Eva Grace (Duncan) Collett (1879 - 1967)

Born 27 Aug 1879 in Naini Tāl, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ancestors

Wife of Arnold Benjamin Collett — married 19 Mar 1901 in Jabalpur, India

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1967 at age 88 in Ealing, London, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Collett Name Study.

Eva (Duncan) Collett was born in India

Eva Grace (Duncan) Collett was born on 27 Aug 1879 in Naini Tāl, Uttar Pradesh, India^[1], daughter of John James Graham Duncan (~1841 - 1899) and Grace Elizabeth (Holdway) Duncan (1852 - 1926).

Her siblings were:

1. Frederick Henry Duncan (1872 - 1921)
2. Matilda Rachel (Duncan) Dunn (1873 - 1932)
3. Francis Bunyan Duncan (1875 - 1875)
4. Ethel Maud (Duncan) Hogan (1877 - )
5. Janet Agnes (Duncan) Haynes (1881 - 1930)
6. Adelaide Jessie (Duncan) Perry (1883 - 1909)
7. Florence Hilda (Duncan) Green (1893 - 1930)

Eva (21) married Arnold Benjamin Collett (20) (born in Āsansol, West Bengal, India on 24 Oct 1880; died in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India on 23 May 1921), son of Robert Benjamin Collett and Jessie Adelaide Holdway, on 19 Mar 1901 in Jabalpur^[2]. Their children were:

1. Muriel Eva (Collett) Wardley (1902 - 1975)
2. Jessie Agnes (Collett) Luschwitz (1903 - )
3. Robert Duncan Collett (1906 - )
4. Grace Elizabeth (Collett) FitzPatrick (1907 - 1985)
5. Arnold George Holdway Collett (1909 - ~1980)
6. John James (Collett) Gilbert-Lodge (1911 - ~1988)
7. Frederick Henry Collett (1912 - 1976)
8. Joyce Ann (Collett) Leslie (1916 - ~1986)
9. Kathleen Adelaide Collett (1917 - ~1999)
10. Frank Collett (1919 - 1919).

Eva died on 22 Dec 1967 in Ealing, London, England aged 88.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ”India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG7X-Y8B : 10 February 2018), Eva Grace Duncan, 11 Oct 1879; citing Allahabad, Bengal, India, reference v 170 p 5; index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 510,861.
2. ↑ ”India Marriages, 1792-1948 ,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGJP-34Y : 10 February 2018), Arnold Benjamin Collett and Eva Grace Duncan, 19 Mar 1901; citing Jubbulpore, Bengal, India; index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 527,496.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCL-S6VJ : 4 September 2014), Eva G Collett, 1968; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Ealing, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal Family Tree DNA test match between Elizabeth (Wardley) Gascoyne and Penni (Duncan) Soady, her second cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Duncan and Grace Holdway, the great grandfather of Elizabeth (Wardley) Gascoyne and great grandparents of Penni (Duncan) Soady. Predicted relationship from Family Tree DNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 202 cM across 10 segments. DNA test taker Elizabeth (Wardley) Gascoyne is the daughter of Muriel Collett, the daughter of Eva Duncan, the daughter of the common ancestors John Duncan & Grace Holdway. (Young-11650 12:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC))