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GENEALOGY OF THE

PERRY FAMILY & The Fortescue Ancestry

1016AD To The Present

Compiled By Colin S Perry

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PREFACE I have always felt it important, as well as interesting, to learn about one’s ancestors

and lineage. It not only increases the knowledge of one’s family and where we came

from, but also can bring many surprises with it. Forebears spring up in what seem to

be the most unlikely places. For example, the writer emigrated to Australia with his

parents in the 1950s, and for many years I was under the impression that apart from

the three of us there were none of the immediate Perry family over here. Research

and information received from others reveal we were latecomers in this regard, and

many Perry family members preceded us. There are also branches in the United States

and South Africa, and for all we know in many other parts of the world. Perhaps the

biggest surprise is that we can trace our lineage right back to the time of William the

Conqueror, as will be seen in following pages.

Much of the information put together in this work has been gleaned by me through

the Ancestry.com website, together with information from other relatives and

recollections of conversations with my parents and with other family before we left

England. However a huge and valuable amount information has come from other

people researching the family, and they must receive an enormous amount of credit

for their contributions. In no particular order, my sincere thanks to Rhiannon

Edmonds, Colin Barker, Jean Griffiths, Fiona Eileen Perry and Marissa Clacy, and my

apologies to those whose name I may have overlooked. In particular, writings by

William Pagden Perry back in 1933 and made available by Rhiannon have been

particularly valuable and welcome. The Internet has, of course, also provided a source

of much background information on the Fortescue ancestry.

It is inevitable in a work like this that errors of omission and commission, and perhaps

even principle, will occur. Where possible I have identified definite provenance for

some of the information; in other cases the law of probability has been applied; in yet

other cases educated guesswork has been used. When all else has failed, I have

accepted information given to me on its face value and in good faith. If the reader

disagrees with anything that appears, or can contribute further to the fund of

knowledge, please, please let me know.

Colin S Perry

North Rocks NSW

July 2009 Version 1.2

eMail: colpree21@optusnet.com.au

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART ONE - THE FORTESCUE CONNECTION 4 PART TWO – THE JOHN PERRY LINEAGE 14 Christian Krebs Perry Lineage 14

The Phillis Emily Perry Line 18 The William John Perry Line 22 The Lillian Perry Line 36 The Florence Harriet Perry Line 37

Clara Jane Perry Lineage 40

Richard Alexander Perry Lineage 46

The James Drummond Perry Line 49 The Frank Perry Line 52 Others Of Richard Alexander Perry’s Lineage 53

Others of John Perry’s Lineage 56 PART THREE – THE JANE PERRY LINEAGE 58

The Gibson-Morley Line 63 Others Of The Gibson Line 67

PART FOUR – THE WILLIAM FORTESCUE PERRY LINEAGE 70

The William Pagden Perry Line 73 The Stephen Edward Perry Line 76 Others Of William Fortescue’s Lineage 78

PART FIVE – FROM 1066 AND ALL THAT! 82 ADDENDUM 93

• The Killen Family 93 • The Krebs Family 94 • Castle Hill, Filleigh, Devon 94

INDEX OF NAMES 97

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PART ONE - THE FORTESCUE CONNECTION

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Hugh FortescueHugh FortescueHugh FortescueHugh Fortescue

The House of Fortescue has a history stretching

back several centuries and dates to before the

Battle of Hastings (1066), where Richard le Fort

saved the life of William the Conqueror by the

shelter of his shield, thereafter to be known as Fort-

Escu ("strong shield"). His descendants have taken

for their motto, Forte scutum salus ducum - "A

strong shield is the safety of leaders."

Hugh Fortescue was born on 12 March 1753 at the

family home, Castle Hill, in Filleigh, near Barnstaple

in Devon, the eldest son of Matthew, 2nd Baron

Fortescue of Castle Hill, and Anne Campbell. He

was educated at Eton College and University

College, Oxford University, from where he

matriculated on 10 May 1770 aged 17.

Hugh was 28 when he fell in love with and married a

20 year old ladies maid, Amy Collings, in 1781 at

Castle Hill, North Devon, and it is possible that this

may have been a secret marriage. A son, William,

was born in 1782. Within one year of marriage, Fortescue had annulled the marriage, and the son

William Fortescue took on his mother's maiden name, Collings. However in the blood line, so to

speak, Hugh Fortescue was the writer’s great great great great grandfather.

In modern times a marriage contract cannot be put aside and treated as null because of inaccuracy as

long as the bride and bridegroom are of age and are sane. However in 1781 a very different state of

affairs existed and the most trivial misstatement such as an incorrect name or age rendered the

marriage invalid. Within a year, Hugh must have taken advantage of a legal flaw to set aside the

marriage. Why he did so remains unknown, but it could well be that family pressure over him

marrying below his station was a factor. Whatever the cause, he must have discovered some

irregularity that was adequate and justified him in treating the marriage as if it had never existed.

As to the validation that these events took place, in his writings in 1933 William Pagden Perry stated

that he had seen ample proof and that he had been struck by his own father’s distinct resemblance to

a steel engraving of his grandfather Hugh. What that proof was he did not say. For the writer’s own

part, I can clearly remember my own grandfather, William John Perry, telling me that our line was

descended from the illegitimate son of a nobleman, although this far out I cannot remember if the

Fortescue name was mentioned. Another clue is the number of times the name Fortescue appears

among the descendants of William Perry. It will now be difficult if not impossible to obtain

documentary proof of the marriage and annulment, but in my opinion the truth cannot be doubted.

Hugh Fortescue later married Hester Granville on 10 May 1782 at St James' Church, Westminster,

London, the daughter of the Rt. Hon. George Grenville, who was Prime Minister of Britain between

1763 and 1765. They had ten children.

He was the Member of Parliament for Beaumaris, Wales, between 1784 and 1785, and on 1o July in

the latter year he was created 3rd Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill following his father’s death. On 1

September 1789 he was created 1st Viscount Ebrington, of Ebrington in Gloucestershire and 1st Earl

Fortescue, titles he held until his death when he was succeeded by his son, also Hugh Fortescue. He

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also held the offices of Lord Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of Devon from 1788 until 1839. He was

awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) and invested as a Fellow, Society of

Antiquaries (F.S.A.).

Hugh Fortescue died on the 16 June 1841 at Castle Hill.

Amy CollingsAmy CollingsAmy CollingsAmy Collings Amy Collings was born in 1761, the daughter of a farmer, Daniel Collings, and his wife Joan, who lived

at Bere Ferrers in South Devon. As mentioned above, she married Hugh Fortescue and they had a son,

William, but the marriage was subsequently annulled, therefore making William legally illegitimate.

In 1790, she married William Perry at Stoke Damarel, Devon, and her son took on his stepfather's

name of Perry.

Amy Perry is said to have died of consumption in 1838. Assuming she died in Hardway, Hampshire

(see William Perry following), no Death record has been found.

William William William William Perry (Perry (Perry (Perry (The Stepfather)The Stepfather)The Stepfather)The Stepfather)

William Perry was a mariner of His Majesty's ship Carnatic.

HMS Carnatic was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 January 1783

at Deptford. On 17 May 1815, she was renamed HMS Captain. The Captain was broken up in 1825.

William died in 1838 and there is a record of a William Perry having died

in the first quarter of 1838 in Alverstoke, Hampshire (reference Volume 7

Page 7), which could well be the William in question, as he and his wife

Amy were by then living with his son William at Elson, near Hardway,

which is adjacent to Alverstoke. This has been confirmed by information

from J H Stead, Undertaker of North Street, Gosport. William was by

then a retired Warrant Officer in Her Majesty's Navy, and the cause of

death natural decay.

HMS Carnatic Figurehead

The ancestry of Hugh, 1st Earl Fortescue, will be covered in detail

in Part Five of this work.

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"FILLEIGH, a small village, pleasantly situated 3½ miles W. of South Molton, and 8 miles E.S.E. of

Barnstaple, has in its parish 395 souls, and 2200 acres of land, including about 826 acres in the large

and finely wooded park of CASTLE HILL, the beautiful seat of Earl Fortescue, who has another seat at

Ebrington Hall, Gloucestershire. The grounds, and the old mansion of Castle Hill, were much altered

and improved about 1740, by Hugh Fortescue, Lord Clinton, who, in 1746, was created Earl Clinton

and Baron Fortescue, and died without issue in 1751, when the earldom became extinct, but the

Barony of Fortescue passed to his half-brother, Matthew Fortescue, who died in 1785, and was

succeeded by his son, Hugh, who was created Earl Fortescue and Viscount Ebrington, in 1789. . . The

large and handsome mansion of Castle Hill stands in the extensive park, on a well wooded eminence,

whose summit is decorated with the artificial semblance of a ruined castle, and commands a prospect

of very considerable extent. The grounds in front of the house are disposed into various pleasing

slopes, which gradually descend from the terrace to a fine sheet of water, and are diversified by

stately groves. Beyond the lake, the ground again rises, and the view is terminated by a handsome

Castle Hill was built in 1730 as Earl Fortescue's family home, in which his descendants are living. The

Palladian House is set in a magnificent 18th century park with many original follies, a sham castle

and Triumphal Arch. The woodland gardens are planted in abundance with magnolias, camellias,

rhododendrons, eucryphias and many rare trees. The formal gardens include the Millennium Garden

designed by Xa Tollemache and a "Topiary" water sculpture by Giles Rayner. The house has

beautifully decorated elegant rooms, some of which are used for weddings and entertaining.

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This picture, The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820 by Sir George Hayter and in

the National Portrait Gallery, London, contains an image of Hugh Fortescue

as a member of the House of Lords. However it is impossible to say which

figure is him.

triumphal arch, on the top of the hill. Various other ornamental buildings are scattered through the

park. In the shrubbery are some remarkably large Portugal laurels; and in the garden is a peach tree of

uncommon dimensions." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)].

Map of Devon

showing the location

of Castle Hill, near

Barnstaple

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William (Fortescue) Perry

William Perry was the writer’s great great great grandfather.

William Perry was born William Fortescue to Hugh Fortescue and Amy Collings in 1782. As mentioned

earlier, Amy Collings and Hugh Fortescue were married in 1781; within one year of marriage,

Fortescue had annulled the marriage, and William Fortescue took on his mother's maiden name,

Collings. In 1790, when Amy Collings married William Perry, her son, then aged 8 and known as

William Collings, took on his stepfather's name of Perry. When Amy’s second husband William died,

her son was then baptised 'William Perry' in June of that year and his date of birth given as 1791, in

order to make him appear legitimate so that he could inherit his stepfathers small estate.

Thus it was that the modern lineage of Perrys came into being. However the blood line of the family is

clearly that of the Fortescues.

It would seem that William, like his stepfather, joined the Royal Navy. At the age of 23 he fought at

the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805, where he lost a leg, and was distinguished for his service. Had William

(Fortescue) Perry been born in 1791, he would have been only 15 when he fought at the Battle of

Trafalgar, so the change of birth date was probably true. Even so, in those days boys of 15 and even

younger were known to serve on Navy ships. Records show a William Perry age 26 serving on HMS

Victory as a Private in the Royal Marines, but as his nationality was shown as Irish it is most unlikely to

be the William Perry under notice. The musters of crews on the other ships have not been uncovered

in research to date.

With his prize money from Trafalgar William bought a small estate at Elson, near Hardway in

Hampshire, where he lived for some years with his mother and stepfather. The property was still with

the family in 1884 when William Pagden Perry and his wife visited it on their honeymoon.

William married Jane Plowman on 13 July 1813 at Alverstoke, Hampshire (Pallot’s Marriage Index for

England 1780-1837). She was 13 years his junior. A copy of the Certificate appears below:

Alverstoke is part of the town of Gosport, which lies just across the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour

from Portsmouth itself. This would lend itself to William’s Navy background.

By 1841 William was now fairly helpless with his wooden leg, a souvenir of Trafalgar, and in that year

he fell down stairs and injured himself severely. He died the following day. According to William

Pagden Perry there was no point in claiming legitimacy for him so at the inquest and on his death

certificate his real age was given as 59 and the date of his birth as 1792. This was in contrast with the

date given on his baptism certificate. No Death record has been found, but William Pagden Perry

sighted the Death Certificate.

William and Jane had six children:

• Amy Perry b. 1819

• Susannah Perry b. 1822

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• Jane Perry b. 1824

• William Fortescue Perry b. 1827

• John Perry b. 1830

• Joshua Perry b.1834

Jane PlowmanJane PlowmanJane PlowmanJane Plowman

Other than she was said to have been born in 1794, and died in 1878, little is known of Jane Plowman.

William Pagden Perry recalled that she had a very violent temper which he witnessed once when he

was a boy. He said she was often heard to remark that her husband was the rightful Earl Fortescue,

but of course there could be no legal ground for such a statement. Her epitaph was apparently “Her

end was peace”.

Map showing

Alverstoke,

Hardway,

Gosport and

Portsmouth.

John PerryJohn PerryJohn PerryJohn Perry

John Perry was the writer’s great great grandfather.

John Perry was born in London in 1830, the second son of William Perry and Jane Plowman. While no

Birth record has been found, the date and place were recorded in the Marriage register.

The 1851 Census shows a John Perry, boarder age 21 and born in Weston, Middlesex, living with a

Charles and Jane Young in St Ermins (?) Hill, Westminster St Margaret, Middlesex. While the age and

county of birth tie in, there is no certainty that this was the John Perry in question. At some stage he,

or his family, must have moved to Liverpool, as he married Phillis Emily Bocking on 8 April 1852 at St

Nicholas' Church, Liverpool (reference Liverpool Volume 8b Page 242).

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According to William Pagden Perry John was, like his brother William, a master mariner and captain

of a merchant ship who sailed from Liverpool.

John and Phillis Perry had six children:

• Christian Krebs Perry b. 1853

• William Jno (John) Perry b. 1855

• Phillis Emily Perry b. 1854 or 1857

• Richard Alexander Perry b. 1858

• Clara Jane Perry b. 1859

• John Edward Perry b. 1864

According to William Pagden Perry, in 1860 John and Phillis left England to join Phillis’ parents in

Australia, taking with them Phillis Emily and Richard Alexander and leaving behind Christian, William

and Clara in the care of relatives, the Killen family. However the 1861 Census for the Killens did not

show the children as living with them, although the 1871 Census did (see the Killen Family in the

Addendum.) This begs the question as to whether John and Phillis’ departure took place in 1861, after

the Census, although there is no Census record under their names either. In fact, their youngest child,

John Edward Perry, appears to have been born in Liverpool in 1864, suggesting they left some time

after that date. The only way of getting to Australia in those days would have been by sailing ship, a

long and tiring voyage. It would seem quite surprising that they took only two of their children with

them.

According to the Clacy Family Tree John Perry died in Australia in 1879 and in the absence of further

information this has been accepted as his death date.

Phillis Emily Perry (nee Bocking)Phillis Emily Perry (nee Bocking)Phillis Emily Perry (nee Bocking)Phillis Emily Perry (nee Bocking)

Phillis Emily Bocking was born in 1830 in Middlesex, the daughter of William Thomas C Bocking and

Elizabeth Goodfellow.

The 1841 Census shows a Phillis Bocking, age 10 and born ca 1831 in Middlesex, residing with a

presumed aunt, Phillis Spowart, in Anthony Street, St George in the East, Middlesex. The 1851

Census shows them having moved to 10 Rigby Street, Liverpool, although her surname has been

shown as Brocking on the Census sheet.

This has been confirmed by William Pagden Perry, who said that Phillis Emily’s parents had moved to

their own farm in Australia and had left her in the care of two maiden aunts in Liverpool.

Amy PerryAmy PerryAmy PerryAmy Perry

Amy was born in 1819 and was apparently named for her grandmother. According to William Pagden

Perry she emigrated to Australia when a girl, married a baker and died there.

Susannah PerrySusannah PerrySusannah PerrySusannah Perry

Other than being born in 1822 and dying young in 1827, nothing is known of Susannah Perry.

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Joshua PerryJoshua PerryJoshua PerryJoshua Perry

Joshua was born in 1834 but only survived a year, dying in 1835.

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PART TWO - THE JOHN PERRY LINEAGE (1830-1870)

CHRISTIAN KREBS PERRY’S LINEAGE

Christian Krebs PerryChristian Krebs PerryChristian Krebs PerryChristian Krebs Perry

Christian Krebs Perry was the writer’s great grandfather

and the eldest child of John and Phillis Perry.

A Births, Marriages and Deaths Register page shows

Christian Krebs Perry being born in Liverpool in the second

quarter of 1853 (Liverpool Volume 8b Page 100). No other

information is provided in the Register. It would appear

that he was named for Christian Krebs, the second

husband of his grandmother Elizabeth Goodfellow’s sister

Sarah Goodfellow.

A search of the 1861 census did not find him, and by this time his parents had apparently sailed to

Australia with two of their children, leaving Christian, his brother William and sister Clara in the care

of relatives.

The next record of Christian Perry is in the census of 1871, when he was living at 1 Sackville St,

Everton, Liverpool. He and a younger brother and sister were boarding with Patrick and Sarah Killen,

who were his great uncle, great aunt and cousins; Patrick was in fact the third husband of Sarah

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Goodfellow. Christian’s age was shown as 17, tying up with the birth date of 1853. His siblings are

shown as William Jno Perry, age 15, and Clara I Perry, age 11.

The Marriages Register for Liverpool shows Christian Perry being married on 5 August 1875 to

Elizabeth Ann Martin (reference Volume 8b Page 104.) Her age was given as 20 and her father as

William Philips Martin. The wedding took place at St Luke's Church, Liverpool.

In 1880 Gores Directory gave Christian's address as 45 Duke Street, Liverpool City Centre, a

manufacturing jeweller. This may have been a business address.

The 1881 Census shows Christian having married an Elizabeth A, age 25 and born in Liverpool, and

living at 184 Old Chester Road, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. They have three children: Phillis E, age 4;

William J, age 2; and Lillian, age 1. Phillis and William are shown as being born in Rock Ferry,

presumably at the house, and Lillian in Liverpool. Sarah Killen, aged 64 and shown as "aunt", is also

living with them (see the Killen Family later). Christian's occupation is shown as watchmaker and

jeweller. The writer can recall his grandfather, William, having quite a collection of watchmaker tools,

presumably handed down from his father.

Rock Ferry is an area of Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England and before local

government re-organisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the county of Cheshire. Residential building

did not really happen until the early part of the 19th century, the rise of the ferry, and the

establishment of the Royal Rock Hotel and bath house in 1836. Between then and 1870, the area

received an influx of luxurious housing, the villas of Rock Park and many other large houses around

the Old Chester Road making Rock Ferry one of the most desirable addresses in the North West. In

the later part of the 19th century, Rock Ferry expanded due to the need to house the increasing

population of workers, especially at Birkenhead's Cammell Laird shipyard.

Map of Birkenhead showing

Rock Ferry area.

Gores Directory gives the following addresses: 1882 - 171a Old Chester Road (or a shop), Watchmaker;

1884 - 67 Willowbank Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead; 1886 - 179 Strand Road, Bootle, Watchmaker;

1891- 138 Marsh Lane Bootle, Watchmaker

The 1891 census shows the family now residing at 138 Marsh Lane, Bootle, Liverpool. The three

children are shown as scholars, and another daughter, Florence H, has appeared, age 6 and born in

Higher Tranmere, Cheshire. From this it can be assumed that the family moved to Bootle some time

between about 1885 and 1891. Sarah Killen is still with them, recorded as great aunt and her

birthplace being now shown as London City, Middlesex.

The 1901 Census shows the family as still living at Marsh Lane. William's occupation is now shown as

hairdresser, and Lillian's as dressmaker. Sarah Killen is no longer listed and presumably has passed

on; a Sarah Killen, born ca 1815, is listed as having died in West Derby, Liverpool in the first quarter of

1893 (West Derby Volume 8b Page 318).

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Gores Directory subsequently listed the following

addresses for Christian: 1907 - 133 Peel Street

Bootle (residence);1912 - 1918 Gores Directories:

101 St. Johns Road, Waterloo, Watchmaker.

From 1912 to 1915 he was living at 2 Norton

Street Bootle (residence). This was very close to

Marsh Lane, where they lived previously.

Christian Perry was still alive and living in

Liverpool in 1926, when his cousin Elizabeth

Lillian Perry visited him there.

Christian and Elizabeth had four children:

• Phillis Emily Perry b. 1876

• William John Perry b. 1878

• Lillian Perry b. 1880

• Florence Harriet Perry b. 1884

There is a small mystery here which can only be put down to coincidence. There is a Deaths record for

a Christian Perry who was born in Liverpool in 1884 and died there in 1886 (reference Liverpool Vol.

