Brief Life History of Richard Ira
When Richard Ira Collins was born in May 1927, in Fort Gibson, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Ira Collins, was 30 and his mother, Hazel E Beason, was 23. He lived in Hulbert, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 12 January 2002, in Coweta, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Shahan Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Richard Collins in household of Ira Collins, "United States Census, 1930"
- Richard Collins in household of Ira Collins, "United States Census, 1940"
Spouse and Children
1927–2002 Male
1931–1988 Female
Parents and Siblings
1896–1964 Male
1903–1983 Female
Siblings (7)
1923–1999 Female
1925–1985 Female
1927–2002 Male
1929–1974 Male
1932–1995 Female
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World Events (8)
1929
Age 2
1941 · Comanche Code Talkers
Age 14
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
Age 20
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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