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Personal data William Albert Colley 

  • He was born on 4TH Q 1872 in Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
    First name(s) WILLIAM ALBERT
    Last name COLLEY
    Birth year 1872
    Birth quarter 4
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District Yeovil
    County Somerset
    Country England
    Volume 5C
    Page 489
  • He was christened on December 29, 1872 in Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
    Name: William Albert Colley
    Baptism Date: 29 Dec 1872
    Baptism Place: Thorne Coffin, Somerset, England
    Parish as it Appears: Thorne Coffin
    Search Photos: Search for 'Thorne Coffin' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
    Father: Bennet Colley
    Mother: Elizabeth Colley
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  • Profession: in the year 1911 Sheet Metal Worker.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1881 Address Thorne Road Parish Thorne Coffin Registration District Yeovil Image Reference RG11/2393/F? Found 7 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      Bennett Colley 37 1844 Head Beaminster, Dorset Carpenter Employing 1 Man and Joiner
      Elizabeth Colley 35 1846 Wife Sevenoakes, Kent
      Henry E Colley 9 1872 Son Thorne Coffin, Somerset Scholar
      William A Colley 8 1873 Son Thorne Coffin, Somerset Scholar
      Henrietta A Colley 5 1876 Daughter Thorne Coffin, Somerset Scholar
      Cecil F Colley 7 M 1881 Son Thorne Coffin, Somerset
      Abraham Gayland 13 1868 Boarder Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset Scholar
    • in the year 1891: Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1891 Address Thorne Thorne House Registration District Yeovil, Yeovil Image Reference RG12/1899/F? Found 8 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Bennett Colley 47 1844 Head Beaminster, Dorset Carpenter and Joiner
      Elizabeth Colley 42 1849 Wife Sevenoaks, Kent
      Henry E Colley 19 1872 Son Thorne, Somerset Carpenter and Joiner
      William A Colley 18 1873 Son Thorne, Somerset Firemans Apprentice
      Henrietta Med Colley 15 1876 Daughter Thorne, Somerset Monitor In Elementry School
      Cecil F Colley 10 1881 Son Thorne, Somerset Scholar
      Percival Colley 7 1884 Son Thorne, Somerset Scholar
      Violet E B Colley 2 1889 Daughter Thorne, Somerset
    • in the year 1901: 22 Cambridge Street, Basingstoke, Hampshire.
      Name: William Colly Age: 28 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873 Relation to Head: Boarder Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Tovil, Somerset, England Civil Parish: Basingstoke Town: Basingstoke County/Island: Hampshire Country: England
      Registration District: Basingstoke Sub-registration District: Basingstoke ED, institution, or vessel: 01 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1107 Folio: 13 Page Number: 18 Household Schedule Number: 113 Household Members: Name Age
      George L String 36 Mary A String 42 Laura S String 13 William Colly 28
    • in the year 1911: 46 Jervis Road, Stamshaw, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      46 Jervis Road Stamshaw Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      William Albert Colley Head Married Male Sheet Metal Worker 37 1874 Thorne Nr Yeorist Somerset
      Ada Margaret Colley Wife Married Female - 33 1878 Shaftesbury Dorset
      William Bennett Colley Son - Male - 4 1907 Salisbury Hilts
      Edith Violet Colley Daughter - Female - 2 1909 Portsmouth Hants
    • in the year 1939: St. James Mental Hosp,Arp Casualty Hosp, Portsmouth, Hampshire.
      Household (1 Person) St James Mental Hosp,Arp Casualty Hosp , Portsmouth C.B., Hampshire, England

      First name(s) Last name(s) Role DOB Occupation
      William A Colley P 21 Oct 1872 Sheet Metal Worker Heavy Worker
  • He died on 2ND Q 1943 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. England, he was 71 years old.
    First name(s) WILLIAM A
    Last name COLLEY
    Gender Male
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1873
    Age 70
    Death quarter 2
    Death year 1943
    District Portsmouth
    County Hampshire
    Volume 2B
    Page 677
    Country England
  • A child of Bennett Colley and Elizabeth Quinnell
  • This information was last updated on September 19, 2022.

Household of William Albert Colley

He is married to Ada Margaret Beckford (Cotton).

They got married on April 24, 1905 at St John, Newport, Maindee Monmouthshire, Wales, he was 33 years old.

First name(s) WILLIAM ALBERT Last name COLLEY Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1905 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ WILLIAM ALBERT COLLEY married one of these people Beatrice Ann Gardner, Ada Margaret Cotton District Newport (Monmouthshire) District number - County Monmouthshire Country Wales Volume 11A Page 351
Name: Ada Margaret Cotton Gender: Female Marriage Age: 27 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: 1878
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1905 Marriage Place: Newport, Maindee St John, Monmouthshire, Wales Father: John Beckford Cotton
Spouse: William Albert Colley Page number: 225

NAME: William Albert Colley GENDER: Male MARRIAGE AGE: 31 RECORD TYPE: Marriage BIRTH DATE: 1874 MARRIAGE DATE: 24 Apr 1905 MARRIAGE PLACE: Newport St John Evangelist, Monmouthshire, Wales
FATHER: Bennett Colley SPOUSE: Ada Margaret Cotton PAGE NUMBER: 225 (SEE PHOTO)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Albert Colley

Charles Longman Colley
1817-1885
Elizabeth Little
1820-1880
Enoch Quinnell
1810-1887
Catherine Willis
1812-1887

William Albert Colley
1872-1943

1905

Ada Margaret Beckford (Cotton)
1876-1950


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    Historical events

    Christening day December 29, 1872

    • The temperature on December 29, 1872 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • March 5 » George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
      • March 16 » The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
      • June 14 » Trade unions are legalized in Canada.
      • September 18 » King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
      • December 9 » In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
      • December 21 » Challenger expedition: HMSChallenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.

    Day of marriage April 24, 1905

    • The temperature on April 24, 1905 was between 2.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
      • May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
      • June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
      • September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
      • September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
      • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.

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