr. but could be something like Eau, it is difficult to tell.
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PLACE RESEARCH
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Area Info: HEWORTH
Source: GENUKI http://website.lineone.net/~pjoiner/genuki/DUR/Heworth/
"Heworth was separated from Jarrow and made a distinct parish in 1834, and at that time comprised the whole of the township of the same name. In 1843 the district of Windy Nook was severed, and in 1866 the district parish of Christ Church, Felling, was formed out of this parish. It now comprises the villages of Heworth, Bill Quay, High Heworth, Pelaw Main (part of), and Wardley, as well as the districts of Heworth Shore and Heworth lane, and part of Whitemere Pool, and has a population of 6000. It is bounded on the north by the Tyne, on the east by Hebburn, on the south-east by Jarrow, south-west by Wrekenton, and on the west by Felling and Windy Nook Parishes.
"Heworth Township has an area of 2892 acres. Its ratable value in November 1893 was £62,473, including the portion within the borough of Gateshead.
[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894]
Census
"The number of inhabitants in 1801 was 2887; in 1811, 2905; in 1821, 3921; in 1831, 5424; in 1841, 7008; in 1851, 8869; in 1861, 10,315; in 1871, 13,755; in 1881, 17,138; and in 1891, 18,454, including over 800 within the borough of Gateshead."
[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894]
Description and Travel
"Heworth Village is situated at the junction of the Sunderland and South Shields Roads, three miles east from Gateshead. With the exception of a terrace recently built at the north-east end, the village has changed but little during the past thirty years. Heworth Shore lies on the riverside, and Heworth Lane is a little to the north of Heworth. Both places present a most dilapidated appearance, owing to the buildings formerly used as chemical manufactories having fallen into complete ruin, and to the unsightly mountains of "tank."
High Heworth is a village principally inhabited by miners, and is situated on the hill-side, about three-quarters of a mile to the south-west of Heworth, and near to Windy Nook.
"Bill Quay is a populous and rapidly improving village on the south bank of the Tyne, which here rises abruptly from the river. It is supposed to have derived its name from Bill Point, formerly a prominent projection from the north bank, which has now disappeared, having been cut away for the improvement of the river. It was at Bill Quay the chemical industry was first established in this county, at which time soda crystal and mineral alkali were produced from common salt. This industry, as well as other chemical processes, was successfully carried on for many years, but of late, the trade has greatly declined. In its stead has been established a large iron shipbuilding works, which, when in full operation, employs a considerable number of men.
"The present aspect of this neighbourhood compares but ill with the pleasant scene it presented before and even for some years after the establishment of the destructive alkali works. Its now somewhat bleak and uninteresting slopes were clad in nature's varied tints, and through the deep fern-grown denes, shaded by spreading trees, the sparkling streamlets flowed to join the coaly Tyne.
"To the west of the village there is a deep disused quarry, which, according to tradition, supplied the stone for the walls of Newcastle. Bill Quay is distant four miles east from Newcastle, and one and a half south-west from Hebburn, and from its elevated position above the Tyne a most interesting view is obtained of that busy river.
"Pelaw Main is a scattered village, lying on the river side, and contains many wooden dwellings; it is partly in this parish and partly in that of Hebburn.
"The village of Wardley is situated on the north side of the Sunderland Road, half-a-mile north-west of White-mere-pool, and about a mile and a half east of Heworth village. It is entirely inhabited by miners engaged at the colliery. There is a neat Primitive Methodist chapel here, built of brick, with stone dressings, erected in 1884, also a good Board school, which was built in 1878, to accommodate 180 infants."
[From History, Topography and Directory of Durham, Whellan, London, 1894]
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Area Info: HEWORTH COLLIERY
Source: Durham Mining Museum http://www.dmm.org.uk/colliery/h008.htm
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ284605, 54° 56' 18" N, 1° 33' 24" W
[Gas, Steam] "Coal is worked at the Heworth colliery, which is believed, judging from plans of workings in the High Main seam in 1762, to have been sunk about the middle of the last century. It is situated about three miles south east from Gateshead, and the royalties are leased under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The present winding pit was sunk in 1819 to the Hutton seam, and to the Beaumont in 1876. A new shaft has lately been sunk near the winding pit, which will greatly facilitate the working. The seams met with in this royalty are the High Main, 5 feet 8 inches ; Yard Coal, 3 feet 3 inches ; Bensham, 4 feet 8 inches ; Five Quarter, 3 feet ; Hutton, 5 feet 2 inches ; and the Beaumont, 3 feet 7 inches. The respective depths are 81 fathoms to the High Main, 107 to the Yard Coal, 118 to the Bensham, 128 to the Five Quarter, 138 to the Hutton, and 161 to the Beaumont. There are 1000 men and boys employed at this colliery, which puts out 1100 tons per day, which are shipped at the colliery's staithes on the Tyneside at Pelaw."
Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham
Individual Notes
Note for: Peter Corte Collinson, 16 APR 1926 - 21 MAR 1995
Index
Occupation: Place: Greensman for Brighton Council
Individual Note: Died in Brighton, Sussex where he lived his adult life. He never married.
