William John Collins

1873 - 1954  (80 years)

• Name	William John Collins
  Birth	8 Aug 1873	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1]
  	Parents: William John Collins & Harriet Blight
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jun 1954	Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand   [2]
  	Was cremated at Palmerston North Cemetery - recorded on their database as Dorothy Collins
  AAA Last Date	31 May 2020
  Notes	William was married twice before he married Emma. Firstly to Catherine Dean 22 Dec 1902. Catherine died in 1909 He remarried to Martha Pawsey, on the 29 April 1917. She had been married previously and divorced. He and Emma divorced in 1940, and it appears from his Probate that he may have remarried to a Dorothy White in 1940.
  Person ID	I2085	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Family	Emma Ada Bromley,   b. 26 May 1875, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 18 Feb 1950, Sunnyside Hospital, Riccarton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1928	Residence of Rev H J Odell, 67 Brougham Street, Sydemham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [3, 4]
  	William John Collins, aged 55, bootmaker, divorced September 1924, born Christchurch, res Sydenham Emma Ada Pauling, aged 53, Widow, 4th July 1924, born Christchurch, res Sydenham Witnessess: W Backshall, Christchurch, Oil Store workman and R? Gallop, Sydenham, machinist
  Divorce	29 Oct 1940	Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand   [5, 6]
  	Notes in the paper state that Emma had left William in May 1935 and had not returned.
  		COLLINS William John to Emma Ada Collins Manawatu Standard 27 July 1940
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Aug 1873 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1873 NZ Online Database: 1873/32946. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), Folio No 1872, June Qtr 1954 NZ Online Database: 1954/25546 - Aged 80. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), 1928 Folio No 8555. [S1] Certificate held on file:, Supplied by Dennis Pauling. [S43] Dennis Pauling, Supplied by Dennis Pauling, Recipient: Ailsa Corlett, Address: Auckland, New Zealand, Author E-mail: dennis.pauling@actricx.co.nz, (Name: Various dates starting 2001;), Letter dated 10 Dec 2004 with photo of Alfred. Photo and article published in the Weekly Press 12 may 1915, Collection held at the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch. [S40] NZ Records Housed at National Archives, Record Type: Archives, Held Wellington Archives, Item ID R26012729, Box 24/ Record No D16/40 - 1940 Collins, William John v Collins, Emma Ada.