Oscar Washington Perris Senior

Brief Life History of Oscar Washington

When Oscar Washington Perris Senior was born on 22 February 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Frederick Thomas Perris, was 36 and his mother, Mary Annette Edwards, was 33. He married Gertrude Heap on 22 February 1897, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in San Bernardino Judicial Township, San Bernardino, California, United States for about 40 years and Riverside, Riverside, California, United States in 1950. He died on 8 August 1965, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Washington Perris Senior
1873–1965
Gertrude Heap
1876–1941
Marriage: 22 February 1897
Evelyn May Perris
1898–1980
Frederick Thomas Perris
1901–1977
Marguerite Madaline Perris
1906–2002
Oscar Washington Perris Junior
1912–1982

Sources (21)

  • Oscar W Perris, Sr, "United States Census, 1950"
  • O W Perris, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • O W Perris, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1893

Historical Boundaries: 1893: Riverside, California, United States

1897 · The Utah State Historical Society

The Utah State Historical Society was, founded in 1897 and now part of the Government of Utah's Division of State History. It encourages the research, study, and publication of Utah history. It also publishes a history journal named the Utah Historical Quarterly. The Utah State Historical Society has grown to several thousand members and has published over 300 issues of the Utah Historical Quarterly.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Greek Evangelos, Yiannis.

Greek: from a variant of Pieros, a French- and Italian-influenced form of the personal name Petros . Compare Perri .

Italian (southern): patronymic from the personal name Perro . It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the sense ‘belonging to, of’, in this case ‘member of the Perri family’ (compare Perri ).

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

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