The Perry/Gumbleton Line
Your Grandfather: Francis Swift Perry (1923–2011)
Francis Swift Perry is your maternal grandfather. WWII veteran, 70th Reconnaissance Troop.
Francis Swift Perry was born in 1923. His middle name, Swift, connects him to one of the oldest Cape Codfamilies in your ancestry. He served in World War II with the 70th Reconnaissance Troop of the United States Army. After the war, he married Eleanor “Babs” Wall, and they remained married for 64 years.
Francis and Babs raised four children: Bruce A. Perry, Gail Perry (who married Robert King), Carol A. Perry (your mother, who married John Patrick Long), and Sandra H. Perry. Francis had one sister, the late Mary Elizabeth Lualdi.
Francis died suddenly on June 5, 2011, at age 87, at his home in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He was buried with full military honors at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.
His middle name is worth pausing on. The Swift family of Cape Cod is one of the deepest lines in your ancestry, reaching back to the 1600s and connecting to multiple colonial families. That Francis carried the Swift name as his own tells you how important that line was to the Perry family. It still is.
Francis Swift Perry, WWII veteran
The Perry / Gumbleton Tree
From Antone Joseph Perry to Carol A. Perry
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●Francis Swift Perry | 1923 | L1V1-8D2 | Maternal grandfather |
| ●Charles Franklin Perry | 23 Jun 1895 | L1VB-T1N | Mat. great-grandfather |
| ●Charles Franklin Perry | 29 Jul 1860 | L1V1-W1H | 2nd great-grandfather |
| ●Margaret M. Gumbleton | 12 Oct 1859 | 9NXV-G2C | 2nd great-grandmother |
| ●Edward Gumbleton | 1820 | LWDP-KVX | 3rd great-grandfather, Ireland |
| ●Margaret Harrington | 1830 | K4VG-BPV | 3rd great-grandmother, Ireland |
| ●Francis T. Perry | 1818 | 9N6Q-SV4 | 3rd great-grandfather |
| ●Antone Joseph Perry | ? | GDPY-DWY | 4th great-grandfather, earliest Perry |
Family Gatherings
Westport Point has been the center of gravity for the Perry/Swift side of the family for generations. The porch at the family house, the stone wall in the backyard, the boats and the water and the long summer evenings — the small rituals that turn a house into a home.
Summer cookout at the old stone wall, Westport Point.