Brief Life History of Marie
When Marie Collins was born in 1893, in Humphrey, King, Washington, United States, her father, Alfred Collins, was 27 and her mother, Ludolphina Mekkes, was 24. She had at least 1 daughter with Waldemar Arvid Swanson. She lived in Valley Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States in 1910 and Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, Washington, United States in 1970. She died on 6 November 1984, in Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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- Marie Collins in household of Alfred Collins, "United States Census, 1910"
- Marie Collins, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Marie Collins Swanson, "Find a Grave Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1903
Post Office Established in 1903.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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