PART THIRTY-FOUR

The Appleford Berkshire Line – 1780 to 2007

Updated July 2010

This is the family line of Stephen & Cheryl Adams of France (Ref. 34S1) as depicted in capitals,

and Martin Edward Collett (Ref. 34S3) as depicted in the names underlined

During the development of Part 37 – The Oxford City Line

a positive connection with the Collett family of Appleford

has been discovered (see Ref. 34P2)

This latest update and review has been prompted by

Jess Metcalfe who has kindly provided information relating

to the continuation of the line from Frederick Collett (Ref. 34P8)

34M1	This line starts with the “still to be determined” parents of Charles Collett and his so far un-named brother. The recent discovery of a Charles Collett baptised in Berkshire at Buscot on 24.01.1779 to parents John and Elizabeth Collett needs to be investigated further, since this may be the link that connections this family line to the Collett family shown in Part 28 – The Faringdon Line (Ref. 28L14).
	John and Elizabeth Collett of Buscot (eighteen miles west of Appleford) also had two other sons John who was born in 1781 and William who was born in 1784, and he may be the ‘missing’ brother of Charles.
	34N1	CHARLES COLLETT	Born circa 1780
	34N2	a son Collett (possibly William Collett)	Born circa 1784
34N1	CHARLES COLLETT was born around 1780, according to his age in the census of 1851 and 1861. There is a chance he might be Charles Collett who was baptised at Buscot near Faringdon on 24.01.1779, the first born child of John Collett of Faringdon and his wife Elizabeth.
	He married Mary Sandall who was born in 1787 and who was baptised on 06.01.1788 at Sutton Courtenay, the village nearest to Appleford.
	Charles and Mary Randall (?) were married at Sutton Courtenay on 06.02.1809 at which time Charles was listed as an agricultural labourer while Mary was listed as a pauper. All of their children were born at Appleford and it is very likely that there may have been more than the five listed below.
	In the first national census for Appleford in June 1841 the age of adults was rounded to 5 or 10 years. In Charles’ case his ‘rounded aged’ was given as 60, while Mary’s ‘rounded aged’ was stated as 50. The census also indicated that Charles had been born within the county of Berkshire, and that he was employed as an agricultural labourer.
	The only children still living with them at that time was their daughter Karen, whose age was given as 21, and their youngest son Henry who was seven years old. Also at that time their older married sons Stephen and Charles was living nearby in Appleford, as was their other son Joseph, who was listed as being 15 years old and working as a servant at the Appleford home of farmer John Pullen.
	Ten years later the 1851 Census provided a more accurate assessment of their ages. In this Charles was aged 70 and Mary was six years younger at 64 and both of them were listed as still living at Appleford. By that time their son Joseph was married and it was appear that youngest son Henry was no longer alive, due to his absence from all subsequent census returns.
	Later that same year Charles died at Appleford during the December quarter of 1851, his death being recorded at Abingdon-on-Thames. And just over nine years later in early April 1861 his widow Mary aged 73 was still living Appleford. Living with her was her spinster daughter Mary Ann Collett aged 48. Mary died during the March quarter of 1869 aged 82 and was recorded at Abingdon.
	34O1	Stephen Collett	Born on 05.09.1809
	34O2	Mary Ann Collett	Born on 14.11.1812
	34O3	Charles Collett	Baptised on 13.06.1816
	34O4	Karen Happuch Collett	Baptised on 30.04.1820
	34O5	JOSEPH COLLETT	Baptised on 21.03.1824
	34O6	Henry Collett	Baptised on 19.10.1834
34N2	A Collett son, possibly William the brother of Charles (above) was born around 1784 and this may have taken place at Buscot near Faringdon. If this is proved at a later date, the two brothers were the sons of John and Elizabeth Collett.
	This Collett son was married during the first decade of the century and his son Philip was born at Appleford. It seems likely that there may have been more children born into the family and amongst them there may have been a William or a John as speculated in Part 28 – The Faringdon Line.
	34O7	Philip Collett	Born in 1806
34O1	Stephen Collett was born at Appleford on 05.09.1809 where he was baptised on 12.11.1809. He was aged 32 in the 1841 Census and by that time he was married to Sarah with whom he already had two children.
	The census revealed that the family was living in Appleford where Sarah was shown as having a ‘rounded aged’ of 40, while their two children were listed as Fanny aged 7 and Frederick aged 5. Also living with the family was ten years old Moses Sandall. Stephen’s mother was Mary Sandall.
	Only Stephen aged 42 and his son Frederick aged 15 were listed in the Appleford census for 1851, perhaps indicating that Sarah and her daughter Frances had died. A search through the subsequent census records has also failed to reveal their whereabouts.
	Stephen died during the June quarter of 1854 and his death was recorded at Abingdon.
	34P1	Frances Mary Collett	Born on 22.08.1833
	34P2	Frederick Collett	Born in 1835
34O2	Mary Ann Collett was born at Appleford on 14.11.1812 and was baptised there of 27.12.1812. She was never married and it was at Appleford where she lived for the rest of her life.
	According to the Appleford census of 1861 she was aged 48 and was a living companion with her elderly widowed mother Mary Collett. Also living with them was her younger sister Karen (below) and three children one of which, eight years old Thirza, was Karen’s base-born daughter.
	The other two older children are likely to have been Mary’s own children, these being Moses Collett aged 17 and Sarah Collett aged 15.
	Twenty years later Mary Ann was aged of 69 and was living as a boarder with her niece Thirza Church nee Collett and her husband Henry Church in Appleford. Mary Ann’s younger sister Karen (below) and the mother of Thirza Church was also living there at that time.
	It seems likely that Mary Ann died during the 1880s as she was not listed in the census of 1891.
	34P3	Moses Collett	Born in 1843
	34P4	Sarah Collett	Born in 1845
34O3	Charles Collett was born at Appleford in 1816 where he was baptised on 30.06.1816. Around 1836 he married Susan who was born at Appleford in 1817 and it was also at Appleford that all of their children were born.
	By June 1841 the family living at Appleford comprised Charles aged 25, his wife Susan(na) aged 24, and their first two children Martha aged 3 and William, who was not yet one year old.
	Over the next decade Charles and Susan increased their family by a further four children so, by the end of March 1851, the family at Appleford comprised Charles 35, Susan 33, Martha 13, William 11, John 7 and Stephen 5.
	There were further additions to the family over the next ten years, but during the same period the two oldest children left the family home at Appleford. According to the 1861 Census, Charles was 44 and Susan 43, while their children were Stephen 15, Emma 12, Ann 10, Jane 8, Agnes 6, Frederick 3 and James aged just one year.
	During the latter part of the next ten years two of Charles’ daughters were married so by early April 1871 Charles 54 and Susan 53 were left with only William 30, Jane 18, Frederick 13 and James aged 11.
	In 1881 Charles, then aged 64, was a farm labourer living at The Cottages in Appleford. Living there with him was his wife Susan aged 63 of Appleford and the couple’s three remaining unmarried children Jane aged 27, Frederick aged 22 and James aged 21.
	Ten years later Charles was 74 and Susan 73 and by that time they were living alone at Appleford. No record of them exists in 1901 so it must be assumed they both died in the 1890s.
	34P5	Martha Collett	Born in 1837
	34P6	William Collett	Born in 1840
	34P7	John Collett	Born in 1843
	34P8	Stephen Collett	Born in 1845
	34P9	Emma Collett	Born in 1848
	34P10	Ann Collett	Born in 1850
	34P11	Jane Collett	Born in 1852
	34P12	Agnes Collett	Born in 1854
	34P13	Frederick A Collett	Born in 1857
	34P14	James Collett	Born in 1859
34O4	Karen Happuch Collett was baptised at Appleford on 30.04.1820. She was the son of Charles Collett and Mary Sandall and, even though it appears that she never married, she was certainly the mother of base-born Thirza Collett.
	In the various census records for Appleford, Karen was listed in 1841 with her parents as Karen Collett aged 21, in 1861 as Kerin Happush Collett aged 38, while ten years after that in 1871 she was referred to once again as Karen Collett aged 51.
