Brief Life History of James R.
When James R. Collins was born on 12 December 1827, in Ohio, United States, his father, William Collins, was 37 and his mother, Polly Ann Roberts, was 25. He married Martha Ann Watson in 1852, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Vacaville Judicial Township, Solano, California, United States in 1900 and Vacaville, Solano, California, United States in 1910. He died on 17 June 1916, in Solano, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Vacaville Elmira Cemetery, Vacaville, Solano, California, United States.
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- James M Collins, "United States Census, 1910"
- James R Collins, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
- James R Collins, "California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1852
"EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: American 4 Indian BIRTH unknown DEATH 1852 BURIAL Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery Vacaville, Solano County, California, USA PLOT Old section I18 MEMORIAL ID 135390286 · View Source One of six Indians on Arculus Hawkins ranch that died of typhoid fever in 1852. These individuals were the first burials on ""graveyard hill""."
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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