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Emma Francesca Collyer

G-grandmother of Norma Margaret Oliver

Born: 

19 Oct 1836 Lambeth, Surrey, England

Baptised:

14 Jun 1846 St Peter's Church, Walworth, Surrey, England

Married: 

26 Mar 1855 Holy Trinity Church, St Marylebone, Middlesex to William Thomas Lane

Died: 

22 Jun 1904 Camberwell, Surrey, England. Age 67

Cause of death:

Gout, gastritis, bronchitis and syncope

Buried:

25 Jun 1904 Camberwell Old Cemetery, Peckham Rye, Surrey, England

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Born at Lambeth, Surrey [1] 

Lived with parents at Mount Gardens, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, Surrey [2] [3]

Lived with parents at Queen's Row, Kennington, Surrey [2]

Lived with parents at 25 Oakley Street, Kennington, Surrey [4]

Lived with parents at Pratt Street, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Lived with parents at Jessamine Cottage, Mill Street, Lambeth, Surrey [5] [6]

Lived with parents at 27 Wood Street, Lambeth, Surrey [7]

Lived with parents at Windmill Street, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Lived with parents at Kingston Bottom near Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [2]

Lived with parents at Queens Row, Walworth, Surrey [2] [8] [1] 

Baptised with siblings at St Peter's Church, Walworth, Surrey [1] 

Lived with parents at Cottage Place, Mill Street, Lambeth, Surrey [9]

Lived with parents at 140 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, Surrey [10]

Lived with parents at Durham Street, Vauxhall, Surrey [2]

Lived with parents at Paradise Street, Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Lived with parents at Princes Place, Kennington Cross, Surrey [2]

Lodged with Mrs Bradbury, widow and button maker, at 5 Martlett Court, Little Russell Street, St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex and worked as a button maker [11]

Married William Thomas Lane at Holy Trinity Church, St Marylebone, Middlesex. Lived in the Trinity District, Middlesex [12]

Lived with family at 67 Brook Street, Lambeth, Surrey [13] [14] 

Lived with family at 3 Hayles Terrace, Southwark, Surrey. Worked as a boilermaker [15a and 15b]

Lived with family at Northam, Southampton, Hampshire [16]

Lived with family at Pratt Street, Lambeth, Surrey [17]

Lived with family at 24 Pratt Street, Lambeth, Surrey [18]

Lived with family at 15 Pratt Street, Lambeth, Surrey [19] [20] [21] [22]

Lived with family at 12 Regency Square, Kennington, Surrey [23] [24] 25] [26]. No. 12 Regency Square was renumbered to No. 7 Regency Square in 1881 [27]

Lived with family at 17 Mostyn Terrace, Kennington, Surrey [28] [29]

Lived at 19 De Laune Street, Kennington, Surrey [66]

Lived with sister-in-law Ellen Lane and daughter Beatrice at 122 Commercial Road, Peckham, Surrey [67] [30] [31]

Lived with daughter at 84 Church Street, Camberwell, Surrey [32]

Died at home from gout, gastritis, bronchitis and syncope. Buried at Camberwell Old Cemetery, Peckham Rye, Surrey [32] [33]

Biography

Early years 

In the autumn of 1836, on the 19th of October, Emma Francesca Collyer was born in the bustling streets of the south London district of Lambeth. The first child of Henry Collyer, a solicitor's clerk, and Elizabeth Lee, the daughter of a shawl pattern designer [1].

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Emma's early years were marked by the financial struggles of her father, Henry. Like many in that era, Henry found himself trapped in a cycle of debt—a common plight in a rapidly industrialising society and in a time when bankruptcy was a criminal offence. Three times, in 1833, 1839 and again in 1859, Henry was imprisoned in Horsemonger Lane Goal (the Surrey County Gaol) for his debts, something was likely deeply shameful for the family [34] [35] [36].

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​The family's moves were frequent, reflecting their unstable financial situation. During the 1840s they lived in Vauxhall, Kingston-on-Thames, Southwark and Kennington. They also found refuge in the homes of relatives, particularly in properties owned by Emma's maternal aunt, Francesca. The properties they lived in on Pratt Street and Mill Street, in Lambeth, were all owned by Emma's aunt Francesca, who had inherited substantial property from her maternal grandfather (and Emma's great-grandfather), Edward Thomas Chapman [37] [38] [39a and 39b].

