Individual Notes
Note for: Cecilia Georgiana Collinson, 23 APR 1824 - 1903
Index
Residence: Date: 1851
Place: St. Luke, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, UK
Individual Note: Source - IGI Individual Record
CECILIA GEORGIANA COLLINSON
Female
Event(s):
Birth: 23 APR 1824
Christening: 25 APR 1824 Gateshead, Durham, England
Parents:
Father: JOHN COLLINSON
Mother: AMELIA
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record
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Source - 1851 England Census
Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
Amelia Colinson abt 1784 Wardover, Buckinghamshire, England Wife Chelsea Middlesex
Cecilia Colinson abt 1825 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea Middlesex
John Colinson abt 1782 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Head Chelsea Middlesex
Sophia Colinson abt 1827 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea Middlesex
Thomas Bernard Colinson abt 1822 Gateshead, Durham, England Son Chelsea MiddlesexCapn. Royal Engineers
Julia Cecelia Dewinton abt 1813 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea MiddlesexWidow
Nathaniel Bilaim abt 1833 Wales Celsham, Essex, England Servant Chelsea Middlesex
Living: St. Luke, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, UK
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Source - 1861 England Census
NameEstimated Birth YearBirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Amelia Collinson1784 Wendover, Buckinghamshire, EnglandMother Ealing MiddlesexFundholder Widow
Richard Collinson1812 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandHead Ealing MiddlesexCaptain Royal Navy (Half pay) <-- Admiral Sir Richard Collinson
Cecilia Collinson1824 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandSister Ealing Middlesex Unmarried
Emily Collinson1816 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandSister Ealing MiddlesexUnmarried
Hannah Hunter1836 Newark on TyneServant Ealing Middlesex
Elizabeth Noble1824 Morpeth, Northamptonshire, EnglandServant Ealing Middlesex
Phoebe Wingard1843 Boldon, Durham, EnglandServant Ealing Middlesex
Living: The ?Utunew?, Haven Green, Ealing, Middlesex
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Source - 1871 England Census
Cecilia G. Collinson, age 45, born Gateshead, Durham. Living/staying at brother-in-law Thomas Elliot Harrison Castle Hill House, Ealing, London
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Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
Sophia HARRISON Wife (Head) M Female 54 Gateshead, Durham, England
...
Cecilia G. COLLINSON Sister U Female 56 Gateshead, Durham, England
...
Dwelling Bank Front Street
Census PlaceWhitburn, Durham, England
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Source - FreeBMD
Deaths Mar 1903
Collinson Cecilia Georginna 78 Brentford 3a75
Individual Notes
Note for: Sophia Jane Collinson, 18 MAY 1826 - 1891
Index
Baptism: Date: 13 JUN 1826
Place: Gateshead, Co. Durham, UK
Baptism: Date: 26 SEP 1826
Place: Whitburn, Co. Durham, UK
Residence: Date: 1891
Place: Bank Front Street, Whitburn, Co. Durham, UK
Residence: Date: 1851
Place: St. Luke, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, UK
Residence: Date: 1871
Place: Castle Hill House, Ealing, Middlesex, UK
Residence: Date: 1881
Place: Bank Front Street, Whitburn, Co. Durham, UK
Individual Note: Source - IGI Individual Record
SOPHIA JANE COLLINSON
Female
Event(s):
Birth: 18 MAY 1826
Christening: 13 JUN 1826 Gateshead, Durham, England
Parents:
Father: JOHN COLLINSON
Mother: AMELIA
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record.
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Source - http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/Transcriptions/DUR/XWBN.html
Whitburn Baptisms 1813-1839
These baptisms were extracted by Carol Yellowley and entered onto computer by George Bell.
Collinson entries:
26 Sep 1826 COLLINSON, Sophia Jane; child of John and Amelia
16 May 1829 COLLINSON, Tathwell Benjamin; child of Henry King and Sophia
27 Aug 1832 COLLINSON, Sophia Elizabeth; child of Henry and Sophia
18 Sep 1835 COLLINSON, Walter James; child of Henry and Sophia
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Source - http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Baptisms&RecordID=4194984
CountyDurham
PlaceWhitburn
ChurchSt Mary
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate26 Sep 1826
ForenameSophia Jane
SexF
FatherForenameJohn
MotherForenameAmelia
FatherSurnameCOLLINSON
MotherSurname
Abode
FatherOccupation
Notes
FileNumber11121
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Source - FreeBMD
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1859
Collinson Sophia Jane Brentford 3a61
ET*SON Francis Brentford 3a61
Harrison Thomas Elliot Brentford 3a61
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Source - IGI Individual Record
SOPHIA JANE COLLINSON
Female
Marriages:
Spouse: THOMAS ELLIOT HARRISON Family
Marriage: 06 JAN 1859 Christ Church, Ealing, London, England
Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.
Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates:
M041951 1852 - 1875
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Source - Rosalind Bolton
Dear Michael
A final collection - all KB:
...
Harrison/Collinson family :
Emily b 1859
Thomas Eliott b 1862 m 1890 J Wright
Sophia b 1864
Mildred b 1866
Katherine b 1867 m 1893 unknown
John Collinson b 1868 d1900
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Source - 1851 England Census
Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
Amelia Colinson abt 1784 Wardover, Buckinghamshire, England Wife Chelsea Middlesex
Cecilia Colinson abt 1825 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea Middlesex
John Colinson abt 1782 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Head Chelsea Middlesex
Sophia Colinson abt 1827 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea Middlesex
Thomas Bernard Colinson abt 1822 Gateshead, Durham, England Son Chelsea MiddlesexCapn. Royal Engineers
Julia Cecelia Dewinton abt 1813 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea MiddlesexWidow
Nathaniel Bilaim abt 1833 Wales Celsham, Essex, England Servant Chelsea Middlesex
Living: St. Luke, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, UK
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Source - 1871 England Census (courtesy http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/thomasharrison1808.html)
Name / RealtionshipAgeOccupationWhereBorn
Thomas E. Harrison62Civil Engr., LandownerLondonMiddlesex
Sophia J. (Wife)42GatesheadDurham
Emily C.10ScholarWhitburnDurham
Thomas E.8ScholarLondonMiddlesex
Sophia A.7ScholarLondonMiddlesex
Julia M.4ScholarWhitburnDurham
Katherine C.2WhitburnDurham
John C.1WhitburnDurham
Ann Clarke (GDau)ScholarEalingMiddlesex
Noel M. Clark (GSon)4MatlockDerbyshire
Cecila G. Collinson (SisLaw)45GatesheadDurham
Rachael A. Harrison (Niece)21HartDurham
Charles A. Harrison (Nephew)23Civil EngineerIndia
Emily L. Harrison (Niece)20India
Frances J. DeWinton (Niece)20BroghroodRadnorshire
Plus 12 Servants
Living: Castle Hill House, Ealing, Middlesex
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Source - 1881 England Census
Husband not found
Source - http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/jameslaing.html
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
Sophia HARRISON Wife (Head) M Female 54 Gateshead, Durham, England
Emily C. HARRISON Daur U Female 20 Whitburn, Durham, England
Sophia Agneta HARRISON Daur U Female 17 London Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Julia Mildred HARRISON Daur Female 14 Whitburn, Durham, England
Katherine C. HARRISON Daur Female 12 Whitburn, Durham, England
Elise VISINAND Visitor U Female 30 Lausanne (F), Switzerland
Thomasina DE WINTON Visitor M Female 53 Gateshead, Durham, England<-- Collinson Sister
Annina M. THOMAS Niece W Female 24 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
Margaret B. JAMES Sister M Female 65 Gateshead, Durham, England<-- Collinson Sister
Edward L. THOMAS Nephew Male 3 Lindula, Ceylon
Frances C. COLLINSON Niece U Female 24 Aldershot, Hertford, England
Cecilia G. COLLINSON Sister U Female 56 Gateshead, Durham, England
Margaret SAYER Serv U Female 33 Evenwood Bp Auckland Housemaid (Domestic)
Hannah NEWTON Serv U Female 32 Ridley Mill, Northumberland, England Laundry Maid (Domestic)
Sophia BEDGE Serv U Female 26 Weston, Hereford, England Housemaid (Domestic)
Barbara MITCHELL Serv U Female 21 ...cunbeck, Cumberland, England Laundry Maid (Domestic)
Louise STOTT Serv U Female 22 Ripley Castle, York, England Kitchen Maid (Domestic)
Eliza JONES Serv U Female 17 Bp Wearmouth, Durham, England Kitchen Maid (Domestic)
Mary CAMPBELL Serv U Female 46 Wigtownshire Kirkwell Cook (Domestic)
John T. MEEK Serv U Male 23 Ponteland, Northumberland, England Groom (Domestic)
W. WILLIAMSON Serv U Male 20 Sunderland, Durham, England Footman (Domestic)
Susan HAYLOCK Serv U Female 65 Icklington, Suffolk, England Nurse (Domestic)
