John Sibley Parsons1

TMG ID:77481, (23 Mar 1907 - Jan 1982)

Primary Birth & Death

Alias(es)

  • Nick-Name: his nickname was "Jack"1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageJohn and Esther E. Hawk were married.1
     

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Esther E. Hawk1

TMG ID:77482, (21 Sep 1908 - 22 Mar 1990)

Primary Birth & Death

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Parsons (née Hawk).1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageEsther and John Sibley Parsons were married.1
     

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Jennie Viletta Stoddard1

Family
TMG ID:77483, (19 Mar 1881 - 30 Dec 1968)
Relationship:4th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
Father*Kelsey Barnes Stoddard1 B: 22 Dec 1857, D: 27 Sep 1944
Mother*Lillie Luella Ervin1 B: 25 Jan 1861, D: 4 Mar 1950

Primary Birth & Death

'Non-primary' Vitals

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: on Saturday, 19 Mar 1881, her married name became Mrs. Rees (née Stoddard).1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageSaturday, 19 Mar 1881, Jennie and Elmer V. Rees, age 9 years were married at Parker, Turner County, South DakotaG.1
     

Child of: Jennie Viletta Stoddard and Elmer V. Rees

Memorable Moments & Stories

  • Other: Jennie Viletta Stoddard Jennie Viletta Stoddard was born to Kelsey Barnes Stoddard and Lillie Luella (Ervin) Stoddard on 19 March 1881 in Parker, South Dakota. She was raised and educated there. She attended Highland Park College in De Moines, Iowa, before moving to Denver, Colorado, in 1904.

    She married Elmer V. Rees in Denver in 1904. She was a member of Central Presbyterian Church and for 41 years was a member of the Typographical Auxiliary to the International Typographical Union Local 49. She was a charter and life member of the Washington Park Women's Christian Temperance Union and was associated for 50 years with the Mother's Club of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority" (Reference 4.126.1).

    Elmer was a printer, typesetter, and Linotype operator for more than 60 years for The Rocky Mountain News and the Catholic Register in Denver.

    She and Elmer had one child, Helen, who never married. Helen became a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she lived until she died.

    Elmer died in 1955 and Jennie died 30 December 1968. They are interred in the Fairmount Mausoleum in Denver..1

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Elmer V. Rees1

Family
TMG ID:77484, (1872 - 1955)

Primary Birth & Death

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageSaturday, 19 Mar 1881, Elmer, age 9 years, and Jennie Viletta Stoddard, daughter of: Kelsey Barnes Stoddard and Lillie Luella Ervin, were married at Parker, Turner County, South DakotaG.1
     

Child of: Elmer V. Rees and Jennie Viletta Stoddard

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Helen Evangeline Rees1

Family
TMG ID:77485, (5 Mar 1909 - 10 Oct 1995)
Relationship:5th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
Father*Elmer V. Rees1 B: 1872, D: 1955
Mother*Jennie Viletta Stoddard1 B: 19 Mar 1881, D: 30 Dec 1968

Primary Birth & Death

'Non-primary' Vitals

Alias(es)

  • She was also known as Professor Helen Evangeline Rees.1

Memorable Moments & Stories

  • Other: on Monday, 1 Jan 1968, Helen Evangeline Rees published her book: Deprivation and compensatory education: a consdieration.3

Occupation(s)

DateLocationOccupation/Industry
1970Smith College, Northampton, Hampshire County, MassachusettsGDirector Clarke School, Graduate Teacher Education Program4

Newspaper Items & Articles

  • Saturday, 17 Nov 1951, an article about Helen Evangeline Rees appeared in: The Springfield Union, at Springfield, Massachusetts. Headline: Dr. Helen E. Rees Of Smith College To Speak Monday - Director of Day School to Give Two Lectures at Atheneum.5
  • Thursday, 10 Oct 1963, an article about Helen Evangeline Rees appeared in: The Springfield Union, at Springfield, Massachusetts. Headline: Smith Gets Aid to Train Instructors for Deaf.6
  • Sunday, 5 May 1968, an article about Helen Evangeline Rees appeared in: The Springfield Sunday Republican, at Springfield, Massachusetts. Headline: Dr. Rees Analyzes Educational Needs of Deprived Child.7

