Iona Helen Perkins

Brief Life History of Iona Helen

When Iona Helen Perkins was born on 15 March 1904, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Francis Lee Perkins, was 33 and her mother, Ida Lawson, was 27. She married Alva Vernon Butler on 11 June 1922, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Tiger Township, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Morris Township, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 27 June 1996, in Morris, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 92.

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Family Time Line

Alva Vernon Butler
1900–1969
Iona Helen Perkins
1904–1996
Marriage: 11 June 1922
Helen Lee Butler
1924–1943
Patsy J Butler
1932–2015
Freddy Butler
1938–1940

Sources (5)

  • Iona Perkins in household of Francis L Perkins, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane H Perkins - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Jane H Perkins
  • Iona Helen Perkins, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1907

Oklahoma is the 46th state.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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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