8b Page 125). There is no Birth record found for him. As Christian and Elizabeth’s daughter Florence

was born in Rock Ferry, Cheshire in the third quarter of that year, this Christian Perry could not be

related.

Elizabeth Ann Perry (nee Martin)Elizabeth Ann Perry (nee Martin)Elizabeth Ann Perry (nee Martin)Elizabeth Ann Perry (nee Martin)

Elizabeth’s father was shown in the Marriage record as being

William Philips Martin.

The 1861 Census reveals a William P (?) Martin, house joiner aged

38, and his wife Eliza aged 30, both born in Penzance, Cornwall,

residing at No. 1 Court, Cookson Street, Great George, Liverpool.

(The handwriting on the Census form is so flowery that although

the record shows a William S, the "S" is more likely to be a "P".)

They have three children: Elizabeth A, age 6; Eliza, age 2; and

William, age 1; all born in Liverpool. This is the closest match

found.

Elizabeth Martin was not an unusual name in those times, but perusal of birth records suggests the

closest matches would be an Elizabeth Ann Martin, born in Liverpool in the first quarter of 1855

(reference Volume 8b Page 179); or an Elizabeth Ann Martin, born in Bootle in the same quarter

(reference Volume 10b Page 479). As Cookson Street, Great George is in Liverpool itself rather than

suburban Bootle, it is more than likely that the first match would be the correct one.

No later Census record for the Martin family has been found.

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An Elizabeth Ann Perry is shown as deceased in the fourth quarter of 1919 (reference West Derby

Volume 8b page 265).

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THE PHILLIS EMILY PERRY LINE Phillis Emily PerryPhillis Emily PerryPhillis Emily PerryPhillis Emily Perry

Phillis Emily was born to Christian and Elizabeth Perry on 1 August 1876 (reference Birkenhead

Volume 8a Page 532). Records show her as being born in Rock Ferry, Cheshire, and baptised in

Tranmere, Cheshire on 8 October of that year.

She appears as a family member in the Census of 1881,1891 and 1901 .

On 9 May 1905, at the age of 28, Emily sailed from Liverpool to America on the SS Saxonia, with her

brother William paying her fare. She was obviously following her future husband, Charles Arthur

Hanmer, who had sailed there in 1904. Whether they were engaged at the time is not known but is

highly probable. Charles was also born and lived in Birkenhead, so it seems likely they had met and

fallen in love, and decided that America offered better opportunities. According to the Boston

Passenger Lists she landed in Boston, Massachusetts on 18 May, to be met by a Mrs Flemming and

accommodated at the latter’s home at 15 White

Street, West Somerville, Massachusetts, a suburb

of Boston. The Passenger manifest also included

the words “Intended Husband”, although Charles

Hanmer’s name was not mentioned. Who Mrs

Flemming was is not known; possibly she was a

boarding house keeper and the accommodation

pre-arranged, or perhaps a family friend.

William Pagden Perry stated that she married

Charles Hanmer in 1905 in Boston, although no

record has been located.

Phillis and Charles had a son, Arthur Christian, who was born in Charlestown, Boston on 10 June 1907.

For some reason Phillis must have taken him back to England almost immediately, although no entry

in an Incoming UK Passenger List can be found. However the Boston Passenger Lists for November of

that year show the SS Saxonia sailing from Liverpool on 12 November bound for Boston, carrying

Phillis Hanmer, housewife of 113 Marlboro Street, Chelsea, Boston, and her 3 month old son Arthur C

Hanmer. The reason for her brief return to England is unknown; possibly to show off her newborn

child to her parents.

The 1910 Census saw Charles and Phillis living at 227 (street illegible), Boston. With them was their

son Arthur, age 2. She became an American citizen in 1917.

Charles and Phillis later moved to California, as detailed under his entry following. She died there in

Ventura on 3 August 1947.

Charles Arthur HanmerCharles Arthur HanmerCharles Arthur HanmerCharles Arthur Hanmer

Charles Arthur Hanmer was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire UK on 14 April 1881, the son of Thomas and

Annie Hanmer (reference Birkenhead Vol. 8a Page 514). He was one of five children.

The 1891 Census saw Charles living with his parents at 47 (illegible) Street, Cleveland, Birkenhead.

Also listed were his siblings: Henry Richard, age 11; Thomas Lewis, age 7, Annie, age 4; and Orlando,

age 2; all born in Birkenhead.

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The 1901 Census saw Charles living with his uncle and aunt Henry and Mabel Owens and their children

at 155 Bridge Street, Birkenhead. Now age 20, his occupation was shown as bread maker. Why he

was living apart from his family is not apparent; perhaps Bridge Street, which is in the northern part of

that city, was closer to his place of employment.

In 1904 he sailed from Liverpool to America, although no Shipping record has been located; the year

was confirmed by a later USA Census record. As mentioned under Phillis Emily Perry above, it would

appear he and Phillis had decided to marry and make their lives in that country. He is said to have

married her in Boston in 1905.

The 1910 Census saw Charles and Phillis living at 227 (street illegible), Boston. With them was their

son Arthur, age 2.

By 1913 they had moved to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the City Directory for that city shows

Charles working as a baker at 768 Main Street between 1913 and 1924.

Charles registered for the World War II draft and his Draft Card dated 12 September 1918 has been

sighted. His occupation was described as Superintendent, New England Bakery in Main Street of that

town. He was described as being of short height and medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair. His

Social security Number was 560146264.

The 1920 Census saw them still living at 15 Hilton Street in that town. Charles was now described as a

bakery foreman. With them was their son Arthur now age 12. The Census indicated that both Charles

and Phillis had become naturalised American citizens in 1917.

By 1930 Charles and Phillis had moved to Los Angeles, California, and the Census of that year saw

them living at 348 Palm Court, Riverdale City, Riverside. They were paying $40 a month rent for their

home there. Their son Arthur, who by then would be age 23, was no longer living with them.

The Electoral Roll for 1932 recorded them as living at 1131 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, adjacent to

Echo Park and not far from what is now the Dodger Stadium, and voting as Republicans. By 1934

they had both a change of address and a change of political persuasion. They were now Democrats

(and continued to be over succeeding years) and living at 1046 Laguna Avenue, two streets away.

They remained there until the 1948 Roll, although by that time Phillis had died although her name

remained on it. Their street number changed to 1048½, possibly brought about by a building

refurbishment.

After Phillis’ death Charles appeared on the Electoral Roll at 9515 E Whittier Boulevard in 1950; 128

South Spruce Street in 1954; and in Jillson Street in 1958. On the latter Roll he had been joined by a

Mrs Ona B Hanmer at the same address. For reasons detailed under Arthur Charles Hanmer following,

this may well have been his daughter-in-law.

Charles Hanmer died on 16 May 1960 in Los Angeles.

Arthur ChriArthur ChriArthur ChriArthur Christian Hanstian Hanstian Hanstian Hanmermermermer

Arthur Christian Hanmer was the son of Charles Arthur Hanmer and Phillis Emily Perry and was born

in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 June 1907.

William Pagden Perry stated that Arthur Hanmer married one Vivian Tenscene Larsen. A search has

so far revealed nobody of that name. However it is possible that William Pagden Perry had the middle

name wrong here, as he also referred to Charles and Phillis’ son as Arthur Charles, whereas he was

named Arthur Christian, obviously for his grandfather Christian Krebs Perry. Later records clearly

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show that he married a Vivian J Larsen at some time between 1930 and 1932, as the 1930 Census

showed her still living with her parents; the date and place of the marriage are unknown, but it was

almost certainly in Los Angeles.

The Electoral Rolls for 1932 through 1954 show Arthur and Vivian living at various addresses in Los

Angeles, with his occupation being a dental technician and hers a housewife, and both of them

registered Democrats:

1932: 1639 North Alvarez Street

1934: 2114 South Mariposa Street (but Vivian did not appear)

1938: 3429½ 8th Avenue

1942: 1608 West Clark Street

1944: 208 South Rockne Avenue (again, Vivian did not appear, but another Arthur, also a dental

technician, appeared at the same address. This Arthur had appeared on the Roll previously in

1938 but at a different address)

1948: 12620 South Gurley Avenue

1950, 1952 and 1954: 333 North Maple Avenue

The Arthur who appeared in 1938 and 1944 remains a mystery. To be a dental technician in 1938 he

would have to have been aged at least twenty and thus born in 1918 earlier. This would make him too

young to be Arthur Christian’s son, as the latter was only eleven years old then! One possibility is that

Arthur Christian was recorded twice on the Roll, perhaps at a business address, but this is unlikely

given that both Arthur Christian and the mysterious Arthur appeared at the same address in 1944.

A Death record shows Arthur Hanmer, born 10 June 1907, dying in March 1985 in Sonora, Tolumne,

California, a small community east of San Francisco. What makes this appear more than coincidental

is that an Ona B Hanmer died at the same location on 9 November 1985! Could this have been another

earlier or later wife of Arthur and thus the daughter in law of Charles Hanmer above?

Vivian J Hanmer (nee Larsen)Vivian J Hanmer (nee Larsen)Vivian J Hanmer (nee Larsen)Vivian J Hanmer (nee Larsen)

Vivian is believed to have been born on 6 June 1909 in Denmark, South Dakota, the daughter of

Harold R Larsen and Martha Thompson.

The 1930 Census show the Larsen family having moved to Los Angeles and living at 201 Ridgeway.

Harold is a tailor, and they have three children: Margaret M, age 23, Vivian J, age 18; and Phylis D, age

16, all born in Denmark, South Dakota.

As stated above, Vivian married Arthur Christian Hanmer around 1931/32 in Los Angeles. She died on

8 February 1988 in Orange County, California.

Arthur HanmerArthur HanmerArthur HanmerArthur Hanmer

Arthur remains a mystery, as no details of his birth or parentage have been found.

He first appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1938, living at 2720 7th Avenue, Los Angeles. Like Arthur

Christian Hanmer, his occupation was dental technician. He appeared again in 1944, living at the

same address as Arthur Christian, 208 South Rockne Avenue, Los Angeles.

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Ona Betty Hanmer (nee Faulkner)Ona Betty Hanmer (nee Faulkner)Ona Betty Hanmer (nee Faulkner)Ona Betty Hanmer (nee Faulkner)

Ona Betty’s relationship is unclear, as mentioned above, but could have been a first or second wife of

Arthur Christian Hanmer.

Ona Betty was born on 3 October 1910 in Texas, the daughter of Robert and Minnie Faulkner.

The 1920 Census showed the Faulkners living in Justice Precinct 7, Clay, Texas with their children,

including Ona, age 9.

As mentioned above, Ona appeared on the 1958 Electoral Roll living in Jillson Street, Los Angeles

with Arthur Charles Hanmer.

There are in fact two Death Index notices for Ona B Hanmer, one Federal and one for the State of

California. Both give her date of birth as 3 October 1910 and her Social Security Number as 563-18-

6821, so they must of necessity relate to one and the same person. The Federal notice gives the place

of death as Sonora, the State notice as San Bernadino, which is an outer city of Los Angeles and

nowhere near Sonora! The latter notice gives her name as Ona Betty Hanmer, nee Faulkner, born in

Texas, and her mother’s maiden name as Autry.

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THE WILLIAM JOHN PERRY LINE

William William William William John PerryJohn PerryJohn PerryJohn Perry

William John (Will) Perry was the writer’s grandfather and the son of

Christian and Ann Perry. He was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire on 25 May

1878 (reference Vol. 8a Page 570.)

The 1881 Census shows Christian and Elizabeth Perry living at 184 Old

Chester Road, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. William is shown as being born in

Rock Ferry, presumably at the house. The 1891 Census showed Christian

Perry and family now residing at 138 Marsh Lane, presumably Bootle,

Liverpool. William and his siblings are shown as scholars. The 1901

census shows the family as still living at Marsh Lane. William's

occupation is now shown as hairdresser.

William married Emily Welding some time in the first quarter of 1906; no details are available at this

time. The marriage is recorded in the BMD Register for West Derby (reference Volume 8b Page 507.)

In 1907 they were living at 18 Neville Road, Waterloo; in 1909 at 35 Handfield Road, Waterloo. They

had two children: Ronald Krebs, born 5 May 1907; and Dorothy Eileen, born 19 June 1910, although

there is some doubt as to the year for Eileen.

William served in the Mercantile Marine during the First World War and was awarded the Mercantile

Marine and War Service medals. He later served as a ship's barber on Cunard Line ships, including the

Mauretania, and after World War II had a barber shop in Liverpool, possibly James Street. From 1912

they lived at 5 Kimberley Drive, Great Crosby, and later owned and lived in a smaller house,

"Alandale", at 22 Esplin Avenue, inherited by Emily from her sister Alice.

The only record of William John’s time at sea located to date is a New York passenger List for 9

November 1919, which showed him as a barber on board the Cunard liner ss Royal George, out of

Southampton.

On the marriage of their son Ronald to Doris Tod, Ronald and Doris and subsequently the writer also

lived with Emily and William. Around 1941 Emily and William sold up after one of the houses was

affected by bombing and bought a house at 11 Princes Avenue, West Kirby, in the adjacent Wirral

area of Cheshire. Ronald and family also moved there, where they remained until moving to Australia

in 1952.

William died in March 1962,

presumably in West Kirby. His

death is recorded in the Death

Index for Birkenhead, (reference

Volume 10a Page 1028.)

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Emily Perry (nee Welding)Emily Perry (nee Welding)Emily Perry (nee Welding)Emily Perry (nee Welding)

Emily was born on 7 February 1883 in Bootle, Liverpool, the

daughter of Joseph and Anne Welding. The date of birth is

shown in her Death Index record (reference Wirral Volume 10a

Page 2260) but so far no record in the Births Index has been

found. She was one of twelve or thirteen children, large

families being the order of the day in Victorian times. Four of

them, Anne, Cecil, George and Joseph, died in infancy (there

is some uncertainty as to whether Cecil and George were

actually one and the same person.) The surviving nine, in birth

order, were Alice; Emily; Lizzie (Bet); Gertrude; Florence

(Florrie); Sarah Annie; William; Louisa; and the “baby” of the

family, Albert.

The 1891 Census shows the family of Joseph and Anne

Welding living at 40 Delaware Street, Bootle. Emily is listed as

a scholar aged 8. Other children are Alice (10); a daughter whose name is illegible but appears to be

Lizzie (Bet) age 6; Gertrude age 3 and Florence age 1.

Coincidentally the same census shows an Emily Welding, scholar aged 8, residing with the family of

Henry and Cecilia Bromley at 10 Coburg Street, Birkenhead. She is listed as a niece, and there is also

another niece, Elizabeth, aged 6. Whether they are the same two children as Joseph and Anne's Emily

and Lizzie cannot be determined, but it seems very coincidental that they have the same surnames

and ages. It is perhaps possible that they were staying with an uncle and aunt at the time of the

census and were counted at both addresses. The relationship with the Welding family seems to be

confirmed even further as at the 1881 Census Henry and Cecilia had living with them a James

Welding, a nephew aged 18 and born in Widnes. The 1901 Census shows Joseph and Anne Welding

still residing at Delaware Street. Emily is now listed as a Draper's Assistant. According to informant

Robin Leyland she was in fact working as a draper's assistant in the George Henry Lee department

store in Liverpool.

Emily and husband William Perry lived at 5 Kimberley Drive and then "Alandale", 22 Esplen Avenue,

Crosby, prior to World War II. They also inherited a house from her sister Alice Welding, who never

married, according to informant Geoffrey Welding. On Alice's death it was known that she had made

a will out which stated that the house should pass to Albert, her brother, and Florence Welding, as

they were living with her at the time. Although the witnesses remembered the terms of the will it

went missing from where such documents where always kept, and although Alice's house was

searched from top to bottom the will was never found. The house then passed over to Emily Perry in

terms of a previous will. Emily owned a confectioner's shop at 390 Stanley Road, Kirkdale, and a

newsagency at 397a Stanley Road (informant Robin Leyland.)

Emily died in 1971 and her death was recorded at Birkenhead, but no details have yet been

ascertained.

William and Emily had two children:

• Ronald Krebs Perry b. 1907

• Dorothy Eileen Perry b. 1909

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Ronald Krebs PerryRonald Krebs PerryRonald Krebs PerryRonald Krebs Perry

Ronald Perry was the writer’s father.

Ronald was born 5 May 1907 at 18 Neville Road, Waterloo,

Liverpool, son and elder child of William and Emily Perry, nee

Welding. The unusual name of Krebbs appears to have come from

his grandfather, Christian Krebs Perry, and was presumably a

family name from some earlier time. An interesting discrepancy

arises here; while all references to Christian refer to the spelling

“Krebs”, Ronald’s birth certificate clearly shows the spelling

“Krebbs”. He was educated at Merchant Tailors School, Liverpool.

He chose to follow his father to sea, and worked as a steward on

ships belonging to the Bibby Line and the Alfred Holt Blue Funnel

Line, an occupation that took him to many parts of the world and

involved long absences from home. His Continuous Certificate of

Discharge passbook, documenting all the voyages he undertook

and the ships on which he served, makes for interesting reading. He first went to sea in 1924, at the

age of seventeen, on a four month voyage on board the Lagarto from Glasgow to the west coast of

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South America, which presumably took him around Cape Horn. From 1925 to 1928 he was on the

Australia run, firstly aboard the Anchises and then the Nestor. Informant Roy Griffiths believes that

Ronald and his own father, Thomas Griffiths, served together on the same ships during that period. In

1929 he switched to the China run aboard the Patroclus, which lasted until 1933. In 1934 it was back to

the Australia run aboard the Nestor, Anchises and Autolycus until 1936. Still on the Autolycus, he

made one trip to the Far East in 1937, then in 1938 and 1939 served on the Cheshire on the run to

Rangoon, Burma.

On 10 December 1938 he married Doris Tod at St Matthew’s Church, Bootle, Lancashire, and the

reception was held at the Liberal Club Hall in Balliol Road. Their only child Colin, the writer, was born

on 21 April 1940.

Ronald had a break from the sea after that and worked in the Dock Office in Liverpool. His next

voyage is shown as being on the Ascanius in 1941. By now it was of course wartime and he was

officially registered in the British Merchant Marine. Because it was wartime his passbook does not

show the destination of the voyages, but it has him serving on the Priam and Empire Regent. It is

known that he was on convoys to Canada, South Africa, Australia and the Far East, and in recognition

of that service received the 1939-45 Star and War Medal and the Atlantic, Africa, Burma and Pacific

Stars. In 1943 he qualified as proficient on Hotchkiss, Lewis and Marlin anti-aircraft guns, and he was

also qualified as a lifeboat man, but it is not known whether he ever fired a shot in anger. After a

break from the sea in 1945, in 1947 he was back on the Menelaus, on what is believed to have been the

Australia run again, until 1949. Ronald and Doris lived with his parents after marriage and through to

1951, and during the Blitz they all moved from Crosby to the relative safety of 11 Princes Avenue,

West Kirby in then Cheshire.

Following the War he "swallowed the anchor" for a period, working with the Mersey Docks and

Harbour Board, but returned to sea and the Blue Funnel Line. He mentioned that on one particular

voyage as a cabin steward he had as a passenger the Emperor Hailie Selassie of Ethiopia. In 1951 he

and Doris decided to emigrate to Australia. Ronald worked his passage out and found employment on

an orchard property at Glenorie NSW. A cottage was provided as accommodation, and in January

1952 Doris and the writer joined him. Doris was employed as housekeeper and later companion to the

owner of the property, Leslie Crichton-Brown, the retired Managing Director of a major insurance

company, Edward Lumley & Sons. In the following years Ronald became an active member of the

Glenorie branch of the Returned Servicemen's League (equivalent of the British Legion).

In 1959 Mr Crichton-Brown sold the property and moved into a house at Bellevue Hill, in Sydney's

Eastern Suburbs, and the family moved with him. Around 1962-63 this house was sold by Mr Crichton-

Brown and another house purchased at Newport Beach, on Sydney's Barrenjoey Peninsula. Ronald

and Doris also moved with him; by this time the writer had married.

In March 1962 Ronald suffered a debilitating stroke and was severely affected in limbs and speech. A

further stroke in March 1966 saw his death on 1 April that year at Mona Vale Hospital, Sydney. His

body was cremated and the ashes placed in a niche at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney.

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Doris Perry (nee Tod)Doris Perry (nee Tod)Doris Perry (nee Tod)Doris Perry (nee Tod)

A postcard from Doris' mother announcing the birth of Doris to her father, George, who was obviously

away from home at the time, suggests that it probably took place at their then home, 68 Penton

Street, somewhere in Liverpool, at 1.30pm on Saturday 31 July, 1909. She was the eldest of seven

children of George and Rosaline Tod (nee Forrest).

