Mildred Emily Skinner

Brief Life History of Mildred Emily

When Mildred Emily Skinner was born on 26 November 1891, in California, United States, her father, John Harry Skinner, was 31 and her mother, Mary A. Monaghan Skinner, was 27. She married Thomas Francis Perry on 29 July 1916, in Auburn, Placer, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 20 September 1961, in Auburn, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Auburn, Placer, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Francis Perry
1891–1959
Mildred Emily Skinner
1891–1961
Marriage: 29 July 1916
Herbert Thomas Perry
1917–1994
John Donald Perry
1919–2013

Sources (13)

  • Mildred Perry in household of Tom F Perry, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mildred Ellen Skinner, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Mildred Emily Skinner Perry, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for someone who stripped the hide from animals to be used in the production of fur garments, or to be tanned for leather, from Middle English skinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English skin(n) ‘hide, pelt’ (Old Norse skinn).

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

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