PART THIRTY

The Third Suffolk Line – 1800 to 1990

This is the only section of the thirtieth part of the Collett family

1^st February 2007

This is the family line of Rob Collett of Lincolnshire

	The first family in this line has not been proved but there are indications that it could be correct. Further research work therefore needs to be undertaken to verify the accuracy of the information.
30N1	WILLIAM COLLETT married Mary Pretty and this was possibly at Saxmundham in Suffolk where their first child was born. It is likely that the family then moved to live at Bramfield just south of Halesworth in Suffolk where their second son was born and where their first son met and married his wife.
	It may be of interest to note that an Ann Elizabeth Pretty who was born at Wortham in 1822 and who married William Collett in 1843 features in Part Twenty – The Suffolk to Australia Line (Ref. 20O1). There is also a common connection with the town of Diss, as both William and Ann (Pretty) were living there in 1881 as were some of the children of William and Mary (Pretty).
	Somewhere within all of this may be the information necessary to link the two Collett families together.
	30O1	John Collett		Born in 1814
	30O2	a daughter possibly married Mr Crisp		Born in 1815
	30O3	THOMAS COLLETT		Born in 1824
	30O4	a son with a daughter Emma		Date of birth unknown
	30O5	a daughter possibly married Mr Cameron		Date of birth unknown
30O1	John Collett was born in 1814 at Saxmundham. He married Harriet who was born the same year at Bramfield. In 1881 the couple were living at Mill Lane in Saxmundham and living with them was their 40 years old nephew Robert Crisp also born at Saxmundham.
	Robert Crisp’s date of birth would have been in 1840/41 indicating that he was probably the son of a sister of John Collett born around 1821.
30O2	This was a daughter of William Collett (Ref. 30N1) who was very likely born around 1815. She married Mr Crisp around 1834 possibly in Lowestoft where their first child was born. The family moved to live at Saxmundham sometime in the next couple of year as that was where their second son was born.
	30P1	Henry B Crisp		Born in 1834/35
	30P2	Robert Crisp		Born in 1840/41
30O3	THOMAS COLLETT was born in 1824 at Bramfield. He married Maria Chandler at Rickinghall near Diss where she was born in 1825.
	In 1881 the family was living in Denmark Street, PH, Diss. This comprised:: head of house Thomas Collett a gardener and domestic aged 57 born at Bramfield; his wife Maria Collett nee Chandler aged 56 born at Rickinghall; son Christopher Collett age 19 and a brush maker; and daughter Lansin Collett aged 16 who was a dressmaker, both children having been born in Diss.
	Also living with the family at that time was Maria’s brother John Chandler, listed as ‘brother-in-law’ in relation to the head of house, aged 60 and born at Rickinghall who was blind and who had no occupation.
	In addition Thomas and Maria had two nieces living with them. These were Emma Collett aged 13 born at Luton near Gillingham in Kent and Florence Cameron aged 7 born at Cavendish Square in London.
	Emma, who would have been born in 1867/68, was possibly the daughter of a younger brother of Thomas Collett while Florence, who would have been born in 1873/74, may have been the daughter of a younger married sister.
	30P3	Walter Collett	Born in 1851
	30P4	Thomas Collett	Born in 1853
	30P5	Ellen May Collett	Born in 1861
	30P6	CHRISTOPHER COLLETT	Born in 1863
	30P7	Lansin Collett	Born in 1865
	30P8	a daughter	Date of birth unknown
30O4	This was a son of William Collett (Ref. 30N1) who married and produced a daughter who in 1881 was living at Denmark Street in Diss with her uncle Thomas Collett (Ref. 30O3).
	30P9	Emma Collett	Born in 1867/68 - aged 13 in 1881
30O5	This was a daughter of William Collett (Ref. 30N1) who married Mr Cameron.
	30P10	Frederick Cameron	Born in 1870/71 – aged 10 in 1881
	30P11	Florence Cameron	Born in 1873/74 - aged 7 in 1881
30P1	Henry B Crisp was born at Lowestoft in 1834/35. He married Hannah H of Fressingham who was born in 1836/37. In 1881 they were neighbours of John Collett (Ref. 30O1) living in Mill Lane at Saxmundham. Henry was a printer and bookseller aged 46 and their two children were both born at Saxmundham.
	30Q1	Fanny J Crisp	Born in 1872/73 - aged 8 in 1881
	30Q2	Henry G Crisp	Born in 1875/76 - aged 5 in 1881
30P2	Robert Crisp was born at Saxmundham in 1840/41. In 1881 at 40 years of age he was unmarried and living with his uncle John Collett (Ref. 30O1) at Mill Lane in Saxmundham, the same street as his brother Henry Crisp. Robert was listed as a labourer in the census for that year.
30P3	Walter Collett was born at Diss in 1851. He married Harriet who was born in 1845 at Eye in Suffolk. In 1881 they were living at the Beehive Yard in Denmark Street in Diss where Walter was a shop porter aged 30. His wife Harriet aged 36 was a brush maker like her brother-in-law Christopher Collett.
	Living with them was their son Ernest Collett aged 8 and born at Diss. Also with the family was a young visitor by the name of Frederick Cameron aged 10 who was born in West London.
	It is very likely that Frederick was the nephew of Thomas Collett (Ref. 29N3) Walter’s father, and brother of Florence Cameron the niece who was living in Denmark Street with the same Thomas Collett.
	30Q3	Ernest Collett	Born in 1873
30P4	Thomas Collett was born in 1853 at Diss and he married Elizabeth of Scole near Diss after 1881. Once they were married, the couple moved to live in London where Thomas was already working prior to the wedding – see below.
	In 1881 Thomas Collett was a boarder at the home of Marshall Green at Vimeria Cottage in Luscombe Street in Lambeth. The census entry lists unmarried Thomas as a railway goods porter aged 28 of Diss.
	30Q4	Lottie Collett	Born circa 1885
30P5	Ellen May Collett was born in 1861 at Diss. At the age of 20 she was in service as a housemaid at the home of unmarried Harriet Simpson 69 of Leeds at her home in St Johns Road in Palgrave.
30P6	CHRISTOPHER COLLETT was born in 1863 at Diss. In 1881 he was listed as being aged 19 and a brush maker, still living at home with his parents at Denmark Street, PH in Diss.
	On 23.03.1883 he married Rachel Otley of Tostock which lies east of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It seems very likely that some, if not all, of their children were born at Diss. Certainly the couple were living at in Diss at 36 Fair Green in 1918 as confirmed by the death record for their son Christopher William, which also states that this as his place of birth.
	Christopher died in 1951.
	30Q5	Ellen Mary Collett	Born circa 1883/4
	30Q6	Thomas Frederick Collett	Born in 1885
	30Q7	Charles Chandler Collett	Born in 1887
	30Q8	JOSEPH OTLEY COLLETT	Born in 1890
	30Q9	Walter Chandler Collett	Date of birth unknown
	30Q10	Christopher William	Born in 1897
	30Q11	Maria Chandler Collett twin	Born in 1901
	30Q12	Harry Collett twin	Born in 1901
	30Q13	a daughter	Date of birth unknown
30P7	Lansin Collett was born in 1865 at Diss and in 1881 she was 16 years old and a dressmaker living at home with her parents at Denmark Street in Diss.
30Q5	Ellen Mary Collett was born in 1883/84 and her place of birth may have be Diss or Tostock where her parents were married in March 1883. What is known is that she married Mr Howlett of Southend and together they had a son Fred.
30Q6	Thomas Frederick Collett was born in 1885 and probably at Diss. He married Rose Bradley in 1911 and they lived at Romford in Essex. Frederick died in 1967.
	30R1	Bessie Collett	Born in 1912 and lived in Canada
30Q7	Charles Chandler Collett was born in 1887 and probably at Diss. He married Lizzie and they lived in Coventry where they had three daughters. Charles died in 1971.
30Q8	JOSEPH OTLEY COLLETT was born in 1890 and probably at Diss. He married (1) Dorothea Colbeck and (2) Janet Oddy. His first three children were born as a result of his first marriage with the fourth child being from the second. Joseph died in 1953.
	30R2	Christopher Collett	Date of birth unknown
	30R3	Patricia Collett	Date of birth unknown
	30R4	ROBERT OTLEY COLLETT	Date of birth unknown
	30R5	Timothy John Collett	Date of birth unknown
30Q9	Walter Chandler Collett is thought to have been born at Diss around the mid 1890s. What is known is that he married Dolly at Sanderstead.
30Q10	Christopher William Collett was born at Diss in 1897 and was killed at the age of 21 years during the First World War on 15.05.1918 in Mesopotamia. He was buried in the Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery in Iraq. Christopher was Private 9673 with The Royal Warwickshire Regiment and the report of his death was as follows:
	Christopher William Collett aged 21 was the son of Christopher and Rachel Collett of 36 Fair Green at Diss in Norfolk, where he was born.
30Q12	Harry Collett was born in 1901 and probably in Diss. He was the twin brother to sister Maria Chandler Collett.
30R2	Christopher Collett was born in 1928. He married (1) Kate Elliot and (2) Sheila Vernon, with his son Sefton Collett a product of the first married. Christopher was an accountant with Price Waterhouse Coopers.
	30S1	Sefton Collett	Date of birth unknown
30R3	Patricia Collett was born in 1929. She married Peter Wright and they had three sons: Geoffrey Wright; Nicholas Wright; and Andrew Wright.
30R4	ROBERT OTLEY COLLETT, referred to as Rob, was born in 1931. He married Jean Ellison and in later life moved from Suffolk to Lincolnshire where, in the 1990s, they were farming at The Manor in Spridlington midway between Lincoln and Market Rasen.
30R5	Timothy John Collett was born in 1945. He married (1) Bella and (2) Roz and had two children by each wife.
	30S2	Christopher Collett	Date of birth unknown
	30S3	Luisa Collett	Date of birth unknown
	30S4	Samuel Collett	Date of birth unknown
	30S5	Sarah Collett	Date of birth unknown