Elsie Ann (Shewfelt) Collins (1867 - bef. 1911)

Born 3 Jul 1867 in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George Victor Collins — married 21 Jul 1891 in Kincardine Township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada

Died before 1911 before age 43 in Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Elsie and Victor are listed in the 1901 Census as living in Guelph, Wellington County, Ontario. According to "Toil, Tears & Triumph" Elsie died young, she married Victor Collins. a Baptist minister, and they lived in Sarnia, Ontario. ^[1]

1. ↑ see page 258 of "Toil, Tears & Triumph: A History of Kincardine Township"

Sources

• 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce South, Kincardine (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 58 line 20 Shewfilt Elsie age 3

• 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce South, Kincardine (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 45 line 11 Shewfelt Elsie Female Dutch 13 O. <Ontario> Weslyan Methodist
• "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch [1], Elsie Shewfelt in household of Joseph Shewfelt, Kincardine, Bruce South, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 45; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13275, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,911.

• 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario, Bruce South, Kincardine (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 25 line 22 Shewfelt Elizean, female, age 23, Daughter, born Ont., parents born Nova Scotia

• 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, Wellington South County, Guelph Township (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 7 line 28 Collins Elsie age 33

• Toil, Tears & Triumph: A History of Kincardine Township by the Kincardine Township Historical Society, 1990 p.258