	According to the 1861 Census Karen (Kerin) was living at Appleford with her mother Mary and older sister Mary. All living with the three ladies were Moses Collett aged 17, Sarah Collett aged 15 and Thirza Collett aged 8. It is established that Thirza was the daughter of Karen, whereas Moses and Sarah may have been her sister Mary’s children.
	There is confusion in 1881 when she was referred to as Karen Church aged 61, but this must be a transcribing error, probably resulting from the fact she was living at the home of her married daughter Thirza Church.
	This census also revealed that Karen was listed as being a spinster and mother-in-law to head of the household Henry Church, making her the mother of Thirza Collett. Also living with Henry and Thurza and their family was Karen’s older sister Mary Collett (above).
	By 1891 she was aged 70 and there was another misspelling of her name when she was listed as Kans Hapook Collett. There was further incorrect spelling of her name at the time of her death during the March quarter of 1904 when she was aged 84.
	The record at Abingdon recorded her name as Kron Habbuck. The problems associated with her name may well be the reason that no record of her in 1901 has so far been found.
	34P15	Thirza Collett	Born in 1852
34O5	JOSEPH COLLETT was born at Appleford in 1823 where he was baptised on 21.03.1824. His age in 1841 was stated as being 15 but this was a ‘rounded age’ and he would have been 17. By that time he was working in Appleford as a servant at the home of farmer John Pullin and his wife Hannah.
	During the fourth quarter of 1847 Joseph married Eliza Carr who was born in 1825 at Berrick Salome some eight miles east of Appleford in Oxfordshire. Following their wedding the couple settled in Appleford, where all of their children were born.
	Just over three years later Joseph and Eliza were listed in the census of 1851 for Appleford and this confirmed Joseph was 27, Eliza was 25 and their two daughters were Patranella aged 2 and Abigail who was under one year old.
	By 1861 the marriage had produced three sons for Joseph and Eliza. Their family at Appleford comprised Joseph and Eliza both aged 36, daughters Patranella 12 and Abigail 10, son William who was referred to as Levi aged 3 and Aubrey and David who were aged one and just two months respectively.
	Within two years of the census a further son was born into the family so by the time of the 1871 Census for Appleford the family was made up of Joseph 47, Eliza 46, Levi 12, Aubrey 11, David 10 and Caleb aged 7. Their daughter Abigail was married by then but no trace has been found of Patranella.
	According to the next census of 1881, Joseph aged 58 was living at The Cottages in Appleford where he was a farm labourer. With him was his wife Eliza aged 56 who was also listed as a farm labourer from Berrick Salome and two of their sons William aged 23 and Caleb aged 17, both born at Appleford. The two missing sons had already made the move to Wales to find work.
	Ten years later Joseph and Eliza were living alone at Appleford and both were aged 67.
	The 1910 Census listed Joseph as being 76 and still living at Appleford with his wife Eliza who was then aged 77. Joseph was not credited with an occupation perhaps because of ailing health, as just after the census date he died and was followed shortly after by wife Eliza who died in 1902.
	34P16	Patranella Collett	Born in 1848
	34P17	Abigail Collett	Born in 1850
	34P18	William Levi Collett	Born in 1857
	34P19	Aubrey Alexander Collett	Born in 1860
	34P20	DAVID COLLETT	Born in 1861
	34P21	Caleb Reuben Collett	Born in 1863
34O6	Henry Collett was born at Appleford in 1834 and was baptised there on 19.10.1834, the last child of Charles and Mary Collett. In the June Census for Appleford in 1841 Henry was seven years old when he was living with his parents and older sister Karen.
	With no further record of Henry having been found in any subsequent census records, it must be assumed that he did not survive beyond childhood.
34O7	Philip Collett was born at Appleford in 1806 where he later found work as a farm labourer. He was married to Martha Ireson at Wantage on 27.01.1828 and they lived at Appleford where all of their children were born.
	The couple were listed in the 1841 Census for Appleford as Philip aged 35 and Martha aged 30. With them were their children Ann aged 10, Emma aged 8, Elizabeth aged 6, Jobey aged 4, Rhoda aged 2 (who was referred to as Ellen), and new baby Zillah who just seven weeks old on the sixth of June.
	Sadly, Martha died before the thirtieth of March in 1851 and the census that year indicated that the family had been split up, with some of the children living at the Abingdon Union Workhouse.
	By 1861 widower Philip was aged 55 and had living with him at Appleford his daughter Rhoda aged 21 and ten years after, the 1871 Census confirmed he was 65.
	Likewise the 1881 Census recorded that Philip was a widower aged 74 and that he was living with his married daughter Rhoda Dewe at The Cottages in Appleford where his occupation was that of a labourer.
	He was still alive and living with daughter Rhoda in 1891 when aged 84. However, he must have died in the 1890s as he was not recorded in the census immediately after the turn of the century.
	34P22	Ann Collett	Born in 1830
	34P23	Emma Collett	Born in 1832
	34P24	Elizabeth Collett	Born in 1834
	34P25	Job (Jobey) Collett	Born in 1836
	34P26	Rhoda Ellen Collett	Born in 1839
	34P27	Zillah Collett	Born in April 1841
34P1	Frances Mary Collett was born at Appleford on 22.08.1833 and was baptised there on 15.09.1833 at Sutton Courtney, the daughter of Stephen and Sarah Collett. In the 1841 she was simply listed as Fanny Collett aged
34P2	Frederick Collett was born at Appleford in 1835 where he was baptised on 05.07.1835, the son of Stephen and Sarah Collett. In the census of 1841 he was aged 5 and was living with his parents and older sister Fanny in Appleford. But ten years later in the Appleford census of 1851 Frederick then aged 15 was the only member of the family living with his father Stephen Collett.
	By 1861 Frederick was aged 25 and was still a bachelor, then living in Wantage. Sometime after, and possibly in 1865, at Kensington in London, he married the widow Amelia Smith nee Collett of Bradford-on-Avon.
	Just after she became seventeen years of age Amelia Collett married Frederick Smith at Bradford-on-Avon in the December quarter of 1859. By June 1860 her husband had died leaving Amelia with child and with only one month to go before giving birth to their son.
	The census of 1861 revealed that Amelia Smith was aged 19 and was a widow who was formerly a servant, who was then living at 15 Church Lane in Bradford-on-Avon with her nine months old son Frederick. Both mother and son were listed as having been born at Bradford-on-Avon.
	Following her marriage to Frederick Collett around four years later the couple, with Amelia’s son, moved to London where their first two children were born. It was shortly after their move to London that Frederick adopted Amelia’s son who from that time took the Collett name.
	This was confirmed by the census of 1871 which revealed that railway labourer Frederick Collett aged 35 was living at 27 Hampden Street in Paddington with his wife Amelia aged 28 of Bradford-on-Avon and her ten years old son Frederick Collett who was also born at Bradford-on-Avon.
	Missing from the family was the couple’s first born child, daughter Amelia Ellen Collett, who was born and died during the second half of 1867. However, two years after the census date Amelia presented her husband with their first son who was born while they were living in Wandsworth.
	By the mid 1870s the family had left London and had moved to Eastleigh in Hampshire. It was while they were there that their next son was born. Their time at Eastleigh was short lived as they moved again not long after and ended up at Barnstaple in North Devon.
	Rather strangely there is no record of Frederick or any member of his family listed in the 1881 Census. However, since the couple had children that were born in Barnstaple immediately before and after the date of 1881 Census, this would indicate that they were living there at that time.
	In fact just six months before the census date of 3^rd April 1881 Amelia gave birth to a son while she and Frederick were living at Trinity Street in Barnstaple. The birth certificate for their son George Henry on 5^th September 1880 made reference to the child’s father Frederick Collett working as a railway porter and the child’s mother as Amelia Collett, late Smith, formerly Collett.
	Certainly Frederick and his family were recorded as living at 45 Vicarage Street in Barnstable in North Devon in the next census on 5^th April 1891. Frederick was aged 55 and was still employed by the Great Western Railway, but was then employed as a carriage examiner. The family also had a lodger staying with them. This was John Hancock a tailor aged 28 of Barnstaple.
	Amelia of Bradford-on-Avon was aged 49 and their children were William aged 18, Albert 16, Amelia 14 and George aged 10. The two youngest children were confirmed as having been born at Barnstaple, while the two older sons’ place of birth was confirmed as Wandsworth and Eastleigh.
