Dorothy Edith M Bregazzi ( 12 MAY 1906 - 22 OCT 1994 )

Born: 12 MAY 1906 at Hackney, London
Source: GRO + 1939 Register + Death

Father: Carl August Christian Bregazzi
Mother: Anne Catherine Patching

Husband: Edward Cadby Collins
Married: 1930 at Islington, Middlesex
Source: GRO

Children

Died: 22 OCT 1994 at Hendon, London
Source: GRO + Probate


Notes


1906 Birth
Bregazzi, Dorothy Edith May
Mother's Maiden Name: Patching
GRO J1906 - Hackney 1b 399
Source: www.gro.gov.uk

1911 Census

1921 Census

1930 Electoral Roll

1930 Marriage
Bregazzi, Dorothy E M to
Collins, Edward C
GRO S1930 - Islington 1b 732

1931 - 1935 Electoral Roll

1939 Register

1947 - 1965 Electoral Roll

1994 Death
Collins, Dorothy Edith M
Born: 12 May 1906
GRO Oct 1994 - Hendon B36C 44

9/1/1995 Probate
Collins, Dorothy Edith Mary
5 Irvine Close, Oakleigh Crescent, London N20
Died: 22 October 1994
Registry: London
Not exceeding £125,000
Source: probatesearch.service.gov.uk 9551100939E

My grandma, Dorothy Collins, (nee Bregazzi) was Emma Rosina's grandaughter. She always told me that she heard that Emma had gone off and left Carl. It was said that he was nasty to her and she just up and left. My grandma still found that hard to believe she would do that, leaving four small children like that. She had thoughts that perhaps he had "done her in", as there never seemed to be any trace of her from the day she left.

I am curious about this "disappearance" because there just doesn't seem to be any record of her remarriage or death. I am beginning to wonder now if the clue lies around her brother, Frederick, as surely he would know if his sister had just "disappeared" or whether she still kept in contact with her family. It just seems so strange that if she did keep in contact with them, how is it she never contacted her own children again?

My grandparents' Golden Wedding Anniversary do was held at Ye Old Gate House in Highgate, London in about 1979 and that is where Grandma met up with her Aunt Gertie, who was the only survivor of the brothers and sisters. Of course, she was the youngest, not the eldest as I erroneously mentioned in my earlier email.

Source: VG



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