William Wright Collins and Selina Hibbert, Immigrants
and some of their Descendants
Third Genration

WILLIAM WRIGHT3 COLLINS (Henry2, William1) was born at Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, on 26 May 1880 a son of Henry Collins and his wife Elizabeth Hollingworth. He died on 1953. He married about 1903-4 AUTHERINA MAY BISHOP. She was born at Rhode Island on 1884, a daughter of Henry L. and Mary J. Bishop. She died on 1953.[1]

William Collins grew up in Pawtucket, the fourth of four children. He followed his father and grandfather into the family business of manufacturing machines for the textile industry.

Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, published in 1908, reported on the early life of William Collins:[2]

William Wright [Collins], born May 26, 1880, in Pawtucket, was educated in the public schools and took a course in the Rhode Island School of Design at Providence. He then entered the employ of the Collins Brothers Machine Company, and by close application has worked himself up to the position of foreman of the fitting department. He is a young man of ability and is noted for his industry and strict attention to business. He is a member of Jenks Lodge of Masons, Central Falls, and also of Pawtucket Chapter, No, 4, R. A. M. In politics he is a Republican. He attends the Congregational Church.

The 1910 Census reported William Collins, 29, his wife Rena, 24, and their son Winthrop, 3, living at 824 North Main Street, Pawtucket. Living in the same house, but listed as a separate household, was his aunt Esther (Collins) Hollingworth, 50.[3]

By 1920 the family had moved to nearby Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Besides William, 39, Rena, 34, and children Winthrop, 12, and Alice, 4, the family included Rena's parents, Henry L. Bishop, 73, and Mary J. Bishop, 65. Henry's occupation was described as "jewelry, clocks."[4]

In 1930 the census found the William Collins family on Brown Avenue, Seekonk, consisting of William, Rena, and the two children. Son Winthrop, 22, worked as an assistant cashier for an insurance company.[5]

The 1940 Census reported this family still on Brown Avenue. William, 59, continued to work as a machinist in a machine shop; wife Antherena, 54. continued as a housewife, daughter Alice, 24, who had completed two years of college, worked as a hostess in a tea room.[6] Son Winthrop Collins, 32, who had married in 1930, lived at East Providence, Providence County, with his wife Elna, 32, and their children Winthrop, 8, and Elisa, 2. Winthrop was now a cashier for an insurance company.[7]

I have no further information on Elisa. Winthrop, Elna, and Winthrop, Junior, all moved at some point in time to Florida, where they were living when they died. The obituary of Winthrop Collins the younger provides some information on his life.[8]

Collins, Winthrop B. "Bud", 81, of Lutz, passed away on December 15, 2012, at the Veterans' Hospital in Tampa. Born in Providence, RI, he graduated from Bryant College and served in the Army during the Korean War as a P.T. boat driver. He also worked for SCM and moved to Syracuse, NY, to open his own office machine sales and service business. Bud was active in the Lions Club, serving as president, and a member of Bachelors and Belles serving on their board of directors. He also enjoyed dancing, stamping, and watching the sun set at the beach. Survivors include his three children and five grandchildren. Graveside services will take place Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 11:30 am, at Florida National Cemetery. . . .

William Collins and his wife Autherina Bishop had the following children:

  1. WINTHROP BISHOP4 COLLINS b. at Rhode Island on 12 May 1907; d. on August 1986, last residence Deltona, Volusia County, Florida; m. at Seekonk on 20 September 1930 ELNA MARIE JOHNSON, b. at East Providence on 26 November 1907, d. on 19 March 1995, last residence Deltona, child of Adolf and Patilda Johnson.[9] Children of Winthrop and ElnaL
    1. Winthrop Collins b. at Providence, Providence County, on 4 August 1931, d. at Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, on 15 December 2012.[10]
    2. Elisa Collins b. at Rhode Island about 1937-8.[11]
  2. ALICE E.4 COLLINS b. at Rhode Island about 1915.[12]
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NOTES

1Rhode Island Town Clerks, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," digital images, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 21 January 2021), Pawtucket Births 1880 , William Collins. Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 3 February 2021), William-Autherena Collins; Created by: (Gail) StorybehindtheStones, Photo added by Daphne Farmer. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, enumeration district (ED) 118, roll 1440, p. 1B, household 16, William W. Collins family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 March 2018); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: genealogical records and historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the old families (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1908), v. 1B, pp. 843-44.
31910 Census, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 118, roll 1440, p. 1B, household 16, William W. Collins family.
4Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 175, roll 687, p. 12A, household 290, William R. Collins family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 March 2018); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 207, p. 14A, household 272, William W. Collins family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 March 2018); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
6Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts, enumeration district (ED) 3-90, roll 1573, p. 10B, household 192, William Collins family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 29 January 2021); NARA microfilm group T627.
71940 Census, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 4-98, roll 3765, p. 4B, household 78, Winthrop Collins family.
8"Collins, Winthrop B.," obituary, Tampa Bay Times (Saint Petersburg, Florida), 6 January 2013; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 7 February 2021).
9Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 April 2017), Winthrop Collins, 035-01-6271; Elna M. Collins, 266-41-2772. Seekonk, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), "Massachusetts Vital and Town Records", Seekonk Marriages 1930, p. 116, e. 87, Collins-Johnson; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2021). Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, Family Search (familysearch.org : accessed 13 April 2021), 1907 East Providence; Elna Marie Johnson
10"Winthrop B. "Bud" Collins," Find a Grave: Memorials, findagrave.com accessed : 7 February 2021. "Collins, Winthrop B."
111940 Census, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, ED 4-98, roll 3765, p. 4B, household 78, Winthrop Collins family.
121920 Census, Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts, ED 175, roll 687, p. 12A, household 290, William R. Collins family.

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