Lois Viola Perry

27 September 1868–24 August 1937 (Age 68)
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Lois Viola

When Lois Viola Perry was born on 27 September 1868, in Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States, her father, Thomas Steel Perry, was 42 and her mother, Helen Lorette Alden, was 40. She married Albertis Stephen Hunt on 30 July 1890, in Maine, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Lake Oswego, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1920. She died on 24 August 1937, in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albertis Stephen Hunt
1865–1942
Lois Viola Perry
1868–1937
Marriage: 30 July 1890
Orville Baldwin Hunt
1890–1952
Elsie Evelyn Hunt
1892–1895
Olive Irene Hunt
1893–1893
Hazel Dell Hunt
1895–1967
Gladys Moreita Hunt
1899–1951

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 July 1890Maine, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
    Age 1
    The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
    Age 2
    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
    Age 22
    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Peery
    Pear
    Peary
    Perrie
    Harris
    Perryman

    Sources (25)

    • L.V in entry for Infant Hunt, "Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916"
    • Lois P Hunt in household of Albertis S Hunt, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Lois V Perry in household of Thomas S Perry, "United States Census, 1870"

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