Elizabeth Jane Knight (1888 - 1975)

Born 4 Apr 1888 in Sugarloaf, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Herbert Collins — married 21 Apr 1908 in Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Oct 1975 at age 87 in Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Elizabeth Jane Knight was born on 04 Apr 1888 in Sugarloaf, Queensland, Australia as the third child of Thomas James Knight and Susannah Thompson. She had eleven siblings, namely: Sarah, William Pearson, Emily, Susannah, Esther, Ernest James, Thomas James, David, Mary Ann, Lillian, and Edith. She died on 30 Oct 1975^[1] in Queensland, Australia. When she was 20, she married Edward Herbert Collins,son of William Collins and Theresa Bailey, on 21 Apr 1908^[2] in Queensland, Australia.

Edward Herbert Collins and Elizabeth Jane Knight had the following children:

• Eveline Collins was born on 26 Mar 1909 in Queensland, Australia.
• Doreen May Collins was born on 08 Aug 1910.
• Thomas Reginald Collins was born on 20 Feb 1912 in Queensland, Australia. He married Cetress Saunders on 21 Oct 1933 in St George, Queensland, Australia.
• Herbert Roy Collins was born on 08 Feb 1916 in Queensland, Australia. He died on 24 Jul 1996 in Yarraman, Queensland, Australia.
• Oswald Arnold Collins was born on 08 Feb 1921 in Yarraman, Queensland, Australia. He died on 04 Jul 1978 in Queensland, Australia. He married Ethel June Eva Castle about 1942. He married Elsie Grace about 1974.
• Beverley Ann. She died on 14 Feb 1943 in Queensland, Australia.

Sources

• Queensland Family History Birth, Death and Marriage Registration

1. ↑ Death: Queensland Family History Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Death registration: Elizabeth Jane Collins
   • Death date: 30/10/1975
   • Mother's name: Susan Thompson
   • Father/parent's name: Thomas James Knight
   • Registration details: 1975/B/64653
2. ↑ Marriage: Queensland Family History Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Marriage registration: Elizabeth Jane Knight
   • Marriage date: 21/04/1908
   • Spouse's name: Edward Herbert Collins
   • Registration details: 1908/C/2325

• From 'A Place Called Euky'
• In 1889 their daughter Elizabeth was born. By this time Tom and Susannah were living at Sugarloaf where Tom was tin mining, as well as being engaged in the wattle bark industry.