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Michael William Collins 1922 – 1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Aug 1922

Birth Location: Sydney, Canada

Death Date: 27 February 1974

Death Location: Marin

Father: John Collins

Mother: Margaret Collins

Spouse(s): Dorothy Mayer, Dorothy unknown, Carmen Ghiorzi, Carmen Ramblas

Children(s): Kevin Collins

According to available records, Michael William Collins was born in 1922 in Sydney, Canada, the child of John Joseph Collins and Margaret F Collins. Following those early years, Michael William Collins married Dorothy A. Mayer, Dorothy M unknown, Carmen Ghiorzi and Carmen Ramblas, and their family grew to include Kevin Collins. In the later years of life, Michael William Collins died in 1974 in Marin.

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MC

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Parents

John Collins
1890 – 1963
Birth Location: Canada English
JC
Margaret Collins
1893 – 1965
Birth Location: Holyrood, Hr Main, NL
MC

Spouses(s)

Dorothy Mayer
1927 –
Birth Location: Oregon
DM
Dorothy unknown
1927 –
Birth Location: Portland, Oregon
Du
Carmen Ghiorzi
Birth Location: –
CG
Carmen Ramblas
1927 – 1988
Birth Location: San Mareo, California, USA
CR

Children(s)

Kevin Collins
1970 –
Birth Location: Marin, California
KC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 Aug 1922
    Event Place: Sydney, Canada
    Record Source: California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving At Or Near San Luis Obispo, California; NAI Number: 4439118; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving At San Francisco; NAI Number: 4482913; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85, San Anselmo Herald; Publication Date: 8/ Nov/ 1945; Publication Place: San Anselmo, California, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1923
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Mill Valley, Marin, California; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0032

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Mill Valley, Mill Valley, Marin, California, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Mill Valley, Marin, California; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0032

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Mill Valley, Marin, California
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Mill Valley, Marin, California; Roll: m-t0627-00262; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 21-36

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Sausalito Township, Mill Valley, Marin, California, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Mill Valley, Marin, California; Roll: m-t0627-00262; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 21-36

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1942
    Event Place: Mill Valley, Marin, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 352

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 21 Dec 1942
    Event Place: San Luis Obispo, California
    Record Source: California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving At Or Near San Luis Obispo, California; NAI Number: 4439118; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 15 Feb 1943
    Event Place: San Francisco, California
    Record Source: California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving At San Francisco; NAI Number: 4482913; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 5 Feb 1944
    Event Place: San Luis Obispo, California
    Record Source: California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving At Or Near San Luis Obispo, California; NAI Number: 4439118; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 4 Sep 1944
    Event Place: San Francisco, California
    Record Source: California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving At San Francisco; NAI Number: 4482913; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1948
    Event Place: San Francisco, California, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Mill Valley, Marin, California, USA
    Record Source: 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: Mill Valley

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Before 1951
    Event Place: California
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1953
    Event Place: San Rafael, Marin, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 24 Sun-Nyside Dr.
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current, San Anselmo Herald; Publication Date: 8/ Nov/ 1945; Publication Place: San Anselmo, California, USA

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Tiburón
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Daily Independent Journal; Publication Date: 1 Mar 1974; Publication Place: San Rafael, California, USA; ,0.28079316,0.8629966,0.53247494&xi

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 February 1974
    Event Place: Marin

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: San Rafael, Marin County, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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