James Collins (abt. 1871 - 1909)

Died 12 Feb 1909 at about age 38 in Tongue Point, Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

A victim of the 1909 SS Penguin Shipwreck

of Charleston, West CoastThis person was mentioned in the Wanganui Herald on 17 February 1909 in Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.^[1]This person was mentioned in the Marlborough Express on 15 February 1909 in Marlborough, New Zealand.^[2][3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12697, 17 February 1909, Page 5
   Papers Past Article (accessed 14 April 2023)
   
   WELLINGTON, February^ 16. To-day's inquiries have not altered the number of those drowned by the wreck of the Penguin, but the name of Miss Jennings, previously appearing in the list of dead, must be deleted. She had booked to come on the fatal voyage, but did not join the vessel and is now safe at Blenheim. This reduction, however, is counterbalanced by the addition of the name of Mr James Collins, of Charlestown, near Westport, who was travelling to Wellington to attend a conference of Foresters. His name did not appear in the passenger list, but his presence on board the steamer is placed beyond doubt. Mr Collins was 38 years of age, and unmarried. f A previous wire stated that Mr Collins had been attending a Foresters' conference at Blenheim and was going on to Wellington for a holiday.
2. ↑ "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 40, 15 February 1909, Page 8
   Papers Past Article (accessed 14 April 2023)
   
   ANOTHER PASSENGER.
   AUCKLAND, Feb. 15- . Mrs Derham,. an Auckland resident, has received a telegram stating that her brother, Mr James Collins, a passenger from Westnort, was on tho Penguin, intending to visit Auckland. His name does not appear an the lists published.
3. ↑ "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 40, 17 February 1909, Page 3
   Papers Past Article (accessed 14 April 2023)
4. ↑ Burial: "New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007"
   New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 60547 #74830 (accessed 14 April 2023)
   James Collins burial (died on 12 Feb 1908) in Catholic, Westland, West Coast, Charleston.

• "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
  • Death Registration / 1909/1328 / Name: Collins, James / Age: 37Y