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1818 - 1876 (57 years)
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Name |
Charles Perry |
Born |
7 Dec 1818 |
Cobourg, Ontario, Canada |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
7 Jul 1876 |
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada |
Person ID |
I16441 |
Family Tree |
Last Modified |
7 Aug 2022 |
Father |
Ebenezer Perry, b. 29 Sep 1788, Loyalist Township, Ontario, Canada , d. 1 May 1876, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years) |
Mother |
Anne Van Norman, b. 1795, d. 30 May 1832 (Age 37 years) |
Family ID |
F6023 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Charles Perry was a Conservative member of the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Peterborough West.
He entered the timber trade, purchasing land in the Peterborough area and building a large sawmill on the current site of Trent University in 1854. Charles Perry served as mayor of Peterborough in 1853 and from 1861 to 1865. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada in a by-election held in 1864. Perry was a customs collector at Peterborough from 1873 to 1876 and died in Peterborough in the latter year.
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