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Collett Family

Mary Regina Collett
Photo of Mary Regina Collett
Portrait sent to me by Stephen Allberry

The above portrait and some of the information below have kindly been sent to me by Stephen Alberry.  I have only researched the Colletts in India. The Harrison, Atkinson & Duxbury connections were sent to me by Stephen. Some of the Pendlebury information was kindly sent to me by Mark Coode.

 Descendants of Lewis Andrew Collett

Generation No. 1

1.  LEWIS ANDREW1 COLLETT was born 1771, and died 10 December 1843 in Girgaum, Bombay, India.  He married (1) ANN MAJOR 7 September 1800 in Bombay, India.  He married (2) MARY REGINA 29 March 1812 in Surat, India.

Notes for LEWIS ANDREW COLLETT:

Arrived in India on 4th July 1792 aboard the ship "D. Montrose."

Lewis is listed in the list of Europeans in the "Bombay Calender and Almamac 1841" Part III, page 64. The entry just reads "Collett, Lewis A."

Occupation on his burial records is stated as "Inhabitant coach builder."

 

Will - IOR/L/AG/34/29/349 (Transcription Provided by Stephen Allberry)

 

In the name of God Amen I Lewis Andrew Collett, European of Bombay being of perfect mind and memory do make this my last will and testament in manner and form as following That is to say first I humbly recommend my soul to the mercy of almighty God and request that my body be interred in the English Burying Ground without any unnecessary expence in the same grave or near as possible to the grave of my late daughter Caroline Antonia Mary Harrison and I further request that a plain tomb be erected to her memory and mine the expence of the said tomb to be paid out of the funds of my estate I will and direct that all my just debts be paid off and discharged as soon as may be after my decease I direct that all my household furniture, silverware, carriages and all moveable effects belonging to my estate at the time of my death with the three houses belonging to me situated at the Mogul Sorry Street at Surat and the house situated in Girgaum Bombay purchased by me from Mr. Conductor Thomas Cloke shall be sold by my executors hereinafter named as soon as possible after my death except such articles of household furniture and silverware as may be found necessary for the use of my wife Mary Ragina Collett and that the monies to arise there from together with the amount due to me from the Nawab of Sucheen and all sums of money which is or are now or shall or may hereafter become due to me I will and direct shall after payment of the legacies hereinafter given to my executors be placed out and invested and placed in the Bank of Western India in deposit notes at interest at four per centum per annum in the hands of my executors hereinafter named and that all the interest dividends and produce to arise there from and the interest dividends profit and produce to arise from all such Bengal Government promissory notes or shares in the Bank of Bombay and in the Bank of Western India as I may die possessed of and the interest dividends and profits of all such other investments in which I may have money at the time of my death shall be paid to my dear wife Mary Ragina Collett as the same may accrue due during her natural life for the support of  herself and my son Rodney William Collett And on the death of my said wife I give and bequeath to my son George Smith Collett five out of the fourteen shares held by me in the Bank of Bombay and to my son Daniel Fallon Collett I give and bequeath four of the said fourteen and I further give and bequeath to my said son Daniel Fallon Collett the sum of one thousand Company's Rupees the above mentioned shares and legacies to be made over and paid to my said two sons or to the personal representatives or representative of such of them as may have happened to depart this life before my said wife three months from the date of death of my said wife The remaining five of the said shares in the Bank of Bombay wife I give and bequeath to my son Rodney William Collett but in as much as he the said Rodney William Collett is affected with very defective vision and is rendered thereby almost incapable of earning his own livelihood I do direct that the said five shares shall remain in the names of my executors hereinafter named or in the name or names of such trustee or trustees as they may nominate and appoint to hold the same and hereby giving to them and the survivor or survivors of them power and authority to make such nomination and appointments The interest dividends profits and produce thereof only to be paid to him the said Rodney William Collett from the day of my wife's death until the death of my said son Rodney William Collett for his maintenance and support with full power to the said Rodney William Collett to dispose of the same five shares by his last will and testament in such manner as he may think fitting And I do hereby devise and bequeath unto my son Arnold Burrows Collett the sum of three thousand Company's Rupees to be paid to him or to his personal representatives in the event of his then being dead three months after the death of my said wife. I give and bequeath to my daughter Charlotte Antonia Atkinson wife of Mr. Hugh Atkinson the sum of three thousand Company's Rupees to be paid to her or to her personal representatives if she shall be then dead three months after the death of my said wife. I give and bequeath to my daughter Angelica Caroline Quinton the sum of five thousand Company's Rupees to be paid to her or to her personal representatives if she shall be then dead three months after the death of my said wife. And I further will and direct that the said sum of five thousand Company's Rupees

Shall be to and for her sole separate and particular use benefit and disposal and shall not be subject to the debts, control, engagements or intermeddling of her present or any future husband and her receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same not withstanding her coverture. I give and bequeath to my grandson John Robert Francis Harrison son of Mr. John Harrison a purser in the Indian Navy the sum of three thousand Company's Rupees and to my grandson Alexander Harrison another son of the said John Harrison the sum of one thousand Company's Rupees the said two sums to be paid to them on their attaining the age respectively of twenty-one years if my wife shall then have departed this life if not three months after her death, the interest on the said sum to accrue after the death of my said wife to be paid them with the principal on their attaining individually the age of twenty one years. I give and bequeath one thousand Company's Rupees to each of my undernamed eight grandchildren namely George Andrew Atkinson, Richard James Henry Atkinson, Charlotte Emily Atkinson, the two sons and daughter of Mr Hugh Atkinson first assistant to the Master Attendant, George Smith Collett, Ann Ragina Collett, Isabella Ursula Collett, son and daughters of Mr.George Smith Collett, Mary Ragina Collett and Elizabeth Rachel Collett daughters of Mr. Arnold Burrows Collett Melter of the Bombay Mint The amount of the eight abovementioned legacies bequeathed to my grandchildren namely George Andrew Atkinson, Richard James Henry Atkinson, Charlotte Emily Atkinson, George Smith Collett, Ann Ragina Collett, Isabella Ursula Collett, Mary Ragina Collett and Elizabeth Rachel Collett are to be placed in deposit notes of the bank of Western India at four per cent per annum three months after the death of my wife. The principal and interest accrued thereon to be paid to them when they attain the age of twenty one years and not before if my wife shall then have departed this life if not then three months after her death.

