The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Cecil Fred Colley (1880-1968)

Personal data Cecil Fred Colley 

  • He was born on September 2, 1880 in Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
    First name(s) CECIL FRED
    Last name COLLEY
    Birth year 1880
    Birth quarter 4
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District Yeovil
    County Somerset
    Country England
    Volume 5C
    Page 408
  • He was christened on July 21, 1889 in Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
    Name: Cecil Frederick Colley
    Baptism Date: 21 Jul 1889
    Baptism Place: Thorne Coffin, Somerset, England
    Parish as it Appears: Thorne Coffin
    Father: Bennet Colley
    Mother: Elizabeth Colley
  • Profession: from 1901 till 1939 Carpenter.
  • 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: Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1901 Address Thorne Parish Thorne Registration District Yeovil Image Reference RG13/2299/F? Found 6 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      Bennett Colley 57 1844 Head Beaminster, Dorset Carpenter
      Elizabeth Colley 53 1848 Wife Sevenoaks, Kent
      Henrietta Colley 25 1876 Daughter Thorne, Somerset School Teacher
      Cecil F Colley 20 1881 Son Thorne, Somerset Carpenter
      Percival Colley 17 1884 Son Thorne, Somerset Carpenter
      Violet E Colley 12 1889 Daughter Thorne, Somerset
    • in the year 1911: 15 Sparrow Lane, Yeovil, Somerset.
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      15 Sparrow Lane Yeovil, Yeovil, Somerset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      Cecil Fred Colley Head Married Male Carpenter 30 1881 Thorne Somerset
      Gertrude Blanche Colley Wife Married Female - 30 1881 Yeovil Somerset
      Phyllis Elizabeth Colley Daughter - Female - 0 1911 Yeovil Somerset
      Caroline Louisa Hutchings Mother In Law Widow Female - 69 1842 Winsham Somerset
    • from 1939 till 1968: 106 Preston Grove, Yeovil, Somerset.
      Colley Household (3 People) 106 Preston Grove , Yeovil M.B., Somerset, England

      First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
      Cecil F Colley 02 Sep 1880 Carpenter
      Gertrude (Blanche) Colley 20 Feb 1881 Housewife Unpaid
      Lucy G M Saunders 12 Mar 1913 Invalid
  • He died on October 4, 1968 in Yeovil, Somerset. England, he was 88 years old.
    First name(s) CECIL F
    Last name COLLEY
    Gender Unknown
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1880
    Age 88
    Death quarter 4
    Death year 1968
    District Yeovil
    County Somerset
    Volume 7C
    Page 676
    Country England
  • Probate on October 29, 1968 naar Winchester, Hampshire. England.
    Effects ¹4,344
  • A child of Bennett Colley and Elizabeth Quinnell
  • This information was last updated on September 21, 2021.

Household of Cecil Fred Colley

He is married to Gertrude Blanche Hutchings.

They got married on September 2, 1907 at Yeovil, Somerset. England, he was 27 years old.

First name(s) CECIL FRED
Last name COLLEY
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1907
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ CECIL FRED COLLEY married one of these people
Lily Louise Ricketts, Gertrude Blanche Hutchings
District Yeovil
District number -
County Somerset
Country England
Volume 5C
Page 775

Child(ren):

  2. Violet Amanda Colley  1916-2003 


Notes about Cecil Fred Colley

Possible Children from this marriage...
Colley Sybil Alice 1907 - 1907 England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Yeovil, Somerset, England
Colley Phyllis E 1910 — 1910 England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Yeovil, Somerset, England
Colley Lucy G M 1913 - 1913 England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Yeovil, Somerset, England (YES)
Colley Violet A 1916 — 1916 England & Wales Births 1837-2006 Yeovil, Somerset, England (YES)

Parents Bennett Colley 1844–1916 Elizabeth Quinnell 1849–

Spouse & Children Gertrude Blanche Hutchings 1881–1971

Phyllis Elizabeth Colley 1910–1997 Lucy Gertrude May Colley 1913–1940 Violet Amanda Colley 1916–2003

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 2, 1880

    • The temperature on September 2, 1880 was about 18.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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 August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1880: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 27 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp.
      • February 13 » Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission.
      • June 29 » France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
      • July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
      • September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
      • November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

    Christening day July 21, 1889

    • The temperature on July 21, 1889 was about 18.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
      • February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
      • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
      • July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
      • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
      • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

    Day of marriage September 2, 1907

    • The temperature on September 2, 1907 was between 7.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 18.0 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
      • May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
      • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
      • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
      • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
      • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
      • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

    Day of death October 4, 1968

    • The temperature on October 4, 1968 was between 15.0 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1968: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
      • January 5 » Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".
      • January 21 » A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
      • January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
      • March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
      • April 20 » English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
      • August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
    

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