Fernand François Collier

Male17 June 1906–17 July 1981

Brief Life History of Fernand François

When Fernand François Collier was born on 17 June 1906, in Marck, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, his father, Louis Collier, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Philomène Henriette Deblock, was 19. He married Marie Elisa Honvault on 16 April 1938, in Sainghin-en-Mélantois, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. He died on 17 July 1981, in Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sainghin-en-Mélantois, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

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Family Time Line

Fernand François Collier
1906–1981
Marie Elisa Honvault
1907–1997
Marriage: 16 April 1938

Sources (1)

  • Fernand Francois Collier, "France, Indice de décès de la sécurité sociale de l'Insee, 1970-2019"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 April 1938Sainghin-en-Mélantois, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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    Siblings (13)

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    World Events (8)

    1914 · World War I

    Age 8

    On July 31, 1914 French socialist leader, Jean Jaurés was murdered. A few days later Germany starts plans to invade France. Britain then started to occupy France. The battles that took place in France were First Battle of the Marne, Gallipoli, Jutland, Battle of Verdun, Battle of the Somme, and the Brusilov Offensive. 25 percent of the allied military deaths that happened in World War I were from France. Between civilian and military deaths France lost 1,697,800 people and 4,266,000 were wounded.

    1920 · Treaty of Versailles 

    Age 14

    The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris to formally end WWI. It established Peace between the allied forces and set guidelines for Germany.

    1939

    Age 33

    Second World War. Defeat and occupation by Germany. General de Gaulle leads the Resistance from London and Algiers. Allied victory came on May 8, 1945.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English colier, in most parts of the country ‘maker or seller of charcoal’, but in some areas (such as Bolton le Moors and Wigan, Lancashire) where coal measures were near the surface, ‘miner or seller of coal’ (in the modern sense, ‘fossil fuel’). The name was taken to Ireland from England and was first recorded there in 1305. In Petty's ‘census’ of 1659, it was recorded as a principal surname in Meath.

    English: occupational name from Middle English coilour, coliour, culliour, Old French coileor, coillour ‘tax collector’. Surnames with this origin seem to have died out in Britain.

    French (northern): from collier ‘collar’, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of collars.

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

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