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I have a bit of an update here.  I wasn't able to find much in the way of documents, but I was able to get in contact with one of my great-uncles to fill in a lot of blanks.

Patrick Collins was born January 28, 1862 in Peterswell, County Galway, Ireland. His parents were Patrick and Mary Goatley Collins.

He married Josephine Ettlemeyer at St. Ceclias Catholic Church Fonda on May 10, 1893. Rev. Father Dolan preformed the wedding ceremony.

Josephine died 13 years before Patrick. Patrick died in bed while taking a mid morning nap and was discovered by his son Henry at noon on a Saturday. There was no indication of poor health and it was believed he died in his sleep from a heart attack.

Patrick and Josephine had several children of which some died prior to child birth or shortly after. The children who survived were Joe, William, John, Henry and Emma. He had two brothers Michael Collins, Chicago Ill. and Owen Collins, Ireland, and two sisters Delia Collins, Ireland and Nellie Collins, Fonda.

His information confirms a lot of what I already had - birth years, death years, wedding years, and the children they had who survived.  This also sheds light on the census where Josephine noted having 9 children, 5 of whom were living.

Time to do some more digging!

I've just recently started on the journey to building out my family tree and I seem to have hit a bit of a wall with my great-great-grandfather.  I'll break down the tree below to give some information on the family itself, as I know the name Patrick Collins isn't unique in itself and there is a lot of information on various Patrick Collinses out there.

I have information on him from several censuses - mostly from Fonda, NY but one from England in 1881.  On the England census, he lists his birthplace as Galway, Ireland and on the further Fonda, NY censuses lists his birth country as Ireland.  He also lists his mother and father as being born in Ireland.  I suppose this all hinges on the 1881 census being correct for the Patrick Collins in question, but there are more details on that below.

Patrick Collins
 -- Born 1862 in Galway, Ireland
 -- Died 1938 in Fonda, NY
 -- Married to Josephine Ettlemeyer Collins (1872-1925) in roughly 1893
 -- Had (at least) the following children: William A Collins (1894-1981), John Collins (1898-?), Joseph M Collins (1899-1922), Henry V Collins (1906-1978), Emma Collins (1909-?)

Henry V Collins
 -- Born Feb 14, 1906 in Fonda, NY
 -- Died Jan 1978 in Johnstown, NY
 -- Married to Emma Lilian Sitterley (1911-1994) Aug 29, 1929
 -- Had the following children: Gaynell Collins (1932-?), Ronald Collins (1935-Living), Darryl Lee Collins (1937-1988), Val Collins (1944-2016), Brett L Collins (1950-Living)

Ronald Collins
 -- Born May 22, 1935 in NY
 -- Married to Phyllis Baldwin Collins (1935-2002)
 -- Had the following children: Claudia Collins, Kevin Collins, Lawrence Collins, Melisa Collins, Rondalynn Collins (all living)

Lawrence Collins is my father.

Patrick Collins is as far back as I've been able to go thus far.  I've been digging through Ancestry.com records for information on him as well as his wife, Josephine.  I was able to find much more information on Josephine and her ancestors but am really hoping to go further back with the Collins name.

The records (census records and headstone) I've found so far put him being born in Galway, Ireland in 1862 but no birth date as of yet.  I also have conflicting records on when he came to the US based on census reports - it was either 1880, 1882, or 1893.

1880 seems potentially unlikely because I have a record of a Patrick Collins living in Willenhall, UK in 1881 (his listed age is 18 which would line up with an 1862 birth year, depending on the census date and his birth date).  Census details below:
Civil parish: Wednesfield
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street Address: 16 Hall St
Occupation: Ag Lab
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Sub registration district: Willenhall

The discrepancies in his immigration date come from three census reports:
1900 lists it as 1880
1910 lists it as 1893
1920 lists it as 1882

All three of the census confirm his family members and are from Fonda, NY.

At this point, I'm at a brick wall trying to go back any further.  I'm hoping that someone here may be able to point me in a direction or help find more information on Patrick, his parents, and my ancestors going back beyond him.

Thanks so much!