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Joseph Hunter COLLINSON (1886 - 1947)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Joseph Hunter COLLINSON (1886 - 1947)	William Hunter COLLINSON (1840 - 1916)	James COLLINSON
			Mary IRELAND
		Dorinda ARMSTRONG (1854 - 1904)	James ARMSTRONG
			Martha (ARMSTRONG)

b. 1886

d. 1947 at Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia aged 61

Near Relatives of Joseph Hunter COLLINSON (1886 - 1947)
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	Joseph Hunter COLLINSON	1886		1947	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	61
Brother	Jim George COLLINSON	1879	Queensland, Australia	1961	Queensland, Australia	82
Sister	Dolly COLLINSON	1880	Queensland, Australia	1951	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister	Edith COLLINSON	1883
Sister	Mary Matha COLLINSON	1883		1954	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	71
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 Joseph Hunter COLLINSON (1886 - 1947)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1873		Death of step mother Jemima Eliza KNATT	Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1886		Joseph Hunter COLLINSON was born		Note 2
1904	18	Death of mother Dorinda ARMSTRONG (aged 50)	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	60
1916	30	Death of father William Hunter COLLINSON (aged 76)	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	See burial record
1947	61	Joseph Hunter COLLINSON died	Yatee, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia	Ancestry tree

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: Age 18 on mothers death cert in 1904

Note 3: 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.

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