Cyrus Wilfred Perkins

1883 - 1967  (84 years)

• Name	Cyrus Wilfred Perkins
  Birth	25 Mar 1883	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT
  Gender	Male
  Census	1911	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT ; Cyrus Wilfred, age 38, born Mar 1883 in Ont, single, High School Teacher, living with Aunt Sarah
  Census	12 Jan 1920	Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA ; age 36, born CAN, imm in 1911, nat in 1918, College Teacher, parents born CAN/CAN
  Census	1925	Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA ; age 41, son of Jacob Perkins of CAN and Jennie Jardine of CAN
  Census	2 Apr 1930	Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA ; age 47, born CAN, married at 33, imm in 1907, College Student Secretary, parent born CAN/CAN
  Census	6 Apr 1940	Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA ; C.W., age 57, born CAN, C4 ed, professor at private collage, residing CAN in 1935
  Death	25 Oct 1967	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial	28 Oct 1967	Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I170	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Jacob Perkins,   b. Abt 1854, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Jul 1917, Humniska, Poland (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Jennie Jardine,   b. 5 Nov 1855, Dundas, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Dec 1937, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1876	Petrolia, Lambton, ONT
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Children	1. Private
  Family ID	F10109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Beulah Fields,   b. 12 Apr 1891, Oxford Junction, Jones, IA d. 7 Jul 1976, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1916	Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA
  Children	+ 1. Robert Fields Perkins,   b. 28 Jan 1917, Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA d. 19 Dec 1993, Woodbridge, Prince William, VA (Age 76 years) + 2. Judith Jardine Perkins,   b. 24 Jun 1929, Cedar Rapids, Linn, IA d. 28 Dec 2017, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2014

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived to US in 1911, naturalized in 1918 Coe College professor of language in Cedar Rapids in 1937 Professor at Rice. from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903?1982", (ancestry.com) Cyrus Wilfred Perkins, a college professor and WW1 vet, residing in Houston 18 years, born Petrolia, Ontario on 25 Mar 1883 to Jacob Perkins and Jeannie Jardin, died on 25 Oct 1967 in Houston TX of acute myocardia infarction. Burial on 28 Oct 1967 in Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery in Houston TX. Informant Mrs. C.W. Perkins from "Houston Chronicle, 17 Oct 1967 (Houston Public Library) CYRUS PERKINS DIED; WAS PROFESSOR Funeral services for Cyrus Wilfred Perkins, 84, of 2312 Wordsworth, a retired college professor, will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in the chapel at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery. Perkins, a resident of Houston 18 years and guest lecturer at Rice University between 1949-52, died Wednesday night. He was professor emeritus at Grinnell College in Iowa. He taught German there and at Coe College in Iowa. He was born in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada, reared in Europe and educated in schools in Austria and Germany. He later earned advance degrees at McMaster University in Ontario and did further graduate work at American universities. He leaves his wife, Beulah; a daughter, Mrs. Max A. Corbett of Houston; a son, Lt. Col. Robert F. Perkins, stationed in England; sister, Mrs. Earnest J. Nicklos of Houston; a brother, Edward B. Perkins of Vienna, Austria, and six grandchildren.