Thomas Bosworth Collings

Thomas Bosworth was the second son of William Jex Collings and his wife Mary (nee Bosworth). His father, William Jex, was born in Hammersmith, London, in 1869 (O/N/D Kensington), the son of William Jex and Ellen Louisa Collings; he was christened on 20 September 1874 in South Acton, Ealing, London. His mother, Mary Bosworth, was born in Bradmore in 1869 (J/A/S Basford), the daughter of William Bosworth. William and Mary were married in 1891 (J/F/M Basford) and were to have eight children by the time of the 1911 Census: William Jex b. 1891 (O/N/D Basford), Thomas Bosworth b. 15 January 1894 (J/F/M Basford), Percy John b,. 15 June 1896 (J/A/S Basford), Edith Mary b. 1899 (J/A/S Basford), John Edward b. 31 July 1902 (J/A/S Basford), Winifred Ellen b. 30 November 1904, Charles b. 1907 (A/M/J Basford) and Daisy b. 24 January 1910 (J/F/M Basford). All the children were born in Bradmore. They probably had another son, Edward Joseph Collings, who was born on 20 March 1916 (b. Bradmore, registered Basford, mother's maiden name Bosworth). Shortly after their marriage in 1891 William and Mary were living in Bradmore, with Mary's widowed father, William Bosworth (70), and her unmarried brother, John Bosworth (29), a joiner. William (21) was a lace curtain draughtsman while Mary (21) was a dressmaker. By 1901 William, now a highway labourer, and Mary were living on Village Street, Bradmore, with their four children, William (9), Thomas (7), Percy (4) and Edith (1). They were still living in Bradmore in 1911. William (43) was now working as a builder's labourer and he and his wife had eight children of whom only seven were in the home on the night of the census: William (20) and Percy (15) who were both farm labourers, Edith (12), John (9), Winifred (7), Charles (4) and Daisy (2). William and Mary's ninth child, Edward Joseph, was born five years later on 20 March 1916. Thomas (17) was in the Bradmore home of his maternal uncle, John Bosworth (48) and his wife Frances, at the time of the 1911 Census; he was then working on a farm. The family home was still in Bradmore when Mary was notified of Thomas' death in 1917. Mary Collings died in 1921 aged 52 and William died in 1936 aged 67. Of Thomas' siblings: William Jex married Sarah Elizabeth Slater in Ruddington on 11 May 1913. They had two children, Albert b. Bradmore 9 August 1913 and Lilian Mary b. Podder Farm Cottages, 31 July 1915. William was a horseman on a farm and living at Podder Farm Cottages, Mapperley Plains, Nottingham, when he attested at the age of 24 on 6 December 1915. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 7 December and was mobilised on 8 February 1917. Serving initially in the Northumberland Fusiliers he transferred to the Labour Corps (670283) and suffered severe gas shell poisoning in May 1918. He was not discharged from the Army until 29 July 1919; he was discharged to 13 Cross Street, Glossop, Derbyshire. (Silver Badge No. B267975.) In 1939, at the time of the England and Wales Register, there is a record of a William J Collings, a travelling road foreman for Derbyshire County Council, and his wife Sarah E. (b. 2 July 1892) living at Bray Cottage, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire with Leonard Collings b. 15 September 1927 who was listed as ther son. Percy John married Ruth E Clarke (b. 9 August 1896) in 1922 (A/M/J Nottingham) and in 1939 they were living in Basford; he was a grocer provision merchant. Percy died in 1981 (Dec Nottingham) aged 85. Edith Mary may have married Arhur Edenbrow in 1924 (J/F/M Basford). John Edward probably married May Mellors in 1929 (A/M/J Shardlow Derbys). In 1939 he was living in Loughborough where he was a centre-lathe (hosiery machine) with his wife May (b. 3 February 1890, d. 1971, Sep Loughborough). John Edward died on 1 March 1980 (March Nottingham). Winifed Ellen (Winnie) married William C Smith in 1928 (J/A/S Basford) and in 1939 they were living at 61 Leyton Crescent, Beeston. William (b. 26 August 1905) was a French polisher. Also listed in the household was Edward J Collings (b. 20 March 1916), who was in work; he was probably Winifred's youngest brother, the youngest child in the family who would have been about five years old when their mother died in 1921. Winifred died in 1989 (Jun Nottingham) aged 84. Charles (Charlie) has not been positively identified after 1911. Daisy probably married George W Shepherd in 1939 (A/M/J Nottingham) and died in September 1971 (Sep Nottingham) aged 61. Edward Joseph was living with his married sister, Winifred Smith, in 1939. He probably married Annie M Collins in 1940 (J/F/M Nottingham) and died in 1984 (Nov Leicestershire Central) aged 68.

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