Philip Perry (1828 - 1914)

Born 7 Dec 1828 in Jersey, Channel Isles

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Egan) Perry — married 16 Jun 1859 in Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1914 at age 85 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Philip Perry 1828-1914 Born and baptised Philippe Peree on December 7, 1828, Saint Ouen, Jersey, Channel Isles, he was the first-born son of Philippe Perree (1801–c.1875) and Nancy Vibert (1804 -1904); the third child born of eleven children.

Philip Perry, aged 28 years, arrived in Sydney, Australia as an Unassisted Passenger on 28 November 1857, a Crew member, Second Mate, on the steamer ‘Comet’.

On 16 June 1859 in St. Stephens Church, North Brisbane, Moreton Bay, New South Wales, Philip Perry married Mary Egan, an Irish lass from County Clare. (Note that the Colony of Queensland was approved on 6 June 1859 and formally separated from New South Wales on 10 December 1859.)

Philip and Mary continued the tradition of large families with nine children born 1860 to 1873.

Philip continued in the occupation of Seaman.

Sources

• Jersey Baptisms 1540-1915 2017- Jerripedia Birth, Marriage and Burial Records
• Qld BDM - Marriage Reg. # 1859/B/218.
• Qld BDM - Death Reg. # 1914/B/19139 Note: Nancy Wyburne should be Vibert.
• Family Grave Inscription at South Brisbane Cemetery and Qld Death Registry.