Wife of William Collingwood, mother of William Gershom Collingwood.
Marie Collingwood, née Imhoff (1826-1873)
This material is held atCardiff University Archives / Prifysgol Caerdydd
- Reference
- GB 1239 462/3
- Dates of Creation
- 1830-1845
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 object
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Born in Switzerland in 1826, Marie Imhoff married William Collingwood in 1851. Together, they had three children, including W. G. Collingwood. She was the daughter of a Protestant notary. She appears to have come to England with William Collingwood's elder brother, Samuel, in 1846, and to have started a school. She died in 1873.