the COLLIS marriages 1864 - 1932
the GROOMS
Albert Clarence Collis
- married Elizabeth Josephine BREEN in 1929

Allan Collis
- married Florence Frances HEWITT in 1911
their known children
* 1912 - Dulcie Evelyn Collis
* 1914 - Stanley Allan Collis

Arthur Edwin Collis
- married Alice Rose GILLETT in 1920

Arthur John Collis
- married Bertha Kate OLIVER in 1900
their known children
* 1900 - Joseph Herbert Collis
* 1902 - Percy William Collis
* 1903 - Arthur George Collis
* 1906 - Albert Clarence Collis
* 1910 - Charles Sydney Collis
* 1911 - Eva Alma Collis
* 1912 - Myrtle Collis
* 1914 - Nita Violet Collis

Charles Collis (1840-1913)
- married Mary Ellen NEILL in 1864
their known children
* 1865 - Martha Collis
* 1867 - Mary Ann Collis
* 1868 - John Collis
* 1870 - Jane Collis
* 1871 - David Collis
* 1875 - Elizabeth Ann Collis

Charles Douglas Collis (1903-1961)
- married Doris Ruth BODDY (1900-1981) in 1927
they are buried Plots 39 & 40, Row 11 at Rongotea cemetery

Cyril Claude Collis (1906-1974)
- married Ngaire Joyce PROUSE (1914-2000) in 1932
buried Plot 099, Block 018, Area S at Kelvin Grove

David Collis (1871-1966)
- married Ada Florence SHAILER (1872-1935) in 1896
their known children
* 1897 - Leonard Charles Collis
* 1899 - Oliver Alfred Collis
* 1902 - Gordon Edward Collis
* 1905 - Frederick David Collis
* 1907 - Raymond Malcolm Collis
* 1908 - Florence Beatrice Collis
David & Ada are buried Plot 102, Block 006 at Terrace End, Palmerston North

Edward Bentall Collis
- married Bessie Jane McENEANY in 1924

Edwin Collis
- married Catherine Stewart CLARKE in 1883

Egbert Collis
- married Emily Mary FREEMAN in 1908
their known children
* 1910 - Gladys Myrene Ruby Collis
* 1917 - Leonard Henry Frank Egbert Collis

Ernest Collis
- married Rebecca PRENTICE in 1902
their known children
* 1902 - Ernest Frederick Collis
* 1904 - Esther Lillian Collis
* 1905 - Ethel Clarence Collis
* 1907 - Reginald William Collis
* 1909 - Raymond Carl Collis
* 1911 - Vera Rita Collis

Frank Collis
- married Agnes Bertha GILBERTSON in 1919

Frederick Collis
- married Hannah WILLIAMS in 1870
their known children
* 1871 - Selina Collis
* 1876 - Annie Eliza Collis
* 1878 - George Arthur Collis
* 1879 - Mabel Collis
* 1882 - Joseph Charles Collis
* 1885 - Hilda Augusta Collis
* 1887 - Adelaide Hannah Collis

Frederick Arthur Collis
- married Grace Victoria MAGEE in 1908
their known children
* 1911 - Frederick james Collis
* 1913 - Alfred George Collis

Frederick David Collis
- married Gladys Muriel HALL in 1930

Frederick Ernest Collis (1902-1969)
* Frederick was a son of:
Ernest COLLIS (1878-1952) & Rebecca PRENTICE (1883-1953)
- Frederick married Charlotte Elizabeth Ruby BURLING in 1923 in Levin
* Charlotte was born near Masterton to:
Alexander Alfred BURLING (1869-1941) & Elizabeth Caroline GAZZARD (1868-1963)

George Collis
- married Susan NEILL in 1870
their known children
* 1871 - Herbert William Collis
* 1872 - George Henry Collis
* 1874 - Arthur John Collis
* 1876 - Esther Collis
* 1877 - Ernest Collis
* 1881 - Eva Ann Collis
* 1885 - Egbert Collis
* 1888 - Allen Collis
* 1890 - Jessie Mary Collis

George Arthur Collis
- married Mary Stewart LIKEN in 1910
their known children
* 1911 - Frederick George Collis
* 1917 - Lloyd Douglas Collis

George Henry Collis
- married Fanny FISK in 1896
their known children
* 1897 - Esme Arena Collis
* 1902 - Eileen Lavina Collis
* 1906 - Cyril Claude Collis

Gordon Edward Collis
- married Olive May HUNT in 1927

Harold Walter Collis
- married Marjorie Isobel BEVINS in 1923

Henry Collis
- married Charlotte Elizabeth LLOYD in 1877
their known children
* 1878 - Henry Charles Collis
* 1880 - Thomas Collis
* 1882 - Ann Sophia Collis
* 1884 - Albert Collis
* 1886 - Samuel Collis
* 1891 - Walter Collis

Herbert Joseph Collis
- married Lilian May HOOK in 1927

Herbert William Collis
- married Lily Maud STANNARD in 1897

John Collis (1868-1952)
- married Eleanor Douglas BULLIMAN (1871-1952) in 1893
their known children
* 1893 - Leslie James Collis
* 1895 - Alice May Collis
* 1897 - Mary Ellen Collis
* 1899 - Ethel Myrtle Collis
* 1901 - Alma Elizabeth Jane Collis
* 1902 - Charles Douglas Collis
* 1905 - Edith Collis
* 1907 - Mavis Frances Collis
John & Eleanor are buried Plots 37 & 38, Row 11 at Rongotea cemetery

