Colin James Piper, 1899–
- Name
- Colin James /Piper/
Birth | September 21, 1899
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Death of a sister | Elthel A M Piper 1901 (aged 1 year) |
Birth of a sister | Annie Pretoria Piper February 6, 1901 (aged 1 year) |
Birth of a sister | Jessie Kathleen Piper September 13, 1902 (aged 2 years) |
Birth of a sister | Hilda Clarice Piper April 17, 1904 (aged 4 years) |
Birth of a brother | Leslie Ormond Piper November 13, 1905 (aged 6 years) |
Birth of a sister | Edna Thornton Piper June 2, 1910 (aged 10 years) |
Birth of a brother | Edward Pearson Piper June 1, 1913 (aged 13 years) |
Marriage | Vera Mavis Mitchell — View this family 1921 (aged 21 years) |
Birth of a son | Colin Mitchell Piper July 11, 1921 (aged 21 years) Note: Source: death notice
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Birth of a brother | Ross Thornton Piper November 25, 1921 (aged 22 years) |
Birth of a son | Jack Mitchell Piper December 22, 1922 (aged 23 years) |
Birth of a son | Arthur Keith Piper 1924 (aged 24 years) |
Leaves Vera and goes missing | Leaves Vera and goes missing January 28, 1927 (aged 27 years)Note: Missing since the 28th Ultimo, from his home, Maroubra Bay Road, Maroubra, Colin James Piper, 27 years of age, about 6 feet high, medium build, dark complexion and hair, brown eyes, clean shaven, scar across chin, dressed in a dark cloth suit, grey felt hat and tan shoes, a clerk. Information to Vera Piper and the above address. New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
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Warrant for arrest | Abandoned Vera February 9, 1927 (aged 27 years)A warrant was issued by the Children's Court Bench for Colin's arrest for wife desertion. Newspaper article: A warrant has been issued by the Children's Court Bench for the arrest of COLIN JAMES PIPER, charged with wife desertion. He is 27 years of age, 6 feet high, slight build, dark complexion, brown hair and eyes; a clerk. Complainant, Vera Piper, Maroubra Bay, Maroubra. New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wed 9 Feb 1927 [Issue No.6], Page 85 Note: the warrant was cancelled on 1 August 1928. Newspaper article: The warrant for the arrest of COLIN JAMES PIPER, charged with wife desertion, has been cancelled, an exparte order having been made whereby offender was ordered to pay £3 per week for the support of his wife and children, also £2 10s. costs. Vide Police Gazette, 1927, page 434. |
Abandoned Vera | Possibly in New Zealand 1928 (aged 28 years)Address: INQUIRIES ETC., FROM OUTSIDE NEW ZEALAND.
Sydney (New South Wales). Inquiries are requested for Colin James Piper, who has left his wife and three children destitute at Sydney. Description: Age twenty-nine, height about 5ft 11in., clerk, medium build, dark complexion and hair, brown eyes, clean shaven, scar across chin. If located a communication is to be sent to the Commissioner of Police, Wellington, in whose office a photograph of Piper is filed. Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Item: IE26586227; Roll: R15423701 |
Death of a maternal grandfather | James Edward Harrigan May 12, 1929 (aged 29 years) |
Burial of a maternal grandfather | James Edward Harrigan May 1929 (aged 29 years) |
Divorce | Divorce February 28, 1931 (aged 31 years)PIPER v PIPER. Vera Mavis Piper (formerly Mitchell) sought dissolution of her marriage with Colin James Piper, on the ground of desertion. They were married at Paddington on January 15, 1921, according to the rites of the Methodist Church. His Honor made a decree nisi, returnable in six months. Mr. K. M. Levy appeared for the petitioner. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 28 Feb 1931, Page 8 Note, decree absolute was granted on 14 October 1931. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 14 Oct 1931, Page 8 |
Death of a father | James Pearson Piper May 25, 1944 (aged 44 years) |
Burial of a father | James Pearson Piper May 1944 (aged 44 years) |
Event | Legally presumed dead 1945 (aged 45 years)Note: According to Ancestry researcher Joseph Chesterfield, Colin was legally presumed to be dead in 1945. He wasn't and had already married Beatrice.
