Individual Notes
Note for: John Colin Smiley, 1914 -
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Individual Note: Original Source - John Dunn Collinson recollections, 2000:
Colin (twin of Elma) - Worked in banking in Kingston. When Dad visited in 1938 they were both about 22. They were probably born in 1912 or 1913.
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Source - FreeBMD:
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Jun 1914
SMELLIE Elma E COLLINSON Tynemouth 10b399
SMELLIE John C COLLINSON Tynemouth 10b399
Individual Notes
Note for: Elma Smiley, 1914 -
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Occupation: Place: Secretary?
Individual Note: John Dunn Collinson recollections, 2000:
Twin of Colin - A secretary perhaps? When Dad visited in 1938 they were both about 22. They were probably born in 1912 or 1913.
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Source - FreeBMD:
Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page
Births Jun 1914
SMELLIE Elma E COLLINSON Tynemouth 10b399
SMELLIE John C COLLINSON Tynemouth 10b399
Individual Notes
Note for: Robert Smiley, Private -
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Alias: /Bobby/
Individual Notes
Note for: Ronny ? younger son ? Smiley?, Private -
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Alias: /Ronny/
Individual Notes
Note for: Consolacion "Mamang" Jimenez, - 2001
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Individual Note: Lost a leg in an accident getting off a bus.
Died in Paranaque, Metro Manila, Philippines
Individual Notes
Note for: Cesar Primicias, - BEF 1988
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Individual Note: Source - Grandaughter Zeneida Primicias Angara, Dec 2004
He was a graduate of Tokyo University and was an interpreter during the Second World War occupation of the Philippines. He committed suicide during that period, perhaps as a result of his experiences.
Individual Notes
Note for: Gabriel Abreu, Private -
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Alias: /"Gabe"/
Individual Notes
Note for: James "Jim" Williams Collinson, 1895 - AFT 1938
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Alias: /Jim/
Occupation: Place: Shipwright.
Occupation: Date: 1911
Place: Joiner
Emigration: Date: 14 SEP 1929
Place: England -> Canada
Residence: Date: 1911
Place: 43 Philiphaugh, Wallsend, Northumberland, UK
Individual Note: Born Shiremoor, Northumberland in c.1896 and emigrated to Canada along with his married sister Elizabeth. My father John Collinson stayed with Elizabeth twice in the 1930s but after that time all family contact has been lost. He apparently was a Shipwright so probably worked in the Great Lakes shipping trade.
According to the most likely birth regitration index, his second name was 'Williams' (not William) - could this reflect a family name in his mother's line??
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Source - FreeBMD Births
Births Sep 1895
Collinson James Williams Tynemouth 10b265
Note: Shiremoor would certainly report in the Tynemouth registration area.
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Source - 1901 Census:
Living in Wallsend, Northumberland with parents. Born Shiremoor, Northumberland
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Source - UK Departing Passenger Lists:
Very likely match.
Name: James W COLLINSON
Date of departure: 14 September 1929
Port of departure: Southampton
Destination port: Montreal
Destination country: Canada
Date of Birth: 1896 (calculated from age)
Age: 33
Marital Status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Carpenter
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 5 of 18
Last address in UK: London, W1 [Was he staying with brother John Collinson??]
Ticket N: S 18169
The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -
James COLLINSON [Has been crossed out: Ticket no. 58401; Carpenter; Last address: 126 Baker?? Str, London; Age 31
Ship: ASCANIA
Official Number: 147307
Master's name: W A Hawkes
Steamship Line: Cunard
Where bound: Montreal, Canada
Square feet: 10486
Registered tonnage: 8437
Passengers on voyage: 293
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Source - John Dunn Collinson, b. 1923 (nephew):
Emigrated to Ontario, Canada with Elizabeth his sister. Shipwright. Never married. Drank. "Black sheep but not badly".
Taught him to drive at about the age of 14 in Canada.