I give and bequeath my gold watch no. 1991 by John Kenebel with the gold chain and seal thereto attached to my son George Smith Collett to be delivered to him one month after my death. I give and bequeath my gold emerald ring to Mr Hugh Atkinson to be delivered to him one month after my death. And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my estate whatsoever and wheresoever and of what nature kind or quality soever the same may be and not hereinbefore given bequeathed and disposed of after the full payment of the legacies bequeathed in this my last will and testament and after the death of my said wife I do hereby give to be equally divided between my four sons and two daughters namely George Smith Collett, Arnold Burrows Collett, Daniel Fallon Collett, Rodney William Collett, Charlotte Antonia Atkinson and Antonia Caroline Quinton to be equally divided three months after the death of my said wife.

In order to prevent any misconstruction of the above mentioned directions in this my last will and testament I desire it may be fully understood that from the day of my death until the death of my wife Mary Ragina Collett the whole and every part of the interest of all the funds with the dividends that may become due to my estate on account of the shares belonging to me of the Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Western India and the interest of the money or monies received on account of the sale of my four houses and moveable effects are to be paid to my said wife Mary Ragina Collett during her life for the support of herself and my son Rodney William Collett and I do hereby further declare that the house at Surat purchased from Mrs. Khatoon Johannes on the ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty two in my wife's name and the funds and money at present invested in the Honorable Company's Bengal four and five per cent Government loans in my wife's name amounting to four thousand Rupees are the sole property of my wife and not to be considered as part of my said estate to be disposed of in such manner as she may think fit either in her lifetime or by her last will and testament and I further will and direct that the dwelling house, bedrooms, godown cookroom, despence etc. built by me joining and near the tower in the compound of Mr. Hugh Atkinson's House Colaba erected by permission of the said Hugh Atkinson as per indenture duly signed and sealed by me and the said Hugh Atkinson on the fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty shall be delivered over immediately after my death to my wife Mary Ragina Collett for her sole use and benefit until her death After her death the said dwelling house is to be delivered over to the said Hugh Atkinson as per agreement contained in the above mentioned indenture and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint Messieurs Henry Ingle of the Bombay Mint and Thomas Selby Clerk in the Military Auditor General's Office executors of this my last will and testament. I do give and bequeath unto each of them the said Henry Ingle and Thomas Selby the sum of six hundred Company's Rupees as a remuneration for their trouble in acting as executor to this my last will and testament, the same to be paid to them sic months after my decease but the same not to be paid or payable unless they do so act revoking all former wills and testaments at any time heretofore made by me in witness whereof I have at the bottom of the four first sheets of this my will (the whole whereof is contained in five sheets of paper) subscribed my name and to this fifth and last sheet set my hand and seal this twenty eighth day of October in the Year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three.

Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Lewis Andrew Collett in the presence of us who in his presence, at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses the 28th day of October 1843.

Thos. Hy Bentley, (Mariner) commg. the ship Benares (Bombay)

Lucas Josph, American Merchant Bombay

J. Jefferson attorney-at-law, Bombay

30th January 1844

The foregoing will of Lewis Andrew Collett was duly proved before the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay and Probate thereof granted in the usual form unto Henry Ingle and Thomas Selby respectively of Bombay, British inhabitants the executors therein nominated and appointed the said executors having taken the necessary oath in such case required

Spencer Compton

Registrar

Notes for MARY REGINA:

In Mary's will dated 3 October 1847 she leaves the following:

George Atkinson (Grandson) - 1 diamond ring

Richard Atkinson (Grandson) - 1 small diamond ring

Mary Regina Collett (Granddaughter) -         1 plain gold chain, 1 tortoiseshell box mounted in silver

Elizabeth Collett (Granddaughter) - 1 pair of gold fillagree earrings

Ann Regina Collett (Granddaughter) - 1 gold chain with gold heart

Isabella Ursula Collett (Granddaughter) - 1 pair plain gold earrings

Mary Charlotte Collett (Granddaughter) - 1 broach

Angelica Caroline Quinton (daughter) -        1 gold watch set with diamonds seal, hook and gold buckle, silver and plated ware, 1 sett of dining tables, the sum of Rupees two thousand at present invested in five, percent Government paper, choice of my household furniture, linen, china, books, cooking, utensils and garden furniture

George Harris Quinton (son-in-law) - 1 diamond broach

Fanny Quinton (sister of George Harris Quinton) - 1 pearl ring

Caroline Emily Atkinson (Granddaughter) -1 sandal work box mounted in silver togather with the antiques                     and gold and silver coins there in contained

Hugh Atkinson (son-in-law) - a set of silver and gold chillums

Rodney William Collett (son) -        4 desert spoons, 2 tablespoons, 4 teaspoons, 4 armchairs, 1 couch, 1 round table, 1 wardrobe, 1 old silver snuff box

Mary Collett (daughter-in-law, wife of Arnold Burrowes Collett) -       1 clock, my messuage or dwelling house and premises situate in Surat to hold unto her and her heirs absolutely balance of proceeds from sale of pocession if not amounting to more than Rupees one thousand

George Smith Collett (son) - 1 small tortoiseshell snuff box

Margaret Regina Atkinson (Granddaughter) -        the sum of Rupees one thousand at present invested in four percent Government paper

Theresa Hykoop (sister) - the sum of Rupees one thousand at present invested in four percent Government paper

Remaining  household furniture, linen, china, books, cooking utensils and garden furniture to be sold and "...a sum of Rupees six hundred be paid to my daughter Caroline Antonia Atkinson for the payment of the wages due to my servants at the time of decease and in rewarding them for their services during my lifetime." 