In 1909 George Tod migrated to the United States, with Rosaline and

Doris following him some time after April 1910. The family lived for

several years in New York, where Doris attended school at the

Knickerbocker Avenue School, Brooklyn. Her brothers George,

Arthur and Alec were all born there. George Tod firstly found work as

a building watchman, then his occupation was shown as Elevator

Runner on the birth certificate of son George. The certificate also

shows their address as being 402 First Avenue, presumably in

Manhattan. The 1920 Census showed George, Rosaline and family

residing at 1393 Madison Street, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. His

occupation was then shown as Lead Glazier, employed at the Prism

Company. George, Rosaline and Mum were all classified as "aliens",

as they never took out US citizenship.

The family returned to England later in 1920 on board the SS Carania

and took up residence in Leeds. It would seem that Rosaline was

homesick for England and her brothers, and influenced George to

return. It would also seem she had second thoughts later, as the

family never had it as good money-wise when back in England. As the eldest child Doris was expected

to assume a heavy workload of looking after her siblings, and this and the iron rule of her father

caused her to leave home as soon as she was legally able to do so. She served in a number of trades,

including as a pastrycook, tailoress, seamstress and furrier, and particularly in the last named one

became very expert in the job. All of these stood her in good stead through her life.

Following marriage to Ronald Perry and the family moving to West Kirby she worked as a waitress in

the Bluebird café in Hoylake, and later with two different furriers in Liverpool. After moving to

Australia in 1951 she became also very active in the Women's Auxiliary of the Glenorie RSL Club.

Following the death of Ronald in 1966, Doris remained as companion to Leslie Crichton-Brown until

his own death in 1970. As a reward for her long devotion the Crichton-Brown family paid for her to

return to England for a holiday, which she did in 1971, staying with various relatives for several

months. On her return she moved to The Entrance, on the Central Coast of NSW two hours north of

Sydney, and lived there with friends for some time before getting a pensioner flat at Wyong, also on

the Central Coast. In the 1980s she was able to secure a flat in the Sydney suburb of Eastwood, and

moved back down to be closer to the writer and his family.

Although dogged by ill health during her later years, she remained staunchly independent until 1988,

when emphysema and other conditions left no alternative but to see her placed in a nursing home.

Her health rapidly deteriorated - in point of fact she appeared to "let go" once her independence was

lost - and she passed away at the Grand United Nursing Home in the Sydney suburb of Toongabbie on

14 August 1988, shortly after her 79th birthday. Her body was cremated and her ashes placed in a

niche next to Ronald's at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney.

Ronald and Doris had a single child:

• Colin Stewart Perry (the writer) b. 1940

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Dorothy Eileen Dorothy Eileen Dorothy Eileen Dorothy Eileen PerryPerryPerryPerry (nee Bolitho)(nee Bolitho)(nee Bolitho)(nee Bolitho)

Dorothy Eileen Perry, the daughter of William John and Emily Perry,

was born in Liverpool, Lancashire on 19 June 1909, although some

doubt lingers over the actual day (reference West Derby Volume 8b

Page 227). Along with her elder brother Ronald she was educated at

the prestigious Merchant Taylors School in Great Crosby, Liverpool.

On 7 April 1936 Eileen married Ernest Gordon Bolitho at St Luke's

Church, Great Crosby. They moved to Hayes, Middlesex, where Gordon

was an executive with the State Express Tobacco Company, and their

only child, John Francis, was born there. For much of the 1940s and

1950s he and Eileen were based in India. John accompanied them until

he began boarding school in England. They finally returned to England

in 1961, landing back in Liverpool on April 10th aboard the Anchor Line

ship Cilicia, and subsequently retired to a cottage in West Kirby,

Cheshire.

Eileen died on 14 May 1985 in West Kirby.

Ernest Gordon BolithoErnest Gordon BolithoErnest Gordon BolithoErnest Gordon Bolitho

Gordon Bolitho was born in Shanghai, China on 1 January 1909.

When Eileen died Gordon married a Frenchwoman, Rose, and moved to

Pleurin, Normandy, France. He died there around 1990.

Eileen and Gordon had a single child:

• John Francis Bolitho b. 1939

Colin Stewart PerryColin Stewart PerryColin Stewart PerryColin Stewart Perry

Colin (the writer) was born on 21 April 1940, the only child of Ronald and

Doris Perry, at Balliol Road Nursing Home in the Liverpool suburb of

Bootle . He was baptised on 14 July of that year at the parish church of St

Matthew in Bootle (reference Bootle Volume 8b Page 637)

Colin was educated at West Kirby Preparatory School and Greasby

County Primary School, and in 1951 won a scholarship to the prestigious

Birkenhead School. However in that same year Ronald and Doris decided

to emigrate to Australia, so the scholarship was never taken up. Ronald,

a ship's steward, worked his passage to Australia and secured work and a

place to live, and Colin followed with his mother. They left England in

December 1951 and arrived in Sydney, Australia on 21 January 1952 on

the Orient Liner RMS Orcades, by way of Gibraltar, Naples, Port Said,

Aden, Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide and Melbourne.

From 1952 to 1959 Colin lived with his parents on an orchard property at Glenorie, NSW, some forty

kilometres north west of Sydney. His education continued at high school at Hornsby Junior Technical

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School and then Macquarie Boys High School, Parramatta, both in Sydney suburbs and involving

ninety minutes of bus travel each way every day. He sat for the Leaving Certificate (roughly

equivalent to the British "O" levels) in 1956, receiving "A" passes in English, Modern History,

Geography and Economics, and a "B" pass in Combined Physics and Chemistry.

On leaving school Colin decided to enter the workforce and undertake tertiary education on a part

time basis. In January 1957 he joined Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Ltd (AWA), with the aim of

becoming an announcer on their network of radio stations, but accepting for the time being a position

in their accounting stream. At the same time he commenced part time study for a Bachelor of

Commerce degree at the University of Technology (now University of NSW), Sydney. For a number of

reasons, particularly the travelling involved at the time, he did not pursue these studies but instead

opted for a correspondence course towards an accountancy diploma. In his leisure hours he was active

in the local dramatic society and also did much as a compere with concert and music groups. It was in

this latter role that he met Beryl Moad, who would later become his wife.

In 1959 Colin moved with his parents from Glenorie to the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill, and in 1960

made a significant career change when he left AWA and joined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Initially he served as a teller and examiner in several Sydney suburban branches before being

transferred to the Bank's Head Office, where he joined the Procedures & Research Department and

was engaged among other things on preparatory work for the decimalisation of Australia's currency in

1966. He converted his studies from an accountancy diploma to banking-related subjects and later

qualified as a Senior Associate of the Bankers' Institute of Australia. In 1967 he took another major

career step, this time within the Bank, when he volunteered for and was accepted as a trainee

programmer in the Bank's newly formed Data Processing department, being one of the first six

persons appointed.

On the personal side, Colin and Beryl were married in the Methodist Church in the Sydney suburb of

Fairfield on 5 May 1962, and made their home in the suburb of Wentworthville in a house purchased

through the Bank's Officer's Homes Advances scheme. Graham David was born on 6 February 1963

and Russell Ian on 26 November 1965, both at Fairfield District Hospital. In 1970 the family moved to

a larger residence in the suburb of North Rocks, where Colin and Beryl still live. They became keen

caravanners, and since 1976 have taken every opportunity to explore Australia in that way.

Colin remained in the Bank's Data Processing department for the remainder of his career. He received

accelerated promotion as a programmer, systems analyst and project manager, then progressed to

senior management in the department. He regularly travelled overseas as part of his various projects

and for conferences, mainly to the USA, Canada and Europe but also to South Africa, Mexico and

Hong Kong. For several years he represented the Bank on the International Systems Working Group,

convening in the USA. He returned to England for the first time in 1979 and again in 1981, both times

on business trips. In 1990 he was appointed Assistant General Manager of the department,

responsible for all mainframe computer systems development in the Bank, in which position he

served until late 1992 when he accepted early retirement as part of a major restructuring of the Bank's

data processing facilities.

In retirement Colin and Beryl have continued to travel extensively, mainly within Australia but also

overseas to the United States and Canada, the British Isles, Europe, New Zealand and Alaska, and

Colin on his own to China, Indo-China, Japan and Thailand. Retirement enabled him to more closely

pursue his hobbies of photography and philately. He makes extensive use of personal computing both

as an adjunct to these and to keep mentally active, and regularly plays tennis and occasionally golf.

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Beryl Margaret Perry (nee Moad)Beryl Margaret Perry (nee Moad)Beryl Margaret Perry (nee Moad)Beryl Margaret Perry (nee Moad)

Beryl was born on 6 July, 1939, in the District

Hospital of the NSW country town of Blayney,

the elder daughter of Francis (Frank) and Daphne

Moad (nee Spicer). Both parents came from a

country background; the Moad family were

farmers who traced their ancestry to an emigrant

family from the Shetland Islands in the mid 19th

Century, while the Spicer family were

descendants of an English convict transported to

Australia for petty theft around the same time.

Frank had worked on country properties for most

of his life, while Daphne had been in service to a

country doctor who had later moved to Sydney.

While Frank was serving in the Australian Army in

remote areas of the country during World War II,

Beryl and her mother lived with her maternal grandparents in the town of Cessnock, on the Hunter

Valley coalfields. On his return from active service the family moved to Sydney, where they lived in

North Parramatta and then Fairfield. A sister, Susan, was born on 28 August 1949.

Beryl was educated at North Parramatta Infants School, Villawood Primary School, Fairfield Primary

School and Auburn Girls Home Science High School. On leaving school she worked as a claims

assessor with the Grand United Friendly Society, a job she would hold until her marriage. In her

leisure time she was very active in the Marching Girls sport, leading the local Fairfield Bluebirds

troupe. She had a good singing voice and was also very much involved in concert and revue groups,

and it was in this latter activity that she met Colin Perry, who would later become her husband.

On marriage Beryl was forced by company policy to give up her job, and she became a full time

housewife and mother. In later years, when their two sons were at high school, she undertook casual

child minding at home. In later years she accompanied Colin on some of his overseas trips.

Colin’s retirement enabled Beryl to more closely pursue her interests, mainly revolving around craft

and needlework of many kinds, including folk art and cross-stitch, and especially quilting.

Colin and Beryl have two children:

• Graham David Perry b. 1963

• Russell Ian Perry b. 1965

John Francis BolithoJohn Francis BolithoJohn Francis BolithoJohn Francis Bolitho

John was born in Greenwich, Greater London on 7 April 1939 to Gordon and Eileen Bolitho. He spent

much of his childhood in England while his parents were based in India, going to boarding school and

spending holidays with his aunt and uncle, Alexander and Annie Davidson, in West Kirby, Cheshire.

He married Dorothy Elaine Roberts on 24 February 1968 and they had one son, David Richard John

Bolitho, born 30 November of that year. They bought a house in West Kirby not far from his parents’

home.

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In later years his marriage with Elaine temporarily broke up and

John eventually moved to Jersey in the Channel Islands.

However in the late 1990s he moved back to West Kirby to be

with Elaine and David again. In 2005 he contracted gangrene in

both legs, resulting in their amputation.

Dorothy Elaine Bolitho (nee Roberts)Dorothy Elaine Bolitho (nee Roberts)Dorothy Elaine Bolitho (nee Roberts)Dorothy Elaine Bolitho (nee Roberts)

As yet no details are available for Elaine. A Dorothy E Roberts was born

in Wallasey, Cheshire in the first quarter of 1939 and it is likely that this

was the Dorothy Elaine in question. The mother's maiden name was

shown as Jones. (Reference Wallasey Volume 8a Page 815). However

several other Dorothy Roberts were born in the area around that time.

John and Elaine have one child:

• David Richard John Bolitho b. 1968

Graham David PerryGraham David PerryGraham David PerryGraham David Perry

Graham was born on 6 February 1963 at Fairfield District Hospital, Fairfield NSW. He was educated at

Ringrose Public School, Wentworthville, North Rocks Public School and James Ruse Agricultural High

School. The latter was a prestigious selective high school, attendance at which was by examination

and very much sought after for its academic record and at which the study of Agriculture was

compulsory. While there he excelled in his subjects, which included French and which involved a trip

to Noumea with his classmates to improve their language skills. He took part in several musical

productions which in the first few years were all-boy affairs until the school became co-educational, as

well as dramatic productions, and in his final year took the lead part of Curly in the production of

Oklahoma! He also played in the school’s Rugby Union teams. Away from school, he played Rugby

Union for the local Roselea club from the age of seven until well into his teams, at which time he

studied for and became a qualified Rugby referee, officiating at junior games in the Eastwood District

including a representative tour of Victoria, and running the sideline at Sydney grade games.

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Graham passed the Higher School Certificate

examinations with a high score and on leaving school

undertook a visit to Korea with a friend before settling

down to studies at Sydney’s Macquarie University,

assisted by a C V Clarke Scholarship from his father’s

employers, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. To earn

extra money he worked as a trolley boy and then casual

assistant at the local Coles supermarket. During his

university years he met Michele, who would later become

his wife. On graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree

with honours in Communications, Graham found

employment with the Sydney Caption Centre, with the

unusual and taxing job of adding captions for the deaf to

television programmes including the nightly news, a job

that made full use of his communications skills. However

his vocation had for some time been to the ministry.

He married Michele Joan Whitehouse on 10 December

1986 in the Baptist Church, Eastwood NSW, and shortly

afterwards commenced studies for the ministry with the

Uniting Church of Australia, during which time Michele

supported them as a schoolteacher, having also graduated from university with an Arts degree. The

studies took them for several months to Switzerland, following which they toured Europe and Britain

before returning to Australia. During those years they lived at Parramatta, North rocks and Ashfield in

Sydney.

Graham was ordained as a minister of the Uniting Church at a ceremony at the Castle Hill Uniting

Church on 11 December, 1991. He was inducted as a minister of the Uniting Church in the Sydney

suburb of Forestville on 7 February 1992, and he and Michele took up residence in the church’s manse

in that suburb. It was while living there that their daughter Lauren and son Michael were born. In 1999

Graham was called to the Uniting Church at nearby Balgowlah and they took up residence in a church

house at Balgowlah Heights. He became active in various committees of the broader church, including

the Uniting Church National Assembly and frequent interstate conferences, and in 2005 became

Chairperson of the Sydney North Presbytery (the regional council of the Church). He also joined up

with a choir, singing in monthly services at Wesley College, Sydney University.

Michele Joan Perry (nee Whitehouse)Michele Joan Perry (nee Whitehouse)Michele Joan Perry (nee Whitehouse)Michele Joan Perry (nee Whitehouse)

Michele was born on 26 July 1964 at Ryde Hospital, Eastwood

NSW, the daughter of Roy and Joan Whitehouse.

Michele received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Macquarie

University and became a primary school teacher for several years

before having a family. Later she studied for and received a

Diploma of Welfare Studies and Certificate in Human Resources

Management, achieving very high marks She resumed working

part time at the Sydney Institute of Technical & Further

Education (TAFE) College at Ultimo, a position that in later years

would become permanent. A highlight of her work was

involvement on a project exploring different facets of ‘e-

learning’, putting the resources of modern computer and mobile

phone technology to the advantage of students with disabilities

and their teachers. She and a colleague gave a presentation on

this at a conference in Hobart in 2006.

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Graham and Michele have two children:

• Lauren Esther Whitehouse Perry b. 1992

• Michael Julian Wells Perry b. 1996

RRRRussell Ian Perryussell Ian Perryussell Ian Perryussell Ian Perry

Russell Perry was born on 26 November 1965 at Fairfield District Hospital, the younger son of Colin

and Beryl Perry (nee Moad).

Russell was educated at North Rocks Public School and

James Ruse Agricultural High School, following his

brother Graham there. He was reasonably successful in

his subjects and passed the Higher School Certificate,

but was always a “hands” person by nature. While at

James Ruse he joined the School Cadets and like Graham

also took part in several of the musical productions.

Away from school, he played Rugby Union for the local

Roselea club from the age of seven until well into his

teens, at which time he studied for and became a

qualified Rugby referee.

After leaving school Russell studied Computing at the

Riverina College of Advanced Education, Wagga before

returning to Sydney. There he worked for the Australia

and New Zealand Bank, then followed his liking and

aptitude for technology with several jobs in the hi-fi and

car radio wholesale and retailing fields. Ultimately he joined a friend in the latter’s small business

manufacturing and installing computer-based performance enhancements in cars, where he remains

at time of writing.

Russell has not married and shares a flat with a friend in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.

David Richard John BolithoDavid Richard John BolithoDavid Richard John BolithoDavid Richard John Bolitho

David was born on 30 November 1968 in Wirral, Cheshire.

As yet he has not married.

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Lauren Esther Whitehouse PerryLauren Esther Whitehouse PerryLauren Esther Whitehouse PerryLauren Esther Whitehouse Perry

Lauren was born on 30 November 1992 at the King George V Hospital, Camperdown NSW.

She began her primary school education at Forestville Public School, a suburb in northern Sydney

where her father Graham had been appointed Minister of the Uniting Church there, and in 2000

switched to Balgowlah Heights Public School when the family moved to that suburb and Graham

became Minister of the Balgowlah Uniting Church. As well as engaging in many school activities she

consistently excelled academically. She became a competent public speaker, winning the Year 5

rosette for her speech, 'In the Attic'. In 2004, her final primary school year, she was elected joint

School Captain, involving many additional activities including public speaking and participating in the

inter-schools “Tournament of Minds”, and ended the year as dux of the school.

In 2005 Lauren started her high school education at

Mosman High, where she had been accepted into the

specialist Performing Arts programme. This involved extra

hours to her school curriculum, learning the theory and

practice of performing arts including participation in short

plays composed by the students as technical exercises, as

well as the school’s vocal ensemble. She passed her

examinations as dux of her year, a feat that she repeated

at the end of 2006.

At an early age Lauren began learning the piano and

singing in a choir, activities which she would continue

through her childhood years. She played keyboard in the

primary school Concert Band and gained high markings in

her piano examinations through the years. In 1999 she

joined the Sydney branch of the prestigious Australian

Girls Choir and over the following years progressed

through its various grades to reach the Performing Choir,

the highest ranking. She was chosen as choir leader of her

group in 2005 and 2006. Highlights of choir involvement over the years have included the Annual

Concert in the Concert hall of the Sydney Opera House, a marvellous experience, and in 2006, her

seventh year with the choir, her group was asked to sing in the Broadway Production of ‘The Boy

From Oz’ alongside Hugh Jackman at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

Michael Julian WellMichael Julian WellMichael Julian WellMichael Julian Wells Perrys Perrys Perrys Perry

Michael was born on 22 March 1996 at the King George V Hospital, Camperdown NSW.

He underwent his primary school education at Balgowlah Heights Public School, a suburb in northern

Sydney where her father Graham had been appointed Minister of the Uniting Church at Balgowlah.

He continued to show very good progress academically, and in later primary school years wrote some

good speeches and showed a distinctive flair for art. His highlight activities and interests have

included art classes, story writing and maths, as well as stamp collecting. At school he became a

Student Council representative and received various recognition awards for his schoolwork, and in

2006 received Distinctions in the state-wide Maths, Computer, English and Writing tests.

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Like his sister, Michael started taking piano lessons

from an early age and has performed well in his annual

examinations.

In 2003 Michael started playing Rugby in the Under 7’s,

in a modified version of the game that each year

embraced more of the rules, and showed great flair as a

winger, consistently scoring tries. He also learned to

swim and, later, to play tennis, at which last game he

rapidly became adept..

In 2009 Michael followed his sister Lauren to Mosman

High School, where he soon adapted to high school

life.

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THE LILLIAN PERRY LINE

Lillian PerryLillian PerryLillian PerryLillian Perry

Lillian or Lilian Perry (spelled with one 'l' in the Birth register) was born to Christian and Elizabeth

Perry between January and March 1880 in Liverpool, Lancashire (reference Volume 8b Page 109).

She appears as a family member in the Census of 1881,1891 and 1901. The 1901 Census showed

Lillian's occupation as dressmaker.

She married Joseph McIntyre in 1906 (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 545).

Nothing is presently known about Joseph McIntyre. Assuming he was a local when he was married in

West Derby, Liverpool, three possible Birth records are:

- Joseph McIntyre born third quarter 1870 (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 231.)

- Joseph McIntyre born second quarter 1876 (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 432.)

- Joseph McIntyre born fourth quarter 1880 (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 381.)

