Elizabeth Fanny (Collins) Handley (1883 - 1967)

Born 24 Oct 1883 in Berries Farm, Cudham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Willy Handley — married Jul 1911 (to 30 Jul 1945) in Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Died 30 May 1967 at age 83 in Durham South Eastern, Durham, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Elizabeth (Collins) Handley was born in Cudham, Kent, England.

Name: Elizabeth Fanny Collins
Christening Date: 01 Dec 1883
Christening Place: Cudham, Kent, England
Father's Name: John Collins
Mother's Name: Jemima Jesie

Geographical Note and Social context: "Cudham is an extensive parish and widely-scattered village, in Ruxley Hundred, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, and Union and County court district of Bromley, west Kent, situated west of the high road from London to Seven Oaks. The area is 5,869 acres. Here is a wood 2 miles long. The soil clayey, with great quantity of flint, but very fertile; and the population, in 1851, was 897. The church of St Peter and St Paul is an old building of flint and brick, with a steeple rising from the centre. There is a chapel for the Wesleyans, and National schools, erected in 1851, which are supported by voluntary contributions."^[1]

Name: Elizabeth Fanny Collins
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Event Place: Cudham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Age: 17
Relationship to Head of Household: Grand Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1884
Birthplace: Cudham, Kent

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Daniel Collins Head M 75 Kathorpe, Lincolnshire
Francis Collins Wife F 69 Knockholt, Kent
John Collins Son M 45 Cudham, Kent
Jemima Jessie Collins Daughter-In-Law F 39 Rotherhithe, London
Elizabeth Fanny Collins Grand Daughter F 17 Cudham, Kent
William John Collins Grand Son M 14 Cudham, Kent
Arthur Collins Grand Son M 9 Cudham, Kent
George Collins Grand Son M 7 Cudham, Kent
Thomas Daniel Collins Grand Son M 5 Cudham, Kent
Eva Jessie Collins Grand Daughter F 0 Cudham, Kent
William Brey Servant M 57 Maidstone, Kent

Name: Elizabeth Fanny Collins
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1911
Event Place: Cudham, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Age: 26
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: FARMERS DAUGHTER HEPING AT HOME
Number in Family: 4
Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Birthplace: Cudham, Kent
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
John Collins Head M 54 Cudham, Kent
Jemima Jessies Collins Wife F 49 London Bermondsey, London
Elizabeth Fanny Collins Daughter F 26 Cudham, Kent
William John Collins Son M 24 Cudham, Kent

Marriage Event Place: Bromley, Kent, England
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Year: 1911
Spouse: William Handley

Handley home 1921

Handley Census of 1921

Transcript
Bridgham Park Stud, Bridgham, Norfolk
William Handley, Head, 38 years 3 months, Stud Groom, Mr T Musker, Bloodstock Breeder, Bridgham Paddocks, Bridgham Attlebow. Note Bridgham lies 7 miles east of Thetford.
Elizabeth Fanney Handley, Wife, 37 years 7 months, Home Duties
Arthur W Handley, Son, 8 years 10 month
Thomas J Handley, Son, 7 years 2 month

1939 National Registration: Paddocks Wynyard, Stockton R.D., Durham, England, Handley household
(4 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status
William Handley 28 Feb 1883 Male Stud Groom Married
Elizabeth Fanny Handley 24 Oct 1883 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Arthur William Handley 08 Aug 1912 Male Heavy Chemical Worker Single
Thomas John Handley 04 Apr 1911 Male Joiner Single

Elizabeth Handley BIRTH 1883 DEATH 30 May 1967 (aged 83–84) BURIAL St. James' Churchyard, Thorpe Thewles, Stockton-on-Tees Unitary Authority, County Durham, England MEMORIAL ID 241072811

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/crockenhill-gravesend/cudham

Collins Family Tree

• Hand drawn family tree of John Collins
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYJ5-45D : 11 February 2018, Jemima Jesie in entry for Elizabeth Janey Collins, 01 Dec 1883); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 2,145,472.
• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9FS-371 : 20 May 2019), Elizabeth Fanny Collins in household of Daniel Collins, Cudham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Orpington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWD4-VPK : 28 June 2019), Elizabeth Fanny Collins in household of John Collins, Cudham, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26W3-B1Z : 13 December 2014), Elizabeth F Collins, 1911; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1911, quarter 3, vol. 2A, p. 1219, Bromley, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript/preview?id=TNA/R39/2873/2873A/010/24
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241072811/elizabeth-handley: accessed 22 September 2022), memorial page for Elizabeth Handley (1883–30 May 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 241072811, citing St. James' Churchyard, Thorpe Thewles, Stockton-on-Tees Unitary Authority, County Durham, England; Maintained by Edward Nicholl (contributor 47937277) .