The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Bennett Colley (1844-1916)

Personal data Bennett Colley 

  • He was born on 1ST Q 1844 in Beaminster, Dorset. England.Source 1
    First name(s) BENNET
    Last name COLLEY
    Birth year 1844
    Birth quarter 1
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District Beaminster
    County Dorset
    Country England
    Volume 8
    Page 4
  • He was baptized on March 31, 1844 in Beaminster, Dorset. England.
    Name: Bennet Colley
    Baptism Date: 31 Mar 1844
    Baptism Place: Beaminster, Dorset, England
    Father: Charles Colley
    Mother: Elizabeth Colley
  • Occupations:
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1851 Address Thorne Parish Thorne Registration District Yeovil Image Reference HO107/1930/F?
      Found 4 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      Charley Colley 34 1817 Head Sparkford, Somerset Painter
      Elizabeth Colley 30 1821 Wife Chilthorne, Somerset Painters Wife
      Bennett Colley 7 1844 Son Beaminster, Dorset Scholar
      Sarah A Colley 2 Mo 1851 Daur Thorne, Somerset
    • in the year 1861: Thorne Street, Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1861 Address Thorn Street Parish Thorne Coffin, Tintinhull Registration District Yeovil
      Image Reference RG9/1644/F? Found 5 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation

      Charles Longman Colley 44 1817 Head Sparkford, Somerset Glazier and Painter
      Elizabeth Colley 40 1821 Wife Chilthorne, Somerset Dress Maker
      Bennett Colley 17 1844 Son Beaminster, Dorset Apprentice Carpenter
      Sarah Ann Colley 10 1851 Daughter Mouncoffin, Somerset Scholar
      Mary Taylor 73 1788 Lodger Martock, Somerset
    • in the year 1871: Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 2419; Folio: 78; Page: 22; GSU roll: 835176.

      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1871 Address Thorne Coffin Parish Thorne Registration District Yeovil RG10/2419/F? Found 3 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Relation Birth Place Occupation
      Bennett Colley 27 1844 Head Beaminster, Dorset Carpenter & Joiner
      Elizabeth Colley 22 1849 Wife Sevenoaks, Kent
      Alfred C Colley 1 1870 Son London

      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Bennett Colley Head - Male 27 1844 - Dorset, England
      Elizabeth Colley Wife - Female 22 1849 - Kent, England
      Alfred C Colley Son - Male 1 1870 - Surrey, England
    • in the year 1881: Thorne Road, Thorne Coffin, Somerset.Sources 1, 2, 5
      Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2393; Folio: 100; Page: 13; GSU roll: 1341576.
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2299; Folio: 141; Page: 3.
      RG14PN14401 RG78PN869 RD309 SD3 ED9 SN76

      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 Road, Thorne Coffin, 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: Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
      Census Transcript Household Somerset 1911 Address Thorne, Nr Yeovil, Somerset Civil Parish Thorne Sub District Martock Registration District Yeovil Image Reference RG14 - PN14401 RD309 SD3 ED9 SN76 Found 3 Results.
      Forename Surname Age Year Born Gender Relation Marriage Status Years Married Birth Place Occupation
      Bennett Colley 67 1844 Male Head Widower Beaminster, Dorset Carpenter & Joiner
      Percival Colley 27 1884 Male Son Single Thorne Yeovil Carpenter & Joiner
      Voilet Eva Beatrice Colley 22 1889 Female Daughter Single Thorne Yeovil Domestic
  • He died on 2ND Q 1916 in Yeovil, Somerset. England, he was 72 years old.
    Name: Bennett Colley
    District: Yeovil... County: Somerset... Year: 1916... Quarter: 2... Year of Birth: 1844... Age: 72... Volume: 5c... Page: 0470...

    First name(s) BENNETT Last name COLLEY Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year 1844
    Age 72 Death quarter 2 Death year 1916 District Yeovil County Somerset Volume 5C Page 470
    Country England
  • He is buried on April 14, 1916 in St. Andrew, Thorne Coffin, Yeovil, Somerset.
    First name(s) Bennett
    Last name Colley
    Age 72
    Birth year 1844
    Death year 1916
    Burial year 1916
    Burial date 14 Apr 1916
    Church St Andrew
    Denomination Anglican
    Place Thorne Coffin
    County Somerset
    Country England
  • A child of Charles Longman Colley and Elizabeth Little
  • This information was last updated on April 8, 2021.

Household of Bennett Colley

He is married to Elizabeth Quinnell.

Their notice of marriage was on from May 23, 1869 till July 6, 1869 in St. George the Martyr, Southwark, London.

Name: Bennett Colley
Gender: Male
Record Type: Bann
Marriage Banns Date: 1869
Marriage Banns Place: St George the Martyr, Southwark, England
Spouse:
Elizabeth Quinnell
Register Type: Parish Register
They got married on June 7, 1869 at St. George the Martyr, Southwark, London, he was 25 years old.

Name: Elizabeth Quinnell Spouse Name: Bennett Colley Spouse Age: Full Age Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 7 Jun 1869
Parish: St George the Martyr County: Middlesex Borough: Southwark Father Name: Enoch Quinnell Spouse Father Name: Charles Colley

First name(s) ELIZABETH Last name QUINNELL Marriage quarter 2 Marriage year 1869 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ ELIZABETH QUINNELL married BENNETT COLLEY District ST. GEORGE SOUTHWARK District number -
County London Country England Volume 1D Page 152

Child(ren):

  5. Cecil Fred Colley  1880-1968 
  6. Percival Colley  1884-1975 

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Sources

  1. 1881 Census England, 1881 Census
  2. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911
  3. 1871 Census England 2nd April 1871
  4. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
  5. 1901 Census England, 31st March 1901

Historical events

Christening day March 31, 1844

  • The temperature on March 31, 1844 was about 8.0 °C. There was 836 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt mist. Special wheather fenomena: . Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1844: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • March 21 » The Bahá'í calendar begins. This is the first day of the first year of the Bahá'í calendar. It is annually celebrated by members of the Bahá'í Faith as the Bahá'í New Year or Náw-Rúz.
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Day of marriage June 7, 1869

  • The temperature on June 7, 1869 was about 28.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1869: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • May 4 » The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought in Japan.
    • May 15 » Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
    • May 26 » Boston University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
    • July 25 » The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).
    • November 11 » The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.

Day of burial April 14, 1916

  • The temperature on April 14, 1916 was between 2.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
    • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
    • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
    • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
    • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
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