Lucas Perkins

GEDCOM Note

Category:Farmers
Category:Imlay City, Michigan

Biography

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Lucas Perkins Jr was born on April 23, 1834 in Upper Canada (aka New France). He is the son of Luke Perkins and Alma Spencer. Luke was a Farmer in Attica, Lapeer County, Michigan.
Lucas marries first to Hannah Churchill on November 9, 1862 at Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan. Hannah Churchill was born on October 1,1839 in Lapeer, Michigan. Hannah is the daughter of Unknown and Unknown. Hannah Churchill dies on September 21, 1872 in Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan,
Lucas marries second to Anna (Groat) Dodge on October 28, 1873 at Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan. Anna M. Groat was born on October 1,1843 in New Jersey, USA. Anna is the daughter of Jacob Groat and Mary Porter. Anna M. Perkins died on August 8, 1915 at Attica, Dryden, Michigan andis buried at the Imlay Cemetery in Imlay City, Michigan.
Lucas Perkins died on December 29, 1916 at Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA.
Lucas Perkins Jr along with his brother Cyrus Perkins who was born in about 1829 in Vermont, and his sister Pheobe Perkins, born 1833 in Upper Canada, were listed on the 1850 Michigan Census at Dryden, Lapeer, Michigan in the household of Alma (Spencer, Perkins) Fletcher.
On the 1880 Census Lucus is listed as living in Attica, Lapeer County,Michigan with his wife Anna, his son Herbert, and his mother Alma Fletcher in which it states her birth year as 1794. On the 1910 Census Lucus is listed as living in Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan with his wife Anna and her mother Mary E. (Porter) Groat.

Marriage

1st Marriage:
Name Lucas Perkins
Birth Date 1834
Age 28
Spouse's Name Hannah Churchill
Spouse's Birth Date 1839
Spouse's Age 23
Event Date 09 Nov 1862
Event Place Lapper, Michigan

2nd Marriage:
Name Lucas Perkins
Age (Expanded) 34 years
Birth Year 1839
Birthplace Ontario
Spouse's Name Anna M. Dodge Groat
Spouse's Age (Expanded) 30 years
Spouse's Birth Year 1843
Spouse's Birthplace New Jersey
Event Date 28 Oct 1873
Event Place Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan

Burial

Webster Cemetery
Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA

Census

Census details
First name(s) Lukas
Last name Perkins
Relationship Self
Marital status Married
Gender Male
Age 46
Birth year 1834
Birth place Canada
Occupation Farmer
Ethnicity American
Race White
Father's birth place Canada
Mother's birth place Vermont, United StatesCity/township Attica. County Lapeer. State Michigan. NARA film T9-0589. Record set US Census 1880. Category Census, Land & Substitutes. Subcategory Census. Collections from United States & Canada. Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl.

Sources ==*Marriage No. 1: "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995," database, FamilySearch : accessed 25 October 2015, Lucas Perkins and Hannah Churchill, 09 Nov 1862; citing reference P 369; FHL microfilm 974,258.

• Marriage No. 2: - "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 25 October 2015, Lucas Perkins and Anna M. Dodge Groat, 28 Oct1873; citing Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, v 2 p 149 rn 1089, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,455.
• Death - Find A Grave Memorial# 114929667. Memorial Record Created by: JillW. FindAGrave Contributor #47271820. Memorial Record added: Jun 06, 2009. Headstone Photograph by JillW. Image Published on FindAGrave on 1/26/2014. Image Used with Permission of Photographer.
• Death - "Death Records of the Michigan State Library".
• Census - "1910 UnitedStates Census," index and images, FamilySearch : accessed 13 Jan 2014, Lucas M Perkins, Imlay, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing sheet , family 10, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374672.
• Census - "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch : accessed 13 Jan 2014, Lukas Perkins, Attica, Lapeer, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 142B, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-0589.
• Census - "1880 United States Census," FindMyPast Census Collection. City/township Attica. County Lapeer. State Michigan. NARA film T9-0589. Record set US Census 1880. Category Census, Land & Substitutes. Subcategory Census. Collections from United States & Canada. Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl.
• Census - "1870 United States Census," FindMyPast Census Collection. Residence Michigan, United States. City/township Attica. CountyLapeer. State Michigan. Record set US Census 1870. Category Census, Land & Substitutes. Subcategory Census. Collections from United States & Canada. Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl.
• Census - "1860 United States Census," FindMyPast Census Collections. Location: Lapeer, Michigan City/township: The Township Of Dryden. CountyLapeer. State Michigan. NARA series M653. Record set US Census 1860. Category Census, Land & Substitutes. Sub-category Census. Collections from United States & Canada. Index (c) IRI. Used by permission of FamilySearch Intl.
• Census - "1850 United States Census," USGenweb. LAPEER, MI 1850 Federal Census. (File 3 of 10) Census_Year 1850 CENSUS-DAY: June 1, 1850. Microfilm # M432-354 State MI County LAPEER.

Footnotes ===Have located them in and around Prescott, Ontario and Chatham, Quebec.Need to verify birth place.<ref>Entered by Beverly Henry.</ref>

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Beverly Henry for starting this profile.