My name is
Ann Collins. I live in Moe,
I have been researching the
Colenso family since 1995, starting with letters that my father had received
from Phillip Ernest Colenso in
Once I started trying to organize this information and the new information as it became more accessible I expanded to a One Name Study of the Colenso Family and variants. This is registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS).
The photos below from left to
right are of my father Gavin Collins, Samuel May Colenso (my third great
grandfather), Thomas Henry Colenso (my great grandfather) and William Colenso
of
My father is a descendent of
Edwin Colenso, who landed in
What I intend to include in this website are summaries of what I have learned about the origins and early records of the Colenso Family in Cornwall, and their dispersion to other parts of England and to the New World – USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. I don’t intend to publish a traditional family tree as many people have done this already and these can be found through a search engine or via Ancestry.com.
I have been in contact with very many people also connected to this family. The introduction of the internet and email has accelerated this. I have tried to list these contributors, but apologize in advance if I have forgotten someone. Hopefully, with their permission this will turn into a contact list.
My ambition with this web page is to provide access, to any interested party, the results of this research. There are few things to keep in mind when reading this information:
Much of this information was gained as a gift or exchange from other people, so it is not available for commercial use.
What I have written may alter when new information becomes available, but I will try to make clear what is a supposition or hypothesis.
These pages are a “work in progress” and may never represent all the information that I’ve collected.
If you want to contact me to discuss anything I have included, misinterpreted or omitted, please use the following address acollins@netspace.net.au