1879 BIRTH
Esther L. Perrin, the fifth of nine children, was born in a log cabin 18 April 1879 in Floyd Township, Floyd County, Iowa to Floyd County pioneers Hershel Perrin and Elizabeth Lone. [1][2][3]
Log Cabin of Herschel Perrin Family - Section 28, Floyd Township, Floyd, Iowa
The children walked 1-1/2 miles to the “Floyd District #10”" one room school house located on property the District had purchased from their uncle Marshall in 1879. All the Perrin cousins and other neighborhood children went there through the eighth grade; a few went on to high school in Floyd.
1880 US Census Floyd Township, Floyd County, Iowa [4]
Herschel Perrin, 44, b New York
Elizabeth Perrin, 29, b New York
Hattie Perrin, 7, b Iowa
Alicia Perrin, 6, b Iowa
Ephram Perrin, 4, b Iowa
Nora Perrin, 2, b Iowa
Esther Perrin, 1, b Iowa
1895 Iowa Census Floyd Township, Floyd County, Iowa [5]
1901 MARRIAGE Frank Castille Brayton married Esther L. Perrin 25 February 1901 in Black Hawk County Iowa. [6]
Their children were born in Minnesota:
Eunice E. Brayton
Lynn Robert Brayton
1910 US Census Crow Wing Lake, Hubbard, Minnesota[7]
Frank C Brayton, 45, b Iowa, farmer, employer, owner
Esther L Brayton, 30, b Iowa, m 9 yrs, 2 children, 1 living
Lynn R Brayton, 3, b Minnesota
1920 US Census Winters Road, Vacaville, Solano, California [8]
Frank Brayton, 65, b Iowa, farmer, fruit and poultry
Esther Brayton, 50, b Iowa
Lynn Brayton, 23, b Minnesota
1940 US Census North Coot Of Davis St, Putah, Yolo, California [10]
George Haussler, 68, b California, farmer
Minerva Haussler, 74
Esther Brayton, 61, b Iowa, 1935 res Vacaville, Solano, CA, widow
1951 DEATH AND BURIAL
Esther Brayton died 20 January 1951 in Sacramento, California; [11]
burial in Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery, Vacaville, Solano County, California [12]
Sources
↑ "History of Floyd Township and Floyd, Iowa", Compiled by Historical Committee commemorating the Bicentennial of 1976, Published by Press-News, Osage, Iowa.
↑ Perrin, C.L. "The Perrin Family History", printed in Iowa, 1954
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. [Name:Esther Perrin Brayton ; SSN:549283372; Gender:Female; Race:White; Birth Date:18 Apr 1879;
Birth Place:Floyd, Iowa; Father Name:Herschel J Perrin; Mother Name:Elizabeth Lone; Type of Claim:Original SSN.; Signature on SSN Card:ESTHER L BRAYTON; Relationship of Signature:Signature name differs from NH’s name.; Notes:Oct 1939: Name listed as ESTHER PERRIN BRAYTON]
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD2D-4R8 : 14 August 2017), Esther Perrin in entry for Herschel Perrin, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 213, sheet 269A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0340; FHL microfilm 1,254,340.
↑ "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT3M-DGR : 10 March 2018), Esther L Perrin in household of Lizzie Perrin, Floyd, Iowa, United States; citing p. 208, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,351.
↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCWY-Z2P : 27 September 2017), Frank C Brayton and Esther L Perrin, 25 Feb 1901, Blackhawk, Iowa, United States; citing reference Lic #7564, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,034,536.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2GF-S5B : accessed 12 October 2019), Esther L Brayton in household of Frank C Brayton, Crow Wing Lake, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 13A, family 118, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 706; FHL microfilm 1,374,719.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH45-Q8N : accessed 12 October 2019), Esther Brayton in household of Frank Brayton, Vacaville, Solano, California, United States; citing ED 204, sheet 2B, line 90, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 149; FHL microfilm 1,820,149.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJ3-1BQ : accessed 12 October 2019), Esther Brayton in household of Frank Brayton, Vacaville, Solano, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 2B, line 98, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 221; FHL microfilm 2,339,956.
↑ 1940; Census Place: Putah, Yolo, California; Roll: m-t0627-00366; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 57-14 Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
↑ Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. [Esther L Brayton; [Esther L Perrin]; Gender:Female; Birth Date:18 Apr 1879; Birth Place:Iowa; Death Date:20 Jan 1951; Death Place:Sacramento; Father's Surname:Perrin]
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139642572/esther-l-brayton: accessed 24 January 2023), memorial page for Esther L. Perrin Brayton (18 Apr 1879–20 Jan 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139642572, citing Vacaville-Elmira Cemetery, Vacaville, Solano County, California, USA; Maintained by Kurt Hess (contributor 50705189).
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