Gustavus Richard Perkins

1896 - 1974  (77 years)

• Name	Gustavus Richard Perkins
  Birth	1 Nov 1896	Hartford, Hartford, CT
  Gender	Male
  Census	13 Jun 1900	Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 3, born Mar 1896 in CT, living with parents
  Census	21 Apr 1910	Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 13, born CT, living with parents
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 23, born CT, production engineer at tool factory, living with mother
  WW2 Reg Card	1942	Hartford, Hartford, CT ; age 45, born 1 Nov 1896 in Hartford CT, employed by Hartford Board of Education, NOK Ruth S Perkins (wife)
  Death	24 Mar 1974	Hartford, Hartford, CT
  Burial		Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, CT
  Person ID	I17336	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Lyman Burnham Perkins,   b. 23 Jan 1859, Boston, Suffolk, MA d. 19 May 1918, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Carroll Young,   b. 10 Sep 1858, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 27 Aug 1935, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1886
  Family ID	F6685	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Helen Smith,   b. 23 Apr 1898, Connecticut d. 5 May 1975, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	05 Aug 1922
  Children	1. Barbara Burnham Perkins,   b. 2 Jan 1924, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 5 Aug 2009, Russellville, Pope, AR (Age 85 years)   2. Douglas Smith Perkins,   b. 11 Mar 1926, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 16 Jun 1992, Clinton, Middlesex, CT (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F6686	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Hartford Courant", 25 Mar 1974 (newspapers.com) G.R. Perkins, 76, Is Dead; Taught At High School G. Richard Perkins, 76, of 121 Morningside St. West, who taught at Hartford Public High School 34 years, died Sunday at home. Born in Hartford, he lived in the Hartford area most o his life. He was a 1916 graduate of Hartford Public High School and a 1920 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College. He developed and introduced mechanical drawing at Meriden High School in 1928 and taught at Hartford Public High School 34 years before retiring in 1965. He was a member of Asylum Hill Congregational Church and a 50-year member of St. John's Lodge 4, AF & AM. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Ruth Smith Perkins; a son, Douglas S. Perkins of Clinton; a daughter, Mrs. Edwin D. Carson of Russellville, Ark., and three grandsons. The funeral is Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Gross Memorial Chapel of Asylum Hill Congregational Church, with the Rev. Walter D. Wagoner officiating. Burial will be in Cedar hill Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made to the Heart association. The Newkird and Whitney Funeral home, 776 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, has charge of arrangements.