Herbert Shuckburgh (Hubert) COLLYNS

Date of Birth: 
3 Dec 1879
Date of Death: 
20 Jul 1959

Hubert was born in Nelson.

He married Antonetta Parsons (born at Pelorus in 1880) in 1903.

They divorced in 1920 and she later remarried.

They had two children, one of whom died at the age of 5.

A son-in-law, Eric Brown, served in WW1.

Hubert was a farmer at Hadfield, a drover at Riccarton, a musterer at Oxford then a drover at Kaikoura. He retired in Kaikoura.

He was also the publican of the Levin Hotel from Mar 1906 to Mar 1907.

Relatives mentioned in profile: 
Herbert Shuckburgh (Hubert) Collyns, Arthur Shuckburgh Collyns, Emma Elizabeth MacKay, Antonetta Edith Parsons, John King, Erica Antonetta Collyns, Eric Harold Brown, John Derek Parsons, Ralph Thomas Dwan Shuckburgh Collyns.