AKA: Doad Collins, Dode Collins, Elderado Collins 2, Ray Collins 4 Parents: John Marion Collins (1836-1916) & Elizabeth Farmer (1849-1927) Born: Mar 1879, Middletown, Lake County, California 1 4 or about 1879, California 3 or 5 Mar 1880, California 2 or about 1881, California 7 or about 1882, California 6 1880 Census: in Middletown, Lake County, California, living with parents 3 Details 1890 Census: most census records lost in fire 1900 Census: in Township 1, Lake County, California, living with parents 4 Details Occupation: farm laborer 4 6, farmer 5, farm manager 7 Died: 27 Jun 1946, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California 1 2Marriage:
Wife: Leanna Jewel McCombs (21 Nov 1889 - before 1 Apr 1930)
Married: 29 Jan 1908, Bellevue, Merced County, California 1
1910 Census: in O'Neal Township, San Joaquin County, California 5 Details
1920 Census: in Liberty Township, San Joaquin County, California 6 Details
unknown date: According to family stories, Leanna "just disappeared"; the children were
put in orphanages in San Francisco and Stockton, and Eldorado got them out
again after obtaining a divorce. 8
1930 Census: Eldorado is a widower in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California 7 Details
Children:
1. Elsie L. Collins (1909-1976)
Husband: LeRoy Adrian Jestings (1901-1983)
2. Richard Milton Collins (1911-1987)
Wife: Matilda McMullan (1915-1975)
3. [Living?]
4. Walter W. Collins (1914-2002)
Notes:
1. Ancestry World Tree, Eldorado (Dode) Collins, ID I4129 in "Littman Lathrop Families" compiled by Guy Littman, last updated 17 Feb 2005.
2. California Death Records, Elderado
Collins.
3. Census 1880, Roll 66,
Family History Film 1254066, p. 28A, Enumeration District 50, Image 0566.
4. Census 1900, Roll 88,
p. 11B, Enumeration District 42.
5. Census 1910, Roll 102, Part 3, p. 122B.
6. Census 1920, Roll 143,
p. 17B, Enumeration District 150, Image 602.
7. Census 1930, Roll
186, p. 1A, Enumeration District 78, Image 812.0.
8. McCombs, J. (1974-), p. 39.
9. Rochelle (1983).