Mary Collins

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Collins was born on 10 October 1819, in Letcher, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Shephard Collins, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Pheobe Lewis, was 31. She married John Preston Breeding in 1842, in Letcher, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 3 Rockhouse, Letcher, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 5 June 1885, in Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Booneville, Owsley, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Preston Breeding
1820–1887
Mary Collins
1819–1885
Marriage: 1842
John Breeding
1843–1937
Jasper Breeding
1843–1893
Eliza Breeding
1844–1923
Robert Breeding
1848–1887
Rachel Breeding
1848–
Samuel Breeding
1850–1894
Wesley Breeding
1852–1941
Nancy Breeding
1854–1879
James Breeding
1857–
William Nelson Breeding
1861–1951

Sources (8)

  • Mary Breden in household of Preston Breden, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Polly Collins in entry for William Nelson Breeding, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
  • Mary Bruding in household of Preston Bruding, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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