I am writing in hope that someone might know a bit about my ancestors. There name is Perry father Samuel mother Alice Daughters Mary Annie Emily Alice & Elizabeth sons Charles &Thomas . They lived in Bridge St Ledbury.

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By searching this site's huge free-to-access Parish Records database
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we can find;

Record_ID: 3811
Entry_Number: 122
Year: 1884
Month: Sep
Day: 2
Grooms_Surname: PERRY
Grooms_Forenames: Samuel Thomas
Grooms_Age: 24
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Collier
Grooms_Residence: Coleford
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Perry
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Samuel Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: EDWARDS
Brides_Forenames: Alice Jane
Brides_Age: 19
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Coleford
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Edwards
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Collier
Licence_or_Banns: [not stated]
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Mark of Ezekial Benfield
Witness_2: Mark of Mary Beddis
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: J W Thomas Assist[ant] Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P93 IN 1/11
Page_Number: 61
Parish_Chapel: Coleford
Soundex_Groom: P600
Soundex_Bride: E363

Record ID 11491
Entry Number 3336
Year 1887
Month Sep
Day 21
Parents Surname PERRY
Child Forenames Emily
Fathers Forenames Samuel Thomas
Mothers Forenames Alice Jane
Mothers Surname
Residence Coleford
Occupation Hawker
Officiating Minister H.Proctor Vicar
Event Baptism
Memoranda Born Aug 28 1887
Notes
Register Reference P93 IN I/6
Page Number 180
Parish Chapel Coleford

Record ID 11631
Entry Number 3476
Year 1890
Month May
Day 21
Parents Surname PERRY
Child Forenames Mary Ann
Fathers Forenames Samuel Thomas
Mothers Forenames Alice Jane
Mothers Surname
Residence Coleford
Occupation Hawker
Officiating Minister JW Thomas Assist[ant] Curate
Event Baptism
Memoranda Born May 8 1890
Notes
Register Reference P93 IN I/6
Page Number 198
Parish Chapel Coleford

By definition a "hawker" is a travelling salesman or pedlar, so it's quite possible they would have subsequently moved the relatively short distance to Ledbury from Coleford.

I'm unsure whether this Baptism is also their child or not ?

Record_ID: 6337
Entry_Number: 622
Year: 1898
Month: Jan
Day: 16
Parents_Surname: PERRY
Child_Forenames: Alice Jane
Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Mothers_Forenames: Alice Jane
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Berry Hill
Occupation: Haulier
Officiating_Minister: C. Barnes
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Born 23rd [?] 1897
Notes: No birth month noted
Register_Reference: P82 IN 1/5
Page_Number: 78
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch
Soundex: P600

Record_ID: 191229
Entry_Number: 1058
Year: 1933
Month: Sep
Day: 18
Surname: PERRY
Forenames: Samuel Thomas
Residence: 11 Bridge Street
Age_at_death: 73 [years]
Officiating_Minister: F W Carnegy Rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: BO92/39
Page_No: 133
Parish_Chapel: Ledbury
Soundex: P600

So from the above PRs we can see Samuel was born about 1860, as confirmed by FreeBMD site http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Surname Given Name District Volume Page Transcribers
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Births Mar 1860
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PERRY Samuel Thomas Monmouth 11a 22 cazzie
Perry Samuel Thomas Monmouth 11a 22 colverstan

ie the Birth was Registered in the Quarter upto March 1860, at Monmouth, which includes West Dean hence Coleford area.

Searching GlosBMDhttp://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/SimpleSearch.aspx
gives
Birth Details
Number of entries matching criteria entered: 1

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
PERRY Samuel Thomas PERRY PERRY STEVENS 1859 Forest of Dean Monmouth, Coleford 15 298

I suspect the actual Birth was late 1859, perhaps due to the busy December season, weather problems etc, such Births are registered a few weeks "late" at this time of year.

From the same site this looks like the parents Marriage;
Criteria entered: Groom Surname: perry, Bride Surname: stevens,

Number of entries matching criteria entered: 2

Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
PERRY Samuel STEVENS Mary Forest of Dean Parkend St Paul 1859 1 440
PERRY Samuel FENNELL Mary Forest of Dean Parkend St Paul 1859 1 440

This suggests Mary's maiden name was Fennell but had been Married to a Stevens ?

