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Hubert Walter Collins (1892 - 1988)

Col. Hubert Walter Collins
Born in Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 24 Nov 1932 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesmap
Father of , [private daughter (1930s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died at age 96 in Fort Collins, Larimer, Colorado, United Statesmap
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Biography

Col. James Harvey Nelson, MD, Colonel Collins's son-in-law, writes, in early 2017: Colonel Collins was a fine man. He remains as a composite of our group memories. Here is my tiny part. No doubt I made some factual errors, but I thought you might be interested in my individual slant while I can still write and remember a little. His three daughters could provide a much more accurate and detailed overview of his remarkable and long life. My views came into better focus when I got to know Holly Springs and some of his close relatives during our year at UNC at Chapel Hill in 1980-1981. They knew him also as a promising young man. I first met him when I was 22 and he was 65.

My report is of no consequence and Carolyn’s Family Tree Maker is not open to the world. I wish that Hubert were here to edit it and add more if he wished. Part of my interest is that the United States entered WWI a century ago in 1917 and changed the terrible standstill into victory with weapon superiority and numbers of fresh American soldiers including Hubert Walter Collins who had the temporary rank of Captain. Many American soldiers were killed. Your cousin Sgt. Walter Victor "Victor" Collins gave his life in combat in WWII. If he had lived, you probably would have a number of Collins relatives in the South.

I sent you a picture of Hubert today. He was a handsome, sturdy, and determined officer at age 35. Hubert and Eleanor made a good match.



Name

Name: Hubert Walter /Collins/[1]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 28 Jan 1892
Place: Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina, United States[2]

Residence

Residence:
Date: 1900
Place: Holly Springs town, Wake, North Carolina[3]

Sources

  • WikiTree profile Collins-3484 created through the import of 2012 Family.ged on Sep 6, 2012 by Allison Collins. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Allison and others.
  • Source: S-1429264989 Repository: #R-1581188887 Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18 Note: APID: 1,7602::0
  • Repository: R-1581188887 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S-1430317986 Repository: #R-1581188887 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=35433336&pid=1370
  1. ↑ Source: #S-1429264989 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: T623_1221; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 127. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=50488148&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Jan 1892 Birth place: North Carolina Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Holly Springs town, Wake, North Carolina APID: 1,7602::50488148
  2. ↑ Source: #S-1429264989 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: T623_1221; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 127. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=50488148&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Jan 1892 Birth place: North Carolina Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Holly Springs town, Wake, North Carolina APID: 1,7602::50488148
  3. ↑ Source: #S-1429264989 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: T623_1221; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 127. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=50488148&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Jan 1892 Birth place: North Carolina Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Holly Springs town, Wake, North Carolina APID: 1,7602::50488148


Biography

H was born in 1892. H Collins ... [4]

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Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S-1429264989 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: T623_1221; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 127. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=50488148&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Jan 1892 Birth place: North Carolina Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Holly Springs town, Wake, North Carolina APID: 1,7602::50488148
  2. ↑ Source: #S-1429264989 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: T623_1221; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 127. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=50488148&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Jan 1892 Birth place: North Carolina Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Holly Springs town, Wake, North Carolina APID: 1,7602::50488148
  3. ↑ Source: #S-1429264989 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Holly Springs, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: T623_1221; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 127. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=50488148&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Jan 1892 Birth place: North Carolina Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Holly Springs town, Wake, North Carolina APID: 1,7602::50488148
  4. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Betsy Collins, Thursday, November 13, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

Personal knowledge of his daughter, bcs (nee betsy collins)(Cupertino, CA)





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Betsy Collins
Career: Had a degree in math from UNC, Chapel Hill, and a master's in math, i think, from Chapel Hill, as well; i think he taught for a time at Chapel Hill . . . . Then he went to MIT and Harvard simultaneously (they were running a joint program, which did not last long; he got two degrees, one from each institution) to get a BSc in civil engineering. At the beginning of WWI he took an exam which lasted 40 hrs.; this got him into the Corps of Engineers with a commission (meaning he became an officer). Over the years being an officer got him a stint in Cooks and Bakers' School in WDC, when he had a young family (my two older sisters). He was a river engineer in Kansas City when he met my mother and finally got married, at age 40 (she was 30)(he claimed he could not afford to get married earlier - he had a mother in NC to support and a sister was involved, as were some houses - some bad blood came out of those many years). He was on the civil engineering faculty at Colorado A&M, later Colorado State, in Fort Collins, after he retired from the Army in about 1947. We had lived in Burlingame (he closed the Army depot at Lathrop and didn't want us to live there; he closed the one in Oakland and didn't want us to live there either); before that we joined him in Pasco, Wash., while he closed the depot there. After WWII, when he was in N Africa and Italy (he commanded the 'last Negro regiment'), there were many depots to close. He acquired me, the third daughter, just as WWII began. I remember his sitting close to our one radio listening intently to Truman when someone yelled Give 'em Hell, Harry." He was very concerned about the beginning of the Korean War and my mother explained that he feared he would be called out of retirement.
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Collins-3637 Betsy Collins
Col. H.W. Collins, 30 years in Corps of Engineers, served in WWI and WWII; after retirement from army, 1947: on civil engineering faculty at Colorado A&M College, later Colorado State University; retired from faculty about 1957
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