Perkins Family Page

On 26 March 1949 the PERKINS Family was united with the BURTON family when Albert Perkins married Aldyth Burton in Cardiff.

Perkins Ancestors          Top of the page

The PERKINS Family came to Cardiff from Somerset. William PERKINS was born probably about 1670 and in or around the village of Dunster, Somerset. A William Perkins married Honor JENKINS at Dunster on 12 November 1604 and I can find records for 7 children born to the couple: Honor 1699-1699, George 1700, Jane 1700, John 1702-1763, Honor 1704, Thomas 1706 and Elizabeth 1710. (This earlier research is based on entries in Parish records only and there is no further evidence to prove or disprove the lineage at this time until the family of John Perkins born 1774.)

The marriage of George PERKINS and Sarah PERKINS means there are two lines of research going back and a supposition that they may be linked again. Records are available for Carhampton, Dunster, Withycombe and other villages around this area of Somerset and while they seem complete there does seem to be a lack of marriage and burial entries for some of the PERKINS found on the Baptism records. Of course ther was now legal responsibility to register Births, Marriages or Deaths. Hopefully some records will appear in the future to provide positive evidence for the research.

John PERKINS was baptised at Dunster, Somerset on 4 October 1702 and was the son of William PERKINS and Honor JENKINS. John's wife was named PITERNELL and there are records for 5 children born to the couple at Withycombe, Somerset: Ann 1724, William 1727, John 1731, Mary 1738 and Joan 1742. John was buried at Withycombe on 10 July 1763 and Pitternell on 3 April 1774.

Line of Descent to George          Top of the page

William PERKINS was baptised at Withybush on 2 February 1727 the son of John and Pitternell. He married Mary BENNETT at Withycombe on 13 January 1760 and there are records for four children: Sarah 1760, Hanna 1768, William 1770 and John 1774-1848. William was buried at Withycombe on 16 May 1793 and Mary on 12 October 1800.

The link between George and Sarah could be through William's son William born 1770 and his marriage to Mary GRIFFITH but there is no record of a son named John born to them and their marriage date (1792) is a year after the date recorded for Sarah's father. There are records for four children born to William and Mary GRIFFITH: Thomas 1793, Ann 1796, William 1797, William 1806 and Hannah 1810. Hannah married George's brother John, son of John PERKINS and Mary HILL born 1806. They were married at Withycombe on 24 September 1829.

John PERKINS was the son of William PERKINS and Mary BENNETT and was baptised at Withycombe on 1 May 1774. John married Mary HILL at Withycombe on 14 May 1794 and their children were baptised at Carhampton, Somerset: William born 1803, John born 1806, James born 1809, George born 1814. They are living at Withybush in 1841 and John's occupation is recorded as an ag lab. John and Mary were both buried at Carhampton; John on 26 May 1848 and Mary on 16 August 1852.

Line of Descent to Sarah          Top of the page

John PERKINS baptised on 6 June 1731 at Withycombe was the son of John PERKINS and Pitternell. John married Sarah HURWOOD at Withycomb on 22 February 1757 and I can find records for three children William 1758, Sarah 1760 and Jane 1765. There is a baptism record for William at Withycombe on 15 January 1758 but no marriage record to date. John Perkins baptised at Dunster on 27 February is recorded as the son of William PERKINS and his wife Mary. Too early to be William Perkins and Mary Griffiths unless John was born before their marriage in 1792 although there is usually a comment to this effect in the Baptism Register.

John PERKINS baptised 27 February 1791 at Dunster, son of William and Mary PERKINS married Jane THRESHER at Withycombe on 22 June 1816. John and Jane had nine children: Mary 1817, William 1818, Sarah 1820-1892, Jane 1822, George 1825, Ann 1828, Lucy 1830, John 1832 and James 1836. John died in 1837 and was buried at Old Cleeve on 1st July 1837, he was living at a place called Binham at the time of his death, he was probably a labourer at The Grange or Farmhouse. Jane is recorded at Binham, Old Cleeve in the 1841 census. She is employed as an agricultural labourer and has seven of her children with her:William and Mary aged 20, George 15, Ann 13, Lucy 11, John 8 and James 4. Jane is still living at Old Cleeve in 1851 with sons William and James and daughter Ann, all four of them are recorded as working on a farm. In 1861 Jane has moved to Carhampton Village to live with her daughter Sarah, herself now widowed. Jane is still working as an agricultural labourer and daughter Lucy is also living with her and Sarah and Sarah's children. Lucy is working as a dairy maid. Jane was buried at Carhampton on 22 March 1868.