Searching this FoD site's PRs confirms that Mary was a widow;
Record_ID: 14651
Entry_Number: 440
Year: 1859
Month: Sep
Day: 5
Grooms_Surname: PERRY
Grooms_Forenames: Samuel
Grooms_Age: 41
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Lane End
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Perry
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Joseph
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Wool Comber
Brides_Surname: STEVENS
Brides_Forenames: Mary
Brides_Age: 39
Brides_Condition: Widow
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Lane End
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Fennell
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: William
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Bricklayer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: he signs she marks
Witness_1: Walter Lewis
Witness_2: Henry Gunter
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: [illegible] Ebsworth
Event: Marriage
Memoranda: Incumbent
Notes:
Register_Reference: P145 IN 1/20
Page_Number: 220
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex_Groom: P600
Soundex_Bride: S315

Back to Alice Perry nee Edwards

Record_ID: 191020
Entry_Number: 849
Year: 1929
Month: Apr
Day: 1
Surname: PERRY
Forenames: Alice
Residence: Bridge Street
Age_at_death: 65 [years]
Officiating_Minister: F W Carnegy Rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: BO92/39
Page_No: 107
Parish_Chapel: Ledbury
Soundex: P600

So again confirms the Marriage Record that Alice was born abt 1864

Which suggests this Baptism, name and area fits but a different father's name compared to the Marriage Record, so ?
?
Record_ID: 45375
Entry_Number: 1857
Year: 1865
Month: Feb
Day: 12
Parents_Surname: EDWARDS
Child_Forenames: Alice Jane
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Jessie
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Scowles
Occupation: Collier
Officiating_Minister: Norman[?] B George[?] Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P227 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 233
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex: E363

I wonder if his full name was John Thomas Edwards ?. That said I cannot find any PRs confirming this wrt Jessie, or indeed any PRs for a John Thos Edwards at all to my surprise, so ??
I CANNOT find a Baptism for any Alice Edwards to father Thomas, so I assume the Marriage Record maybe slightly erroneous in this respect ?

I do however find what is clearly this same family, but is it "our" family ?
Record ID 45280
Entry Number 1762
Year 1863
Month Feb
Day 8
Parents Surname EDWARDS
Child Forenames William
Fathers Forenames John
Mothers Forenames Jessie
Mothers Surname
Residence Scowles
Occupation Labourer
Officiating Minister S.C.Morgan Curate
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P227 IN 1/6
Page Number 221
Parish Chapel Newland

Record ID 45375
Entry Number 1857
Year 1865
Month Feb
Day 12
Parents Surname EDWARDS
Child Forenames Alice Jane
Fathers Forenames John
Mothers Forenames Jessie
Mothers Surname
Residence Scowles
Occupation Collier
Officiating Minister Norman[?] B George[?] Curate
Event Baptism
Memoranda
Notes
Register Reference P227 IN 1/6
Page Number 233
Parish Chapel Newland

Searching GlosBMD, I find only one Alice Jane Edwards, namely:

Birth Details
Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
EDWARDS Alice Jane EDWARDS EDWARDS EVANS 1865 Forest of Dean Monmouth, Coleford 20 279

And,

Marriage Details
Groom Surname Groom Forename Bride Surname Bride Forename District Parish Building Year Register Entry
PERRY Samuel Thomas EDWARDS Alice Jane Forest of Dean Coleford St John the Evangelist 1884 1 122

Sadly I cannot access the Census's to confirm this with any detail, except via LDS which doesnt give any obvious hits, sorry !

