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John Chisholm Colling                         1873-1922
John was born about 1873, the son of Thomas Colling and Elizabeth Ann Chisholm, at Sunderland, County Durham.
Elizabeth Edith Potts                            1883-1920
Elizabeth was born about 1883, the daughter of Tom Smith Potts and Elizabeth Jane Steel, at Sunderland, County Durham.
I have identified the following children:
  Elizabeth Edith Born abt 1911   Sunderland  
John C. Born abt 1914   Sunderland  
Annie Born abt 1915   Sunderland  
Joan C. Born abt 1918   Sunderland  

Birth of Parents
John Chisholm Colling b: abt 1873         Sunderland, County Durham             1873 2Q Sunderland 10a 669
son of Thomas Colling and Elizabeth Ann Chisholm

Elizabeth Edith Potts b: abt 1883         Sunderland, County Durham             1883 1Q Sunderland 10a 546
daughter of Tom Smith Potts and Elizabeth Jane Steel

Marriage
18 Nov 1911
John Chisholm Colling (38)
Elizabeth Edith Potts (28) 		Sunderland, County Durham                               1911 4Q Sunderland 10a 1192
Seaman, Master Merchant Service, Father: Thomas Colling (deceased)
Father: Tom Smith Potts (deceased)
Wit: C. E. Potts, T. S. Potts [Charles Edward & Tom Smith Potts]

Children
Elizabeth Edith Colling b: abt 1911           Sunderland, County Durham             1911 4Q Sunderland 10a 1357
daughter of John Chisholm Colling and Elizabeth Edith Potts
John C. Colling b: abt 1914           Sunderland, County Durham             1914 1Q Sunderland 10a 1512
son of John Chisholm Colling and Elizabeth Edith Potts
Annie Colling b: abt 1915           Sunderland, County Durham             1915 2Q Sunderland 10a 1475
daughter of John Chisholm Colling and Elizabeth Edith Potts
Joan C. Colling b: abt 1918           Sunderland, County Durham             1918 1Q Sunderland 10a 1081
daughter of John Chisholm Colling and Elizabeth Edith Potts

Death
Elizabeth Edith (Potts) Colling Died 21 May 1920, Age 37,                 1920 2Q Sunderland 10a 857
in childbirth

Death
John Chisholm Colling Died 7 Jan 1922, Age 48, Master Mariner,                 1922 1Q Sunderland 10a 1048
Burial: 9 Jan 1922, Sunderland East, sister K. L. Smith (Kate Lily Colling) present at death

DURHAM   6 Feb 1922                         Probate
COLLING, John Chisholm, of 15 Churchill Street, Sunderland, died 7 January, 1922, Administration (Limited) Durham, 6 February, to Tom Colling, pork butcher.
  Effects £422 7s. 9d.

SPECIAL THANKS  to Anja Baker, of Paddock Wood, Kent, a descendant of this family, for many of the details provided above.