Henry George Perry

Henry George was the son of Fred and Lucy Perry (née Clements). Both his parents were born in East Dean, Gloucestershire, Fred in 1864 and Lucy in 1866. They were married in 1885 (reg. Basford) and had ten children, two of whom died in infancy, including a daughter, Ethel, who was born in 1893 and died the following year. Their surviving childen were: Beatrice Hilda b. 1887, Sidney Fred b. 1889, Grace b. 1891, Frank b. 1895, Henry George b. 1897 bap. 1 December 1897, Elsie Elizabeth birth registered 1900 (J/F/M), Minnie birth registered 1902 (J/F/M) and Everard Winston (Winston) birth registered 1909 (J/F/M). All the children were born in Bulwell. The family lived on Tishbite Street, Bulwell, at the time of the 1891 and 1901 Census but had moved to 13 Gilead Street, Bulwell, by 1911. In the home on the night of the census were Fred, a coal miner hewer, his wife Lucy and six of their eight surviving children, Sydney a hosiery trimmer, Frank a butcher's apprentice, Henry, Elsie and Minnie who were school age and Winston. The eldest daughter, Beatrice had married Frederick Robert Millhouse, a coal miner, in 1910 and they were living in Hucknall. The second daughter, Grace, has not yet been traced on the 1911 Census. Fred and Lucy had moved to 88 Market Side, Bulwell, by 1915 when their son Henry attested in the army. Henry's brother Sidney probably served in the Sherwood Foresters during the war as there is a WW1 Pension Ledgers record (disability pension) for a Sidney Fred Perry, b. 1889, residence Bulwell, who served in the Notts & Derby Regiment (265728) and was discharged on 28 August 1920. Fred Perry died in February 1931 and his widow Lucy in October 1942. Both were buried in Northern Cemetery, Bulwell, with their son Henry George.