Jeff

1911 Census, Ledbury Union, Herefordshire
Covent Garden

Married 26 years, 8 children born alive, 7 living 1 dead. (living in 3 rooms)

PERRY

Samuel Thomas - 51, Peddler - born Glos. Coleford
Jane - 45, born Shropshire Ironbridge
Thomas - farm labourer, 19 - born Shropshire, Bishops Castle
Charles - 15 - born Mon. Welsh Newton
Alice Jane - 13 - born Coleford
Elizabeth - 11 - born Coleford

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1891 Census, Shropshire, Madeley
Jockey Bank

PERRY

Alice Jane - 26, born Salop, Madeley Wood
Mary - 6 - born Glos. Coleford
Emily - 4 - ditto
Annie - 11 months

1911 Census, Ledbury Union, Herefordshire
Covent Garden
Married 26 years, 8 children born alive, 7 living 1 dead. (living in 3 rooms)
PERRY
Samuel Thomas - 51, Peddler - born Glos. Coleford
Jane - 45, born Shropshire Ironbridge
Thomas - farm labourer, 19 - born Shropshire, Bishops Castle
Charles - 15 - born Mon. Welsh Newton
Alice Jane - 13 - born Coleford
Elizabeth - 11 - born Coleford

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1891 Census, Shropshire, Madeley
Jockey Bank
PERRY
Alice Jane - 26, born Salop, Madeley Wood
Mary - 6 - born Glos. Coleford
Emily - 4 - ditto
Annie - 11 months

Would like to thank you for you help much appreciated

I was wondering if anyone can help me trace Mary Perry, Emily Perry and Annie Perry parents are Samuel Thomas Perry and Alice of Ledbury. Mary was born 1885 Emily 1887 and Annie 1890 Thank you
Lorraine

I was wondering if anyone can help me trace Mary Perry, Emily Perry and Annie Perry parents are Samuel Thomas Perry and Alice of Ledbury. Mary was born 1885 Emily 1887 and Annie 1890 Thank you
Lorraine

1861
Samuel Perry abt 1819 Warwickshire, England Head West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Perry l abt 1820 Falham, Middlesex, England Wife West Dean, Gloucestershire
Mary Stephens abt 1855 Devon, England Stepdaughter West Dean, Gloucestershire
Thomas Perry abt 1860 West Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son West Dean, Gloucestershire

1871 Newland
Mary Perry 56
Thomas Perry 12

1881
Mary Perry abt 1819 London, London, Middlesex, England Head Newland, Gloucestershire
Thomas Perry abt 1859 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Son Newland, Gloucestershire

Name: Alice Jane Edwards & Samuel Thomas Perry
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1884
Registration district: Monmouth
Inferred County: Monmouthshire
Volume Number: 11a
Page Number: 42

1891
Alice Jane Perry abt 1865 Madeley Wood, Shropshire, England Head Madeley, Shropshire
Mary Perry abt 1885 Orford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Madeley, Shropshire
Emilly Perry abt 1887 Orford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Madeley, Shropshire
Annie Perry abt 1890 Orford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Madeley, Shropshire

1901 Gorsty Knoll
Thomas Percy abt 1861 Coleford, Coalway Fane End Head West Dean, Monmouthshire
Alice Percy abt 1865 Twn Bridge, Shropshire, England Wife West Dean, Monmouthshire
Enily Percy abt 1886 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Monmouthshire
Annie Percy abt 1889 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter West Dean, Monmouthshire
Thomas Percy abt 1892 Bishops Castle, Shropshire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire
Charles Percy abt 1896 Newton Comon, Herefordshire, England Son West Dean, Monmouthshire
Alice Percy abt 1898 Berry Hill; West Dean Granddaughter West Dean, Monmouthshire
Elizebth Percy abt 1900 Granddaughter West Dean, Monmouthshire

1911 Covent Garden, Ledbury
Samuel Thomas Perry 51 Coleford
Jane Perry 45 Iron Bridge
Thomas Perry 19 Bishops Castle
Charles Perry 15 Welsh Newton
Alice Jane Perry 13 Coleford
Elizabeth Perry 11 Coleford

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I am hoping someone may be able to help me trace my ancesters. There are Mary Perry born 1885 Emily Perry born 1887 and Annie Perry born 1889 Their parents were Alice and Samuel Perry they lived in Bridge St Ledbury. Could anyone find what happened to them please I would be very grateful
Thank You
Lorraine

Hi Lorraine,
perhaps you can please clarify more precisely what information you're looking for ?.
I'm sorry if I'm missing something but we've already visited this general enquiry to some extent so its hard for me to know what more can be found in the limited time I have available.
This added clarity should help us to help you. Many thanks.