Searching Perry Family (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, November 09, 2012, 13:48 (4400 days ago) @ williams

Hi,welcome to this great site & forum.
By searching this site's huge free-to-access Parish Records database
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=page&id=2

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