George and Sarah Perkins          Top of the page

George PERKINS was baptised at Carhampton, Somerset on 13 March 1814. He was the son of John PERKINS and Mary HILL.

Sarah PERKINS was baptised at Old Cleeve, Somerset on 22 October 1820, she was the daughter of John PERKINS and Jane THRESHER

George and Sarah married on 11 August 1839 at Carhampton. George and Sarah had nine known children : John (1840), Mary Ann (1841) James (1842) William (1844) George (1846) Joseph (1847) Sarah (1850) Thomas (1851-1903) and Henry (1854). Life must have been extremely difficult at times for the couple. In 1841, two years after their marriage they are living in West Street, Carhampton, George is working as an agricultural labourer and they have two children, John aged 1 year and Mary Ann aged 4 months.In 1851 their address is just given as Carhampton Village and they are recorded as paupers. They have 7 children by this time and also have George's mother Mary living with them. She is recorded as being 82 years old, a widow and also a pauper. Mary died and was buried at Carhampton on 16 August 1852. Sarah was left a widow with nine children to raise when George died the following year. He was buried on 30 June 1853 at Carhampton. Sarah continues to live in the village and has taken on work as a washerwoman by 1861 to support herself and the eight children still with her. Her mother Jane, widow, aged 72 and recorded as an ag lab is living with Sarah alond with sarah's siter Lucy aged 28, a dairy maid. In 1871 Sarah has her youngest son Harry living with her in Carhampton Village along with one of Harry's fellow farm labourers. Sarah is working as a nurse in 1881 and still living in the village. Sarah's address is given as Long Street carhampton in 1891 , she is 73 and living alone. Sarah dies the following year and buried at Carhampton on 13 July 1892.

Thomas Perkins          Top of the page

Thomas PERKINS was baptised at Carhampton on 31 August 1851 the son of George and Sarah PERKINS born on 6 August 1851. Thomas was only two years old when his father died. In 1861 he is living with his widowed mother, Sarah, his grandmother, Aunt and siblings in Carhampton. In 1871 he is an unmarried dock labourer living in John Street, Penarth, Glamorganshire with his Uncle John Perkins and family. Uncle John is likely to be the brother of Thomas's mother Sarah. In 1874 Thomas married Mary Elizabeth MULES at Cardiff. It is not known when Mary died and there are no records of any children being born to the couple. In 1881 they are living at 36 Planet Street, Roath, Cardiff with Mary's father Edward MULES. Thomas is aged 26 and a policeman at the docks. It is not known whhen Mary died but on 26 March 1884 Thomas married Mary Elizabeth BAILEY at Cardiff. Mary Elizabeth Bailey was the daughter of Henry Petherick BAILEY and Elizabeth Ann Mules. Elizabeth Ann MULES was an elder sister of Thomas's first wife Mary. Thomas had eight children with Elizabeth: Ernest (1886-1943), Edgar (1887), Ralph (1889), Sidney (1892-1902), Emily Ellen (1895), Gertrude (1896), Howard (1899) and Thomas (1901). In 1891 they are living at 27 Diamond Street and Thomas is again recorded as a police constable. They have a family called PARSONS living with them. By 1901 they have moved to 13 Swinton Street and Thomas has been promoted to Police Sergeant. Their eldest son Ernest is earning some money by doing a milk round. Thomas died from polio at The Sanatorium in Cardiff on 4 June 1903, his probate record shows he left effects of £220. Mary continues to live at Swinton Street. In 1911 the census records that she had 8 children with seven still living. At the address with her are her son Ernest 25, an assistant timber machinist, daughter Emily 16, a dressmaker and son Thomas who is still at school. She is also providing lodging for a woman called Alice McIndeor (or similar) aged 37 and married. Recorded also is Joseph Perkins nephew aged 36 single coal trimmer single. This is likely to be Joseph Henry PERKINS son of Joseph PERKINS and Hannah Maria GAGE I am unsure where and when Mary died.

