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Mary Bryant (Newman) Perry (1853 - 1946)

Mary Bryant Perry formerly Newman
Born in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdommap
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 25 Dec 1878 (to 5 Apr 1927) in Prahran, Victoria, Australiamap
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Mother of
Died at age 93 in Kew, Victoria, Australiamap
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Biography

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Mary (Newman) Perry was born in Chelsea, Middlesex, England.
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Mary (Newman) Perry migrated from England to Australia.
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Mary Bryant was born on the 12 March 1853 in Chelsea, on the north bank of the River Thames, London & Middlesex, England[1]. She was the daughter of Walter George Newman and Harriet Marks.

On the 2 August 1856, from the Port of Gravesend, Kent, England, the Newman family set sail aboard the "Startled Fawn" for the Colony of Victoria. They arrived at Port Phillip Bay, City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the 31 October 1856. The Manifest read as follows:--NEWMAN, Walter G (26) Policeman; NEWMAN, Harriet (27); NEWMAN, Fanny (6); NEWMAN, Walter F. (5); NEWMAN, Mary B. (4); NEWMAN, William (2)[2].

  • 1856 'SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.', Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918), 3 November, p. 2
  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF MELBOURNE. Arrived. October 31.—Ariel, schooner, from Chatham Islands, 6th September: Startled Fawn, ship, from London 2nd August, with fifteen cabin and one hundred and fifty intermediate and steerage passengers[3].

Mary married James Perry on the 25 December 1878 in Prahran, City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[4]. Seven (7) children were born to the couple:--

  1. Eliza Caroline (Perry) Garrett, born 1879 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria[5];
  2. Rupert Charles Perry, born 13 December 1880 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria[6];
  3. Walter James Perry, born 1885 in Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria[7];
  4. Edwin Perry, born 1888; died 12 October 1889 in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria[8][9].;
  5. Edwin Gordon Perry, born 1890 in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria[10];
  6. Stanley Gladds Perry, born 1892 in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria[11]; and
  7. Elsie Lavinia Perry, born Ca. June 1895, died 28 July 1895 at 1 month old in Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria[12].

From 1903 to 1905, Bootmaker, James lived with wife Mary and their children at 11 Burke Avenue, Hawthorn, City of Melbourne, Auburn Subdivision, Kooyong Division, Victoria, Australia[13]. However, by 1909, the Perry family had moved to 240 Riverdale Road, Auburn, City of Melbourne, Auburn Subdivision, Kooyong Division, Victoria, Australiar[14]. James and Mary then moved to 140 Riverdale Road, Auburn, City of Melbourne, Auburn Subdivision, Kooyong Division, Victoria, Australia and we find them there between 1912 and 1914[15].

Then, between 1915 and 1917, James and Mary lived at 12 Seymour Grove, Camberwell, City of Melbourne, Camberwell Subdivision, Kooyong Division, Victoria, Australia[16]. In 1919, up until his death in 1927, the family lived in the suburb of Camberwell, initially at 26 Judd Street and then by 1926 at 84 Bowen Street, Camberwell, City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[17].

After James' death in 1927, Mary lived as a widow, in 1928, with her son Stanley Gladds (Perry) at 215 Burke Road, Canterbury, City of Melbourne, Camberwell North Subdivision, Kooyong Division, Victoria, Australia[18]. However, by 1931, both her and Stanley were living at 46 Canterbury Road, Canterbury, City of Melbourne, Camberwell North Subdivision, Kooyong Division, Victoria, Australia[19]. From 1936 until her death in 1946, Mary lived at 7 Sutherland Avenue, Kew, City of Melbourne, Kew Subdivision, Kooyong Division, Victoria, Australia[20].

On the 25 September 1946, at the age of 93, Mary passed away at her home at 7 Sutherland Avenue, Kew, City of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[21]. Her burial took place on the 26 September 1946 in the Wesleyan area, Section A, grave 758 of the Boroondara General Cemetery (aka Kew), 430 High Street, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[22][23].

  • 1946 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 26 September, p. 2.
  • DEATHS. PERRY.—On September 25, at her residence, 7 Sutherland avenue, Kew, Mary, the beloved wife of the late James Perry, devoted mother of Eliza (Mrs. E. C. Jarrett), Rupert, Walter (deceased), Edwin, and Stanley, in her 94th year. Resident of Camberwell 55 years. —The long day closes.
  • PERRY.—On September 25, loved grandmother of Jim and Evelyn, loved great-grandmother of Diane and Colin.—At rest[24].
  • 1946 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 26 September, p. 10.
  • FUNERAL NOTICES. PERRY.— The Funeral of the late Mrs MARY PERRY will leave her residence, 7 Sutherland-avenue, Kew, THIS DAY, after a service commencing at 1.45 p.m.. for the Kew Cemetery. LE PINE and SON. JA1104[25].

