Life Events
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| Birth | Arthur Henry Collins was born on 29 Aug 1888 in Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois.3
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| (with Parents) 1900 Census | He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois with his parents. Arthur H was age 11, born in Aug 1888 in Illinois, parents born in Illinois, and was not recorded as attending school.4  |
| (with Father) 1910 Census | He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Pinckneyville Precinct, Perry County, Illinois in the household of his father Thomas Collins. Arthur was 21, single, born in Illinois, and worked as a miner in a coal mine.5 |
| Marriage | Arthur Henry Collins married Nellie Elizabeth Presswood, daughter of Charles Hager Presswood and Lydia Ann Keen, in 1912 in Illinois.
They were second cousins.1 |
| 1920 Census | Arthur H and Nellie E Collins appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Percy, Randolph County, Illinois, enumerated 21 Jan 1920. Arthur H was 31, born in Illinois, as were his parents, and worked as a miner for a coal company. He owned his home with a mortgage. Nellie E was 24 and born in Illinois, with parents born in Illinois. Their daughter Lydia A was 6 years old but did not yet attend school.6 |
| 1930 Census | Arthur H and Nellie appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, at 307 South 4th Avenue, enumerated 18 Apr 1930. Arthur H was 41, first married at 24, born in Illinois, parents born in Illinois, and he worked as a laborer in a Steel plant. Nellie was 35, first married at 17, born in Illinois, and her parents born in Illinois. Their children were Lydia (17), Arthur Jr (9), and Wilma I (6). The two younger children attended school. At the same address were Nellie's brother Ira and his wife, and Nellie's father, as well as a couple named Hausleman. Arthur and Nellie's monthly rent was $65. They did not own a radio.7 |
| Military | Arthur Henry Collins completed a draft registration card on 27 Apr 1942 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was recorded that Arthur Henry Collins Senior resided at 1903 E 84th Street, Cleveland, no telephone. He was 53, born Aug 29 1888 in Pinckneyville, Illinois. His contact person was Arthur H Collins of the same address. He was unemployed. Arthur was 5' 8" tall, 125 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion, and wore glasses.3 |
| Death | Arthur died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In the early 1960s, according to Wilma. She didn't hear much of him after she turned 8 in the early 1930s. |
| Research Note | There is an entry in the Ohio Death Index for an Arthur H Collins, died 11 Feb 1965 in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. He was white, married, age 76 [puts birth year c1889].8 |
