The H600 Project Genealogy DB
Richard Sandford Persons
Abt 1878 - 1966 (88 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. Richard Sandford Persons was born about 1878 in New York, USA; died on 12 Jun 1966 in Buffalo, Erie Co, New York, USA. Notes:
Photo:
http://www.eastaurorabee.com/news/2010-12-16/Editorials/Out_of_the_Past.html
Richard Persons is seen standing beside this Winton automobile, c. 1903-1907. His wife, Pearl Williamson, is in the back seat on the right. The other people were friends of the Persons family. Photo courtesy of "Images of America: Town of Aurora 1818-1930"
Death Notice:
Kingston NY Daily Freeman 1966 Grayscale - 3946.pdf http://www.fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2010/Kingston%20NY%20Daily%20Freeman/Kingston%20NY%20Daily%20Freeman%201966%20Grayscale/Kingston%20NY%20Daily%20Freeman%201966%20Grayscale%20-%203946.pdf
R. S. Persons Sr. Dead
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -
Richard S. Persons Sr., who retired in 1947 after eight years as commissioner of the State Division of Standards and Purchases, died Sunday in a nursing home here. He was 88. He lived at 112 Church St.
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Ancestry, siblings, etc.:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Qs8CAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA319&lpg=PA319&dq=pearl+williamson+richard+%22Persons%22&source=bl&ots=mZ0kAVAe2p&sig=m-y22MEi6Cu8jwK3pG2bmLl0X2w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m_CsT_DuFbTH0AGKmqmJDA&sqi=2&ved=0CGgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=pearl%20williamson%20richard%20%22Persons%22&f=falseRichard married Pearl I. Williamson about 1904. Pearl (daughter of Eli Samuel Williamson and Laura Ann Keeler) was born in Dec 1879 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Henry W. Persons was born on 28 Jun 1907 in Walnut, Los Angeles Co, California, USA; died on 8 Jan 1996 in Dana Point, Orange Co, California, USA.
- 3. Richard Persons was born about 1911 in California, USA.
- 4. Frederick Persons was born about 1918.
Generation: 2
2. Henry W. Persons (1.Richard1) was born on 28 Jun 1907 in Walnut, Los Angeles Co, California, USA; died on 8 Jan 1996 in Dana Point, Orange Co, California, USA. Notes:
Death:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VP38-RPT
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Obituary:
News-Sentinel, The (Fort Wayne, IN) - January 12, 1996
Deceased Name: HENRY W. PERSONS
88, of California died Monday.
He was retired in 1969 as senior vice president of Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., was former president of Fort Wayne Metropolitan Human Relations Commission and president of Anthony Wayne Council of Boy Scouts.
Surviving are his wife, Mary; daughters, Antoinette Channer of Cascade, Mich., and Ellen Wyse of Diamond Bar, Calif.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services were today in Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church, Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Preferred memorials are gifts to Henry W. Persons memorial fund, Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church, 30071 Ivy Glenn, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677, or a charity.Henry married Mary Elisabeth Harvey. Mary was born on 27 Feb 1911 in California, USA; died on 12 Apr 2002 in Diamond Bar, Los Angeles Co, California, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 5. Living
- 6. Living
- 7. Henry Harvey Persons was born on 4 Dec 1943; died on 1 Feb 1968 in Vietnam.
3. Richard Persons (1.Richard1) was born about 1911 in California, USA. 4. Frederick Persons (1.Richard1) was born about 1918.
Generation: 3
5. Living (2.Henry2, 1.Richard1) Living married Living. [Group Sheet]
6. Living (2.Henry2, 1.Richard1) Living married Living. [Group Sheet]
7. Henry Harvey Persons (2.Henry2, 1.Richard1) was born on 4 Dec 1943; died on 1 Feb 1968 in Vietnam.