Born in Cornwall, Stormont, Upper Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Perkins
and Christina (Dunlop) Perkins
Sister of
William Henry Perkins, James Roderick Perkins, Ella Gertrude (Perkins) Bills, Sarah Janetta Perkins, Zenas Albert Perkins and Anna Letitia (Perkins) Schmidt
Wife of
Elisha Gilbert Denison
— married
19 Mar 1874 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
Died
at age 37
in Boon Lake, Renville, Minnesota, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Sep 2017
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Biography
Emma Louisa Perkins was born 13 Feb 1854 in Cornwall, Stormont, Upper Canada. [1] Elisha Gilbert Denison and Emma Louisa Perkins were married 19 Mar 1874 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA. [2] They lived in Boon Lake, Renville, Minnesota, USA. [3] They were also enumerated in 1885 in a state census. Emma Denison died in Mar 1891 in Boon Lake. [4] She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Boon Lake Township, Renville County, Minnesota. [5]
Children:
- O. Delbert Denison b. c.1876.
- N. Henry Denison b. 25 Sep 1885 in Minnesota, m. 1907 Bessie Catherine Benton (1891-1973), d. 8 May 1859 in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota. Child: Emma Agnes (1909-1993).
Sources
- ↑ George A. Perkins M. D., "The Family of John Perkins of Ipswitch, Massachusetts"; Second Edition with Additions; digital images, "North America, Family Histories," Ancestry (accessed 2 Apr 2023); page 145.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, pre-1907", database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 Feb 2008); entry for E. Louise Perkins, Fond du Lac County, vol. 3, p. 0189.
- ↑ 1880 US census, Boon Lake, Renville, Minnesota; Family History Library Film 1254631, NA Film Number T9-631, p. 91, enumeration district 40, accessed 3 Feb 2008
- ↑ dbekman, Ferguson/Perkins/Walker/Leonard Family Tree database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 December 2003), Ancestral File, family group sheet for Henry Perkins and Christy Ann Dunlop.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111861496/emma-louisa-denison: accessed 01 March 2023), memorial page for Emma Louisa Perkins Denison (1854–Mar 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111861496, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Boon Lake Township, Renville County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emma:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emma by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emma:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Judith (Johnstone) Chidlow 
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~1.56%
Keith Johnstone :
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~0.39%
Ray Dora :
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