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William Frances Collier 1896 – 1940 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 January 1896

Birth Location: Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota

Death Date: 18 June 1940

Death Location: Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota, USA

Father: Elmer Collier

Mother: Anna Odink

Spouse(s): Frieda Wolff

Children(s): Elmer Collier, Ida Collier

William Frances Collier was born in Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota in 1896, to Elmer Elsworth Collier and Anna Mary Odink. Later in life, William Frances Collier married Frieda Lydia Wolff; among their children were Elmer Richard Collier and Ida Ann Collier. William Frances Collier died in Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota, USA, 1940.

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Parents

Elmer Collier
1862 – 1948
Birth Location: Cook Valley, Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
EC
Anna Odink
1853 – 1946
Birth Location: Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
AO

Spouses(s)

Frieda Wolff
1903 – 1989
Birth Location: Balfour, McHenry, North Dakota, USA
FW

Children(s)

Elmer Collier
1924 – 1942
Birth Location: Chippewa County, Minnesota
EC
Ida Collier
1925 – 2011
Birth Location: Montevideo, Chippewa, Minnesota, USA
IC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 4 January 1896
    Event Place: Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, 1920 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Year: 1940; Census Place: Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01952; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 65-5, Year: 1920; Census Place: Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota; Roll: T625_865; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 159, Year: 1930; Census Place: Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2340840, Registration State: Minnesota; Registration County: Wabasha County, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0156; FHL microfilm: 1240795, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wabasha Ward 1, Wabasha, Minnesota; Roll: T624_728; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0157; FHL microfilm: 1374741

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 9 June 1900
    Event Place: Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0156; FHL microfilm: 1240795

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 15 April 1910
    Event Place: Wabasha Ward 1, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wabasha Ward 1, Wabasha, Minnesota; Roll: T624_728; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0157; FHL microfilm: 1374741

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 5 June 1917
    Event Place: Wabasha County, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Minnesota; Registration County: Wabasha County

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 12 January 1920
    Event Place: Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Wabasha, Wabasha, Minnesota; Roll: T625_865; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 159

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 11 April 1930
    Event Place: Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2340840

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01952; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 65-5

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 2 April 1940
    Event Place: Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota; Roll: m-t0627-01952; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 65-5

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 18 June 1940
    Event Place: Bird Island, Renville, Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: June, 1940
    Event Place: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
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