Jane DOUGLASS Serv U Female 22 Killingworth, Northumberland, England Ladies Maid (Domestic)
Elizabeth G. WILLIAM Serv U Female 20 Glasbury, Brecknock, Wales Nurse (Domestic)
Dwelling Bank Front Street
Census PlaceWhitburn, Durham, England
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Source - FreeBMD deaths
Possible match for husband??? The South Shields area includes Whitburn
Deaths Mar 1888
HARRISON Thomas Elliot 79 S.Shields 10a395
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Source - 1891 England Census (courtesy http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/thomasharrison1808.html)
1891 CensusRG12-41626 April 1891
Sophia Harrison (Widow) Age 63Living on own meansGatesheadDurham
MildredAge 24Living on own meansWhitburn Durham
KatherineAge 22 Living on own meansWhitburn Durham
Plus 6 Servants
Living: Bank Front Street, Whitburn, County Durham
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Source - FreeBMD deaths
Note: Age does not quite match christening, though better with 1881 census
Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Deaths Jun 1891
Harrison Sophia Jane 63 S. Shields 10a474
Individual Notes
Note for: Thomasine Septima Collinson, 22 FEB 1828 - AFT 1901
Index
Residence: Date: 1861
Place: Boughrood Rectory, Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
Residence: Date: 1871
Place: The Rectory, Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
Residence: Date: 1881
Place: The Rectory, Boughrood, Radnor, Wales
Residence: Date: 1891
Place: The Rectory, Cefnllys, Radnorshire, Wales
Individual Note: Source - Rosalind Bolton
Dear Michael
Thomasina (Collinson) de Winton's family this time. I have learnt a lot about them from the [MJC] tree, but can add a few small-scale details - source again KB unless otherwise specified:
she gives two fewer children: Walter and Emily G are mssing. I wonder if they are actually the children of the unpleasant Capt Walter de W? She gives him a Walter b 1868 and a Gwendoline with no birth-date. I also wonder whether the Frances Jessie you find marrying in 1880 (I think) was unpleasant Walter's widow remarrying.
As to the children:
she gives Godfrey's year of birth as 1854, which I see tallies with the 1901 census
Bernard she has marrying a Miss Tillard in 1889 (I forgot to check if you had that)
Frederick is born 1852
Arthur 1853
Reginald Parry 1858 d 1883
Annina (called Nina in Kilvert's diary) b 1859. Her first husband died of cholera in Ceylon where he was a tea-planter
Eleanor b 1859
Charles b 1862 has "marr" beside the name but no more
Isabel Frances b 1863 is her version of Frances J - Kilvert who met her on a train calls her Isobel
Mabel Winifred b 1865
Robert F Chiappini (a de Winton name) b 1868
Esther b 1869
Sorry to send inofrmation in small batches
Best wishes
Rosalind
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Source - IGI Individual Record
THOMASINE SEPTIMA COLLINSON
Female
Event(s):
Birth: 22 FEB 1828
Christening: 24 FEB 1828 Gateshead, Durham, England
Parents:
Father: JOHN COLLINSON
Mother: AMELIA
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record.
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Note also:
IGI Individual Record
Thomasine Septina Collinson
Female
Event(s):
Birth: About 1820 Of Brecknock Co, , , Wales
Christening:
Parents:
Father: John Collinson
Messages:
Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church.
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Source - 1851 Wales Census
Source - 1851 England Census
Not found at all.
The family does not appear to have been in Boughrood at the time of the Wales Census despite births of children indicating that they were living there.
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Source - 1861 Wales Census
NameEstimated Birth YearBirthplaceRelationshipCivil Parish or TownshipCounty/Island
Henry De Winton1824 Hay, Breconshire, WalesHead Boughrood RadnorshireRector of Boughrood M.A.
Thomasine S De Winton1828 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandWife Boughrood Radnorshire
Amelia H De Winton1850 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Walter De Winton1851 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Annina De Winton1857 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Arthur J De Winton1854 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Charles De Winton1861 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Ellen B De Winton1860 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Frederic H De Winton1852 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Godfrey R De Winton1855 Boldon, Durham, EnglandSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Reginald P De Winton1856 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Mary Cummins1816 Sherburn, Durham, EnglandServant Boughrood Radnorshire
Mary J Hinckley1840 Glasbury, Breconshire, WalesServant Boughrood Radnorshire
Emma Jones1838 Monmouthshire, WalesServant Boughrood Radnorshire
Jane Powell1847 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesServant Boughrood Radnorshire
Eliza Roberts1812 Richards Castle, Shropshire, EnglandServant Boughrood Radnorshire
Mary A Williams1847 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesServant Boughrood Radnorshire
Living: Boughrood Rectory, Boughrood, Radnorshire
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Source - 1871 England Census
NameAge in 1871BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Amelia Collinson87 WendoverMother Ealing MiddlesexWidowClergyman's widow
Richard Collinson59 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandHead Ealing MiddlesexUnmarriedVice Admiral
Emily Collinson55 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandSister Ealing MiddlesexUnmarriedClergyman's daughter
Frances T Pland [or Bland] 64 East Sheen, Surrey, EnglandSister Visitor Ealing MiddlesexMarriedArchdeacon's wife
Harriet Dulton 56 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandSister Ealing MiddlesexWidowClergyman's widow
--> Bernard De Winton20 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesNephew Visitor Ealing MiddlesexUnmarriedScholar
--> Frederick De Winton19 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesNephew Visitor Ealing MiddlesexUnmarriedScholar
--> Peginold De Winton15 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesNephew VisitorEalingUnmarriedScholar
+ 4 servants
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Husband and kids (she is listed too )
NameAge in 1871BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Henry Dewinton47 Hay, Breconshire, WalesHead Boughrood RadnorshireRector of Boughrood
Thomasine S Dewinton43 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandWife Boughrood Radnorshire
Amelia R Dewinton21 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Annina M Dewinton14 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Ellen B Dewinton11 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Esther M Dewinton11 months Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Godfrey R Dewinton16 Boldon, Durham, EnglandSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Robert F C Dewinton2 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesSon Boughrood Radnorshire
Mabel W Dewinton6 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesDaughter Boughrood Radnorshire
Living: The Rectory, Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
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Source - 1881 Census
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
Sophia HARRISON Wife (Head) M Female 54 Gateshead, Durham, England
Emily C. HARRISON Daur U Female 20 Whitburn, Durham, England
Sophia Agneta HARRISON Daur U Female 17 London Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Julia Mildred HARRISON Daur Female 14 Whitburn, Durham, England
Katherine C. HARRISON Daur Female 12 Whitburn, Durham, England
Elise VISINAND Visitor U Female 30 Lausanne (F), Switzerland
Thomasina DE WINTON Visitor M Female 53 Gateshead, Durham, England
Annina M. THOMAS Niece W Female 24 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
Margaret B. JAMES Sister M Female 65 Gateshead, Durham, England
Edward L. THOMAS Nephew Male 3 Lindula, Ceylon
Frances C. COLLINSON Niece U Female 24 Aldershot, Hertford, England
Cecilia G. COLLINSON Sister U Female 56 Gateshead, Durham, England
+ 12 servants
Dwelling Bank Front Street
Census PlaceWhitburn, Durham, England
Husband:
Name RelationMarital StatusGenderAgeBirthplaceOccupationDisability
Henry DE WINTON Head M Male 59 Hay, Brecknock, Wales Vicar Of Boughrood & Archdeacon Of Brecon
Amelia K. DE WINTON Daur U Female 31 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
Godfrey R. DE WINTON Son U Male 26 Bolden, Durham, England Scripture Reader
Ellen B. DE WINTON Daur U Female 21 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
Frances J. DE WINTON Daur U Female 18 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
Mabel W. DE WINTON Daur U Female 16 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales Scholar
Esther M. DE WINTON Daur Female 10 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales Scholar
Wilhelmine A.M. ROTHERT Governess U Female 23 Oldendorp (Fr), Germany Teacher
Caroline VEALE Serv U Female 24 Hereford City Cook Domestic Servant
Mary KINSEY Serv U Female 21 Llyswen, Brecknock, Wales Parlourmaid Domestic Servant
Sarah EVANS Serv U Female 16 Llowes, Radnorshire, Wales Kitchen Maid Domestic Servant
Ann PRICE Serv Female 15 Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales House Maid Domestic Servant
Source Information:
Dwelling The Rectory
Census PlaceBoughrood, Radnor, Wales
Family History Library Film 1342315
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 5469 / 7
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Source - 1891 England Census
Dewinton, Henry67Hay, BreconshireHead Cefnllys RadnorshireRector of Cefnllys S. with Llandrindod? & Archdeacon of Radnor
Dewinton, Thomasine S63Gateshead, DurhamWife Cefnllys Radnorshire
Dewinton, Godfrey R36Boldon, DurhamSon Cefnllys RadnorshireSlightly paralyzed
Dewinton, Mabel W26Boughrood, RadnorshireDaughter Cefnllys Radnorshire
Dewinton, Robert F C22Boughrood, RadnorshireSon Cefnllys RadnorshireUniversity Student
Dewinton, Esther M20Boughrood, RadnorshireDaughter Cefnllys Radnorshire
Dewinton, Frances I28Boughrood, RadnorshireDaughter Cefnllys Radnorshire
+6 servants
Living: The Rectory, Cefnllys
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Source - 1901 England Census
Living: 27 & 28 Upton Road, Upton with Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire, UK
NameAge in 1901BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Thomasina S De Winton73 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandMother Slough BuckinghamshireWidowLiving on own means
Robert F C De Winton32 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesJoint Heads Slough Buckinghamshire SingleTutor School
Arthur J De Winton47 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesJoint Heads Slough BuckinghamshireSingleTutor School
Amelia K De Winton51 Boughrood, Radnorshire, WalesSister Slough BuckinghamshireSingleLady Housekeeper Lodgfe Ho.
Reginald A Roberts24 IndiaBoarder Slough Buckinghamshire
Pupils
Denys P Bent8 Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Ray Bourne11 IndiaPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Robert L Creasy8 CeytonPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
John P De Buriatte13 Aylesford, Kent, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
George A W Devereux9 London, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Stephen D T Farmer13 Bridgenorth, Shropshire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
John D Fletcher12 Oxfordshire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Arthur T Harris8 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Frederick K Harris11 IndiaPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Charles E Kinderdey10 Eton, Buckinghamshire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Richard F Kinderdey13 Radley, Oxfordshire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Donald H Mccartney12 London, Middlesex, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Douglas Mccartney10 London, Middlesex, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
John A P Millet12 Broadway, Worcestershire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Edward De F Renouf12 Jersey, Channel IslandsPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Arthur J E Smith11 IndiaPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
John W N Smith8 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Eustace H Wace12 CeytonPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Ferdinand B Wace10 CeytonPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Herbert G Wace14 CeytonPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Henry R F Watson12 Newdigate, Surrey, EnglandPupil Slough Buckinghamshire
Servants:
Mabel M L Savage15 Swanmore, Hampshire, EnglandServant Slough Buckinghamshire
Alethea M Cullum17 Birchington, Kent, EnglandServant Slough Buckinghamshire
Elizabeth Jones23 Llandrindod, Radnorshire, WalesServant Slough Buckinghamshire
Annie Plumridge23 Slough, Buckinghamshire, EnglandServant Slough Buckinghamshire
Jane Plumridge18 Slough, Buckinghamshire, EnglandServant Slough Buckinghamshire
Alice E Wheeler16 Slough, Buckinghamshire, EnglandServant Slough Buckinghamshire
Ellen Williams18 Colyro, Radnorshire, WalesServant Slough Buckingham
Individual Notes
Note for: Thomas Bernard Collinson, 18 NOV 1821 - 1902
Index
Occupation: Date: 1891
Place: Major General (retired)
Occupation: Date: 1838
Place: 2nd Lieut.
Occupation: Date: 1841
Place: 1st Lieut.
Occupation: Date: BET 1843 AND OCT 1845
Place: Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, Contour Survey of Hong Kong
Occupation: Date: 1847
Place: Captain
Occupation: Date: 1851
Place: Captain, Royal Engineers
Occupation: Date: 1861
Place: Leuitenant Colonel, Royal Engineers
Occupation: Date: 1871
Place: Leuitenant Colonel, Royal Engineers
Occupation: Date: 1881
Place: Major General R. E. Ret.
Residence: Date: 1901
Place: 27 Haven Green (Little Haven), Ealing, Middlesex, UK
Residence: Date: 1861
Place: Royal Engineer Establishment Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, Kent, UK
Residence: Date: 1871
Place: The South Front Barracks, Western Heights, Dover, UK
Residence: Date: 1881
Place: 6 Inverleith Place, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland
Residence: Date: 1891
Place: Haven Green, Ealing, Middlesex, UK
Residence: Date: 1951
Place: St. Luke, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, UK
Event: Type: Event
Date: MAR 1850
Place: departed New Zealand for Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
Event: Type: Event
Date: 24 MAY 1843
Place: Departed England for Hong Kong
Event: Type: Event
Date: 11 JUN 1846
Place: Departed England
Event: Type: Event
Date: 18 AUG 1846
Place: Arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Event: Type: Event
Date: 19 SEP 1846
Place: Arrived in Auckland, New Zealand
Event: Type: Event
Date: 19 JUL 1847
Place: Repulse of 400 natives at Wanganui [Army List]
Event: Type: Event
Date: MAY 1850
Place: Arrived in UK
Individual Note: Thomas Bernard Collinson sounds quite a fellow. He joined the Royal Engineers and rose to the rank of Major General. He was the man who first man to survey Hong Kong and he utilised contouring, a technique that he did not invent but did result in his finished map was the world's first ever published contour map.
MJC Note: It is "Leut. TB Collnson" that got me interested in tracing my family history in the first place. I was invited once to breakfast by a member of the old and venerable Hong Kong Club, by then in a new building. Completely dominating the dining area is a huge blown-up wall mounted map Hong with his name and a date in the bottom corner. I wondered if I was related and ....
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Source - Graham Cox http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/thomascollinson1821.html
Thomas was born on 18 November 1821, the son of Rev. John Collinson and Amelia King, at Gateshead, County Durham. He married Katherine Baker in 1856.
Service in Hong Kong and New Zealand, 1843-50.
Lieutenant Thomas Bernard Collinson, R.E., left Woolwich on the Honourable East India Company Ship Mount Stewart Elphinstone on 24 May 1843 bound for Hong Kong. There, his principal work was making an exact survey of Hong Kong Island, employing knowledge gained from three years with Ordnance Survey in England and Ireland. Ambitious to make a perfect map, he utilised the contour system that had recently been developed and adopted in the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, also adding soundings and other nautical information from Admiralty charts by Captain Edward Belcher, R.N., H.M.S. Sulphur (Commander Richard Collinson, R.N., Thomas' brother, also produced Admiralty charts of the China coast). Thomas Collinson was rewarded by the engraving of his map at Ordnance Survey, Southhampton, and a complement from the geographer J. Arrowsmith that it was the most complete map he had ever seen. Collinson's pictorial drawings were of such an admirable standard that Major Aldrich, R.E., used Collinson's work to illustrate his 1846 report on the erection of Ordnance buildings in Hong Kong, published in the Royal Engineer Papers in 1849.
On 11 June 1846 Collinson sailed for service in New Zealand embarking in an old teak ship, the Emily Jane (480 tons), bound for Sydney, New South Wales, arriving on 18 August 1846. Upon the continued native attacks in New Zealand it was decided that he had better go, and on 1 September 1846 he departed New South Wales in the aptly named trading brigantine Terror, anchoring at Auckland, on 19 September 1846. There he stayed with Captain Henderson, R.A., for several months. The Royal Engineer Office in New Zealand at this time consisted of Captain William Biddlecomb Marlow R.E. and Clerk of Works George Graham R.E.. Both gentlemen had recently been exhaustively occupied with Hone Heke's War in the Bay of Islands (1845-46) and the Auckland defences.
On 22 November 1846, Collinson embarked in the Colonial Brig Victoria to his solitary station in Wellington, where trouble persisted in the Hutt Valley. Ten days after his arrival on 30 November, he embarked on H.M.S. Calliope, with the whole force, for Wanganui, where Captain Joseph Henry Laye, 58th Regiment, and himself selected a site for a stockade and arranged its construction. In January 1847, having returned to Wellington in a small trading cutter, he organised the construction of barracks, explored the road to Porirua and the Hutt Valley, and returned to Wanganui
in February to carry on the construction of defences there. Collinson returned to his station in Wellington in 1848, where duties included a plan for the defence of Wellington, the arrangement and construction of military buildings, and a report on the earthquake that damaged the Paremata Barracks at Porirua. He also made occasional visits to Wanganui and explorations about the local countryside. During his service in New Zealand he made a number of friends in Captain Henderson, R.A., Bishop Selwyn, Sir George Grey, Alfred Domett, William Fox and Tamehana. Dr Andrew Sinclair, the Colonial Secretary and naturalist, had served with his brother Richard on H.M.S. Sulphur.
Collinson departed New Zealand for Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), in March 1850. During his return to England from May 1850, he wrote two detailed papers on the history of military operations in New Zealand for publication in the Royal Engineer Papers. During his service
in New Zealand, the Commanding Royal Engineers were Brevet-Major William Biddlecomb Marlow R.E. and Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Bolton R.E..
In April 1869 Colonel T. Bernard Collinson R.E., advocated in a lecture to the Royal United Service Institute, the formation of one General Military School. In 1889 he edited his brother Sir Richard Collinson's journal for publication: Journal of H.M.S. Enterprise, on the expedition in search of Sir John Franklin's ships by Behring Strait, 1850-55. In 1892-94 he compiled a detailed and illustrated memoir (unpublished) of his work and experiences: Seven Years Service on the Borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850, Written for the Information and Satisfaction of my Children.
Researched and complied by Philip Heath, P.O. Box 99002, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand
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Source - IGI Individual Record
THOMAS BERNARD COLLINSON
Male
Event(s):
Birth: 18 NOV 1821
Christening: 18 NOV 1821 Gateshead, Durham, England
Parents:
Father: JOHN COLLINSON
Mother: AMELIA
Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record.
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Source - "Hong Kong Island Before 1841, John Hayes, unknown date after the 1960's:
'10 A reference to Collinson's military mapping of Hong Kong, described by Mr. [Ian] Diamond in an unpublished memoir as follows :
"Collinson completed his survey at the end of Oct, 1845. The work had taken him almost exactly two years. The survey was principally of Hong Kong Island but the resulting map took in also the islands immediately adjacent to Hong Kong, Kowloon Peninsula and the coastline of the mainland as far as Tsuen Wan in the West and Fat Tong Point in the east.
Drawn to a scale of 4 inches to one statute mile (1/5480) the finished map was on four joinable sheets covering north-west, north-east, south-west and south-east Hong Kong respectively. The map is meticulously detailed and very finely drawn.
One of the most interesting features of Collinson's map is that it employs contour lines instead of shading, or hatching, to show land heights and is said to have been the first such map ever to be published. Collinson did not invent the technique. Contour-line mapping was first employed by military engineers in France, but it seems to have been used there largely in the siting and planning of fortifications. By the early 1830s the concept had been taken up by the Royal Engineers who, especially after about 1834, began to give it a more general application, largely in connection with the great surveys of England and Ireland. .......... His map was published by the Ordinance Map Office, Southampton in 1846, prior to any contoured map of the United Kingdom, the first not being printed until December, 1847.
Collinson submitted, together with his map, a portfolio of "Ten Outline Sketches of the Island of Hong Kong". These were pen and ink drawings of the Island landscape viewed from ten locations and were designed to illustrate its salient topographical features and the nature and location of important buildings and settlements."'
Note: The source also records that Mr. Diamond has transcribed some letters by Thomas Collinson, the originals of which can be found at the Public Records Office of Hong Kong, file MSS 23. This is before the handover to China, so it is unclear where they would be now.
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Source - National Archives, UK - cataologue
Covering dates: 1844-1845
Scope and content: Contoured Survey of Cantonment at Victoria, 1844, shewing proposed buildings and roads for which provision was made in Estimates for 1846-47. MS. Coloured. 1½ in. to 100 ft. Surveyed by Lieut. T.B. Collinson, R.E. Signed: Edward Aldrich, Major. 31 Aug 1845
Access conditions: Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
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Source - National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an5527253
nla.pic-an5527253
Collinson, T. B. (Thomas Bernard), d. 1901.
The town of New Plymouth, New Zealand from Marsland Hill [picture] / T.B. Collinson.
Other Title:
Panorama of New Plymouth, New Zealand.
1847 Nov. 23.
1 drawing : ink ; 28.2 x 119.5cm.
Title from inscription top c.; Container spine title: Panorama of New Plymouth, New Zealand.; Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK167.; T3301.
Subjects:
New Plymouth (N.Z.) -- Pictorial works.
New Zealand -- History -- 1840-1876 -- Pictorial works.
Picture -- New Zealand.
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Source - http://www.askart.com
Born in County Durham, England on Nov. 18, 1821. A member of the Royal Engineers, Collinson surveyed Hong Kong and New Zealand during the 1840s. While returning to England, he was in San Francisco in 1850 and did drawings of the city.
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Source - 1851 England Census
Name Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Relationship Civil Parish County/Island
Amelia Colinson abt 1784 Wardover, Buckinghamshire, England Wife Chelsea Middlesex
Cecilia Colinson abt 1825 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea Middlesex
John Colinson abt 1782 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Head Chelsea Middlesex
Sophia Colinson abt 1827 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea Middlesex
Thomas Bernard Colinson abt 1822 Gateshead, Durham, England Son Chelsea MiddlesexCapn. Royal Engineers
Julia Cecelia Dewinton abt 1813 Gateshead, Durham, England Daughter Chelsea MiddlesexWidow
Nathaniel Bilaim abt 1833 Wales Celsham, Essex, England Servant Chelsea Middlesex
Living: St. Luke, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, UK
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Source - 1861 England Census
NameEstimated Birth YearBirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island\e
Thomas Bernard Collinsonabt 1822 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandHead Gillingham KentLeut. Colonel
Katherine Collinsonabt 1823 Durham, EnglandWife Gillingham Kent
Frances Katherine Collinsonabt 1857 Aldershot, Surrey, EnglandDaughter Gillingham Kent
Julia Christiana Collinsonabt 1861/ 3 months Chatham, Kent, EnglandDaughter Gillingham Kent
Horation Francis de Vere32IrelandVisitorGillingham Kent Brevet? Major Royal EngineersMarried
+2 servants
Living: Royal Engineer Establishment Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, Kent, UK
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Source - 1871 England Census
Thomas Bernard Collinson49 Gateshead, Durham, England Hougham KentLeuitenant Colonel Royal Engineers
Katherine Collinson48 Durham, Durham, England Hougham Kent
Frances Caroline Collinson14 Farnborough, Surrey, England Hougham Kent
Julia Christiana Collinson10 Chatham, Kent, England Hougham Kent
Katherine Sibyl Collinson8 Chatham, Kent, England Hougham Kent
Mary Melita Collinson4 Malta Hougham Kent
Amelia Collinson6 Chatham, Kent, England Hougham Kent
Bernard Collinson2 Malta Hougham Kent
Living: The South Front Barracks, Western Heights, Dover, UK
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Source - 1881 SCOTLAND Census
1881 Census, Vol 685-14 April 1881
Thomas B. CollinsonAge 59Major General R. E. Ret. England18 Nov 1821
Katherine (Wife)Age 38 Englandabt 1822
Julia C.Age 20 Englandabt 1861
Katherine S.Age 18Scholar Englandabt 1862
AmeliaAge 16Scholar Englandabt 1864
Mary M.Age 14Scholar Maltaabt 1866
Violet E. Baker (Visitor)Age 14Scholar Englandabt 1866
Plus 3 Servants
Living: 6 Inverleith Place, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Source - 1891 England Census
Collinson, Thomas B69Gateshead, DurhamHead Ealing MiddlesexArmy Retired Major General
Collinson, Katherine68Durham, DurhamWife Ealing Middlesex
Collinson, Frances K34Aldershot, Hampshire / HantshavingDaughter Ealing Middlesex
Collinson, Amelia26New Brompton, KentDaughter Ealing Middlesex
Collinson, Mary M24MaltaDaughter Ealing Middlesex
+ 3 servants
Living: Haven Green, Ealing, Middlesex
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1901 England Census
NameAge in 1901BirthplaceRelationshipCivil ParishCounty/Island
Thomas Collinson79 Gateshead, Durham, EnglandHead Ealing Middlesex
Katherine Collinson78 Newsham, Oxfordshire, EnglandWife Ealing Middlesex
Mary Collinson34 MaltaDaughter Ealing Middlesex
Susan Allwood28 Reading, Berkshire, EnglandServant Ealing Middlesex
Ellen Beauchamp29 Iver, Buckinghamshire, EnglandServant Ealing Middlesex
Emily Elms19 Ealing, Middlesex, EnglandServant Ealing Middlesex
Living: 27 Haven Green (Little Haven), Ealing, Middlesex, UK
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Source - FreeBMD
Deaths Jun 1902Collinson Thomas Bernard 80 Brentford 3a63