Collett, Edward Henry

Birth Details
1840/44, Edward Henry Collett, Book 61

Evening Post 1/4/1895
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
WE, Edward Henry Collett and Albert William Collett, trading as Collett Brothers, at the Lower Hutt and Petone, as Wheelwrights, General Smiths, and Undertakers, hereby give notice that we have this day dissolved partnership. E. H. Collett will carry on the Undertaking Business at Petone, and receive and pay all debts due to and by that branch of the business; and Albert William Collett will carry on the Wheelwright''s and General Smith''s Business at the Lower Hutt, and pay and receive all debts due to and by that branch of the business.
Dated this 29th day of March, 1895.
E. H. COLLETT.
ALBERT WM. COLLETT.
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I, ALBERT WILLIAM COLLETT, hereby give notice that I have this day leased my Wheelwright''s Business, General Smith''s and Farriery Business, at the Lower Hutt, to Messrs. Purser & Ridley. I take this opportunity of thanking the public for their liberal support in the past, and trust that it will be extended to my successors.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) ALBERT WM. COLLETT.
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WITH reference to the above notice, we, the undersigned, trust that by civil, careful, and punctual attendance to business, we shall merit a continuance of the support and patronage accorded to Messrs. Collett Brothers.
Dated this 1st day of April, 1895.
(Signed) CRUWYS DEE PURSER.
(Signed) WILLIAM VINCENT RIDLEY.

Death Details
1916/4592, Edward Henry Collett, Aged: 75Y - Date of Death 12/4/1916 from Death Registration

Hutt Valley Cemetery Record Edward Henry Collett, Date: 12/4/1916, St James Anglican, Lower Hutt, Burial & Monumental Inscriptions, Reference: 51

Evening Post 13 April 1916
COLLETT.- On the 12th April, at the Wellington Hospital, Edward Henry Collett, of Petone; aged 75 years. Private interment. No flowers.

Evening Post 14 April 1916
There died yesterday at the Wellington Hospital one of the

oldest residents of the Hutt Valley in the person of Mr. Edward

Henry Collett. Mr. Collett was born in Wellington in 1841 his

75th birthday being last Monday. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Collett, arrived, in Wellington in December, 1840, by the

ship London. Deceased took a great interest in the Oddfellows''

Lodge, and was the second oldest Oddfellow in the Hutt Valley.

He had been a semi-invalid for the last two years. He never

married, but is survived by eight brothers and sisters, six of

whom are in or about the district, one at Waipawa, and one at

Dannevirke.