If the sale of pocessions amounts to more than the sum of Rupees six hundred for the servants and Rupees one thousand for Mary Collett, then the balance be given to daughter Charlotte Antonia Atkinson "...to be appropriated to such charitable purposes as may seem expedient to her."

Henry Ingle of the Bombay Mint - Executor of will

Thomas Selby of the Military Auditor Generals Office - Executor of will

F. Leggett - Witness

F. Hutchinson - Witness 

Children of LEWIS COLLETT and MARY REGINA are:

2.                i.       CAROLINE ANTONIA MARY2 COLLETT, b. 1807, Surat, India; d. 7 February 1830, Bombay, India.

3.               ii.       GEORGE SMITH COLLETT, b. 7 August 1810, Surat, India; d. 8 February 1863, Agra, India.

4.              iii.       ARNOLD BURROWS COLLETT, b. 1 March 1812, Surat, India; d. 21 August 1878.

5.              iv.       CHARLOTTE ANTONIA COLLETT, b. 1817; d. 3 August 1881, Bombay, India.

                  v.       DANIEL FALLON COLLETT, b. 28 October 1819, Surat, India; d. 27 September 1840, China Sea.

                 vi.       ANGELICA CAROLINE COLLETT, b. Abt. 1823; d. 4 December 1889, Bombay, India; m. GEORGE HARRIS QUINTON, 25 July 1843, Bombay.

                vii.       RODNEY WILLIAM COLLETT, b. 7 September 1825, Bombay, India; d. 4 February 1894, Belgaum, India.

Notes for RODNEY WILLIAM COLLETT:

Rodney was blind.

Generation No. 2 

2.  CAROLINE ANTONIA MARY2 COLLETT (LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 1807 in Surat, India, and died 7 February 1830 in Bombay, India.  She married JOHN HARRISON 26 December 1826 in St Andrew, Bombay.

Children of CAROLINE COLLETT and JOHN HARRISON are:

6.                i.       JOHN ROBERT FRANCIS3 HARRISON, b. 5 February 1828, Bombay; d. 2 April 1867, Baroda, India.

7.               ii.       ALEXANDER HARRISON, b. 12 March 1829, Mazagaon, Bombay, India; d. 9 July 1892, Karachi, Sind.

3.  GEORGE SMITH2 COLLETT (LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 7 August 1810 in Surat, India, and died 8 February 1863 in Agra, India.  He married ANN URSULA HACKNEY 22 February 1836 in Christ Church, Bycullah, Bombay, India.

Children of GEORGE COLLETT and ANN HACKNEY are:

8.                i.       GEORGE SMITH3 COLLETT, d. 16 April 1894, Bareilly, India.

                  ii.       ABSALOM WELDEN COLLETT, b. 28 April 1838, Bombay, India; d. 28 March 1839.

                 iii.       ANN RAGINA COLLETT, b. 23 June 1839, Fort, Bombay, India; d. 8 January 1858, Agra, India.

                 iv.       LOUISE AMELIA COLLETT, b. 18 December 1840, Bombay, India.

                  v.       ISABELLA URSULA COLLETT, b. 18 August 1842, Bombay, India.

                 vi.       MARY CHARLOTTE COLLETT, b. 5 January 1844, Bombay, India.

9.             vii.       WILLIAM HACKNEY COLLETT, b. 17 June 1848; d. 15 October 1907, Sirsa, India.

               viii.       GRACE MILDRED COLLETT, b. 26 May 1851, Girgaum, Bombay, India.

10.             ix.       KATHLEEN ANASTASIA COLLETT, b. 28 January 1853, Girgaum, Bombay, India; d. 9 December 1924, Ealing, Middlesex.

11.              x.       ROBERT BENJAMIN COLLETT, b. 29 September 1854, Agra, India; d. 18 September 1880, Ghazuabad, India.

4.  ARNOLD BURROWS2 COLLETT (LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 1 March 1812 in Surat, India, and died 21 August 1878.  He married MARY WRIGHT 5 February 1838 in Bombay, India, daughter of PETER WRIGHT.

Notes for MARY WRIGHT:

David Skinner Kemp was Mary's executor when she died.

Children of ARNOLD COLLETT and MARY WRIGHT are:

                   i.       HUGH JOHN3 COLLETT.

12.             ii.       CAROLINE DIDO COLLETT, b. Abt. 1831; d. 17 August 1906, Secunderabad, India.

                 iii.       LEWIS ARNOLD COLLETT, b. 9 August 1838, Bombay, India.

                 iv.       MARY REGINA COLLETT, b. 16 March 1840.

                  v.       ARNOLD BURROWS COLLETT, b. 4 July 1841.

                 vi.       ELIZABETH RACHEL COLLETT, b. 5 January 1843; m. JOHN DAVIES.

                vii.       LEWIS ANDREW COLLETT, b. 21 April 1846.

13.          viii.       CHARLOTTE JANE COLLETT, b. Abt. 1850.