Sources

  1. ↑ England & Wales Births 1837-2006 : General Register Office (GRO), Southport & FindMyPast; Reference: (April-June 1853). Mary Bryant Newman. Mother: Marks. Registration District: Chelsea; County; London; Volume: 1A; Page: 155; Accessed 1 October 2023; Record Link: https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
  2. ↑ Unassisted Passenger Lists 1852-1923 : Public Record Office Victoria (PROV), Melbourne; Record Series Number: (VPRS): 947; Reference: Date Arrive: Oct 1856; Ship: Startled Fawn; Book No.--; Page: --; Record Nos: --; Image 188 of 310; Accessed 1 October 2023; Record Link: https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B010F26-F96C-11E9-AE98-2719F500BDE6?image=188
  3. ↑ Shipping Notice : TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87995291
  4. ↑ Family History Search: Marriages : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Marriage Year-1878); James Perry & Mary Bryant Newman. Marriage Place: Prahran. Registration Details: 4913 / 1878; Accessed 1 October 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  5. ↑ Family History Search: Births : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Birth Year-1879); Eliza Caroline Perry. Father: James Perry. Mother: Mary Newman. Birth Place: Coll. Registration Details: 15070 / 1879; Accessed 30 September 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  6. ↑ Family History Search: Births : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Birth Year-1880); Rupert Charles Perry. Father: James Perry. Mother: Mary Newman. Birth Place: Coll. Registration Details: 1778 / 1881; Accessed 30 September 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  7. ↑ Family History Search: Births : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Birth Year-1885); Walter James Perry. Father: James Perry. Mother: Mary Bryant Newman. Birth Place: Coll. Registration Details: 1717 / 1885; Accessed 30 September 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  8. ↑ Family History Search: Births : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Birth Year-1888); Edwin Perry. Father: James Perry. Mother: Mary Newman. Birth Place: Hawthorn. Registration Details: 3570 / 1888; Accessed 30 September 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  9. ↑ Family History Search: Deaths : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Death Year-1889); Edwin Perry. Father: Jas Perry. Mother: Mary Newman. Death Place: Hawthorn. Registration Details: 16869 / 1889; Accessed 1 October 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  10. ↑ Family History Search: Births : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Birth Year-1890); Edwin Gordon Perry. Father: Jas Perry. Mother: Mary Newman. Birth Place: Hawthorn. Registration Details: 13625 / 1890; Accessed 30 September 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  11. ↑ Family History Search: Births : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Birth Year-1892); Stanley Gladds Perry. Father: Jas Perry. Mother: Mary Newman. Birth Place: Hawthorn. Registration Details: 4636 / 1892; Accessed 30 September 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  12. ↑ Family History Search: Deaths : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Death Year-1895); Elsie Lavinia Perry. Father: Jas Perry. Mother: Mary Bryant. Death Place: Hawthorn. Registration Details: 9518 / 1895; Accessed 1 October 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  13. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Division: Kooyong; Subdivision: Auburn; Record Nos. 2878, 2879 (Rupert Charles) & 2880; Page number: 39 (1903); Record Nos. 3111 (Eliza Caroline); 3112 (James); 3113 (Mary Bryant) & 3114 (Rupert Charles); Page number: 42 (1905)
  14. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Division: Kooyong; Subdivision: Auburn; Record Nos. 4190 & 4191; Page number: 71
  15. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Division: Kooyong; Subdivision: Auburn; Record Nos. 4602 & 4603; Page number: 78 (1912); Record Nos. 5243, 5245 & 5247 (Rupert Charles); Page number: 88 (1914)
  16. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Division: Kooyong; Subdivision: Camberwell; Record Nos. 3451, 3452 & 3454 (Stanley Gladds); Page number: 58 (1915); Record Nos. 3631, 3632 & 3634 (Stanley Gladds); Page number: 61 (1917)
  17. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Record Nos. 4032 & 4033; Page number: 69 (1919); Record Nos. 5259, 5261 & 5265 (Walter James); Page numbers: 88 & 89 (1921); Record Nos. 5335, 5337 & 5341 (Walter James); Page number: 90 (1922); Record No. 6089; Page number: 102 (1924); Record Nos. 8435, 8437 & 8439 (Stanley Gladds); Page number: 141 (1926); Record Nos. 7209, 7211 & 7213 (Stanley Gladds); Page number: 121 (1927)
  18. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Record Nos. 5611 & 5612; Page number: 94 (1927)
  19. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Record Nos. 6377 & 6388; Page number: 107 (1931)
  20. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 : Australian Electorial Commission, Canberra & Ancestry.com Operations; Division: Kooyong; Subdivision: Kew; Record Nos. 11448 & 11453; Page number: 192 (1936); Record Nos. 11836 & 11842; Page number: 198 (1936-1937)
  21. ↑ Family History Search: Deaths : Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria; Reference: (Death Year-1946); Mary Bryant Perry. Father: Walter Newman. Mother: Mary Marks. Death Place: Kew. Registration Details: 10107 / 1946; Accessed 1 October 2023; Record Link: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/6518dba81a954e25d3935fe7/results?q=efamily
  22. ↑ Grave Locator : Kew/Boroondara General Cemetery; Reference: (Death Year-1946); Mary Bryant Perry. Record Link: https://boroondaracemetery.com.au/grave-locator/
  23. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208242151/mary-bryant-perry: accessed 01 October 2023), memorial page for Mary Bryant Perry (1853–26 Sep 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208242151, citing Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, Boroondara City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980)
  24. ↑ Death Notices : TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22328523
  25. ↑ Funeral Notice : TROVE Digitised Newspapers (National Library of Australia, Canberra); Record Link: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206365359




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