Mary Etta Collison

Brief Life History of Mary Etta

When Mary Etta Collison was born on 10 July 1869, in Exeter, Scott, Illinois, United States, her father, John Henry Collison, was 43 and her mother, Nancy Mariah Draper, was 41. She married James Henry Linaman on 26 October 1887, in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Fountain Township, Edmunds, South Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 March 1958, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ipswich Southside Cemetery, Ipswich, Edmunds, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Henry Linaman
1852–1930
Mary Etta Collison
1869–1958
Marriage: 26 October 1887
Maude Marie Linaman
1889–1970
Hershel Bernice Linaman
1907–1907
John Henry Linaman
1891–1969
Lloyd Willis Linaman
1893–1976
Ralph Damon Linaman
1895–1978
Annie Louise Linaman
1897–1988
Harold Bertice Linaman
1899–1979
Fredrick Guy Linaman
1902–1991
Howard Stanley Linaman
1905–1989
Earl Ward Linaman
1909–2001
Thomas Wendell "Tom" Linaman
1912–1998

Sources (21)

  • Mary E Linman in household of James Linman, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Etta Collison, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Mary Etta Collison Linaman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1879

Historical Boundaries: 1879: Mills, Dakota Territory, United States 1879: Brown, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Brown, Dakota, United States

1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition

Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Collinson .

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

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