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S85] Social Security Death Index, Master File, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Death Index (http://tinyurl.com/jqkwdlq: RootsWeb, various). Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
  3. [S2347] Helen E. Rees, Deprivation and Compensatory Education: A Consideration (Orlando, FL: Houghton Mifflin, 1968). Hereinafter cited as Deprivation and Education.
  4. [S2346] Education, and Welfare, Office of Education/Bureau of Education for the Handicapped/Division of Training Programs U. S. Department of Health, Education of Handicapped Children (Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government, Mar 1970), page 27. Hereinafter cited as Educ. of Hand. Children.
  5. [S2350] Article: Dr. Helen E. Rees Of Smith College To Speak Monday, The Springfield Union, Springfield, MA, 17 Nov 1951, Page Five. Hereinafter cited as Springfield Union.
  6. [S2349] Article: Smith Gets Aid to Train Instructors for Deaf, The Springfield Union, Springfield, MA, 10 Oct 1963, Page Thirty. Hereinafter cited as Springfield Union.
  7. [S2348] Article: Dr. Rees Analyzes Educational Needs of Deprived Child, The Springfield Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA, 5 May 1968, Page Sixty-eight. Hereinafter cited as Springfield Union.
Last Edited30 Jul 2019

Julia Irene Stoddard1

Family
TMG ID:77486, (4 Apr 1888 - 16 May 1975)
Relationship:4th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
Father*Kelsey Barnes Stoddard1 B: 22 Dec 1857, D: 27 Sep 1944
Mother*Lillie Luella Ervin1 B: 25 Jan 1861, D: 4 Mar 1950

Primary Birth & Death

'Non-primary' Vitals

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: on Wednesday, 1 Oct 1913, her married name became Mrs. Perry (née Stoddard).1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageWednesday, 1 Oct 1913, Julia, age 25 years, 5 months and 27 days, and Louis Henry Perry, age 23 years, 8 months and 28 days were married at Parker, Turner County, South DakotaG.1
     

Children of: Julia Irene Stoddard and Louis Henry Perry

Memorable Moments & Stories

  • Other: Julia Irene Stoddard Julia Irene Stoddard was the third child born to Kelsey Barnes Stoddard and Lillie Luella (Ervin) Stoddard. At the time of her birth, 4 April 1888, her parents and two siblings lived on the family farm in section 5 of Middleton Township northeast of Hurley, Turner County, South Dakota.
    She attended country school, probably District 21, until the family moved to Parker in 1903. After that move, she attended the public school in Parker.
    After graduating from Parker high school, she joined her older sister, Jennie, in Denver Colorado. There she attended the Denver Conservatory of Music, majoring in voice and piano. She met her future husband, Louis Henry Perry, in the choir at the Congregational Church in Denver. They married in Parker, South Dakota, on 1 October 1913, and had two sons, Louis Barnes Perry and Richard Stoddard Perry.
    Louis Henry Perry worked many years in administration for a coal company (probably the Crescent Coal Company) first in Denver, then Gibson/Gallop, New Mexico, then San Francisco, California. His brother, James, who had a restaurant in Los Angeles, encouraged him to go into the restaurant business. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1914, and Louis opened a restaurant. The business was a success; he had as many as four restaurants at one time in the downtown Los Angeles area. He retired in 1955 after selling his last two restaurants.
    Julia was first and foremost a home maker, but taught piano for thirty five years. She, herself, never worked in the family restaurant business.
    Louis Henry died 7 May 1964 and Julia Irene died 16 May 1975. They are buried in the Rosehill cemetery northwest of Parker, South Dakota..1

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194019 Apr 1940, 1321 Albany Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGLouis Henry Perry, Louis Barnes Perry and Richard Stoddard Perry2

