Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Collins was born in 1813, in Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Collins, was 34 and his mother, Joyce Cook, was 33. He died in 1834, at the age of 21, and was buried in Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (7)
- Thomas Collins, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Collins, "Find a Grave Index"
- Thomas Collins, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
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World Events (4)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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