Individual Details
Jean M. B. Collette
(22 August 1928 - 21 March 1983)
Events
| Birth | 22 August 1928 | informant: A. Collette, mother - St James' Hospital, 46, Ouseley Road, Balham, Wandsworth, London, England |  | ||
| Residence | 24 August 1928 | at the time of her birth - 425, Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Bet 11 March 1929 and 15 August 1929 | was admitted to the workhouse (on one occasion) - Wandsworth and Clapham Union Workhouse (the Swaffield Road Institution), Swaffield Road, off Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Residence | 29 September 1939 | at the time of the 1939 register - 58, De Beauvoir Road, Reading, Berkshire, England |  | | |
| Residence | 1950 | according to the electoral register - 70, Felsham Road, Putney, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Residence | Bef 30 November 1950 | at the time of her departure for New Zealand - 24, Penywern Road, Earl's Court, Kensington, London, England | | ||
| Departure | 30 November 1950 | on the New Zealand Shipping Company ship ''Atlantis'' - Southampton, Hampshire, England | | ||
| Will | 2 March 1983 | witnesses: E. D. Minehan, John Barry Annabell | | ||
| Residence | 2 March 1983 | at the time she made a will - Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand | | ||
| Residence | Bef 21 March 1983 | at the time of her death - Westland Hospital, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand | | ||
| Death | 21 March 1983 | cause of death: carcinoma of right breast with secondaries; informant: Peter Henry Thompson, funeral director - Westland Hospital, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand | | ||
| Burial | 22 March 1983 | Hokitika Municipal Cemetery, Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand | | ||
| Probate | 4 October 1983 | executors: Margaret Rose Atkinson, Christine Warren - High Court of New Zealand, Greymouth, New Zealand | |
Families
| Father | Luke "Frank" Grady / O'Grady (alias "Frank Collette") (1867 - 1945) |
| Mother | Ada Jessett (otherwise Edith Johnson, alias "Mona Collette") [Collette] (1901 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Kathleen Jessett (otherwise Kathleen Mary T. Collette) [Mongard] (1920 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Patrick Collette (1921 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Denis Herbert Collette (1923 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Sheila "Sheila" Collette (1926 - 1928) |
Notes
Residence
The middle initials "M. B." appear on the 1939 register, and on an electoral register from 1950. Could they be baptismal names?Her mother Ada appears nearby in the same register, living at number 71 on the same road.
Endnotes
1. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Jean Collette, born 22 August 1928; registered September Quarter 1928, Wandsworth registration district, volume 1d, page 752; General Register Office, Southport.
2. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Jean Collette, born 22 August 1928; registered September Quarter 1928, Wandsworth registration district, volume 1d, page 752; General Register Office, Southport.
3. Workhouse Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Swaffield Road Workhouse (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, May 1924–June 1929, Ada Collett and Jean Collett, admitted 11 March 1929, folio 230; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3NG-HGV6?i=276&cat=1390391 : accessed 7 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/129/08.
4. 1939 National Registration: England and Wales, Berkshire, Reading C.B., enumeration district DSRQ, schedule number 269, Sidney G. Holland [household]; image copy, "1939 Register", database with digital images, Findmypast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=TNA%2FR39%2F2037%2F2037I%2F021%2F18 : accessed 5 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, archive reference RG 101, piece 2037I.
5. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Wandsworth, Register of Electors, 1950 (Wandsworth: Electoral Registration Officer, 1950), Putney Division, polling district F, page 11; image copy, "London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1795/images/40020_214070-00064 : accessed 5 July 2023); citing the London Archives, archive reference LCC/PER/B/2407.
6. Passenger List: ship ''Atlantis'' (New Zealand Shipping Company Limited), 30 November 1950, Southampton, page 2; image copy, "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001668-00905 : accessed 5 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, "Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists", archive reference BT 27, piece 1669.
7. Passenger List: ship ''Atlantis'' (New Zealand Shipping Company Limited), 30 November 1950, Southampton, page 2; image copy, "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2997/images/41039_b001668-00905 : accessed 5 July 2023); citing The National Archives, Kew, "Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists", archive reference BT 27, piece 1669.
8. Probate: High Court (New Zealand), copy of will with grant of probate for Jean Collette, died 21 March 1983; probate granted 4 October 1983, Greymouth Registry; image copy, "Collections search", database with digital images, Archives New Zealand (https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R15296964/collette-jean---hokitika---domestic?q=jean+collette&source=aims-archive : accessed 23 October 2024); Archives New Zealand, Christchurch, item code R15296964.
9. Probate: High Court (New Zealand), copy of will with grant of probate for Jean Collette, died 21 March 1983; probate granted 4 October 1983, Greymouth Registry; image copy, "Collections search", database with digital images, Archives New Zealand (https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R15296964/collette-jean---hokitika---domestic?q=jean+collette&source=aims-archive : accessed 23 October 2024); Archives New Zealand, Christchurch, item code R15296964.
10. Death: Department of Justice (New Zealand), death certificate for Jean Collette, died 21 March 1983; registered 22 March 1983, Hokitika, folio number 002862; Department of Internal Affairs, Christchurch, N.Z., registration number 1983/31272.
11. Death: Department of Justice (New Zealand), death certificate for Jean Collette, died 21 March 1983; registered 22 March 1983, Hokitika, folio number 002862; Department of Internal Affairs, Christchurch, N.Z., registration number 1983/31272.
12. Memorial: Find a Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186787916/jean-collette : accessed 5 July 2023), memorial page for Jean Collette, died 21 March 1983, memorial ID 186787916; citing Hokitika Municipal Cemetery, Hokitika, Westland District, West Coast, New Zealand, block N, plot 36. Maintained by Chris G (contributor 49162771).
13. Probate: High Court (New Zealand), copy of will with grant of probate for Jean Collette, died 21 March 1983; probate granted 4 October 1983, Greymouth Registry; image copy, "Collections search", database with digital images, Archives New Zealand (https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R15296964/collette-jean---hokitika---domestic?q=jean+collette&source=aims-archive : accessed 23 October 2024); Archives New Zealand, Christchurch, item code R15296964.