Gustavus Richard Perkins
1896 - 1974 (77 years)-
Name Gustavus Richard Perkins Birth 1 Nov 1896 Hartford, Hartford, CT Gender Male Census 13 Jun 1900 Hartford, Hartford, CT age 3, born Mar 1896 in CT, living with parents Census 21 Apr 1910 Hartford, Hartford, CT age 13, born CT, living with parents Census 3 Jan 1920 Hartford, Hartford, CT age 23, born CT, production engineer at tool factory, living with mother WW2 Reg Card 1942 Hartford, Hartford, CT age 45, born 1 Nov 1896 in Hartford CT, employed by Hartford Board of Education, NOK Ruth S Perkins (wife) Death 24 Mar 1974 Hartford, Hartford, CT Burial Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, CT Person ID I17336 Family Tree Last Modified 5 Aug 2017
Father Lyman Burnham Perkins, b. 23 Jan 1859, Boston, Suffolk, MA d. 19 May 1918, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 59 years) Mother Elizabeth Carroll Young, b. 10 Sep 1858, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 27 Aug 1935, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 76 years) Marriage 1886 Family ID F6685 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ruth Helen Smith, b. 23 Apr 1898, Connecticut d. 5 May 1975, Hartford, Hartford, CT (Age 77 years) Marriage 05 Aug 1922 Children 1. Barbara Burnham Perkins, b. 2 Jan 1924, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 5 Aug 2009, Russellville, Pope, AR (Age 85 years) 2. Douglas Smith Perkins, b. 11 Mar 1926, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 16 Jun 1992, Clinton, Middlesex, CT (Age 66 years) Family ID F6686 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Aug 2017
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Notes - from "The Hartford Courant", 25 Mar 1974 (newspapers.com)
G.R. Perkins, 76, Is Dead; Taught At High School
G. Richard Perkins, 76, of 121 Morningside St. West, who taught at Hartford Public High School 34 years, died Sunday at home. Born in Hartford, he lived in the Hartford area most o his life. He was a 1916 graduate of Hartford Public High School and a 1920 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Trinity College. He developed and introduced mechanical drawing at Meriden High School in 1928 and taught at Hartford Public High School 34 years before retiring in 1965. He was a member of Asylum Hill Congregational Church and a 50-year member of St. John's Lodge 4, AF & AM. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Ruth Smith Perkins; a son, Douglas S. Perkins of Clinton; a daughter, Mrs. Edwin D. Carson of Russellville, Ark., and three grandsons. The funeral is Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Gross Memorial Chapel of Asylum Hill Congregational Church, with the Rev. Walter D. Wagoner officiating. Burial will be in Cedar hill Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made to the Heart association. The Newkird and Whitney Funeral home, 776 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, has charge of arrangements.
- from "The Hartford Courant", 25 Mar 1974 (newspapers.com)