Minnesota Family Groupsheet for Perry DeFord Family =============================================================== SUBMITTED BY: Ronald C. Nicholson e-mail: user392423@aol.com *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** =============================================================== HUSBAND: Perry DEFORD - (DeFord) Birthdate: 01 February 1871 - in Mitchell County Iowa date and place of marriage: 28 December 1897 in Menahga, Wadena County Minnesota other marriages: Maude RAMSEY, 03 March 1908 in Watonga Oklahoma military service: Death date: 18 December 1954 - in (Dallas?) Texas father: Mathew DEFORD (1832-1924) mother: Annaliza (or Anna Eliza) ALLEN (1835-1871) ........................................................................... WIFE: Ida Mae FLOWER Birthdate: April 1871 - in New York other marriages: Unknown GREEN (1st marriage) date and place of marriage: 28 December 1897 in Menahga, Wadena County Minnesota Death date: about 1906 - in Oakwood Oklahoma father: S.T. FLOWER mother: Sarah M. UNKNOWN ........................................................................... CHILD 1: Lavern R. DEFORD (son of Annaliza) Birthdate: Sep 1899 in Hubbard County Minnesota married: Never date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: 03 March 1950 in Pittsburg Pennsylvania ........................................................................... CHILD 2: Claud Bennet DEFORD (son of Annaliza) Birthdate: 21 May 1903 in Oakwood Oklahoma married: Frances M. PAYDEN (1908-1976) date and place of marriage: September 1926 in Arkansas City Kansas other marriages: Florence UNKNOWN Death date: March 1978 in Altoona, Lake County Florida ........................................................................... CHILD 3: Living DEFORD Birthdate: married: date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: ........................................................................... CHILD 4: John Donald DEFORD Birthdate: 1912 Oklahoma married: Unknown date and place of marriage: other marriages: Death date: 1973? ........................................................................... SOURCES: Email conversations with Perry's daughter and C. Gerdes, US census records ........................................................................... NOTES: Perry was the census enumerator in 1900 for Straight River Township, Hubbard County Minnesota. He lived in Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas. He was a 32 degree Mason, member of the Shrine, served as president of the Watonga Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce, and sold land in the Texas Rio Grande Valley for the Sharyland Company. ===============================================================