The Perry Family
John and Mary Perry
These are earliest Perry ancestors I
have discovered so far. John was born in Trull,
I have first found John and Mary on
the 1861 census living in Yeovil,
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Born |
John Perry |
66 |
Sawyer |
Trull, |
Mary Perry |
51 |
Washer |
Coker, |
William |
8 |
|
Barwick, |
John and Mary can be found on the
1871 census living next door to their son William and his first wife Amelia in Yeovil,
Dwelling: Goar
Knap
Census Place
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Born |
William Perry |
20 |
labourer |
Barwick, |
Amelia Perry |
24 |
glover |
Yeovil, |
John Perry |
79 |
labourer |
Trull, |
Mary Perry |
56 |
labourer |
East Coker, |
John and Mary again can be found on the 1881 census now living with their
grandchild Sarah. They are still living a Goar
Knap, Yeovil. John's died in 1888 at the grand
old age of 98.
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Born |
John Perry |
89 |
labourer |
Trull, |
Mary Perry |
70 |
labourer |
East Coker, |
Sarah J. Perry |
9 |
Scholar |
Yeovil, |
William Perry b.1845 Barwick, Somerset
William the son of John and Mary was born in about
1845 in Barwick,
William remarried in June 1882 to Ellen Mounter,
in Yeovil. The family soon moved to Penarth, near
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Born |
William Perry |
56 |
Excavator Navvy |
Barwick, |
Ellen Perry |
42 |
|
Curry Rival, |
Sarah |
30 |
Domestic Servant |
Yeovil, |
Rose M. |
17 |
|
Penarth, Glamorgan |
William J. |
15 |
Boat makers errand boy. |
Penarth, Glamorgan |
|
12 |
|
Penarth, Glamorgan |
|
3 |
|
Penarth, Glamorgan |
Ben |
1 |
|
Penarth, Glamorgan |
Living next door to the family were the Harrington's who were still known to my father and grandfather in their life times.
William John Perry b. about 1886, Penarth, Glamorgan.
William was born in about 1886, in Penarth.
In 1901 he had a job as a boat maker’s errand boy. He married Catherine
Amy Davies. They had two sons William Gwyn and Robert
James (b.
Robert
James Perry b.
Robert was born in Penarth in 1915,
he was the youngest of 2 sons. When he was born the family was living at
Richard Ellis Perry b.1949
Richard was born in
Matthew Richard Perry b.1979
Matthew was born in 1979 and lived in Ely, Cambridgeshire until he was 6. Then the family moved
to Holt in