Children of Thomas Perkins and Mary Elizabeth Bailey Top of the page

Ernest was born on 11 April 1886 at Cardiff. He appears on the 1891 and 1901 census for Cardiff living with his parents at 27 Diamond Street and then 13 Swinton Street. In 1901 he is earning as a milk round boy but by 1911 he is working as a timber machinist. Ernest marries his cousin, May MULES at Penarth, Glamorganshire on 2 December 1915. May is the daughter of William MULES, Elizabeth's brother. Ernest and May are living at 7 The Arcade Penarth in 1921 and have two children; Thomas and Marjorie. Ernest is working as a timber machinist for Robinson and David Co Ltd Timber Importers, Cardiff. In 1939 they are living at 75 Andrew Road Penarth and two daughters are still at home with them: Marjorie, later to become Marjorie WIGGINS and Dorothy, later to become Dorothy RYAN. Their eldest son Thomas married Mabel I. AGER in 1944 at Cardiff and named their son David. Ernest and May's second son Arthur Ernest was born at Penarth on 24 October 1916, At the time of the 1921 census Arthur is recorded as a nephew visiting with Amy MARTIN, widow and her children at 5 John St, Penarth. Amy was Amy MULES another daughter of William MULES and a half-sister of May. Another half-sister, Frances is also recorded on that census. Arthur then went to Woolwich, London and on 1939 Register is recorded at 201 Wickham Lane with his future wife Evelyn HEPPENSTALL and her family. Arthur and Evelyn married in 1939 at Woolwich and had two sons, Raymond and Philip. Marjorie and Vivian WIGGINS married at cardiff in 1948 and had two daughters Rosemary and Gillian. Dorothy married James RYAN in 1946 at Cardiff and had three children: Stephen, Robert and Victoria. William, the youngest son of Arthur and May died aged 12 years in 1937. Ernest died at Cardiff in 1943 and May at Caerleon, Monmouthshire in 1965.

Edgar was born at Cardiff on 3 December 1887 and appears on the 1891 census living at 27 Diamond Street with his parents. In 1901 he is recorded at 78 Dock View Road Barry living with Charles and Elizabeth BAILEY and their daughter Dorothy. Edgar is working as an apprentice copper smith. (Charles BAILEY is a brother to Elizabeth Bailey/Perkins Edgar's grandmother.) By 1911 Edgar has joined the ROYAL NAVY. He has moved to 62 Beatrice Avenue, Devonport and is working in the Government Dockyard as a maritime coppersmith. He and his wife Nellie (Ellen PRING) were married at Devonport in 1910, they had 5 children: Thomas, Philip H, Edgar Arnold, Raymond Kingsley and Dorothy M. Still at Beatrice Avenue in 1921 Edgar is now a Chief Engine Room Artificer. Edgar and Nellie have their two-year old son Edgar Arnold living with them. Edgar left the Royal Navy in 1928 and moved to Harrow, Middlesex. In 1939 they are living at 391 Torbay Road, Harrow. Their son Raymond is living with them and probably their daughter Dorothy but this is a closed record on the Register. Edgar died in 1970 in Brent District of Middlesex and Nellie in 1983. Their eldestson Thomas G married Kathleen M RETTER in 1940 in Devon and they have four children: Valerie, Margaret H, Dennis W and Michael T. The third son Edgar Arnold Perkins was born in Cardiff in 1918, he appears on the 1921 census with his parents at 62 Beatrice Avenue, Devonport. Edgar joins the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during WWII. He is serving on HMS Illustrious during the ill-fated Battle of Taranto in 1940 and is mentioned in Despatches. He died on War Service on 10 January 1941 and is commemorated on the Royal Naval Memorial at Lee-on-Solent Bay 2 Panel 7. Probate is granted to his mother Ellen and he left effects of £252 4s 1d.

Ralph PERKINS was born on 7 November 1889 at Cardiff. He was the third son of Thomas PERKINS and Mar Elizabeth BAILEY. He was probably born at 27 Diamond Street, Cardiff. He appears there with them on the 1891 census along with his brothers Ernest and Edgar. The family have moved to 13 Swinton Street by 1901 and Ralph now has three more brothers: Sidney, Howard and Thomas and two sisters Emily and Gerty. Ralph's father dies in 1903 and the family is split up a bit. In 1911 Ralph is a lodger at 74 Beatrice Avenue Devonport just along from his brother Edgar. Ralph is working as a coppersmith at The Naval Dockyard. Ralph marries Elizabeth JOYCE on 3 October 1916 at St Mark's Church Gabalfa, Cardiff. Ralph is 26 years old a bachelor and a Sapper in the RE. His address is given as 13 Swinton Street and his father named as Thomas PERKINS deceased. Elizabeth is a spinster aged 27 , her address is Monachty Villa, Gabalfa and her father is Michael JOYCE, a shoemaker. Witnesses were Edward NESBITT and Gertrude PERKINS. Ralph and Elizabeth are living at 13 Swinton Street in 1921. Ralph's occupation is recorded as rivetter, ship repair industry working for Cardiff Channel Dry Dock and Ship repairing Co - it adds that he is out of work. At 13 Swinton Street with them is their daughter Sylvia Joyce PERKINS and Ralph's brother Thomas a steward (sea going) also out of work. By 1939 Ralph and Elizabeth have moved to 10 Moore Road and Ralph is working as a boilermaker machine rivetter. Living with them is their daughter Sylvia - working as a single coil and armeture winder, son Albert A a single rivet heater, their son Ralph who is still at school and there is one closed record. Ralph's death date is unknown, Elizabeth died in Swansea in 1981.

