Brief Life History of Charles Andrew
When Charles Andrew Perry was born on 3 July 1918, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, his father, Charles Harry Perry, was 35 and his mother, Mable Clair Smith, was 21. He married Ruth Holt Roeschel on 17 October 1942, in Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 30 May 1993, in Warrenville, DuPage, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Charles O Perry, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charles Andrew Perry, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Charles A Perry, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1919 · The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
During the Chicago race riot, which was raised by racial conflicts throughout Chicago, thirty-eight people died (23 black and 15 white) and over five hundred were injured. It is considered the worst of the approximately 25 riots during the Red Summer and was the worst race riot in Illinois.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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