Brief Life History of Gurney Nathan
When Gurney Nathan Collins was born on 22 January 1916, in Boonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States, his father, James William Collins, was 37 and his mother, Flora Bell Wishon, was 27. He married Annie Pearl Calloway on 19 December 1935, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Boonville Township, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and United States in 1949. He died on 28 February 2007, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Mitchell's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Boonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Geenie M Collins, "United States Census, 1920"
- Gurney Callins, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Gurney Nathan Collins, "North Carolina, First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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