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Eleanor <I>DeVoe</I> Collins

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Eleanor DeVoe Collins

Birth
Harlem, New York County, New York, USA
Death
6 Oct 1894 (aged 78)
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
sec 2 lot 69
Memorial ID
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Eleanor is the daughter of Dr. William H. DeVoe. There are two possibilities as to who her mom was:
Elanor Husted or Deborah Ten Eyck

Eleanor was raised in New York in the Dutch Reformed Church

Originally the DeVoe surname was spelled De Veaux (de Veaux, de Vaux).
The DeVoe family in America were found to be French Protestants who became known as Huguenots. They came to America in the mid 1600's.

The "B" initial listed is for Bird, who was Eleanor's 1st husband and father to her 3 eldest children.

birth year is a estimate.
interment # 4083
Widow Age 79
old age

Eleanor married William A. Bird on 5 May 1833
Together they had the following known children:
Mortier Eugene Bird B: 1834
William A Bird B: 1838
Harrison Bird B: 1840
William A. Bird died on 23 Feb 1847, possibly in Davenport, however his death could also have occurred in Massachusetts.

Eleanor married William Sheridan Collins on 10 Oct 1848 • Scott, IA
Together they had the following known children:
Sarah Ella Collins B: 1851
McManus Wilkinson Collins B: 1854

Also in Sec 2 lot 69;
Delia , Mortier E, William A, William H BIRD
Elizabeth CHILDS
E.B. COLLINS
Mary GREENWOOD
Eleanor is the daughter of Dr. William H. DeVoe. There are two possibilities as to who her mom was:
Elanor Husted or Deborah Ten Eyck

Eleanor was raised in New York in the Dutch Reformed Church

Originally the DeVoe surname was spelled De Veaux (de Veaux, de Vaux).
The DeVoe family in America were found to be French Protestants who became known as Huguenots. They came to America in the mid 1600's.

The "B" initial listed is for Bird, who was Eleanor's 1st husband and father to her 3 eldest children.

birth year is a estimate.
interment # 4083
Widow Age 79
old age

Eleanor married William A. Bird on 5 May 1833
Together they had the following known children:
Mortier Eugene Bird B: 1834
William A Bird B: 1838
Harrison Bird B: 1840
William A. Bird died on 23 Feb 1847, possibly in Davenport, however his death could also have occurred in Massachusetts.

Eleanor married William Sheridan Collins on 10 Oct 1848 • Scott, IA
Together they had the following known children:
Sarah Ella Collins B: 1851
McManus Wilkinson Collins B: 1854

Also in Sec 2 lot 69;
Delia , Mortier E, William A, William H BIRD
Elizabeth CHILDS
E.B. COLLINS
Mary GREENWOOD


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