John PERRY 1818-1913 & Elizabeth HOLBROOK 1820-1886
John PERRY b. 1818 Somerset, England, son of ___ PERRY and Mary SMITH was married in 1839 at Bath, Somersetshire to Elizabeth HOLBROOK b. 1820 Bath, Somersetshire, daughter of Joseph HOLBROOK and ___.
John & Elizabeth PERRY and family arrived at Portland on the "Priam" in 1852 and they had the following children:
- John PERRY b. 1840, SOM, Eng m. Elizabeth SIMKIN;
- William PERRY b. 1842, SOM, Eng;
- Emily PERRY b. 1844, SOM, Eng;
- Joseph PERRY b. 1848, SOM, Eng;
- Henry PERRY b. 1849, SOM, Eng, d. 1908 Digby, Vic;
- Charles Maderia PERRY b. 1852, at sea, (did not marry, went interstate);
- Frederick PERRY b. 1854, Crawford River (Hotspur), Vic, m. Helen GULL;
- Emily Amelia PERRY b. 1856, Condah, Vic, m. Thomas GREGORY;
- Mary Jane PERRY b. 1858, Branxholme, Vic, m. Thomas URQUHART;
- Ann Elizabeth PERRY b. 1862 Digby, Vic, m. John Thomas SIMKIN.
H. PERRY was listed as a buyer on the original list of Digby town allotments.
John PERRY was the licensee of the Digby Hotel in Buckingham Street in 1867.
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