Rev. George E. Persons Sr.

Brief Life History of George E.

When Rev. George E. Persons Sr. was born on 12 July 1887, in Athens, Athens, Ohio, United States, his father, William Edwin Persons, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Ann McVicker, was 34. He married Lenora Callahan on 11 October 1910, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. He died in Franklin, Ohio, United States.

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Rev. George E. Persons Sr.
1887–
Lenora Callahan
1888–1941
Marriage: 11 October 1910
Rev. George E. Persons Jr.
Sara Elizabeth D. Persons Blesterveld
Sylvia Faith Persons Martin

Sources (17)

  • George E Persons, "United States 1950 Census"
  • George Pearson, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • George Persons, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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Name Meaning

Perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Persoons, Persoens, a patronymic from Middle Dutch persoon ‘parson’, probably denoting the servant of a parish priest, or possibly an altered form of English Parsons .

English (Wiltshire and Yorkshire): variant of Parsons . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.

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

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