Leila Castilla (Bell) Collins was born on 4 May 1858 in Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States. Her parents were Robert Allen Bell I (1816 - 1896) and Elizabeth Dixon (Kennedy) Bell (1821 - 1906).
Leila died in 1945 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma aged 87.[2]
Research Notes
NOTE: I am finding the spelling both "Seila" & "Leila". Since the 1860 Federal Census uses "Seila" I am listing it in this report with that spelling."
"E-7 Leila Castilla Bell, b 5-4-1858, m 12-24-1878 Willis R.(P.) Collins, b 12-4-1857, lived 410 W.R.#2, Miami, FL. Information from Bible of someone at Palmetta (FL ?) Box #105."
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 April 2020), memorial page for Lelia Castilla Bell Collins (4 May 1858–1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #57643160, citing Highland Cemetery, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Michelle (contributor 46955048) .
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G9-Q8H : 19 February 2021), Lelia C Collins in household of Willis R Collins, Beat 1, Calhoun, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 533D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,642.
Willis R Collins Self Male 23 Alabama, United States
Lelia C Collins Wife Female 21 Mississippi, United States
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR1-5HK : accessed 12 November 2021), Lela B Collins in household of Willis R Collins, Township 6 S. Range 8 E., Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 184, sheet 12A, family 251, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,853.
Willis R Collins Head Male 43 Alabama
Lela B Collins Wife Female 42 Mississippi
Jesse C Collins Daughter Female 19 Mississippi
Ivy B Collins Daughter Female 17 Mississippi
Earnest B Collins Son Male 15 Mississippi
Lizzie L Collins Daughter Female 13 Texas
Robert D Collins Son Male 11 Texas
Forest May Collins Daughter Female 8 Texas
Bailey B Collins Son Male 5 Texas
Willis H Collins Son Male 3 Indian Territory
Dan Collins Son Male 1 Indian Territory
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7Y-3HZ : accessed 12 November 2021), Lela C Collins in household of Willis R Collins, Durant Ward 3, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 11A, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1243; FHL microfilm 1,375,256.
Willis R Collins Head Male 51 Alabama
Lela C Collins Wife Female 49 Mississippi
Forest M Collins Daughter Female 18 Texas
Baily B Collins Son Male 15 Texas
Daniel Collins Son Male 11 Oklahoma
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWV-QJK : accessed 12 November 2021), Leila Collens in household of J H Burnett, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 14A, line 16, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1918; FHL microfilm 2,341,652.
This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leila by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leila: