Brief Life History of Wanda Faye
When Wanda Faye Collins was born on 1 September 1939, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, her father, Ledford Collins, was 28 and her mother, Dorothy Mae Shelby, was 18. She lived in Civil District 8, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 29 June 2007, in Strawberry Plains, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Kodak, Sevier, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Wanda F Collins in household of Ledford Collins, "United States Census, 1940"
- Wanda F Hardin, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Wanda Faye Mize, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1942 · Atomic Energy Plant at Oak Ridge
The atomic energy plant that was built in Oak RIdge, Tennessee. The land was acquired secretly by the government in order to help with the Manhattan Project. The Uranium for the project was housed in the facility.
1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space
Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.
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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