Ancestry of
Whitney Houston

Singer and Actress

Henry M. Collins

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Whitney Houston — 5th Generation
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  • 20 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1812 
  • Birth Location:
  • Pennsylvania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth G. Spears
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1837 
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  Sydnor Spears Collins

  Samuel Joseph Collins

  Frederick Douglass Collins

  Abraham Augustus Collins (Ahnentafel No:10 )

  • Notes: 

  • Henry Collins is listed as mulatto in the Federal Census.

• Sources for Henry M. Collins

  • ¹ California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, Death record for son Frederick Douglass Collins.
  • ² California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, Death record for son Samuel Joseph Collins.
  • ³ California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, Death record for son Sydnor Spears Collins.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Allegheny County, 1850, Pittsburgh Ward 6, Image 43 of 174.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, CA, San Francisco County, 1860, San Francisco District 1, Image 25 of 125.
  • ⁶ The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California), 22 APR 1863, p. 3, Death notice for son Sydnor Spears Collins.

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