 3 william collins 1819 1895  3 william collins 1819 1895 ray sun 2282016 1149 william collins 18191895 william collins was born in mullinautara rathcormac cork county ireland in may of 1819 he arrived in this country through the port of new orleans in 1847 by sailing vessel which took three months to make the crossing it is believed that his passage was paid for by his good friend pat kennedy who settled in biloxi and wrote to him that the land was good for farming william was naturalized a citizen on 23 november 1857 in circuit court of harrison county he died on 4 february 1895 at the age of 75 in biloxi mississippi three months after his wife he was buried in the old biloxi cemetery on front beach susan cullen was born in 1821 in county cork ireland she and william were married in november 1844 in liverpool england she died in november 1894 at the age of 73 in biloxi mississippi  william and susan s children   james collins was born in 1847 in new orleans louisiana he died at birth he is buried in new orleans mary jane collins was born in september 1848 in louisiana she died in 1900 at the age of 52 john t collins was born on 16 september 1851 in mississippi city mississippi he died on 3 january 1929 at the age of 77 see details in separate link  susan collins was born in 1854 in biloxi mississippi she died in 1880 at the age of 26 william t collins was born in 1856 in biloxi mississippi he lived at 1314 west railroad ave biloxi mississippi and worked for the l n railroad he died on 18 february 1897 at the age of 41 in biloxi mississippi william married ellen o brien daughter of michael o brien and mary gillen who was born in january 1856 she died on 14 january 1918 at the age of 62 in covington louisiana she was buried in the biloxi cemetery cornelius collins was born on 17 december 1857 in hansboro mississippi he was a carpenter and cabinet maker he died in 1939 at the age of 82 he married katherine kate scully on 25 october 1887 at st john the baptist church in new orleans louisiana kate the daughter of john dennis scully and mary mahoney was born on 11 march 1865 in new orleans louisiana she died in 1913 at the age of 48 thomas e collins was born in january 1863 in biloxi mississippi he was blacksmith at the corner of howard avenue and caillavet street he married margaret maggie desmond in 1888 in new orleans louisiana  references  the daily picayune     george  corr   august 11 1887 the new orleans state     sarah glancy  corr   december 15 1902 the daily herald   john collins sr died last night   january 4 1929 the daily herald   honor students of sacred heart are presented awards   may 26 1944 247 views  