	Within the next ten years the family moved the very short distance from 45 Vicarage Street to number 48 Vicarage Street. At that time Frederick of Appleford in Berkshire was aged 65 and was still working as a railway carriage examiner, while his wife Amelia was 59.
	Only the couple’s 28 years old son William of Wandsworth was living with them at that time, apart that is from a boarder James Moon who was 24.
	On 2^nd April 1911, the census day, Frederick was confirmed as having been born at Appleford and was aged 75 and was living at Barnstaple with his wife Amelia who was 69. Also living with the couple was their son William Alfred Collett with his two daughters.
	Sadly it was around six month after that Frederick died at Barnstaple during the September quarter of 1911 at the age of 76. At the time of the death of Amelia during the March quarter of 1923, when aged 81, she was referred to as Amelia E Collett. It therefore seems likely that she was also Amelia Ellen as was her daughter.
	34Q1	Frederick (Smith) Collett	Born in July 1860
	34Q2	Amelia Ellen Collett	Born in 1867
	34Q3	William Alfred Collett	Born in 1873
	34Q4	Albert Charles Collett	Born in 1875
	34Q5	Amelia Ellen Collett	Born in 1878
	34Q6	George Henry Collett	Born on 05.09.1880
34P3	Moses Collett was born at Appleford in 1844. At the age of 17 he was still living with his mother Mary in the family home at Appleford but, within the next five years, he married Mary Ann who was born at Sutton Courtenay in 1846.
	By the time of the 1871 Census for Appleford, Moses was 27, Mary was 24 and their first two children were John H aged 3 and Emma A aged 1 and both born at Appleford. In the later census records Emma A Collett was referred to as Emily A Collett.
	Ten years later according to the 1881 Census Moses was aged 36 and was employed as a platelayer working for the Great Western Railway. He and his wife were living at The Cottages in Appleford where all of their children were born.
	The children at that time were John H 13, Emily 11, Susan 7, Walter 5 and Martha 2. The children’s mother Mary Ann aged 34 and of Sutton Courtenay was working as a machinist.
	At the next census in 1891 Moses was 46 and his wife Mary was aged 44. They were still living at Appleford with their children John aged 23, Susan aged 17, Walter aged 15, Martha aged 12, Robert aged 8, and Francis who was 5.
	The couple’s absent eldest daughter had left home and was living and working in Richmond. She was referred to as Emily A Collett and was confirmed as being aged 21 and born at Appleford.
	Just after the turn of the century Moses was aged 56 and was working as a carpenter on the railway, while Mary Ann was aged 54.
	At that time all of their children, with the exception of the two youngest children, were also living in Appleford. See separate entries for exact details.
	By 1911 Moses Collett was 67 and the census that year confirmed he was born at Appleford where he was also still living. Listed with him was his wife Mary Ann who was 64, and his two sons Walter William 36, and Francis who was 24.
	34Q7	John Henry Collett	Born in 1867
	34Q8	Emily A Collett	Born in 1869
	34Q9	Susan M Collett	Born in 1873
	34Q10	Walter William Collett	Born in 1875
	34Q11	Martha Collett	Born in 1878
	34Q12	Robert Collett	Born in 1882
	34Q13	Francis Samuel Collett	Born in 1886
34P4	Sarah Collett was born at Appleford in 1845 and was aged 5 and 15 in the Appleford census records for 1851 and 1861. For the latter she was living with her mother and grandmother in the family home.
	By 1871 and aged 25 it must be assumed that she was married as there was no record for a Sarah Collett of that aged born at Appleford in that census or any later census records.
34P5	Martha Collett was born at Appleford in 1837 and was aged 3 in 1841 and 13 in 1851. Around the age of 22 she married Richard Bennett who was born at nearby Shillingford in 1839 and it would seem likely that at the time of the 1861 Census Martha was expecting their first child,
	Martha was confirmed as being aged 23 and born at Appleford, while her husband was aged 21 and born at Shillingford where they were living at that time.
	It was at Shillingford that the couple’s first four children were born before the family moved, first to Stanford-in-the-Vale where their next two children were born, and after 1876 to Westrop near Highworth where their seventh child was born and where the family was living in April 1881.
	At that time Richard Bennett of Shillingford was aged 42 and was employed as an agricultural labourer, while his wife Martha was 44 and from Appleford. Their three oldest children George (born in 1861), Charles (born in 1863) and Elizabeth (born in 1865) had left the family home leaving agricultural labourer Paul aged 13, Ellen aged 8, James aged 5 and William aged 3.
34P6	William Collett was born at Appleford in 1840. He was one year old in 1841, eleven years old in 1851 and was 20 in 1861.
	At the time of the 1871 Census he was still a bachelor living at Appleford and was aged 30. Also living in the village was Mary Ann Church aged 24 and her base-born daughter Susannah aged 6. Sometime during the years after the census that year William and Mary Ann Church were married.
	Mary Ann Church was born at Sutton Courtenay in 1846 and was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Church. James, who was a shepherd, was born in 1810 at Brightwell near Wallingford while his wife was two years older and came from Sutton Courtenay.
	Mary Ann Church was also the sister of Henry Church who married Thirza Collett (below). It seems very likely that the marriage produced no children for William and Mary Ann.
	In 1881 William aged 41 and Mary Ann aged 35 were living at The Cottages in Appleford where Mary Ann’s parents were also living. William was described as a railway packer and labourer working for the Great Western Railway. The village of Appleford had a small station on the Oxford to Didcot main line known as Appleford Halt.
	Living with William and Mary Ann in 1881 was Mary Ann’s base-born daughter 16 years old Susannah Church who was described as ‘daughter-in-law’ to head of the household William Collett.
	Ten years after this William and Mary were still living at Appleford as they were just after the turn of the century when they were aged 60 and 57 respectively. No occupation was stated for William but his wife Mary A Collett was employed as an agricultural field worker.
	During the next few years it must be assumed that William passed away since, by April 1911, Mary Ann Collett who was born at Sutton Courtenay and was living at Appleford was 68 and a widow.
34P7	John Collett was born at Appleford in 1843 and was 7 in 1851 when he was living with his family at Appleford. By the age of 17 he had left home and was living and working in the Witney census registration district.
	It would appear that he married Jane towards the end of the 1860s. By 1871 the census recorded the couple as William Collett of Appleford aged 28 and his wife Jane E Collett aged 24 living in the Abingdon & Sutton Courtenay registration district which included Appleford.
	No later record of the couple has so far been found so it is not known whether the marriage resulted in the birth of any children.
34P8	Stephen Collett was born at Appleford in 1845 and was aged 5 in the Appleford census of 1851 and 15 in the one for 1861. At the time of the 1871 Census Stephen was still a bachelor and was still living at the family home in Appleford.
	However, within the next few months he married Mary who was born at nearby Clifton Hampden in 1847. Almost immediately after they were married the couple moved away from Appleford to live in Reading.
	By 1881 Stephen aged 36 was employed by the Great Western Railway as a railway guard and was working at Reading Station. At that time he and his family were living at 45 George Street in Reading. His wife Mary was 34 and of Clifton in Oxfordshire, while their three children at that time were aged 7, 4 and one year and had all been born at Reading.
	Just one further child was added to the family and in early April 1891 the family living in the St Mary parish of Reading comprised Stephen 46, Mary 44, Thomas 17, Charles 14 and Frederick aged 10. Whilst the couple’s last and youngest son appears in the 1901 Census, he was absent in 1891.
	It would appear that Stephen died during the last decade of the century since by March 1901 Mary Collett aged 54 was back living in Appleford. However, following the marriage of her eldest son Stephen she returned to Reading to live with him and his family where she was recorded as being 63 and from Clifton Hampden in the census of 1911.
	34Q14	Thomas Stephen Collett	Born in 1873
	34Q15	William Charles Collett	Born in 1877
	34Q16	Frederick J Collett	Born in 1879
	34Q17	James Valentine Collett	Born in 1881
34P9	Emma Collett was born at Appleford in 1848 and was aged 2 in the census of 1851 and was 12 in 1861, and on both occasions was living with her family at Appleford.
