Flora Mabel (Perkins) Caplette (1895 - 1965)

Born 22 Aug 1895 in Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Egbert Henry (Hardy) Perkins and Mary Hattie (Laflash) Perkins

Wife of George Charles Caplette — married 7 Nov 1919 in Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1965 at age 69 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Flora Mabel Perkins was born 22 Aug 1896 in Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts to Albert Henry Perkins and Mary Hattie Laflash^[1]. Her mother died when she was six and she was raised by her step-mother Lydia Premo after her father remarried in 1905.

On 7 Nov 1919 in Millbury or Sutton, Massachusetts, Flora married George Caplette^[2] They initially lived with his father in Sutton^[3], but later moved to Millbury where they settled permanently^[4][5].

George and Flora had five children: Lawrence Joseph, Lillian Marie, Annette Ella, George Charles and Lorraine Flora^[4][5].

She died on 27 Jun 1965 in Worcester, Massachusetts and is buried in Millbury Central Cemetery in Millbury, Massachusetts.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXX4-CQV : 1 March 2016), Flora Mabel Perkins, 22 Aug 1895, Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p402 n137, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,229.
2. ↑ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGY-SHV6 : 28 September 2017), George Charles Caplette and Flora L Perkins, 1919.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF9R-ZQK : accessed 23 December 2017), George Caplette in household of Joseph Caplette, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 161, sheet 12B, line 97, family 250, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 748; FHL microfilm 1,820,748.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} United States Census, 1930, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQT3-4CL : accessed 23 December 2017), George C Caplette, Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 238, sheet 6A, line 22, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 964; FHL microfilm 2,340,699.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1940, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4JW-15L : accessed 23 December 2017), George C Caplette in household of Gorge C Caplette, Millbury, Millbury Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-204, sheet 9A, line 7, family 171, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1652.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 August 2020), memorial page for Flora L. Perkins Caplette (20 Aug 1895–1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #209261631, citing Millbury Central Cemetery, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by kdkb (contributor 47120392) .

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an Ancestry test match between Doug McCallum and his maternal half first cousin once removed LPC. Their most recent common ancestor was Albert Henry Perkins, great-grandfather of Doug McCallum and grandfather of LPC. Predicted relationship 1st-2nd cousins based on sharing 434 cM across 17 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.