Brief Life History of Forrest Groban
When Forrest Groban Perrin was born on 29 May 1916, in Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, United States, his father, George Grogan Perrin, was 48 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Dye, was 38. He lived in DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1935 and Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1940. He died on 27 May 2005, in New York County, New York, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States.
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- Forest G Perrin in household of George G Perrin, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Forrest Groban Perrin - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Forrest Groban Perrin
- Forrest Perrin, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
French and English: from the Old French and Middle English personal name Perrin, a pet form of Old French Perre, a variant of Pierre , French form of Peter . Compare Perine , Perrine , and Prine .
History: Henri Perrin from Louargat in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany (France), married Jeanne Merrin in Montreal, QC, in 1661. — This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (along with its variants or altered forms Perrine and Pareyn) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America. One of the Huguenot ancestors was Daniel Perrin (1642–1719), nicknamed The Huguenot, who arrived in New York in 1665, aboard the Philip, and settled first in NJ and later on Staten Island. Among his descendants the surname is common in the altered forms Perrine, Perine and Prine. The Staten Island community of Huguenot is named after Daniel Perrin and other Huguenots who settled in the area during the late 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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