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I have taken advantage of Ancestry's free access to WWI records to look up Herbert Harold Perrin, born Bradfield, Berkshire 1886. He enlisted in the Royal Berks Regiment in 1909. Ancestry says that he married in Kent before 1915 but doesn't give a date or spouse and that he died in 1968, but doesn't say where. Can anyone help with details please? Many thanks.

parents: John Perrin,? Helen Perrin


name: Herbert Harold Perrin
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 25 Dec 1886
baptism/christening place: Bradfield, Berkshire, England
father's name: John Perrin
mother's name: Helen Perrin
indexing project (batch) number: I03190-1
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1040398

name: Herbert H Perrin
event: Census
event date: 31 Mar 1901
gender: Male
age: 14
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Bradfield, Berkshire
record type: Household
registration district: Henley
sub-district: Caversham
ecclesiastical parish: St Peters Caversham
civil parish: Caversham
county: Oxfordshire

name: Herbert Harold Pirrin
event: Census
event date: 1911
age: 24
birthplace: Bradfield, Berkshire
record type: Institution
registration district: Dover
sub-district: St Margarets At Cliffe
parish: Guston
county: Kent

1911 institution? Army I presume? Thanks - I'll see if I can find more on that. :-)

Did you check FreeBMD?

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

There's a marriage of Herbert H Perrin, 1910 in Reading.

re your other Perrin posting - which you should delete by the wy and add to this - small boys were dressed as girls at that time - it was an old wives tale that the devil took little boys so they were dressed as girls until three years of age - have a photo of my Dad in a dress!!

I had looked but for some reason couldn't find him. But I was probably looking in the wrong county, and there are an awful lot of Perrins! Thanks.

Advice taken - thank you!

I have a mystery! Among my husband's aunt's photos is one of a couple with 2 small children who look quite close in age and could even be twins. The wife looks like Helen Elizabeth Perrin, born Bradfield, Berks 1873, who married George Basil Earle (b 1875 South Acton, London) in 1905 South Richmond, Surrey district. But as far as I know they only had one child, Gordon Basil Earle, born 1907 S Richmond district, died 4 March 1945. Could there have been another child that we don't know about? And did small boys still wear dresses in the early 1900s?

His marriage is on his military records.

26-12-10, Reading to Rose Ellen Miles, spinster.
And a child Ellen Kathleen, 16-1-14, Kingsclere.

name: Gordon Basil Earle
event: Census
event date: 1911
gender: Female
age: 4
birthplace: Mortlake, Surrey
record type: Household
registration district: Richmond
sub-district: Mortlake
parish: Mortlake
county: Surrey

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name: George Basil Earle
event: Census
event date: 1911
gender: Male
age: 35
birthplace: Gunnersbury, Middlesex
record type: Household
registration district: Richmond
sub-district: Mortlake
parish: Mortlake
county: Surrey

Linda, his marriage and spouse's name is on his Pension record. Have you browsed all of the images?

Edit: see Margee has already posted the marriage! For some reason, the brides surname is surrounded by " " and the marriage has not been added to the Marriage Roll.

1911 just for info
EARLE, George Basil Head Married M 35 1876 Bank Manager Branch Joint Stock Banking Co Middlesex Gunnersbury VIEW
EARLE, Helen Elizabeth Wife Married
5 years F 38 1873 Berkshire Bradfield VIEW
EARLE, Gordon Basil Son Single F 4 1907 Surrey Mortlake VIEW
PERRIN, Helen Mother In Law Married
39 years F 65 1846 Suffolk Kirkley VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
3613 Reference:
RG14PN3613 RG78PN136 RD41 SD2 ED8 SN221

Registration District:
Richmond Sub District:
Mortlake Enumeration District:
8 Parish:
Mortlake

Address:
16 Holmesdale Avenue Mortlake

Shows 1 child born and still alive

I couldn't find how to access the other images on Ancestry - I noticed it said 12 images, but no obvious way to see them! Well, not obvious to me anyway! :-0 Interesting that he had a daughter. Auntie Margery remembered him as someone rather eccentric who used to go off and live rough! But I'm not sure what period she was talking about - she was born in 1912 so not before the 1920s anyway.

Linda, to view the other images, click on the arrow at the top, just across from the box next to the word "image". There are details in the record of his injuries.

Have you managed to view the first image okay ?

Across the top of the image in a dark green bar you will see Image Only, Print, Order etc and the below that there is on the left the Zoom In and Out – so look along that to the right.

You should see something like Image – then a number in a box – 114844 of 180931. Then Go followed by a left and right arrow. So to view the next image you need to click on the right arrow




Oops I see Potty has already answered

Thanks both - I will do that and see what I find!

Thanks both - I will do that and see what I find!

This looks like the daughter:
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 about Ellen K Perrin
Name: Ellen K Perrin
Spouse Surname: Hobbs (Arthur F)
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1938
Registration district: Leighton Buzzard
Inferred County: Bedfordshire
Volume Number: 3b
Page Number: 634

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 about Ellen Kathleen Hobbs
Name: Ellen Kathleen Hobbs
Birth Date: 16 Jan 1914
Date of Registration: Nov 1993
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Luton
Inferred County: Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire
Register number: A40F
District and Subdistrict: 3151A
Entry number: 58

Maureen