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Florida, proprietor of an ice cream business. Census Place: Gainesville, Alachua, Florida; Roll: 306; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 349.0; FHL microfilm: 2340041. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census
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1940 U.S. Census entry for Carl E. Perry, age 44, born in
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Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the
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661:"'Tootie' Perry to Be Chief Caterer For Gator Event"
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