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Shropshire / Re: Birth of Joseph Nicholls about 1783
« on: Sunday 16 January 22 04:48 GMT (UK) »
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Ancestry:
Pigot's Directory 1841 Richard Perkins 267 Newtown Row Birmingham- Pistol Maker
White's Directory 1849 Richard Perkins 19 Lench Street Birmingham - Pistol Maker
Same 1852 & 1855
This is probably his son Richard who took over the business.
Is this a possibility as he spent at least 7 years in London as an apprentice. Needs work
Richard Perkin of St Olave Southwark married Ann Clark by license at St Luke Finsbury 16 November 1794. She was of the parish.
Witness Robert Cowell Clark
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/perkins.32147/Thanks, we are after the Same Richard Perkins father of Thomas Perkins who arrived in Tasmania 1833/34 as a convict, he was a gun and pistol finisher by trade. His father Richard in the 1841 and 1851 censuses is a pistol maker. I have Richards christenining 1799 in Birmingham, parents Richard and Ann.
I found this but doesn't help much. Possible you may be able to contact poster for further info
There is a Worldsend near Church Stretton, do you think this is where he meant? Though I can't see a suitable baptism near there either.