Joseph and Lillian McIntyre (nee Perry) had three children:

• Gordon McIntyre b. 1907

• Norman McIntyre b. 1913

• Phyllis Fortescue McIntyre b. 1919

Gordon McIntyreGordon McIntyreGordon McIntyreGordon McIntyre

Gordon McIntyre was born in the third quarter of 1907 (possibly 21 July), the eldest son of Joseph and

Lillian McIntyre (nee Perry) (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 365).

A Gordon McIntyre, born on 21 July 1907, is recorded as dying in the first quarter of 1987 in Liverpool,

England (reference Volume 36 Page 1342). This could possibly have been the Gordon McIntyre under

notice.

Norman McIntyreNorman McIntyreNorman McIntyreNorman McIntyre

Norman McIntyre was born in the fourth quarter of 1913, the second son of Joseph and Lillian

McIntyre (nee Perry) (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 430).

Phyllis Fortescue McIntyrePhyllis Fortescue McIntyrePhyllis Fortescue McIntyrePhyllis Fortescue McIntyre

Phyllis Fortescue McIntyre was born in the first quarter of 1919, the daughter of Joseph and Lillian

McIntyre (nee Perry) (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 334).

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THE FLORENCE HARRIETT PERRY LINE

Florence Harriet PerryFlorence Harriet PerryFlorence Harriet PerryFlorence Harriet Perry

Florence Harriet Perry was born the youngest daughter of Christian and Elizabeth Perry.

A Florence Harriet Perry appears in the BMD records for July-September 1884, registered at

Birkenhead Cheshire (reference Volume 8a Page 520). In the absence of any other birth record it is

presumed that this is the daughter of Christian and Elizabeth.

The 1891 census shows the family of Christian and Elizabeth Perry residing at 138 Marsh Lane,

presumably Bootle, Liverpool. Another daughter, Florence H, has appeared, age 6 and born in Higher

Tranmere, Cheshire. The 1901 census shows the family as still living at Marsh Lane. William's

occupation is now shown as hairdresser, and Lillian's as dressmaker.

Florence Harriet Perry married a William Bruce Meire between October & December 1910 in West

Derby, Lancashire (reference Volume 8b page 417).

As at 1918 they were living at 28 Lyra Road, Liverpool, and in 1930 at “Eastwood”, College Road,

North Blundellsands, an outer suburb of Liverpool.

William Bruce MeireWilliam Bruce MeireWilliam Bruce MeireWilliam Bruce Meire

William B Meire was born in the fourth quarter of 1887 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Wales

(reference Cardiff Volume 11a Page 358).

The Census of 1891 shows a William Meire, insurance agent age 39 and born in Ireland, and his wife

Frances S, aged 35 and born in Bristol, living at 70 Claylands Road, Lambeth, London. They have two

children: William B, age 3, and Gertrude B, age 2 months, both born in Cardiff.

The Census of 1901 shows a William Meire, a scholar aged 13 and born in Cardiff, boarding with the

family of William and Frances Patrick at 75 Crown Road, Greater Yarmouth, Norfolk.

William Bruce Meire married Florence Harriet Perry in the fourth quarter of 1910 in Liverpool, England

(reference West Derby Volume 8b Page 417).

William was a seaman and appears in the New York Passenger Lists many times, firstly as a ship’s

steward, then as a chief steward and finally as a purser. In December 1917 he was serving aboard the

Alfred Holt steamer SS Stentor, and in 1918 aboard the SS Agapenor. At the time his height was

shown as 5’8” and his weight 142lb. In July 1919 he was recorded as being aboard the SS Aquitania,

just after that vessel had been converted back to a liner after serving as a hospital and troop ship. A

curious fact is that on the various Lists his nationality was shown as Irish, although he was born in

Wales!

His name disappeared from the Lists until 1930, and probably he was serving on ships on other than

the New York run. On 9 May 1930, by now a chief steward, he sailed aboard the SS Aurania from

Liverpool to Quebec, Canada, where he was to continue on to Montreal to join the SS Lady Rodney

there. He was travelling on a British passport no. 36041, issued in Liverpool, and had $10 in Canadian

money in his possession! In 1931 he was aboard the SS Lady Somers, sailing from the British West

Indies.

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The name again disappears from the Lists until 1937, and from then until 1943 he was frequently

recorded as being aboard the French Chargeurs Reunis Line’s SS Belle Isle, sailing from Halifax and

other ports in Nova Scotia to New York. He had obviously put on a lot of weight, as it was recorded in

1938 as 225lbs! The ship took part in Greenland convoys in December 1942 and was sunk by aerial

bombardment in one of Toulon’s dry docks on November 24, 1943 and subsequently set on fire;

whether he was serving on her at the time is unknown. In 1943 he was aboard the Red Cross Line’s SS

Fort Townsend, then disappeared from the Lists again until 1946, again on the SS Fort Townsend.

Certainly the gaps in t he Lists would have meant he was on other runs during wartime, probably on

Transatlantic convoys.

He continued to sail aboard the SS Fort Townsend during 1946 and 1947, after which his name

disappeared from the Lists. At the age of 60, he probably had retired.

William Bruce and Florence Harriet Meire (nee Perry) had three children:

• Arnold Fortescue Meire b. 1911

• Leonard William Brice Meire b. 1914

• Mona Frances Vivian Meire b 1919

Arnold Fortescue MeireArnold Fortescue MeireArnold Fortescue MeireArnold Fortescue Meire

Arnold Fortescue Meire was born in either the fourth quarter of 1911 or the first quarter of 1912 in

Liverpool, England, the elder son of William Bruce and Florence Harriet Meire (nee Perry (reference

West Derby Vol. 8b Page 449).

A person of that name, born on 22 December 1911, died in Torbay, Devon in the third quarter of 2003

(reference A91A-422/1A-265). It is not certain whether this was the Arnold Fortescue under notice.

Leonard WilliLeonard WilliLeonard WilliLeonard William Bruce Meiream Bruce Meiream Bruce Meiream Bruce Meire

Leonard William Bruce Meire was born in the second quarter of 1914 in Liverpool, England, the second

son of William Bruce and Florence Harriet Meire (nee Perry (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 471).

He followed his father to sea, and the New York Passenger Lists show him entering that port on 9

August and again 6 September 1952 on the Cunard White Star liner SS Brittanica, on 16 December

1952 on the SS Ascania, and in July 1954 on the mv Georgia. He was an assistant ship’s barber, and his

vital statistics were shown as height 5’6” and weight 160lb.

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Mona Frances Vivian MeireMona Frances Vivian MeireMona Frances Vivian MeireMona Frances Vivian Meire

Mona Frances Vivian Meire was born in the first quarter of 1919 in Liverpool, England, the daughter of

William Bruce and Florence Harriet Meire (nee Perry (reference West Derby Vol. 8b Page 350).

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CLARA JANE PERRY’S LINEAGE

Clara Clara Clara Clara JaneJaneJaneJane PerryPerryPerryPerry

Clara Jane Perry was the second daughter of John and Phillis Perry.

No definitive Birth record can be found for Clara Perry. However the Ancestry.com site turned up a

reference to a Clara Jane Perry being born in Liverpool in the third quarter of 1859 (reference Volume

8b Page 97). Strangely, when the Register page was displayed the name could not be found.

As mentioned earlier under John Perry, the 1861 Census shows a John Parry and his wife Philis Emily,

age 31 and 30 and both born in Middlesex, living at 36 Leeds Street. With them is their daughter Clara

Jane, age 2 and born in Liverpool.

The next record of Clara Perry is in the census of 1871, when she was living at 1 Sackville St, Everton,

Liverpool. She and her brothers Christian and William Jno were boarding with Patrick and Sarah

Killen, her great uncle, great aunt and cousins. Her age was given as 11.

According to William Padgen Perry, she moved to Australia in 1879. There she married a Thomas

Bray, who was born at Clunes, Victoria on 1 September 1858, and she died in Haberfield NSW in 1948.

It is understood they had eleven children, of whom seven sons and two daughters survived childhood.

The 1901 Western Australia Census shows a Thomas and Clara Bray, miner and spinster, living at 434

Hopkins Street, Kalgoorlie/Boulder. The fact that Thomas was born in Clunes suggests he may have

been a miner, but the "spinster" appellation for Clara suggest this may not be the Thomas and Clara

under notice.

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It is known that Thomas Bray died on 13 September 1919 in

Sutherland, NSW, and the 1930 NSW Census shows a Clara Jane

Bray, occupation home duties, living in Oxford Street, Sutherland.

The 1936 Census shows a Clara Jane Bray at Clio Street,

Sutherland, together with a Myrtle Jane Esther Bray, occupation

home duties, who may have been related to Thomas. However to

cloud the issue the same Census shows a Clara Jane Bray,

occupation home duties, living at 122 Great North Road, Five

Dock, together with an Alice Maud and a Sydney Albert Bray. This

may just be coincidental, but that address is immediately adjacent

to Haberfield, where Clara Jane's death was recorded.

Charles BrayCharles BrayCharles BrayCharles Bray

Charles Bray was born in 1900, one of eleven children born to Thomas and Clara Jane Bray (nee Perry).

He married Mirium Grace Seiben in 1924 in Rockdale NSW and is known to have lived in Engadine

NSW.

Charles and Mirium had three children:

• Son No. 1

• Son No. 2

• Shirley Ida Bray b. 1927

More information is to come from Rhiannon Edmonds.

Shirley Ida BrayShirley Ida BrayShirley Ida BrayShirley Ida Bray

Shirley Bray was born in 1927, the daughter of Charles and Mirium

Bray.

She married Charles John (Jack) Edmonds in 1955 but they were

subsequently divorced in 1977. She worked as a nurse but, according

to Rhiannon Edmonds, was once offered the chance to go to Paris to

train as a pattern designer for David Jones.

Jack and Shirley Edmonds had four daughters and a son:

• Gail Patricia Edmonds b. 1953

• Carol Ann Edmonds b. 1955

• Pamela Edmonds b. 1957

• Susan Edmonds b. 1959

o John Charles Edmonds b. 1963

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The Edmonds Family, 1964.

(Left to right) Carol, John Gail,

Shirley, Sue, Jack, Pam and

Jack’s mother Mary.

Gail Patricia EdmondsGail Patricia EdmondsGail Patricia EdmondsGail Patricia Edmonds

Gail Patricia was born on 17 March 1953, the eldest daughter of Charles and Shirley Bray.

At some time she married a Mr MacDiarmid and they had a son, Thomas, around 1984. The marriage

appears to have broken up.

Carol Ann EdmondsCarol Ann EdmondsCarol Ann EdmondsCarol Ann Edmonds

Carol Ann was born on 11 August 1955, the second daughter of Charles and Shirley Bray.

She married Tony Lewis and they live in Sydney.

Tony and Carol Lewis (nee Edmonds) have two children:

• Megan Lewis b. 1983

• Kirsten Lewis b. 1985

Megan LewisMegan LewisMegan LewisMegan Lewis

Megan was born in 1983, the elder daughter of Tony and Carol Lewis (nee Edmonds).

She is a nurse, married with one daughter Sophia, born ca 2004. Her husband’s name is not known.

Sophia LewisSophia LewisSophia LewisSophia Lewis

Sophia was born ca 2004, the daughter of Megan Lewis and her husband, name unknown.

Kirsten LewisKirsten LewisKirsten LewisKirsten Lewis

Kirsten was born in 1985, the second daughter of Tony and Carol Lewis (nee Edmonds).

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Pamela EdmondsPamela EdmondsPamela EdmondsPamela Edmonds

Pamela was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1957, the third daughter of Charles and Shirley

Bray.

She married Angelo Camiletti and they went to live near Rome, Italy.

Angelo and Pamela Camiletti (nee Edmonds) have two children:

• Andrea Camiletti b. 1988

• Jennifer Camiletti b. 1990

Andrea CamilettiAndrea CamilettiAndrea CamilettiAndrea Camiletti

Andrea was born in 1988, the son of Angelo and Pamela Camiletti (nee Edmonds).

He lives with his parents near Rome, Italy.

Jennifer CamilettiJennifer CamilettiJennifer CamilettiJennifer Camiletti

Jennifer was born in 1990, the daughter of Angelo and Pamela Camiletti (nee Edmonds).

She lives with her parents near Rome, Italy.

Susan EdmondsSusan EdmondsSusan EdmondsSusan Edmonds

Susan was born on 24 June 1959, the fourth daughter of Charles and Shirley Bray.

She married Richard Cusamano.

Richard and Susan Cusamano (nee Edmonds) have two children:

• John Cusamano b. 1987

• Michael Cusamano b. 1990

John CusamanoJohn CusamanoJohn CusamanoJohn Cusamano

John was born in 1987, the elder son of Richard and Susan Cusamano (nee Edmonds.)

Michael CusamanoMichael CusamanoMichael CusamanoMichael Cusamano

Michael was born in 1990, the younger son of Richard and Susan Cusamano (nee Edmonds.)

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John Charles EdmondsJohn Charles EdmondsJohn Charles EdmondsJohn Charles Edmonds

John Charles was born on 10 August 1963, the youngest child and only son of Charles and Shirley

Edmonds.

He married Sallyann Groves.

John and Sallyann Edmonds (nee Groves) have twin daughters:

• Rhiannon b. 1993

• Hayley b. 1993

Rhiannon EdmondsRhiannon EdmondsRhiannon EdmondsRhiannon Edmonds

Rhiannon was born in 1993, the twin daughter of John and Sallyann Edmonds (nee Groves).

In 2009 she and her twin sister were attending North Sydney Girls High School.

Hayley EdmondsHayley EdmondsHayley EdmondsHayley Edmonds

Hayley was born in 1993, the twin daughter of John and Sallyann Edmonds (nee Groves).

In 2009 she and her twin sister were attending North Sydney Girls High School.

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RICHARD ALEXANDER PERRY’S LINEAGE

Richard AlexandeRichard AlexandeRichard AlexandeRichard Alexander Perryr Perryr Perryr Perry

Richard Alexander Perry was the third son of John and Phillis Perry.

A Richard Alexander Perry was recorded as being born in the second quarter of 1861 in Liverpool,

Lancashire (reference Volume 8b Page 109). Information from William Pagden Perry suggested he

was born in 1858, and indeed a Richard Perry was recorded as being born in the third quarter of that

year in Liverpool (reference Volume 8b Page 94). However the Clacy Family Tree records his date of

birth as 14 July 1862, although no other information is given about him and there no Birth record

could be found matching that date.

Given the conflicting information, the birth in 1858 is considered the more likely one, even though the

name Alexander is missing, and for the time being will be recorded as the true one.

In the 1860s Richard Alexander, accompanied by his parents and sister Lillian Emily, moved to

Australia and are believed to have settled in North Queensland. This appears to be confirmed by

searches of the Queensland Electoral Roles from 1903 to 1936, which show Richard Alexander and

possibly his father John having settled in the Ingham area.

At some point in time Richard married Christina Peebles, who was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland. No

record of the marriage has yet been found, but presumably it took place in Ingham, as the

Queensland Electoral Roles show a number of people by the name Peebles living in Ingham. Possibly

Christina emigrated to Australia with other members of her family. The LDS FamilySearch revealed a

Christina Peebles born on 1 February 1869 in Logie, Perthshire, Scotland to a William Peebles and

Martha Drummond. Given that prior to 1890 Logie was in Stirlingshire, and given that Richard

Alexander and Christina’s son James has Drummond as his second name, it is reasonable to assume

that this was the Christina Peebles in question.

Richard Alexander and Christina are believed to have had ten children:

• Jessica Perry

• May Perry

• Martha Perry b. 1887

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• John Perry b. 1889

• Phillis Perry b. 1895

• Richard Alexander Perry Jnr b. 1897

• Margaret Perry b. 1899

• James Drummond Perry b. 1902

• Arthur Edward Perry b. 1904

• Frank Perry b. 1907

There is some divergence here between the Family Trees from which this information has been

extracted. The Perry Family Tree compiled by Fiona Eileen Perry lists the first nine children, but not

Frank Perry, while the Clacy Family Tree compiled by Marissa Clacy lists only Frank. Both Trees give

Christina Peebles as the wife of Richard Fortescue Perry.

A search of the Queensland Government does indeed reveal the birth in 1907 of a Frank Perry, father’s

name Richard Alexander, mother’s name Christina Peebles (reference 1907/C1887). The 1930 and

1936 census further confirm Frank as their son.

The Queensland Electoral Roll 1903 for Herbert shows Richard Alexander Perry, a miner, and Christina

Perry, domestic duties, residing at Miles Street, Ingham. Also living in Miles Street are a Thomas and

Annie Peebles, quite possibly relatives of Christina’s; indeed, throughout the Electoral Rolls for

Ingham, many Peebles appear.

The Roll for 1913 for Herbert shows Richard Alexander and Christina Perry, farmer and domestic

duties, living at Cordelia. This is a township on the outskirts of Ingham in the heart of sugar cane

country, so presumably they became cane farmers. Also listed is John Perry, a farmer of Cordelia. This

would undoubtedly be their son John, who by then would be aged 24 and appearing for the first time,

as the voting age was then 21. For the record, Thomas and Annie Peebles are now listed as living at

Trebonne Creek, also part of Ingham and a sugar cane area.

The Roll for 1919 for Herbert once again shows Richard Alexander, Christina and John Perry living at

Cordelia. Also listed now is Phyllis Perry, living at Halifax. Cordelia and Halifax are virtually one and

the same localities, so this is likely to be Richard and Christina’s daughter Phillis, who by then would

be aged 24 and appearing for the first time.

The Roll for 1925 for Herbert once again shows Richard Alexander, Christina and Phyllis Perry living at

Halifax (Cordelia). John Perry’s address is now shown as Heatherdale Farm, Cordelia, so perhaps he

had by now bought his own property. Also listed is James Drummond Perry, an engineer of

Macknade. This would undoubtedly be their son, who by then would be aged 23 and appearing for the

first time. Several other Perrys are also listed: Robert Reginald, Catherine Stribley, Cecil Jacob, John,

Joseph and Margaret Forrest. Whether any of these were directly related remains unknown for the

time being. Richard Alexander and Christina did have a daughter Margaret, born in 1899, but whether

this was her remains unknown.

Also in 1925, the Roll for Lilley in Brisbane shows a Richard Alexander Perry Jnr, a carter, living at

Frazers Road, Gaythorne, Brisbane. Richard and Christina’s son Richard would by then have been

aged 28, and the fact that a person of that name appears on the 1930 Ingham Roll suggests that this

would be him

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The Roll for 1930 for Herbert shows Richard Alexander and Christina Perry living at Cordelia/Halifax

and John Perry at Heatherdene Farm. Also appearing are Arthur Edgar Perry and Frank Perry,

undoubtedly Richard and Christina’s sons, who by then would be aged 26 and 23 respectively and

appearing for the first time. Phyllis no longer appears and perhaps she has married or otherwise

moved away; nor does John Drummond Perry. However Richard Alexander Perry Jnr now appears,

listed as a waterside worker living at Lucinda Point, which is Ingham’s sugar port. None of the other

Perrys listed in 1925 appear.

The Roll for 1936 for Herbert no longer shows Richard Alexander Perry, so possible he passed away

between 1930 and 1936 – he would have been 72 in 1925. Christina, Arthur Edgar and Frank Perry are

still listed at Cordelia and Richard Alexander Perry Jnr at Lucinda Point. John Perry is still at

Heatherdene Farm, but also listed there is a May Perry, whose relationship is uncertain. Richard

Alexander and Christina Perry had a daughter May, whose date of birth was unknown, so it could be

her. There is also a Gladys Mildred Perry listed at Cordelia, who was the wife of Arthur Edgar Perry.

No further Electoral Rolls are presently available beyond 1936.

Map of the Ingham area, North

Queensland, showing Cordelia,

Halifax and Lucinda Point.

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THE JAMES DRUMMOND PERRY LINE

James Drummond Perry James Drummond Perry James Drummond Perry James Drummond Perry

James Drummond was born on 14 January 1902 in Ingham, Queensland, the son of Richard Alexander

and Christina Perry.

He lived with his parents and siblings in Cordelia, a township on the outskirts of Ingham in the heart of

sugar cane country, so presumably they were cane farmers. Frank was listed on the Queensland

Electoral Roll for Herbert in 1925, as an engineer of Macknade, and by then would be aged 23 and

appearing for the first time, as the voting age was then 21. Macknade was another locality of Ingham,

adjacent to Cordelia.

James married Josephine Therese Eileen Neilsen at some time between 1925 and 1936. She was born

on 23 June 1914 and died on 13 December 1947 in Mackay, Queensland.

The 1936 Roll for Herbert showed James Drummond Perry, fitter, and his wife Josephine living at

Savannah, near Mirani, a township along the Pioneer River west of Mackay.

He died on 26 August 1988.

James and Josephine Perry had one child:

• Ian James Perry b. 1938

Ian James PerryIan James PerryIan James PerryIan James Perry

Ian James was born on 22 January 1938 in Mackay, Queensland, the son of James Drummond and

Therese Perry. He died on 16 March 1996 in the Home Hill Hostel, Tenth Avenue, Home Hill,

Queensland.

He married a Miss Brown, first name unknown, and they had two children:

• Fiona Eileen Perry

• Second Child, Name Unknown

Fiona Eileen PerryFiona Eileen PerryFiona Eileen PerryFiona Eileen Perry

Fiona Eileen was the daughter of Ian James Perry and Miss Brown. She married a Gary Byrne.

Gary and Fiona Byrne had three children:

• Kezia Imogen Perry b. 1986

• Heath Callum B Perry b. 1988

• Imogen Eileen Perry b. 1989

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It is noted that the three children bear their mother’s name rather than their father’s. This could mean

that the marriage ended.

KeziaKeziaKeziaKezia Imogen PerryImogen PerryImogen PerryImogen Perry

Kezia Imogen Perry was born on 17 July 1986 in Townsville, Queensland, the daughter of Gary Byrne

and Fiona Eileen Perry.

Heath Callum Brett PerryHeath Callum Brett PerryHeath Callum Brett PerryHeath Callum Brett Perry

Heath Perry was born on 31 August 1988 in Townsville, Queensland, the son of Gary Byrne and Fiona

Eileen Perry.

Imogen Eileen PerryImogen Eileen PerryImogen Eileen PerryImogen Eileen Perry

Imogen Eileen Perry was born on 30 November 1989 in Townsville, Queensland, the daughter of Gary

Byrne and Fiona Eileen Perry.

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THE FRANK PERRY LINE

Frank PerryFrank PerryFrank PerryFrank Perry

Frank Perry was born on 9 March 1907, almost certainly in Ingham, Queensland, the fifth son of

Richard Alexandra and Christina Perry. As mentioned earlier, the Perry Family Tree compiled by Fiona

Eileen Perry does not list Frank Perry, while the Clacy Family Tree compiled by Marissa Clacy lists only

Frank. A search of the Queensland Government does indeed reveal the birth in 1907 of a Frank Perry,

father’s name Richard Alexander, mother’s name Christina Peebles (reference 1907/C1887).

Subsequent Electoral Roll entries clearly include him as their child.

He lived with his parents and siblings in Cordelia, a township on the outskirts of Ingham in the heart of

sugar cane country, so presumably they were cane farmers. Frank was listed on the Queensland

Electoral Roll for Herbert in 1930, as a farmer of Cordelia, and by then would be aged 24 and

appearing for the first time, as the voting age was then 21. He appeared again on the Roll for 19356.

Frank married a Hazel Bethune Spink, born on 29 April 1918, some time after 1936.

Frank and Hazel had one child, a daughter, name unknown.

Daughter Of Frank PerryDaughter Of Frank PerryDaughter Of Frank PerryDaughter Of Frank Perry

The daughter of Frank and Hazel Perry married a Mr Smith and they had one child:

• Gary Lawrence Smith b. 1974

Gary Lawrence SmithGary Lawrence SmithGary Lawrence SmithGary Lawrence Smith

Gary Lawrence Smith was born on 8 May 1974 in Ingham, Queensland.

He married Marissa Therese Helen Clacy and they had one child:

• Lane Dion Smith b. 1998

Lane Dion SmithLane Dion SmithLane Dion SmithLane Dion Smith

Lane Dion was born on 8 October 1998 in Townsville, Queensland, the son of Gary and Marissa Smith.

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OTHERS OF RICHARD ALEXANDER PERRY’S LINEAGE

Jessica PeJessica PeJessica PeJessica Perryrryrryrry

Jessica was the daughter of Richard Alexander and Christina Perry. As her birth date is not recorded

her position among her siblings cannot be determined. She would almost certainly have been born in

Ingham, Queensland.

Jessica married a Hugh Mackay and they had a daughter Rewa. No other details are known,

May PerryMay PerryMay PerryMay Perry

May was the daughter of Richard Alexander and Christina Perry. As her birth date is also not recorded

her position among her siblings cannot be determined. She would almost certainly have been born in

Ingham, Queensland.

May married a Don McDonald and they had two children:

• Janet McDonald

• Jessica McDonald

Janet McDonaldJanet McDonaldJanet McDonaldJanet McDonald

Janet was the elder daughter of Don and May McDonald. She married and had a son Ian, but the name

of her husband is not known.

Jessica McDonaldJessica McDonaldJessica McDonaldJessica McDonald

Jessica was the younger daughter of Don and May McDonald. It is not known if she married.

Martha Perry Martha Perry Martha Perry Martha Perry

Martha was born in 1887, almost certainly in Ingham, Queensland, the daughter of Richard Alexander

and Christina Perry.

She would have lived with her parents and siblings in Cordelia, a township on the outskirts of Ingham.

She was not listed on any Queensland Electoral Roll for Herbert, so possibly was married or left home.

John PerryJohn PerryJohn PerryJohn Perry

John was born in 1889, almost certainly in Ingham, Queensland, the eldest son of Richard Alexander

and Christina Perry.

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He lived with his parents and siblings in Cordelia, a township on the outskirts of Ingham. John was

listed on the Queensland Electoral Roll for Herbert in 1913, as a farmer of Cordelia, and by then would

be aged 24 and appearing for the first time, as the voting age was then 21.

On the Roll for 1925 for Herbert John Perry’s address is now shown as Heatherdale Farm, Cordelia, so

perhaps he had by now bought his own property. It was similarly listed in 1930 and 1936, but in the

latter year is also listed there a May Perry, whose relationship is uncertain. Richard Alexander and

Christina Perry had a daughter May, whose date of birth was unknown, but it is most unlikely to have

been her as she was said to have married a Don MacDonald.

No Electoral Rolls are presently available beyond 1936.

Phillis Perry Phillis Perry Phillis Perry Phillis Perry

Phillis was born in 1895, almost certainly in Ingham, Queensland, the daughter of Richard Alexander

and Christina Perry.

She lived with her parents and siblings in Cordelia, and was listed on the Queensland Electoral Roll for

Herbert in 1919 as living at Halifax (Cordelia and Halifax are virtually one and the same localities). She

would by then be aged 24 and appearing for the first time. She appeared again on the Roll for 1925,

but by 1930 her name had disappeared. Possibly by then she had married or moved away from

Ingham.

Richard Richard Richard Richard Alexander Alexander Alexander Alexander Perry Perry Perry Perry JnrJnrJnrJnr

Richard was born in 1897, almost certainly in Ingham, Queensland, the second son of Richard

Alexander and Christina Perry.

In his early years he would have lived with his parents and siblings in Cordelia, a township on the

outskirts of Ingham. However in 1925 the Queensland Electoral Roll for Lilley in Brisbane shows a

Richard Alexander Perry Jnr, a carter, living at Frazers Road, Gaythorne, Brisbane. Richard and

Christina’s son Richard would by then have been aged 28, and the fact that a person of that name

appeared on the 1930 Ingham Roll suggests that this would be him and that he had moved to

Brisbane.

Richard Alexander Perry Jnr appeared on the 1930 Electoral Roll for Ingham, listed as a waterside

worker living at Lucinda Point, which is Ingham’s sugar port, and appeared again in 1936.

No Electoral Rolls are presently available beyond 1936.

Margaret Perry Margaret Perry Margaret Perry Margaret Perry

Margaret was born in 1899, almost certainly in Ingham, Queensland, the daughter of Richard

Alexander and Christina Perry.

In her early years she would have lived with her parents and siblings in Cordelia, a township on the

outskirts of Ingham. The 1930 Electoral Roll for Herbert listed a Margaret Forrest Perry at Halifax,

which is adjacent to Cordelia. However this may or may not have been the Margaret under notice. She

would have been 21 at the time and thus appearing for the first time, but possibly she had already

married or moved away from Ingham.

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Arthur Edward Arthur Edward Arthur Edward Arthur Edward PerryPerryPerryPerry

Arthur Edward was born on 3 October 1904, almost certainly in Ingham, Queensland, the fourth son

of Richard Alexandra and Christina Perry.

He lived with his parents and siblings in Cordelia, a township on the outskirts of Ingham. Frank was

listed on the Queensland Electoral Roll for Herbert in 1930, as a farmer of Cordelia, and by then would

be aged 26 and appearing for the first time, as the voting age was then 21. He appeared again on the

Roll for 1936.

He married Gladys Mildred Matthews, some time after 1936. There is no record of children from the

marriage.

Arthur died on 15 May 1973.

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OTHERS OF JOHN PERRY’S LINEAGE

William Jno (JWilliam Jno (JWilliam Jno (JWilliam Jno (John) Perry ohn) Perry ohn) Perry ohn) Perry

William John Perry was the second son of John and Phillis Perry.

A William John Perry was born in the first quarter of 1856 in Liverpool (reference Volume 8b page 86).

This may or may not be the William Jno Perry under reference. To avoid confusion with Christian

Perry’s son the abbreviation Jno will be used instead of John.

The next record of William Jno Perry is in the census of 1871, when he was living at 1 Sackville St,

Everton, Liverpool. He and his brother Christian and sister Clara were boarding with the Killen family,

who were his great uncle, aunt and cousins. His age was shown as 15 and his occupation as "Railway”

(illegible).

According to William Padgen Perry, William John followed his parents out to Australia in 1879. He

married there, had no children and died there.

No other records have been found and more research is required

Phillis Emily PerryPhillis Emily PerryPhillis Emily PerryPhillis Emily Perry

Phillis Emily Perry was the elder daughter of John and Phillis Perry, and obviously took her mother’s

names.

According to William Padgen Perry Phillis Emily was born in 1857. However the only matching Birth

record is for a Phillis Emily Perry being born in Liverpool, Lancashire in the third quarter of 1854

(reference Liverpool Vol. 8b Page 104. It is possible that he was mistaken about the year.

In 1860 she accompanied her parents and two year old brother Richard Alexander to Australia. There

she eventually married a Mr T Lyons and they had a sugar plantation in North Queensland. They had a

large family, and while Lyons died before 1933 Phillis Emily was still alive then.

No specific Electoral Roll record of Phillis Emily or her husband could be found, as Queensland

Electoral Roll records are not available prior to 1903. By that year she would have been 46 to 49 years

old, so would already have had the large family referred to. As Ingham, North Queensland, seem to

have been the area that John Perry’s children headed for, the 1903 Roll for Herbert was scrutinised.

The most likely offspring in that area appears to be an Edward and Phillis Emily Lyons, who were

living in either Victoria, a locality of Ingham, or Herbert River, a remote locality north west of Ingham.

However if Edward were a son of Phillis Emily and Mr T Lyons, a wife with the same name and spelling

as her mother-in-law poses a puzzle. If she were a daughter of Phillis Emily and T Lyons, she must

have married a man with the same surname – perhaps a cousin? The 1913 Roll showed the same

couple now living in Macknade, a locality of Ingham and in area where other members of the Perry

family had settled (refer Richard Alexander Perry’s Lineage earlier.)

Other people by the name of Lyons located in that year’s Roll and living in the Herbert electorate

include Alice, Elizabeth, Mary and John, living in Ingham; Ellen, James, Francis and Nellie Mary, living

in Cairns; David, living in Herberton (Ingham); and others in Townsville, Chillagoe and Cooktown.

More research is required.

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John Edward PerryJohn Edward PerryJohn Edward PerryJohn Edward Perry

John Edward Perry was the youngest son of John and Phillis Perry

A John Edward Perry was recorded as being born in the third quarter of 1864 in Liverpool, Lancashire

(reference Volume 8b Page 123).

Information from other sources suggest he died in 1878 but no record of his death, or any other

records, has been found.

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PART THREE - THE JANE PERRY LINEAGE (1824-1901)

Jane PerryJane PerryJane PerryJane Perry

Jane was born ca 1824 in Deptford, Kent UK and apparently named for her mother.

She married James Gibson, a seaman and later master mariner, born in North Shields,

Northumberland in 1816, in the second quarter of 1843 in St George in the East, Middlesex (reference

Volume 2 Page 30). They had seven children, but only four survived childhood.

The 1851 Census showed Jane Perry living at 22 Little Bedford Road, North Shields, Northumberland.

Her age is given as 25, born in Middlesex London and occupation as seaman’s wife. Her husband is not

listed and was obviously away at sea. With her are her son William, age 7, a scholar born in North

Shields, and her daughter Rosanna, age 4 and born in Deptford.

The 1861 Census shows James and Jane living at 1 Addey Street, Deptford, so obviously the family

had moved south to Jane’s birthplace. James is described as a master mariner, age 45 and born in

North Shields. Jane’s age is given as 36 and born in Deptford. Their son William, now age 16 and a sail

maker, is still with them, and there is a daughter Lilian (presumably Elizabeth Lilian), age 10 weeks

and born in Deptford. A son, James, was supposedly born to them in 1852 but as he does not appear in

the Census it is assumed she died at birth or at an early age. Nor does their daughter Rosanna, who

would then have been 14, and it is believed she died in 1858 at the age of 11.

The 1871 Census shows a James and Jane Gibson living at 7 (illegible) Place, Dawdon, Co. Durham.

James is shown as age 55, occupation illegible but could be seaman, born in North Shields. Jane is

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shown as age 36 and born in Canterbury, Kent. They have three children: Elizabeth, age 10 and a

scholar; Mary Ann, age 8 and a scholar; and Catherine (illegible but probable) age 5. Elizabeth and

Mary Ann were shown as being born in Canterbury, Kent, and Catherine in Seaham Harbour, Co,

Durham. Jane’s age is obviously a mistake and should be 46. The birthplace of Canterbury is puzzling,

as Deptford is nowhere near Canterbury. A daughter, Jane, was supposedly born to them in 1862 but

as she does not appear in the Census it is also assumed she died at birth or at an early age.

It is assumed James Gibson died some time after 1871, as on 1 June 1879 Jane married Daniel Coster

at St George in the East, London.

The 1881 Census showed Daniel and Jane Coster living at 15 Stepney Causeway, Ratcliffe, Middlesex.

Daniel, age 59, is shown as an iron yard labourer born in Chalfont, Buckinghamshire. Jane is shown as

age 56 and born in Deptford, Kent. Also shown is George Coster, age 17, an office lad born in Ratcliffe

Middlesex and presumably the son of Daniel by a previous marriage; and Mary Gibson, a step-

daughter age 18, described as a domestic servant, born in Deptford, Kent. Mary is Jane’s daughter

from her previous marriage to James Gibson. Jane’s daughter Catherine no longer appears, as she

was then living with her uncle and aunt William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry...

The 1891 Census showed a Dennis and Jane Coster living at 31 Union Street, West Southwark,

apparently sharing the house with a widow, Emma Phillips, and her family. Dennis is described as age

67 and an engineer’s labourer born in Kent. Jane is described as age 66, “wife” and born in “ditto

Chalfont”. There is a step-daughter, Mary Gibson, age 27 and a dressmaker, shown as being born in

Kent. There are several discrepancies here with the 1881 Census, both in the names Daniel and

Dennis, the places of birth and the ages. Perhaps errors were made by the census taker, or perhaps

Daniel Coster had died and Jane and Mary had moved in with one of his relatives, perhaps a brother,

but been wrongly described as his wife. It remains a mystery.

Jane Coster (nee Perry) died on 12 June 1900 at 29 Harvey Road, Leytonstone, East London, aged 75.

Her daughter Elizabeth Gibson was present at her death. The cause was senile decay and possibly

cerebral apoplexy.

According to correspondent Colin Barker, who compiled the Barker Family Tree which embraces the

Gibson family, James and Jane Gibson had seven children:

• William Gibson b. 1844

• Rosanna Jane Gibson b. 1847

• James Gibson b. 1852

• Elizabeth Lilian Gibson b. 1861

• Jane Gibson b. 1862

• Mary Ann Gibson b. 1863

• Catherine Gibson b. 1866

William GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson

William Gibson was born on 6 September 1844 at 11 Sydney Street, Tynemouth, Northumberland

UK, the eldest son of James and Jane Gibson (nee Perry) (reference Tynemouth Vol. 24 Page 452.). He

was christened on the 10th September.

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He appeared in the Censuses for 1851 and 1861 with his parents in

North Shields, Northumberland and Dawdon, Co. Durham,

respectively.

In 1861 his occupation was shown as sail maker, but he was also known

to be a seaman. He married Harriet Elizabeth Daines on 27 Apr 1882 in

Stepney, London (reference Stepney Vol. 1e Page 853). She was born

in Beddingfield, Suffolk on 5 April 1859.

The 1891 Census saw Harriet living with her parents at 516 Commercial Road, Ratcliff, London. With

her were her two children: Violet, age 8, and William age 10 months. Obviously her husband was

away at sea.

The 1901 Census saw William and Harriet living at 39 Malvern Street, East Ham, Essex. He was

described as age 56 and a dock labourer. With them were six of their seven children: William, age 10;

Albert Arthur, age 8; Daisy Lilian, age 7; Frederick James, age 6; Stephen Mark, age 3; and Frank

Baden P, age 10 months.

The 1911 Census saw William and Harriet living at 5 Hadstock Villas, Dersingham Avenue, Manor

Park, London. Five of the children listed in 1901 were still with them, but Stephen had died in 1902.

Several nephews and nieces were also residing with them.

William Gibson died in West Ham UK in 1930 (reference West Ham Vol. 4a Page 177).

William and Harriet Gibson had seven children:

• Violet Eliza Jane Gibson b. 1883

• William Gibson b. 1890

• Albert Arthur Gibson b. 1892

• Daisy Lilian E Gibson b. 1893

• Frederick James Gibson b 1895

• Stephen Mark Gibson b. ca 1898

• Frank Baden Powell Gibson b. ca 1900

Rosanna Jane GibsonRosanna Jane GibsonRosanna Jane GibsonRosanna Jane Gibson

Rosanna Jane Gibson was born in Deptford, Kent in 1847, the eldest daughter of James and Jane

Gibson (nee Perry). No birth record can be found.

The 1851 Census shows her living with her parents in Deptford.

Rosanna is said to have died in 1858. The only matching Death Record shows a Rosanna Jane Gibson

dying in Easington, Co. Durham in the third quarter of that year (reference Easington Vol. 10a Page

175). As Easington is adjacent to Dawdon, where her parents were living in 1871, it is quite likely that

this was the Rosanna under notice.

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JameJameJameJames Gibsons Gibsons Gibsons Gibson

James Gibson is believed to have been born in 1852. However this is a common name and no specific

Birth or Death record can be found. The Barker Family Tree records him as being baptised on 7

September 1852. It is believed he died in infancy as he did not appear in a Census record with his

parents.

Elizabeth Lilian GibsonElizabeth Lilian GibsonElizabeth Lilian GibsonElizabeth Lilian Gibson

Elizabeth Lilian Gibson was born on 23 May 1861 at No. 1 Addey Street, Deptford, Kent UK, the

second daughter of James and Jane Gibson (nee Perry) (reference Greenwich Volume 1d Page 584).

She appeared with her parents in the 1861 and 1871 Censuses, living in Deptford and in Dawdon, Co.

Durham respectively

The 1881 Census shows her at age 20 working as a servant in the home of George and Sarah Clayton

at 94 Antill Road, Mile end, London.

The 1891 Census shows her at age 30 again working as a servant in the home of Kate Burrows and

family at 4 Harcourt Road, Deptford.

The 1901 Census shows her at age 40 living at 60 Wellesley Road, Leytonstone, London. With her is

her sister Mary Ann, who is shown as age 37 and a dressmaker.

The 1911 Census shows her and her sister Mary Ann as boarding house keepers at 58 Station Road,

Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. Two boarders and a visitor are listed. It is not certain as to whether they

owned or rented it.

According to William Pagden Perry Elizabeth never married and moved to Exmouth, where she lived

with her sister Catherine.

Jane GibsonJane GibsonJane GibsonJane Gibson

Jane Gibson was born in 1862 in Easington, Co. Durham (reference Vol. 10a Page 304). The Barker

Family Tree records her as being baptised on the 4 February 1863. It is believed she died in infancy as

she did not appear in a Census record with her parents.

Mary Ann GibsonMary Ann GibsonMary Ann GibsonMary Ann Gibson

Mary Ann Gibson was born in the second quarter of 1863 in Deptford, Kent UK, the fourth daughter of

James and Jane Gibson (nee Perry) (reference Greenwich Volume 1d Page 602).

She appeared with her parents in the 1871 Census, living in Dawdon, Co. Durham; with mother and

stepfather Daniel Coster in the 1881 Census, living in Ratcliffe, London; and with her mother and

stepfather in the 1891 Census, living in Southwark, London.

