Brief Life History of Lorenzo David
When Lorenzo David Collins was born in 1815, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, his father, John Wilks Collins, was 41 and his mother, Naomi Williams, was 35. He married Mary E. Hood on 22 January 1855, in Carroll, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Carroll, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Greenfield, Weakley, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died after 1880, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States.
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- Loronzo D Collins, "United States Census, 1860"
- L D Collins, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Lorenzo D Collings, "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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