	By the time of the next census in 1871 Emma was married and was living at Cholsey near Wallingford. She was Emma Clifton aged 22 and had been born at Appleford. Her husband was John Clifton aged 29 and at that time the marriage had not produced any children for the couple.
	It seems likely though that Emma was with child on the day of the census since, later that year she presentation her husband with their first child. He was born at nearby Wittenham and within a year of his birth Emma and John had returned to live in Appleford where a further three of their children were born.
	According to the 1881 Census the family was living in a cottage in Appleford from where John Clifton was working for the Great Western Railway as a platelayer. He was aged 39 and had been born at Clifton Hampden on the Oxfordshire side of the River Thames.
	The census record also confirmed that Emma aged 32 had been born at Appleford and that their children were Frederick aged 9, George aged 8, Edward aged 6 and Elizabeth aged 4.
	During the next ten years a further four children were added to the family. So by 1891 the family living at Appleford comprised parents John 49 and Emma 42, and their children Frederick 19, George 18, Edward 16, Elizabeth 14, Kate 10, Jane 7, Mary 3 and the latest arrival Eliza who was not yet one year old.
	Sometime during the 1890s Emma died.
	Just after the turn of the century widower John Clifton was still working for the GWR as a platelayer and was aged 57. Living with him and also working for the GWR was his son Edward Clifton who was a telegraph labourer.
34P10	Ann Collett was born at Appleford in 1850 where she was living with her parents and was under one year old at the end of March 1851 and was aged ten in April 1861.
	On reaching the age of maturity around the age of twenty years she married Thomas Church. Shortly after they were wed Thomas’ brother Henry Church married Thirza Collett (below) who seems likely to have been her cousin. So by April 1871 Ann was listed in the census records as Ann Church aged 20 and born at Appleford where she was still living.
	By the time of the census of 1881 Ann had presented her husband Thomas Church with four children, all of whom had been born at Appleford. Thomas was considerably older that Ann, having been born in 1839.
	Their children were Anne Church aged 8, John H Church aged 6, Alice Church aged 4 and Arthur W Church aged one year. No occupation or place of birth was given for Ann’s husband.
	In 1891 Thomas was 50 and Ann was 40, but during the next ten years Thomas died leaving Ann a widow who was still living at Appleford in 1901.
34P11	Jane Collett was born at Appleford in 1852 and was aged 8 in 1861 and 18 in 1871. She was still a spinster in 1881 at the age of 27 and was working as a machinist. At that time she was still living with her parents at The Cottages in Appleford.
	Shortly after this she married Francis Prior and in 1891 the couple were still living in Appleford, where Jane was aged 38 and Francis, who was referred to as Frank, was aged 39.
	Just after the turn of the century Jane was 48 and Francis, who was working as a labourer in a local Hay & Corn Store, was 50. Jane’s place of birth was confirmed as Appleford, where the couple were living at that time, while Francis had been born at East Hagbourne.
34P12	Agnes Collett was born at Appleford in 1854 and was aged 6 and 15 in the 1861 and 1871 census records for Appleford. She married William Belcher during the late 1870s and presented him with their first child in April 1880.
	The 1881 Census confirmed that Agnes and William had left Appleford following their wedding and that they had moved to live in the village of Basildon just south of the Goring Gap. Agnes was aged 25 and born at Appleford, while her husband was 26 and had been born at Long Wittenham,
	William Belcher was working as a shepherd in April 1881 and their daughter Jane E Belcher was aged twelve months and had been born at Basildon.
	By the turn of the century the couple had returned to William’s home village of Long Wittenham where Agnes was 45 and William was 47 and was still employed as a shepherd.
34P13	Frederick A Collett was born at Appleford in 1857 and was aged 3 in 1861 and 13 in 1871. At the aged of 23 he was still a bachelor living at the family home in Appleford, from where he was working as a farm labourer.
	Sometime during the 1880s it is believed although not proved that Frederick married Kezia Harvey who was born at Sutton Courtenay. In the 1881 Census 23 years old Kezia was living with her parents at West St Helens Street in Abingdon from where she was working as a tailoress at a local factory.
	It looks very much like the couple settled down to live in Sutton Courtenay after they were married but so far no record has been found to confirm the marriage produced any children.
	In the 1901 Census for Sutton Courtenay Frederick A Collett was 43 years of age and working as the publican at an inn in the village, while his wife, referred to as Sarah of Sutton Courtenay was aged 42 and was employed as a jacket maker.
34P14	James Collett was born at Appleford in 1859 and was one year old in 1861 and 11 in 1871. In 1881 at the age of 21 he was still living with his parents at The Cottages in Appleford where he was working as a farm labourer like his brother and father.
	A few years later he married Sarah from the next village of Sutton Courtenay and they lived the early part of their life at Appleford where all of their children were born.
	By 1891 the family comprised James aged 31 and Sarah aged 25, and their children Edward 6, Florence 5, Ernest 3 and Stephen (Matthew) under one year old.
	The very next child born into the family during the following year was named Florence which may indicate the earlier Florence had died after 5^th April 1891 and before the birth of the new daughter in 1892. Over the following years leading up to 1901, a further three children were added to the family.
	By the start of the twentieth century James was 40 and was working as a domestic groom and garden, while his wife Sarah 36 was a clothing maker for a local factory. By that time in March 1901 the two oldest sons were working on a local farm, Edward was a teamster and Ernest was a plough boy.
	The remaining children were Stephen who was 10, Florence 8, Sidney 5, Margaret 2, and baby Elizabeth who was under one year old.
	Two more children were born into the family during the next decade while they were still living at Appleford. These were confirmed in the Appleford census of 1911 when James was 51, his wife Sarah was 45, and the children still living with them were Ernest 23, Stephen 20, Sidney 15, Elizabeth 10, Lawrence who was 7, and Frederick who was two.
	The two main absentees on this occasion were Florence who was already married by then, and Margaret who would have been 12. Since no trace of Margaret has been found it is possible although not confirmed, that she may have died while still a child.
	34Q18	Edward John Collett	Born in 1884
	34Q19	Florence Collett	Born in 1886
	34Q20	Ernest James Collett	Born in 1888
	34Q21	Stephen Matthew Collett	Born in 1890 at Appleford
	34Q22	Florence Collett	Born in 1892
	34Q23	Sidney Collett	Born in 1895 at Appleford
	34Q24	Margaret Collett	Born in 1898 at Appleford
	34Q25	Elizabeth Collett	Born in 1900 at Appleford
	34Q26	Lawrence Collett	Born in 1903 at Appleford
	34Q27	Frederick Collett	Born in 1908 at Appleford
34P15	Thirza Collett was a base-born child born at Appleford in 1852. In 1861 and 1871 she was aged 8 and 18 respectively and was living with her spinster mother Karen at Appleford.
	Sometime during the following year Thirza married Henry Church at Appleford. Within the first eight years of their life together the marriage produced three children for the couple as confirmed by the 1881 Census.
	According to the census Henry, who was born at nearby Sutton Courtenay, was 27 and a farm servant, while his wife Thirza was aged 28. The couple were living at The Cottages in Appleford with their three children Albert 8, Sarah 6 and George 2, all of whom were born at Appleford.
	Also living with the family were Thirza’s mother Karen Collett aged 61 (listed as mother-in-law to head of the house Henry Church) and her maiden aunt and mother’s older sister Mary Collett aged 69.
34P17	Abigail Collett was born at Appleford in 1850 and was under one year old on 30^th March 1851 and was ten years of age by the time of the 1861 Census for Appleford.
	Around the time that she was twenty Abigail married John Barrett of Ewelme near Wallingford and by 1881 the couple were living at Ewelme Street in that village. Abigail was 30 and born at Appleford, while John was aged 31.
	Their children at that time were Joseph 10, Harry 8, Frances 6, John 4, James 2 and eight month old William Levi Barrett named after Abigail’s brother (below). All of the couple’s children were confirmed as having been born at Ewelme.
	By the turn of the century Abigail was a widow aged 50 and born at Appleford to where she had returned and was living and working as a domestic servant.
34P18	William Levi Collett was born at Appleford in 1857. According to the Appleford censuses of 1861 and 1871 he was referred to as Levi Collett aged 3 and 12 respectively. However, in the 1881 Census he was listed as William L Collett aged 23, was unmarried and was working for the Great Western Railway, while still living with his parents at The Cottages in Appleford.
