Harry Leslie Perkins 2246,2247
- Born: 9 May 1889, Barnston, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
- Marriage: Lena Mabel Channell on 23 Sep 1909 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
- Died: 5 Apr 1964, Orleans, Vermont, United States of America aged 74
 General Notes:
The Stanstead Journal - April 9, 1964
Funeral services held Wednesday for Harry L. Perkins of Stanstead
Mr. Harry Leslie Perkins, a highly respected citizen of Stanstead, died on Sunday afternoon, April 5, in a Newport hospital, where he had been a patient for two days.
Mr. Perkins was born at Baldwin's Mills on May 9, 1889, a son in a family of five children born to Robert W. Perkins and his wife, Eidth Worth.
He received his education at Baldwin's Mills school and at Stanstead College.
Shortly after graduating from Stanstead College, Mr. Perkins went to Montreal and was for a time employed in the office of the Montreal Gazette, and later in the office of the British American Dve Company.
In 1912 he returned to Baldwin's Mills and Stanstead and established a general insurance business, after being associated for a few months with an insurance firm in Montreal. He carried on this business, as representative for several large insurance companies, until his retirement in 1956.
Mr. Perkins was an over 50 year member of Victoria Odd Fellows Logde, No. 16, Conticook; a member of Golden Rule Masonic Lodge, A.F. & A.M., Stanstead; and a member of Christ Anglican Church, Stanstead. He had previously served as secretary-treasurer for the Municipality of Stanstead Plain for a period of 12 years and secretary-treasurer for the Stanstead school Board for 16 years.
He is survived by his wife the former Lena Channell, and their children, Marion, Mrs. J. McFadden, Smith Falls, Ont.; Ruth, Mrs. R.B.MacDonald, Town of Mount Royal; Russell S. Perkins, Brockville, Ont.; Jean, Mrs. David Edson, Scarboro, Ont.; and Channell Perkins, Rexdale, Ont.
The funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon, April 8 at 2:00 p.m. at Christ Anglican Church, Stanstead.
CHAN: _WT_USER phild
Noted events in his life were:
• ADDR, 1891.
• ADDR, 1911.
• ADDR, 1901.
• Baptism, 1 Sep 1889, Barnston, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. Age at this event:0
Harry married Lena Mabel Channell, daughter of Homer Albert Channell and Emma Edington, on 23 Sep 1909 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. (Lena Mabel Channell was born on 22 May 1888 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada and died on 26 Apr 1979 in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada.)
Marriage Notes:
MARR: _UID 57470ec62d58b1e6b050080027c34ada
MARR: RIN MH:FF1557
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