Louis C. Collins Family
Giles County, Virginia
Louis Chapman Collins (Pa Lou) and Caldonia Stump Collins (Granny Donie).
I don't know how or when they met, but they did meet. Because of this - you are able to learn more of them, their descendents (us) and ancestors.
Pa Lou was born on March 12, 1883, in Pembroke, Virginia, the only child of Samuel Thomas and Mary Alice (Mattox) Collins. He had three sons and five daughters with Granny Donie between 1904 and 1921. He died on September 13, 1969, in Pembroke, Virginia, at the age of 86.
Pa Lou was born in 1883. I have found 2 dates - March 12 and September 12. His headstone shows September 12, 1883 but the records at the courthouse show March 12, 1883
He was living in Giles, Virginia, when he registered for the World War I draft. He registered for the World War II draft in 1942 at the age of 58.
Granny Donie was born Caldonia Alice Stump on January 21, 1880. Based on information from the 1880 census, she was born 1878. Her father was William A. Stump (b-1849).
When Granny Donie was born about 1878 in Radford, Virginia, her father, William, was 29 and her mother, Winnie, was 26. She died on March 1, 1957, at the age of 79.
Pa Lou and Granny Donie were married in 1902. They remained together for over 50 years until her death in 1957. Pa Lou lived for another 12 years.
They had 8 children
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- Eloise Hoge Collins - born November 8, 1903
Gertrude Pearl Collins - born December 29, 1904
Arthur Morrison Collins - born April 17, 1907
Bessie Lake Collins - born February 27, 1909
Marvin Henderson Collins - born April 14, 1911
Margaret Marie Collins - born February 28, 1913
Lelia Janet Collins - born April 10, 1917
Marcus Chapman Collins - born May 16, 1921