Brief Life History of William Claude Ellis
When William Claude Ellis Perry was born on 8 November 1878, in Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Peter Davy Perry, was 29 and his mother, Urinia Ellis, was 20. He married Betty Hamilton on 13 January 1916, in Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. He immigrated to Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States in 1909. He died on 13 July 1916, in France, at the age of 37, and was buried in France.
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- Claud Perry in household of Robert P. Perry, "Canada Census, 1881"
- William Claude Perry, "Ontario Births, 1869-1911"
- William Claud Perry, "Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954"
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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.
1886 · The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty that is in France is identical to the one that sits in New York. The Statue was sent over from France. It symbolizes the alliance between the two countries. The French have nicknamed it the Laboulaye Lady
1889 · World Expo at Paris With the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was built the year before the World Expo. During the World Expo in Paris the Eiffel Tower was revealed to the world. It was also during the expo that the Tower was lit up for the first time.
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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