14.             ix.       ANTOINETTE ROBERTA COLLETT, b. 8 April 1858, Edinburgh, Midlothian.

                   x.       MONA FANNY SEPTIMA COLLETT, b. 27 September 1862, Sydenham, Kent.

5.  CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT (LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 1817, and died 3 August 1881 in Bombay, India.  She married HUGH ATKINSON 17 September 1832 in Bombay, India.

Children of CHARLOTTE COLLETT and HUGH ATKINSON are:

                   i.       GEORGE ANDREW3 ATKINSON, b. 19 October 1834, Colaba, Bombay, India; d. 26 October 1870, Versailles, France.

                  ii.       RICHARD JAMES HENRY ATKINSON, b. 18 May 1837, Colaba, Bombay, India; d. 23 September 1858, Penang, Straits Sett..

15.            iii.       CAROLINE EMILY ATKINSON, b. 27 May 1839, Colaba, Bombay; d. 26 October 1881, Bombay.

                 iv.       HUGH ALBERT ATKINSON, b. 3 February 1842, Bombay, India; d. 21 February 1842, Bombay, India.

                  v.       MARY ANGELICA QUINTON ATKINSON, b. 10 February 1848; d. 16 February 1914.

                 vi.       MARGARET REGINA ATKINSON, b. 23 September 1867, Bombay, India; m. THOMAS ARMETRIDING COMPTON, 4 September 1867, Greenwich, Kent.

Generation No. 3 

6.  JOHN ROBERT FRANCIS3 HARRISON (CAROLINE ANTONIA MARY2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 5 February 1828 in Bombay, and died 2 April 1867 in Baroda, India.  He married MARY ANN WRIGHT 20 May 1849 in Baroda, India.

Children of JOHN HARRISON and MARY WRIGHT are:

                   i.       EDWIN JOHN4 HARRISON, b. 26 April 1850, Kolapur, India; d. December 1862, Mount Aboo.

                  ii.       FRANCES ANNE HARRISON, b. 24 June 1851; d. June 1857, Dehra.

                 iii.       HELEN HARRISON, b. 25 November 1853; d. 10 September 1854.

                 iv.       JAMES HARRISON, b. 1 June 1858.

                  v.       CHARLOTTE HARRISON, b. 4 March 1861.

7.  ALEXANDER3 HARRISON (CAROLINE ANTONIA MARY2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 12 March 1829 in Mazagaon, Bombay, India, and died 9 July 1892 in Karachi, Sind.  He married ELIZABETH MOIZER 10 September 1857.

Children of ALEXANDER HARRISON and ELIZABETH MOIZER are:

                   i.       ALEXANDER WELLINGTON YOUNG4 HARRISON, b. 26 December 1862; d. 13 September 1867.

                  ii.       CLARK ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISON, b. 9 May 1865; d. 19 June 1874, Sukhar, Sind.

                 iii.       GEORGINA DAISY HARRISON, b. 29 October 1872; d. 19 June 1874.

                 iv.       EDGAR FELIX HARRISON, b. 11 February 1875; d. 22 August 1875, Kotree, Sind.

                  v.       WINIFRED EDITH AVENT HARRISON, b. 24 October 1876, Sukhar, Sind.

8.  GEORGE SMITH3 COLLETT (GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) died 16 April 1894 in Bareilly, India.  He married CHRISTINA HEWAT 30 May 1862 in Kidderpore.

Notes for GEORGE SMITH COLLETT:

From the Asiatic Journal and Register for 1837 "COLLETT - Mar 5. Mrs George S.Collett, of a son."

Children of GEORGE COLLETT and CHRISTINA HEWAT are:

                   i.       RICHARD HEWAT4 COLLETT, b. 9 April 1863.

16.             ii.       ANNIE URSULA HACKNEY COLLETT, b. 4 February 1865; d. Bef. 1891.

                 iii.       AGNES DOUGLAS HEWAT COLLETT, b. 6 May 1866, New Delhi.

17.            iv.       GEORGE SMITH COLLETT, b. 1867.

                  v.       HENRY HEWAT COLLETT, b. 7 October 1869, Earlston, Scotland.

                 vi.       MARGARET ISABELLA HEWAT COLLETT, b. 27 October 1873.

                vii.       ISABELLA HEWAT COLLETT, b. 15 February 1876.

9.  WILLIAM HACKNEY3 COLLETT (GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 17 June 1848, and died 15 October 1907 in Sirsa, India.  He married (1) MARY STIRLING 27 November 1885 in Allahabad, India.  He married (2) EDITH MURIEL BOCK 27 November 1896 in Sirsa, India.

Children of WILLIAM COLLETT and MARY STIRLING are:

                   i.       ISABELLA4 COLLETT, b. 1885; d. 4 July 1885, Rawalpindi, Punjab.

                  ii.       EMILY ISABELLA COLLETT, b. 27 November 1889.

18.            iii.       EMILY THERESA COLLETT, b. 1892.

Children of WILLIAM COLLETT and EDITH BOCK are:

19.            iv.       HELEN MURIEL4 COLLETT, b. 6 February 1900.

                  v.       WILLIAM HACKNEY COLLETT, b. 1 December 1907.

10.  KATHLEEN ANASTASIA3 COLLETT (GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 28 January 1853 in Girgaum, Bombay, India, and died 9 December 1924 in Ealing, Middlesex.  She married HENRY ROLLINSON 8 May 1872 in Cawnpore, India, son of HENRY ROLLINSON.

Child of KATHLEEN COLLETT and HENRY ROLLINSON is:

                   i.       LILIAN MILDRED4 ROLLINSON, b. 7 February 1873.

