Individual Details
Denis Herbert Collette
(10 December 1923 - )
Events
| Birth | 10 December 1923 | informant: E. Collette, mother - St James' Hospital, 46, Ouseley Road, Balham, Wandsworth, London, England |  | ||
| Residence | 14 December 1923 | at the time of his birth - 10, Halford Terrace, Granville Road, Southfields, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Bet 10 June 1927 and 21 December 1927 | was admitted to the workhouse (on three separate occasions) - Wandsworth and Clapham Union Workhouse (the Swaffield Road Institution), Swaffield Road, off Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Residence | Bef 21 December 1927 | at the time he was enrolled in school - shed behind 425, Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Education | From 21 December 1927 to 2 February 1928 | Intermediate School, Swaffield Road, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 2 February 1928 | was admitted to hospital - St James' Hospital, 46, Ouseley Road, Balham, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Residence | Bef 11 April 1929 | at the time he was enrolled in school - 33, Algarve Road, Earlsfield, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Education | From 11 April 1929 to 14 September 1929 | Intermediate School, Swaffield Road, Wandsworth, London, England | | ||
| Residence | From 14 September 1929 | according to a register of children at Metropolitan Asylum Board schools and homes - St Joseph's Orphanage for Boys, Orpington, Kent, England | | ||
| Residence | From 1946 to 1949 | according to the electoral register - 140, Hurlingham Road, Fulham, London, England | | ||
| Miscellaneous | From Poss September 1949 to 1954 | may have been appointed as a postman, later as a P.H.G. [postal higher grade] - London, England |  | | |
| Residence | From Poss 1963 to 1964 | according to the electoral register - Rowton House, Hammersmith Road, Barons Court, Fulham, London, England | | | |
| Residence | 13 November 1963 | at the time of the death of his mother Ada - 140, Hurlingham Road, Fulham, London, England | |
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 | Margaret Sheila "Sheila" Collette (1926 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Jean M. B. Collette (1928 - 1983) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
Unconfirmed - I don't know for certain that these records relate to the same Denis H. Collette. More research needed.Residence
Unconfirmed - I don't know for certain that these records relate to the same Denis H. Collette. More research needed.Endnotes
1. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Denis Herbert Collette, born 10 December 1923; registered December Quarter 1923, Wandsworth registration district, volume 1d, page 863; General Register Office, Southport.
2. Birth: England and Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Denis Herbert Collette, born 10 December 1923; registered December Quarter 1923, Wandsworth registration district, volume 1d, page 863; General Register Office, Southport.
3. Workhouse Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Swaffield Road Workhouse (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, May 1924–June 1929, Frank, Edith, Kathleen, Patrick, Dennis, and Sheila Collette, admitted 10 June 1927, folio 140; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3NG-H9MH-7?i=175&cat=1390391 : accessed 7 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/129/08.
4. Workhouse Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Swaffield Road Workhouse (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, May 1924–June 1929, Frank, Edith, Kathleen, Patrick, Dennis, and Sheila Collett, admitted 13 June 1927, folio 141; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3NG-HYBF?i=176&cat=1390391 : accessed 7 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/129/08.
5. Workhouse Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Swaffield Road Workhouse (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, May 1924–June 1929, Frank, Edith, Katherine [sic], Patrick, Dennis, and Sheila Collett, admitted 7 December 1927, folio 165; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3NG-H5MZ?i=203&cat=1390391 : accessed 7 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/129/08.
6. School Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Intermediate School, Swaffield Road (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, July 1924–March 1930, Kathleen, Patrick, and Dennis Collett, admitted 21 December 1927; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3N5-M9HJ-1?i=273&cat=1390391 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/164/08.
7. School Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Intermediate School, Swaffield Road (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, July 1924–March 1930, Kathleen, Patrick, and Dennis Collett, admitted 21 December 1927; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3N5-M9HJ-1?i=273&cat=1390391 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/164/08.
8. School Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Intermediate School, Swaffield Road (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, July 1924–March 1930, Kathleen, Patrick, and Dennis Collett, admitted 21 December 1927; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3N5-M9HJ-1?i=273&cat=1390391 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/164/08.
9. School Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Intermediate School, Swaffield Road (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, July 1924–March 1930, Dennis Collett, admitted 11 April 1929; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3N5-M9ZR-T?i=276&cat=1390391 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/164/08.
10. School Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Intermediate School, Swaffield Road (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, July 1924–March 1930, Dennis Collett, admitted 11 April 1929; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3N5-M9ZR-T?i=276&cat=1390391 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/164/08.
11. School Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians, Intermediate School, Swaffield Road (Wandsworth, London, England), creed register, July 1924–March 1930, Dennis Collett, admitted 11 April 1929; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-P3N5-M9ZR-T?i=276&cat=1390391 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/164/08.
12. Children's Home Record: Wandsworth Board of Guardians (Wandsworth, London, England), register of children at Metropolitan Asylum Board schools and homes, 1922–1931, Patrick Collette and Dennis Collette, admitted 14 September 1929, St Joseph's Orphanage, Orpington, Kent, folio 30, case paper number W.7733; London Metropolitan Archives [now the London Archives], archive reference WABG/156. Not available for general access. Data protection restriction.
13. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Fulham, Register of Electors, 1946 (Fulham: Electoral Registration Officer, 1946), Civilian Residence Register (C), Fulham (West) Division, polling district S, page 19; image copy, "London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1795/images/40020_214341-00407 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing the London Archives. Archive reference LCC/PER/B/2281.
14. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Fulham, Register of Electors, 1949 (Fulham: Electoral Registration Officer, 1949), Fulham (West) Division, polling district S, page 11; image copy, "London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1795/images/40020_214049-00506 : accessed 15 July 2023); citing the London Archives, archive reference LCC/PER/B/2361.
15. Occupation: General Post Office (United Kingdom), entry in an index of appointments, 1948–1949, Denis H. Collette, appointed September 1949, London Postal Region, minute number A17831/50; image copy, "UK, Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1208440:1933 : accessed 23 October 2024); citing The Royal Mail Archive at The Postal Museum, London, "Post Office: Staff Nomination and Appointment, 1831-1969", archive reference POST 58/207.
16. Occupation: General Post Office (United Kingdom), entry in an index of secretary's minutes, 1953–1954, Denis H. Collette, employed 1954, minute number 5078/54; image copy, "UK, Postal Establishment Books, 1691-1979", database with digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62454/records/939657 : accessed 10 June 2025); citing The Royal Mail Archive at The Postal Museum, London, "Establishment Books 1691-1979", archive reference POST 38/224-233.
17. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Fulham, Register of Electors, 1963 (Fulham: Electoral Registration Officer, 1963), Barons Court constituency, polling district DD part of no. 13, page 3; image copy, "London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1795/images/40020_625988_2293-00130 : accessed 23 October 2024); citing the London Archives, archive reference LCC/PER/B/2838.
18. Electoral Register: Parliamentary Borough of Fulham, Register of Electors, 1964 (Fulham: Electoral Registration Officer, 1964), Barons Court constituency, polling district Ja, page 2; image copy, "London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965", digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1795/images/40020_611411_1312-00043 : accessed 23 October 2024); citing the London Archives, archive reference LCC/PER/B/2883.
19. Death: England and Wales, death certificate (certified copy) for Ada Collette, died 10 November 1963; registered December Quarter 1963, Fulham registration district, volume 5C, page 481; General Register Office, Southport.