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Ernest Leverne Coller (1892 - 1965)

Ernest Leverne Coller
Born in Clinton Township, Lenawee, Michigan, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 15 May 1915 (to 26 Jun 1924) in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 29 Apr 1926 (to 13 May 1947) in Mason, Ingham, Michigan, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 10 Aug 1947 (to 1965) in Oklahoma, United Statesmap
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Died at age 72 in Tuttle, Grady, Oklahoma, United Statesmap
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Biography

The son of Ira Pennock Coller and Susannah A (Anderson) Coller, Ernest Coller was born in Clinton Township, Michigan[citation needed] in 1892, residing with his family in 1900 in Detroit, Michigan.[1] His father passed away in 1906 and his mother remarried in 1908, marrying John Frederick Schreder in 1908. and in 1910, Ernest lived with his mother, stepfather, and his siblings, residing together in Tecumseh Township, Michigan, while his stepfather farmed.[2]

Ernest married Kathryn Louise (Haas) Helmer, the daughter of Frederick Haas and Louise Kurtz, marrying in Detroit, Michigan on May 15, 1915[3] and having one son together.

Ernest Coller served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 21 Sep 1917
Unit(s): 330th Field Artillery Regiment
Service ended: 30 Nov 1917

Ernest registered for the World War I draft when he was 24, registering in Detroit, Michigan on June 5, 1917.[4] He stated that he lived at 407 Avery Avenue in Detroit and that he worked as a punch press operator for the Studebaker Corporation, in Detroit. Ernest was described as a slender man, 5'11" tall, with blue eyes and light-colored hair. He enlisted in the United States Army, enlisting at Jackson, Michigan on August 21, 1917.[5] He enlisted as a Private and served for two months in Company D of the 330th Field Artillery Regiment, being discharged on November 30, 1917.

In 1920, Ernest and his wife lived in Jackson, Michigan, where Ernest worked as a mechanical engineer.[6] Their son was born in 1924, and died of acute gastroenteritis at the age of three, in 1924.[7] His marriage ended in divorce earlier that year, with the decree being final on June 26, 1924.[8]

Ernest remarried, marrying Minnie Hazel (Wilcox) Coller, the daughter of Erva L. Wilcox and Mary Jane Clark, in Mason, Michigan on April 29, 1926.[9] Minnie had been married previously to Arthur B. Houghtaling, with whom she had two children, and a stillborn infant. Ernie and Minnie likely met at work, as they each worked as inspectors at a factory. They made their home together in Mason, Michigan, where Ernie worked as a general foreman at an automobile factory.[10] By 1940, they lived together in Jackson, Michigan, where Ernest worked as a foreman at Sparks-Wittington Company, an automobile horn factory.[11]

Ernest registered for the World War II draft when he was 49, registering in Jackson, Michigan on April 27, 1942.[12] He stated that he lived at 104 East Morrell Street in Jackson and that he worked at Sparks-Wittington in Jackson. Ernest was described as 5'10" tall and 250 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, and noted that he had an appendectomy scar. Having registered in the "old man's draft," he did not enlist.

Widowed in 1947 after his wife's death at the age of 58, Ernie moved to Oklahoma, residing in Tuttle Township, remarrying that same year, marrying Nora Amy (Byram) Coller, the daughter of John Williamson Byram and Candace Marquilla Hawkins on August 10, 1947.[citation needed] Nora had been married previously to Harry Dewitt Jones (1901-1945). They made their together in Tuttle Township where, in 1950, he did not cite a paid occupation on the federal census enumerated but later served as City Councilman and Mayor for several years.[citation needed]

Ernest Coller passed away in Tuttle Township, Oklahoma{{citation needed|| at the age of 73[13]. Buried at Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma[14]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1900, Detroit, Michigan: "United States Census, 1900," database with images,FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M913-4LR : accessed 5 December 2020), Earnest Coller in household of Ira F Coller, Detroit city Ward 10, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 10B, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,751.
  2. ↑ 1910, Tecumseh, Michigan:"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRQ-57Z : accessed 5 December 2020), Earnest I Coller in household of John F Schreder, Tecumseh, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 82, sheet 13B, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 661; FHL microfilm 1,374,674.
  3. ↑ 1915, 1st Marriage, Detroit, Michigan: "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3PX-MSJ : 2 April 2020), Ernest L Coller and Katheryn Haas, 15 May 1915; citing Marriage, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209299.
  4. ↑ 1917, World War I Draft Registration: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K66T-VRF : 24 August 2019), Ernest Coller, 1917-1918.
  5. ↑ 1917, United States Army Enlistment: "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QR3N-3LMM : Sat Mar 09 10:00:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Ernest L Coller, 30 November 1917.
  6. ↑ 1920, Jackson, Michigan: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3J-TRG : accessed 5 December 2020), Ernest L Coller, Jackson, Michigan, United States; citing ED 11, sheet 22B, line 55, family 570, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 773; FHL microfilm 1,820,773.
  7. ↑ 1924, Death of Son: "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF3X-VH6 : 13 March 2018), Ernest L Coller in entry for Norman Fredrick Coller, 31 Dec 1924; citing Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,807.
  8. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Michigan. Divorce records, File No. 38 186; Docket No. N-120. Ancestry Record 9092 #6394201 with attached Image
  9. ↑ 1926, 2nd Marriage, Mason, Michigan: Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 95; Film Title: 37 Isabella 4270-6209; 38 Jackson 1-1330; Film Description: Isabella (1946)-Jackson (1927). Certification No. 18 159. Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 9093 #2302644 with attached Image
  10. ↑ 1930, Mason, Michigan: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQY1-5W1 : accessed 5 December 2020),Ernest L Caller, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 18B, line 91, family 472, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 991; FHL microfilm 2,340,726.
  11. ↑ 1940, Jackson, Michigan: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4LL-HVK : 29 July 2019), Ernest L Coller, Ward 2, Jackson, Jackson City, Jackson, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-15, sheet 61B, line 55, family 7, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1767.
  12. ↑ 1942, World War II Draft Registration: "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4S2-GY3 : Sat Feb 24 01:49:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Ernest Laverne Coller, 1942.
  13. ↑ Death, 1965, Tuttle, Oklahoma: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5T1-Q3V : 4 December 2020), Ernest Coller, Jan 1965; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47524464/ernest_leverne-coller: accessed May 15, 2024), memorial page for Ernest Leverne “Ernie” Coller (30 Nov 1892–12 Jan 1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #47524464, citing Fairview Cemetery, Tuttle, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by April May (contributor 47106490).




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