Alvira Ellen Annis

Brief Life History of Alvira Ellen

When Alvira Ellen Annis was born on 3 March 1838, in Victoria, Knox, Illinois, United States, her father, Eleson Adelbert Annis, was 45 and her mother, Katherine Merow, was 45. She married Kirby T. Collinson on 9 April 1858, in Knox, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Princeville, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 6 January 1917, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Knox, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kirby T. Collinson
1833–1878
Alvira Ellen Annis
1838–1917
Marriage: 9 April 1858
Mathew Oliver Collinson
1857–1932
Ellison Collinson
1862–1878
George H. Collinson
1866–1898
Willis M Collinson
1866–1949

Sources (15)

  • Ellen E Collinson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Alissa Ellen Annis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Ellen Alvira Annis Collinson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1840

Historical Boundaries: 1840: Knox, Illinois, United States

1846

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English female personal name Annes, Old French Anes, from Late Latin Agnes .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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