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited10 Feb 2015

Louis Henry Perry1

Family
TMG ID:77487, (3 Jan 1890 - 7 May 1964)

Primary Birth & Death

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageWednesday, 1 Oct 1913, Louis, age 23 years, 8 months and 28 days, and Julia Irene Stoddard, age 25 years, 5 months and 27 days, daughter of: Kelsey Barnes Stoddard and Lillie Luella Ervin, were married at Parker, Turner County, South DakotaG.1
     

Children of: Louis Henry Perry and Julia Irene Stoddard

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194019 Apr 1940, 1321 Albany Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGJulia Irene Stoddard, Louis Barnes Perry and Richard Stoddard Perry2

Occupation(s)

DateLocationOccupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGowner store2

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Richard Stoddard Perry1

Family
TMG ID:77488, (9 Feb 1924 - 19 Apr 2008)
Relationship:5th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
Father*Louis Henry Perry1 B: 3 Jan 1890, D: 7 May 1964
Mother*Julia Irene Stoddard1 B: 4 Apr 1888, D: 16 May 1975

Primary Birth & Death

'Non-primary' Vitals

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194019 Apr 1940, 1321 Albany Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGLouis Henry Perry, Julia Irene Stoddard and Louis Barnes Perry2

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Louis Barnes Perry1

Family
TMG ID:77489, (4 Mar 1918 - 28 Sep 2013)
Relationship:5th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
Father*Louis Henry Perry1 B: 3 Jan 1890, D: 7 May 1964
Mother*Julia Irene Stoddard1 B: 4 Apr 1888, D: 16 May 1975

Primary Birth & Death

Obituary & Burial

  • An Obituary for Louis Barnes Perry appeared on Tuesday, 1 Oct 2013, in Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. In Memoriam: Former Whitman College President Louis Perry

    October 1, 2013

    Louis Perry, the eighth president of Whitman College, died Sept. 28, 2013, at Washington Odd Fellows Home in Walla Walla, Wash. He was 95. Born in Los Angeles, Calif., March 4, 1918, Perry served as Whitman’s president from 1959 to 1967.

    “Lou was a remarkably talented and yet humble person,” President George Bridges said. “Over quiet lunches throughout the first years of my presidency, he offered sage advice about Whitman and the future of higher education. I will miss him immensely.”

    While he was president, Perry created a development office and launched major fundraising and building campaigns, which dramatically increased the size of the college’s asset base, endowment, and buildings, as well as the number of faculty members and students.

    President Bridges said, “Lou helped lay the foundation of excellence that has enabled Whitman to become one of the nation’s outstanding colleges. Creating Whitman's Office of Development proved to be among his most important accomplishments, enabling loyal Whitman alumni and friends of the college to help secure the college’s financial future through their giving.”

    Larry Beaulaurier, who was a long-serving vice president for development at Whitman, echoed President Bridges’ remarks. “Lou changed the entire nature of the college. Whitman had a strong academic reputation, but it didn’t have an especially strong public relations effort due in large part to a lack of personnel. Louis implanted college relations, and Whitman became a leader in academics, alumni relations and fundraising, and because of his efforts, Whitman was able to further strengthen its faculty.”

    G. Thomas Edwards, William Kirkman Professor of History Emeritus and author of an acclaimed history of Whitman College titled “The Triumph of Tradition,” said Perry was eminently likeable, which helped him accomplish a great deal for the college.

    “He was successful because of his character and personality,” Edwards said. “He was very concerned and interested in everyone at the school. Lou was an outgoing person, and everybody liked him,” Edwards said.

    In 1996, the Louis B. Perry Summer Student-Faculty Research Endowment was established to honor Perry's continuing leadership in the Whitman community. The Perry Summer Research Endowment encourages faculty to recruit and employ continuing Whitman students to join them as collaborators in their professional scholarship.

