On Saturday September 9, John, late of 5169 Dresden Way, husband of Agnes Collins; father of Mrs. Elizabeth Benzing, Mrs. Audrey Kearney, Daniel, Thomas and William Collins. Friends received at the King Funeral Home, Butler at 52nd Street. Requiem high mass at St. John the Baptist Church on Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Pittsburgh Press, September 11, 1950.
Sources
John Collins - Pennsylvania Death Certificate - 1950. Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1964 - accessed via Ancestry.com. This record shows that John Collins died on September 9, 1950. Sister Madeleine of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home is the informant on his death record. She listed John's father as Daniel Collins and his mother as Mary Ann Daly.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQFX-BYK : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John James Collins, 1942; citing ARC identifier 563728, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2243942.
John James Collins - SS-5 Application - January 1939. John James Collins listed that he was born on November 7, 1880 in Pittsburgh. He listed his parents as Daniel Collins and Mary Dailey. This entry lists that he died in September 1950. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCCS-5GR : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John Collins, Pittsburgh (Districts 1-250), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0092, sheet 5B, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1972.
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M61D-2Z8 : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John Collins, Pittsburgh Ward 6, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 206, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821518.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6KN-PTJ : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John James Collins, 1917-1918; citing Pittsburgh City no 5, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 001908112.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG7R-WTG : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John Collins, Pittsburgh Ward 6, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 355, sheet 24B, family 487, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375314.
"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS1G-N5M : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John Collins in household of Daniel Collins, Precinct 5 Pittsburgh city Ward 17, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 15A, family 262, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241361.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8DD-XWB : accessed 17 Jul 2014), John Collins and Agnes Buckley, 03 Mar 1900; citing Jefferson, Ohio, United States, reference cn 24650 p 325; FHL microfilm 900077.
Is John your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.