Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEleanor Jane LOWES
Birth23 Apr 1875, Lanchester, Durham
Baptism19 May 1875, Shotley Bridge, Durham
FatherCharles LOWES (1841-1930)
MotherJane SPARK (1850-1921)
Spouses
Birthabt 1878, Consett, Durham, England
Death26 Oct 1917, Belgium
Birth28 Apr 1881
Marriage1919
Notes for Eleanor Jane LOWES
In the April to June 1875 birth index Eleanor Jane Lowes, Lanchester, Durham, volume 10a, page 449.

England Select Births and Baptisms
Eleanor Jane Lowes, baptism May 19 1875, Wesleyan Methodist, Shotley Bridge, Durham, father Charles Lowes, mother Jane.

In the 1881 census Drift Houses, Eltringham, Hexham, Wickley Parish, Northumberland.
Head Charles Lowes, age 39, colliery smith, born Newlands (Bywell), Northumberland.
Wife Jane Lowes ,age 31, born Lanchester, Durham.
Son Walton Lowes, age 12, scholar, born Fairfield, Durham.
Daughter Mary A. Lowes, age 11, scholar, born Lanchester.
Son Thomas A. Lowes, age 9, scholar, born Lanchester.
Daughter Eleanor J. Lowes, age 5, born Lanchester.
Daughter Amelia D. Lowes, age 3, born Lanchester.
Son John Lowes, age 1, born Eltringham, Northumberland.
[Lanchester is about 6 km from Consett.]

In the 1901 census Green St? Office?, Post Office, Collierley civil parish, St. Thomas Collierley ecclesiastical parish, Annfield Plain urban district, Catchgate Village, Durham.
Head Charles Lowes, age 58, general dealer and sub post master, own account, at home, born Newlands Bywell, Northumberland.
Wife Jane Lowes, age 52, born Greencroft, Durham.
Daughter Eleanor Jane Lowes, age 25, post master’s assistant, worker, born Consett, Durham.
Daughter Hannah L. E. Lowes, age 14, born Bywell, Northumberland.

In the October to December 1901 marriage index Eleanor Jane Lowes; the males on the page are Joseph Alfred Colling and Robert Lock Stockdale, Lanchester, Durham, volume 10a, page 566.

In the 1911 census 80 Derwent Street, Blackhill, Benfield, Durham
Head Joseph Alfred Colling, age 33, steelworker (rolling department), worker, born Consett, Durham.
Wife Eleanor Jane Colling, age 34, married 9 years, no children born alive, born Consett, Durham.

In the October to December 1919 marriage index Eleanor J. Colling and Joseph Anderson, Lanchester, Durham, volume 10a, page 867

1939 England and Wales Register
1 Park Terrace, Consett, Durham
1. Joseph Anderson, born 28 April 1881, married, colliery electrical engineer, special constable
2. Eleanor J. Anderson, born April 23 1875, married, unpaid household duties
Notes for Joseph Alfred (Spouse 1)
UK soldiers Died in the Great War
Joseph Alfred Colling died October 26 1917, France and Flander
Enlisted Newcastle-on-Tyne
Regimental Number 292034, Private, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st of the 4th Battalion (Territorials)
Killed in Action

From the War Diaries for 1/4 Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
On October 25/26 1917
officers 2 killed, 1 died of wounds, 5 wounded, 2 missing
Other ranks 36 killed, 156 wounded, 64 missing.
[I have perused a few war diaries before, the soldiers who kept this one were very thorough. It is a useful historical document]

National Probate Calendar
Joseph Alfred Colling of 80 Derwent-street Blackhill county Durham died 26 October 1917 in Belgium on active service Probate Durham 11 November 1918 to Eleanor Jane Colling widow. Effects 212 pounds
[His will was probated on the day the war ended - wow]

UK WWI Pension Records
Joseph Alfred Colling, Regimental Number 292034, Private, 1/4 Northumberland Fusiliers Territorial Force
Killed in Action October 26 1917
Widow Elena, Jane, 80 Derwent Street, Blackball, County Durham
No children listed
Pension 13/9 a week, awarded May 4 1918
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