John Thomas COLLINS

1888 - 1945  (57 years)

• Name	John Thomas COLLINS
  Birth	4 Jun 1888	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1911	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Origin	1911
  	Irish
  Occupation	1911
  	Farmer
  Religion	1911
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1945
  	Merchant, General Store
  Death	12 Jul 1945	Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  Burial	Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Beachburg Union Cemetery Beachburg, Ontario Canada
  Person ID	I107841739	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John COLLINS,   b. 19 Jan 1852, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Nov 1929, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann WRIGHT,   b. 1 Sep 1856, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Jun 1929, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1876	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Family ID	F1680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret L. DAVIS,   b. 29 Apr 1891, Oso Twp., Frontenac, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Jan 1988, North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1912	Oso Twp., Frontenac, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. Dorothy Jean COLLINS,   b. 20 Jun 1913, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Sep 1991, North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)   2. Lt. Commander Dr. William Edgar COLLINS, M.D.,   b. 2 Aug 1915, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 19 Jul 1993, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)   3. Margaret Edna COLLINS,   b. 8 Jul 1926, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Jun 1944, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F57353695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2016

  
  

• Photos		John COLLINS & Mary Wright family Ft: Mary Collins nee Wright; Lillian Pearl McDiarmid; Christina Ethel Byce; Christina Lindsay Lehigh; John Collins Bk: 5 boys (not sure of order) George Ernest; Osborne Leslie, John Thomas, Sisters Eliza May McBride, Minnie McBride, Archibald Nathaniel, Arthur. Photograph from the collection of Glen Collins
  		John Thomas COLLINS & Margaret Davis Photograph from the collection of Glen Collins

  
  

  Documents		Collins, John T. obituary Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Viola Price, provided by Nancy England
  		John Thomas COLLINS obituary From the scrapbook collection of Tom and Shirley (Wilson) Martin

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Collins, John T & Margaret L. nee Davis Beachburg Union Cemetery, Beachburg, ON photographed by Fay Bennett, June 2016

  
  

• Sources

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