William Alonzo Perkins

1845 - 1920  (75 years)

• Name	William Alonzo Perkins
  Birth	15 Sep 1845	Sparta, Elgin, ONT
  Gender	Male
  Census	1861	Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT ; age 15, born U Canada, living with mother and stepfather
  Census	1881	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT ; age 32, born ONT, of NS origin, merchant
  Census	27 Apr 1891	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT ; Wm, age 45, born ONT, Grocery Merchant, parents born US/US
  Census	1901	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT ; age 55, born 15 Sep 1845 in ONT, general merchant
  Census	1911	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT ; age 65, born Sep 1846 in ONT, occupation: store
  Census	7 Jan 1920	Detroit, Wayne, MI ; age 73, born CAN, imm in 1918, retired, parents born CAN/CAN
  Death	9 Dec 1920	Detroit, Wayne, MI
  Burial		Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI
  Person ID	I1362	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
  Last Modified	3 May 2022

  
  

  Father	William Francis Perkins,   b. 31 Jan 1799, Horton, Kings, NS d. 19 Sep 1848, Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Harriet Byron Creelman,   b. 18 Oct 1806, Nova Scotia d. 2 May 1879, Yarmouth, Elgin, ONT (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1823	Aylesford, Kings, NS
  Family ID	F220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Almeda Catherine Thomas,   b. 15 Jan 1856, Stoney Creek, Wentworth, ONT d. 6 Dec 1932, Dexter, Washtenaw, MI (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1874	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT
  Notes	from Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 (Ancestry.com) On 2 May 1874 in Petrolia, marriage of Alonzo Perkins, age 27 yrs, of Petrolia, born Sparta ONT, bachelor, merchant, son of Wm F and Hannah Perkins and Almeda M Thomas, 18 yrs. of Petrolia, born Stoney Creek ONT, spinster, dau of William and Ann Thomas. Witness Cyrus F Perkins and Herman Ermy (?).
  Children	1. Edith Alberta Perkins,   b. 12 Feb 1875, Petrolia, Lambton, ONT d. 1 May 1894, Petrolia, Lambton, ONT (Age 19 years)   2. Harriet May “Hattie” Perkins,   b. 17 Oct 1876, Petrolia, Lambton, ONT d. 7 May 1940, Rockwood, Wayne, MI (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2019

  
  

• Photos

  Four Perkins Children (Sarah, Alonzo, Harriet, James) (l-r): Sarah (Perkins) Welding, William Alonzo Perkins, Harriet (Perkins) Varnum, James Perkins

  
  

  Headstones

  W. A. Perkins cemetery site

  
  

  Histories

  Excerpts from the "Descendents of Edward Perkins"

  
  

• Notes

  from "Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952" (ancestry.com) William A. Perkins, a retired merchant & owner of general store in Petrolia Ont, husband of Almeda Thomas, born 15 Sep 1846 in ONT to William Perkins b. NS & Harriet Creelman b. NS, died 9 Dec 1920 in Detroit, Wayne, MI of chronic endocarditis. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Informant Almeda Perkins.