Person:Ellen Collins (8)

Known to her nieces and nephews as "Aunt Nellie," she lived on "the block" with the extended family. "Aunt Nellie ran the "Place." The flower and vegetable gardens and the orchard were her particular interests. She kept an eye on the children to teach them to respect the gardens. We (Ethel Dunham) liked to slide down the sloping roof of the tool shed which was obviously hard on the shingles and Aunt Nellie disapproved. On these occassions Michael (the gardener) would warn us of her approach, "Look out, she's coming." All slid to the ground and hid. After Aunt Nellie withdrew to the house Michael came back and said, "It's all right now, she's gone." Not that Aunt Nellie was ever cross or complained to our parents and from her photograph you can see that she was a kind and gentle aunt."

References

• Collens, Clarence Lyman. Collins Memorial (Hartford, CT 1959)
• Dunham, Ethel Collins, Samuel G. and Alice Collins Dunham, their descendants and antecedents (Washington, DC 1955)

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Collens, Clarence Lyman. Collins Memorial. (Hartford, CT: (self published), 1959)
   p. 170.
2.   Dunham family
   p. 22-23.
3. ↑ Cedar Hill Cemetery.