Gertrude Collins

Gertrude Mary Collins

Born: 25 April 1892, Boston 

Father: James Squire Collins (b. 1851)

Mother: Emily Collins (b. 1851)

Brothers: Arthur S Collins (b. 1881), Ernest Collins (b. 1883), Sidney Stewart Collins (b. 1888)

Sisters: Edith Collins (b. 1879), Frances E Collins (b. 1886), Bertha Collins (b. 1890), Evelyn A Collins (b. 1895)

In 1901 –

 She is at Hoffleet Stow, Bicker, Boston. Her father is listed as ‘Farmer’. Her brothers, Arthur and Ernest, are listed as ‘Farmer Son’. Gertrude, her mother and siblings, Edith, Frances, Sidney, Bertha and Evelyn are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at Hoffleet Stow, Bicker, Boston. Her father and brother, Sidney, are listed as ‘Farmer’. Her mother and sisters, Bertha and Evelyn, are unlisted. Gertrude is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’.  

In 10/13 – 

PT at Wigtoft Parochial School. 

Qualification: Oxford Senior Local 1909. 

In 10/15 – 

Appointed to Birmingham (Supply).

In 1921 – 

She is at 27 Havelock Road, Hastings as a boarder. The head of the house, Mary Maud Ball (b. 1876), is listed as ‘Boarding Housekeeper’. Her daughter, Dorothy Hilda Kathleen Ball (b. 1915), is listed as ‘Book Keeper’. Her daughter, Madge Ball (b. 1915), is unlisted. Gertrude and Alice May Needham (b. 1895) are listed as boarders and ‘Elementary School Teachers’. There is a visitor, Ernest George Siverns (b. 1874), listed as ‘Dentist’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at Flat 4, Hanover House, Royal Breeds Place, Hastings. She is with Alice M Needham (b. 1895). Both are listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

d.         9 May 1960, Hastings

COLLINS, Gertrude Mary of Flat 4 Hanover House Breeds Place Hastings, spinster died 9 May 1960. Administration Lincoln 28 June to Sydney Stewart Collins, retired farmer. Effects £4265, 7s, 7d.