Perring Family History

The first Perring family sailed from Devonshire, England and landed at Port Stevens in 1842. John Perring (i)(a), a son of their family, married Mary Donohue from Ireland  in 1853 in the Roman Catholic church in East Maitland, NSW, Australia, the daughter of Philip Donohue and Ann (unknown). Mary Donohue died 1920 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

John Perring (i)(a) and  Mary Donohue had the following children.

George Perring (i)(a). b. 1854. d. 1934 in Grafton,  NSW, Australia.

Philip Perring (i)(a). b. 1856 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. d. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.

John Perring (ii)(a). b. 1858 in Port Stephens, NSW, Australia. d. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.

Richard Saunders Perring (i)(a). b. 1862 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. 1942 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

Sarah Catherine Perring (i)(a). b. 1864 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. d. 17 September 1948 in South Grafton, NSW, Australia. Buried in South Grafton Cemetery, NSW, Australia. 

She married Andrew George Giles St Clair Ellem, 26 October 1886 in Seelands, NSW, Australia. d. 3 May 1936 in South Grafton, NSW, Australia. Buried in South Grafton Cemetery, NSW, Australia. 

Anne Perring (i)(a). b. 1867 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. 

She married Edward Chapman, 25 March 1889 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

James Edward Perring (i)(a). b. 1879 in Grafton, NSW, Australia.

With a young family, left Port Stevens for Goomoo Goomoo Station near Tamworth in 1859 by bullock team. Leaving Tamworth in 1870, John Perring (i)(a) and his family came to South Grafton and settled at Seelands. Later on John (i)(a) purchased more land in the area, consisting of a large circular vineyard.

George Perring (i)(a), John (i)(a)’s son, married Mary Cameron and they raised 6 sons from their union, John Alexander Perring (i)(a), Albert William Perring (i)(a), Richard Perring (ii)(a), Donald H Perring (i)(a), George Alfred Perring (i)(a) and Irwin C Perring (i)(a), 3 of whom farmed the land at Seelands until the 1960s. Mrs. Gladys Perring, wife of James Edward Perring (i)(a) who was a brother to George Perring (i)(a) still lives on the original property.

Births 1870-1879

  James Edward Perring (i)(a) son of John (i)(a) brother to George Perring (ii)(a).

James Edward Perring (i)(a) to John (i)(a) and Mary Perring.