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Alfred & Mary PERRY / PARRY

DaveHam9

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Marriages Dec 1851 Chard 10 584
PERRY Alfred & LEAVES Mary

Assisted 'Monsoon' 1854 Moreton Bay Reels 2137, 2467
PERRY Alfred 24 and wife
PERRY Mary 22 and husband
PERRY William 20

A son ??
Bap 1855/BBP1282 Parry Thomas Henry - Alfred - Mary - (born 07/06/18--, baptised 01/07/1855) ??

Death 1479/1857 PERRY ALFRED - HENRY - ANN - CHIPPENDALE * 29 Sep

Burial V18576212 122A/1857 PERRY ALFRED

Page 106 & 107
Burials in the Parish of Camperdown in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1857
No. - Alfred Perry Abode: St. Pauls When Died: Sept 29 When Buried: Sept 30 Age: 38 years Ship's Name: - Quality or Profession: Labourer By whom the Ceremony was performed: Charles Kemp

Date of death fits but age is way out. So where is the error?
 

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Somerset Marriage registers.

Dec 26 1851 Parish of Kingstone in County of Somerset

Alfred Perry of age batchelor labourer Kingstone – Henry Perry Lab and Mary Leaves by consent spinster a glover of Kingstone – Thomas Leaves lab.

They had 3 children

Julia baptised 6 March 1853 – died UK

Thomas Henry Perry 7 June 1855 Brisbane – married 23 May 1881 Brisbane Louisa Rosina Streeb/Streep (1858-1943) – died 16 Sept 1913 Brisbane

Ann Jane Perry b 1857 Sydney – married 15 Aug 1883 Qld Ole Barthold Poulsen (1858-1943) – died 15 Sept 1939 Brisbane

Alfred Perry baptised 13 June 1830 Dowlish Wake Somerset – Henry & Anne Perry nee Deanman – died 1857 Chippendale NSW – parents correct – reg 1479 – Findagrave has b 1828 died 29 Sept 1857 (aged 28-29) Camperdown Cemetery

Mary remarried 7 Aug 1858 Brisbane to John Gilbert & had 9 children with him. - she died 31 July 1893 Brisbane
 

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Thanks Val.

Baptism and age on shipping record fit. Age on burial records does not. It seems the burial record is wrong.

I can't read that as 28. Still looks like 38.

Perry.JPG
 

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