    In the spring of 2000, Perry established an endowment at Whitman in honor of his wife, Genevieve Patterson Perry. Income from the endowment brings one or more distinguished visiting speakers in the general areas of economic policy and business ethics to the campus. Genevieve Perry, educated as an economist at UCLA, served Whitman in a leadership role during her husband's presidency.

    Louis Perry earned his B.A. and M.A. in Economics from UCLA in 1938 and 1940, respectively. After receiving his M.A. degree, he served in the U.S. Army from 1941-45. He finished his military career as a Lt. Col., Adjutant General Department, retired.

    He later earned his Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA in 1950 while working for Pomona College, first as an instructor and director of placement, and then as associate professor, assistant to the president and full professor of economics from 1957-59.

    After serving Whitman as its eighth president, Perry worked as vice president and treasurer of Standard Insurance Co. in Portland, Ore. During his tenure at Standard Insurance, he also served as president from 1972-83, chairman from 1983-85 and retired chairman from 1985-90. He also became an Overseer of Whitman from 1991-2001 and was elected to emeritus status in at the conclusion of his term.

    He also worked for the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and was a member of The Western Economic Association. In 1980, The Associated Oregon Industries named him Oregon Businessman of the Year.

    He is survived by a son, Robert B. Perry ’67, and his wife Elizabeth Dawson Perry ’67; daughter Barbara Perry Rutzer and her husband Max Rutzer; daughter Donna Perry Jones ’76, administrative assistant in Whitman’s Office of Fellowships and Grants, and her husband, David Jones ’76; eight grandchildren, including Perry Jones’06; sister-in-law, Vera Perry; and 18 great-grandchildren.

    The service will be 3 p.m., Nov. 10 at Pioneer United Methodist Church.3

'Non-primary' Vitals

Alias(es)

  • Nick-Name: his nickname was "Lou"3
  • Name-Variation: He was also known as Ph.D. in 19503

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
Marriage1942, Louis, age 23 years, and Genevieve Patterson, age 24 years, daughter of: Charles Patterson and Trella Gardner, were married.3
     

Education

Date(s)Note
1938Graduation: in 1938, Louis graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaG. He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.3
1940Graduation: in 1940, Louis graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaG. He was awarded a Master of Arts in Economics.3
1950Graduation: in 1950, Louis graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaG. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics.3

Other Major Events

  • Military: between 1941 and 1945, Louis Barnes Perry, military service, final rank, Lietenant Colonel, Adjutant Generals Office.3

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194019 Apr 1940, 1321 Albany Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGLouis Henry Perry, Julia Irene Stoddard and Richard Stoddard Perry2

Occupation(s)

DateLocationOccupation/Industry
between 1959 and 1967Whitman College, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, WashingtonGserved as the eighth president of the university3

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
  3. [S2351] In Memoriam: Former Whitman College President Louis Perry, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 1 Oct 2013, http://tinyurl.com/l33ypdo. Hereinafter cited as Whitman College.
Last Edited14 Aug 2022

Genevieve Patterson1

Family
TMG ID:77490, (19 Aug 1917 - 30 Jan 2009)
Father*Charles Patterson2
Mother*Trella Gardner2

Primary Birth & Death

'Non-primary' Vitals

Alias(es)

  • Name-Variation: She was also known as Ph.D.2
  • Name-Married: in 1942, her married name became Mrs. Perry (née Patterson).1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
Marriage1942, Genevieve, age 24 years, and Louis Barnes Perry, age 23 years, son of: Louis Henry Perry and Julia Irene Stoddard, were married.1
     

Citations

  1. [S2351] In Memoriam: Former Whitman College President Louis Perry, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 1 Oct 2013, http://tinyurl.com/l33ypdo. Hereinafter cited as Whitman College.
  2. [S2352] In Memoriam: Former Whitman first lady Genevieve Perry, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, Mar 2009, http://tinyurl.com/n7aefto. Hereinafter cited as Whitman College.
Last Edited8 Dec 2019

Charles Patterson1

Family
TMG ID:77491

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageCharles and Trella Gardner were married.1
     

