Collins Family
Northamptonshire, England
William COLLINS was born in 1801 at Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire, England. He was baptised on 13 October 1803 at Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire, the son of Joseph Collins (agricultural labourer) and Hannah MAJOR. William married Matilda BRIMLEY on 6th August 1827 at Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire. Matilda was born in Farthinghoe, Oxfordshire in 1807 being baptised on the 25th October, the daughter of Samuel Brimley and Elizabeth (nee unknown).
William and Matilda had eight children, all born Stowe, Northamptonshire:
Elizabeth born 1828
John born 1830
Sarah born 1833
Ann born 1835
Rebecca born 1838
George born 1840
Fanny born 1847
Marianne (Mary Ann) born 1848
1841 Census - Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire:
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William Collins |
Head |
Marr |
40 |
Agricultural Labourer |
Stowe |
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Matilda Collins |
Wife |
Marr |
30 |
Farthingstone |
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Elizabeth Collins |
Dau |
13 |
Stowe |
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John Collins |
Son |
10 |
Stowe |
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Sarah Collins |
Son |
8 |
Stowe |
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Ann Collins |
Dau |
6 |
Stowe |
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Rebecca Collins |
Dau |
3 |
Stowe |
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George Collins |
Dau |
6 mths |
Stowe |
1851 Census - Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire:
|
William Collins |
Head |
Marr |
50 |
Agricultural Labourer |
Stowe, Northamptonshire |
|
Matilda Collins |
Wife |
Marr |
34 |
Farthingstone, Northamptonshire |
|
|
Ann Collins |
Dau |
15 |
Lace Maker |
Stowe, Northamptonshire |
|
|
George Collins |
Son |
10 |
Scholar |
Stowe, Northamptonshire |
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Fanny Collins |
Dau |
4 |
Stowe, Northamptonshire |
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Mary A Collins |
Dau |
2 |
Stowe, Northamptonshire |
1871 Census - Stowe, Northamptonshire:
|
William Collins |
Head |
Marr |
70 |
Agricultural Labourer |
Towcester, Northamptonshire |
|
Matilda Collins |
Wife |
Marr |
63 |
Farthinghoe, Oxfordshire |
|
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George Wilson |
G/Son |
9 |
Scholar |
Cannock, Staffordshire |
William Collins died in 1878 at Stowe, Northamptonshire.
1881 Census - Lime Kiln House, Turnpike Road, Stowe Nine Churches, Northampton, England:
|
John Collins |
Head |
Marr |
50 |
Iron Works Furnace Foreman |
Stowe, Northamptonshire |
|
Eliza Collins |
Wife |
Marr |
48 |
Gayton, Northamptonshire |
|
|
Joseph Collins |
Son |
Unm |
22 |
Brickyard Labourer |
Heyford, Northamptonshire |
|
Annie Collins |
Dau |
14 |
Heyford, Northamptonshire |
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Thomas Collins |
Son |
12 |
Scholar |
Finedon, Northamptonshire |
|
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Mary Matilda Collins |
Dau |
11 |
Scholar |
Finedon, Northamptonshire |
|
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Matilda Collins |
Mother |
Widow |
73 |
Labourer's Widow |
Farthinghoe, Oxfordshire |
Mary Collins nee Brimley died at Stowe, Northampton, in 1886.
My great, great, great, grandmother, Ann Collins (born 1835) married James DUNKLEY in 1854 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.
I am searching for any further information on William Collins and his parentage, so if anyone has any further information, please email me.
