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William James Perkins

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  • Name William James Perkins 
    Birth 27 Mar 1835  Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census Jun 1855  Perinton, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location ; W.J., age 20, born CT, machinist, living with father & stepmother
    Census 9 Aug 1870  Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, IA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 32, born MA, dealing in real estate
    Census 4 Jun 1880  Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, IA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 45, born MA, widowed, machinist, parents born NH/NH
    Census 1 Jan 1885  Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, IA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 49, born MA
    Census 13 Jun 1900  Wichita, Sedgwick, KS Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 64, born Mar 1836 in MA, widowed, machinist, parents born NH/NH
    Person ID I20042  Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2021 

    Father AncestorsGeorge Perkins,   b. 17 Jun 1811, Surry, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1857, Fairport, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Rogers 
    Marriage 1830 
    Family ID F7842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsLouisa Merritt Baker,   b. 1840, Dudley, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1879 (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1861  Dudley, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      On 27 Oct 1861 in Dudley MA, William J Perkins, 26, a farmer residing Omro Wi, born Boston to George & Mary Ann (Rogers) Perkins, married Louisa M Baker, 21, residing Dudley, born Dudley to Darius & Harriet (Blood) Baker. First marriage for both.
    Children 
     1. Evelyn Louisa Perkins,   b. 3 Aug 1862, Omro, Winnebago, WI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1863 (Age 0 years)
    Married2. Estella Florence Perkins,   b. 10 Sep 1864, Omro, Winnebago, WI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1940, West Plains, Howell, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Married3. Frank Eugene Perkins,   b. 21 Oct 1870, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1926, St Louis, St Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +4. Fred Baker Perkins,   b. 7 Oct 1876, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jun 1945, St Louis, St Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F7843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2021 

    Family 2 AncestorsEmerine N Cohoon 
    Marriage 9 Oct 1885  Marion, Linn, IA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1951" (ancestry.com)
      On 9 Oct 1885 in Marion, Linn, IA, William J Perkins, 50, a farmer residing Iown City IA, born Wooster MA to George and Margaret (Rogers) Perkins married Mrs. Emerena N Cohron, 35, residing Iowa City, born Jones Co, IA to Edwine Cohron and Catherine Hicks. 2nd marriage for both.
    Family ID F10359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2021 

  • Notes 
    • from "The family of John Perkins of Ipswich, Massachusetts"
      William James (George, William, Francis, Jacob, Isaac, John, John) was born in Boston, Mass., March 27, 1835. He married Louisa Merritt Baker, Oct. 27, 1861. She was the daughter of Darius and Harriet Baker, of Dudley, Mass. She died March 4, 1879. He resides in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and is engaged in the manufacture and sale of wind-mills, to be used for hydraulic purposes; and in the purchase and sale of lands there.