Obituary: John Martin Kollein of NJ > IL > FL

St. Petersburg Times (FL) - August 21, 1998 

KOLLEIN, JOHN MARTIN, 76, of Spring Hill, died Wednesday (Aug. 19, 1998)
at James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa. Born in Deans, N.J., he came
here 13 years ago from Willow Springs, Ill. He was a retired construction
contractor and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10209, Spring Hill.
Survivors include a companion, Pauline Harry, Spring Hill.
Robert and Son Cremation Service, Spring Hill/Brooksville.

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John Martin Kollein - Charges filed then Dropped

11 Nov 1959

 Omaha World Herald

11 Nov 1959
Mason City Globe-Gazette

November 19, 1959

Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune

Black Sheep Sunday: Darn that Prohibition Law!

                 

In 1922, our Great Grandfather, Ignatz Kollain, was ...ah....caught.

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Prohibition began on 17 January 1920, with the Eighteenth Amendment. A total of 1,520 Federal Prohibition agents were given the task of enforcing the law.  The Amendment was repealed in 1933.

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Finding the Details in a Draft Registration Card

      

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The Draft Registration card for Martin Kollein is one of the few places where we see a place of birth for one of the Kollain/Kollein family members.  Although not specific to a town, it is slight improvement over the usual "Austria-Hungary" seen in other records.

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Sentamental Sunday: Johnny Kollein

  

John Martin Kollein

b: 01 Jun 1922 in Deans, South Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey
  Son of Martin Kollein & Stella Wojciechowski

d: 19 Aug 1998 in James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida
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