Harriet May “Hattie” Perkins
1876 - 1940 (63 years)-
Name Harriet May Perkins Nickname Hattie Birth 17 Oct 1876 Petrolia, Lambton, ONT 
Gender Female Census 1881 Petrolia, Lambton, ONT age 4, born ONT, living with parents Census 27 Apr 1891 Petrolia, Lambton, ONT age 14, born ONT, living with parents Census 1901 Petrolia, Lambton, ONT age 24, born 17 Oct 1876 in ONT, living with parents Naturalization 15 Apr 1918 Detroit, Wayne, MI Declaration of Intention, born 17 Oct 1876 in Petrolia, 5'4", 115 lbs, brown hair, grey eyes Census 7 Jan 1920 Detroit, Wayne, MI age 44, born CAN, single, imm in 1906, stenographer at advertising co, living with parents Census 14 Apr 1930 Highland Park, Wayne, MI age 53, born CAN, single, imm in 1910, copy writer for advertising firm, living with widowed mother Death 7 May 1940 Rockwood, Wayne, MI Burial 9 May 1940 Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI Person ID I1367 Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins Last Modified 3 May 2022
Father William Alonzo Perkins, b. 15 Sep 1845, Sparta, Elgin, ONT d. 9 Dec 1920, Detroit, Wayne, MI (Age 75 years) Mother Almeda Catherine Thomas, b. 15 Jan 1856, Stoney Creek, Wentworth, ONT d. 6 Dec 1932, Dexter, Washtenaw, MI (Age 76 years) Marriage 2 May 1874 Petrolia, Lambton, ONT Notes - from Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 (Ancestry.com)
On 2 May 1874 in Petrolia, marriage of Alonzo Perkins, age 27 yrs, of Petrolia, born Sparta ONT, bachelor, merchant, son of Wm F and Hannah Perkins and Almeda M Thomas, 18 yrs. of Petrolia, born Stoney Creek ONT, spinster, dau of William and Ann Thomas. Witness Cyrus F Perkins and Herman Ermy (?).
Family ID F301 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- from Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 (Ancestry.com)
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Notes - Death posted in St. Thomas Times-Journal 1940. Probably never married.
- from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950" (ancestry.com)
Harriet Mae Perkins, single, secretary at McManus Adv. Co., born 17 Oct 1876 in Petrolia CAN to William A Perkins b. CAN & Almeda C Thomas b. CAN, died on 7 May 1940 in Rockwood, Wayne, MI of chronic myocarditis. Burial on 9 May at Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI. Informant Mrs. Frank E. Dow of same address. - from The Detroit Free Press", 9 May 1940 (newspapers.com)
Miss Harriet Mae Perkins. Services at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Alfred E. Crosby Mortuary, 13308 Woodward, conducted by the Rev. Hillyer H. Straton, D.D. Burial in Woodlawn. Born in Petrolia, Ont. Oct. 17, 1876, Miss Perkins died Tuesday in her home in Rockwood, Mich. She lived in the Detroit area 30 years.