Edith E COLLINS - born 1885 Holloway (General)

by m p griffiths , Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 17:14 (4395 days ago) @ jevans

There is always a possibility, John COLLINS was at sea living near to the coast. Ship Carpenters was an occupation.

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As Holloway is in Islington District - Edith (1885) baptism (I think) is on Ancestry - and Edith's mother, was Fanny, probably James' sister.
Fanny is aged 1 on the 1861 census.

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London, England, Births and baptisms - 1813-1906

Baptism Islington : Islington St Mary

12 April 1885 - born 2 February 1885

Edith Ellen Blanch COLLINS - mother, Fanny COLLINS, abode London Rd. -

1881 Census, London St Marylebone

Christchurch

3 Kent Terrace

Fanny COLLINS, 21, Housemaid, born Wambrook, Dorset (which tallies with the 1861 census)

In the home of William W LLOYD, age 68, Mfg Retired + his family)

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On the 1891 Census, St John Paddington
No. 2 Southwick Place

Fanny COLLIS, age 31 Domestic Servant, born Dorset Wambrook

is working for Francis W PERCEVIAL - age 47, Examiner in Education Dept at Whitehall

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As James COLLINS was a Political Secretary - wonder whether he worked at Whitehall also and used his contacts to find Fanny a position????

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1901 Census, Surrey, Hambledon
Malthouse Lane

NEWMAN

George - 28, Bricklayers Labourer, born Surrey, Hambledon
Fanny - 41 - born Somerset, Wambrook

.........this is her on the 1911 Census

Coombe Lane, Wormley Hill, Godalming, Surrey

NEWMAN

George - 38
Fanny - 51 - born Wanbrook, Dorset - married 11 years (one child born alive, one living - no mention of Edith)
Frederick George NEWMAN - son age 9

and various other people....