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Thomas COLLINS (1840 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William Alexander COLLINS (1876 - 1945)	Thomas COLLINS (1840 - ) + Henrieta (Hetty) BROWN ( - 1898)

b. 1840

m. 1866 Henrieta (Hetty) BROWN ( - 1898) at Ballywillan, Antrim, Ireland

Near Relatives of Thomas COLLINS (1840 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	Thomas COLLINS	1840
Wife	Henrieta (Hetty) BROWN			1898	Queensland, Australia
Son	William Alexander COLLINS	1876	Coleraine, Ireland	1945	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	69
Daughter in Law	Frances Evelyn (Evie) PRITCHARD	1894	Frankford, Tasmania, Australia	1990	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	96

Events in Thomas COLLINS (1840 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1840		Thomas COLLINS was born		Marriage reg
1866	26	Married Henrieta (Hetty) BROWN	Ballywillan, Antrim, Ireland
1876	36	Birth of son William Alexander COLLINS	Coleraine, Ireland	Note 1
1898	58	Death of wife Henrieta (Hetty) BROWN	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1945	105	Death of son William Alexander COLLINS (aged 69)	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52, 60

Note 1: Obit William Alexander Collins in the Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911 Name William Alexander Collins Gender Male Birth Date 27 Feb. 1876 Birth Place Coleraine, Londonderry, Ireland Father Thomas Collins Mother Henrietta Collins Browne FHL Film Number 255944

Note 2: Hetty Collins in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Hetty Collins Death Date 30 Sep. 1898 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1898 Registration Place Australia Father John Brown Mother Annie Rankin Registration Number 004434 Page number 4920

Note 3: William Alexander Collins in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name William Alexander Collins Death Date 8 Oct. 1945 Death Place Queensland Registration Date 1945 Registration Place Australia Father Thomas Mother Hetty Brown Registration Number 004356 Page number 424 Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) 17 Oct 1945 Late Mr W. A. Collins One of the best known citizens of the Port Curtis district, Wil- liam Alexander Collins, passed away at his residence, Auckland Hill, Gladstone, last week after a lengthy illness. Born at Coleraine County Derby, Ireland, in 1876, the late Mr Collins came to Aus- tralia when a child. In his voun ger days he was employed by the CQME Co, Ltd. He enlisted in the first AIF in October, 1916, at | Rockhampton, and saw service in France with the 107th howitzer battery. He was discharged in 1918 owing to the effects of gas. In 1920, the late Mr Collins ac cepted the position of superinten- dent of the Ubobo soldier settle ment area, where he remained for three years, and was then appoint- ed land ranger at Gladstone, which position be held until ill-health compelled him to retire in 1935. He married Miss F. E. Pritchard of St Leonard's Tasmania in 1927. Cue daughter, Margaret Anne, is a pupil at the Glennie School, Too- woomba. The late Mr Collins wa 6 a prominent member of the Glad- stone sub-branch of the BSSAILA a member of the Masonic frater- nity and the Gladstone Bowling Club. He was of a studious na- ture, with a quiet reserved dis- position and had a large circle of friends in all parts of the district and other portions of the State. His funeral, which took place from St Saviour's Church of England, was largely attended. The Rev Kirby officiated at thc church and at thc graveside, the pall bearers were'Messrs A. H. P. Friend (Masonic Lodge). P. A. Friend (RSSAILA), A. W. Drewe (Bow- ling Club), G. Matthews (Publi Service, and J. R. F. McDonald and L. Bartlet (long-standing friends).

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death reg of son

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