Elizabeth Perkins of Wokingham

[~MERLIN~]

Perks1 & Fletcherhist,

Another place I have checked & found there are lots of references to your families that will keep you busy scouring them is the Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 available online & free also to download copies of anything you find.

I can see many BDM's, advertising & stories on the families in there.

Link to website here:

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

[Perks1]

Merlin

Have been having great fun checking out the newspapers online. Thanks for all the tips. Certainly will keep us busy.

Perks1

[fletcherhist]

Hi Merlin,
If you can spare five minutes could you help me with the following which has been a brick wall for a close friend for some time?  If you are too busy just forget it.
 
She knows the family as Winbank but she believes that the name was changed when William came to Australia. 
 
William WINBANK/WINDEBANK: born abt 1836 died 1914 in Wombat NSW Australia.
Married Catherine BARNES formerly OWEN in Sydney NSW.
 
She has not been able to find anything about when he arrived in Aust. or where he originated from.  She thinks he may have gone to Aust at the age of 15 and that he didn't want to be found hence he changed his name and was very vague with any information regarding his past. 

Thanks a lot

Fletcherhist

[~MERLIN~]

Hi Merlin,
If you can spare five minutes could you help me with the following which has been a brick wall for a close friend for some time? 

I'll do some digging over the next week & whatever I find I'll post for you.

~MERLIN~

[frogg]

Hi,
I have alot of info on the Perkins/Watchorn/Chapman families who are all related,
I'm a Chapman/Perkins descendant.
Cheers.
Milton.

[fletcherhist]

Hi,
Welcome to the party. What would you like to contribute?

Fletcherhist

[~MERLIN~]

Hey Fletcherhist!

I think frogg is one of the Chapman relos from the NZ branch...

BTW I emailed your friend re her WINBANK query but still no response from her...

Is she away on holidays or something?

~MERLIN~

[fletcherhist]

Hi Merlin,
I'll check up.

Cheers

Fletcherhist

[frogg]

I have heaps of info I'd like to swap.

Susanna Eliza PERKINS (WATCHORN) & Eliza PERKINS (CHAPMAN) were sisters who came out to Hobart in 1826 on the "Phoenix" with their husbands & children, later both having many more children in Hobart.

Their father was (John) Bingley PERKINS, from St Neots in Huntingdonshire, by his second marriage to Elizabeth unknown. His first wife was Susanna CARELESS from Eynesbury. Some of those children died in St Neots.

Bingley was son of Elijah PERKINS & Ann DAY from St Mary's in Huntingdon who settled in St Neots in 1758.

Bingley had a surviving son John, but it is unknown whether he is anything to do with John PERKINS of Tassie b1812. It is supposed he (John) came from Wales ?? which could indicate why some of his children have Welsh sounding names.

Hows that for starters ?
Milton.