Child of: Charles Patterson and Trella Gardner

Citations

  1. [S2352] In Memoriam: Former Whitman first lady Genevieve Perry, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, Mar 2009, http://tinyurl.com/n7aefto. Hereinafter cited as Whitman College.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Trella Gardner1

Family
TMG ID:77492

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Patterson (née Gardner).1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
MarriageTrella and Charles Patterson were married.1
     

Child of: Trella Gardner and Charles Patterson

Citations

  1. [S2352] In Memoriam: Former Whitman first lady Genevieve Perry, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, Mar 2009, http://tinyurl.com/n7aefto. Hereinafter cited as Whitman College.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Leland Kelsey Stoddard1

Family
TMG ID:77499, (16 Dec 1893 - 19 Dec 1990)
Relationship:4th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
Father*Kelsey Barnes Stoddard1 B: 22 Dec 1857, D: 27 Sep 1944
Mother*Lillie Luella Ervin1 B: 25 Jan 1861, D: 4 Mar 1950

Primary Birth & Death

'Non-primary' Vitals

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
Marriage1919, Leland, age 25 years, and Lillian May Stevens, age 28 years were married at Marengo, Iowa County, IowaG.1
     
Marriage1942, Leland, age 48 years, and Wilma Aileene Gors, age 27 years were married at Dakota City, Dakota County, NebraskaG.1
     

Child of: Leland Kelsey Stoddard and Lillian May Stevens

Memorable Moments & Stories

  • Other: Leland Kelsey Stoddard Leland Kelsey Stoddard was the last of four children born to Kelsey Barnes Stoddard and Lillie Luella (Ervin) Stoddard. He was born 16 December 1893 on a farm northeast of Hurley, South Dakota.

    He moved with his family to Parker, South Dakota, in 1904. He was active in sports, playing on the first basketball team for Parker High School, and pitching for the high school baseball team which won two State Championships. Following graduation, he played with the Hurley men's baseball team which also won two state Championships.

    He studied business in Mankato, Minnesota, and Denver, Colorado. He worked for the Parker post office ten years as a clerk and nine years as postmaster. He studied law at the University of South Dakota School of Law in Vermillion, then returned to Parker to assist his father in the real estate and insurance business. He remained in the insurance business after his father's death in 1944. He was also an active farmer for many years.

    He married Lillian Stevens in Marengo, Iowa, in 1919. He and Lillian had two daughters, one of whom did not survive infancy. In 1942 he married Wilma Gors at Dakota City, Nebraska. He and Wilma had one daughter and two sons.

    Leland was a Parker Councilman and Mayor. He served 6 years in the South Dakota State Legislature. He was also active in several community organizations, including the Masonic Lodge, Lion's Club, Turner County Fair Board, and SESD Baseball League.

    Lillian died 15 March 1970, Wilma died 23 June 1975, and Leland died 19 December 1990. They are all buried in the Rosehill Cemetery northwest of Parker..1

Census Records

CensusDate/Location/CommentOthers Same Household
Census-194010 Apr 1940, Parker, Turner County, South DakotaGKelsey Barnes Stoddard and Lillie Luella Ervin2

Occupation(s)

DateLocationOccupation/Industry
circa Apr 1940Parker, Turner County, South DakotaGfarm worker farming2

Known Address(es)

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014

Lillian May Stevens1

Family
TMG ID:77500, (3 Mar 1890 - 15 Mar 1970)

Primary Birth & Death

Alias(es)

  • Name-Married: in 1919, her married name became Mrs. Stoddard (née Stevens).1

Union(s)

EventDetails/Notes
Marriage1919, Lillian, age 28 years, and Leland Kelsey Stoddard, age 25 years, son of: Kelsey Barnes Stoddard and Lillie Luella Ervin, were married at Marengo, Iowa County, IowaG.1
     

Child of: Lillian May Stevens and Leland Kelsey Stoddard

Citations

  1. [S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S1004] 1 Apr 1940, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y7ojnd8p Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
Last Edited6 Nov 2014