[Index]
Edith COLLINSON (1883 - )
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Edith COLLINSON (1883 - ) William Hunter COLLINSON (1840 - 1916) James COLLINSON



Mary IRELAND



Dorinda ARMSTRONG (1854 - 1904) James ARMSTRONG



Martha (ARMSTRONG)



b. 1883
Near Relatives of Edith COLLINSON (1883 - )
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather James COLLINSON
Grandmother Mary IRELAND
Grandfather James ARMSTRONG
Grandmother Martha (ARMSTRONG)

Father William Hunter COLLINSON 1840 England OR Melbourne? 1916 Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia 76
Mother Dorinda ARMSTRONG 1854 Carvan, Ireland 1904 Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia 50
Step Mother Jemima Eliza KNATT 1873 Queensland, Australia

Self Edith COLLINSON 1883

Brother Jim George COLLINSON 1879 Queensland, Australia 1961 Queensland, Australia 82
Sister Dolly COLLINSON 1880 Queensland, Australia 1951 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 71
Sister Mary Matha COLLINSON 1883 1954 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 71
Brother Joseph Hunter COLLINSON 1886 1947 Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia 61
Sister Elizabeth (Lizzie) COLLINSON 1888 1892 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 4
Brother Fred James COLLINSON 1892 Queensland, Australia 1963 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 71
Step Brother William MARTIN 1862
Step Sister Hellena MARTIN 1864 1943 Queensland, Australia 79

Nephew George Hunter COLLINSON 1908 Queensland, Australia 1991 Gympie, Queensland, Australia 83
Niece Hazel Mary COLLINSON 1908 Queensland, Australia 1989 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 81
Nephew Jim William Victor COLLINSON 1911 Queensland, Australia 1973 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 62
Niece Dorinda Alice Madley COLLINSON 1915 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Alexander DRAPER 1904
Nephew Norman William Collinson DRAPER 1905 Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Sister in Law Emma Eliza Merey BOULTER 18 Feb 1875 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1954 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 79
Brother in Law Herbert Allen Cecil DRAPER 1875 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia 1939 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 64
Brother in Law A L NEVITT
Brother in Law George Alfred HUGHES 1878 Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia 1916 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 38
Sister in Law Catherine May MACLEOD 1894 Queensland, Australia 1963 Cairns, Queensland, Australia 69
Brother in Law Charles William LEVIS
Events in Edith COLLINSON (1883 - )'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1873 Death of step mother Jemima Eliza KNATT Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1883 Edith COLLINSON was born
1904 21 Death of mother Dorinda ARMSTRONG (aged 50) Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia Note 2 60
1916 33 Death of father William Hunter COLLINSON (aged 76) Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia See burial record
Edith COLLINSON died (no date) Note 3
Note 1: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Name
Jemima Eliza Collinson
Death Date
10Mar1873
Death Place
Queensland
Father's Name
James Knatt
Mother's Name
Mary
Registration Year
1873
Registration Place
Queensland
Registration Number
000162
Page number
2868
Note 2: See burial record

Morning Post (Cairns) 12 Feb 1904
Death of Mrs W. H. Collin-
son.
On Tuesday morning when the death
of Mrs W. H. Collinson was known in
Cairns, the flags throughout the town
were flown half-mast high, expressions of
regret and sympathy with Mr Collinson
and family were heard on all sides, and it
was a foregone conclusion that the funeral
cortege would be one of the largest ever
seen in the district.
The deceased, who at the time of her
death was 50 years of age, had been a
resident for over 27 years, and was
universally respected and loved through-
out the length and breadth of the Cairns
district. The hospitality of Emerald Park
was proverbial, and in the olden days,
before the advent of the tramway, open
house was kept. It was nothing unusual
for 20 or 30 people to sit down to dinner
at least four days out of the week, and no
one thought of passing Emerald Park to
or from town without calling and par-
ticipating in the lavish hospitality which
prevailed. It was the rendezvous of the
whole district, and nearly the whole of
the younger-generation at Hambledon,
Wright's Creek, and Mulgrave looked
upon the late Mrs Collinson as a second
mother. This fact was testified to in a
most eloquent way when the service at
the grave side was being read. At least
half of those present completely broke
down, and the funeral service was read
amidst tears and sobs that almost ren-
dered the service inaudible.
A special tram conveyed about 60
Cairns residents to Emerald Park on
Tuesday afternoon, and when the sad
procession wended its way to the Emerald
Park Cemetery, at least 200 people took
part in it.
The coffin was smothered with flowers,
wreaths, and crosses. The pall bearers
were Messrs J. Lyons, M.L.A., J. Bastin,
W. Hannaysee, D. O'Hara, W. Banner,
and F. Lynehe. Kev. E. A. Fox read the
burial service in a most impressive manner,
but, as before stated, his words were
hardly audible owing to the manifesta-
tions of sincere grief round the grave-
side.
The deceased leaves a husband, two
daughters, and three sons, to mourn their
loss, and the utmost sympathy is extended
to them in this, their dark hour.
Note 3: Not alive in 1916 - not listed as living on death cert of father in 1916