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Marriage of a child | Arthur Keith Piper — Katherine Hazel Quinn — View this family 1948 (aged 48 years) |
Burial of a mother | Lily Amelia Harrigan June 1955 (aged 55 years) |
Death of a mother | Lily Amelia Harrigan June 13, 1955 (aged 55 years) |
Death of a sister | Edna Thornton Piper April 22, 1973 (aged 73 years) |
Death of a sister | Annie Pretoria Piper September 5, 1973 (aged 73 years) |
Death of a brother | Leslie Ormond Piper January 1975 (aged 75 years) |
Residence | 1977 (aged 77 years) 1943: George Street, Mayfield, NSW. Worked as a steel worker 1949: Pacific Hwy, Belmont South, NSW. Worked as a driller 1954: Jones Avenue, Warners Bay, NSW. Worked as a fitter 1958: Smart Street, Charlestown, NSW 1963 - 1980: 8 Hutton Street, Charlestown, NSW 1958 - 1980: Worked as a watchman |
Death of a sister | Hilda Clarice Piper August 2, 1982 (aged 82 years) |
Death of a brother | Edward Pearson Piper July 12, 1985 (aged 85 years) |
Death of a sister | Jessie Kathleen Piper July 21, 1985 (aged 85 years) |
Death of a son | Arthur Keith Piper May 2, 2007 (aged 107 years) |
Burial of a son | Arthur Keith Piper May 7, 2007 (aged 107 years) |
father |
1873–1944
Birth: May 19, 1873 — Dapto, New South Wales, Australia Death: May 25, 1944 — Granville, New South Wales, Australia |
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mother |
1876–1955
Birth: July 26, 1876
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40 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia Death: June 13, 1955 — Guildford, New South Wales, Australia |
Marriage |
Marriage: September 17, 1897 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia |
16 months
elder sister |
1898–1901
Birth: 1898
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21 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1901 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia |
21 months
himself |
1899–
Birth: September 21, 1899
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23 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia |
17 months
younger sister |
1901–1973
Birth: February 6, 1901
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24 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia Death: September 5, 1973 — Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia |
19 months
younger sister |
1902–1985
Birth: September 13, 1902
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26 — Robertson, New South Wales, Australia Death: July 21, 1985 — Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia |
19 months
younger sister |
1904–1982
Birth: April 17, 1904
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27 — Robertson, New South Wales, Australia Death: August 2, 1982 |
19 months
younger brother |
1905–1975
Birth: November 13, 1905
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29 — Bingara, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 1975 |
5 years
younger sister |
1910–1973
Birth: June 2, 1910
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33 — Tingha, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 22, 1973 — Camden, New South Wales, Australia |
3 years
younger brother |
1913–1985
Birth: June 1, 1913
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36 — Tingha, New South Wales, Australia Death: July 12, 1985 — Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia |
9 years
younger brother |
himself |
1899–
Birth: September 21, 1899
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23 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia |
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Marriage |
Marriage: 1921 — Paddington, New South Wales, Australia |
6 months
son |
1921–2016
Birth: July 11, 1921
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22 — Llangothlan, New South Wales, Australia Death: September 17, 2016 — Wynnum, Queensland, Australia |
18 months
son |
1922–2015
Birth: December 22, 1922
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23 — Guyra, New South Wales, Australia Death: June 17, 2015 — Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
2 years
son |
1924–2007
Birth: 1924
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24 — New South Wales, Australia Death: May 2, 2007 — Kahibah, New South Wales, Australia |
himself |
1899–
Birth: September 21, 1899
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23 — Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia |
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wife |
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Leaves Vera and goes missing | Missing since the 28th Ultimo, from his home, Maroubra Bay Road, Maroubra, Colin James Piper, 27 years of age, about 6 feet high, medium build, dark complexion and hair, brown eyes, clean shaven, scar across chin, dressed in a dark cloth suit, grey felt hat and tan shoes, a clerk. Information to Vera Piper and the above address. New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Warrant for arrest | A warrant was issued by the Children's Court Bench for Colin's arrest for wife desertion. Newspaper article: A warrant has been issued by the Children's Court Bench for the arrest of COLIN JAMES PIPER, charged with wife desertion. He is 27 years of age, 6 feet high, slight build, dark complexion, brown hair and eyes; a clerk. Complainant, Vera Piper, Maroubra Bay, Maroubra. New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860 - 1930), Wed 9 Feb 1927 [Issue No.6], Page 85 Note: the warrant was cancelled on 1 August 1928. Newspaper article: The warrant for the arrest of COLIN JAMES PIPER, charged with wife desertion, has been cancelled, an exparte order having been made whereby offender was ordered to pay £3 per week for the support of his wife and children, also £2 10s. costs. Vide Police Gazette, 1927, page 434. |
Divorce | PIPER v PIPER. Vera Mavis Piper (formerly Mitchell) sought dissolution of her marriage with Colin James Piper, on the ground of desertion. They were married at Paddington on January 15, 1921, according to the rites of the Methodist Church. His Honor made a decree nisi, returnable in six months. Mr. K. M. Levy appeared for the petitioner. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 28 Feb 1931, Page 8 Note, decree absolute was granted on 14 October 1931. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 14 Oct 1931, Page 8 |
Event | According to Ancestry researcher Joseph Chesterfield, Colin was legally presumed to be dead in 1945. He wasn't and had already married Beatrice. |
Residence | 1943: George Street, Mayfield, NSW. Worked as a steel worker 1949: Pacific Hwy, Belmont South, NSW. Worked as a driller 1954: Jones Avenue, Warners Bay, NSW. Worked as a fitter 1958: Smart Street, Charlestown, NSW 1963 - 1980: 8 Hutton Street, Charlestown, NSW 1958 - 1980: Worked as a watchman |