Brief Life History of Mary Emma
When Mary Emma Collins was born in 1854, in Delaware, United States, her father, John C. Collins, was 26 and her mother, Leah Ann JAMES, was 20. She married John Wesley Snowder on 11 June 1873, in Shelby, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1860 and Salt River Township, Shelby, Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 24 October 1880, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 26.
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- Mary E Collins in household of John C Collins, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Emma Collins - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mary Emma Collins
- Emma Collins, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
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1855 · Prohibition Law
Delaware enacted a statewide prohibition law in 1855.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
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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