Charles Perry

1818 - 1876  (57 years)

• 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

  
  

  Family	Margaret Gilchrist,   b. 14 Aug 1828,   d. 16 May 1912  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Feb 1845	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William Perry   2. Ellen May Perry   3. Margaret Perry   4. Mary Edith Perry   5. George Alexander Perry + 6. Charles Perry,   b. 25 Jan 1861, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Mar 1936, North Bay, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   7. Annie Perry   8. Addah Perry   9. John Gilchrist Perry   10. Agnes Louise Perry   11. Robert Perry
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F6130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Dec 1818 - Cobourg, Ontario, Canada Married - Feb 1845 - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Died - 7 Jul 1876 - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
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  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.