Originally published in the society’s Family Notes journal
Billy the Banker William ‘Billy the Banker’ Perrott must be one the most frustratingly elusive characters in Perrott family history! Despite the fact that he appears to have been a financially successful and well-known character, 20 years of research have uncovered very little information about his life. My great-great-grandfather William Perrott was born in Ardgehane …
It’s in the Papers… BATH CHRONICLE, 19 May 1904 Alfred Perrett (14) and Edgar Perrett (12) of 3 Avon Street were charged with wandering abroad and not being under proper guardianship in the public footpath leading up through Beacon Hill on May 16th. PC Bishop stated that he saw the boys on the footpath at …
Mary Anne Perrett This month we feature Mary Ann Perrett, born 1855 in Manningford Abbots, Wiltshire, a daughter of John Perrett (1820-1863) and Anne Berrett (1825-1857). Mary Ann married Edward Barnett Hancock, 1876 in Wandsworth, London, a little after Florence, their first born child, was born in Jersey in 1875. Their second child, sickly John, …
It’s in the Papers… Evening Post, New Zealand, 29 October 1935 HIDDEN HISTORY SURNAMES TELL TALES It was not until after the Norman conquest that surnames were adopted, says an English paper. They were first given as nicknames to suit particular individuals. Today we rarely find any appropriateness in the names we bear. The greatest …
Walter Perrett (1850-1931) and his wife Elizabeth Humphrey (1856-1922). This couple qualify for our ‘emmigrant’ series inside the back cover of this magazine, because Walter was born in Pewsey, Wiltshire and died in Camperdown, Australia. Elizabeth, born in Cottingham, Northants. also died in Camperdown. Walter was the son of agricultural labourer George Walter Perrett (1824- …
Lest we forget – part 2 Continuing the series started in the Dec 2012 ‘Family Notes, we move on to the Parretts and the Parritts. The lists shows Christian names (sometimes only an initial is known), their rank, service number, age (where known) and for which country they were serving. In some cases we know …
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. …
