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John Collis 1816–1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Sep 1816

Birth Location: Batcombe, Dorset, England

Death Date: 1886

Death Location: Workhouse, Wincanton

Father: Matthew Collis

Mother: Jane Perrot

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Dubben, Harriet Kellaway

Children(s): Edwin Collis, Samuel Collis, Matthew Collis, Charlotte Collis, Frederick Collis, Elizabeth Collis, Jonathan Collis, Henry Collis, Eliza Collis, Edwin Collis, Josiah Collis, Charlotte Collis

The story of John Collis began in 1816 in Batcombe, Dorset, England. In 1851, John Collis resided in Hermitage, Dorset, England. John Collis married Elizabeth Dubben, Harriet Kellaway, and had children including Charlotte Collis, Edwin Eli Collis, Eliza Harriet Collis, Elizabeth Jane Collis, Frederick John Collis, Henry James Collis, Jonathan William Collis, Josiah Collis, Matthew Collis, Samuel Collis. John Collis passed away in 1886 in Workhouse, Wincanton.

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Biography

  • The story of John Collis began in 1816 in Batcombe, Dorset, England.
  • In 1851, John Collis resided in Hermitage, Dorset, England.
  • John Collis married Elizabeth Dubben, Harriet Kellaway, and had children including Charlotte Collis, Edwin Eli Collis, Eliza Harriet Collis, Elizabeth Jane Collis, Frederick John Collis, Henry James Collis, Jonathan William Collis, Josiah Collis, Matthew Collis, Samuel Collis.
  • John Collis passed away in 1886 in Workhouse, Wincanton.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Collis
1774–1829
Birth Location: Longburton, Dorset
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Jane Perrot
1783–1853
Birth Location: Hermitage, Dorset
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Dubben
1823–1858
Birth Location: Chetnole, Dorset, England
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Harriet Kellaway
1836–1873
Birth Location: Mellburybubb, Dorset or Woolcombe
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Children(s)

Edwin Collis
1864–
Birth Location: Horsington, Wincanton, Somerset, England
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Samuel Collis
1845–1896
Birth Location: Hermitage, Dorset, England
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Matthew Collis
1849–1914
Birth Location: Hermitage, Dorset, England
MC
Charlotte Collis
1852–1870
Birth Location: Hermitage, Dorset
CC
Frederick Collis
1860–
Birth Location: South Buckland Newton, Dorset
FC
Elizabeth Collis
1862–
Birth Location: Horsington, Wincanton, Somerset
EC
Jonathan Collis
1865–1868
Birth Location: Horsington, Wincanton, Somerset
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Henry Collis
1869–1869
Birth Location: Horsington, Wincanton, Somerset
HC
Eliza Collis
1870–1883
Birth Location: Horsington, Wincanton, Somerset
EC
Edwin Collis
1844–1846
Birth Location: Hermitage, Dorset
EC
Josiah Collis
–1883
Birth Location: –
JC
Charlotte Collis
1858–
Birth Location: Hermitage, Dorset
CC

John Collis's Ancestors

Self
John Collis
1816–1886
Birth Place: Batcombe, Dorset, England
Parents
Matthew Collis
1774–1829
Longburton, Dorset
Jane Perrot
1783–1853
Hermitage, Dorset
Grandparents
Betty Collis
1765–
Folke, Dorset
Issac Perrot
1760–
Dorset
Jane Elford
1765–
Winterbourne Houghton, Dorset
Great-Grandparents
Mary Collis
1742–1795
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Collis
1695–1770
Elizabeth Mitchell
1750–1750

