Josephine Watkins

Brief Life History of Josephine

When Josephine Watkins was born on 17 July 1883, in Oconee, South Carolina, United States, her father, George Watkins, was 17 and her mother, Magdalena "Lena" Bowers, was 20. She married John Engram Collins. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Tugaloo Township, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 24 December 1939, in Oconee, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Collins Cemetery, Oconee, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Engram Collins
1879–1924
Josephine Watkins
1883–1939
Marriage:
Henry Collins
1898–1965
Charlie Elbert Collins
1900–1974
Lewis Collins
1903–1980
Maud Collins
1904–1905
Clara Collins
1906–1926
Callie Elizabeth Collins
1909–1949
Bennie Franklin Collins
1911–1955
Sudie E Collins
1913–2002
John Engram Collins
1915–1980
Lucy Collins
1917–1917
J B Collins
1922–1992

Sources (10)

  • Josaphine Collins, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Josephine Collins, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
  • Josie Watkins in entry for Clara Collins Cobb, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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