Category Archives: Minnesota

Frank Tyrrell, Extended active duty orders, August 1941

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Lisaperryjd

HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH CORPS AREA Office of the Corps Area Commander EWS/mm ORC 201   Tyrrell, Frank DeLos      Omaha, Nebraska August 11, 1941 Subject:  Extended Active Duty. To:    2nd Lt. Frank DeLos Tyrrell, Inf-Res Bancroft, South Dakota 1. Orders are being … Continue reading →

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Charles Perry, railroad man

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Lisaperryjd

Charles James Perry was the first-born child of James Perry and Lydia Smith. He was born in Savannah, Illinois in 1853 and grew up in Minnesota. Sometime in the 1870s he moved to St. Paul Minnesota and started working for … Continue reading →

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Elbert C. Keith

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Lisaperryjd

Elbert Keith, who married Alice Perry (daughter of James Perry). Alice was possibly the twin sister of Allen Perry, my great-great-grandfather. Alice and Elbert moved from Sterling Center, Minnesota to Lake County, Dakota Territory in the 1880s, then back to … Continue reading →

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Alexander Wallace Perry

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Lisaperryjd

A photo from a collection my dad got from his sister. I love this photo. Alex, on the chair, looks like my grandpa George. There is humor in the photo which suggests that getting a photo taken was familiar enough … Continue reading →

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Daisy Perry

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Lisaperryjd

Daisy Perry was a daughter of Allen Perry who lived to be over 100. Her first husband was George Hughes. She then married Mr Dillman. One of her grandsons formed The Daisy Dillman Band Here’s info from The Book of … Continue reading →

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James Perry

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Lisaperryjd

The mystery of James Perry is close to being solved. Thanks to people on Ancestry.com who have been willing to answer questions, we have found what happened to James. It appears as though he left his family in Winnebago MN … Continue reading →

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Dr. Allen W Perry, Lindsay California

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Lisaperryjd

Years of searching and more years of not even knowing, my dad finally uncovered information about his great-grandfather’s death. Allen Wallace Perry was born in Arlington MN on March 13, 1856. His twin sister, Alice, married Elbert Keith and moved … Continue reading →

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Charles Perry in St Paul MN

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Lisaperryjd

In the process of doing genealogy when I moved back to Minnesota I discovered that some of my Dad’s family remained in Minnesota from the 1850s to the 1980s. My Dad’s dad, while born in Minnesota, grew up in eastern … Continue reading →

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Adah Jane Hazel Perry

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Adah Jane Hazel Perry’s gravesite in Madison SD. Adah Jane Hazel was born in October of 1857 in Wisconsin. She moved with her parents and siblings to Blue Earth County in Minnesota sometime after that. She married Allen Perry, son … Continue reading →

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Elwin Perry

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

James Perry moved from Vermont to Illinois and then Minnesota. He married Lydia Smith in Rockford IL, where their son Charles J. was born. They then moved to Minnesota, living at various times in Traverse de Sioux, Ottawa, Arlington, Sterling Center … Continue reading →

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