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Mill Street, Lambeth in 1820, showing the windmill that gave the street its name

Despite the difficulties, there was some stability - although often forced to move from one place to another, they primarily lived in and around Lambeth, where they were close to family. Emma’s grandmother, Mary, lived at Rose Cottage on Mill Street, while her aunt Francesca resided close by in Tulip Cottage, also on Mill Street (modern-day Juxon Street) [39b] [40] [41]. These small family havens might have offered some stability in what was probably an otherwise turbulent childhood. 

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Although it is hard to imagine now, at the time Emma was living there, Lambeth around Pratt Street and Mill Street still retained significant green areas, as evidenced by mid-19th century maps. Pratt Street was located close to Lambeth Palace, the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, which had extensive grounds and fields. On Mill Street itself stood an old 18th-century windmill, one of the last remnants of three windmills that had stood in the area, used by the then-vanished market gardens. One can imagine that the cottages of the Collyer family - Rose Cottage, Tulip Cottage and Jessamine Cottage - were some of the last vestiges of tranquility in an area that was rapidly urbanising.

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Mid-19th century map showing Mill Street and Pratt Street, where Emma lived. She would later live at Brook Street (also marked). Hercules Building was the location her parents were residing when Emma was born

Perhaps as a result of her father's precarious financial situation, by the time Emma was 15, she was working as a button maker and lodging with a widow in Little Russell Street, in central London [11]. It is probable she worked at a factory: button manufacturers employed women and young girls and there were a number of button factories located in London [42] [43]. 

Marriage to William Thomas Lane

​On the 26th of March 1855, 19-year-old Emma married William Thomas Lane at Holy Trinity Church in St. Marylebone [12].

 

William was a boilermaker by trade, though a later document referring to him as a ‘marine engineer’ suggests that he worked on steam engines for ships—a critical role in an era when steam power was revolutionising industry and transportation [44] [45]. 

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William was 30 years old and, like Emma, was a Lambeth native. It is likely that their paths first crossed in their shared neighborhood, possibly around Mill Street, where both their families had lived. We know that William, who primarily grew up with his mother Sarah and his step-father, Thomas Halifax, lived in a house on Mill Street owned by Emma's aunt Francesca [39b]. 

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Holy Trinity Church, St Marylebone

After their marriage, Emma and William settled on Brook Street, just around the corner from the familiar Pratt and Mill Streets [13].

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The early years of Emma and William's marriage were marked by both joy and profound sorrow. They welcomed two daughters, Ellen Julia in August 1858 and Elizabeth Sarah Mary in January 1860 [13] [46]. However, their happiness was short-lived.

 

In May 1861, both girls died within days of each other—Ellen from bronchitis at the age of two, and Elizabeth from croup, at just 16 months old [47] [48]. The loss would have been devastating, compounded by the close proximity of the deaths, but we know they were both supported by their family. The girls' death certificates confirm that both William's mother Sarah and Emma's father Henry (almost certainly joined by Emma's mother Elizabeth), were there when the girls died. They both lived closed by—on Pratt and Mill Streets respectively—and were likely there to help nurse the girls before they died and to support the young couple. 

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The children were buried on the same day at Lambeth Cemetery, on the 28th of May 1861 [49] [14]. ​​

New start

Four months after the death of their daughters, Emma gave birth to a son, Joseph Henry Lane, on the 2nd of October, 1861. By this time, the family had moved to Hayles Terrace in Southwark, a modest row of houses near Elephant and Castle and around the corner from Brook Street [50] [51].

 

​That wasn't the only change for the family. Not long after Joseph was born, the family moved to Northam, a district of Southampton, in Hampshire. The family had no links to the area, so it is very likely the move was William's work. Northam was was strongly linked to shipbuilding and was the site of the Northam Ironworks, a famous ship building and marine engineering firm founded in 1840. This further supports the idea that William's work as a boilermaker was focussed around steam engines for ships [16] [52] [53].

Emma, caregiver to the family

By 1863, Emma, William and little Joseph had returned to London, moving back to Pratt Street - initially, to 24 Pratt Street, then to Number 15 Pratt Street and very close to Emma's aunts Francesca and Harriet, who both lived at Number 13 [17] [18] [20] [54].

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For the next decade, Emma and William remained on Pratt Street, where they had three more children: Frederick William in 1865, Ada Catherine in 1868, and Beatrice Annie in 1872 [18] [19] [21]. 