11.  ROBERT BENJAMIN3 COLLETT (GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 29 September 1854 in Agra, India, and died 18 September 1880 in Ghazuabad, India.  He married JESSIE ADELAIDE HOLDWAY 27 December 1877 in St Luke, Dinapore, India, daughter of HENRY HOLDWAY and ANN ROBERTSON.

Notes for ROBERT BENJAMIN COLLETT:

Baptised by D. Fynes Clinton.

Burial records state cause of death as "Accidental drowning" and occupation as "Engine Driver East Indian Railway."  Burial performed by C.B. Westerhout, Railway Chaplain.  There are two family stories as to how Robert drowned.  One story says that he fell in whilst fishing and the other story has it that he fell in the river during a family picnic.

Notes for JESSIE ADELAIDE HOLDWAY:

Burial records state cause of death as "Heart failure attendant on pneumonia" and occupation as "Widow of J. Hewson S+T."  Burial performed by L.F. Geddes, Chaplain.

Children of ROBERT COLLETT and JESSIE HOLDWAY are:

20.              i.       ARNOLD BENJAMIN4 COLLETT, b. Abt. 1878; d. 23 May 1921, Jabalpur, India.

                  ii.       KATHLEEN ADELAIDE COLLETT, b. 22 November 1878; m. WALTER JAMES MADDEN, 9 February 1898, St James, Delhi, India.

12.  CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT (ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born Abt. 1831, and died 17 August 1906 in Secunderabad, India.  She married WILLIAM HILL PENDLEBURY 2 June 1870 in Free Church of Scotland, 159 Beach Candy Road, Bombay, India, son of THOMAS PENDLEBURY.

Notes for WILLIAM HILL PENDLEBURY:

William worked as agent to the Nizam of Hyderabad, particularly being involved in the construction of the Nizam's Railway system.

Children of CAROLINE COLLETT and WILLIAM PENDLEBURY are:

21.              i.       RUTH CAROLINE4 PENDLEBURY, b. 21 May 1879, Bombay, India; d. 1965, Plymouth, England.

22.             ii.       EDITH MAUDE PENDLEBURY, b. 3 March 1875; d. 4 March 1908, Secunderabad, India.

                 iii.       RALPH HILL PENDLEBURY, b. Abt. 1871; d. Abt. 6 October 1894.

23.            iv.       ETHEL PENDLEBURY.

24.             v.       GERTRUDE CHARLOTTE PENDLEBURY, b. 1883.

                 vi.       WILLOUGHBY MONTGOMERY FANE PENDLEBURY, b. Abt. 1886, Secunderabad, India; d. 1965, Comox, Ca, USA.

13.  CHARLOTTE JANE3 COLLETT (ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born Abt. 1850.  She married DAVID SKINNER KEMP 1870 in Bombay, son of ROBERT KEMP.

Notes for DAVID SKINNER KEMP:

Kemp& Co., ld., wholesale chemists & druggists, 7, Elphinsone circle, Fort, Bombay.       

Children of CHARLOTTE COLLETT and DAVID KEMP are:

                   i.       CLAUDE4 KEMP.

25.             ii.       NORMAN WRIGHT KEMP, b. 29 October 1874, Bombay, India.

                 iii.       GLADYS JANET KEMP, b. 1881, Bombay, India.

26.            iv.       KENNETH MCINTYRE KEMP, b. 13 December 1883, Bombay, India.

14.  ANTOINETTE ROBERTA3 COLLETT (ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 8 April 1858 in Edinburgh, Midlothian.  She married WILLIAM GERARD BARNES 4 November 1880 in Residency of Wm Pendlebury, Colaba, Bombay.

Child of ANTOINETTE COLLETT and WILLIAM BARNES is:

                   i.       ANTOINETTE MARY ROBERTA4 BARNES, b. 1 December 1881, Poona, India.

15.  CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON (CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 27 May 1839 in Colaba, Bombay, and died 26 October 1881 in Bombay.  She married JONATHAN ROBINSON DUXBURY 19 May 1869 in Bandora, Bombay, son of ANYON DUXBURY and MARY ROBINSON.

Children of CAROLINE ATKINSON and JONATHAN DUXBURY are:

                   i.       SIDNEY4 DUXBURY, b. 26 March 1870, Bombay; m. (1) VIOLET; m. (2) KATHLEEN.

27.             ii.       GEORGE RICHARD DUXBURY, b. 6 August 1871, Bombay.

                 iii.       JOHN SCOTT DUXBURY, b. 8 January 1873, Bombay; d. 22 February 1873, Bombay.

                 iv.       WILLIAM GOODALL DUXBURY, b. 8 January 1873, Bombay; d. 28 February 1873, Bombay.

                  v.       WINIFRED MARGARET DUXBURY, b. 18 January 1874, Bombay; d. 1952.

28.            vi.       CHARLES DOUGLAS DUXBURY, b. 30 October 1875, Bournemouth, Hampshire; d. 1955.

29.           vii.       MURIEL JANE DUXBURY, b. 10 November 1877, Bombay.

30.          viii.       DOROTHY CAROLINE DUXBURY, b. 9 June 1879, Colaba, Bombay, India; d. 20 February 1955, Lymington, Hampshire.

                  ix.       ERNEST LESLIE DUXBURY, b. 7 October 1881, Bombay; m. LOUIE.

Generation No. 4 

16.  ANNIE URSULA HACKNEY4 COLLETT (GEORGE SMITH3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 4 February 1865, and died Bef. 1891.  She married SAMIVELLA ARTHUR JOSEPH 25 July 1881 in Mogul Serai, near Benares, India, son of EZEKIEL JOSEPH.