Individual Notes
Note for: Joseph "Joe" Collinson, 1890 - BEF 1919
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Occupation: Place: Worked in a shipyard in Wallsend.
Individual Note: Born Heworth, Co. Durham [Source - 1901 Census]. Killed in First World War [Source - relative John Dunn Collinson].
In 1901 he was 11 and living in Wallsend with his parents. I (Michael Collinson) have not been able to find any record of what happened to him after that. Unfortunately many British WWI military records were lost or damaged by WWII bombing.
2010-02-07 Update: WWI "Burnt Records" are now available online. Unfortunately, there is still no trace of him. Could he have emigrated first? He is not to be found in the England & Wales 1911 Census yet.
2010-08-02 Update: In what is likely to be the ship that his father John Collinson sailed to South Africa in 1909, is another J. Collinson, Mechanic (no age). Could this be him?
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Source - FreeBMD:
Births Mar 1890
Collinson Joseph Gateshead 10a822
Gateshead registration district covers Chopwell, Crawcrook, Gateshead, Heworth with Felling, Heworth Within, Ryton, Ryton Woodside, Stella, Whickham, Winlaton.
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Source - 1901 England Census:
Living with parents
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Source - 1911 England Census:
Not living with parent and siblings. Unable to find him.
Note: 9 Oct 1909 passenger list of Armadale Castle from Southampton to South Africa shows two J Collinson. One is a miner, presumed to be his Dad. Could the second be him?? Occupation: Mechanic
Individual Notes
Note for: Giulio Gabriele "Jules" Corte, 26 SEP 1901 - 9 DEC 1988
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Occupation: Place: Rover car sales
Residence: Date: 1911
Place: 68, Stockwell Road SW, Stockwell, London, UK
Individual Note: Born London
Died Hove, Sussex 1988
No children
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Note second entry, did he have a twin sister?? St. Giles is a registration district in London including Bloomsbury and St. Giles in the Field
Corte, Gabriel Girlio
Year: 1901 Quarter: September
Record Type: Births Volume: 1b
District: St Giles Page: 630a
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Corte, Gabrielle
Year: 1901 Quarter: September
Record Type: Births Volume: 1b
District: St Giles Page: 631
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Source - Michael Collinson, grand nephew:
My Great Uncle (Gar's sister) was Jules and his wife Peggy lived at 55, The Droveway, Hove, Sussex, Tel: 01273-554274. He worked in the motor trade, I [Michael Collinson, grand nephew] recall him talking about working in the Rolls Royce paint shop and painfully putting on and polishing many layers of paint. In the 1970s he either worked for or had recently retired from a Rover car showroom. May be he owned it - they had a very nice detached house with just so furnishings and antiques and a just so ornamental garden. He was a very jovial chap, when I was very young I felt rather intimidated by his ragging and jokes - in hindsight always well meant.
They fell out with Gar in the late 70's/early eighties, refusing to speak to one another, and then refused to see me in the early eighties when I made a special trip to Brighton while working in Saudi. Peggy had some sort of facial/neck growth, which I figured had something to do with it. The last time I'd seem them was I think on a cycling trip. I think I came to them from the return ferry after a trip to Holland or perhaps from Cambridge University, certainly in the years 1976 - 1980. Uncle Jules died just a few days after I married, Aunty Peggy lived for some time after that but I never saw her. She was "taken in" by a next door neighbour who I think was after the estate, which must have been a fair sized amount.
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Source - FreeBMD Marriages:
Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1929
Corte Gabriel G Smith Brighton 2b504
Smith Emily A E Corte Brighton 2b504
Individual Notes
Note for: Maria "Marietta" Corte, 12 DEC 1873 - 22 JUN 1953
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Baptism: Place: "Antico Battistero del Sec. IX e X", Biella, Piemonte, Italy
Burial: Date:
Place: Mosso Santa Maria, Piedmonte, Italy
Individual Note: Born Biella, Piedmont, Italy