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Source - Michael Collinson, nephew
As I grew up, he lived at 49, Stamner Park Road, Brighton, Sussex, England with his mother and worked for the local council. First mostly on road wayside maintenance and later on a golf course high up on the nearby South Downs where he was very happy. He lived a private life, always returning immediately after work - though I dimly recall he would go out for an hour or so on Friday to a pub with work mates. On the weekend he would take a bus in to the countryside and visit a new town or place each week with a packed lunch.
Never very strong, he was able to take early retirement, a lump sum and a generous disability pension. Being of simple needs, he was able to travel on Saga Tours, a self-help organisation for senior citizens, and had a new life visiting several different countries and took many, often very good, photographs.
I do remember he was allergic to onions
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Source - John Collinson, brother
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:39:01 +0000
To: Collinson Mike
From: J D Collinson
Subject: Collinson tree
User-Agent: Turnpike/6.04-U ()
Hello Michael
[deleted]
Regarding birthplaces; mine was Hove, Sussex but we have no trace of Peter's. I believe Gar was living in Abbey Road, St John's Wood, London NW6 or NW8 in 1926. My father preferred to call him Michael Dunn so it is just possible that his birth may have been registered as such. Nice puzzle for you
Dad
This is a certified copy issued 29 December 1941 by Hampstead Registration District in the County of London.
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Source - Birth Certificate (in the hands of John and Rosemary Collinson - brother)
1926 BIRTH in Hampstead Sub-District in the County of London.
No. 457 on 16 April 1926 at 136 Abbey Road
Name: Peter Corte Collinson
When Registered: First(?) June 1926
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Source - FreeBMD Births:
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Dec 1923
COLLINSON John D Corte Steyning 2b377
Births Jun 1926
Collinson Peter C Corte Hampstead 1a883
Individual Notes
Note for: Elizabeth "Tiz" Collinson, 1891 - AFT 1938 Index
Alias: /Tiz/
Emigration:
Place: Emigrated to Canada, date unknown
Emigration:
Date: 3 MAR 1919
Place: England -> Canada
Residence:
Date: 1911
Place: 43 Philiphaugh, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Individual Note:
Elizabeth married John Smellie in 1913 in the Tynemouth registration area and at some point thereafter, they emigrated to Ontario, Canada. Bracketed as 1914 - 1934 ... but almost certainly travelled in March 1919 with husband going ahead in November 1918. Since they travelled as Smellie, the deed poll name change appears to have happened in Canada.
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Source - Recollections of John Dunn Collinson, nephew:
In 1938, Elizabeth was ?45. (tallies with 1901 Census, b. about 1892.)
Elizabeth married a man named Smellie, a shipwright. He changed his name by deed poll to Smiley or similar. They migrated to Canada and were concerned with Great Lakes shipping. John Dunn visited them in 1934 in Welland on a canal linking Lake Eyrie and Lake Ontario bypassing the Niagra Falls. John Dunn learned to swim in the Welland Canal.
In 1938, they moved to Kingston, Ontario: 8, Concession Street, Kingston (just on the edge of town). John Dunn also visited in 1938.
A check on this address in Oct 2002 shows that it is still there:
Lacorde, P
8 Concession St
Kingston, ON K7K 2A4
(613) 547-9737
Margaret Christine Collinson says John Dunn Collinson went to Canada just before his birthday in 1938 and this was triggered by his father, John Collinson, desertion and return to Australia.
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Source - FreeBMD:
First most likely from name, first more likely given that the next child was born in early Feb 1892.
Gateshead includes Heworth, where Elizabeth was born.
Births Jun 1891
Collinson Elizabeth Jane Gateshead 10a990
Births Sep 1891
Collinson Elizabeth Gateshead 10a893
There's also another Elizabeth in Castle Ward (which encompasses Kenton):
Births Sep 1894
Collinson Elizabeth Castle W. 10b295
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Source - 1901 England Census:
Living with parents:
Elizabeth, 9, no occupation, born Heworth, Co. Durham.
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Source - 1911 England Census:
Living with widowed mother and 2 of the 3 brothers:
Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born: Report error View Original Page
COLLINSON, SUSAN HEAD WIDOW F 47 BENSHAM DURHAM
COLLINSON, ELIZABETH DAUGHTER SINGLE F 19 HEWORTH DURHAM
COLLINSON, JOHN SON SINGLE M 18 APPRENTICE PLATER BACKWORTH NORTHLD
COLLINSON, JAMES W SON SINGLE M 15 JOINER BACKWORTH NORTHLD
Living: 43 PHILIPHAUGH, Wallsend, Northumberland
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Source - FreeBMD:
Surname First name(s) Spouse District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1913
Collinson Elizabeth Smellie Tynemouth 10b461
Smellie John Collinson Tynemouth 10b461
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Source - UK Departing Passenger Lists:
Note: Mr. J Smellie, Plater, age 34 travelled to Canada from Liverpool via New York 5 November 1918 ... almost certainly her husband going ahead.
