Charles S Perry Jr

17 May 1922–19 November 2003 (Age 81)
Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States

The Life of Charles S

When Charles S Perry Jr was born on 17 May 1922, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, his father, Charles Staton Perry, was 32 and his mother, Vesta Rose Morton, was 26. He lived in St. Albans, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Peytona Magisterial District, Boone, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 19 November 2003, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ashford, Boone, West Virginia, United States.

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Charles S Perry Jr
1922–2003
Glada Ellis
1913–

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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 1

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Age 1

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.
1944 · The G.I Bill

Age 22

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

1 Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Herry ‘son of Herry’, a variant of Harry ( see Harris ).2 English: topographic name for someone who lived near a pear tree, Middle English per(r)ie (Old English pyrige, a derivative of pere ‘pear’). 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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Sources (3)

  • Charles Perry in household of Charles S Perry, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Charles S Perry in household of Charles S Perry, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Charles Perry in entry for Emery Edmondson Perry, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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