Josiah Perrott who emigrated to Australia with his wife and 2 of his children in 1855. Josiah was born in about 1822 in Allington, Dorset (a suburb of Bridport). He married Anna (or Hannah) Payne in Allington on 1847; born in about 1831 she was still a minor at the time. Before they emigrated to …
Lest we forget Part 1 On every family tree there are gaps which show that all we know of someone is when and where they were born, then nothing more. If they were of military age during World War 1 or World War 2 the possibility exists that they lost their lives in the fighting. …
It’s in the papers… Another selection of items found in old newspaper reports… Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 24 August 1931 CHILD CAUGHT ON A SHARK HOOK Melbourne, Monday: Playing in a shed at the rear of his home at Frankston, Ernest Perrott (10) became hooked by the ear to an 11 inch shark hook …
William Parrott/Barrett, originally from Leighton Buzzard, pictured in old age in Parishville, New York State, USA. William was born 6 Oct 1867. The date of his emigration to Canada has not been determined but by 1891 he was resident, as a boarder, in Zorra, Ontario, aged 24, a wage earner, ‘domestic’, labourer, and a Methodist. …
BENJAMIN PARROTT Thimble Rigger! SOUTHAMPTON 9 Sept 1841: THIMBLE RIGGING AND EXTRAORDINARY INFATUATION OF THE VICTIM On Friday before P. Breton Esq, 5 thimble-riggers were placed at the bar charged with conspiracy to defraud a gentleman named Edwards, residing at Millbrook, of certain sums of money and his gold watch – to wit, a sovereign, …
This is a picture of Merchant Navy officer Arthur Parritt. Sadly the picture is not sufficiently clear to make out the name of the shipping company for which he worked, but it may be that amongst our readers is someone who knows about such things and can enlighten us! Arthur came from a typically large …
It’s In the Papers … International Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana,USA) 3 October 1890 POLICE PICKINGS A Dance Disturbed and George Parrott Under Arrest Last night Officer Borgman, the new policeman whose beat is in the Eighth Ward was summoned to the new house of Mr. Oetting on East Lewis Street where a dance …
The Good Old Days – never were! Wiltshire Removal Orders Poor P*RR*TTs, like so many others, were often harshly treated in the past. One way in which this manifested itself was that if they were – or seemed likely to be – unable to support themselves they could be forcibly ‘removed’ from where they were …
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A MADMAN SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, AUSTRALIA, 6 Sept 1884 Great alarm was caused recently among the inhabitants of Berkeley Street, Lambeth Walk, by loud cries for help. It appears that a man named Edward Parrott , with his wife and three children, had lived for some time at no. 13 in the …
The Parrott Rifle Robert Parker Parrott was born on 5 Oct 1804 in Lee, New Hampshire, USA and died at Cold Spring on 24 Dec 1877. He joined the army but resigned in 1836 and became the Superintendent of the West Point Iron Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. He created what became known as …
