

Harold was the executor for the effects (£4,574, 15s 1d) of his mother Sarah Ann when she died on 27 December 1942. When Ada Louise died on 8 January 1929, her widowed sister Sarah Ann (with whom she was living) was the executrix for her effects of £1,907 16s 8d.

Collingwood's mother died at his home in Norwood on 9 October 1898, with her daughter Ada Louise as the executrix of her effects of £1,308 11s 11d. Harold was the nephew who registered Collingwood's death in 1922. The couple had one child, Harold Ernest Smellie (11 April 1881 – 30 April 1961). Sarah Anne married Mathew Smellie in St Michaels, Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire on 30 June 1880. Ada never married and lived with her sister after leaving the paternal home. By then Collingwood's father had died, and his mother continued to live with her daughters until here death. Both women were shown as drapers assistants in the 1871 census. Was born and 12 when his sister Sarah Anne (1 June 1853 – 27 December 1941) was born. He was eight when his sister Ada Louise (c. Ĭollingwood was the first of three children for the couple. His application for Associate Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers gives his birth date as. The Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography notes that most references, except his birth certificate, give his date of birth as 1851. His birth certificate shows that he was born in Weymouth, Dorset on at 9:30am at Concord Place. 6.1 Sample illustrations from a Collingwood bookĬollingwood was the eldest son of master mariner Captain William Lancaster (1813 – (1861 – 1871)) and Anne, née Cosens (c.

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