George David Collins (1889 - abt. 1976)

Born 30 Nov 1889 in Ozark County, Missouri, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Melvina (Croney) Collins — married about 1921 in Missouri, United States [uncertain]

Died about 21 May 1976 at about age 86 in Ozark, Missouri, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

George was born in 1889^[1] to William James "Little Bill" Collins (abt.1855-1913) and Nancy Oma Parsons (abt.1866-abt.1898).^[2] In about 1908 he married Mattie Creekpawn (abt.1893-1917) and they had three children: Beatrice, Ethel, and Leemon. Mattie died of tuberculosis in 1917, and about 1921 David married Melvina Croney (abt.1899-abt.1968). They had four boys:

1. Lester Collins (abt.1922-)
2. James Collins (abt.1924-
3. Lesley Collins (1928-
4. George Collins (abt.1933)

George died in 1976.^[3]

Research Notes

1. George's marriage date with Vina is an unsourced date based on their oldest child being born about 1922.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RL-ZY4 : 23 August 2019), George David Collins, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M383-DMG : accessed 31 July 2020), George D Collins in household of William Collins Jr., Richland Township (east part), Ozark, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 98, sheet 5B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,880.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1T3-MQ3 : 10 January 2021), George Collins, May 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BK-BXJ : accessed 31 July 2020), George D Collins in household of William Collins, Spring Creek, Ozark, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 5B, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 804; FHL microfilm 1,374,817.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8CZ-VB8 : accessed 31 July 2020), George Collins, Richland, Ozark, Missouri, United States; citing ED 157, sheet 16A, line 18, family 288, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 936; FHL microfilm 1,820,936.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHN8-QYQ : accessed 31 July 2020), George D Collins, Richland, Ozark, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 7A, line 5, family 134, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1216; FHL microfilm 2,340,951.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K77V-LYG : 31 May 2020), George Collins, Dora, Richland Township, Ozark, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 77-16, sheet 11B, line 49, family 188, 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 2135.
• "United States Census, 1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMB-DTWD : Wed Mar 20 10:56:53 UTC 2024), George and Vina Collins, Ozark County, Missouri, population schedule; citing Richland Township, ED 77-18, sheet 8, dwelling 51, NARA microfilm publication T628, roll 5284.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 July 2020), memorial page for George David Collins (30 Nov 1888–21 May 1976), Find A Grave: Memorial #55314714, citing Sweeton Pond Cemetery, Dora, Ozark County, Missouri, USA.