Joseph Thomas Perkins

Brief Life History of Joseph Thomas

When Joseph Thomas Perkins was born on 24 September 1820, in Loughor, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Peregrine, was 36 and his mother, Ann Mathews, was 33. He married Margaret Martin on 25 December 1852, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880. He died on 7 June 1890, in Mapleton, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Thomas Perkins
1820–1890
Margaret Martin
1833–1915
Marriage: 25 December 1852
Thomas Martin Perkins Sr
1854–1928
Joseph Mathews Martin Perkins
1856–1872
Margaret Selina Perkins
1856–1930
William Daniel Perkins
1857–1857
Edward Martin Perkins
1860–1912
Celia Jane Perkins
1862–1939
Lorenzo Martin Perkins
1864–1944
Nephi Martin Perkins
1867–1906
David Alma Perkins
1870–1948

Sources (70)

  • with wife harriett - Jos. F. Perkins, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Birth, death - Joseph T. Perkins, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969"
  • Joseph Jenkins, "Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from Perkin , also found throughout mid and south Wales.

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

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The Perkins were Pioneers

The Perkins were Pioneers in the Charles A. Harper Company, 1855. There were 305 individuals and 39 wagons were in the company when it began its journey 25 July from the outfitting post at Mormon Gro …

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