Name: Mrs E SMELLIE
Date of departure: 3 March 1919
Port of departure: Liverpool
Destination port: Saint John NB
Destination country: Canada
Date of Birth: 1892 (calculated from age)
Age: 27
Marital Status:
Sex: Female
Occupation: H'wife
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 11 of 29
The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -
Miss E SMELLIE 4 years
Miss E SMELLIE 4 years (Probably a mistake for twin John Colin Smellie)
Ship: GRAMPIAN
Official Number: 124220
Master's name: J Turnbull
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Railway Atlantic Steamship Line
Where bound: Saint John NB, Canada
Square feet: 33543
Registered tonnage: 6515
Passengers on voyage: 417
Individual Notes
Note for: John (later Smillie or Smiley) Smellie, ABT 1885 - AFT MAR 1938 Index
Occupation:
Date: 1911
Place: Iron ship plater
Emigration:
Date: 5 NOV 1918
Place: England -> Canada
Residence:
Date: 1901
Place: 62, George Street, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Residence:
Date: 1911
Place: 5 Philiphaugh, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Individual Note:
This appears to be the man my (Michael John Collinson) grand aunt Elizabeth Collinson married. The main evidence is my father's recollection and a marriage index from 1913. There are two possible John Smellie bridgroom's but the one selected lived on the same street as Elizabeth in 1901 which makes him a very strong candidate
In the 1901 Census, John Smellie
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Original Source - John Dunn Collinson:
Elizabeth Collinson married a man called something like Jack Smelly. He/they changed their name to something like Smiley. They emigrated to Canada and I stayed with then in the 1930s.
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Source - 1881 England Census:
See father
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Source - 1891 England Census:
See father
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Source - 1901 England Census:
Most likely match:
NameEstimated Birth YearBirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
John Smellieabt 1852 ScotlandHead Wallsend Northumberland[illegible] ship Plater
Dorothy E Smellieabt 1858 Sunderland, Durham, EnglandWife Wallsend Northumberland
Margaret E Smellieabt 1877 Sunderland, Durham, EnglandDaughter Wallsend Northumberland
Thomas M Smellieabt 1882 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandSon Wallsend NorthumberlandApprentice ship Caulker?
John Smellieabt 1885 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandSon Wallsend NorthumberlandShip [illegible] parker?
Dan Donald Smellieabt 1900 Wallsend, Northumberland, EnglandSon Wallsend Northumberland
Dorothea Smellieabt 1891 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandDaughter Wallsend Northumberland
Ernest Smellieabt 1897 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandSon Wallsend Northumberland
George Tex Smellieabt 1889 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandSon Wallsend Northumberland
Living: 62, George Street, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK <-- Same street as Elizabeth Collinson
OR:
NameEstimated Birth YearBirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Robert B Smellieabt 1879 Sunderland, Durham, EnglandHead Jarrow DurhamPlater (Iron)
Elizabeth Smellieabt 1879 Stockton, Durham, EnglandWife Jarrow Durham
Dorothy A Smellieabt 1900 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandDaughter Jarrow Durham
John Smellieabt 1897 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandSon Jarrow Durham
Mary J Swalesabt 1881 Jarrow, Durham, EnglandBoarder Jarrow DurhamDrapers Assistant
Living: 114 Salena? Street, Jarrow, Co. Durham, UK
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Source - 1911 England Census:
Name: Relationship to head: Marital Status: Years married: Sex: Age in 1911: Occupation: Where born: Report error View Original Page
SMELLIE, JOHN HEAD MARRIED M 58 IRON SHIP PLATER GLASGOW RESIDENT
SMELLIE, DOROTHY EMMA WIFE MARRIED 37 F 52 SUNDERLAND DURHAM
SMELLIE, JOHN SON SINGLE M 26 IRON SHIP PLATER JARROW DURHAM
SMELLIE, GEORGE S SON SINGLE M 22 SHIP PLUMBER JARROW DURHAM
SMELLIE, DOROTHY DAUGHTER SINGLE F 19 JARROW DURHAM
SMELLIE, EARNEST SON SINGLE M 14 DRAWING OFFICE JARROW DURHAM
SMELLIE, DUNDONALD SON SINGLE M 11 SCHOOL WALLSEND NORTHLD
Living: 5 PHILIPHAUGH, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
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Source - British WWI Military Records:
Not found. May have been in a reserved occupation building warships? Would have been 29 or so at the outbreak of war.
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Source - British WWI Military Records:
It looks as though he went ahead and then his wife and children joined him in March 1919.
From tickket numbers, it looks as though he travelled with two other Platers: Mr. J Convery age 48 and Mr. G.W. Anderson also age34. All were headed for Canada according to the list
Name: Mr J SMELLIE
Date of departure: 5 November 1918
Port of departure: Liverpool
Destination port: New York
Destination country: USA
Date of Birth: 1884 (calculated from age)
Age: 34
Marital Status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Plater
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 3 of 6
Ship: MELITA
Official Number: 136367
Master's name: Henry Parry
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific Railway Atlantic Steamship Line
Where bound: New York, USA
Square feet:
Registered tonnage: 8525
Passengers on voyage: 48