Grace Collits1

F, #7672, b. 23 June 1873, d. 22 March 1954
FatherPierce Collits1 b. 13 Mar 1840, d. 7 Aug 1914
MotherElizabeth Jones1 b. 25 Aug 1852, d. 17 Jul 1932
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of Keith Graham Bassett
Last Edited30 Dec 2018
Birth*23 June 1873 Forbes, NSW, Australia1 
Married Name3 August 1896 Jarman2 
Marriage*3 August 1896 Residence of Minister G Wilks, Semaphore, Port Adelaide, SA, Australia;
Amos Joseph Woods Jarman, Single, 22, father Richard Henry Jarman
Grace Collits, Single, 23, father Pierce Collits;Groom=Amos Joseph Woods Jarman2 
Married Name14 November 1908 Burrows3 
Marriage*14 November 1908 Marrickville, NSW, Australia;Principal=James Burrows3 
Death of Father7 August 1914 Sand Hills, Forbes, NSW, Australia;Principal=Pierce Collits4,5 
Death*22 March 1954 Sydney, NSW, Australia6 
Obituary6 April 1954 "The Forbes Advocate", Forbes, NSW, Australia;
MRS. G. BURROWS.
The death took place in Sydney on March 22 of a former Forbes resident in the person of Mrs. Grace Burrows, wife of Mr. James Burrows, who has been an invalid for the past three years, and who had reached the great age of 80 years and eight months. She was the second eldest child of the late Mr. Pierce and Mrs. Elizabeth Collits, of Sand Hills, old residents of the district, who had a family of 13 children. All the sons have passed away, and of the daughters only three survive — Lillie (Mrs. McMahon, Manly), Bessie (Mrs. H. McRae, Ferry Street, Forbes), and Lydia (Mrs. W. Hughes, Como). In addition to these sisters, deceased leaves a husband and one son (Fred). Her remains were cremated at Rookwood Crematorium.7 

Family 1

James Burrows
Child

Family 2

Amos Joseph Woods Jarman

Citations

  1. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 10323/1873 Grace Collitts.
  2. [S1655] Findmypast South Australia Marriages 1842-1937 Transcription, online http://www.findmypast.com/, Amos Joseph Woods Jarman & Grace Collits 1896.
  3. [S1481] NSW Marriage Indexes, 11334/1908 James Burrows & Grace Collits.
  4. [S1473] NSW Death Indexes, 13052/1914 Pierce Collitts.
  5. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Forbes Advocate, Tuesday, August 11, 1914.
  6. [S1473] NSW Death Indexes, 549/1954 Grace Burrows.
  7. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Forbes Advocate, Tuesday, April 6, 1954.
  8. [S1473] NSW Death Indexes, 19463/1960 Frederick James Burrows.