Verdi Roy Collits1,2

M, #7725, b. 15 January 1909, d. 18 November 1951
FatherErnest Albert Collits1 b. 18 May 1875, d. 16 Aug 1944
MotherBlanche Morton1 d. 28 Nov 1970
Relationship3rd cousin 2 times removed of Keith Graham Bassett
Last Edited28 Dec 2018
Birth*15 January 1909 Forbes, NSW, Australia1 
Marriage*25 January 1933 Forbes, NSW, Australia;Principal=Daphne Eileen Langford3 
News-Arct*24 February 1933 "The Land", Sydney, NSW, Australia;
Collits-Langford. — At St. Mathews', Eugowra, Daphne Eileen, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Langford, of Eugowra and Verdi Roy, only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Collits, of "Vychan," Eugowra.
;Principal=Daphne Eileen Langford2 
Death of Father16 August 1944 Tooraweenah, NSW, Australia;Principal=Ernest Albert Collits4 
Death*18 November 1951 Dubbo Base Hospital, Dubbo, NSW, Australia5,6 
Obituary23 November 1951 "The Forbes Advocate", Forbes, NSW, Australia;
Mr. Verdi Roy Collits
The death occurred in Dubbo Base Hospital last Sunday night, after a very short illness, of Mr. Verdi Roy Collits, aged 42, of "Foxwood," Mendooran.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Collits and was predeceased by his father four years ago.
Mr. Collits was born at Forbes and was married at Eugowra to Miss Daphne Eileen Langford. He spent most of his life in the Tooraweena-Baradine district, in farming and grazing pursuits.
He is survived by his widow, and by six children — sons, Barry, Robin, Colin, Geoffrey, Robert, and daughter, Joy.
His funeral on Tuesday was to the Church of England cemetery at Gilgandra.6 

Family

Daphne Eileen Langford

Citations

  1. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 3390/1909 Verdi R Collits.
  2. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Land, Friday, February 24, 1933.
  3. [S1481] NSW Marriage Indexes, 1342/1933 Verdi R Collits & Daphne Z Langford.
  4. [S1473] NSW Death Indexes, 16516/1944 Ernest Albert Collits.
  5. [S1473] NSW Death Indexes, 30862/1951 Verdi Roy Collits.
  6. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Forbes Advocate, Friday, November 23, 1951.