Family tree: Male Line 2.3.2

Biography

John William McCollin 1878-1940

John William McCollin was a tinsmith. His birth certificate records that he was born in 1878 at his parents house at 56 Whitefriargate. John William's first wife was Morice Jane Pick and their first son, Jack, was born in 1901. Jack's birth certificate records that they were living at 4 Perseverance Terrace, Fountains Road, Hull. John William and Morice had two more children, Frederick in in 1903 and Muriel in 1905 - but sadly neither survived their first year. At the time of these births, John and Morice were recorded in the Register of Baptisms as being at No's 6 and 3 Granville Avenue, Holmes Street, Fountain Road, respectively. According to Jack's apprenticeship papers, by 1917, their address was 3 Belgrave Terrace, Rosamond Street, Hull.

Rosamond Street, Hull

Their second surviving son, Sidney, was 13 years younger than Jack. They went on to have another child in 1918, a daughter - Dorothy, but sadly she also died in her first year. By 1921, John and Morice had moved to 83 Essex Street and John William was described as a metal worker in the Battle Directory - as he was again nine years later.

This picture, I formerly ascribed to as being Morice, is quite possibly not. It's probably my grandmother's mother (Blanchard)

Shortly after the death of his wife, Morice, in 1934, he re-married his housekeeper, Ada Edgar, and had one more child, June.

Check out Ada's family tree on www.cavekids2000.com/data/edg/ada.htm

My dad, Allan, remembers his granddad being profoundly deaf - a result of his trade as a tinner. He used to use a hearing horn and in his later years he was so deaf that people had to use a slate to communicate with him. Dad also remembers his first wife making beer for him - she would always have a pungent-smelling brew on the hearth with a couple of slices of toast floating on top.

Jack McCollin 1901-1976

Jack McCollin was born in Perseverance Terrace and signed up for an apprenticeship as a plumber at the age of 15½ in 1917. At that time he was still living with his parents, John William and Morice, at 3 Belgrave Terrace, Rosamond Street, Hull and undoubtedly lived with his parents when they moved to 83 Essex Street, Hull. Jack married Blanche Lillian Blanchard in 1925, whose father Albert Victor also lived in Essex Street, and they moved in a couple of doors down at 79 Essex Street. Jack was too young to fight in WWI and too old to fight in WWII. He enlisted in the Home Guard and my dad tells me he used to really enjoy his one night each week on the gun enplacement on Costello Fields. In 1953, Jack and Blanche sold 79 Essex Street for £750 to a Mr E.D. Dobson. They stayed with Mrs Brettell (Aunty Vera?), 86 West Grove, Askew Ave, Gipsyville for a few months until they bought 26 Kingston Avenue, Hessle, for £1000 from Captain Walter Lewis. They lived there until 1961 before selling it for £1800 to Mr & Mrs H.B. Verity, whenceupon they bought 6 Northgate, Hessle.

Jack 1940

Jack worked for the British Gas Light Company Ltd, rising through the ranks to become a District Inspector. In 1939, Jack's weekly wage upon being promoted to the Inspector's Staff was £3. 15. 0., rising to £5. 5. 0 in 1944 and to £595 per annum in 1956. Jack retired in 1966.

I remember Jack had part of one of his fingers missing which he lost while working for Metal Box. He kept it bandaged up and didn't tell Blanche about it! Jack's hobbies included playing the piano and the accordion - he used to enjoy a sing-song around the piano with his mates - in his later years in Northgate Club opposite their house in Northgate, Hessle. Jack kept an allotment for many years both down Dairycoates and later in Hessle, first near Shipyard, and later on Boothferry Road, Hessle, with the help of his son, Allan. Jack also used to carry out watch repairs and when I was very young I just remember him sat at the kitchen table repairing a watch with a magnifying eye-glass in place. In his younger days he was a football supporter and owned shares in Hull City FC. Blanche inherited her father's love of betting and loved to have a flutter on the horses and to go to bingo.

Sidney McCollin 1914-1982

Sidney was born 13 years after Jack. He used to cycle across to Grantham to see Dot (née Wyman) and married her in 1937. In 1939 Sidney appeared in the Hull Kelly's Directory, described as a shop assistant of 30 Dorset Street. Their house in Dorset Street backed on to relatives' houses in Essex Street. Sid and Dot later moved to Grantham in Lincolnshire where they had three children, Ian, Terry and Melvyn.

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