Children of ANNIE COLLETT and SAMIVELLA JOSEPH are:

                   i.       EDITH ANNIE5 JOSEPH.

                  ii.       CHARLES HERBERT JOSEPH.

17.  GEORGE SMITH4 COLLETT (GEORGE SMITH3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 1867.  He married AGNES CAROLINE MADGE 11 June 1887 in St Andrew, Calcutta, daughter of DUNCAN MADGE and HARRIET MADGE.

Notes for GEORGE SMITH COLLETT:

RECORD OF SERVICE

Of 2nd Gde Asst Apothecary George Smith Collett sub medl who has been granted furlough to Europe on urgent private affairs for one year under the furlough regulations of 1889 by Government General Order No. 1025 of 28.10.92

SERVICES COUNTING FOR PENSION

 Rank       From        To   Years        Days

Sub assist Apoth        1 March 1887        1 June 1890        3      93

Ass. Apoth        2 June 1890        Present date        2      75

                Total        5      168

       Total service for pension same

Statement of Leave Granted to 2nd Gde Asst:  Geo S Collett

Date of promotion to Warrant Grad:  1st March 1887

SERVICES IN THE FIELD

Field Service with the Lhob Valley Expedition in 1890

GIVE PARTICULARS OF TRIAL BY COURT MARTIAL OR COURT OF ENQUIRY WHICH HAVE RESULTED UNFAVOURABLY

Never tried by Court Martial nor Court of Enquiry

Children of GEORGE COLLETT and AGNES MADGE are:

31.              i.       AGNES CHRISTINA HEWAT5 COLLETT, b. 4 December 1892, Calcutta, India.

                  ii.       MILDRED IVY COLLETT, b. 1 March 1895.

18.  EMILY THERESA4 COLLETT (WILLIAM HACKNEY3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 1892.  She married ALBERT HARTNELL HOMER 20 September 1914 in Ambala.

Children of EMILY COLLETT and ALBERT HOMER are:

                   i.       HARTNETT THOMAS WILLIAM5 HOMER, b. 20 October 1915.

32.             ii.       TERENCE ALBERT HOMER, b. 14 September 1917.

33.            iii.       ALMA THERESA HOMER, b. 26 April 1921.

                 iv.       JOYCE ELLEN HOMER, b. 25 November 1922.

                  v.       COMFORT MAY HOMER, b. 14 July 1926.

                 vi.       ARTHUR THOMAS WILLIAM HOMER, b. 17 May 1928, Rawalpindi, Punjab.

19.  HELEN MURIEL4 COLLETT (WILLIAM HACKNEY3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 6 February 1900.  She married KENNETH ST CLAIR BELL 4 March 1919 in Ambala.

Children of HELEN COLLETT and KENNETH BELL are:

                   i.       ALFRED ARNOLD5 BELL, b. 28 December 1919.

                  ii.       KENNETH SINCLAIR BELL, b. 25 July 1922.

20.  ARNOLD BENJAMIN4 COLLETT (ROBERT BENJAMIN3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born Abt. 1878, and died 23 May 1921 in Jabalpur, India.  He married EVA GRACE DUNCAN 19 March 1901 in Christ Church (Church of England), Jabalpur, M.P. India, daughter of JOHN DUNCAN and GRACE HOLDWAY.

Children of ARNOLD COLLETT and EVA DUNCAN are:

34.              i.       FREDERICK5 COLLETT, d. 12 November 1975, London.

35.             ii.       GEORGE COLLETT.

36.            iii.       MURIEL EVA COLLETT, b. 28 October 1902, Assensole, India; d. 12 November 1975, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, England.

37.            iv.       JESSIE AGNES COLLETT, b. 29 December 1903; d. Australia.

38.             v.       ROBERT DUNCAN COLLETT, b. 3 April 1906, Jubbulpore, India; d. Canada.

                 vi.       GRACE ELIZABETH COLLETT, b. 7 October 1907, Christ Church, Jabalpur, India; d. 9 January 1985, Peterborough, England; m. RODHO CHARLES FITZPATRICK, 21 February 1925, Allahabad, India.

                vii.       JOHN JAMES COLLETT, b. 1 September 1911, Khargpur, India.

Notes for JOHN JAMES COLLETT:

Service - Australian Army 

Service Number - NX78836 

Date of Birth 1 Sep 1911

Place of Birth - KHARGPUR, INDIA 

Date of Enlistment 16 Dec 1941 

Locality on Enlistment - BILLINUDGEL, NSW 

Place of Enlistment - NSW 

Next of Kin - GILBERT-LODGE, EDWARD 

Date of Discharge 8 Mar 1946

Rank - Sapper 

Posting at Discharge - 2/3 AUST FORESTRY COY (AIF) 

WW2 Honours and Gallantry - None

Prisoner of War - No   

39.          viii.       JOYCE ANN COLLETT, b. 9 September 1916, Dongargarh, India.

                  ix.       KATHLEEN ADELAIDE COLLETT, b. 24 November 1917; d. 1999, Borehamwood, London, England.

21.  RUTH CAROLINE4 PENDLEBURY (CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 21 May 1879 in Bombay, India, and died 1965 in Plymouth, England.  She married JOHN COODE 1899.

Notes for RUTH CAROLINE PENDLEBURY:

Ruth had 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Secunderabad with her parents. Eventually moved to Plymouth with her husband where she lived for 40 years.

Notes for JOHN COODE:

John worked for Posts and Telegraphs.

Children of RUTH PENDLEBURY and JOHN COODE are:

40.              i.       JAMES5 COODE.

                  ii.       JOHN COODE.

41.            iii.       GEORGE COODE.

