First Generation  

1. Daniel Collins ¹ was born in , , , Ireland and died from about 1850 to 1880.

Daniel married Margaret [-?-] Collins ¹ before 1825 in , , , Ireland. Margaret was born in , , , Ireland and died from about 1850 to 1880.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 2 F    i. Mary Collins ² was born from about 1826 to 1832 in , , County Cork, Ireland,^{1 3 4} died on 12 January 1901 in Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri,^{5 6} and was buried on 19 January 1901 in Hannibal (St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery), Marion Co., Missouri.^{5 6}

+ 3 F    ii. Johanna Collins ⁸ was born in March 1825 in , , , Ireland,^{9 10} died on 9 April 1905 in Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado,⁹ and was buried on 12 April 1905 in Hannibal (St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery), Marion Co., Missouri.^{11 12}

1. Pension Application file (widow), Records of the Veterans Administration, RG 15, National Archives, Washington, D.C., Mary Leary, claim no. 159,837, certificate no. 148,506, Leary-Collins marriage transcript dated 28 January 1868.

2. "Here From Denver," Hannibal Weekly Journal, Hannibal, Missouri, 19 January 1901, page 5, column 5.

3. Daniel Leary household, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, population schedule, Hannibal, stamped page 739, dwelling 724, family 783, line 4; National Archives microfilm M653, roll 632.

4. Tri-County Research, Marion Co., MO, Hannibal, MO, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (Shelbyville, Missouri: K. Wilham Genealogical Research & Publishing, 1993), 3: microfilm 1697787, item 1, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

5. Tri-County Research, Marion Co., MO, Hannibal, MO, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (Shelbyville, Missouri: K. Wilham Genealogical Research & Publishing, 1993), 40 & 56: microfilm 1697787, item 1, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

6. Mary O'Leary funeral notice, Hannibal Weekly Journal, Hannibal, Missouri, 19 January 1901, page 6, column 2.

7. Leary-Collins entry, 12 May 1857, Scott County Marriage Volume 2:135, Scott County Clerk of District Court, Davenport, Iowa; microfilm no. 1004413, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

8. John Tobin household, 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, population schedule, Hannibal first ward, page 18, stamped page 493, dwelling 107, family 151, line 24; National Archives microfilm M593, roll 791.

9. Mrs. Johanna Collins Tobin obituary, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado, 10 April 1905, page 5, column 2.

10. Johana Collins and Mary Redding, 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., Missouri, population schedule, Hannibal, page 766, dwelling 887, family 966, line 28; National Archives microfilm M653, roll 632.

11. Tri-County Research, Marion Co., MO, Hannibal, MO, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery (Shelbyville, Missouri: K. Wilham Genealogical Research & Publishing, 1993), 73: microfilm 1697787, item 1, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

12. Mrs. John Tobin funeral notice, Hannibal Courier-Post, Hannibal, Missouri, 12 April 1905, page 1, column 3.

13. No record had been found. Date based on the birth of the first child, Daniel, in November 1862 and the 1860 census when they are living separately and do not appear to be married.

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