William James COLLINS/Mary Jane USAW Family Group Sheet

1889 Oct. 24: Marriage record is on file in Camden, NJ.� Marriage ceremony was conducted at 3 Cooper St., Camden.� William James Collins is listed as a steelworker who had been born in England.� His father's name is listed as William Collins, place of birth England, and his mother's maiden surname is listed as Boles, place of birth, England.� Mary Jane Usaw is listed as the daughter of John Usaw, born in Austria, and her mother's maiden surname is listed as Schmucker, born in the U.S.� Both William and Mary Jane are listed as living in Harrisburg (Dauphin), PA.� Rev. W.B.M. Burrell, who conducted the ceremony, was affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

1890 Sep. 17:� Mary Irene Collins was born in Harrisburg (Dauphin), PA.

1893 May 27:� Grace Collins was born in Harrisburg (Dauphin), PA, at 1219 Mulberry St.

1893 Jul. 30:� Grace Collins died at the age of two months, three days, from cholera infantum.� Her death record is on file in Dauphin Co., PA.� Both her birth and death occurred at 1219 Mulberry St., Harrisburg, PA.

1894 Feb. 7:� William J. Collins, Sr., was naturalized in the court of common pleas in Harrisburg (Dauphin), PA.� Naturalization record is on file there.

1894 May 20:� Edith Louella Collins was born in Harrisburg (Dauphin), PA.

1897 Jan. 31:� William J. Collins, Jr., was born in Harrisburg (Dauphin), PA, at 2004 Berryhill St.

1898 Jul. 28:� William J. Collins, Sr., was killed in a steel mill accident.� His death record on file in Dauphin Co., PA, indicates that he was employed as a "helper", was 33 years old, was born in Ireland, and was living in the Swatara Twp. (Dauphin), PA, at 2004 Berryhill St.� It also indicates that he lived 28 hours after his injury.� According to Mary Jane Usaw (via Wayne Hamilton):� "A steel beam that he was riding and that was being moved aloft through the plant, tilted and fell across Mr. Collins� chest.� He was taken home, as there was little to be done.� His last words were to his wife:� 'Mother, it doesn�t hurt anymore'."� He was buried on 31 July 1898 in Section 1, Lot 77, Grave 1 of the Penbrook (now East Harrisburg) Cemetery.�� Here is his obituary from the Harrisburg, PA newspaper.

1898 Jul. 29:� From the "Daily Telegraph," Harrisburg, PA: Deaths and Funerals William Collins William Collins who was injured by the falling of a heavy charging bar known as a "peel," at the Central Iron Works Universal Mill, died yesterday at his home on Nineteenth street.� Collins was about 30 years of age and leaves a family.

1900 Jun. 5:� Federal Census shows Mary Jane and her children living in Swatara Twp. (Dauphin), Pennsylvania, ED 105, S 4, L 59,� 1st precinct in part N. of Derry St., Taken by Grant W. Smeltzer.

1900 Oct.:� Mary Jane Usaw Collins married Lindley Matthew Hamilton, whom she met through a matrimonial agency, in Harrisburg� (Dauphin), PA.� (The family record is continued on their family group sheet).