Susannah (Balls) CollingsAge: 84 years1842–1926
- Name
- Susannah (Balls) Collings
- Given names
- Susannah (Balls)
- Surname
- Collings
- Married name
- Susannah (Balls) Flowers
Note: Second name used only at time of baptism
| Baptism | 10 April 1842 |
| Baptism of a brother | George Collins 9 April 1844 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Hannah Collings 22 April 1845 (Age 3 years) |
| Baptism of a sister | Hannah Collings 2 May 1845 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jeremiah Collings before 16 April 1847 (Age 5 years) |
| Burial of a paternal grandfather | Jeremiah Collings 16 April 1847 (Age 5 years) |
| Baptism of a brother | Arthur George Balls Collings 28 November 1847 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a brother | Arthur George Balls Collings before March 1848 (Age 5 years) |
| Burial of a mother | Susannah Ball 1 March 1848 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Ball Collings before March 1851 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Hannah Mills before 15 May 1858 (Age 16 years) |
| Burial of a paternal grandmother | Hannah Mills 15 May 1858 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | 1861 (Age 18 years) Age: 18 Address: 26 High Road Note: Living with her father and sister Hannah |
| Marriage of a parent | George Collings — Wilhelmina Gertrude Wright — View this family 25 January 1862 (Age 19 years) |
| Marriage | Samuel Flowers — View this family 5 December 1865 (Age 23 years) Note: By licence |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Susannah Flowers before March 1867 (Age 24 years) Note: Another person with same name registered bef Dec 1866 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Angenora Idothea Flowers before September 1870 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a father | George Collings 7 June 1871 (Age 29 years) |
| Burial of a father | George Collings 11 June 1871 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | 1871 (Age 28 years) Age: 28 Address: 22 High Street North,
Southea Note: Head of household, married, living with her two daughters, Susannah (4) and Idothea A (8 months). Her husband was living in the village at his parents' house at the time of the census. |
| Occupation | infant schoolmistress 1871 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | George Spriggs Flowers before September 1872 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Minna Jane S(priggs) Flowers before March 1875 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Joseph Spriggs Flowers before December 1877 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Lily Spriggs Flowers before June 1880 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lily Spriggs Flowers before March 1881 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Millie Spriggs Flowers before December 1881 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a husband | Samuel Flowers between 1871 and 1881 (Age 28 years) Note: He is last on record in the census of 1871. In 1872 his wife is in a relationship with another man, and she describes herself as a widow in the next census of 1881 |
| Census | 1881 (Age 38 years) Address: High Street,
Southea Note: Now described as a widow, living with Joseph Spriggs and having her first child with him in 1872 |
| Birth of a son #8 | Arthur Spriggs Flowers before December 1884 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Ada Spriggs Flowers before December 1888 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | 1891 (Age 48 years) Age: 49 Address: Southea
(listed next to "Butchers Arms") Note: Living with and housekeeper to Joseph Spriggs and their children Joseph, Millie, Arthur and Ada |
| Marriage of a child | William Harwood — Angenora Idothea Flowers — View this family before December 1898 (Age 56 years) |
| Census | 1901 (Age 58 years) Age: 59 Address: Main Street,
Southea Note: Head of household, living on her own means, with four of her (Spriggs) children - George (29), Millie (19), Arthur (16) and Ada (12), also her grandson, Leonard Flowers (7) |
| Death of a daughter | Ada Spriggs Flowers before June 1906 (Age 64 years) |
| Census | 1911 (Age 68 years) Age: 68 Note: Living with her son Arthur and her nephew Leonard. |
| Death of a sister | Hannah Collings 24 March 1918 (Age 75 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Hannah Collings 28 March 1918 (Age 75 years) Cemetery: Emmanuel Chapel, Southea Note: Gravestone seen Oct 1987 |
| Death of a husband | Joseph Spriggs 30 July 1921 (Age 79 years) Age: 75 |
| Death | before September 1926 (Age 84 years) Age: 84 |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Collings Baptism: 7 November 1812 21 25 — Kettleburgh, Suffolk Death: 7 June 1871 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
| mother |
Susannah Ball Baptism: 13 October 1816 38 25 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Burial: 1 March 1848 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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Marriage: 9 November 1837 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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1 year elder sister |
Mary Ann Ball Collings Baptism: 18 November 1838 26 22 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1851 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years herself |
Susannah (Balls) Collings Baptism: 10 April 1842 29 25 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before September 1926 |
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2 years younger brother |
George Collins Baptism: 9 April 1844 31 27 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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1 year younger sister |
Hannah Collings Birth: 22 April 1845 32 28 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 24 March 1918 |
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3 years younger brother |
Arthur George Balls Collings Baptism: 28 November 1847 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1848 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
| Father’s family with Wilhelmina Gertrude Wright |
| father |
George Collings Baptism: 7 November 1812 21 25 — Kettleburgh, Suffolk Death: 7 June 1871 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
| step-mother |
Wilhelmina Gertrude Wright Baptism: 6 October 1812 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before September 1891 — Spalding district, Lincolnshire |
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Marriage: 25 January 1862 — Baptist Chapel, Ely Place, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire |
| Family with Joseph Spriggs |
| husband |
Joseph Spriggs Baptism: 17 November 1845 52 40 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: 30 July 1921 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
| herself |
Susannah (Balls) Collings Baptism: 10 April 1842 29 25 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before September 1926 |
| son |
George Spriggs Flowers Birth: before September 1872 26 30 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1955 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years daughter |
Minna Jane S(priggs) Flowers Birth: before March 1875 29 32 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years son |
Joseph Spriggs Flowers Birth: before December 1877 32 35 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years daughter |
Lily Spriggs Flowers Birth: before June 1880 34 38 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1881 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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19 months daughter |
Millie Spriggs Flowers Birth: before December 1881 36 39 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1953 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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3 years son |
Arthur Spriggs Flowers Birth: before December 1884 39 42 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1953 — Wisbech district, Cambridgeshire |
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4 years daughter |
Ada Spriggs Flowers Birth: before December 1888 43 46 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before June 1906 |
| Family with Samuel Flowers |
| husband |
Samuel Flowers Birth: about 1834 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: between 1871 and 1881 |
| herself |
Susannah (Balls) Collings Baptism: 10 April 1842 29 25 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before September 1926 |
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Marriage: 5 December 1865 — Downham Market, Norfolk |
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16 months daughter |
Susannah Flowers Birth: before March 1867 33 24 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire |
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4 years daughter |
Angenora Idothea Flowers Birth: before September 1870 36 28 — Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire Death: before March 1951 — East Elloe district, Lincolnshire |
| Census | Living with her father and sister Hannah |
| Marriage | By licence |
| Census | Head of household, married, living with her two daughters, Susannah (4) and Idothea A (8 months). Her husband was living in the village at his parents' house at the time of the census. |
| Census | Now described as a widow, living with Joseph Spriggs and having her first child with him in 1872 |
| Census | Living with and housekeeper to Joseph Spriggs and their children Joseph, Millie, Arthur and Ada |
| Census | Head of household, living on her own means, with four of her (Spriggs) children - George (29), Millie (19), Arthur (16) and Ada (12), also her grandson, Leonard Flowers (7) |
| Census | Living with her son Arthur and her nephew Leonard. |
| Name | Second name used only at time of baptism |