Matilda Collins

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name
Matilda Collins
aka
[Matilda Davis]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Daughter of Jesse Collins and Mary Reed, born in Indiana in 1831, and with her widowed mother in Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850. As Matilda Davis, a married housewife, she died at Kirksville, Missouri, in 1918, aged 86; her death certificate names her parents.
born
date
10 May 1831
place
Morgan County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township, census-1830-morgan-county-indiana-jesse-collins, online-tree-familysearch]
note
"May 10, 1831," Indiana, on her death certificate, with her age as 86 years, 7 months, 29 days; used over the FamilySearch tree's 1830 (ruling of 11 Oct 2026). Aged 20 in the 1850 census. The county is the tree's: her parents were in Morgan County by 1830.
died
date
9 Jan 1918
place
Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, online-tree-familysearch]
note
At 1315 S. Wabash Street, at 3 p.m., of chronic dysentery, senility contributing; buried 10 Jan 1918 at Llewellyn Cemetery [?].
residences
date
1850
place
Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
note
In her mother's household.
father
id
jesse-collins-1804
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
note
"Jesse Collins," born Indiana (the informant's error for Virginia), on her death certificate.
mother
id
mary-reed-1804
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
note
"Mary Reed," born Indiana, as her maiden name on the death certificate; in Mary Collings's household in 1850, marked mulatto.

Keeping house with her widowed mother in Wells Township, Appanoose County, in 1850. Later in northern Missouri. As Matilda Davis, married, a housewife, she died at 1315 South Wabash Street, Kirksville, on 9 January 1918, aged 86; the certificate names her father as Jesse Collins and her mother as Mary Reed (record). The informant was E. E. Galbreath [?] of Kirksville.

Open questions

  • Her husband, Mr. Davis, and when they married; the certificate calls her "married," not widowed.
  1. ---
  2. name: Matilda Collins
  3. aka: [Matilda Davis]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Daughter of Jesse Collins and Mary Reed, born in Indiana in 1831, and with her widowed mother in
  8. Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1850. As Matilda Davis, a married housewife, she died at Kirksville,
  9. Missouri, in 1918, aged 86; her death certificate names her parents.
  10. born:
  11. date: 10 May 1831
  12. place: Morgan County, Indiana
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township, census-1830-morgan-county-indiana-jesse-collins, online-tree-familysearch]
  16. note: '"May 10, 1831," Indiana, on her death certificate, with her age as 86 years, 7 months, 29 days; used over the FamilySearch tree''s 1830 (ruling of 11 Oct 2026). Aged 20 in the 1850 census. The county is the tree''s: her parents were in Morgan County by 1830.'
  17. died:
  18. date: 9 Jan 1918
  19. place: Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: proven
  22. sources: [death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, online-tree-familysearch]
  23. note: At 1315 S. Wabash Street, at 3 p.m., of chronic dysentery, senility contributing; buried 10 Jan 1918 at Llewellyn Cemetery [?].
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "1850"
  26. place: Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: proven
  29. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
  30. note: In her mother's household.
  31. father:
  32. id: jesse-collins-1804
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: proven
  35. sources: [death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
  36. note: '"Jesse Collins," born Indiana (the informant''s error for Virginia), on her death certificate.'
  37. mother:
  38. id: mary-reed-1804
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: proven
  41. sources: [death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918, census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
  42. note: '"Mary Reed," born Indiana, as her maiden name on the death certificate; in Mary Collings''s household in 1850, marked mulatto.'
  43. ---
  45. Keeping house with her widowed mother in Wells Township, Appanoose County, in 1850.
  46. Later in northern Missouri. As Matilda Davis, married, a housewife, she died at 1315 South Wabash
  47. Street, Kirksville, on 9 January 1918, aged 86; the certificate names her father as Jesse Collins and
  48. her mother as Mary Reed ([record](/files/sources/death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918/)). The informant was
  49. E. E. Galbreath [?] of Kirksville.
  51. ## Open questions
  53. - Her husband, Mr. Davis, and when they married; the certificate calls her "married," not
  54. widowed.
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