Drusilla E. Collins

Brief Life History of Drusilla E.

When Drusilla E. Collins was born about 1850, in Ohio, United States, her father, George W. Collins, was 24 and her mother, Mary Ann Hartman, was 23. She lived in Waterloo Township, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

George W. Collins
1827–1904
Mary Ann Hartman
1828–1897
Drusilla E. Collins
1850–
Lovina Ann Collins
1852–1931
Martha Jane Collins
1854–1934
Sylva COLLINS
1856–1901
Mary Josephine Collins
1858–1947
George Collins
1860–
Matilda Tilly Collins
1862–1931
James Collins
1868–

Sources (1)

  • Drusilla E Collins in household of Geroge Collins, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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