Fannie Mae Collins

Brief Life History of Fannie Mae

When Fannie Mae Collins was born on 5 May 1910, in Alabama, United States, her father, Joseph Michael Collins Jr, was 29 and her mother, Caroline Hyde, was 21. She married John Jackson Reach on 9 February 1945, in Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States. She lived in Election Precinct 1 Kingdom, Bibb, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 14 Belle Ellen, Bibb, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 6 July 1958, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in West Blocton, Bibb, Alabama, United States.

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John Jackson Reach
1897–1968
Fannie Mae Collins
1910–1958
Marriage: 9 February 1945

Sources (10)

  • Fannie M Collins in household of Mike Collins, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Fannie May Collins, "Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930"
  • Fannie Mae Collins, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

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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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