Sarah Adeline Collins

Brief Life History of Sarah Adeline

When Sarah Adeline Collins was born on 7 October 1842, in Noxubee, Mississippi, United States, her father, Albert Washington Collins, was 28 and her mother, Susan Newman Thomas, was 24. She married John Woodruff Freeman on 29 March 1858, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1870 and Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880. She died on 3 August 1886, in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in R V Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Woodruff Freeman
1836–1905
Sarah Adeline Collins
1842–1886
Marriage: 29 March 1858
John Albert Freeman Sr
1860–1952
Nancy Ann Freeman
1863–1941
Susan Jane Freeman
1866–1883
William Reed Freeman
1868–1885
Margaret F Freeman
1870–1870
Robert Nathan Freeman
1874–1885
Phoebe Adeline Freeman
1876–1959
Wilford Woodruff Freeman
1880–1939
Tina Freeman
1882–1885
Franklin Freeman
1886–1901

Sources (15)

  • Sarah Freeman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah Adaline Collins Freeman, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sarah Adaline Collins in entry for John Woodruff Freeman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1857

Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States

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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