John Collis's Descendants

1.
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John Collis (8 Sep 1816–1886) m. Elizabeth Dubben (c 1823–1858) m. Harriet Kellaway (1836–1873)
  1. 1. Edwin (Eli) Collis 1864– m. Susannah Chamberlain 1870–1908
    1. 1. Edmund (E) Collis 1891–1960 m. Winifred (Violet Louisa) Frier 1892–1965
      1. 1. Frederick (W) Collis 1923– m. Hilda (Marie) Russ 1924–2019
      2. 2. Peter (Charles) Collis 1925–2006 m. Kathleen Woodmansey 1928–1985
      3. 3. Ernest (G) Collis 1921–1994 m. Louise Hussey 1920–1973
    2. 2. Wilfred (John) Collis 1894–1913
    3. 3. Victor (James) Collis 1899–1933
    4. 4. Frederick (Charles) Collis 1902–1948 m. Alice (Irene) Mallett 1904–1968
      1. 1. Robert (James) Collis 1928–1998 m. Freda (M) Fry 1932–2016
      2. 2. William (Charles) Collis 1927–2005
      3. 3. Frank (Thomas) Collis 1930–1981 m. Mavis (Elizabeth) Wood 1936–2010
      4. 4. Elizabeth (Alice Irene) Collis 1932–1998 m. Stanley (Victor) Brewer 1922–1975
      5. 5. John (Chamberlain) Collis 1934–2000
    5. 5. Reginald (Edwin) Collis 1896–1896
    6. 6. Harold (Eli) Collis 1897–1898
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Mildred) Collis 1903–1904
    8. 8. Miriam (Kate) Collis 1893–1893
  2. 2. Samuel Collis 1845–1896 m. May (Lucy) Holly 1847–1938
    1. 1. Arthur Collis 1856–1941 m. Anna (Chamberlain) DNA 1867–1922
      1. 1. Florence (Amy) Collis 1896–1944
      2. 2. Ella (Kate) Collis 1894–1974 m. Maurice (Albert Henry) Cluett 1896–1968
        1. 1. Doris (Kathleen) Cluett 1920–2011 m. Sidney Coxhill 1921–1983
        2. 2. Evelyn (Mary) Cluett 1923–2010 m. Charles Ford 1920–
        3. 3. Ronald (Albert) Cluett 1926–1985
        4. 4. Vera (Joan) Cluett 1926–2010 m. Albert Sartorelli 1923–1984
      3. 3. Mabel (Louisa) Collis 1889–1980 m. William Osgood 1857–1932
        1. 1. John (William) Osgood 1926–1979
      4. 4. Minnie (Catherine Annie) Collis 1890–1952 m. Edward (Victor) Baker 1881–1947
        1. 1. Catherine (Jeanette) Baker 1922–2001 m. Francis (Harold Frank) Wand 1919–2009
        2. 2. Doris (Gwendolyn) Baker 1924–2008 m. John (William) Waller 1920–1986
        3. 3. Eileen (Betty) Baker 1927–2006 m. Noel (Kenneth Bryan) Gibson 1923–2005
        4. 4. Arthur (Henry) Baker 1920–2003
      5. 5. Laura (Margaret) Collis 1891–1915
      6. 6. Albert (Edward) Collis 1898–1974 m. Gertrude (May) Ayling 1907–1991
        1. 1. Arthur (Edward) Collis 1930–2017 m. Lucy (Grace) Appleton 1927–2009
        2. 2. Peggy Collis 1934–1935
        3. 3. Eileen (May) Collis 1931–1958
      7. 7. Ethel (Ellen) Collis 1887–1974
      8. 8. Francis (Valentine) Collis 1909– m. Dorothy (Lois Mary) Steele 1912–1961
      9. 9. William (Arthur Collis) DNA 1902–1940 m. Bessie Harfield 1901–1977
        1. 1. Peter (Anthony) Collis 1927–2002
        2. 2. Pamela (Jean) Collis 1930–2000
    2. 2. Mary Collis 1868–1957 m. John Cox 1864–1922
      1. 1. Mary (B) Cox 1895–1917
      2. 2. Florence (Alice) Cox 1890–
      3. 3. Harry Cox 1889–1936 m. May Lush 1896–1969
        1. 1. Allen (Harry) Cox 1928–2014
        2. 2. VICTOR ((JACK)) COX 1918–1945
        3. 3. Bessie (Mary) Cox 1924–1997
        4. 4. Owen Cox 1920–
        5. 5. Kenneth Cox 1921–1980
      4. 4. Edith (Annie) Cox 1887–1976
    3. 3. Henry (James) Collis 1869–1942
    4. 4. William (John) Collis 1871–1946 m. Emma Read 1875–
    5. 5. Emma (Bessie) Collis 1874–1919 m. Charles (Gill) Jarman 1867–1949 m. George (Charles) Barry 1865–
      1. 1. Lorna (Audrey) Jarman 1910–1970 m. Orville (Kenneth) Nickle 1903–1974
        1. 1. Calvin (George) Nickle 1927–1929
      2. 2. Charles (Penrose) Jarman 1911–1990
