Rupert was born in the British West Indies [2]. At some point he immigrated to the United States. He married Meredith Whitley in Brooklyn in 1926. He died in Barbados in 1981.
1. 1930 U.S. Census for the State of New York, Queens County, New York (Ruppert Collins, age 30, born in England, working as a stock clerk for the hosiery industry, living with his wife and son). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
2. 1940 U.S. Census for the State of New York, Kings County, Brooklyn (Ruppert Collins, age 40, born in British West Indies, working as a superintendent in an apartment house, living with his wife). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
3. U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Rupert Collins, died Jun 1981 in Barbados). [Social Security Death Index available on ancestry.com.]
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