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Birthca Aug 1887, East Farleigh, Kent
Baptism21 Sep 1887, St Mary, East Farleigh, Kent
Death4 Apr 1936, 25 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, Middlesex
GeneralSole child. She had no children.
FatherWilliam Edmund Wood Collins (1848-1932)
Notes for Edith Stella Collins
Her birth index:

Name:                      Mother's Maiden Surname:
COLLINS, EDITH STELLA      STOPFORD SACKVILLE  
GRO Reference: 1887  S Quarter in MAIDSTONE  Volume 02A  Page 718
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Her baptism at St Mary, East farleigh on 27th Sept 1887, no 432, as Edith Stella, dau of Eilliam Edmund Wood and Margaret Elizabeth Collins, of Langley Hall, Slough, Gentleman by Francis E Allen, vicar.
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I cannot identify any marriage for her, far too many Edith (S) Collins marriages.
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But in 1964 an Edith S Collins born in 1888 died in Repton district, Derbyshire.  But it was Edith Sarah.
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In her father’s will, the above conundrums started to be unravelled.  His daughter had married Col Lionel Grant Oliver.  Can we find this?  Did they have any children?

And they did marry, in 1920 in Freebridge Lynn, when she was 33.
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There are fourteen Oliver births from 1920 to 1940 with the mother’s maiden name of Collins.  They can’t all be hers.  It will be difficult working out which were hers.

There are 5 Edith S deaths from from 1933 to 1953 and one probate for Edith Stella Oliver in 1936 which sounds very much like her.  See her Will Notes.  They show she was already a widow in 1936.
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Her burial:

“In the parish of Heacham in the County of Norfolk in the yearOne thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, Edith Stella Oliver of Summer Hill Heacham was buried on April 7th 1936 aged 48 years by G G Merlin  vicar.”
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Will notes for Edith Stella Collins
Her probate index:

1936
OLIVER Edith Stella of Summer Hill Heacham Norfolk widow died 4 April 1936 at 25 Bedford Gardens Kensington Middlesex  Probate London 9 June to Kenneth Broadway solicitor
Effects £35894 18s. 1d.  Resworn £36518 9s. 8d.

Must be ordered to see who she left it to.
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Her will was dated 15th November 1935 and she appointed as executors Charles Hore Ruthven and Kenneth Broadley, solicitor and the formet renounced the charge and only the latter was granted the power to Administrate the Will.

She listed many relatives of her husband and of her relatives:

1. Rhoda Stefanie Legge
Notes for Lionel Grant & Edith Stella (Family)
Their marriage index:

First name(s)       Edith S
Last name           Collins
Marriage quarter    4
Marriage year       1920
Marriage Finder™    Edith S Collins married one of these people
                    Lionel G Oliver
Spouse's last name  Oliver
District            Freebridge Lynn
County              Norfolk
Country             England
Volume              4B
Page number         929
Record set          England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
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Last Modified 5 Dec 2021Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220