	It seems very likely that he married Elizabeth within the first few months just after the 1881 census. Elizabeth was born at Appleford in 1858 and both she and William were aged 32 in 1891 and were living at Abingdon where there children had been born.
	At that time the couple had just three children Elizabeth 8, Oliver 5 and Alfred L Collett aged 2, although a fourth child was added three years later.
	By 1901 William L Collett aged 43, with his wife Elizabeth aged 42, were living at Sutton Courtenay where William was employed as an ordinary agricultural labourer.
	The couple’s eldest child has so far not been traced in 1901 and is assumed to have been married by then, but their three sons were confirmed as Oliver aged 15, Alfred L aged 12 and Jesse J aged 6 and all born at Abingdon.
	Over the next few years the family left Sutton Courtenay and moved towards the west. William, Elizabeth, Oliver and Jesse ended up in Swindon, but not all living together, while Alfred was living at Faringdon in 1911.
	The Swindon census of 1911 placed William 53 and Elizabeth 52, both of Appleford, living there with their youngest son Jesse who was 16.
	34Q28	Elizabeth Collett	Born in 1882 at Abingdon
	34Q29	Oliver Collett	Born in 1885
	34Q30	Alfred Levi Collett	Born in 1888
	34Q31	Jesse James Collett	Born in 1894
34P19	Aubrey Alexander Collett was born at Appleford in April 1860 and was one year old in April 1861 and ten years of age in 1871. Between the years after leaving school and before his twentieth birthday he and his brother David (below) left Appleford and moved to live and work in South Wales.
	Both brothers worked for the Great Western Railway and it was probably this that gave them the opportunity to move to Glamorganshire, as part of the rapidly developing railway network.
	It was while he was in Wales that he met and married Mary Jane who was born in 1857 at Llaneddarne in Wales. After living in Cardiff for only a few months, where their first child was born, the young family settled at Chippenham in Wiltshire.
	Their home in Chippenham was in Union Road from where Aubrey aged 20 was employed as a telegraph clerk with the Great Western Railway. His wife was aged 23 and their daughter was one year old.
	Again the family only stayed for a short while at Chippenham, where a second daughter was born, before another move took the family to Swindon, the spiritual home of the Great Western Railway. It was while they were living at Swindon that Aubrey’s and Mary’s third daughter was born.
	It has not been established where the family was living in 1891 but it may have been at Worcester as that was where the couple’s next child was born, just after the census date in April that year.
	It would appear that another family move took place around 1892 to 1893 since Aubrey’s two youngest sons were born in the Aston area of Birmingham, where the family was living in 1901. Aubrey was recorded as being aged 40 and born at Appleford and his occupation was that of a railway clerk.
	Living with him was his wife Mary aged 42 of Llaneddarne and his children Florence 21, Beatrice 19, Margaret 13, Philip 9, Harold 6, and Edgar who was not yet one year old.
	A further move for the family took place sometime over the following years, since by 1911 they were living in the St Thomas district of Exeter in Devon. Aubrey Alexander Collett from Appleford was 50 and Mary Jane his wife was 52.
	The children still living with them were Margaret Rhoda 23, Harold Edward 17, and Edgar Boden Alexander who was ten.
	34Q32	Florence Mary Collett	Born in 1880
	34Q33	Beatrice Emily Collett	Born in 1882
	34Q34	Margaret Rhoda Collett	Born in 1887 at Swindon
	34Q35	Philip James Collett	Born in 1891
	34Q36	Harold Edward Collett	Born in 1894 at Aston, Birmingham
	34Q37	Edgar Boden Alexander Collett	Born in 1900
34P20	DAVID COLLETT was born at Appleford in January or February 1861 just prior to the census day and was recorded as being ten years of age in 1871. Together with his older brother Aubrey Collett (above), David made the move to leave the family home in Appleford before his twentieth birthday to start a new life in South Wales.
	He initially set up home at 13 Oxford Street in Roath in Glamorgan where he was living in 1881 and when he was twenty years old and employed by the Great Western Railway as a porter.
	He later became a gasworks labourer and he married Harriet Judith Free at Cardiff Registry Office on 12.02.1883. Harriet was born in Cardiff on 24.04.1863 and prior to her marriage to David she was employed as the cook at Park Grove School in Cardiff St Johns.
	Over the next ten years the marriage produced four children for David and Harriet, all of whom were born at Cardiff where they were living in 1891. At that time David was 30 and born at Appleford, while Harriet was 28 and their children were William 7, Joseph 5, Alice 3, and Harriet who was 2.
	It would appear from the birth dates of the couple’s next four children that the family continued to live at Cardiff until the end of the century when they followed David’s brother Aubrey (above) to live in the Aston area of Birmingham.
	According to the 1901 Census, David was confirmed as having been born at Appleford, was aged 40 and was employed as a labourer at the local gas works. His wife Harriet was 39 and from Cardiff, where all of their eight children at that time had been born.
	Their children on that occasion were listed as William aged 17, (Joseph) C aged 15, Alice 13, Harriet 12, Abigail 9, Patranella 7, David 4 and Mary aged 2. As David named some of his children after his own brothers and sisters is it very likely that the L in son William’s name was Levi, like that of his oldest brother William Levi Collett.
	On the actual census day at the end of March 1901, it seems highly likely that David’s wife was expecting their ninth child, which was born later that same year, and that this was followed two years later by the couple’s final addition to the family.
	The family’s address in April 1911 was 71 St Margaret’s Road at Ward End in the Aston district of Birmingham. Head of the household David Collett from Appleford was 50 and at that time he was still employed as a gasworks labourer. The census return confirmed that he had been married to his wife for twenty-eight years and that she, Harriet Judith Collett, was 49 and from Cardiff in South Wales.
	Seven of their ten children were still living with them at that time, and these were their sons Joseph who was 25, David 15, Caleb 9, and James 7, and their daughters Abigail who was 19, Patranella 17, and twelve years old Mary. The birthplace for all of the older children was confirmed as Cardiff, while the two youngest children were confirmed as having been born after the family moved to Birmingham.
	There was one other person living with the family at Ward End in 1911 and this was a Harriet Judith Collett’s nephew J A Free from Cardiff who was thirteen years of age and attending school.
	Of the couple’s three ‘missing’ children, eldest son William was known to have been married before 1911, and this may well apply to the two daughters Alice and Harriet, since no record of them as Collett has been found in the 1911 Census.
	No further details are available regarding the family’s later life, except that it is known that Harriet Judith Collett died in 1951 at nearly ninety years of age.
	34Q38	William L Collett	Born in 1883
	34Q39	JOSEPH CHARLES COLLETT	Born in 1885
	34Q40	Alice E Collett	Born in 1887 at Cardiff
	34Q41	Harriet P Collett	Born in 1889 at Cardiff
	34Q42	Abigail Collett	Born in 1891
	34Q43	Patranella Collett	Born in 1893
	34Q44	David Collett	Born in 1896
	34Q45	Mary Collett	Born in 1898
	34Q46	Caleb Collett	Born in 1901
	34Q47	James Collett	Born in 1903
34P21	Caleb Reuben Collett was born at Appleford in 1863 and was aged 7 in 1871. He initially found work as a farm labourer in the early part of his life after leaving school and in 1881 he was aged 17 and still living at the family home at The Cottages in Appleford.
	It seems very likely, although not proved, that he left Appleford and moved to London where he met and married Mary Ann who was born at Stoke Newington and who was three years older than Caleb. It would also appear that they had just the one child who was born at Bayswater.
	By the time of the 1901 Census the family had moved out of London and was living in the All Saints district of Hereford. Caleb was confirmed as being aged 37 and born at Appleford and was working as a railway engine driver. Mary Ann was aged 40 and their daughter Beatrice was 11.
	By 1911 the family of three were still living in the City of Hereford where Caleb was 47, his wife Mary Ann was 50, and their daughter Beatrice Mary Collett was 21.
	34Q48	Beatrice Mary Collett	Born in 1889 at Bayswater
34P23	Emma Collett was born at Appleford in 1832 and was baptised there on 27.01.1833. She gave birth to a base-born son William in 1860, the child first being identified as one year old in the 1861 census for St Aldates in the City of Oxford where Emma was living at that time.
