----- Original Message ----- From: "Jenny Gibbons" <jenny@panix.com> To: <PERKINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [PERKINS] Perkins from Maine > Cindy, do you know if your John L. PERKINS had a son named Frederick W. > PERKINS? > > I've only been able to trace my PERKINS ancestors back to this Frederick > (b May 5th, 1853; married Caroline ACHESON; d Jan 16th, 1933 in Orono, > ME). I don't know Fred's parents. Some records say he was born in Canada, > others in England; however several census entries report that his father > was born in Maine. Fred W. married Caroline ACHESON in New Brunswick, > Canada; the couple was living in St. David, New Brunswick in 1881 but > emigrated to Maine soon thereafter. They were in Vanceboro, Washington > Co., Maine in 1900, then moved to Bangor, ME by 1910 and spent the rest of > their lives in Bangor and Orono. > > Fred and Caroline's children were Willis (maybe Willie), Nellie M., Frank > H., Grace Lena, Harry R., and Christiana PERKINS (all born in Maine > between 1881 and 1895). > > I'm descended from Grace Lena PERKINS (b 1889 in Vanceboro, ME; married > William S. CARLISLE in Bangor, ME in 1912; died 1979 in Bangor, ME. > > Her daughter was my grandmother, Virginia CARLISLE (b 1917 in Bangor, ME; > married Donald Francis GIBBONS in Bangor, ME in 1937; died 1972 in > Burlington, VT). > > Jenny Gibbons > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > > Are your PERKINS out of Illinois, Maine, North Carolina or some other neat > place? Tell the Perkins List about it! There is Family behind every tree > here! > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx