Helen Colvin (1830 - 1879)

Born 10 Dec 1830 in Marylebone, London, England

Ancestors

Died 25 Apr 1879 at age 48 in Marylebone, London, England

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Biography

Life events

Helen Colvin was born in Marylebone, London, in 1830, daughter of Alexander Colvin and Elizabeth Colvin.^[1][2]

Miss Helen Colvin died on the 25th April 1879 in Marylebone, aged forty-eight years.^[3][4]

Census enumerations

1851 census (England):

• Alexander Colvin, head, married, age 64, East India Agent, born in Scotland
• Elizabeth, wife, married, age 47, born in East Indies
• Helen, daughter, unmarried, age 20, born in Marylebone, London
• Mary, daughter, age 11 [or 16], scholar at home; born at Little Bealings, Suffolk
• Elizabeth, do., age 10, do.; born in Paddington, London
• Madaline, do., age 7, do., ...
• Hanna K.[?], do., age 6, do., ...
• Alexander, son, age 5, do., ...
• Mathew L.D. Devetre, visitor, widower, age 57, Interest of Money; born in Irthington, Cumberland
• ... with a governess, butler, and a household of upstairs and downstairs servants
• census place: Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Surrey.^[5]

... and in 1861:

• Alexander Colvin, head, widower, age 75, Retired E.I. Merchant, born in Scotland
• Helen, daughter, unmarried, age 30; born in Bealings, Suffolk
• Mary, do., ..., age 21; born in Paddington, Middlesex
• Elizabeth N. [or M.], do., ..., age 20, do.
• Madeline, do., ..., age 17, do.
• Russell, son,† unmarried, age 26, E.I. Merchant, born in East Indies
• ... with household servants
• census place: Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Surrey.^[6]

† Russell was, in fact, the son of John Russell and Emma Sophia Colvin, i.e. Russell Pakenham Colvin, born 31 October 1834 in Calcutta.

... and in 1871:

• Ellen [Helen] Colvin, head, age 40, Independent means, born in London
• Elizabeth H., sister, age 30, do., …
• Hannah H., sister, age 26, do., …
• Alexander, brother, age 25, Geologist, born in London
• Mary Colvin, aunt, widow, age 50, born in East Indies
• Walter M Colvin, cousin, unmarried, age 23, Barrister, born in East Indies
• … with household servants
• census place: Barham Lodge, Walton on Thames, Surrey.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Helen Colvin, born 10 December 1830, daughter of Alexander Colvin and Elizabeth Jackson [Colvin]; baptised 27th January 1831 in St Mary’s, Marylebone, London. Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (FHL film nos. 580912, 580913, 580914); index online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-07-09).
2. ↑ London Courier and Evening Gazette, 14 December 1830 (pg 3). Birth notice: “On the 10th instant, in Baker-street, the wife of Alexander Colvin, Esq., of a daughter.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-09-21).
3. ↑ Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. Helen Colvin, aged 48 years, 2nd quarter ending 30th June 1879, Marylebone RD (London), vol. 1a, pg. 371. Original record: General Register Office, Southport. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-07-09).
4. ↑ National Probate Calendar, England and Wales. “COLVIN, Helen. Personal Estate under £12,000. 25 April [1879]. The Will of Helen Colvin, late of Heathside, Weybridge, in the County of Surrey, Spinster, who died 3 April 1879 at 63 Wimpole-street in the County of Middlesex, was proved at the Principal Registry by James Colquhoun Colvin, esquire, the Brother, and Cecil Colvin Pitcairn of Englefield Lodge, Englefield Green, in the County of Surrey, Esquire, the Executors.” (ref. 1879, pg. 291). Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-07-09, by subscription).
5. ↑ England 1851 Census. Alexander Colvin, age 64, with wife, Elizabeth, and children, in Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Surrey. Original record: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851 (Kew, Surrey: The National Archives of the UK); PRO ref. HO107, piece 1592, folio 504, pg. 27, household schedule no. 96, enumeration district no. 1b, registration district: Epsom, sub-registration district: Carshalton. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-06-29, by subscription).
6. ↑ England 1861 Census. Alexander Colvin, widower, age 75, retired E.I. merchant, with adult children and servants, living at Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Surrey. Original record: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861; PRO ref. RG9, piece 420, folio 44, pg. 19, household schedule no. 98; Epsom registration district, Leatherhead sub-registration district, enumeration district no. 2, county of Surrey. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-06-30, by subscription).
7. ↑ England 1871 Census. Ellen [Helen] Colvin, age 40, with sisters, Elizabeth (30), and Hannah (26) and brother Alexander (25), aunt Mary Colvin (50, born East Indies), cousin Walter H Colvin (23); living at Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Original records: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871 (Kew, Richmond, Surrey: National Archives of the UK, 1871); PRO ref. RG10, piece 802, folio 67, registration district: Chertsey, subdistrict: Walton, enumeration district 4. Digital images of PRO record online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-07-10, by subscription).