	Living not far away from Emma in St Aldates was her future husband Charles Collett of Whelford in Gloucestershire who was possibly the father of her child. Just over two years later between April and June 1863 Emma married Charles Collett at Oxford and was very likely with child as her second son was born later that same year.
	For further details of the continuation of this family line see Part 37 – The Oxford City Line (Ref. 37N5)
34P26	Rhoda Ellen Collett was born at Appleford in 1839 and was listed as Hellen aged 2 in the 1841 Census. Ten years after in 1851 she was listed as Rhoda aged 11 and was still living with her family in Appleford. And a further decade later she was Rhoda E Collett aged 21.
	Sometime after April 1861 she married farm labourer Benjamin Dewe who was born in 1837 at Sutton Courtenay. The marriage produced four or more children, all of whom were born at Appleford.
	In 1881 Rhoda aged 42 was working as a seamstress while her husband Benjamin aged 43 was working as a farm labourer. Living with them at The Cottages in Appleford were their four children who were all born at Appleford.
	Their children were Edwin Dewe aged 11, Marsden Dewe aged 9, Florence M Dewe aged 6 and Annie D Dewe aged 2.
	Also living with the family at that time was Rhoda’s widowed father Philip Collett aged 74 who was listed as a labourer born at Appleford.
	Rhoda’s father was still living with the family in 1891 aged 84 but died during the next few years. It may have been this event that resulted in Rhoda and Benjamin leaving Appleford since in 1901 they were living at nearby Culham close to the River Thames.
	Both were listed as being aged 62 with Rhoda employed as a tailoress, while Benjamin was working as a cowman on a local farm.
34Q1	Frederick Collett was born at Bradford-on-Avon around July of 1860 and had been originally named Frederick Smith. His mother was Amelia Collett who had been born eighteen years earlier and who had married Frederick Smith at Bradford-on-Avon in the December quarter of 1859.
	Sadly Frederick Smith senior never got to see the birth of his son as he died within six months of being married to Amelia, his death being registered at Bradford-on-Avon during the second quarter of 1860.
	Frederick’s mother then met and married Frederick Collett of Appleford, following which the three of them left Wiltshire and headed for London. Once there arrangements were made for Frederick to take up the Collett surname as confirmed by the entry in the census of 1871.
	The census confirmed that Frederick Collett who was aged 10 years and born at Bradford-on-Avon, was living at 27 Hampden Street in Paddington with his mother Amelia Collett aged 28, also born at Bradford, and her husband Frederick Collett aged 35 from Appleford in Berkshire.
	By 1873 the family were living at Wandsworth and by 1875 they had moved again, this time to Eastleigh in Hampshire. Another move followed very soon after this which indicated Frederick’s family was living in Barnstaple.
	No record of Frederick or his parents has been found in the 1881 Census even though he had siblings born at Barnstaple either side of the date of the census. And no further records have been found for Frederick in subsequent census details, even though his parents reappear in 1891.
	A search of the census returns for 1901 and 1911 also revealed no evidence that Frederick was living in the UK so it may be that he had left there shores or had passed away.
34Q2	Amelia Ellen Collett was born at London and was baptised at the Holy Trinity Church in Paddington on 07.07.1867. She survived for only a few months and died during the final quarter of that same year.
34Q3	William Alfred Collett was born at Wandsworth in London in 1873. Although there is no apparent record of him or his family in 1881, he was aged 18 in 1891 when living in the family home at 45 Vicarage Street in Barnstaple. His occupation at that time was that of a cabinet maker.
	Ten years later and William was still working as a cabinet maker and was still living in Barnstaple, although the address was then 48 Vicarage Street. The census entry confirmed he was 28 and born at Wandsworth and the only member of the family still living with his parents.
	During the third quarter of 1902 he married Emily Eliza Kidd at Barnstaple. However, the marriage only last for three years as, in the September quarter of 1905, Emily died at Barnstaple at the age of 30 leaving he husband with twin daughters.
	Only one Emily E Kidd was listed in the 1881 Census and she was aged 6 and born at Bedlington in Northumberland. Her parents were saddler Thomas Kidd and his wife Sarah, both from Northumberland and living at Front Street in Bedlington at that time.
	The year before Emily married William she was living with her widowed mother and younger brother Watson Kidd at Jesmond near Newcastle and was aged 26.
	Following the death of his wife, William took his two daughters to live with their grandparents. This was confirmed by the census of 1911 when William was 38 and was living at the home of his parents Frederick and Amelia Collett in Barnstaple with the twins for were seven years old.
	34R1	Doris Gwendoline Emily Collett	Born in 1903 at Barnstaple
	34R2	Edna Queenie Ellen Collett	Born in 1903 at Barnstaple
34Q4	Albert Charles Collett was born at Eastleigh in Hampshire in 1875. Like all of his family there was no record of him in 1881, but by 1891 he was 16 and a cabinet maker working with his older brother William (above) and living in the family home at 45 Vicarage Street in Barnstaple.
	Sometime during the months of July to September 1900 Albert married Emily Darch who was born at Barnstaple in 1872. Emily was the daughter of John and Ann Darch of 11 Union Street in Barnstaple and her place of birth in the 1881 Census was given as Barum in Devon, like that of all of the Darch children.
	The census in the spring of 1901 recorded Albert as 26 and his place of birth as Southampton (near Eastleigh). His occupation at that time was that of a cabinet maker. Emily was 28 and her place of birth was given as Barnstaple. Although there were no child listed with the couple on that occasion, it is very likely that Emily was pregnant with the first of their six children.
	By April 1911 the census return for Barnstaple listed the family as Albert Charles of Southampton 38, his wife Emily 39, and their six children as Ada 9, Florrie 7, Annie 6, Frederick 4, Alfred 2, and baby Emily who was just seven months old.
	34R3	Ada May Collett	Born in 1901 at Barnstaple
	34R4	Florrie Amelia Ellen Collett	Born in 1903 at Barnstaple
	34R5	Annie Maude Mary Collett	Born in 1904 at Barnstaple
	34R6	Frederick George Henry Collett	Born in 1906 at Barnstaple
	34R7	Alfred Ernest John Collett	Born in 1908 at Barnstaple
	34R8	Emily Collett	Born in Aug/Sept 1910 at Barnstaple
34Q5	Amelia Ellen Collett was born at Barnstaple in early 1878 but was aged 12 in the census of 1891. She was living with her parents at 45 Vicarage Street in Barnstaple at that time, where she was employed as a dressmaker.
	Living with the family as a lodger in 1891 was 28 years old tailor John Hancock of Barnstaple. It may have been through him that the fourteen year Amelia was introduced to the seventeen year tailor John Lavercombe whom she later married.
	And so it was towards the end of 1899 that Amelia married John Lavercombe who was born in 1873 at Bratton Fleming on the western edge of Exmoor. John was the son of William and Elizabeth Lavercombe of Bratton Fleming.
	It would appear that the couple were living in Barnstaple at the time of the 1901 Census and already had one child by the end of March that year. The census revealed that Amelia was aged 23 and her husband was 27 and that his occupation was that of a tailor.
	The child living with them at Barnstaple was new born baby Hilda M E Lavercombe who was born at Barnstaple. In addition there was, in the same census but recorded as being at Bratton Fleming, a John H Lavercombe who seems more than likely to be their slightly older son, perhaps staying with his grandparents, thus leaving Amelia and John free to look after the younger sibling.
34Q6	George Henry Collett was born at Barnstaple on 05.09.1880. His mother Amelia registered the birth while the family was living at Trinity Street in Barnstaple. George’s father was employed as a railway porter by the Great Western Railway. No record of the family has been found in April 1881 but ten years later in 1891 George was living with his family at 45 Vicarage Street in Barnstaple aged ten.
	By the end of the century George had left Devon and headed north to Leeds where in 1901 he was aged 20 and was working as a coach smith. At that time he was living in the Headlingley-with-Burley registration district and his place of birth was confirmed as Barnstaple.
	It may be of interest to note that also living in that same area were two other Colletts. These were photographer Clara Collett nee Elliott aged 26 from Moorthorpe in Yorkshire and Lina Collett a 16 years old domestic servant who was born at Barwick-in-Elmet near Leeds.
