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Alfred Samuel COLLINGS

Alfred Samuel COLLINGS[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1854 - 1929  (74 years)


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  • Name Alfred Samuel COLLINGS  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
    Birth 25 Dec 1854  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male
    Residence 1861  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Age 6, living with his grandfather, Samuel & possibly his mother, Elizabeth Harris Collings, in which case he would be illegitimate as she is unmarried.
    Residence 1871  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Alfred is living with his grandfather, as his assistant. Also living there is Samuel's daughter, Eliz. Harris Collings, unmarried & 43. Alfred may be be her illegitimate son, as he was living there in 1861, age 6
    Departure Bef 25 May 1920  Sydney, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Arrival 26 May 1920  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Alfred is retired, travelling back to England from Sydney, Australia with his daughter, Edith, who is a teacher. Their address is the Post Office in Thornbury, Glos.
    Death 11 Nov 1929  Northleigh, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • Age: 74
    Probate 9 Dec 1929 
    Person ID I19321429263  Gibson Lovell Lomas Collins
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

    Father UNKNOWN
    Mother Elizabeth Harris COLLINGS,   b. 1828, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1879, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helena (Eleanor) Blanche KING,   b. 29 Jun 1855, Morton, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Dec 1883, Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    Marriage 21 Mar 1877  Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edith COLLINGS,   b. 18 Jan 1878, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Apr 1961, Barnstaple, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +2. Alfred Clement COLLINGS,   b. 30 Oct 1879, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1916, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     3. Agnes COLLINGS,   b. 22 Sep 1881, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Jan 1882, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_1425887729] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

    2. [S_1425767002] Ancestry.com, UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, ).
      Birth date: abt 1855
      Birth place:
      Arrival date: 26 May 1920
      Arrival place: London, England
      Departure date:
      Departure place: Sydney, Australia

    3. [S_1425886724] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.Original data - Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. Londo).
      Death date: 11 Nov 1929
      Death place: Devon, England

    4. [S_1270638818] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    5. [S_1425885873] Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Data imaged from the National A), Class: RG10; Piece: 2586; Folio: 8; Page: 8; GSU roll: 835274.
      Birth date: abt 1855
      Birth place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
      Residence date: 1871
      Residence place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

    6. [S_1425886421] Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from The National A), Class: RG 9; Piece: 1748; Folio: 39; Page: 29; GSU roll: 542862.
      Birth date: abt 1855
      Birth place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

    7. [S_1258972691] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).