Erastus J. Perry: SSDI

My next step in searching for Erastus J. Perry was to check the SSDI at Ancestry.com to find a death date. I found the following:

Name:	Erastus Perry
SSN:	433-16-2685
Last Residence:	Louisiana
Born:	10 Sep 1886
Died:	Apr 1963
State (Year) SSN issued:	Louisiana (Before 1951)

This birth date matches that found on the WWI Draft Registration Card of Erastus Joseph Perry mentioned in my previous post.

I also found an entry for what looks like Erastus' son, Joseph Perry, from the 1930 census:

Name:	Erastus J. Perry
SSN:	433-32-6190
Last Residence:	70665 Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States of America
Born:	20 Mar 1925
Died:	27 May 2008
State (Year) SSN issued:	Louisiana (Before 1951)

The Joseph Perry in the 1930 census was five years old, meaning he was likely born between April 1924 and April 1925. This Erastus J. Perry was born in that window of time. This Erastus J. Perry had a residence in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, where Joseph Perry lived at the time of the 1930 census. It was likely that Joseph Perry was actually named Erastus J. Perry like his father and went by his middle name of Joseph in order to distinguish him from his father.

Last but not least, I also found an entry in the SSDI for Erastus' wife, Bertha:

Name:	Bertha Perry
SSN:	436-02-8767
Last Residence:	70663 Sulphur, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States of America
Born:	5 Feb 1893
Died:	Apr 1976
State (Year) SSN issued:	Louisiana (1971)

This Bertha's age matches that of Bertha Perry from the 1930 census, and she was living in Calcasieu Parish, just like Bertha Perry from the 1930 census. The Bertha from the 1930 census was age 37, which means she was likely born between April 1892 and April 1893. This Bertha fits perfectly into that time frame.

Stay tuned to find out what I found when I went searching for obits.