	It has since been established that Lina Collett, who was born in 1884, was the daughter of blacksmith William Richard Collett of Barwick-in-Elmet and Mary Hannah Todd of nearby Thorner. Details of this family are contained in Part 36 – The Leeds Line under Ref. 36R2.
	A couple of years later George married Emily with whom he had a daughter during the following years.
	According to the census in April 1911 George was still living in the Headingley-with-Burley district of Leeds. The census return listed George Henry Collett of Barnstaple as 31, and with him was his wife Emily who was 35 and their daughter Emily who was five years old.
	34R9	Emily Gladys Collett	Born in 1905.
34Q7	John Henry Collett was born at Appleford in 1867, where he was baptised on 24.11.1867 the son of Moses and Mary Ann Collett. He was three years old in the census of 1871 and thirteen ten years later in 1881, and he was still living at the family home in 1891 at the age of twenty-three.
	In the 1901 Census he was simply listed as John Hy Collett aged 33 and born at Appleford. He was working as a domestic servant but unfortunately his place of residence at that time just stated Berkshire.
	Almost immediately after the census day in 1901 John married Sarah and their only son was born during the following year although it has not been determined where the couple were living at that time.
	However, eight years later in April 1911 John and Sarah were both 42 and living in Wallingford in Oxfordshire with their son Henry John who was 8.
	34R10	Henry John Collett	Born in 1902
34Q8	Emily A Collett was born at Appleford in 1869 and was aged 1 and 11 in the following two census records. At the aged of 21 Emily, who was confirmed as having been born at Appleford, was living in Richmond-on-Thames in London.
	Some where around the mid 1890s Emily appears to have married Mr Beaumont with whom she had two children, the first born at Appleford and the second born at nearby Didcot.
	In March 1901 Emily was confirmed as living at Appleford where she was born and was aged 31. There was no record for her husband but the children were Frederick Beaumont 4 and Walter Beaumont who was one year old. Two more children were added to the family over the following years.
	Whether Emily’s husband was a soldier or not, is not known, except that he was also absent from the family home at Abingdon in April 1911. According to the census return Emily Beaumont from Appleford was 42, and with her were just three of her four children. These were Walter 11, Annie 9, and Harry 7.
34Q9	Susan M Collett was born at Appleford in 1873 and was aged 7 in the 1881 Census and 17 in 1891 and on both occasions she was living with her family at Appleford. Ten years later she was still a spinster and was still living at Appleford aged 27 with no stated occupation.
	A little while later Susan married Frank Boulter with whom she had a son before the couple settled in Swindon where they were living in 1911. Susan of Appleford was 37, her husband Frank was 36, and their son Frank Boulter junior was three years old.
34Q10	Walter William Collett was born at Appleford in 1875 and was 5 in early April 1881 and 15 in 1891. On leaving school he joined his father Moses as an employee of the Great Western Railway.
	By the turn of the century he was aged 25 and was still living at Appleford with his parents where he was now a bricklayer’s labourer with the GWR.
	Ten years later at the age of 36 Walter William Collett was still a bachelor living in Appleford with his parents and younger brother Francis (below).
34Q11	Martha Ann Collett was born at Appleford in 1878 and was aged 2 in the census of 1881 and 12 in 1891. Just after the turn of the century Martha, who was born at Appleford, was living at Chiswick in London where she was working as a general domestic servant aged 22.
34Q12	Robert Collett was born at Appleford in 1882 and was aged 8 at the time of the Appleford census of 1891. Upon leaving school and reaching the required entry age Robert join the army and was recorded in the 1901 as an infantry private aged 19.
34Q13	Francis (Samuel) Collett was born at Appleford in 1886. However there is a slight puzzle regarding his name. In the Appleford census of 1891 he was listed with his family at Francis aged 5. By 1901 he was still living with his family at Appleford when he was recorded as Samuel Collett aged 15.
	Ten years later in April 1911 he was again living with his elderly parents at Appleford and was the mentioned in the census return as Francis Collett aged 24. It is therefore possible that his second name was Samuel, although no other record has been found to prove or disprove this.
34Q14	Thomas Stephen Collett was born at Reading in 1873 and was aged 7 in 1881 and was living with his parents at 45 George Street in the town. By 1891 he was 17 and still living with his family in the parish of St Mary in Reading.
	Ten years later Thomas was still living in Reading where he was 27 and where he married Emily not long after the census day in 1901. Over the next ten year Emily presented Thomas with four children while they were living in Reading, and during this time Stephen’s widowed mother also joined the household.
	All of this was confirmed by the Reading census of 1911 when Thomas Stephen was 37, his wife Emily was 35, and their four children were Emily 9, Thomas 6, Eva 3, and Vera who was eleven months. Living with the family was Thomas’ mother the 63 years old widow Mary Collett of Clifton Hampden.
	34R11	Emily Collett	Born in 1902
	34R12	Thomas Collett	Born in 1904
	34R13	Eva Collett	Born in 1907
	34R14	Vera Collett	Born in May 1910
34Q15	William Charles Collett was born at Reading in 1877 and was aged 4 and living with his family at 45 George Street in 1881 and aged 14 in 1891.
	Just before the end of the century he married Louisa, a Reading girl who was born there in 1871, with whom he had one child prior to the 1901 Census. In this the family of three was listed as still living in Reading where 24 years old William was working as a shunter with the Great Western Railway. Louisa was 30 and their son was not yet one year old.
	A further five children followed, but by the end of the next decade William Charles Collett and his son Robert William Collett were absent from the 1911 census return and have not been traced to any in the UK.
	The family without father William and son Robert was listed in the Reading census of 1911 as follows. Louisa of Reading was 40, and the five children with her were Walter 9, William 7, Leslie 5, Leonard 2, and one year old Stanley.
	34R15	Robert William Collett	Born in 1899
	34R16	Walter James Collett	Born in 1901
	34R17	William Frederick Collett	Born in 1903
	34R18	Leslie Albert Collett	Born in 1905
	34R19	Leonard Ernest Collett	Born in 1908
	34R20	Stanley Thomas Collett	Born in 1910
34Q16	Frederick J Collett was born at Reading in 1880 and was just one year old at the time of the 1881 Census and ten years old in 1891. No record of Frederick has been found in either of the census returns for 1901 and 1911 so he may have left the country or been abroad with the services.
34Q17	James Valentine Collett was born at Reading in 1881 and at the age of twenty years he was living and working in the Kensington area of London as a commercial clerk.
	It would appear that James was not married by the time he was 30 in 1911 and at that time he was still living and working within the Kensington district of London. The only other Collett living in that area was Susannah Elizabeth Collett who was 56 years of age, although so far no connection with her has been made.
34Q18	Edward John Collett was born at Appleford in 1884 and was six years old in the Appleford census of 1891 and was still living there with his family in 1901 when he was 15 and was working as a teamster on a farm with his brother Ernest (below).
	During the next ten years Edward moved to Oxford and in 1911 he was living and working in the Cowley area of the city, within the Headington registration district. He was listed as being 24 and his place of birth was confirmed as Appleford.
	It was very likely while he was in Oxford that Edward met and married Rose Elizabeth, the wedding taking place prior to Edward joining the army in preparation for the First World War.
	However, it was as Sergeant Collett 12748 with the 5^th Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regiment that he was tragically killed in action on 01.05.1917.
	At the time of his death his wife was living at Bedford Road in Wilshamstead which today is known as Wilstead and is just south of Bedford.
	He was buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery at Saulty in Pas de Calais – Grave IX.F.II. His name is also listed on the War Memorial in the village of Wilstead.
34Q19	Florence Collett was born at Appleford in 1886 and was 5 at the time of the Appleford census of 1891. However, it would seem likely that she died shortly after the census day since, within the next twelve months or so, a second daughter born into the family was given the name Florence in 1892.
34Q20	Ernest James Collett was born at Appleford on 21.01.1888 and was two years of age in April 1891. Ten years later in 1901 Ernest was 13 and was working with his older brother Edward (above) as a plough boy at a local farm in Appleford.
