Orange Harding Perry

Brief Life History of Orange Harding

When Orange Harding Perry was born on 6 September 1861, in Venice, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, John H Perry, was 33 and his mother, Nancy Nordstrand, was 23. He married Edith B Almeda Kerns on 8 April 1888, in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States in 1900. He died on 7 January 1934, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orange Harding Perry
1861–1934
Edith B Almeda Kerns
1867–1900
Marriage: 8 April 1888
Alma Beatrice Perry
1889–1965
Arthur Lee Perry
1891–1974
Dorothy Margery "Peggy" Perry
1899–1971

Sources (26)

  • Grange Perry in household of John Perry, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mr. Orange H Perry, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Orange Harding Perry, "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Historical Periods 1867: Chehalis, Washington Territory, United States 1889: Chehalis, Washington, United States 1915: Grays Harbor, Washington, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of the personal name Harry (see Harris ).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree (Middle English piri(e), peri(e), puri(e), Old English pirige, pyrige), or a habitational name for someone who owned or came from a place so named. This surname and a number of variants have been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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