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The family continued to be surrounded by relatives, with Emma often taking on the role of caregiver. In 1871, she nursed her sister-in-law, Sarah Lane, through her final days, as Sarah succumbed to typhus meningitis, a common and deadly illness at the time [55]. Later, in 1877, it was Emma's brother George who was in need of care, having contracted tuberculosis. Again, Emma was the one with him when he died and very likely involved in his care at the end [56].

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​By this time, Emma and William had moved to the Kennington area, where they lived at 12 Regency Square (later renumbered to 7), off White Hart Street in Kennington [23] [27].

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Corner of Regency Square, Kennington - Emma and William would have lived in a similar house

Latter years and death

In 1884, Emma and William celebrated the marriage of their eldest son, Joseph, to Ann Jane Price, a singer [57]. But tragedy was never far away.

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In 1889, Emma and William suffered another heartbreaking loss. Their son Frederick, who had found work as a newspaper and commercial clerk, died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 24 [58] [28]. Tuberculosis, known as "consumption," was a rampant disease in Victorian England, and Frederick’s slow, painful decline would have been a heavy burden for the family. He lived at home with Emma and William, slowly wasting away over several weeks and months. The disease caused the body to waste away and develop a hacking cough that would lead to coughing up blood and experience nightly fevers [59]. Emma nursed him at home, with the support of her sister Ellen and brother-in-law William Flowers Harman, until he passed away on 29th of July, 1889 [28]. He was laid to rest in the Collyer family plot at Nunhead Cemetery, where his uncle George Collyer and his grandparents, Henry and Elizabeth Collyer were buried [60] [61].

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​Two years later, William himself passed away on the 14th of June, 1891, at their family home on Mostyn Terrace [62]. His death, caused by a malignant disease of the caecum, left Emma widowed and alone in their home on Mostyn Terrace. He was buried in a public grave at Lambeth Cemetery on 18th June 1891 [63].

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After William's death, Emma moved north to De Laune Street, Kennington and, it was while she was here, that her brother-in-law, Joseph Lane, passed away [66]. As she had done throughout her life, Emma was there to help, assisting Joseph's wife Ellen. After Joseph's death, Emma moved in with Ellen into her home on Commercial Road in Camberwell. When Ellen fell sick in 1897, Emma nursed her through her bronchopneumonia until her end. Joseph and Ellen were childless and, in her will, Ellen left a number of personal items to Emma and Emma's children [67] [68]. 

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By around the turn of the 20th century, Emma's daughter Beatrice (Beattie) moved in with her mother and her three children. Beattie had married Harry Cecil Hyde in 1895 but their marriage was not a happy one and he abandoned her [30] [31] [64]. Emma and Beattie lived on Commercial Road in Camberwell and Emma continued to play a central role in her family, caring for Beattie's children. Sadly, the two eldest children, Lucy and Cecil, both died of diphtheria within days of each other in May 1900 and Emma was with her grandchildren until the end [30] [65].

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Emma Francesca Lane passed away on 22nd of June, 1904, at the age of 67. Her death was attributed to a combination of ailments—gout, gastritis, bronchitis, and syncope [32] . She was laid to rest three days later in a public grave at Camberwell Old Cemetery in Peckham Rye [33]​.​​​

Source information

  1. Emma Francesca Collyer, Baptismal record, St Peter Walworth Parish Register [Church of England], 14 Jun 1846, Record no: 347, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  2. Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, The London Gazette, 5 Jul 1859, Issue 22282, page 2622, Great Britain [www.thegazette.co.uk]. This is an order in relation to the bankruptcy of Emma's father, Henry Collyer, and provides his - and by extension, his family's - address history. Addresses are listed in date order. 

  3. Edward John Joseph Collyer and Clara Rosa Collyer, Baptismal records, St Mary Lambeth Parish Register, 6 Jul 1837, Record no's: 2244 and 2245, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]. Edward and Clara were both baptised as the children of Henry's parents, Samuel and Mary Collyer. Their address is given as Mount Gardens. We know Henry also lived at Mount Gardens around this time, supporting the fact that he and his family lived at home in 1837. 

  4. - Collyer, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Birth registered 3rd Quarter 1839 in Lambeth, Record no: 488, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]. This certificate relates to Emma's sister, Ellen (although no name is registered on the birth certificate, it confirms a girl was born and the parents were Henry and Elizabeth. . Ellen Mary's baptismal record, which shows her birth date, confirms that this birth certificate relates to her. Confirms family address at the time. 

  5. Henry Collyer [1841], Census return for Cottages, Lambeth, Surrey, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]. On the night of the census, Emma is with some of her other siblings at her grandmother Mary’s house next door.

  6. Mill Street Lambeth, Local and Personal Laws, Part 155, page 540-541, 1881, Google Books [books.google.com]. This is a list of lessees and occupiers of Mill Street, Lambeth. The houses are listed in order and it shows three cottages on Mill Street: Tulip Cottage, Jessamine Cottage and Rose Cottage. Henry’s mother Mary lived at Rose Cottage. If Henry was living next door to his mother in 1841 (as shown in the 1841 census), then the cottage he and the family were living in was likely Jessamine Cottage. 

  7. Frederick Collyer, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Birth registered 2nd Quarter 1842 in Lambeth, Record no: 111, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]. This is the birth certificate for Emma's brother, which confirms the family's address.

  8. George Collyer, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 3rd Quarter 1845 in St Peter Walworth, Record no: 118, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]. This is the birth certificate of Emma’s brother, which confirms the family’s home address.

  9. Henry Collyer, Prince’s Liberty Ward, Parish of St Mary Lambeth, Lambeth Electoral Registers 1832-1886, 1846, FindMyPast [www.findmypast.co.uk]

  10. Mary Elizabeth Collyer, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1848 in Southwark, Record no: 130, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]. This is the birth certificate of Emma’s sister, which confirms the family’s home address.

  11. Emma Colyer [1851], Census return for Martlett Court, Little Russell Street, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]. Emma's age is incorrect in the census return - she was 15 not 20. This could be because she did not give the information to the census taker herself (the head of the household, Elizabeth, could have done it on her behalf to the best of her knowledge), or she deliberately did it to seem older. There is no other record for Emma in the 1851 census. She is not living with her parents or grandparents, and the place of birth is correct.

  12. William Thomas Lane and Emma Francesca Collyer, Trinity Church St Marylebone Parish Register [Church of England], 26 Mar 1855, Record no: 195, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  13. Ellen Julia Lane, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 3rd Quarter 1858 in Lambeth, Record no: 445, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  14. Elizabeth Sarah Mary Lane, Burial record, Lambeth Cemetery Tooting Burial Register, 28 May 1861, Record no: 1501, Deceased Online [deceasedonline.com]

  15. Emma Lane [1861] (page 1 and page 2), Census return for Hayles Tce, Southwark, Surrey, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  16. Joe Lane is dead, South London Observer Camberwell & Peckham Times, 11 Feb 1936, page 1, FindMyPast [www.findmypast.co.uk] 

  17. Joseph Henry Lane, Baptismal record, St Mary Lambeth Parish Register [Church of England], 25 Oct 1863, Record no: 1526, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  18. Frederick William Lane, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1865 in Lambeth, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  19. Ada Catherine Lane, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 4th Quarter 1868 in Lambeth, Record no: 63, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  20. Emma F Lane [1871], Census return for Pratt St, Lambeth, Surrey, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  21. Beatrice Annie Lane, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter in Lambeth, Record no: 231, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  22. William Lane, Borough of Lambeth Voters List, First Division, South Marsh Ward, 1873, FindMyPast [www.findmypast.co.uk]

  23. William Lane, Borough of Lambeth Voters List, Mr Simpson's Collecting District, 1876, FindMyPast [www.findmypast.co.uk]

  24. Emma F Lane [1881], Census return for Pratt St, Lambeth, Surrey, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]​

  25. Ada Catherine Lane, Baptismal record, St James Kennington Park Road Lambeth Parish Register [Church of England], 23 Apr 1882, Record no: 358, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  26. William Thomas Lane, Borough Of Lambeth Voters List, Kennington Division, Polling District No 2, 1885-1886, FindMyPast [www.findmypast.co.uk]

  27. Regency Square, Kennington renumbering plan, Street Renumbering Files, Identifier: LBL/DCEPS/SL/1/358, Ref: 11812, 1881, Lambeth Archives Image Collection [boroughphotos.org]​

  28. Frederick William Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 3rd Quarter 1889 in Lambeth, Record no: 475, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​

  29. Emma Lane [1891], Census return for 17 Mostyn Ter, Lambeth, London, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  30. Cecil Frederick Hyde, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1900 in Lewisham, Record no: 183, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​. This is the death certificate for Emma’s grandson. Emma was an informant on the death certificate, which provides her address at the time.

  31. Emma Lane [1901], Census return for Commercial Rd, Camberwell, Surrey, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]​

  32. Emma Francesca Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1904 in Camberwell, Record no: 257, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​

  33. Emma Francesca Lane, Burial record, Camberwell Old Cemetery Burial Register, 25 Jun 1904, Record no: 185961, Deceased Online [deceasedonline.com]

  34. Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, True Sun, 12 Jul 1833, page 4, FindMyPast [www.findmypast.co.uk]

  35. Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, London Gazette, 2 Jul 1839, Issue 19747, page 1310 [www.findmypast.co.uk]

  36. Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors, London Gazette, 31 May 1859, Issue 22269, page 2173 [www.thegazette.co.uk]

  37. Will of Edward Thomas Chapman of Mill Street Lambeth, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1807, Reference no: PROB 11/1471/152, The National Archives, England & Wales Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills 1384-1858, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]. The will makes provisions for his properties on Mill Street, Lambeth to go to Penelope Leech otherwise Chapman for her use until her death, after which, the properties were to be split between his grandchildren, Francesca Charlotte Ann Collyer and Samuel Charles Collyer.

  38. Insured: Penelope Chapman 1 New Buildings Pratt Street Lambeth, Records of Sun Fire Office, 10 Sep 1817, Record no: MS 11936/476/933941, The London Archives: City of London [www.thelondonarchives.org]. This is an insurance record for Penelope Chapman for the property listed as "1 New Buildings Pratt Street Lambeth" in trust for Charlotte and Charles Collier. 

  39. Francesca Colyer (part 1 and part 2), Parish of Lambeth, Local and Personal Laws, Part 155, 1845, Great Britain, Google Books [books.google.co.uk]. This book is a compendium of Acts. The section that Francesca (and her sister-in-law Margaret Eliza Collyer, widow of Francesca's brother, Samuel Charles Collyer), relates to list of properties in Lambeth that could be liable for resumption of land, related to the extension of the London and South Western Railway, which would include going through Lambeth. All of the properties held by Francesca (by leasehold) were located on Mill Street, or Chapman's Place (off Mill Street). Also shows Francesca herself living at Tulip Cottage, Mill Street. Note also that the tenant at 7 Mill Street was Thomas Halifax - this was the step-father to William Thomas Lane, Emma's husband.

  40. Mary Collyer [1841], Census return for Mill Street, Lambeth, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]. Mary's address is given as Cottage, on Mill Street. We know from the list of Francesca and Margaret's properties (above) that there were at least three cottages on Mill Street (Rose Cottage, Tulip Cottage and Jessamine Cottage). Joseph Henry Lane's obituary references that his grandmother Mary lived at Rose Cottage and the 1851 census also shows her living at Rose Cottage. Mary may not be living at Rose Cottage in 1841 (in 1845, William Daly is living in the property, although it is owned by Francesca) but, if not, she would have been living right next to it in one of the other cottages. 

  41. Mary Spencer Collyer [1851], Census return for Mill Street, Lambeth, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]. Specifies that she is living at Rose Cottage.

  42. Bradshaw, George, Button-making, Bradshaw's Handbook of the Manufacturing Districts of Great Britain, 1854, W.J. Adams, Google Books [books.google.co.uk]. Although focussed on button-making in Birmingham, which was a centre of button-making, this would be equally applicable to London. Mrs Bradbury, the widow whom Emma lodged with, was also a button maker and hailed from Birmingham. 

  43. Button makers and their backmarks, UK Detector Finds Database [www.ukdfd.co.uk]. Details London button manufacturers.​

  44. Joseph Henry Lane and Emmeline Ida Sophie Brasier, England & Wales Marriage Certificate, Registered 4th Quarter 1928 in Camberwell, Record no: 84, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  45. Boilermaker, Wikipedia, Last edited 20 Mar 2024 [en.wikipedia.org] 

  46. Elizabeth Sarah Mary Lane, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 1st Quarter 1860 in Lambeth, Record no: 78, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  47. Ellen Julia Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1861 in Lambeth, Record no: 27, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]. Sarah Lane, William's mother, was the informant on the death certificate and present for her death. Her address was given as 13 Pratt Street, which is also confirmed by her entry in the 1861 census - this confirms it was William's mother who was the informant and not William's sister-in-law Sarah Lane, as she was living on Brook Street at the time, with William's brother Joseph.