22.  EDITH MAUDE4 PENDLEBURY (CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 3 March 1875, and died 4 March 1908 in Secunderabad, India.  She married PERCY HAWKINS.

Children of EDITH PENDLEBURY and PERCY HAWKINS are:

                   i.       DORIS5 HAWKINS.

                  ii.       JOHN HAWKINS.

23.  ETHEL4 PENDLEBURY (CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1).  She married (1) WILLIAM NICHOLSON.  She married (2) HUNTER.

Children of ETHEL PENDLEBURY and WILLIAM NICHOLSON are:

                   i.       RALPH5 NICHOLSON.

                  ii.       MARGARET NICHOLSON.

                 iii.       ISABEL NICHOLSON.

                 iv.       JOHN NICHOLSON.

Child of ETHEL PENDLEBURY and HUNTER is:

42.             v.       ENA WILHELMINA ETHEL5 HUNTER, b. 1895.

24.  GERTRUDE CHARLOTTE4 PENDLEBURY (CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 1883.  She married GEORGE F. WILKINS.

Children of GERTRUDE PENDLEBURY and GEORGE WILKINS are:

                   i.       GEORGE5 WILKINS.

                  ii.       RICHARD WILKINS.

25.  NORMAN WRIGHT4 KEMP (CHARLOTTE JANE3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 29 October 1874 in Bombay, India.  He married OLIVIA M MARTIN.

Notes for NORMAN WRIGHT KEMP:

Acted as Judge, High Court, Bombay on several occasions.

Author of 'Costs and Practice of Taxation, Bombay High Court,' 1922

Children of NORMAN KEMP and OLIVIA MARTIN are:

                   i.       NEIL MCINTYRE5 KEMP.

                  ii.       PETER MANT MCINTYRE KEMP.

26.  KENNETH MCINTYRE4 KEMP (CHARLOTTE JANE3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 13 December 1883 in Bombay, India.  He married MARGARET STREET.

Child of KENNETH KEMP and MARGARET STREET is:

43.              i.       JANET5 KEMP.

27.  GEORGE RICHARD4 DUXBURY (CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 6 August 1871 in Bombay.  He married AMY COOKE.

Children of GEORGE DUXBURY and AMY COOKE are:

44.              i.       GEORGE OWEN CHARLES5 DUXBURY, b. 1900.

                  ii.       AMY DOROTHY WINIFRED DUXBURY, b. 1903; d. 8 March 1981, New Milton, Hampshire.

                 iii.       BEATRICE LOUISE CAROLINE DUXBURY, b. 1906; d. 1984, New Milton, Hampshire.

                 iv.       RICHARD GRENFELL ARTHUR DUXBURY, b. 1908; d. 1945, Burma.

28.  CHARLES DOUGLAS4 DUXBURY (CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 30 October 1875 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, and died 1955.  He married (1) GRACE ELIZABETH MARTIN.  He married (2) VIOLET MOUNTFORT-SPENCER.

Children of CHARLES DUXBURY and GRACE MARTIN are:

                   i.       SHEILA5 DUXBURY, b. India; d. India.

45.             ii.       ELSPETH GRACE DUXBURY, b. 1909; d. March 1967.

46.            iii.       DIANA DUXBURY, b. 1910; d. March 1972.

Children of CHARLES DUXBURY and VIOLET MOUNTFORT-SPENCER are:

47.            iv.       MICHAEL DOUGLAS AMYON5 DUXBURY, b. 31 July 1924; d. 1995.

48.             v.       RUTH VIOLET DUXBURY, b. 26 November 1926; d. 1996.

29.  MURIEL JANE4 DUXBURY (CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 10 November 1877 in Bombay.  She married HUGH THURSTAN CHILCOT.

Children of MURIEL DUXBURY and HUGH CHILCOT are:

                   i.       GILBERT5 CHILCOT, d. 1947.

49.             ii.       JOAN CHILCOT, b. 1903.

30.  DOROTHY CAROLINE4 DUXBURY (CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 9 June 1879 in Colaba, Bombay, India, and died 20 February 1955 in Lymington, Hampshire.  She married ROBERT MOIR MILNE 5 July 1905 in London, son of ROBERT MILNE and HELEN FOX.

Children of DOROTHY DUXBURY and ROBERT MILNE are:

                   i.       HELEN CAROLINE5 MILNE, b. 6 February 1909, Dartmouth, Devon; d. 19 September 2000, Lymington, Hampshire.

50.             ii.       MARGARET MOIR MILNE

 

Generation No. 5 

31.  AGNES CHRISTINA HEWAT5 COLLETT (GEORGE SMITH4, GEORGE SMITH3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 4 December 1892 in Calcutta, India.  She married HENRY GEORGE FUREY 27 December 1916 in Fort William, Calcutta, India.

Children of AGNES COLLETT and HENRY FUREY are:

                   i.       MAURICE KEITH FRASER6 FUREY

                  ii.       RICHARD MALCOLM FUREY

32.  TERENCE ALBERT5 HOMER (EMILY THERESA4 COLLETT, WILLIAM HACKNEY3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 14 September 1917.  He married CAROLINE E DEMPSEY 1838 in Bromley.

Child of TERENCE HOMER and CAROLINE DEMPSEY is:

                   i.       CAROLINE E6 HOMER.

33.  ALMA THERESA5 HOMER (EMILY THERESA4 COLLETT, WILLIAM HACKNEY3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1).  She married RAYMOND SPACKMAN WILKS.

34.  FREDERICK5 COLLETT (ARNOLD BENJAMIN4, ROBERT BENJAMIN3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) died 12 November 1975 in London.  He married CELIA in London.

Children of FREDERICK COLLETT and CELIA are:

                   i.       CHRISTOPHER?6 COLLETT.

                  ii.    ? COLLETT.

35.  GEORGE5 COLLETT (ARNOLD BENJAMIN4, ROBERT BENJAMIN3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1).  He married (1) ?.  He married (2) EDITH in Germany.

Children of GEORGE COLLETT and EDITH are:

                   i.       HAZEL6 COLLETT, b. Abt. 1938.

                  ii.       MICHAEL COLLETT, b. Abt. 1942.

36.  MURIEL EVA5 COLLETT (ARNOLD BENJAMIN4, ROBERT BENJAMIN3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 28 October 1902 in Assensole, India, and died 12 November 1975 in Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, England.  She married WOLFRAM BRUNO ARTHUR KUHLMEY 12 February 1923 in Jabalpur, son of GUSTAV KUHLMEY and PAULINE WARDLEY.

Notes for WOLFRAM BRUNO ARTHUR KUHLMEY:

Worked as a Guard on the G.I.P. Railway, Jhansi, India.

Worked as a Proof Reader for the East Essex Gazette when he came to England.

Children of MURIEL COLLETT and WOLFRAM KUHLMEY are:

                   i.       VALMAY EVA PAULINE6 WARDLEY, b. 10 December 1923, Christ Church, Jabalpur, M.P. India; m. JOHN EDWARD SWINBOURNE, 12 May 1943, St Martins, Jhansi, India.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH MARGARET WARDLEY, b. 31 October 1925, Jubalpur, India; m. FREDERICK WILLIAM GASCOYNE, 11 June 1943, St. Martins, Jhansi, India. 

Notes for ELIZABETH MARGARET WARDLEY:

Godparent - Stella Cotter.

 

                 iii.       PATRICIA MARIE WARDLEY, b. 31 July 1927, Jubbulpore, India; d. 1951, Colchester, England; m. COLIN HIBBERT, August 1945, St Martins, Jhansi, India.

37.  JESSIE AGNES5 COLLETT (ARNOLD BENJAMIN4, ROBERT BENJAMIN3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 29 December 1903, and died in Australia.  She married MERVYN LUSCHWITZ in India, son of ARCHIBALD LUSCHWITZ and AMELIA BENNETT.

Children of JESSIE COLLETT and MERVYN LUSCHWITZ are:

                   i.       EVA6 LUSCHWITZ, b. 28 June 1924, Mount Arbu, India; d. Australia; m. DAVID CHATFIELD DUNBAR.

                  ii.       CARL LUSCHWITZ, b. 18 August 1929, Baratpore, India; m. PATRICIA, Australia.

38.  ROBERT DUNCAN5 COLLETT (ARNOLD BENJAMIN4, ROBERT BENJAMIN3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 3 April 1906 in Jubbulpore, India, and died in Canada.  He married BERYL OLIVE ROBERTS 20 September 1932 in St David, Allahabad, India, daughter of JAMES ROBERTS and ELSIE BEARD.

Children of ROBERT COLLETT and BERYL ROBERTS are:

                   i.       YVONNE EVA6 COLLETT, b. 2 August 1933; (1) ; m. (2) EDMOND LE FORT, 14 October 1961, St Vincent de Paul RC Church, Toronto, Canada.

                  ii.       MARINA BERYL COLLETT

                 iii.       ERRINGTON ARNOLD JAMES COLLETT

                 iv.       WINSTON ROBERT COLLETT

                  v.       JENNIFER RUTH COLLETT

39.  JOYCE ANN5 COLLETT (ARNOLD BENJAMIN4, ROBERT BENJAMIN3, GEORGE SMITH2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 9 September 1916 in Dongargarh, India.  She married NEVILLE BERNARD LESLIE 2 June 1936 in St John's Church, Coloba, Bombay, son of JOHN LESLIE and MAGGIE FITZPATRICK.

Children of JOYCE COLLETT and NEVILLE LESLIE are:

                   i.       DAVID6 LESLIE

                  ii.       HUGH BERNARD RUSSELL LESLIE.

40.  JAMES5 COODE (RUTH CAROLINE4 PENDLEBURY, CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1).

41.  GEORGE5 COODE (RUTH CAROLINE4 PENDLEBURY, CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1).

42.  ENA WILHELMINA ETHEL5 HUNTER (ETHEL4 PENDLEBURY, CAROLINE DIDO3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1) was born 1895.  She married JAMES FOLEY.

Children of ENA HUNTER and JAMES FOLEY are:

                   i.       JOAN6 FOLEY

                  ii.       JOHN FOLEY.

43.  JANET5 KEMP (KENNETH MCINTYRE4, CHARLOTTE JANE3 COLLETT, ARNOLD BURROWS2, LEWIS ANDREW1). 

44.  GEORGE OWEN CHARLES5 DUXBURY (GEORGE RICHARD4, CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1)

45.  ELSPETH GRACE5 DUXBURY (CHARLES DOUGLAS4, CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1)

46.  DIANA5 DUXBURY (CHARLES DOUGLAS4, CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1)

47.  MICHAEL DOUGLAS AMYON5 DUXBURY (CHARLES DOUGLAS4, CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1)

48.  RUTH VIOLET5 DUXBURY (CHARLES DOUGLAS4, CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1)

49.  JOAN5 CHILCOT (MURIEL JANE4 DUXBURY, CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1)

50.  MARGARET MOIR5 MILNE (DOROTHY CAROLINE4 DUXBURY, CAROLINE EMILY3 ATKINSON, CHARLOTTE ANTONIA2 COLLETT, LEWIS ANDREW1)

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