Perring Family History

Susan Maria Perring (i)(a)

 

Susan Maria PERRING (i)(a).

George PERRING (i)

Born About 1805. Christened, 3 Oct 1805 in Harberton, Devon, UK. Died 1886 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia.

He married Jane Burgess SAUNDERS, 8 Dec 1831 in Harberton, Devon, UK. Daughter of George Saunders and Ann Jones. d. 1856 in Port Stevens, NSW, Australia.

George (i)(a) a Bachelor and Jane a Spinster.

Witnesses to marriage - John PERRING (ii) and Susanna FINCH.

They had the following children:

 

Contracted with 19 other local Devon shepherds, to the Australian Agricultural Company, to migrate to Australia and work on the company properties, first at Gloucester then onto Goonoo Goonoo.

Left for Australia about 1842.

Sailed from Plymouth on the H.M.S. London with wife Jane , one son John (i)(a) and two daughters, Elizabeth (i)(a)  and Mary Jane (i)(a). John (i)(a) was 9 years of age, Mary Jane (i)(a) was 3 years, Elizabeth (i)(a) was 8 months.

H.M.S. London left England on the 18th December 1841, arriving Port Stephens 14th March 1842.

George (i) was supplied accommodation and a salary of £25.0.0 per year as part of his contract.

The publication 'Pure Merinos And Others: The "Shipping Lists" of The Australian Agricultural Company' by P A Pemberton there are a few pages devoted to 'The Emigration Scheme" . Among the passengers listed there is a mention of a George Perring, a shepherd with a wife, son and two daughters arriving on the London in 1842.

He died in Tamworth, on the New England tablelands aged 81 in 1886.

New Beginnings

What follows are the records that have been found to date. Some of the information has been validated and the remainder is well, let us say relevant but not yet substantiated. There is yet a lot of work left in piecing who belongs to whom and where. If interested, stay tuned!  

Nundle and Tamworth are both in close proximity to each other situated on the New England tablelands of New South Wales.

There is a listing in the Nundle Cemetery Book: George Burgess Perring (i)(a) died 19/10/1911 aged 67 years.  There are six other Perring's listed in the Nundle book and five in the Tamworth Pioneer cemetery book: 

Susan Maria Perring (i)(a) married George Ritchie, 1870 in the Church of England, Nundle, NSW, Australia. George Ritchie. b. 23 February 1845 in 'Poplar Grove", Jamabaroo, NSW, Australia. The son of John Ritchie and Mary Anne Enright. Baptised 6 July 1845 in Jamabaroo, NSW, Australia. d. 1922 in Moree, NSW, Australia. Buried in Moree Cemetery, NSW, Australia.

Susan Maria Perring (i)(a) and George Ritchie had the following children.

Jane Burgess Ritchie. b. 1871 in Nundle, NSW, Australia.

Jane Burgess Ritchie. married Thomas H Redfern, 1889 in Moree, NSW, Australia.

Florence Ritchie. b. 1873 in Nundle, NSW, Australia. d. 1874 in Tamworth, NSW, Australia. Occupation: Child.

Florence Ritchie. b. 1875 in Nundle, NSW, Australia. 

Florence Ritchie married William Gough, 1893 in Moree, NSW, Australia.

John Gordon Ritchie. b. 1877. 

Mabel May Ritchie. b. 1881 in Nundle, NSW, Australia. 

Mabel May Ritchie married William M C Freestone, 1903 in Moree, NSW, Australia.

Elizabeth Grace Ritchie. b. 1883 in Moree, NSW, Australia. 

Elizabeth Grace Ritchie married James McDonald, 1906 in Moree, NSW, Australia.

Lily L Ritchie. b. 1886 in Moree, NSW, Australia. 

Lily L Ritchie married Charles H Hodson, 1906 in Moree, NSW, Australia.

Olive B Ritchie. b. 1889 in Moree, NSW, Australia. 

Olive B Ritchie married James W Keen, 1908 in Moree, NSW, Australia.

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