William Perry Church

Brief Life History of William Perry

When William Perry Church was born in June 1867, in Cedar, Missouri, United States, his father, Hardy Jackson Church, was 29 and his mother, Mary A Corbin, was 27. He married Daisy Dean Henderson on 18 August 1900, in Cedar, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Jackson, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died on 16 October 1923, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.

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William Perry Church
1867–1923
Daisy Dean Henderson
1877–1950
Marriage: 18 August 1900
Georgia Gray Church
1901–1949
Isabel F Church
1907–1995

Sources (12)

  • William Church, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Wm P Church, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • William P. Church, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .

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

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