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Leon Asa Perkins

Male 1894 - 1979  (85 years)


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  • Name Leon Asa Perkins 
    Birth 6 May 1894  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 7 Jun 1900  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 6, born May 1894 in NY, living with parents 
    Census 1 Jun 1905  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 2, born US, at school, living with parents 
    Census 27 Apr 1910  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 15, born NY, salesman at cigar store, living with mother 
    Census 1 Jun 1915  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 21, born US, printer, living with mother 
    Census 7 Jan 1920  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 25, born NY, printer at factory, living with mother 
    Census 1 Jun 1925  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 31, born US, printer 
    Census 4 Apr 1930  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 36, born NY, 1st marr at 30, printer at newspaper, parents born NY/NY 
    Census 3 Apr 1940  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 45, born NY, gr8 ed, in same house in 1935, printer at newspaper 
    Death 28 Nov 1979  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Pittsford Cemetery, Pittsford, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21079  Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2018 

    Father Franklin Perkins,   b. 7 Feb 1860, Perinton, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1905, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Isabelle Brownell,   b. Feb 1861, Monroe Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1944, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1881 
    Family ID F8257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Francis M Curley,   b. 11 May 1896, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1923, El Paso, El Paso, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 5 Oct 1915  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936" (familysearch.org)
      On 5 Oct 1915 in Rochester NY, Leon A Perkins, 21, a compositor, residing Rochester, born Rochester to Frank D Perkins b. NY & Isabelle Brownell b. NY, married Frances Mae Curdy, 19, a hairdresser residing Rochester, born Clearfield PA to Seymour Curley b. PA & Bertha Dorey b. PA. 1st marriage for both.
    Children 
     1. Thelma Perkins,   b. 9 May 1917, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jul 2007 (Age 90 years)
    Family ID F8509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2018 

    Family 2 Margaret Goodelle,   b. Mar 1895, Auburn, Cayuga, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1967, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 4 Sep 1924  Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "New York, County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936" (familysearch.org)
      On 3 Sep 1924 in Rochester NY, Leon A Perkins, 30, a printer, residing Rochester, born Rochester to Frank D Perkins b. US & Isabelle Brownell b. US, married Margaret E Goodelle, residing Rochester, born Auburn NY to George Goodelle b. US & Barbara Baum b. US. His 2nd, her 1st marriage.
    Children 
     1. Ethel Jean Perkins,   b. 30 Jul 1925, Rochester, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 2012 (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F8513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2018 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", 29 Nov 1979 (newspapers.com)
      Leon A. Perkins who worked for about 40 years in the composing room of the "The Times-Union", died yesterday in Genesee Hospital of pneumonia. He was 85. Perkins was born in Rochester. He served int eh the Army in Work War I and in 1919 began working in the composing room of the the old "Rochester Times-Union & Advertiser", which later became "The Times-Union". He retired Dec. 15, 1958. He was a member of Rochester Typographical Union 15, a member of Genesee Falls Lodge of Mason and Genesee Lodge of Odd Fellows, and a former member of the American Legion. Perkins had lived at Goodman Gardens, 8 N. Goodman St., an affiliate of the Rochester Methodist Home for the past five years. He leaves two daughters, Jean Bradshaw of Pittsford and Thelma Osberg of Hemet, Calif.; two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.