Matilda (Edwards) Perry (1856 - 1941)

Born 1856 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Perry — married 1873 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 1941 at about age 85 in Clermont, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Matilda Edwards was born in Oct-Nov-Dec 1856 in Falmouth, Cornwall. ^[1]

Matilda Jane Edwards born about 1857 arrived at the age of 2 years with her mother Sarah 31 and her sister Sarah Jane 7, on 28 Aug 1859 to Melbourne, Australia from Liverpool on 'Morning Light'. ^[2]

Matilda Edwards 21 spinster born 1852 in Falmouth, Cornwall (Parents Martin Edwards, blacksmith, and Sarah Hooper), married George Perry 22 bachelor born 1851 in Richmond, Victoria (Parents Edmund Perry, miner, and Helen Gormley), on 10 May 1873 in Ballarat. ^[3]

Children of George Perry & Matilda Edwards

• Sarah Jane Perry 1874 at Timor (north of Maryborough), Victoria
• Maud Perry 1877 at Timor, Vic
• Ethel Perry 1880 at Timor, Vic
• Frederick Charles Perry 1884 at Majorca, Vic
• William Ernest Perry 1887 at Majorca, Vic

Their removal to Queensland initiated a change of name to 'Crew' - other than on the birth records of the children born in Queensland.

Children of George Perry (AKA Frederick Charles Augustus Crew) & Matilda Edwards

• • Alfred Percival James Crew ( - 1976) passed at Brisbane, Father; Frederick Charles Augustus Crew, Mother; Matilda Edwards.

Frederick C Crew about 10 May 1873 in Ballarat: GOLDEN WEDDING. CREW.—Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Crew, Bowen (late of Charters Towers), married at Ballarat, Falmouth, England, May 10th, 1873. Mother and father of Mrs. Kenna, Perth, West Australia ; Mrs. J. Dunn, Melbourne ; Mrs. A. H. Medcraf, Winton ; Mrs. J. Troy, Charters Towers ; Mr. Frederick Crew, Mr. William Crew and Mr. Alfred Crew, of Bowen. Family Notices (1923, May 10). The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1874 - 1954), p. 2.

In 1903 and 1913 Matilda and Frederick, miner, lived in Bluff Rd, Charters Towers.^[4]

In 1925 Matlida and Frederick Charles, labourer, lived in Gregory st, Bowen.^[5] [Is Myrtle Crew, State Coalmine home duties Bowen also a family member?]

Matilda died in 1941 in Clermont.^[6]

MRS. MATILDA CREW The death occurred at the residence of her son-in-law in Elderslie Street on Thursday last of Mrs. Matilda Crew, aged 85 years. Deceased was a native of the Old Country, born at Falmouth, County Cornwall in the south of England. As Miss Matilda Edwards, after emigrating to Australia, she married Mr F. C. Crew in Victoria, and they then came to Charters Towers, making their home there during the period of the '91 strike. Mrs. Crew visited Winton in 1918 for a short period-thence going to Bowen, Rockhampton and then to Brisbane. Her husband predeceased her in Brisbane in 1926. For the last three years Mrs. Crew has been residing with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs A. H. Medcraf, Winton. She is survived by two daughters and one son, Mrs. A. H. Medcraf (Winton), Mrs. J. Dunne (Melbourne) and Mr. A. P. J. Crew (Clermont). The last rites were performed by the Rev. R. Peel, the funeral leaving the Methodist Church at 4 p.m. on Friday. MRS. MATILDA CREW (1941, December 13). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 - 1954), p. 16.

Sources

1. ↑ FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: General Register Office. Volume: 5c Page: 217
2. ↑ Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947] : Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2009.
3. ↑ VIC marriages 1835 / 1873 EDWARDS Matilda = PERRY George
4. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 for Matilda Crew, Queensland 1903 Kennedy Charters Towers
5. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 for Matilda Crew, Queensland 1925 Herbert Bowen
6. ↑ QLD death 1941 C4649 Matilda Crew