Just thought I'd update this thread..thanks to those who have replied and helped... finding this family has moved on apace.
John A Perry emigrated to Australia in 1911 with his wife Florence Stewart nee Enfield, they apparently had 5 daughters and 3 sons, with help I have found some information. However as yet have not found their embarkation details.
Perhaps most amazingly I have found a descendant of my grandfathers elder brother (through ancestry family tree), who has helped me tie up family details. she has confirmed that Arthur Perry b. Chile 1854 was in fact George Perry, but other details are correct, he died in 1934.
His father George Perry was a ships surgeon...cannot be found on lists of surgeons.
Along with another interested party through Jessie Pope, we are having a triangular information gathering...but there are still members of this family that remain most elusive.
George (b.1854) appears to have been married before Jessie (so earlier that 1881)....? who
George Perry (senior) having huge problems finding any details...cannot find George 1854 birth details, so cannot work back from there. Nor have I any details re mother.
I cannot find either George prior to 1891 on census.
There are at least 2 brothers, Ernest and Leslie, born later than 1901, that we are searching for ? born in Essex or Middx...this is a work in progress.
Any ideas or info re the two Georges would be gratefully received.
Once again to everyone who has helped in this search...it has helped..mandy