Sidney was born at Cardiff in 1892 and was just 10-years old when he died in 1902 at Cardiff.

Ellen Emily was born on 21 Juy 1894 at Cardiff. She is living at 13 Swinton Street with her parents and siblings in 1901 and is there with her widowed mother, brothers Ernest and Thomas and cousin Joseph in 1911, she is working as a dressmaker. In 1915, at Cardiff, Emily marries George Llewellyn EDWARDS. They are living at 4 Harrowby Street in 1921, George is a fish hawker and son Sidney aged 2y and 4 month-old Margaret are living with them. George and Emily had eight children: Sidney George, David H, Margaret Gertrude, Emily Maureen, Sylvia F, Raymond Richard, Catherine E and Bernard T. Fortunes have changed by 1939, they are now living at 28 Augusta Street and both George and son Sidney are recorded as incapacitated. David, born 1900 died as a baby and Sylvia a young girl in 1935. Margaret does not appear on the Register with them. Daughter Emily is working as a junior mailing clerk and Raymond, Catherine and Bernard are at school. I believe Emily died at Cardiff in 1978.

Gertrude was born in Cardiff in 1896. She is with her parents and siblings at 13 Swinton Street in 1901 but after her father dies she is sent to an orphanage in Sutton Coldfield, warwickshire along with her brother Howard. Although still at the orphange, Boldmere St Michaels, Aston, Sutton Coldfield, she, at 15, is old enough to work for her keep and is working in the laundry. I haven't discovered any more about Gertrude but one family photograph that was copied to me shows her what appears to be a bus or tram conductress uniform.

Howard also is with his parents and siblings at 13 Swinton Street in 1901 and went, with Gertrude to Boldmere St Michaels, Aston, Sutton Coldfield. He is recorded as a schoolboy at the orphange. Howard returns to Cardiff and works for a time as a tram conductor before enlisting in 1916 as a rifleman in KRRC and later transferring to the Rifle Brigade. Howard is despatched to France as part of the BEF and suffers from exposure to gas attack on 22/23 August 1918. Howard was discharged from the Army in 1919 to 13 Swinton Street. In 1920 he married at Pontypridd, Glamorganshire Jenny (Janey) JONES. Howard and Jenny have three sons: Howard, Thomas Henry and Ellis. Howard dies of emphysemia (from the effects of the gas) at Cardiff in 1930. Jenny then marries Frederick HARDING in Cardiff in 1933. They are all recorded together on the 1939 register living at 402 Grand Avenue, Cardiff along with Jenny and Fred's son John Frederick HARDING. Howard is working as a baker and Thomas as an apprentice cinema operator, Ellis is still at school. Howard married Sheila M DAVIES in 1941 and they had three sons, Howard F, Raymond T and Malcolm J. Thomas married Audrey D HORTON in 1948 and they had a son Christopher. Ellis married Irene JENKINS and they had three children; David R, Carol A and Allan E.

Thomas was born on 12 January 1901 and is with his parents and siblings at 13 Swinton Street in 1901 and in 1911 with his widowed mother. In 1921 he i still at 13 Swinton Street but now living with his brother Ralph and his family. Thomas's occupation is given as steward- sea going working for Bell Symondson & Co Ship Owners but it also states that he is out of work. Thomas marries Audrey Eliza RADFORD in Cardiff in 1927 and they have four children: Dorothy, Malcolm, Cedric and Maragaret. In 1939 Thomas and Audrey are living at 82 Clive Street, Thomas is a gas worker and they have Cedric and Margaret and one other (closed record) living with them. Thomas dies at Cardiff on 14 December 1947 and leaves effects of £262 probate granted to his widow Audrey. Audrey dies at Cardiff in 1975.

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AldythWedding Albert Perkins marriage to Aldyth Burton AldythAlbert Albert & Aldyth Perkins AldythWedding Sylvia (Perkins) and Trevor Davey
PerkinsRalph Ralph Perkins and Elizabeth Joyce ThomasMary Thomas Perkins and Mary Elizabeth Bailey Edgar Edgar Perkins
Ellis Ellis Perkins PerkinsArthur Arthur Perkins Gertrude Gertrude "Gerty" Perkins
Tom Tommy Perkins Ernest2 Ernest Perkins Raymond Raymond, Gordon, Peggy and Dorothy Wedding Leeds 1942
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