Matilda (Crane) Perry (bef. 1835 - 1909)

Born before 27 Dec 1835 in Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of William Perry — married 9 Oct 1864 in St. Thomas's Church, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1909 after age 73 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Matilda was born in 1835 in Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England to Thomas and Mary Crane and baptised in that village on 27 December of the same year.^[1]

Matilda lived for most of her life in and around the Chaddesley Corbett area, about 5 miles east of Kidderminster. In 1841 when she was 4 years old, her family was living in the hamlet of Hill Pool in Chaddesley Corbett where her father worked as an agricultural labourer.^[2] In 1851 Matilda’s family lived in the village of Chaddesley Corbett,^[3] then in 1861 in the hamlet of Woodrow.^[4] Interestingly, Matilda gave birth to three children (Emma in 1856, William in 1858, and Agnes in 1860) before she was married in 1864 and while she was residing with her parents.

Matilda was about 29 years old and single when she married William Perry on the 9 October 1864 at Saint Thomas's Church, Dudley, Worcestershire.^[5] William was 48 years old at the time and it was his second marriage – his first wife Charlotte had died just 4 months earlier in June, leaving him to care for several children. This was perhaps a contributing factor in the marriage taking place so soon after Charlotte’s death.

Matilda and William moved to nearby Stone and continued to add to their family, eventually having another six children in addition to the children each of them brought to the marriage. Two of these children did not survive childhood (Ann Thirza 1867-1870, and Guenever 1870-1870). Census data shows that Matilda lived in Stone for the entire period after her marriage and the death of husband William in 1895 up until her departure for the U.S. with her daughter Minnie and her husband in 1903.^[6][7][8][9] In July 1903 Matilda immigrated to the U.S. arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in August. She accompanied her daughter Minnie, Minnie’s husband Fred Harry Piper and their 10 month old young son Cyril on board the Ivernia. Their stated intended place of residence was with Fred’s brother and sister in 41 West St, Lawrence, Massachusetts.^[10]

Matilda died in September 1909 of a valvular heart lesion in Lawrence, Massachusetts and was buried in Bellevue Cemetary in Lawrence.^[11]

Census

Research Notes

• No record of a father has been located for Matilda’s three children before her marriage to William (Emma/Emily born 1856, William born 1858, and Agnes born 1860) all of whom carried the Crane surname. Agnes’ U.S. death certificate cites Richard Crane as her father though no other evidence has been found to confirm him as her father or the father of Emma and William.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYKP-QFS : 22 March 2020), Matilda Crane, 1835.
2. ↑ Census 1841: "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ55-RP9 : 23 May 2019), Matilda Crane in household of Thomas Crane, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ Census 1851: "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGZW-B1C : 8 November 2019), Matilda Crane in household of Thomas Crane, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England; citing Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England, p. 13, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Census 1861: "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7XD-45H : 24 October 2019), Matilda Crane in household of Thomas Crane, Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ Marriage: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK3M-NQ6 : 13 March 2020), Matilda Crane in entry for William Perry, 1864.
6. ↑ Census 1871: "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5R1-VHV : 28 September 2019), Matilda Perry in entry for William Perry, 1871.
7. ↑ Census 1881: "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27F-L9H1 : 12 December 2017), Matilda Perry in household of William Perry, Stone, Worcestershire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 4, Piece/Folio 2897/57, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,825.
8. ↑ Census 1891: "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TCJ-53Z : 5 May 2019), Matilda Perry in household of William Perry, Stone, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Worcestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ Census 1901: "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS3W-CVX : 21 May 2019), Matilda Perry, Stone, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Chaddesley Corbett subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
10. ↑ Immigration: "Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:236T-M5N : 13 March 2018), Matilda Perry, 1903; citing Immigration, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication T843 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,404,189.
11. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N49F-7QK : 6 April 2020), Matilda Perry, 11 Sep 1909; citing Lawrence,,Massachusetts, 300, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,313,392.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 April 2020, 05:00), entry for Matilda Crane(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MLCF-LDL); contributed by various users.