Brief Life History of Amy Whipple
When Amy Whipple COLLINS was born on 18 March 1897, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, her father, Justus Collins, was 39 and her mother, Lucy Gertrude Dent, was 35. She married Richard Morton VENABLE in 1925, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1920 and lived in Loudon District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Florida, United States in 1967. She died on 26 July 1967, in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.
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- Amy Collins Veneable in household of R M Veneable, "United States Census, 1940"
- Amy W Collins, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Amy Collins Venable, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1898 · Florida Involvement in Spanish-American War
Florida played a critical role during the Spanish-American War. The port of Tampa saw the arrival of over 30,000 troops; this traffic resulted in the small town experiencing massive growth and becoming a city. Cuban-Americans across the state also helped with raising money and support for the war.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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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