Brief Life History of William T
When William T Collins was born in November 1844, in New York, United States, his father, Charles Collins, was 55 and his mother, Sarah Maria Wheeler, was 39. He married Sylvania Tetherow on 23 February 1870, in Buchanan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 18 December 1902, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States.
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- Wm Collins, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Collins - Government record: Census record: birth-name: William F. Collins
- William T Collins, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
1861
Kansas is the 34th state
Name Meaning
English: variant of Colin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish and Manx: shortened Anglicized from Ó Coileáin, compare Cullen , or in Man or west Ulster shortened from Mac Coileáin, compare McQuillan and McCallion . The genitival -s is a local addition to Collin and variants after the surname was Anglicized.
Americanized form of French Colin or Collin and also Collette .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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