Ernest "Nookie" Collins. First spouse of Wilhelmina "Minnie" Collins. Married Sept. 1, 1918. As per his WWI draft registration card - brown hair and eyes, and short. Know to drink and pick fights. As per my Aunt, her father or brother would sometimes have to go get him and bring him home. Per 1920 NY census, he was a teamster for an oil company. 1930 working on his own as a fisherman. 1940 a painter with building contractor,
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