Lana Esther (Gowdey) Collins (1865 - 1956)

Born 24 Jan 1865 in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Henry Collins — married 14 Jan 1886 in Guthrie, Iowa, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Dec 1956 at age 91 in Marion, Perry, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HY-HLL : accessed 8 April 2016), James H Gandy, Illinois, United States; citing p. 3, family 25, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,770. Name appears as Gandy, but should be Gowdey. James H is 30, Mary E, 23, Eliza M, 7, Mary E, 5, Magdalena, 3, and Harriet M, 2.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK2-KZL : 14 January 2022), Lana Gowdey in household of James Gowdey, Lincoln Township, Adair, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm ..

• FamilySearch "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934,", index, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWR-DS3 : accessed 23 April, 2015), John Collins and Lena Gowdey, 14 Jan 1886; citing, Guthrie, Iowa, United States, courthouses, Iowa. GS Film Number 001651694, Digital Folder Number 004704895. Also gives John's age as 23 and parents as J D Collins and Elizabeth Shanks. Wife Lena is given birth year of 1867 and parents James Gowdey and Mary Smith.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VY-T31 : accessed 18 January 2022), Lana E Collins in household of John Collins, Stuart Township Stuart city Ward 3, Adair, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 2B, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,415.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1W-R5R : accessed 18 January 2022), Lana Collins in household of John Henry Collins, Fairfield, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 10A, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 394; FHL microfilm 1,374,407.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXDZ-6MX : 31 January 2021), Sina Collins in entry for Jno H Collins, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3K74-1N2 : accessed 18 January 2022), Lena E Collins, Hamburg, Perry, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm . Shows John H, 68, and Lena E, 64 in the household of their son, Dorsey (census appears to read "Dorris").
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1PB-6B3 : 5 January 2021), Lana Collins in household of F D Collins, Hamburg, Perry, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-4, sheet 9B, line 50, family 172, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 73. Shows Lana, age 84, in the household of her son, J.D. Collins, 36, along with his wife Alma, 30, and children Lana Ester, 11, John Dorsey, 10, Charles Devere, 8.
• "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Marion, Perry, Alabama; Roll: 4748; Sheet Number: 2; Enumeration District: 53-1
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #98188195 (accessed 7 January 2023)
  Lana G Collins (84), widowed mother, in household of F D Collins (44) in Marion, Perry, Alabama, USA. Born in Illinois.
• FamilySearch. "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6CP-W5T : accessed 8 April 2016), Lana Ester Gowdy Collins, 10 Dec 1956; citing reference 26196, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,915. GIves place of death as Marion, Perry, Alabama, age 90y 11m 16d; father James D. Gowdy, mother Mary Elizabeth Smith.