	Thirty months later Ernest ceased working on the land when he took up employment with the Great Western Railway at the nearby mainline station at Didcot. This happened on 12^th October 1903 but, for whatever reason, did not last very long when only less than five month later his employment ceased at Didcot on 25^th February 1904.
	Seven years later when Ernest was a single man of twenty-three he was still living at home with his parents in Appleford.
34Q22	Florence Collett was born at Appleford in 1892, where she was living with her family in March 1901 at the age of eight years. Almost ten years later Florence married Albert W Meadham who was almost twice her age. According to the Appleford census of 1911 Albert was 35 and Florence was 18.
34Q29	Oliver Collett was born at Abingdon in 1885 and was aged 5 in the 1891 Census when living at Abingdon with his family. Ten years later he had left school and the family had moved the short distance to Sutton Courtenay where at the aged of 15 he was working as an errand boy for a stationery company.
	During the first ten years of the new century Oliver and his brother Jesse (below) and their parents moved to Swindon, although by 1911 Oliver was not living with them in their new family home. At that time Oliver of Abingdon was unmarried at the age of 25.
34Q30	Alfred Levi Collett was born at Abingdon in 1888 and was two years old at the time of the 1891 when he and his family were still living in Abingdon. Sometime during the latter half of the next decade the family left Abingdon and moved the few miles to nearby Sutton Courtenay where they were living in March 1901 when Alfred was 12.
	Sometime between 1901 and 1911 Alfred’s family left Sutton Courtenay and moved west to Swindon where his parents and two brothers were living in April 1991. At that time Alfred from Abingdon was living and working in Faringdon where he was a bachelor of 22.
34Q31	Jesse James Collett was born at Abingdon in 1894 but shortly after he was born his parents moved to nearby Sutton Courtenay. In the census of 1901 Jesse was six years old and was living there with his family.
	Jesse was the only child of William and Elizabeth Collett of Appleford who was still living with his parents by April 1911, by which time the three of them were living in Swindon where Jesse was 16 and his place of birth was confirmed as Abingdon.
34Q32	Florence Mary Collett was born at Cardiff in 1880 and very soon after she was born her parents moved to Chippenham in Wiltshire, where according to the census of 1881, Florence was one year old and living at Union Road with her parents.
	By 1901 her family had moved to Birmingham via Swindon at which time Florence was 21 and living in the Aston district of the city with her family.
	During the early 1900s Florence married William Ernest Burlington and by April 1911 the couple were living at Solihull, where Florence Mary Burlington from Cardiff was 30 and her husband was 32. The marriage had produced no children for the couple by that time.
34Q33	Beatrice Emily Collett was born at Chippenham in 1882 and very likely while her family were living at Union Road in the town. Over the following years her father’s work on the railways took the family first to Swindon, and then on to Birmingham.
	In March 1901 Beatrice was 19 and living with her family in the Aston area of Birmingham. Some years after she married Arthur Henry Jones with whom she moved back to Chippenham which is where they were living in 1911 with their 7 years old daughter Gladys Evelyn Fell Jones.
34Q35	Philip James Collett was born in 1891 but it is unclear where this may have taken place as his family moved around a great deal because his father worked on the railways, although they were living in the Worcestershire area around that time.
	What is known is that in March 1901 Philip was 9 and he and his family were living in the Aston district of Birmingham, while ten years later in 1911 when he was 19 he was living and working at Taunton in Somerset, while his parents were living in Exeter.
34Q37	Edgar Boden Alexander Collett was born at Aston in Birmingham in 1900 and was one year old at the time of the Aston census of 1901. Sometime in the years after this, his family moved south to the county of Devon and in April 1911 they were recorded as living in the St Thomas district of Exeter where Edgar Boden Alexander Collett was ten years of age.
	It would appear not longer after the end of the First World War that Edgar was married to Florence, following Florence presented Edgar with a son who was born in 1920.
	Although no evidence has so far been found to support this, but it might seems that Edgar and Florence remain living near the south coast as their son eventually became a seaman with the Royal Navy.
	However, by the time Edgar and Florence received the tragic news that their son had been killed in action during the Second World War in 1940, the couple had returned to Edgar’s root in the West Midlands and were living in Dudley.
	34R21	John Edward Collett	Born in 1920
34Q38	William L Collett was born at Cardiff in 1883 and was aged 7 in the 1891 Census for Cardiff when he was living at the family home. By the turn of the century the family had left Cardiff and was living in the Aston area of Birmingham where William was employed as an electricity maker aged 17.
	Within the next ten years William married Annie with whom he later had a daughter. According to the census of 1911 William L Collett of Cardiff was 27 and was still living in Aston. With him was his wife Annie E Collett who was 32 and their three years old daughter, also named Annie E Collett.
	There is a possibility that William L Collett was in fact William Levi Collett, so named after his uncle.
	34R22	Annie E Collett	Born in 1907
34Q39	JOSEPH CHARLES COLLETT was born at Cardiff during the second quarter of 1886 and was aged 5 in 1891. His family left Cardiff around the turn of the century and in the 1901 Census he was listed as Joseph C Collett aged 15 from Cardiff who was living with his family in the Aston area of Birmingham where he was working as a chandelier fitter.
	Ten years later Joseph Collett from Cardiff was twenty-five and was still living with his family at 71 St Margaret’s Road in Ward End. The census return listed him as the oldest child living with his parents, David Collett of Appleford and Harriet Judith Collett (nee Free) of Cardiff, at that time.
	On that occasion Joseph was unmarried and his occupation was that of a motor engine fitter, presumably employed at a local garage or car construction factory.
	Just over five years later Joseph Charles Collett married Sarah Kendall during the fourth quarter of 1916. In the Aston census of 1901 Sarah was a spectacle-case maker aged 13, and she had been born at Birmingham in the first quarter of 1888, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Kendall.
	Tragically Sarah died between January and March in 1925 when she was only thirty-seven years old. This may have been as a result of a failed childbirth, although that is only speculation.
	However, it is understood but not yet confirmed that, Joseph later married for a second time following the death of Sarah, and that he lived with his second wife until his death in 1949.
	34R23	IVY ELIZABETH COLLETT	Born on 02.07.1918
	34R24	Vera Collett	Born on 24.10.1920
34Q42	Abigail Collett was born at Cardiff in 1891, the third daughter of David Collett and Harriet Judith Free. Sometime after 1896 the family left Wales and moved to Birmingham, very likely for work reasons. In 1901 the family had settled in the Aston district of the city where Abigail was recorded as being nine years old and from Cardiff.
	By the time Abigail was nineteen she was working in factory where her younger sister Patranella may also have been employed at that time in March 1901. Abigail was still living with her parents at 71 St Margaret’s Road in Ward End in the Aston registration district of Birmingham.
34Q43	Patranella Collett was born at Cardiff in 1893 and was around three or four years old when he family moved to Birmingham. It was there in the Aston district that she was living with her family in 1901 when she was seven years old.
	On leaving school, it would appear that Patranella secured work with her sister Abigail at a local factory since, in the census of 1911 when she was seventeen and living with her parents at 71 St Margaret’s Road in Ward End, she was described as a factory worker.
34Q44	David Collett was born at Cardiff in 1896 just prior to his family moved north to settle in the Aston area of Birmingham. And it was there that he was recorded in March 1901 as being age four years and from Cardiff.
	Ten years later David had begin his working life when, at the age of fifteen, he was employed as errand boy at the Austin Morris factory in Small Heath not far from Ward End where he was living with his parents at 71 St Margaret’s Road.
34Q46	Caleb Collett was born at Aston in Birmingham in 1901, but this would have been after the day of the census that year, which was on the thirty-first March. It is possible, although not confirmed, that his parents may have been living at 71 St Margaret’s Road in Ward End at the time of his birth, since that was their address in early April 1911.
	The Aston district census that year confirmed that Caleb Collett was nine years old and the youngest son (at that time) of gasworks labourer David Collett from Appleford, and his wife of twenty-eight years Harriet Judith Collett nee Free.
	Sometime during the next few years Caleb’s brother James Collett (below) died in a barn fire, and it was at this tragic time in his life that Caleb took the name James as a mark of respect for his brother. It is rumoured that the brothers were twins, although this is not borne out by their respective ages in 1911, when James was two years younger than Caleb.