Tad
There are no William Parry birth registerations in the whole of County Durham and two William Perrys
Births Sep 1865
Perry William Andrew Darlington 10a 24
Births Sep 1866
Perry William Durham 10a 288
I'm taking this from FreeBMD which claims 100% coverage of the GRO for this period.
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/progressB.shtmlhttp://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.plIf it is William Andrew then he should have been 5 on the census not 4 (birth later in the year after census night). Census ages are not an exact science. People were not so exact or circumscribed by documentation as they are today.
There is no death registration for a William Andrew before 1871 or a William in County Durham.
I cannot find William after the potential entry of 1881 which was why I asked whether the family had emigrated. I can't find Andrew either on the 1891 census but wonder if this is his death registration and if so who registered the death?
Deaths Jun 1898
PERRY Andrew 72 Stoke On Trent 6b 140
Do you have Joseph Parry/Perry death registration?
Not everyone got married (for various reasons but one is because they had married and their marriage had failed) or if they did, not everyone got married in the names you quite expect particularly if they were illegitimate or mispelt their names. Not everyone got married before the birth of their first children and the GRO index is also a flawed index.
http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/books/books-0/book0023-errors.htmAll of which is the reason I suggested the other brother's birth certificate which may give identical information to George's or may give something different.
Have you found any potential candidates for 'Ann Booth' on the 1851 census?
Regards
Valda