The 1901 Census shows her as living with her sister Elizabeth Lilian Gibson at 60 Wellesley Road,

Leytonstone, London. Her occupation is shown as dressmaker.

According to William Pagden Perry Mary Ann never married. She died in 1927.

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Catherine (Kate) GibsonCatherine (Kate) GibsonCatherine (Kate) GibsonCatherine (Kate) Gibson

Catherine Gibson is believed to have been born in 1866, and a Birth record shows a person of than

name being born in Easington, Co. Durham in the second quarter of that year (reference Easington

Vol. 10a Page 396). As Easington is part of Seaham and adjacent to Dawdon, where her parents were

living in 1871, it is highly probable that this was the Catherine under notice.

The 1871 Census shows Catherine living with her parents in Dawdon, Co. Durham.

The 1881 Census shows Catherine living with her uncle and aunt, William Fortescue and Elizabeth

Perry, at their home Horner Villa, Wallwood Road, Leyton Essex. Her birthplace was shown as

Seaham, Co. Durham.

The 1911 Census shows Catherine at the residence of William and Ellen Setten at 72 Victoria Road,

Exmouth, Devon, where she was listed as housekeeper.

According to William Pagden Perry Catherine never married and moved to Exmouth, where she lived

with her sister Elizabeth.

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THE GIBSON-MORLEY LINE

Violet Eliza Violet Eliza Violet Eliza Violet Eliza Jane Jane Jane Jane GibsonGibsonGibsonGibson

Violet Eliza was born on the 16 June 1883 in Stepney, London, England, the daughter of William and

Harriet Gibson.

She was married on the 10 May 1903 to Charles Morley at Little Ilford, London. Charles Morley was

born on 16 September 1884 at 5 Regency Square, Kennington, London, the son of John Morley and

Sarah Valler, and died in Kensington, London in 1945. He had been injured in 1940 when a bomb fell

near him and his health never recovered, contributing indirectly to his death.

The 1911 Census showed Charles and Violet living at 10 Dore Avenue, Manor Park, London. Charles’

occupation is given as warehouseman. Their four eldest children are living with them.

Violet Elizabeth died about 1973 on the Isle of Wight, England.

Charles and Violet Elizabeth Morley had five children:

• Violet Elizabeth S Morley b. 1903

• Charles William John Morley b. 1905

• Henry Stephen W Morley b. 1906

• Ivy Winifred Morley b. 1911

• Stanley Albert Frank Morley b. 1913

VioleVioleVioleViolet Elizabetht Elizabetht Elizabetht Elizabeth SSSS MorleyMorleyMorleyMorley

Violet Elizabeth Morley was born on 25 August 1903 in West Ham, London, England, the elder

daughter of Charles and Violet Morley. She died in 1984 on the Isle of Wight, England.

She married Cyril M Hart in 1925 in Romford, Essex England. There were apparently no recorded

children of the marriage.

Charles William John MorleyCharles William John MorleyCharles William John MorleyCharles William John Morley

Charles William Morley was born on 29 January 1905 at 377 Dersinghan Avenue, Manor Park, London,

England, the elder son of Charles and Violet Morley. He died on 26 November 1975 at King George

Hospital, Ilford, Essex, England.

He married Katherine Lily May Sellman but the date and place is unknown. She was born 21 January

1910 at Butcher Road, Canning Town, London, the daughter of Henry William Sellman and Alice

Maud Strutt, and died on 3 December 1972.

Charles and Katherine had two children:

• Bryan Charles Henry Morley b. 1930

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• Barbara Hazel Morley b. 1932

Bryan Charles Henry MorleyBryan Charles Henry MorleyBryan Charles Henry MorleyBryan Charles Henry Morley

Bryan was born on 2 March 1930 at 59 Patrick Road, Plaistow, Sussex, the son of Charles and

Katherine Morley.

He married Iris Myrtle Sowden on 10 July 1954 at Sts Peter & Paul Old Church, Dagenham, Essex, and

died on 18 February 1980.

Bryan and Iris had four children:

• Clive Alan Morley b. 1956

• Carol Lesley Morley b. 1959

• Catherine Morley b. 1963

• Christine Mary Morley b. 1965

Barbara Hazel MorleyBarbara Hazel MorleyBarbara Hazel MorleyBarbara Hazel Morley

Barbara was born on 2 December 1932, the daughter of Charles and Katherine Morley.

She married Donald Ralph Barker in July 1953 at Dagenham, Essex. Donald was born 3 January 1925

in Walthamstow, London, and who died on 28 March 1976 in Upney Hospital, Barking, London.

Donald and Barbara had two children:

• Colin Barker b. 1955

• Jacqueline Barker b. 1961

Colin BarkerColin BarkerColin BarkerColin Barker

Colin was born on 18 April 1955 at King George V Hospital, Ilford, Essex, the son of Donald and

Barbara Barker. He married Rose Lilian Trevilion on 12 November 1977 at Barking, Essex.

Jacqueline BarkerJacqueline BarkerJacqueline BarkerJacqueline Barker

Jacqueline was born on 31 October 1961 at Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex, the daughter of Donald and

Barbara Barker.

Henry SHenry SHenry SHenry Stephen tephen tephen tephen W W W W MorleyMorleyMorleyMorley

Henry Stephen (Harry) Morley was born on 17 April 1906 in West Ham, London ,the second son of

Charles and Violet Morley, and died on 1988 on the Isle of Wight. There is no record of him having

married.

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Ivy Winifred MorleyIvy Winifred MorleyIvy Winifred MorleyIvy Winifred Morley

Ivy Winifred Morley was born on 16 December 1911 in West Ham, London, England, the second

daughter of Charles and Violet Morley. She died in 2005 on the Isle of Wight, England.

She married a William Robertson, but nothing is recorded of the marriage or of any issue.

StStStStanley Albert Frank Morleyanley Albert Frank Morleyanley Albert Frank Morleyanley Albert Frank Morley

Stanley Albert Frank Morley was born on 25 July 1913 in East Ham, London ,the third son of Charles

and Violet Morley, and died on 12 October 2001 at Eastleigh, Hampshire, England.

He married Irene Vera Smith, who was born on 28 February 1915 in Ilford, Essex, England and died on

9 December 1970 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. There is no record of the marriage or of any issue.

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OTHERS OF THE GIBSON LINE

William GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson

William Gibson was born in 1890 in Stepney, London, the eldest son of William and Harriet Gibson.

No other details are known.

Albert Arthur GibsonAlbert Arthur GibsonAlbert Arthur GibsonAlbert Arthur Gibson

Albert Arthur Gibson was born in 1892 in Poplar, London, the second son of William and Harriet

Gibson.

He married Daisy Amelia Rix in 1913 in East Ham, Essex. Daisy was born in 1894 in Canning Town,

London. He died on 3 March 1963.

Albert and Daisy had four children:

• Arthur William Gibson b. 1914

• Daisy Gibson b. 1917

• Mona Vivien Gibson b. 1919

• Peter Gibson b. 1924

Arthur Arthur Arthur Arthur William William William William GibsonGibsonGibsonGibson

Arthur Gibson was born in 1914, the only son of Albert Arthur and Daisy Gibson, and died in 1939 in

Romford, Essex.

He married Gwen Wilde in 1935. She was born 4 October 1916 in Dartford, Kent and

died in 1987 in Harrow, Middlesex.

There is no record of a child from the marriage.

Daisy GibsonDaisy GibsonDaisy GibsonDaisy Gibson

Daisy Gibson was born ca 1917, the first daughter of Albert Arthur and Daisy Gibson.

She was married four times: to William Powell, Leslie Barnes, Harry (surname unknown) and Malcolm

Smith.

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Mona Vivien Gibson Mona Vivien Gibson Mona Vivien Gibson Mona Vivien Gibson

Mona Gibson was born in 1919 in East Ham, London, the second daughter of Albert Arthur and Daisy

Gordon.

She married Aubrey Delves.

Aubrey and Mona had three children, only one of them so far identified:

• Janet Barbara Delves b. 1943

Peter GibsonPeter GibsonPeter GibsonPeter Gibson

Peter Gibson was born in 1924, the second son of Albert Arthur and Daisy Gordon. He married Coral

(surname unknown).

Janet Barbara DelvesJanet Barbara DelvesJanet Barbara DelvesJanet Barbara Delves

Janet Barbara was born in 1943 in Southend on Sea, Essex, England, the daughter of Aubrey and

Mona Delves (nee Gibson).

She married Michael Monk, born about 1941 in Manor Park, London. They had at least one child,

Debbie.

Daisy LiDaisy LiDaisy LiDaisy Lilian lian lian lian E E E E GibsonGibsonGibsonGibson

Daisy Lilian Gibson was born in 1893 in Poplar, London, the second daughter of William and Harriet

Gibson. No other details are known.

Frederick James GibFrederick James GibFrederick James GibFrederick James Gibsonsonsonson

Frederick James Gibson was born in 1895 in East Ham, London, the third son of William and Harriet

Gibson.

He married Emily Reacord in 1921 in West Ham, London. Emily was born about 1895 in Canning

Town, London.

Frederick James and Emily Gibson had one child:

• Reginald Gibson

Reginald GibsonReginald GibsonReginald GibsonReginald Gibson

Reginald Gibson was born the only son of Frederick James and Emily Gibson. No other details are

known.

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Stephen Mark GibsonStephen Mark GibsonStephen Mark GibsonStephen Mark Gibson

Stephen Mark Gibson was born ca 1898 in Poplar, London, the fourth son of William and Harriet

Gibson, and died as a child in 1902 in West Ham, London. No other details are known.

Frank Baden Frank Baden Frank Baden Frank Baden PPPPowellowellowellowell GibsonGibsonGibsonGibson

Frank Baden P Gibson was born ca 1900 in East Ham, London, the fifth son of William and Harriet

Gibson. It is presumed the “P” stood for Powell.

He married Elizabeth Amelia Brown. She was born in 1900 in Manor Park, London and died on 26

December 1933 in Romford, Essex.

There is no record of a child from the marriage and no other details are known.

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PART FOUR - THE WILLIAM FORTESCUE PERRY LINEAGE

(1827-1909)

William Fortescue PerryWilliam Fortescue PerryWilliam Fortescue PerryWilliam Fortescue Perry

According to later Census reports William Fortescue Perry was born in 1827 in Rotherhithe, Surrey and

obviously named for his father and grandfather. No record of his birth has been found.

William married Elizabeth Ann Pagden in 1856 in Lambeth, Greater London (reference Volume 1d

Page 310).

The 1861 Census for Kennington, London shows an Elizabeth Perry, age 32, a mariner’s wife and born

in Brixton, residing at 18 Claylands Road. Listed are her daughter Elizabeth L, age 2 and born in

Kennington, and her son William P., age 2 months and born in Kennington. Also listed is a nephew,

Walter Manning, age 6 and born in Brixton, Surrey. The absence of her husband William, and his

occupation of mariner, suggest he would have been away at sea.

The 1871 Census for Brixton, London shows the two Perry children, Elizabeth L, age 12 and William P,

age 10 and both scholars born in Kennington, living with their grandmother Elizabeth Pagden. She is

age 58, the householder, a widow and a schoolmistress, born in Southwark. Of the children’s mother

and father there is no mention. The grandmother’s age of 58 gives her a year of birth of 1812 or 1813,

and as her daughter and the children’s mother Elizabeth was said to have been born in 1828, if the

dates are correct this would have made her a mother at the age of 15!

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The 1881 Census for Leytonstone, Essex, shows William and Elizabeth Perry, age 54 and 52 and born

in Rotherhithe, Surrey and Brixton respectively, living at Horner Villa, Wallwood Road. William’s

occupation was given as mariner. With them are their two children Elizabeth L, age 22, a governess,

and William P, age 20 and a clerk, both born in Kennington. However three more children, ascribed as

their sons and daughter, now appear: Frank, age 17 and a clerk; Stephen age 15 and a scholar; and

Amy J, age 13 and a scholar. All are shown as being born in Brixton. Also shown is a niece, Catherine

Gibson, age 14, scholar and born in Seaham, Durham. Catherine was the daughter of Jane Perry,

sister of William Fortescue Perry, and James Gibson.

The mystery now deepens, as the 1871 Census for Leytonstone, Essex, shows those latter three

children, aged 7, 5 and 3 respectively and born in Brixton, residing with a William and Elizabeth Perry

at 4 Sheathfield Street (?). The ages of William and Elizabeth are shown as 47 and 45 respectively,

meaning they were born in 1824-25 and 1826-27, which does not match with the years of birth of the

William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry under reference. In addition, while the occupation of William is

shown as master mariner, his name has later been crossed out, presumably by the Census taker. The

deletion could of course mean that he was at sea at the time and should not have been included on

the sheet in the first place.

Leaving aside the disparity in ages, the mystery remains. Assuming the William and Elizabeth Perry

are one and the same throughout the Censuses, why at some stage between 1861 and 1881 did their

two elder children live with their grandmother while they were living elsewhere and having three

more children, before being reunited by 1881?

The 1891 Census shows William and his daughter Amy Jane living at 85 Wallwood Road,

Leyton(stone). None of the other children are listed, nor is Elizabeth.

The 1901 Census shows William and daughter Amy having moved to 7 Madeira Terrace, Withycombe

Raleigh, Exmouth, Devon, where they are living on their own.

William Pagden Perry recalls:

“Our father, christened William Fortescue Perry, was sent at an early age to Greenwich Naval

school, where he won several prizes – some of which, including two chronometers and a sextant,

he was still using when he commanded the Ziba in 1876. He afterwards gave the chronometers

to Captain Walter Manning, my cousin. When my father left school he was apprenticed to

Captain Young. They became great friends and Captain Young was almost like a father to him for

many years. My father continued to sail with him for many years as second and then first mate.

He obtained his certificate as master mariner in 1854. He sailed for some years in the China seas

and most of the remaining time to Mauritius. At the latter place he contracted malaria, which

ultimately caused him to retire from the sea at the age of 55 in 1883. The last few years of his life

were spent at Exmouth, where he died in 1909.”

It should also be noted that Kennington, Brixton and Lambeth are all adjacent localities in South

London and for Birth, Marriage and Death records may be considered interchangeable.

William and Elizabeth had five children:

• Elizabeth Lillian Perry b. 1858

• William Pagden Perry b. 1861

• Frank Fortescue Perry b. 1863

• Stephen Edward Perry b. 1866

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• Amy Jane Perry b.1867

William Fortescue Perry died in Devon in the second quarter of 1909 (reference St Thomas Volume 5b

Page 22.)

Elizabeth Ann Perry (nee PaElizabeth Ann Perry (nee PaElizabeth Ann Perry (nee PaElizabeth Ann Perry (nee Pagdgdgdgden)en)en)en)

Elizabeth Ann Pagden is believed to have been born in 1828, the daughter of William Pagden and

Elizabeth Newland. No Birth record has been found. She married William Fortescue Perry in 1856 in

Lambeth, Greater London (reference Volume 1d Page 310).

Elizabeth Ann died in 1884. An Elizabeth Pagden is recorded as dying in the fourth quarter of that

year at West Ham, Essex (reference Vol. 4a Page 102) and this is most likely to be her.

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THE WILLIAM PAGDEN PERRY LINE

William William William William PagdenPagdenPagdenPagden PerryPerryPerryPerry

William Pagden Perry was born the second child and first son of William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry

in the second quarter of 1861 in Kennington, London (reference Lambeth Volume 1d Page 353).

He married Edith Fanny Griffin in 1884. A person by the name of Edith Alice Fanny Griffin was born in

the third quarter of 1862 in Islington, Greater London (reference Volume 1b Page 27), but this may or

may not be the Edith Fanny Perry under notice.

William Pagden and Edith Perry had three children:

• William Arthur b. 1885

• Edith Lillian b. 1890

• Dorothy Amy b. 1895

Some time before 1890 the family moved to Boston, Massachusetts USA. William Arthur was born in

London, but Edith Lillian and Dorothy Amy were born in Boston. At some time he and his family

returned to England.

The 1911 Census shows William Pagden and Edith Perry living at Woodfield Avenue, Penn Road,

Wolverhampton UK. With them is their daughter Dorothy Amy Perry, described as being at school.

William’s occupation is given as manufacturing electrical engineer, partner in Perry and Grinsell Ltd.

In December 1933 William wrote a copious document outlining his family history, a copy of which has

been made available to the writer. Unfortunately it is rather light on detail of himself and his own

family.

William Arthur PerryWilliam Arthur PerryWilliam Arthur PerryWilliam Arthur Perry

William Perry, the eldest child of William Pagden and Edith Fanny Perry, was born in the third quarter

of 1885 at West Ham, Greater London UK (reference Volume 4a Page 241).

William Arthur moved to Boston, Massachusetts USA with his family and spent his boyhood there. On

leaving technical school he entered the employment of the General Electric company and was soon

placed in a position of responsibility. It is probable that this was back in England, as at some point the

family returned there.

In 1907 he was sent out to Shanghai, China by the company. According to William Pagden Perry he

and his family were there for eleven years. Later he was a chief engineer at the docks in Ardrossan,

Scotland.

He married a Jessie Dickens in 1908, presumably in China but he may have returned to England for the

occasion.

William Arthur and Jessie Perry had three children:

• William Eric Perry b. 1910

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• Harold A Perry b. 1911

• Kathleen Lorna Perry b. 1915

Edith Lillian PerryEdith Lillian PerryEdith Lillian PerryEdith Lillian Perry

Edith Lillian Perry was the elder daughter of William Pagden and Edith Fanny Perry.

Some time before 1890 the family moved to Boston, Massachusetts USA, where Edith Lillian was

born in 1890.

Edith was brought up and educated in England by her Aunt, Elizabeth Lillian Perry, but whether this

was before the rest of the family returned to England is uncertain. After many educational successes

she obtained a double first B.A. degree at Cambridge and afterwards an M.A. degree. In her spare

time she served as Chief Examiner for London University.

She married Percy Algernon Vigors Earle in 1915, and they had a son:

• Brian Vigors b. 1922

Dorothy Amy PerryDorothy Amy PerryDorothy Amy PerryDorothy Amy Perry

Dorothy Amy Perry was the younger daughter of William Pagden and Edith Fanny Perry.

Some time before 1890 the family moved to Boston, Massachusetts USA, where she was born in

1895. At some point she and her parents returned to England.

The 1911 Census shows her as a schoolgirl residing with her parents at Woodfield Avenue, Penn Road,

Wolverhampton UK.

As of 1933 Dorothy remained unmarried and was the gymnastics mistress at Kendrick Girls High

School, Reading, England.

William Eric PerryWilliam Eric PerryWilliam Eric PerryWilliam Eric Perry

William Eric Perry was the elder son of William Arthur and Jessie Perry (nee Dickens). He was born in

1910, presumably in Shanghai, China.

After his family returned to England he became a chemist to the Shell Mex Oil Company.

Harold Arthur Dickens PerryHarold Arthur Dickens PerryHarold Arthur Dickens PerryHarold Arthur Dickens Perry

Harold Perry was the second son of William Arthur and Jessie Perry (nee Dickens). He was born in

1911, presumably in Shanghai, China.

After his family returned to England he became a chemist to the Nobel Explosives Company and

obtained a B.Sc degree in London.

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Kathleen Lorna PerryKathleen Lorna PerryKathleen Lorna PerryKathleen Lorna Perry

Kathleen was the daughter of William Arthur and Jessie Perry (nee Dickens). She was born in 1910,

presumably in Shanghai, China.

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THE STEPHEN EDWARD PERRY LINE

Stephen Edward PerryStephen Edward PerryStephen Edward PerryStephen Edward Perry

Stephen Edward Perry was born the third son of William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry in the first

quarter of 1866 in Brixton, London (reference Lambeth Volume 1d Page 448). As a boy he joined the

Bank of England and served there throughout his working life. While there he authored two essays

which won the annual prize offered by the Bankers’ Institute. He was also partly instrumental in

bringing the fraudulent Secretary of the Bank to book.

In the first quarter of 1891 he married Lillian Mary Smith, age about 23 and born in Kennington

(reference Lambeth Volume 1d Page 561.)

The 1891 census showed Stephen Edward and Lillian Mary living with Stephen’s sister Elizabeth

Lillian Perry at Elson House, 60 Wallwood Road, Walthamstowe, London. Stephen is described as a

bank clerk.

The 1901 Census shows Stephen and Lillian living at an illegible address in Lambeth. He is now

described as a clerk with the Bank of England, and they have a servant, Ellen Okill age 24. Strangely it

does not show either of their two children.

