Richard COLLINS
(Abt 1857-)
Amelia JAMES
(Abt 1867-)
William COLLINS
(1883-1942)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Ruth Sophia DOWE

William COLLINS

  • Born: 5 Nov 1883, Copper Falls, Keweenaw, MI, USA 2
  • Married: 29 May 1909, Laurium, Houghton, MI, USA 1
  • Died: 26 Apr 1942, Laurium, Houghton, MI, USA 2

   Research Notes:

Occupation: Laborer in a Copper Mine (1910), Fireman at a Boiler House (1920), Stationery Oiler in a Copper Mine (1930), laborer in WPA road project (1940)

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William Collins, widowed, born in Copper Falls, Michigan, son of Richard Collins & Amelia James, died aged 58 years.

   Marriage Information:

William married Ruth Sophia DOWE, daughter of John Henry DOWE and Elizabeth Ann BARKELL, on 29 May 1909 in Laurium, Houghton, MI, USA 1. (Ruth Sophia DOWE was born on 6 Aug 1890 in Ishpeming, Marquette, MI, USA 2 and died on 2 Dec 1941 in Laurium, Houghton, MI, USA 2.)

   Marriage Notes:

William Collins, 26, of Laurium, drayman, born in Copper Falls, son of Richard Collins & Amelia James, and
Ruth Dowe, 19, of Laurium, domestic, born in Ishpeming Mich., daughter of John Dowe

Witnesses: Hiram Richards, May Collins

Sources


1 Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, vol. 2, p. 26, no. 296.

2 Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952.


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