 4 john thomas collins 1851 1929  4 john thomas collins 1851 1929 ray sun 2282016 1223  john thomas collins   john thomas collins  18511929 was born on 16 september 1851 in mississippi city mississippi at new orleans on june 29 1885 he married frances fannie corr  18611945 the daughter of george corr  18271887 and sarah glancy  18281902 george corr and sarah glancy corr were natives of farnaught county leitrim ireland and county roscommon ireland respectively their corporal remains were interred in st patrick cemetery no 3 in the crescent city the daily picayune august 11 1887 p 4 and the daily picayune december 15 1902 p 1 john was a boat builder with at least some of his sons in gulfport mississippi he died on 3 january 1929 at the age of 77 at west howard ave in biloxi mississippi he died of influenza pneumonia he was buried on 4 january 1929 in the john t collins family plot in the biloxi cemetery his death certificate and census records say he was born in biloxi in 1851 which would make his parents arrival from new orleans sooner than 1854 unless they went back and forth although he did not use the term sr after his name so as not to confuse anyone his family dedicated this window in the nativity bvm church first one on the left as you enter the church to him and the entire collins family those are saint patrick and saint bridget who are patron saints of ireland frances margaret fannie corr was born on 4 february 1861 in new orleans louisiana she was baptized on 9 may 1861 at st theresa church in new orleans she was married to john t collins on 29 june 1885 at st theresa church new orleans the wedding was performed by father thomas heslin who in 1889 became the fifth bishop of natchez which covered the entire state of mississippi was fannie s cousin frances was the daughter of george corr and sarah clancy she died on 6 may 1945 at the age of 84 at their home 1850 father ryan ave biloxi mississippi she died of peritonitis gall bladder she was buried on 8 may 1945 in the john collins family plot in biloxi mississippi  john and fannie s children william joesph collins sarah collins george j collins susan m collins katherine collins francis ruth collins anna m collins john t collins jr william joesph collins  information on seperate page  sarah collins was born at new orleans on september 15 1890 george j collins was born at new orleans in november 1891 susan mary collins was born at new orleans on january 28 1894 she died in 1973 at the age of 79 known to everyone ast  aunt sue sue  she was a nurse and assisted in the birth of most of the collins kids miss collins was a graduate of hotel dieu and was in charge of the biloxi hospital in 1933 the daily herald july 4 1933 p 2  katherine collins francis ruth collins anna m collins   anna may collins caillavet   19011990 was born october 19 1901 at new orleans she was one month old when her family relocated to biloxi mississippi she graduated from biloxi high school in 1920 anna retired in 1971 as assistant executive director of the biloxi housing authority after 32 years of service she was an original employee in 1940 of the biloxi housing authority and served as secretary during the initial planning and developmental stages of all the of all the housing projects mrs caillavet died at biloxi mississippi on december 12 1990 the sun herald december 15 1990 anna m collins married edward a caillavet  18981963 the son of aristede caillavet 18681898 and ellen gannon 18711929 in harrison county mississippi on october 29 1923 in harrison county mississippi harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb 35 p 371 edward caillavet made his livelihood at biloxi in sales at the wv joyce company and the metropolitan life insurance company anna m collins and ed caillavet were the parents of two daughters  doris caillavet delano  19252005 the spouse of arthur delano of huntington long island new york and barbara ann caillavet  the wife of lloyd thomas moon ed caillavet expired on april 17 1963 at the gulfport memorial hospital he was survivied by wife two daughters winnie caillavet mon 18951977 his sister and the spouse of george maximillian mon 18961973 and two grandchildren the daily herald april 18 1963 p 2 the corporal remains of anna and ed caillavet were interred in the biloxi cemetery under the auspices of the bradfordo keefe funeral home  john t collins  image made 1922  john thomas collins jr   19041985 was born at biloxi mississip on february 17 1904 to john t collins 18521929 and frances margaret corr 18611945 his father was a noted biloxi building contractor and established the firm which became collins brothers contractors of biloxi john t collins was a 1923 graduate of biloxi high school where he played footbal and baseball he graduated from tulane university school of architecture with a bachelor of architecture in 1928 he began independent practice in 1929 in biloxi he served in the navy seabees construction battalion in wwii from 194245 after the war he joined in partnership with william j collins jr a civil engineer as collins collins in 1956 his office was in the united building and his residence at 2227 w beach he was registered to practice in both mississippi and louisiana by 1962 john was in practice with leonard a collins john was named the lions club biloxi s outstanding citizen for 1960  john graduated from tulane university school of architecture with a bachelor of architecture in 1928 he began independent practice in 1929 in biloxi he served in the navy seabees construction battalion in wwii from 194245 after the war he joined in partnership with william j collins jr a civil engineer as collins collins in 1956 his office was in the united building and his residence at 2227 w beach he was registered to practice in both mississippi and louisiana by 1962 was in practice with leonard a collins  buildings some of the notable projects included the biloxi community house sacred heart academy bayou auguste homes bayview homes dukate elementary school biloxi health center old brick house restoration sunkist country club biloxi uso club veterans of foreign wars building ml michel middle school us post office and federal building villa maria retirement apartments magnolia hotel restoration st martin school in jackson county biloxi municipal yankee stadium al may stadium at mgcccperkinston campus beauvoir elementary school popp s ferry elementary school and the orange grove elementary school john t collins married on 2 june 1942 to martha thrash  191962 of hattiesburg mississippi and in 2 june 1963 to gertrude miller keyes  19051981 harrison co mississippi circuit court mrb bk 55 p 445 and bk 124 p 321  references  the daily herald   miss  mary  collins graduates   june 8 1946 the daily herald   mrs john collins funeral tomorrow   may 7 1945 the daily herald   wilsoncollins   april 27 1953 the daily herald    500000 school construction to start at biloxi   october 8 1958 the daily herald    john collins is recipient 1960 lions cup award   january 2 1961 the daily herald   edward a caillavet   april 18 1963 p 2 the sun herald   john collins dead at 81   november 1 1985 the sun herald   anna collins caillavet   december 15 1990 the sun herald   francis x collins   august 3 2000 the sun herald   doris caillavet delano   december 17 2005 p a12 271 views  