Lucy (Collin) Wilkes (1849 - 1885)

Born 3 Sep 1849 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of John (Fiske) Wilkes — married 1877 (to 24 May 1885) in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Died 24 May 1885 at age 35 in Wendon Lofts, Essex, England

Biography

Lucy Collin daughter of Joseph Thomas Collin and his wife, Lucy Cross was baptised at Saffron Walden in Essex on 25 October 1849. ^[1] Her father was a solicitor and they lived in Church St, Saffron Walden. ^{[2] [3]} By 1871 they had moved to Wendens Ambo. ^[4]

In 1877 Lucy married John Wilkes in a ceremony registered at Saffron Walden. ^[5] Lucy bore her husband a son, John, a daughter, Lucy, then two sets of girl twins. She died 24 May 1885 shortly after the second pair of twins were born. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal record Saffron Walden (25 October 1849 Lucy Collin daughter of Joseph Thomas Collin and Lucy)
2. ↑ 1851 Census of England
   Church St, Saffron Walden, Essex

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph T	Collin	Head	Married	Male	41	Attorney and solicitor	Quendon, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Wife	Married	Female	37	-	Latton, Essex
   Marianne	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	7	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Louisa	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	6	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Emily	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	5	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Alice	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	3	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	1	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Eliza	Linsdell	Servant	Unmarried	Female	27	House servant	?, Essex
   Emma	Chipperfield	Servant	Unmarried	Female	18	House servant	Bungay, Suffolk
   Susan	Loveday	Servant	Unmarried	Female	14	House servant	Elmdon, Essex

3. ↑ 1861 Census of England
   Church St, Saffron Walden, Essex

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph T	Collin	Head	Married	Male	51	Attorney at Law	Quendon, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Wife	Married	Female	47	-	Latton, Essex
   Marianne	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	17	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Louisa	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	16	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Emily	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	15	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Alice	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	13	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	11	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Turner	Collin	Son	-	Male	8	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Anne	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	5	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Fanny	Collin	Daughter	-	Female	4	Scholar	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Mary Ann	Whiffin	Servant	Unmarried	Female	25	Cook	Linton, Cambridgeshire
   Emma	Scott	Servant	Unmarried	Female	31	Nurse	Wallington, Hertfordshire
   Charlotte	Perry	Servant	Unmarried	Female	20	Housemaid	Saffron Walden, Essex

4. ↑ 1871 Census of England
   Wenden Ambo, Essex

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Joseph T	Collin	Head	Married	Male	61	Attorney and Landowner	Quendon, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Wife	Married	Female	57	-	Latton, Essex
   Marianne	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	27	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Louisa	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	26	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Emily	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	25	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Alice	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	23	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Lucy	Collin	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	21	-	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Turner	Collin	Son	Unmarried	Male	18	Undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge	Saffron Walden, Essex
   Sarah	Arnold	Servant	Unmarried	Female	45	Domestic servant	Langham, Suffolk
   Susan	Richardson	Servant	Unmarried	Female	27	Cook	Gt Chesterford, Essex
   Mary A	Richardson	Servant	Unmarried	Female	26	Housemaid	Walden, Essex
   Mary A	Gowlett	Servant	Unmarried	Female	21	Housemaid	Radwinter, Essex

5. ↑ England and Wales marriage index (Registered Saffron Walden 1877 John Wilkes and Lucy Collin)
6. ↑ National Probate Calendar (4 June 1904 Lucy Wilkes of Lofts Hall, Wenden Lofts, died 24 May 1885 Effects £236 10s 2d. Administration granted to Turner Collin, solicitor)

• Collin family history, Chris Collin[1]

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