Henry Percival Bulmer (1867-1919) was the son of the Reverend Charles Henry Bulmer and his wife Mary Grace Parnell Cockrem.
Aged just 20 he founded the Bulmer's cider company, using apples from the orchard at his father's rectory and an old stone press on the farm next door, Percy Bulmer made the first cider, upon which the family fortune would be made.
Bulmer married a cousin, Susan Mildred Ball (1871–1968), in 1894, they had four sons, and a daughter who died in infancy.
He died aged 52 on the 2nd of Dec. 1919 at his residence Longmeadow, City of Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
Children of Henry Percival Bulmer & Susan Mildred Ball
freeBMD Births Mar Q 1867 Hereford 6a 489 BULMER Henry Percival.
freeBMD Marriages Sep Q 1894 Newton Abbott 5b 249 BULMER Henry Percival + BALL Susan Mildred.
Press cutting - Bath Chronicle 9 August 1894 Marriage: BULMER—BALL—JuIy 31st in St. Mary's Church Upton, Torquay, Henry Percival Bulmer, of Ryelands, Hereford, to Susan Mildred, second daughter of Wm. Ball, Esq. J.P. of Walmer House, Torquay.
freeBMD Deaths Dec Q 1919 Hereford 6a 565 BULMER Henry P Age 52.
Census
1871 census of England, Wales & Scotland Credenhill Rectory, Credenhill near Hereford, Herefordshire, England
First Name
Last Name
Relationship
Marital Status
Gender
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Charles H
Bulmer
Head
Married
Male
37
Rector of Credenhill
All Saints, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Mary G P
Bulmer
Wife
Married
Female
37
Torquay, Devon, England
Mary J
Bulmer
Daughter
Female
7
Credenhill near Hereford, Herefordshire
Edward F
Bulmer
Son
Male
5
Credenhill near Hereford, Herefordshire
Henry P
Bulmer
Son
Male
4
Credenhill near Hereford, Herefordshire
1911 census of England, Wales & Scotland Longmeadow Hereford, Herefordshire, England
First Name
Last Name
Relationship
Marital Status
Gender
Age
Occupation
Birth Place
Henry Percival
Bulmer
Head
Married
Male
44
Cider Maker
Credenhill, Hereford, England
Susan Mildred
Bulmer
Wife
Married
Female
40
Torquay, Devon, England
Geoffrey Percival
Bulmer
Son
Male
15
At School
Hereford, England
Henry Howard
Bulmer
Son
Male
13
At School
Hereford, England
William Esmond
Bulmer
Son
Male
10
At School
Hereford, England
Edward Charles
Bulmer
Son
Male
3
Hereford, England
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