Eliza Ann Hale 1879- 1975
Born Priddy, Somerset to a farm bailiff who became an Inn keeper and then a farmer
1879. Eliza Ann Hale was born on 30/5/1879 Wells Sep 1879 to James Hale & Ann Brock.
1881C. Eliza A Hale, 1, is living Higher Pitts, Wookey, Wells
| James | Hale | Head | Married | Male | 25 | 1856 | Priddy, Somerset, England | Farm Bailiff | |
| Ann | Hale | Wife | Married | Female | 25 | 1856 | Priddy, Somerset, England | - | |
| Matthew | Hale | Son | Single | Male | 3 | 1878 | Wookey, Somerset, England | Scholar | |
| Eliza A | Hale | Daughter | Single | Female | 1 | 1880 | Wookey, Somerset, England |
1891C. Eliza Hale, 11, is living Railway Hotel, Duck Street, Westbury, Wells
| James | Hale | Head | Married | Male | 39 | 1852 | Priddy Somerset, England | Inn Keeper | |
| Ann | Hale | Wife | Married | Female | 39 | 1852 | Priddy, Somerset, England | - | |
| Mathew | Hale | Son | - | Male | 13 | 1878 | Priddy Somerset, England | - | |
| Eliza | Hale | Daughter | - | Female | 11 | 1880 | Priddy Somerset, England | - | |
| Charley | Hale | Son | - | Male | 9 | 1882 | Priddy Somerset, England | - | |
| Mary | Hale | Daughter | - | Female | 7 | 1884 | Priddy Somerset, England | - | |
| Minnie | Hale | Daughter | - | Female | 5 | 1886 | Priddy Somerset, England | - | |
| Elizabeth | Hale | Daughter | - | Female | 2 | 1889 | Priddy Somerset, England | - | |
| Emily | Hale | Daughter | - | Female | 0 | 1891 | -Westbury |
The family have moved from Priddy to Westbury ~1889-1890
1901C. Eliza Ann Hale , 21, is a housekeeper/servant at Knighton Sutton Farm ,Village , Stowey, Clutton, Somerset
| Herbert H | Collins | Head | Single | Male | 33 | 1868 | Chew Magna, Somerset, England | Farmer | |
| Thomas | Gallop | Uncle | Single | Male | 81 | 1820 | Blagdon, Somerset, England | Farmer Retired | |
| Eliza Ann | Hale | Servant | Single | Female | 21 | 1880 | Priddy, Somerset, England | Housekeeper Domestic | |
| Mary | Hale | Servant | Single | Female | 17 | 1884 | Priddy, Somerset, England | Dairymaid Assistant |
1907. Eliza Ann Hale married Herbert Hitchman Collins Wells Dec 1907 . She had obviously become pregnant by her employer! He was still unmarried at the age of 39
1907 Herbert Henry Collins was born 30/11/1907 to Herbert and Eliza Ann. Wells Mar 1908
1911C. Herbert, 43, & Eliza , 31, Hale are living at Knighton Sutton Farm , Pensford Bristol, Stowey, Somerset . They had been married 4 years, 3 children, all alive . House had 8 rooms.
| Herbert Hitchman | Collins | Head | Married | Male | 43 | 1868 | Stowey Somerset | Farmer | |
| Eliza Ann | Collins | Wife | Married | Female | 31 | 1880 | Priddy Somerset | - | |
| Herbert Henry | Collins | Son | - | Male | 3 | 1908 | Easton Somerset | - | |
| Emily | Collins | Daughter | - | Female | 2 | 1909 | Stowey Somerset | - | |
| John | Collins | Son | - | Male | 0 | 1911 | Stowey Somerset | - | |
| Elizabeth | Hale | Sister In Law | Single | Female | 22 | 1889 | Priddy Somerset | Dairy Work | |
| Kathleen May | King | Assistant | Single | Female | 16 | 1895 | Chew Magna Somerset | Dairy Work | |
| Hubert | Gadd | Assistant | Single | Male | 17 | 1894 | Langford Somerset | Working On Farm |
2 more children born: Arthur E Collins Clutton Mar 1912 & George Collins 22/9/1913- no bmd!
1939 Register. Maybe she is working at Belluton Farm, Clutton ?? date of birth seemingly incorrest . Belluton less than 1k from Pensford where the family lived in 1911C . A long way from her husband in Axbridge, but maybe he helping/visiting their son
| Eliza | Collins | 20 Aug 1878 | Female | Unpaid Domestic | Married | 148 | 2 | ||
| Arthur | Elmes | 03 Jul 1877 | Male | Dairy Farmer | Single | 148 | 1 | ||
| Sorry, this record is officially closed. | |||||||||
| Emily | Tanner | 27 Oct 1860 | Female | Unpaid Domestic | Widowed | ||||
Herbert H Collins, born 19/1/1868, retired farmer, is living Rickford Farm, Axbridge with his youngest son . Wife still alive but not with him
| Herbert H | Collins | 19 Jan 1868 | Male | Retired Farmer | Married | 121 | 2 | |
| George | Collins | 22 Sep 1913 | Male | Dairy Farmer | - |
1945. Herbert H Collins , 77, of Peartree House, Burrington, dies 29/1/1945. Weston Mar 1945. Probate to Eliza Ann Collins, widow, Herbert Henry Collins & John Collins, farmers. Effects ~ £7850. Burrington ~8 k NE of Axbridge, E of Weston Super mare, some way SW of Pensford
1975. Eliza Anne Collins, born 30/5/1879, dies Cheltenham Dec 1975 - Maybe?. Is this about right, Richard? No other death seems to fit- but could she have remarried? No probate for 1975.