  48. Elizabeth Sarah Mary Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1861 in Lambeth, Record no: 29, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]. Henry Collyer, Emma's father, was the informant on the death certificate and present for her death. His address was given as Rose Cottage, Mill Street, Lambeth. 

  49. Ellen Julia Lane, Burial record, Lambeth Cemetery Tooting Burial Register, 28 May 1861, Record no: 1507, Deceased Online [deceasedonline.com]

  50. Joseph Henry Lane, England & Wales Birth Certificate, Registered 4th Quarter 1861 in St George Southwark, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  51. West Square, Southwark Council, Mar 2013 [www.southwark.gov.uk]

  52. ​​Pollock and Brown Shipbreakers, Sotonopedia: The A-Z of Southampton's History, Accessed 21 Jun 2024 [sotonopedia.wikidot.com]

  53. ​Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Wikipedia, Last edited 26 May 2024 [en.wikipedia.org] 

  54. ​Francisca Collyer [1871], Census return for Pratt Street, Lambeth, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  55. ​Sarah Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 1st Quarter 1871 in Lambeth, Record no: 427, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  56. George Henry Collyer, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 1st Quarter 1877 in St Saviour Surrey, Record no: 444, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]

  57. Joseph Henry Lane and Ann Jane Price, England & Wales Marriage Certificate, Registered 1st Quarter 1884 in St Saviour Southwark, Record no: 70, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​

  58. Frederick W Lane [1881], Census return for Regency Sq, Lambeth, Surrey, The National Archives of the UK, Ancestry [www.ancestry.co.uk]

  59. ​​Information on tuberculosis in the 19th century:

  60. Interment details for grave reference 41/14318, Nunhead Cemetery Burial Register, Deceased Online [deceasedonline.com]​. Grave 41/14318 was the Collyer at Nunhead Cemetery - all interred in the grave were Collyer family members. Mary Elizabeth Collyer, 28 December 1925 [Emma's sister]. Walter Edward Collyer, 8 February 1908 [Emma's nephew, son of her brother Frederick Charles]. Mary A Wood, 8 Mar 1892 [Likely a relative of Frederick Charles Collyer - his wife's maiden name was Wood]. Frederick W Lane, 5 Aug 1889 [Emma's son]. Elizabeth Collyer, 6 Oct 1883 [Emma's mother]. Henry Collyer, 3 Apr 1880 [Emma's father]. George H Collyer, 24 Mar 1877 [Emma's brother].

  61. Fredk W Lane, Burial record, Nunhead Cemetery Burial Register, 5 Aug 1889, Deceased Online [deceasedonline.com]​

  62. William Thomas Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1891 in Lambeth, Record no: 154, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​

  63. ​William Thomas Lane, Burial record, Lambeth Cemetery Tooting Burial Register, 18 Jun 1891, Record no: 969, Deceased Online [deceasedonline.com]​

  64. Information from Sheila Capes, daughter of Iris Margaret Price Lane. Beatrice Lane (nicknamed Beattie) married Henry Hyde. In a fit of temper, Henry threw their daughter Bessie. She was barely caught by her mother. As a result, Bessie had a speech defect. Bessie never married (even though she had a suitor) because she didn't want to leave her mother who had protected her and was left by her father.

  65. Lucy Francesca Hyde, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1900 in Lewisham, Record no: 159, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​

  66. Joseph Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 1st Quarter 1893 in Camberwell, Record no: 103, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​

  67. Ellen Lane, England & Wales Death Certificate, Registered 2nd Quarter 1897 in Camberwell, Record no: 407, General Register Office [www.gro.gov.uk]​

  68. Will of Ellen Lane, National Probate Calendar, Probate granted 2 Jul 1897 in London, ProbateSearch [probatesearch.service.gov.uk]

Personal map

Map of places from Emma's life

Family members

Parents

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Henry Collyer

1808-1880

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Elizabeth Lee

1815-1883

Siblings

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Ellen Mary Collyer

1839-1891

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Frederick Charles Collyer

1842-1914

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George Henry Collyer

1845-1877

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Mary Elizabeth Collyer

1848-1925

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Harriett Clara Collyer

1851-1943

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Rebecca Collyer

1854-1920

Husband

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William Thomas Lane

1825-1891

Children

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Ellen Julia Lane

1858-1861

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Elizabeth Sarah Mary Lane

1860-1861

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Joseph Henry Lane

1861-1936

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Frederick William Lane

1865-1889

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Ada Catherine Lane

1868-1928

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Beatrice Annie Lane

1872-1952

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