      3. 3. Albert (Collis) Jarman 1913–1970
    6. 6. Charlotte (Ann) Collis 1876–1917 m. George Street 1874–
    7. 7. Samuel (George) Collis 1877–1937 m. Ada (Ann) Earl 1868– m. Florence (Mary) Bugg 1871–1954
      1. 1. Walter (Edwin) Collis 1901–1975 m. Alice (Mary) Culley 1898–1981
      2. 2. Reginald (Ernest) Collis 1906–1908
      3. 3. Bessie (Louisa) Collis 1912–
    8. 8. Sidney (Herbert) Collis 1878–1917
    9. 9. Alice Collis 1881–1930
    10. 10. Elizabeth (Gertrude) Collis 1882–
    11. 11. Henry Collis 1884–1885
    12. 12. Reginald Collis 1888–1889
    13. 13. Ernest Collis 1892–1911
    14. 14. Percy Collis 1889–
  3. 3. Matthew Collis 1849–1914 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Hockey 1851–1915
    1. 1. Lillie Collis 1873– m. Charles Arrowsmith 1870–
    2. 2. Rose Collis 1875– m. Arthur Fawkner 1874–
    3. 3. Sidney (Herbert) Collis 1876–1888
    4. 4. George Collis 1880–1951 m. Elizabeth Holt 1876–1940
      1. 1. William (Edward) Collis 1903–1971
    5. 5. Mary (Ann) Collis 1884– m. William Hardy 1885–
    6. 6. Ernest Collis 1885–1949
    7. 7. Lavinia Collis 1888–1973 m. Arthur (Thomas) Barlow 1888–1929
      1. 1. Arthur Barlow 1918–1987 m. Lilian Haywood 1920–1976
      2. 2. George Barlow 1919–2001
      3. 3. Hilda Barlow 1921–1983
      4. 4. William Barlow 1925–1926
    8. 8. Sidney (Herbert) Collis 1891–1915 m. Nellie Embley 1888–1972
      1. 1. George Collis 1909–
      2. 2. Elsie Collis 1912–
      3. 3. Nellie Collis 1915–1916
    9. 9. Edward (B) Collis 1895–1915
      1. 1. Edward Collis 1912–
      2. 2. Wilfred Collis 1914–
      3. 3. Winifred Collis 1920–
      4. 4. Constance (E) Collis 1921–
      5. 5. Elizabeth Collis 1924–
    10. 10. Lawrence (Mabbott) Collis 1896–1959
  4. 4. Charlotte Collis 1852–1870
  5. 5. Frederick (John) Collis 1860–
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Jane) Collis 1862–
  7. 7. Jonathan (William) Collis 1865–1868
  8. 8. Henry (James) Collis 1869–1869
  9. 9. Eliza (Harriet) Collis 1870–1883
  10. 10. Edwin (Eli) Collis 1844–1846
  11. 11. Josiah Collis –1883
  12. 12. Charlotte Collis 1858–

John Collis's Timeline

6 Records

1816
8 Sep 1816
Birth of John Collis in Batcombe, Dorset, England
Batcombe, Dorset, England
1816
1816
John Collis was christened in Batcombe, Dorset
Batcombe, Dorset
1851
1851
Age 35
John Collis resided here in Hermitage, Dorset, England
Hermitage, Dorset, England
1861
1861
Age 45
John Collis resided here in Horsington, Somerset, England
Horsington, Somerset, England
1871
1871
Age 55
John Collis resided here in Horsington, Somerset, England
Horsington, Somerset, England
1886
1886
Age 70
Death of John Collis in Workhouse, Wincanton
Workhouse, Wincanton

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Sep 1816
    Event Place: Batcombe, Dorset, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 2425; Folio: 24; Page: 14; GSU roll: 835177
    [2] 1861 England Census
    [3] 1851 England Census
    [4] England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1816
    Event Place: Batcombe, Dorset

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Hermitage, Dorset, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Horsington, Somerset, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Horsington, Somerset, England
    Record Source: 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 2425; Folio: 24; Page: 14; GSU roll: 835177

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Yetminster, Dorset, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1886
    Event Place: Workhouse, Wincanton
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