When John Collins was born on 6 March 1844, in Logan, Ohio, United States, his father, Charles Brice Collins, was 27 and his mother, Hannah Predmore, was 23. He married Elizabeth A Knapp about 1871, in Union, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Liberty Township, Licking, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Liberty Township, Union, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 5 March 1922, in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Broadway Cemetery, Broadway, Union, Ohio, United States.
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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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