William H. COLLINS

COLLINS, TROY, ROYAL, OTOOLE, GESHNER, WHITTY, BRENNAN, PARTLOW, FOWLER, OCONNELL, WILL, STRUTHERS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/16/2008 at 09:59:52

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February 1863 (Indiana) - 1929 (Eagle Grove, Wright, Iowa)

William H COLLINS was the son of Irish immigrant Cornelius C COLLINS (b.1835 Ireland, immigration 1853, lived with his wife Alice in Baldwin Village, Jackson, IA according to the 1880 Census and Eagle Grove, Wright Co, IA according to the 1900 Census) and his wife Alice TROY (b. Mar 1837 Ireland, d. 24 Jun 1917 Eagle Grove, Wright Co, IA, whose mother's name was Catharine b. abt. 1800 Ireland). Cornelius and Alice were married in 1862 in Indiana. William H COLLINS (b. Feb 1863 IN) was brother to Kate A COLLINS (b. abt 1865 IN), Margaret A COLLINS (b. abt 1868 IN), Florence A COLLINS (b. abt Aug 1872 IN, mard. Unknown ROYAL 24 Nov 1892 and had son Albert Leonard ROYAL b. Aug 1896 IA who himself mard. Meaved UNKNOWN b. abt 1902 and had issue Virginia ROYAL b. abt Oct 1919 IA), John COLLINS (b. abt. 1873 IN), Mary L COLLINS (b. Feb 1876 IN, mard. in 1900 to Thomas J O'TOOLE b. Mar 1871 MD and having issue Thomas B O'TOOLE b. abt 1901 IA, Laurence C O'TOOLE b. abt. 1904, IA, Alice M O'TOOLE b. abt 1906 IA, and Eileen O'TOOLE b. abt 1908 IA), and Honora COLLINS (b. Apr 1879 IA). William H COLLINS mard. on 14 Jun 1890 in IA to Anna C WHITTY (b. Oct 1866 Savannah, Chatham, GA and moved to Tama, IA with her parents Stephen WHITTY who was an 1855 Irish immigrant b. 17 Mar 1840 Sligo, Ireland, d. 16 Sep 1906 at his dau's home while visiting Eagle Grove, Wright Co, IA, bur. St Patrick's Cemetery, Toledo, Tama Twp, Tama, IA north of the curve in Hwy 63 south of Tama, found on page 208 Gravestone Records of Tama County, Ia; and Stephen WHITTY's wife he mard. 4 Nov 1865 in Savannah, Chatham, GA named Catherine (BRENNAN) WHITTY..Catherine having been the dau of Irish immigrant John BRENNAN). One of Anna C (WHITTY) COLLINS's sisters was Catherine WHITTY (b.24 Nov 1870 Savannah, GA, d. 22 Oct 1897 Lake City, IA) who mard. on 23 Nov 1892 in Tama, Tama Co, IA to John William GESHNER (b. May 1866 Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN to parents Daniel and Mildred (PARTLOW) GESHNER). Catherine (WHITTY) GESHNER and Daniel had issue John Lionel GESHNER (b.30 Sep 1896 Eagle Grove, IA, d. 2 Dec 1986 Ft Lauderdale, Broward Co, FL) and John Lionel GESHNER's full sister Kathleen "Vernette" (GESHNER) CARE (b.5 May 1894 Moville, Woodbury, IA, d. 14 Nov 1981 Pompano, Broward Co, FL). John William GESHNER mard.2nd on 23 Jul 1900 in Monmouth, Warren Co, IL to Frances "Fannie"/"Fanny" FOWLER (b.27 Oct 1877 Tama, Tama, IA, d. 30 Jun 1973 Ft Lauderdale, Broward Co, FL who herself had previously been married to James H STRUTHERS on 26 Sep 1895 in Warren Co, IL, and she was the dau of John W FOWLER b. 29 Oct 1838 Brownstone, Jackson Co, IN, d.27 Feb 1898 Tama, Tama Co, IA and his wife Almeda (FOWLER) FOWLER b. 25 Jul 1842 Brownstown, Jackson Co, IN, d. 19 May 1910 Tama, Tama, IA). John William GESHNER and his wife Frances/Fanny had issue Almeda Genevieve GESHNER (b.28 Jun 1903 Denver, Elbert, Boulder, CO, d. 17 Dec 1989 Pompano, Broward Co, FL who mard.1st and was widowed by Clarence O'CONNELL and mard.2nd Herb WILL), and Walter GESHNER (b. 21 Aug 1901 Oskalossa, IA, d. 24 Aug 1901 IA). Because John Lionel and "Vernette" GESHNER's mother died when they were so young, their mother Catherine (WHITTY) GESHNER's sisters and WHITTY parents raised them until their father took them to Denver, CO with his new wife Frances. John Lionel GESHNER even has Rose WHITTY mistakenly recorded as "mother" on his death certificate because his two sons Robert and John Allen GESHNER didn't know their grandparent's names. William H COLLINS and his wife Anna C (WHITTY) COLLINS were in church when John Lionel and Vernette were each christined into the Catholic Church in Eagle Grove, IA. Anna and William COLLINS very much helped to look after the GESHNER children (whose father John William was a n'er-do-well). The COLLINS and all the WHITTY's were very close and instilled a strong commitment to family in the GESHNER children. Because of the strong and caring love they showed, the GESHNER children stayed very close to each other the rest of their lives and made their own little family enclave together in Chicago, IL and then in FL until death separated them.

Burial in Calvary Cemetery, Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa

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