Albert Washington Collins

Brief Life History of Albert Washington

When Albert Washington Collins was born on 3 January 1814, in Eatonton, Putnam, Georgia, United States, his father, Wilson Collins, was 26 and his mother, Barbara Beasley, was 27. He married Susan Newman Thomas on 3 March 1841, in Summerville, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 7 September 1873, in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Albert Washington Collins
1814–1873
Susan Newman Thomas
1818–1849
Marriage: 3 March 1841
Sarah Adeline Collins
1842–1886
Susan Elizabeth Collins
1849–1895

Sources (8)

  • Albert Collins, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Albert W. Collins, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • Albert Washington Collins, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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