Here is my COLLINS line. Hope someone has a connection to them. Cannot determine if William Charles COLLINS came to US in 1851 or came to Illinois in 1851 from some other location in US or Canada. Thanks for your help, Marion Alcorn A. WILLIAM CHARLES COLLINS b. 2 June, 1814, poss. England. According to family tradition, he emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1851, although no record has been found. Listed on the 1860 Fall Creek Township, Adams County, Illinois, census as age 44. Possibly married once in England, the record having been lost, as seven of his children were listed as having been born in England. Married second, a woman named Elizabeth. Elizabeth was listed as age 33, b. IL, on the 1860 Illinois census. In 1866, William drove a team of oxen from Quincy, Illinois, to Kansas. On 1 January, 1871, William married Christina (Betzner) Reed at Lake Sibley, Cloud County, Kansas. Christina was born on 19 July, 1836, in Wittenburg, Germany. She came to Kansas in 1859, first to Manhattan, Kansas, and then in 1876 to Cloud County, Kansas. She was first married to John Cornelius Reed. 1. JULIA COLLINS b. England?, d. 1915 Idaho, m. George Hibner in Kansas. 2. EMMA COLLINS b. 1822 England?, d. 1887 KS, m. Oscar Taggart in Concordia, Kansas. Oscar killed by an Indian at their homestead northwest of Concordia. 3. JENNIE COLLINS b. England?, m. John Swearingen at Concordia, Kansas. 4. JOHN COLLINS b. 1843 England?, d. May, 1866, killed by Indians northwest of Concordia, Kansas. Civil War veteran in the 39th Iowa Regiment. 5. WILLIAM COLLINS b. 1847 England?, killed by Indians in May, 1866, northwest of Concordia, Kansas. 6. SOUTHEY E. COLLINS b. 1848, England?, age 14 on the Fall Creek Township, Adams County, Illinois, census. Civil War veteran under General Sherman for four years in Company C, 50th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Married Charity Ann Reed on 20 February, 1876. Charity was born in 1858. 7. ELIJAH "LEIGH" COLLINS b.1849 England? Age 10 on 1860 Adams Co., Fall Creek twp. Illinois census. m. Jennie (___). Lived in Delphos, Kansas 8. BENJAMIN COLLINS b. 11 July, 1853, probably in Illinois. Age 9 on the 1860 Adams County, Fall Creek township, Illinois census. Died 23 November, 1869, age 16 years, 4 months, 12 days. 9. CHARLES COLLINS b. January, 1859. Age 1 on the 1860 Illinois census. He was a school teacher in Quincy, Illinois. Married Bernice A. ___, Lived in La Prairie City, Northwest township, Adams County. 10. MARTIN COLLINS b. 8 October, 1871, Kansas. Died 19 August, 1872, Kansas, age 10 months, 11 days old. 11. EDWARD MATTHEW COLLINS b. 14 November, 1874, Cloud Co., KS. Married first, Rosalee Weaver. Divorced 1898. One daughter, Belmonte. Married second, Elin Maria Berglöf, 1 November, 1899. Elin b. Stockholm, Sweden 8 June, 1873. To US in 1892. Edward d. 30 September, 1955, Concordia, KS. 12. MARGARET COLLINS b. 13 December, 1875, KS, d. 5 January, 1885, KS. 13. FRANK WILLIAM COLLINS b. 2 May, 1876, in Concordia, KS, m. Clara (___), Moved to Cottage Grove, Oregon. Frank d. 1949 Cottage Grove, Oregon.