Finding Collerra Brandt

Question

I have researched cousin Collerra and found interesting things and solved a mystery (detailed in her bio  Mackey-749).  

I located her on various censuses and her birth records. She was born in Texas. Showed in a California census in 1930.   Then I found her in 1960 marrying Golden R. Pickett in Nevada.

But in 1960 her name was Collerra Brandt.  I have not found any other record of her with the name Brandt.

She was my Mom's cousin, so I do have some personal knowledge: She migrated with her parents and all her mother's sisters & families to California around 1920.  I doubt that she ever left California (so another marriage would be there or possibly Nevada).  She worked as a photographer's model in the 1930's - 1950's, probably in or around Hollywood.  She lived in Santa Monica for many years.  She never had children of her own, and was an only child (except for a probably stillborn infant).

If anyone can connect her to Brandt I will be very grateful.

Answer 1

Collerra Hannah Mackey

Texas, Birth Certificates

Name: Collerra Hannah Mackey

Event Type: Birth

Event Date: 01 Aug 1915

Event Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

Gender: Female

Father's Name: John P Mackey

Mother's Name: Mattie Lee Humphreys

Certificate Number: 30762A , Digital Folder Number: 004271521 , Image Number: 00644

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"Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2GN-GX8 : accessed 17 May 2015), Collerra Hannah Mackey, 01 Aug 1915; citing Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 30762A, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,271,521.