Leon Asa Perkins

1894 - 1979  (85 years)

• Name	Leon Asa Perkins
  Birth	6 May 1894	Rochester, Monroe, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	7 Jun 1900	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 6, born May 1894 in NY, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1905	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 2, born US, at school, living with parents
  Census	27 Apr 1910	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 15, born NY, salesman at cigar store, living with mother
  Census	1 Jun 1915	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 21, born US, printer, living with mother
  Census	7 Jan 1920	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 25, born NY, printer at factory, living with mother
  Census	1 Jun 1925	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 31, born US, printer
  Census	4 Apr 1930	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 36, born NY, 1st marr at 30, printer at newspaper, parents born NY/NY
  Census	3 Apr 1940	Rochester, Monroe, NY ; age 45, born NY, gr8 ed, in same house in 1935, printer at newspaper
  Death	28 Nov 1979	Rochester, Monroe, NY
  Burial		Pittsford Cemetery, Pittsford, NY
  Person ID	I21079	Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Franklin Perkins,   b. 7 Feb 1860, Perinton, Monroe, NY d. 31 Aug 1905, Rochester, Monroe, NY (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Isabelle Brownell,   b. Feb 1861, Monroe Co, NY d. 14 Sep 1944, Rochester, Monroe, NY (Age ~ 83 years)
  Marriage	1881
  Family ID	F8257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Francis M Curley,   b. 11 May 1896, Pennsylvania d. 1923, El Paso, El Paso, TX (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1915	Rochester, Monroe, NY
  Notes	from "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936" (familysearch.org) On 5 Oct 1915 in Rochester NY, Leon A Perkins, 21, a compositor, residing Rochester, born Rochester to Frank D Perkins b. NY & Isabelle Brownell b. NY, married Frances Mae Curdy, 19, a hairdresser residing Rochester, born Clearfield PA to Seymour Curley b. PA & Bertha Dorey b. PA. 1st marriage for both.
  Children	1. Thelma Perkins,   b. 9 May 1917, New York d. 4 Jul 2007 (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F8509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Goodelle,   b. Mar 1895, Auburn, Cayuga, NY d. 5 Apr 1967, Rochester, Monroe, NY (Age ~ 72 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1924	Rochester, Monroe, NY
  Notes	from "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936" (familysearch.org) On 3 Sep 1924 in Rochester NY, Leon A Perkins, 30, a printer, residing Rochester, born Rochester to Frank D Perkins b. US & Isabelle Brownell b. US, married Margaret E Goodelle, residing Rochester, born Auburn NY to George Goodelle b. US & Barbara Baum b. US. His 2nd, her 1st marriage.
  Children	1. Ethel Jean Perkins,   b. 30 Jul 1925, Rochester, Monroe, NY d. 7 Jan 2012 (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F8513	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2018

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", 29 Nov 1979 (newspapers.com) Leon A. Perkins who worked for about 40 years in the composing room of the "The Times-Union", died yesterday in Genesee Hospital of pneumonia. He was 85. Perkins was born in Rochester. He served int eh the Army in Work War I and in 1919 began working in the composing room of the the old "Rochester Times-Union & Advertiser", which later became "The Times-Union". He retired Dec. 15, 1958. He was a member of Rochester Typographical Union 15, a member of Genesee Falls Lodge of Mason and Genesee Lodge of Odd Fellows, and a former member of the American Legion. Perkins had lived at Goodman Gardens, 8 N. Goodman St., an affiliate of the Rochester Methodist Home for the past five years. He leaves two daughters, Jean Bradshaw of Pittsford and Thelma Osberg of Hemet, Calif.; two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.