Paul Gregory Collins (1891 - 1943)

Born 11 Oct 1891 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Beulah B. (Lowe) Page — married 2 Apr 1913 (to 1936) in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Died 20 Jul 1943 at age 51 in Manhattan, New York, USA

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Biography

Paul was born 11 October 1891 in Key West, Florida.^[1] He was the son of James N. Collins and Laura L. Thompson.

He married first Beulah B. Lowe on 2 April 1913 in Key West.^[2] Paul and Beulah divorced in 1936 in Dade County, Florida.^[3]

He married second Gladys (—?—) sometime between his divorce in 1936 and 1940, when he and Gladys lived in the Bronx in New York City.^[4] Their married has not been found in Florida's statewide marriage index or the index to New York municipal marriages.

Paul died on 20 July 1943 in Manhattan in New York City,^[5] and he was cremated at the Fresh Pond Crematory.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Paul provided his date and place of birth on his World War I draft card. The month and year match those recorded in the 1900 census, when he lived in his parents' household in Key West. Paul sometimes stated that he was born in Miami in later records. His death record names his parents, but they are completely incorrect (Gregory Collins and Mary Donnath). However, this is almost certainly the correct Paul, as the birth date is an exact match, and the same husband of Gladys provided the same birth date and a Miami birth place on his World War II draft card. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918," Paul G Collins, serial no. 802, order no. 165, 5 June 1917, Monroe County, Florida, Draft Board, Precinct 4; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYT9-WQM?i=942&wc=9FWW-VZC%3A928313201%2C928442801%3Fcc%3D1968530&cc=1968530 : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication M1509. 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Second Ward, enumeration district 99, stamped page 38, sheets 13A–B, dwelling 258, family 270, James N. Collins household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120049_00408/34147259?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19928856943/facts/citation/67911074528/edit/record#?imageId=004120049_00408 : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795–1949," Paul Collins, 20 July 1943, Manhattan; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WT9-72L : accessed August 2016). "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," Paul G Collins, serial no. U1243, 26 April 1942, Local Board 92, Bronx, New York; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6359-TY?i=1606&wc=SP7X-RM9%3A171257201%3Fcc%3D1861144&cc=1861144 : accessed August 2016).
2. ↑ Monroe County Index to Marriage Licenses, 1826–1945, A–R, Grooms, Paul G. Collins and Beulah B. Lowe, 2 April 1913; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-TNM6?i=141&cat=341167 : accessed August 2016); citing Monroe County Marriage Licenses 7: 137.
3. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927–2001," Paul G Collins and Beulah H Collins, 1936, Dade County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKH1-T9H : accessed August 2016).
4. ↑ 1940 U.S. Census, Bronx County, New York, population schedule, New York City Ward 4AD, enumeration district 3-493, stamped page 6491, sheet 6B, 3999 Third Avenue, household 135, Paul Collins household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-02473-00233/5610401?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19928856943/facts/citation/680088514508/edit/record#?imageId=m-t0627-02473-00233 : accessed August 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T627, roll 2473.
5. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795–1949," Paul Collins, 20 July 1943, Manhattan; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WT9-72L : accessed August 2016).
6. ↑ Paul's death record indicates that Paul was interred at "Fresh Pond Cemetery;" however Fresh Pond is a crematory and columbarium. Paul appears in a database of cremations carried out there. It also indicates that his remains do not rest in the columbarium. "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795–1949," Paul Collins, 20 July 1943, Manhattan; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WT9-72L : accessed August 2016). "Fresh Pond Crematory and U. S. Columbarium Interment Index," Paul Collins, case no. 69701, 23 July 1943; database, German Genealogy Group (http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/records-search/crematory.php : accessed August 2016).