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Albert COLLINS [P509] = Elizabeth Jane HARRIS [P510]
Married 6 Jul 1907, Mountfield, Sussex, England1
Albert
Born 25 Jul 1879, Netherfield, Sussex, England2
Christened 31 Aug 1879, Netherfield, Sussex, England3
Died 28 Mar 1938, Mountfield, Sussex, England4
Buried Mountfield, Sussex, England5
Occupation: Groom Domestic, Gypsum Miner, Royal Engineers6
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Elizabeth Jane
Albert [P7676] = Margaret Rose JAMES [P7677] > Family [F2466]
Married 1934, Hythe, Kent, England10
Albert
Alias Bert
Born 1910, Mountfield, Sussex, England11
Died 1987, St Helen's Hospital, Hastings, Sussex, England12
Buried Mountfield, Sussex, England
Occupation: Shot firer, gypsum mine
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Margaret Rose
Born 1912, Battle district15
Born 1921, Battle district16
Born 1925, Battle district17
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Dorothy [P7666] = Fred HONEYSETT [P7667] > Family [F2464]
Dorothy
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1 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1907, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 121
1a: ; Secondary evidence
Marriage register, Entry 307, witnesses were Rose Collins and Amos Harris. Both of this parish.
2 : ; Primary evidence
1881 census for Netherfield Village gives age as 1 and birthplace Battle
2a: ; Primary evidence
1901 census for Sealands Gate, Hardings Wood, Brightling had age 21, birthplace Netherfield - living with a widow, Sarah Mewett (69) and her daughter Annie (24).
2b: ; Primary evidence
Date of birth is written on the baptism register
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1891 census for Netherfield Road, St John Netherfield, has age 11, scholar, birthplace Netherfield
2d: "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
September quarter 1879, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 60
3 : "Netherfield Baptism Register"; Primary evidence
Page 40, #320 Abode Netherfield, Father's occupation Miner
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Tombstone has date of death inscribed, together with age (58)
5 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone visited
6 : ; Primary evidence
1901 census has occupation Groom Domestic
6a: "Mountfield Meanderings (Two Volumes)"; Page Vol 2, Page 14; Secondary evidence
Albert Collins worked at the Gypsum Mines but in WW1 he joined the Royal Engineers. He was commended for his bravery when, in 1918 he came under heavy fire and gas when taking supplies to the front. Though his horses were wounded, frightened and hard to control, he managed to get his transport back to the wagon lines.
7 : ; Secondary evidence
Age is given of 81 on her tombstone (died 1962)
8 : ; Primary evidence
Date of death is inscribed on tombstone, together with age (81)
9 : ; Primary evidence
Tombstone visited
10 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence
11 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence
12 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence
13 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence
14 : "Trish Jones GEDCOM"; Secondary evidence
15 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
June quarter 1812, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 85
16 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1921, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 75
17 : "FreeBMD"; Secondary evidence
March quarter 1925, Battle district, Volume 2b, Page 71
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