" Collins Genealogy 1 "

Hertfordshire to India / 1st to 3rd Generations

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See also Chuck Genealogy and De Kutzleben Genealogy

Thomas Collins
Lieut. Adj. 2^nd Regiment
H.M.s Royal Dragoon Guards
(The Queens Bays)
British Army

b. 30.10.1775
Lichfield. Staffordshire. ENG.
d. 15.09.1827
Dorchester. Dorset. ENG.

married 22 Oct 1799
Susanna Chuck

Parents John and Anne Chuck
of Ware Hertfordshire

b. 1774
Ware. Hertfordshire. ENG.
d. 09.08.1865
Ware. Hertfordshire. ENG.

they had five children >

Thomas Chuck Collins
Susanna Collins
Edward Chuck Collins
Margaret Collins
Anne Elizabeth Collins

Families of the children above...
 

Thomas Chuck Collins
Capt. Of H.M.s 44^th Regiment
British Army

b. 1801
Bristol. Avon. ENG.
 d. 13.01.1842
Gundamuck,
Khord Kabool Pass.
Afghanistan

^{Colonel Pollocks Memoirs}
A record of the
1st War of Afghanistan,
and the  last records
of Thomas s own regiment.

Another account of
_{The 1st War in Afghanistan}

There is also information
of Thomas in a book called
Hertfordshire
Past and Present
by Marice Ferrara
which I am still in the process
of finding as it is now out of print

No spouse or children.

Susanna Collins

b.1803
Queens County Ireland
d. 23.12.1885
Ware. Hertfordshire. ENG.

Living in
Baldock Street Ware
at the time of the
1881 British Census. 

No spouse or children.

Edward Chuck Collins
Veterinary  Surgeon
16th Regiment Light Cavalry
British Army

b. 1806.
Chichester. Dorset. ENG.
d. 16. 07. 1863
Ware. Hertfordshire. ENG.

Details regards an
1830 book titled,
_{'A List of Officers
at Fort St. George'.}
It says: 8th Regiment of Light Cavalry - Arcot.
(Battle Honour - Mahidpoor). Edward Chuck Collins.
Date of commission
25th September 1830.
Vety Surgeon.

Retired from Bengal Army -
Discharge papers of
Bengal Army European Soldiers as
Edward De Kutzleben Collins.
5th Light Cavalry.
He may have inherited his Father in Laws Baronetage, as there may not have been male heirs in the
De Kutleben line.
ref. IOR/L/MIL/10/307/169 (n.d.).
5th Bengal European Light Cavalry.
ref. IOR/L/MIL/10/307. 1859-1861.

Edward married
(1st) in 1835 India
Gertrude Wrottesly De Kutzleben
baptised in Madras India 1816
buried some time between
1841 and 1847

Marriage to
Gertrude Wrottesley De Kutzleben
_{Oriental India Office Records}
Madras India 1835
vol17/pg54 IOR.
There is also a Roman Catholic reference at C/96.

1st daughter of
Lieutenant Colonel Baron
William Wrottesly de Kutzleben
Married
(1st) Susan Wooler
(2nd) Elizabeth Unknown

Son of
Christian Moritz Wiesner
von Kutzleben
(7.12.1749 - 28.8.1798)
and
Dorothy Wrottesly
Married
11.6.1780 in Berlin / Germany

The Baron's  2nd and 3rd daughters were
Gertrude Wrottesley
de Kutzleben's step sisters
being daughter of 2nd wife
Elizabeth Unknown
Matilda Catherine Alicia
de Kutzleben
who married
Captain John R L Curtis,
8th Regiment
Madras Native Infantry.
and their daughter was
Elizabeth Harriette
De Kutzleben,
b 29 Jan 1859, d 20 Nov 1924.

Edward married (2nd)
in Madras India 1847
Carolyn Eliza Floyd

b. 1829 Arcot India
d. Brighton. Sussex. ENG.
there were in all twelve children >

1st marriage

Edward Thomas Collins
baptised Madras India 1837
Anne Margaret Collins
baptised Madras India 1838
Susanna Gertrude Collins
b. 08.06.1840. Kamptee India
baptised 16.12.1840

2nd marriage

Caroline S Collins
b. 1849 India
Doctor Charles E Collins
b. 1850 India
Doctor Floyd Collins
b. 1851 India
Florence M Collins
b.1854 Ware. Hert. ENG
Reverend Percy Collins
b. 1856. Ware. Hert. ENG.
d. 1941. Bexhill.Surrey. ENG.
Sophie L Collins
b. 1858. Amwell. Hert. ENG.
Reverend
George Grantham Collins
b. 1860. Amwell. Hert. ENG.
Bertha Miriam Collins
b. 1862. Ware Hert Eng.

According to the
British Census of 1881,
Edwards family above,
were living at their house in
Ware called 'Laurels'.

At home were
Caroline E. age 52,
Susan G. age 40,
Caroline S. age 32,
Florence M. age 26,
Sophie L. age 22,
George G. age 20,
and Bertha M. age 18.

Caroline was listed as a
widow and an annuitant.
George as an undergraduate at Cambridge studying Theology.
Bertha as a pupil.
All listed as unmarried.

According to the
British Census of 1901
the family were still in residence at 'Laurels'

At home were
Caroline E. age 72.
Susanna G. age 60.
Florence M. age 46.
Sophie L. age 42.
Bertha M. age 38.

All were listed as
'Living by own means'

According to the
British Census of 1901
Doctor Floyd Collins age 48
b. 1851 India

Listed as living at
St. Pancras London
and was a
Medical Practioner

According to the
British Census of 1881,
Doctor Charles Collins age 31
b. 1850 as a British Subject
Bangalore Mysore India

With wife
Lucy E. Unknown age 27
b. Nottingham

And Daughter
Gertrude Lillian Floyd. age 1
b. East Grinstead Sussex

Listed as living at
London Road
East Grinstead Sussex
and was a
Medical Profession Licentiate
R.C.P.L. and M.R.C.S.

According to the
British Census of 1901
Doctor Charles Collins age 50
b. 1850 as a British Subject
Madras India

Listed as living at
London Road
East Grinstead Sussex
and was a
Physician and Surgeon

 Margaret Collins

b. 1811
Ireland
21. 02. 1852.
killed in the India uprising
Bellary. Madras. India

married
George Travers
Sayers Carruthers
Capt. 1^st Regiment
Madras Native Infantry

No children to this marriage.
George went on to marry again
and had quite a few children
with his next wife.

The only other references
I have found so far of a
George Trevor Sayers Carruthers,
are a cadetship at Martineres,
promoted to Captain
in June 1847,
to Major in June 1856,
and retired 30.06.1861.

Anne Elizabeth Collins
b. 1819
Tipperary Eire
d. 05. 01. 1900
Ware. Hertfordshire. Eng.

Married abt. 1831
Henry Page
b. 1812
d. 16. 01. 1898
Ware. Hertfordshire. Eng.

One child to this marriage >

Anne Elizabeth Page
b. 1843
d. 6.10.1912
married 22.09.1869
Lieutenant
Richard Benyon Croft
R.N. J.P. D.L.

_{Croft Lineage
Click here}

b. 09. 07. 1843
North Okendon Essex
d. 28. 01. 1912
Fanham Hall
Ware Hertfordshire ENG

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