The 1911 Census shows Stephen and Lillian living at 28 Beckwith Road, Herne Hill, London. Both

daughters are living with them and are listed as students.

Stephen later married a Rosa Florence Moss in the fourth quarter of 1924 (reference West Ham

Volume 4a Page 910. Rosa Florence Moss was born in Shoreditch, London, in the first quarter of 1866

(reference Shoreditch Volume 1c Page 202).

He died suddenly in 1926.

Stephen and Lillian had two children:

• Marion Amy b. 1892

• Doris Lillian b. 1897

Marion Amy PerryMarion Amy PerryMarion Amy PerryMarion Amy Perry

Marion Amy Perry, elder daughter of Stephen Edward and Lillian Mary Perry, was born in the first

quarter of 1893 at Camberwell, Greater London UK (reference Volume 1d Page 939).

The 1911 Census shows her as a student living with her parents at 28 Beckwith Road, Herne Hill,

London.

She married a George H Hawkes in the second quarter of 1924 at Camberwell, Greater London

(reference Volume 1b Page 56). George Hawkes was a Canadian and a distant relative who emigrated

to the United Kingdom, arriving in London on 14 July 1920. He arrived on the SS Scotian and was

described on the Passenger List as a firemen age 32, which would have seen him born ca 188. His

London address was given as Stella House, College Road, Dulwich (reference UK Incoming Passenger

Lists.)

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George and Marion Hawkes had one child:

• Joan Marion b. 1926

Joan Marion HawkesJoan Marion HawkesJoan Marion HawkesJoan Marion Hawkes

Joan Marion was born in 1926, the daughter of George and Marion Amy Hawkes (nee Perry).

Doris Lillian PerryDoris Lillian PerryDoris Lillian PerryDoris Lillian Perry

Doris Lillian, younger daughter of Stephen Edward and Lillian Mary Perry, was born on 31 May 1897 at

Lambeth, Greater London UK (reference Volume 1d Page 939). She was christened at St John the

Baptist Church, Leytonstone, Essex, on 5 August of that year.

The 1911 Census shows her as a student living with her parents at 28 Beckwith Road, Herne Hill,

London.

As of 1933 Doris had not yet married.

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OTHERS OF WILLIAM FORTESCUE PERRY’S LINE

Elizabeth Lillian PerryElizabeth Lillian PerryElizabeth Lillian PerryElizabeth Lillian Perry

Elizabeth Lillian Perry was born the daughter and first child of William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry

in the fourth quarter of 1858 in Kennington, London (reference Lambeth Volume 1d Page 351). The

Birth entry shows Lillian spelled with only a singe ‘l’.

As mentioned earlier under her parents, the 1861 and 1881 Census show Elizabeth Lillian living with

her parents, while the 1871 Census showed her and her brother William Pagden living with her

grandmother. By 1881 her occupation is shown as governess.

Coincidentally, another entry in the 1881 Census shows an Elizabeth Perry, age 24 and born in

Lambeth, lodging as a governess with the family of James and Jane Greenland at 22 Woodchester

Street, Paddington. For it to be the same Elizabeth Perry would mean being counted at two different

addresses in the Census, which is not impossible.

The 1891 Census shows Elizabeth L Perry, age 32 and born in Kennington, as head of the household at

Elson House, Wallwood Road, Walthamstowe, London, which is further described as a School For

Girls. She is described as a trained high school teacher, which would not be inconsistent with the

earlier occupation of governess. A Sarah A Roberts, age 41 and described as a partner and trained

drawing teacher, appears. Also shown are Lillian M Perry, sister in law age 23 and born in Kennington;

and Stephen E Perry, brother age 25, a bank clerk born in Brixton.

The 1901 Census showed her still at the same address, living with Sarah Roberts and several other

teachers and servants.

William Pagden Perry recalls:

“My sister Elizabeth Lilian Perry did not marry after our mother’s death in 1884. She returned

home from Gravesend, where she had been teaching in a large school, and for a time managed

the household at Elson House for our father. Very soon however, in partnership with Miss S A

Roberts, she started a school there which grew rapidly in numbers and high reputation. All this

time she was periodically to undergo dangerous and painful operations and it is impossible to

think too highly of her courage and high teaching qualifications. In 1911 the Essex County

Council took over Elson House School and appointed my sister the first headmistress, erecting a

fine building to house the County High School. She retired in 1923 and was given a great

farewell at Leyton Town Hall from the Council, the teaching staff and the schoolgirls. The

Following was the Board of Education report:

“The late headmistress retired in 1923. She had given the school a long devoted and valuable

service since its small beginnings until she left it well-established in many good traditions.”

My sister died on 25 May,1933, loved by all who knew her. The following is an extract from one

of the articles which appeared in a London newspaper:

“Miss Perry has been one of the outstanding figures in the life of the North east district of London

for nearly half a century up to the time of her removal to Dulwich four years ago. It falls to the lot

of few women to earn this respect and admiration of generation after generation as had Miss

Perry, the much loved former headmistress of Elson House school for many years and the first

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headmistress of Leyton County High School for Girls. Notwithstanding her kindly personality, few

children thought to try and impose upon her, her rules were laws in her schools and an interview

with her following the breaking of one of them was as great a concern to the offending child as it

was rare in its happening. It may truly be said of Miss Perry that she was loved by all who knew

her and her passing will be deeply mourned.””

The following has been extracted from the British History Online website:

Elson House girls high school in Wallwood Road, founded in 1884 as a private school, was placed in

1905 under a representative board of management, and recognized by the board of education as a

secondary school. County scholarships were tenable at the school. In 1905 there were 180 pupils, 2.8

per cent of them from public elementary schools. In 1909–10 the school was taken over by the

county to be amalgamated with the new girls’ high school which opened in 1911. Elson House

preparatory department continued as a private school until 1967, when it was compulsorily closed.

Leyton high school for girls, Colworth Road, opened in 1911, with the girls from the two mixed high

schools, and from Elson House. The first headmistress was the founder of Elson House. The redbrick

building, in a 17th-century domestic style, was designed by W. Jacques. A new wing was opened in

1932, and in 1933 a swimming bath for which the school itself raised the money. Further extensions

were completed in 1957.

From: 'Leyton: Education and Charities', A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 233-

240.

Elizabeth Lillian Perry died on 25 May 1933 (reference Lambeth Volume 1d Page 301)..

Frank Fortescue PerryFrank Fortescue PerryFrank Fortescue PerryFrank Fortescue Perry

Frank Fortescue Perry was born the second son of William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry in the second

quarter of 1863 in Brixton, London (reference Lambeth Volume 1d Page 411).

He emigrated to the USA in 1880 and married Lilla Moore in 1890 in Revere, Massachusetts. They had

no children, but brought up her children by her former marriage. They started married life on a farm at

South Hampton, New Hampshire, but Frank soon took an active interest in the affairs of Amesbury,

Massachusetts. During the later years of his life it was said that he was the leading citizen of that

town. He initiated and organised the local boy scouts and the Chamber of Commerce, and was editor

of more than one newspaper there. Through his zeal for the town he went back to work too soon after

a severe operation and this caused a relapse and his death in 1929. He was given a public funeral and

the whole town mourned him.

The following is an extract about Amesbury taken from Wikipedia:

Settled in 1642, Amesbury was first recognized as "Salisbury New Town" in 1666 when it formally

separated from Salisbury. It was incorporated as "Amesbury" in 1668, after Amesbury in

Wiltshire, England.

Originally the boundary between Amesbury and Salisbury was the Powwow River. In 1876

Merrimac was created out of West Amesbury. In 1886 West Salisbury was annexed to Amesbury

so the mill area on the Powwow River was unified.

Beginning as a modest farming community, it would develop an aggressive maritime and

industrial economy. The 90 foot drop in the falls of the Powwow River provided water power for

sawmills and gristmills. Shipbuilding, shipping and fishing were also important. The ferry across

the Merrimack River to Newburyport was a lively business until the construction of bridges to Deer

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Island. Newton, New Hampshire would be set off from Amesbury in 1741, when the border

between the two colonies was adjusted.

In the 19th century, textile mills were built at

the falls, as was a mechanized nail-making

factory, believed to be the nation's first. The

Merrimac Hat Company produced more hats

than any of its competitors. Beginning in 1853,

Amesbury became famous for building

carriages, a trade which would evolve into the

manufacture of automobile bodies. The

industry, however, would end with the Great

Depression. Amesbury also produced Hoyt's

Buffalo Brand Peanut Butter Kisses. In 1876,

the town of Merrimac was set off from

Amesbury. In 1996, the town changed its status to a city, and adopted the mayor and municipal

council form of government, although it retained

the title "Town of Amesbury."

Map showing

Amesbury Massachusetts.

Amy Jane PerryAmy Jane PerryAmy Jane PerryAmy Jane Perry

Amy Jane Perry was born the youngest daughter of William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry in the third

quarter of 1867 in Brixton, London (reference Lambeth Volume 1d Page 445).

Reference should be made to the details of William Fortescue and Elizabeth Perry earlier over some

confusion as to where Amy Jane and her siblings were living in 1871 and 1881.

The 1891 Census shows Amy Jane living with her father William at 85 Wallwood Road, Leyton(stone).

None of her siblings are listed, nor is her mother Elizabeth.

The 1901 Census Amy Jane and her father having moved to 7 Madeira Terrace, Withycombe Raleigh,

Exmouth, Devon, where they are living on their own.

She then emigrated to Australia, where she married William Leonard Haughton in Tasmania in 1904.

He died in 1905 and she then married James Matheson in 1908. At some later date she, her husband

and son moved to Natal, South Africa.

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James and Amy Matheson had one child:

• James Stephen Matheson b. 1909

James SJames SJames SJames Stephentephentephentephen MathesonMathesonMathesonMatheson

James was born in 1909, the only son of James and Amy Matheson, nee Perry.

Some time later he moved with his family to Natal, South Africa, where he completed his

apprenticeship and was employed by a large printing firm.

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PART FIVE – FROM 1066 AND ALL THAT!

As mentioned at the beginning of this work, the blood line of the Perry family can be traced, through

the Fortescue lineage, to the time of William the Conqueror. With assistance from the Internet, in

particular the website www.fortescue.org, and other Family Trees on Ancestry.com, the lineage has

been pieced together and is detailed over following pages. There are bound to be some inaccuracies,

as dates varied depending on where one found the information, and in some cases the names of

spouses were either missing or had variations in spelling. None the less, the complete lineage can be

traced intact through to Hugh Fortescue, the father of William Perry, and indeed beyond there to

modern times. However I have chosen to end it with Hugh.

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Sir Richard Le ForteSir Richard Le ForteSir Richard Le ForteSir Richard Le Forte

As shown in the above extract from Collins Peerage of England, the line began with Sir Richard Le Fort

of Normandy, born in 1016 in Contentin, Normandy, France. A contemporary of William the

Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, he was a very strong Norman knight and a cupbearer to William

when he landed in England in 1066. Richard fought at the Battle of Hastings and the legend is that he

saved William from blows in battle by use of his shield. He was thenceforth known as Richard le Fort-

Escu or Richard of the Strong Shield. He returned to France to found the French Fortescu Branch. His

son Adam, who also fought at the Battle of Hastings, settled in South Devon near present day

Modbury. All English Fortescues are descended from him.

Taking Sir Richard Le Forte as being the first generation, the following notes pertain to each

succeeding generation of the family. Not all of the generations are notated, as information was not

always readily available. The notes are supported by tree charts showing the line of descent.

FIFTH GENERATION

Sir John FORTESCUE of Wimpstone.

Sir John Fortescue was born in Whymstone or Wimpstone in Devon in 1180. This had been the family

seat since Sir Richard’s son Adam Fortescue had settled there following the Battle of Hastings. He

obtained a charter from King John in 1209, granting him lands at Wymmondston (Wimpstone) near

modern day Modbury, South Devon, a little east of Plymouth. The estate there remained in the

Fortescue family until the time of Queen Elizabeth, who reigned from 1558 to 1603. The name of his

wife remains unknown, but they had at least one son, Richard, born 1206.

NINTH GENERATION

Adam FORTESCUE

Adam was born in 1287 at the family seat at Whymstone (Wimpstone) in Devon, and died in 1342. He

married Anna De La Port (literally Anna of the Port) about 1304 at the family home. She was born in

1288 at Old Port, Devon, and died about 1320. It is presumed that Old Port referred to the modern

town of Bideford. Adam and Anna had three children: William, born 1304 and the eldest son, Nicholas

and Richard.

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TENTH GENERATION

William FORTESCUE

As mentioned above, William was born in 1304 at Whymstone and died in 1375. He is said to have

inherited his mother’s estate of Oldport, presumably an estate at Bideford. He married Alice de

Stretchleigh, who was born in 1320. They had at least one son, William.

ELEVENTH GENERATION

William FORTESCUE of Wimpstone

Born about 1345 at Wimpstone, Modbury, Devon, he was still living there in 1410. By then William

had estates in Wimpstone, Holberton, Strechleigh, Forsan, Cokesland, Broke, Donstan, Tamerton,

Smytheston, Wimpell, Thurveton, and Estecot, all thought to be in South Devon. He also had the

manor of Ryme in Dorset.

He was married to Elizabeth Beauchamp, the daughter of John Beauchamp of Ryme, Dorsetshire and

Margaret Whalesburgh, in 1375. Elizabeth was born in 1349 and died in 1406. They had two children:

John, born in 1396, and William, born in 1385 and who died in 1420. Although William was the elder

son, he predeceased his father and thus John became the heir to the estates.

TWELFTH GENERATION

Sir John FORTESCUE of Meaux

Born in 1380, he was a Governor of Meaux in France in 1420. Sir John of Meaux served in the French

Wars under Henry V and was present at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He was made captain of

Meaux when it was taken in 1422, and Governor of the province of La Brie. He returned to England

before 1431 and appears to have had a residence at Shepham, Devon. Records indicate, however, that

he died in Meaux.

He married Eleanor Joan Norreis (or Norreys) in the parish of North Huish, and acquired the estate of

Norreis via his wife. She was born in 1397 in Norreys, Devon. Exactly where that was is uncertain. He

had manors at Overcomb, Efford and Alsford in the parish of Holboughton or Holberton. ( This was

probably Halberton, a little north of Exeter). In 1429 there is a reference to a grant by him to John

Longford. He left his estate in Hertfordshire to his son Richard.

Sir John and Lady Eleanor had four children: John, Henry, Joan and Richard.

THIRTEENTH GENERATION

Sir John FORTESCUE of Ebrington, Gloucestershire

Sir John was born in 1412, probably at the family estate at Norreis, and died about 1502, when he was

buried in Ebrington Chapel. Ebrington is a village situated between Cheltenham and Stratford-Upon-

Avon , and it is not clear how he became associated with it. In all probability it was one of the estates

he had inherited or acquired during his lifetime. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, like his brother Henry.

He became Lord Chief Justice of England, and Lord Chancellor to Henry VI. His branch led to the

North Devon Fortescues of Filleigh and Castle Hill etc.

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The ancient church of St Eadburgha features many monuments to the family including one to Sir John

Fortescue in his robes as Lord Chief Justice.

He was married to Isabella Jamys, the daughter of John Jamys of Philips-Norton, Somerset. She was

born in Philips-Norton and died in Ebrington. They had three children: Martin, born 1434; Elizabeth;

and Maude, born 1438.

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THIRTEENTH GENERATION (Continued)

Sir John became a major figure in England’s history at the time, and this extract from Chamber's

Encyclopaedia, published 1969, is of interest:

Sir John C.1394 - 1480 educated at Exeter College, Oxford, and called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn was in

1441 made Sergeant-at-law, and in the following year Lord Chief Justice of the Court of the King's

Bench. In the struggle between houses of York and Lancaster he steadily adhered to the latter and was

attainted by the Parliament under Edward IV. He accompanied Margaret of Anjou and her young son,

Prince Edward on their flight to Scotland and therefore is supposed to been appointed Lord Chancellor

by Henry VI. In 1463 he embarked with the Queen and her son for Holland. During his exile he wrote his

celebrated work, De Laudibus Legum Angliae, for the instruction of Prince Edward who was his pupil.

But on the final defeat of the Lancastrian party at the battle of Tewkesbury, 1471, where he is have

been taken prisoner, Fortescue submitted to Edward IV. The De Laudibus Legum Angliae was not

printed till the reign of Henry VIII; another valuable work by Fortescue is the Governance of England;

otherwise called the Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy

FOURTEENTH GENERATION

Sir Martin FORTESCUE of Filleigh

Sir Martin was born in 1434 in Ebrington, Gloucestershire, and died on 12 Nov 1472 in Buckland

Filleigh, Devon. He married Elizabeth Denzille (or Deynsell) on 10 September 1454. She had

possessions in North Devon, being the heiress of Richard Denzille of Filleigh, Wear Gifford and

Buckland Filleigh. She also had Landsend in Colebrook, North Devon, and in Combe in Holberton and

Tamerton on the Tamar, both in South Devon. Elizabeth was born in Wear-Gifford, Devon, and died

in Buckland-Filleigh.

Sir Martin lived on his wife's estates at Filleigh, the present Castle Hill, and was the first Fortescue to

settle in North Devon. Elizabeth survived Martin, and later married Sir Richard Pomeroy.

Sir Martin and Elizabeth had two children: John, born 1460, and William, born 1465.

FIFTEENTH GENERATION

John FORTESCUE of Wear Gifford

John was born in 1460 in Buckland Filleigh and died on 2 Jun 1503. John, only 12 when his father died,

succeeded to his mother's estates at Wear-Gifford in Holberton, South Devon. Wear Gifford is some

four miles south of Bideford.

He married Jacquet (Jacoba) St Leger in 1480. Jacquet was born in 1462,the daughter of Ralph St

Leger, of Amony, in Monksfield, and Anne Maunse, and died about 1503. They had three children:

George, born 1484, Bartholomew, born 1846, and Anne.

SIXTEENTH GENERATION

Bartholomew FORTESCUE of Filleigh

Bartholomew was born in 1486 in Buckland Filleigh and died there on 12 September 1557. Although

he was younger than his brother George, the latter probably died early without issue as Bartholomew

became heir to the estates.

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In 1515 he married Ellen Moore in Mt Drake, Devon. She was born in 1490 in Moorhayes, Cullompton,

Devon, the daughter of Maurice Moore and Agnes Pollard. They had eight children, six daughters and

two sons, of whom the elder was Richard, born in 1517.

SEVENTEENTH GENERATION

Richard FORTESCUE of Filleigh

Richard was born in 1517 and died on 30th June 1570 at Buckland Filleigh, where he was buried at the

church in Filleigh; a brass in the church is to his memory. Richard inherited the estates at Wear-

Gifford, Combe, and elsewhere.

He married Joan Moreton, born in Kent, and they had four children: Hugh, born 1544, Elizabeth,

George and Mary.

EIGHTEENTH GENERATION

Hugh FORTESCUE of Wear-Gifford

Hugh was born in 1544 at Wear-Gifford and died there on 1 August 1600. He was buried on 2 August

and he and his wife Elizabeth have a monument in their memory in Wear-Gifford church, erected by

their grandson Hugh, who did likewise for his own parents John and Mary.

Hugh married Elizabeth Chichester in 1566 in Pilton Raleigh Manor, near Pilton, Devon. She was born

on 25 May 1545 in Raleigh, the daughter of John Chichester, and died on 7 May 1630 in Wear-Gifford.

They had five daughters and two sons, the elder of the latter being John, born in 1575.

NINETEENTH GENERATION

John FORTESCUE of Filleigh

John was born in 1575 in Wear-Gifford and died there on 29 March 1605, being buried on 5 April.

He married Mary Speccot about 1588, the daughter of Humphrey Speccot of Thornbury, a village near

Buckland Filleigh. Mary was supposedly born about 1575 in Malston, Devon, but this must be wrong

as she would only have been ten years old when she supposedly bore her first child in 1585! She died

on 11 April 1637 in Wear-Gifford and was buried there.

John and Mary had three children: Hugh, supposedly born 1585; Dorothy, born 1589; and Elizabeth,

born 1593.

TWENTIETH GENERATION

Hugh FORTESCUE of Wear-Gifford

Hugh was born at Castle Hill, Filleigh, but the date is uncertain. One source say it was 7 June 1585,

which appears to conflict with the age of his mother, while several others say it was 1592 and that he

was baptised on 14 January 1592 or 1593 in Wear-Gifford. The latter date seems the more likely one.

He died in 1661 at Wear-Gifford.