John Collis (1883-1923)
son of Michael & Mary Ann Collis, early settlers of Mangaweka (go to John's link)
- John married Mary Lilian GANNON (1891-1991) 23 June 1915 in Mangaweka
* born in Australia, a daughter of John William Gannon, a Tailor. Mary lived with her widowed father in Mangaweka, NZ before she married. (see link & notes below)
the children of John & Mary
* 1916 - 1994 Selwyn Michael John Collis
- Selwyn is buried at Waikaraka
* 1918 - 2008 Desma Veronica Frances Collis
- Desma married Robert Harding and is buried at Taihape
* John Collis was a sawmiller. He, Mary and their family lived in Mangaweka, Levin and Taumarunui. John was killed in a train accident when he was 40, his children were then aged 7 & 4, see timeline below. They are buried in Mangaweka
NOTES
* updated as found for MaureenR
TIMELINE of John William Gannon & John Collis
* In Jan 1905 John William Gannon of Taihape and Mangaweka was bankrupt with bad book debts of £150 in Taihape and £83 in Mangaweka (total of $40,762 in 2018)
* In Aug 1906 there was a disastrous fire in Mangaweka destroying a block of buildings known as Munro's Corner. Gannon's tailor shop was one of them. From the first it was seen that it would be impossible to save the buildings so the bystanders devoted their energies to saving John's household effects, whose dwelling was in the rear of the building. The business buildings in the block were: Messrs Williams & Co,, auctioneers and grocers; Orchard the drapers and Thompson & Co., tailors (see July 1918 below)
* In March 1913 the business people of Mangaweka responded to the canvass for funds for the purchase of a Fire Brigade plant. Among the donors was the Collis Bros., and J. W. Gannon
* In June 1916 a J. W. Gannon of Mangaweka was called up to serve with the 18th Reinforcements
* In Sep 1916 John William Gannon and his son-in-law John Collis, invented and patented improvements to galoshes
* In Nov 1916 James Henry Sigley was selected by ballot for the Expeditionary Force. He put his contact as c/o Mr Gannon, tailor, Mangaweka (he was possibly an employee)
* In July 1918 Francis John Gannon Thompson (1885-1946), a tailor in Mangaweka appealed against going to war (was called in the 4th ballot) so he could help his mother run her 6 acre (rented) farm. (his name, occupation & location is interesting. Should be researched)
* On 3 April 1923 John Collis was trying to board the Main Trunk express at Taihape Station when he fell under a carriage and was cut to pieces. He was a well-known family man of Mangaweka, had formerly lived at Levin and was a saw-miller of Taumarunui
* In 1933 Desma was living at Broadway, Mangaweka (aged 15) when she won a prize in the "Trainlanders" Christmas Competition. She missed out on the first prize which was a first-class return ticket on the train to anywhere in NZ during the Summer holidays

Joseph James Collis
- married Florence Agnes VEALE in 1903
their known children
* 1904 - Roy William Collis
* 1906 - Annie May Collis
* 1908 - Noel Veale Collis

Leslie James Collis (1894-1974)
- married Edith Mary TEAGUE (1897-1993) in 1920
they are buried Plots 41& 42, Row 11 at Rongotea cemetery

Oliver Alfred Collis (1899-1827)
- married Florence Christina LANCASTER (1901-1974) in 1922
they are buried lot 155, Block 016, Area Q at Kelvin Grove

Raymond Carl Collis (1909-1984)
* son of Ernest COLLIS (1878-1952) & Rebecca PRENTICE (1883-1953)
- married Elsie Amelia DENTON (1911-1956) in 1929

Raymond Malcolm Collis (1907-1993)
- married Edith Myrtle PHILLIPPS (1902-1995) in 1931
they are buried Plot 34, Row 27 at Rongotea cemetery

Richard John Collis
- married Louise Fenwick de LAMBERT in 1909
their known children
* 1911 - Hilda Louise Collis
* 1912 - John Frederick Collis

Roy William Collis
- married Lydia Alison WRIGHT in 1926

Thomas Collis
- married Alice May EYRE in 1907
their known children
* 1909 - Myra Collis

Thomas Charles Collis
- married Andrina Cecelia Johanna CRANE in 1921

Walter Collis
- married Ethel Selina HANSEN in 1913
their known children
* 1914 - Henry Walter Collis
* 1916 - Albert Oscar Collis

William Collis
- married Susannah Ellen HALE in 1867

William Collis
- married Frances WOODWARD in 1875

William Andrew Collis
- married Lydia Naomi KING in 1878
their known children
* 1879 - Margaret May Collis
* 1882 - Kathleen Mary King Collis
* 1883 - Stanley William Max Collis
* 1885 - Ethel Day Collis
* 1887 - Nellie Bradley Collis
* 1890 - Douglas Leopold Wright Collis

William Henry Collis
- married Mary Ann PRATT in 1877

the COLLIS BRIDES

PHOTO
HEADSTONE of Mary Lillian Collis (nee Gannon) at Mangaweka cemetery