He married Mary Rolle, the daughter of Robert Rolle and Lady Arabella Clinton of Heaton Sackville,

on 2 February 1612 at the parish church, Petrockstowe, Devon. She was born about 1586. She died on

3 March 1647 in Petrockstowe.

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TWENTIETH GENERATION (Continued)

Hugh FORTESCUE of Wear-Gifford (continued)

Hugh and Mary had twelve children – seven boys and five girls. The eldest boy was Robert, born in

1617 and died in 1675, while the next two by age were Arthur, born 6 December 1622, and John, also

born in 1622 and presumably his twin. John died in 1628.

TWENTY FIRST GENERATION

Arthur FORTESCUE of Penwarne

Arthur was born on 6 December 1622 in Petrockstowe and baptised there on 26 December. He died in

1693 in Mevagissey, Cornwall, although Burke's Peerage has this as 1694, and was buried there on 12

April 1693. Arthur inherited estates from his brother Robert, so it appears that Robert must have

succeeded his father. He resided at Penwarne, Cornwall.

Arthur married Barbara Elford, the daughter of John Elford of Shepston. Barbara was born in

Roborough, Devon in 1630. They had three children: Hugh, born 1665; Arthur; John and Joseph.

TWENTY SECOND GENERATION

Hugh FORTESCUE

Hugh was born on 31 May 1665 and baptised on 2 June in Mevagissey. He died on 25 November 1719.

Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh was a member of Parliament from 1689 to 1708, representing Tregony,

Grampound and Truro, then Tregony and finally St Michael's, all in Cornwall.

He married Bridget Boscawen, a cousin and the daughter of Hugh Boscawen and Lady Margaret

Clinton, on 19 October 1692. Bridget was their only daughter and heir, born in 1666 in Truro,

Cornwall, and who died in 1708. Lady Margaret Clinton was the daughter of Theophillus, twelfth

Baron Clinton and 4th Earl of Lincoln, and one of the co-heirs of the barony of Clinton. Hugh and

Bridget had nine children, four of whom died in childhood. Their eldest son was Hugh, born 1686 in

Filleigh, who died on 2 May 1751.

After the death of Bridget he married Lucy Aylmer, the daughter of Lord Matthew Aylmer, the 1st

Baron Aylmer, and Sarah Ellis, some time before June 1714. Lucy was born in 1687 in Balrath, County

Meath, Ireland, and died on 18 February 1767. Hugh and Lucy had two children: Matthew, born 1719;

and Lucy.

Hugh was, to all accounts, "of mean aspect, and meaner capacity, but

meanest of all in his inclinations." He retired from public life in the

1730s and began to transform Filleigh into Castle Hill.

TWENTY THIRD GENERATION

Hugh FORTESCUE 1st Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill

Hugh was born in 1695 and died on 3 May 1751, unmarried. He changed

the family residence name from Filleigh to Castle Hill.

He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Devon between 1721 and 1723

and succeeded to the title of 14th Lord Clinton on 15 March 1720/21. He

held the office of Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales

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between 1725 and 1733. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 27 May 1725, and

graduated from Cambridge University on 25 April 1728 with a Doctor of Law (LL.D.) He was created

1st Earl Clinton on 5 July 1746, a title he inherited from his maternal grandmother. He was created 1st

Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill, County Devon on 5 July 1746, with a special remainder to his half-

brother Matthew.

On Hugh’s death his earldom became extinct, the Barony of Fortescue passed to his half brother

Matthew and the Barony of Clinton fell once more into abeyance.

Matthew FORTESCUE 2nd Baron Fortescue

Matthew was born on 31 March 1719 in Greenwich, Kent, and died on 10 July 1785 at Castle Hill,

Filleigh. He succeeded his half brother Hugh as 2nd Baron Fortescue on 3 May 1751, following Hugh’s

death that day.

He married Anne Campbell, daughter of John Campbell and Mary Pryse of Stackpool Court,

Pembrokeshire, Scotland, on 8 July 1752. Anne was born in 1727 at Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Scotland,

an estate of the Campbells, and died on 26 May 1812. They had two children: Hugh, born 1753; and

Matthew, born 1754.

TWENTY FOURTH GENERATION

Hugh FORTESCUE 3rd Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill

Hugh , of course, was the husband, for a short time, of Amy Collings and the father of her son William.

This brings us back to Part One of this work – the Fortescue Connection. After annulling his marriage,

and thus rendering the Perry lineage illegitimate, he went on to marry Hester Grenville, daughter of

the then Prime Minister, on 10 May 1782 in St James, Westminster, and they had ten children.

Hugh’s younger brother, Matthew, was born on 12 April 1754 and died on 19 November 1842. He was

married twice and gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.

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ADDENDUM

The Killen FamilyThe Killen FamilyThe Killen FamilyThe Killen Family

Although not strictly part of the Perry family, because Christian Perry and his siblings at one time

boarded with them some research was been carried out on the Killen family to try and establish a

closer relationship with the Perry family and is of interest. The relationship proved in fact to be very

tenuous.

Patrick Killen was born in Newry, Co. Down, Ireland in 1812 and came to the Liverpool area some time

before 1841. He appears in the Census of 1841, being shown as living in Watkinson (?) Street,

Liverpool and with an occupation of shipwright. His wife is shown as Elizabeth, aged 20 and thus born

ca 1821 in Bickerstaff, Lancashire, and they have a son Charles, age 1. Patrick Killen was married to

Elizabeth Fletcher on 8 October 1839 at St Thomas’ Church, Liverpool (reference Liverpool Volume 20

Page 323). Elizabeth was born in 1820 in Bickerstaff, Lancashire, to Thomas Fletcher and Jane

Meadow. She was baptised in September 1820 in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Baptism records (Walton-

on-the-Hill - West Derby Chapel) show an Elizabeth Fletcher being baptised on 24 September 1820,

the daughter of Thomas and Caroline Fletcher.

The 1851 Census shows the family living at 153 Old Haymarket, Liverpool. Patrick’s occupation is

undecipherable. Son Charles has now been joined by Jane, age 10; Sara A, age 6; and Richard, age 1.

All the children were born in Liverpool. A Jenetta (?) Heath, aged 12, is also residing with them.

The 1861 Census shows the family now in residence at 1 Mould street, Liverpool, and Patrick as a

ship’s carpenter. Their four children are still with them and have been joined by Margaret E, age 9,

also born in Liverpool.

Elizabeth died on 5 December 1864 in 17 Dalrymple St., Liverpool, Lancashire, and in 1869 Patrick

became the third husband of Sarah Goodfellow, born in London ca 1817. Sarah’s previous husbands

had been an Edward Howell, who she married in 1840, and a Christian Krebs, who she married in 1847

and who died in 1851. No Death record can be found for an Elizabeth Killen between 1861 and 1869.

This begs the question: did Elizabeth die during those years or did the marriage otherwise break up?

The 1871 Census shows the Killen family now living at 1 Sackville Street, Everton, Liverpool. Patrick is

now shown as a builder. However his wife is now shown as Sarah. There is a widowed daughter, Jane

McCullen, age 29, so in the previous ten years Jane has married, had three children and been

widowed. Her three children are living with her - Thomas P, Elizabeth I and Jno C, age 7, 6 and 4

respectively. Patrick’s son Richard and daughter Margaret E are still in the family home, but eldest

son Charles has presumably left home. It is noted that the Census page was poorly reproduced and

partly illegible so there could be minor disparities in the detail. Also boarding with them are three

Perry children – Christian Krebs, William John and Clara. Sarah is their great aunt, her sister Elizabeth

Goodfellow being their maternal grandmother. This fact also seems to account for Christian Krebs

Perry being named after his great aunt’s second husband!

By the 1881 Census Sarah is no longer listed with the Killen family, but is listed with her great nephew

Christian Perry and his family. There is no apparent reason for this; possibly she was visiting the Perry

family on the day of the Census. Other than that, perhaps the marriage had become estranged or

ended.

The 1881 Census shows Patrick still at 1 Sackville Street, with the occupation of contractor. Sarah is

no longer listed, but Jane McCullen is, together with her daughter Elizabeth Jane, now a school

teacher, and son Jno Alfred, a scholar. Also listed is Thomas Patrick Killen, a joiner aged 19 and shown

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as Patrick’s son, but despite the disparity of two years in his age he is almost certainly Jane’s son

Thomas P.

There is no further Census reference to Patrick Killen, but Death records show a Patrick Killen dying in

the fourth quarter of 1888 in Liverpool – he died on 1 December – and was buried with his first wife,

Elizabeth. Although this person’s birth date was shown as ca 1822 it could be the Patrick Killen under

notice.

The Krebs FamilThe Krebs FamilThe Krebs FamilThe Krebs Familyyyy

While researching the ancestry of Christian Krebs Perry, some research was carried out to in particular

determine the source of the fairly uncommon name of Krebs. It is of Germanic origin, but quite

numerous references have been found in Lancashire, Cheshire and Flintshire, Wales. Thanks to

Sallyann Knowles of Ryde, NSW and her own research for her family tree, ultimately the name of

Krebs, as it came to be Christian’s second name, can be traced as follows:

Some time around the late 1770s a Johannes Krebs married an Elizabeth Hall, who was born in 1750.

There is no information on Johannes, but his name suggests he was either Germanic himself or was

the son or grandson of people of German origin.

Johannes and Elizabeth had four children: John, born 1774; Christian, born 1780 in Ellesmere,

Cheshire; Rosina, born 1790; George, born 1795; and Alexander, born 1796

Christian married an Anne Thomas on 13 April 1814 at St Oswald’s Church, Chester, Cheshire and they

in turn had four children: Rosina, born 1815; Christian, born 1816 in Hanmer, Wales, and who for

convenience will be called Christian Junior; Frances, born 1817; and Betsy, born 1822.

In 1847 Christian Junior married a Sarah Goodfellow, born in London in 1815, at St Paul’s Church,

Liverpool, Lancashire. He died in 1851 and Sarah subsequently married a Patrick Killen in 1869, as

detailed in “The Killen Family” earlier. Sarah’s sister Elizabeth Goodfellow was the mother of Phillis

Emily Bocking, who married Christian Perry’s father John, and apparently John and Phillis bestowed

the name of Christian Krebs on their first-born.

Castle Hill, Filleigh, DevonCastle Hill, Filleigh, DevonCastle Hill, Filleigh, DevonCastle Hill, Filleigh, Devon Castle Hill, at Filleigh, Devon, was the ancestral home of many of the Fortescues from 1454, when

Martin Fortescue acquired the estate.

The following is an extract from Devon by W.G.Hoskins (1954):

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FILLEIGH on the main road from Barnstaple to South Molton, is a parish dominated by the great

Fortescue mansion and park of Castle Hill. It probably derives its name from the original dedication of

a Celtic church to St. Fill, companion of St. Kea who is commemorated at Landkey (q.v.), like Philleigh

in Cornwall. The present church is, however, dedicated to St. Paul. It was rebuilt in 1732, but most

unfortunately rebuilt again in the Norman style in 1877. The interior is completely dull.

The Fortescues were by origin a South Devon family, but as with all rising families their younger sons

married heiresses and founded new branches elsewhere. In 1454 Martin Fortescue, second son of Sir

John Fortescue, who was Chancellor and Chief Justice to Henry VI, married Elizabeth, the heiress of

the Denzil or Densell estates, and so acquired Filleigh, Wear Giffard, and Buckland Filleigh. The

original estate was small, but it grew by slow degrees until in 1873 it amounted to rather more than

20,000 acres and was one of the four largest estates in Devon.

Castle Hill is one of the few country houses of any size or sophistication in Devon: "a prodigious string

of golden- hued buildings, crowned here and there by little domes" rising from tiers of mown terraces

and backed by lofty trees. (This account is base mainly upon Country Life 75 (1934), 272-7, 300-5, and

84, (1938), 426-30.) It faces a wide avenue running up the opposite hill, which is crowned by a "ruined"

triumphal arch. The main road runs through the park on a level with the house, which "bursts entire

upon the eye. The "Castle" is a sham ruin (early 18th century) on the top of the hill behind the house,

answering to the triumphal arch on the opposite summit, but is now completely obscured by trees.

This sham has given its name, however, to the mansion, which had previously been simply the manor

house of Filleigh.

The original Tudor or medieval building had a forecourt looking N. into the hillside. In 1684 Arthur

Fortescue of Penwarne in Cornwall proceeded to enlarge and turn the house around. This

reconstruction was still in progress in 1694 when his son and heir Hugh Fortescue (1665-1719)

petitioned the Bishop of Exeter for leave to make a new entrance to the church as he was "rebuilding

his mansion." (E.D.R. Patent Books, Vol. 1 (1628-1733,) fol. 148. Petition dated 15th January 1694.) He

did not, however, spend much on building. The mansion as it stands today is mostly the work of his

son Hugh, who succeeded to the estate in 1719, became Lord Clinton in 1721, and was created first

Baron Fortescue of Castle Hill in 1746. He was, according to Hervey, "of mean aspect, and meaner

capacity, but meanest of all in his inclinations." He retired from public life in the 1730s and began to

transform Filleigh into Castle Hill, refacing the central block of 1684-94, and adding the low wings at

either end, so giving the house an extraordinary length. This was required by the nature of the site, on

a narrow ledge which prevented the normal projection of wings on either side of a forecourt. The

Saloon of 1730-40 probably occupied the site of the great hall of the Tudor house, the Library that of

the buttery.

The Saloon rose to the full height of the facade and looked across the hanging terraces, over William

Kent's formal lay-out of the park, to the distant triumphal arch. The greatest extravaganza of the

Kentian plan was a complete ruined" village, which a more economically-minded Fortescue later

reconditioned into habitable cottages. Further internal and external changes were made in the late

18th early 19th century, when much of William Kent's early landscape gardening was deformalised.

The most important changes were made by

Edward Blore in 1842-3. He enlarged the house,

and added the mansard roof, the cupola over the

central block, and the flanking towers and

domes. This roof and the domes obscured the

fact that Castle Hill was an important example of

early Palladian architecture, contemporary with

Holkham and Houghton.

The whole of the central block, including the

Saloon with its magnificent plaster ceiling by a

Parisian plasterer (c. 1735), was gutted by fire in

1934, and in the rebuilding of 1934-8 the

opportunity was taken to restore the house to its

original early Georgian proportions. Neither the

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Victorian mansard roof nor the Saloon were replaced, and the house was made more convenient

inside. The main (S.) front is now much more pleasing, its true character once again revealed. The

terraces, the "ruins," and the lay-out of the park survive to testify to "one of the most complete

realisations of William Kent's conception of landscape gardening." The park is extensive (830 acres),

well wooded, and very beautiful, making use of the sweeping undulations of the natural landscape

with its streams, woods and hills, but also manipulating it on a grand scale. The parish church, for

example, stood somewhere near the SW. corner of the present house before 1732, and was shifted to

its present site because of the building and gardening operations of Lord Clinton at that date, just as

the Morices shifted and rebuilt Werrington church (q.v.) for precisely the same reason in 1742.

Probably the old main road from Barnstaple to South Molton was pushed S. at the same time, as the

map suggests that it once ran below Oxford Down directly in front of the mansion.

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INDEX OF NAMES Barker, Colin 63 Barker, Donald Ralph 63 Barker, Jacqueline 63 Bocking, Phillis Emily 11 Bolitho, David Richard John 32 Bolitho, Dorothy Eileen 27 Bolitho, Gordon Ernest 27 Bolitho, John Francis 29 Bray, Charles 41 Bray, Shirley Ida 41 Bray, Thomas 40 Brown, Elizabeth Amelia 69 Camiletti, Andrea 43 Camiletti, Angelo 43 Camiletti, Jennifer 43 Clacy, Marissa Therese Helen 52 Collings, Amy 6 Coster, Dennis or Daniel 59 Cusamano, John 43 Cusamano, Michael 43 Cusamano, Richard 43 Daines, Harriet Elizabeth 60 Delves, Aubrey 68 Delves, Janet Barbara 68 Dickens, Jessie 73 Earle, Percy Algernon Vigors 74 Edmonds, Carol Ann 42 Edmonds, Charles John 41 Edmonds, Gail Patricia 42 Edmonds, Hayley 44 Edmonds, John Charles 44 Edmonds, Pamela 43 Edmonds, Rhiannon 43 Edmonds, Susan 43 Faulkner, Ona Betty 21 Fortescue, Hugh 5 Gibson, Albert Arthur 67 Gibson, Arthur William 67 Gibson, Catherine 58 Gibson, Daisy 67 Gibson, Daisy Lillian E 68 Gibson, Elizabeth Lilian 61 Gibson, Frank Baden P 69 Gibson, Frederick James 68 Gibson, James 58 Gibson, James Jnr 61 Gibson, Jane 61 Gibson, Mary Ann 61 Gibson, Mona Vivien 68 Gibson, Peter 68 Gibson, Reginald 68 Gibson, Rosanna Jane 60 Gibson, Stephen Mark 69 Gibson, Violet Eliza J 63 Gibson, William 59

Gibson, William 67 Griffin, Edith Fanny 73 Groves, Sallyann 44 Hamner, Arthur Christian 19 Hamner, Charles Arthur 19 Hanmer, Arthur 20 Hart, Cyril M 63 Haughton, William Leonard 80 Hawkes, George Herbert 76 Hawkes, Joan Marion 77 Larsen,Vivian J 21 Lewis, Kirsten 42 Lewis, Megan 42 Lewis, Sophia 42 Lewis, Tony 42 Lyons, Name Unknown 56 Mackay, Hugh 53 Mackay, Rewa 53 Martin, Elizabeth Ann 16 Martin, William Philips 16 Matheson, James 80 Matheson, James Stephen 81 Mathews, Gladys Mildred 55 McDonald, Don 53 McDonald, Janet 53 McDonald, Jessica 53 McIntyre, Gordon 36 McIntyre, Joseph 36 McIntyre, Norman 36 McIntyre, Phyllis Fortescue 36 Meire, Arnold Fortescue 38 Meire, Leonard William Bruce 398 Meire, Mona Frances Vivian 39 Meire, William Bruce 37 Moad, Beryl Margaret 29 Monk, Michael 68 Moore, Lilla 79 Morley, Barbara Hazel 64 Morley, Brian Charles Henry 64 Morley, Charles 63 Morley, Charles William John 63 Morley, Henry Stephen W 63 Morley, Ivy Winifred 63 Morley, Stanley Albert Frank 63 Morley, Violet Elizabeth S 63 Moss, Rosa Florence 76 Neilsen, Josephine Teresa Eileen 49 Pagden, Elizabeth Ann 72 Peebles, Christina 46 Peebles, William 46 Perry, Amy 11 Perry, Amy Jane 80 Perry, Arthur Edward 55 Perry, Christian Krebs 14

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Perry, Clara Jane 40 Perry, Colin Stewart 27 Perry, daughter of Frank 52 Perry, Doris Lillian 77 Perry, Dorothy Amy 74 Perry, Edith Lillian 74 Perry, Elizabeth Lillian 78 Perry, Fiona Eileen 49 Perry, Florence Harriet 37 Perry, Frank 52 Perry, Frank Fortescue 79 Perry, Graham David 30 Perry, Harold Arthur Dickens 74 Perry, Heath Callum Brett 50 Perry, Ian James 49 Perry, Imogen Eileen 50 Perry, James Drummond 49 Perry, Jane 58 Perry, Jessica 53 Perry, John 10 Perry, John 53 Perry, John Edward 57 Perry, Joshua 12 Perry, Kathleen Lorna 75 Perry, Kezia Imogen 50 Perry, Lauren Esther Whitehouse 33 Perry, Lillian 36 Perry, Margaret 54 Perry, Marion Amy 76 Perry, Martha 53

Perry, May 53 Perry, Michael Julian Wells 33 Perry, Phillis 54 Perry, Phillis Emily 1st 56 Perry, Phillis Emily 2nd 18 Perry, Richard Alexander Jnr 54 Perry, Richard Alexander 46 Perry, Ronald Krebs 24 Perry, Russell Ian 32 Perry, Stephen Edward 76 Perry, Susannah 11 Perry, William (The Mariner) 6 Perry, William Arthur 73 Perry, William Eric 74 Perry, William Fortescue 70 Perry, William Jno (John) 56 Perry, William John 22 Perry, William Pagden 73 Perry, William-Fortescue 9 Plowman, Jane 10 Reacord, Emily 68 Rix, Daisy Amelia 67 Roberts, Dorothy Elaine 29 Robertson, William 65 Sellman, Katherine Lily May 63 Smith, Gary Lawrence 52 Smith, Husband of Daughter Perry 52 Smith, Irene Vera 65 Smith, Lane Dion 52

Smith, Lillian Mary 76 Sowden, Iris Myrtle 64 Spink, Hazel Bethume 52 Tod, Doris 26 Vigors, Brian 74 Welding, Emily 23 Whitehouse, Michele Joan 31 Wilde, Gwen 67