perry's in wiltshire & perry green?

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Hi again all,
Just transcribed some more paperwork from the Chippenham Record office.
Very interesting reading They are solicitors letters to and from my great great grandmother.
Confirms that they were living as Parker in 1871 census.
Confirms the two daughters Emily and Alice just appear on the scene . Solicitor asked who they are ?
Louisa avoids answering but makes reference to her husband John Perry. They may be living together again.
She refers to her illness of seven years,epilepsy, which later she is in a mental hospital for.
She constantly is asking for money,dividends to live on and money for my great grandmother's school fees.
These letters cross reference with info gleaned from various other sources. The most important being that they were living under an assumed name in the 1871 census. We believe because the daughter Mary ,my great grandmother gave birth to what is possibly an illegitamate child. I have the birth cert and a father is recorded but I can not find him anywhere else. Yet more legal documents state that Mary was married to a cousin and then again that she was never married.
It appears from the letters that a Mrs Chandler who is something to do with the solicitor Dixon may have been a friend of Louisa's
It also confirms the unexpected death of John Perry's brother William and that they will now inherit even more !

Just to say that the search goes on and all the help people have given is so appreciated. Slowly getting there.
Next bit is Loisa Elizabeth write from Paris asking for money! What's she doing there ? Where is her daughter Mary ?
Louisa and her sister Sarah both leave Devizes as it appears that Sarah who had a milliners business where her sister Louisa worked when her husband John left her,had run up huge debts ! Where did they go ? One address is Refent Street London. We wondered whether she may have become a high class prostitute ?!!
Again thank you. The puzzle continues.

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Hi again all,
I'm still transcribing the letters from Louisa Elizabeth Maslen Perry to the solicitor and the replies. At on point she is living in Paris and asks for her allowance to be sent to Mrs Parker in Paris. Interestingly that is the false name they go on to use when her daughter Mary gives birth to a daughter Lilian. I have followed and tracked Lilian who when she marries puts her grandfather's name for her father ! Her birth cert shows a William Parker as her father but I've never found anything that would show he even existed.
My main search continues to be the birth of Louisa Elizabeth Maslen who married John Perry in Devizes. The marriage was very much an on off affair and complicated by her husbands affairs and illegitimate children.
Louisa always States that her birth was Covent Garden. On her marriage cert,she gives her father as George Maslen. I know nothing about her mother but have wondered if the mother's maiden name may have been Sissons. The reason being that her only daughter is named Mary Sarah Sissons Perry.Louisa's sister is Sarah as is her Aunt who ran The Castle in Devizes. Having investigated the name Sissons it seems to come from Yorkshire. Unfortunately I can find no link for a George Maslen to a Sissons. As Louisa's younger sister was adopted it lead me to think the mother had died but of course maybe the father George had died to. The name Maslen is so common I'm Wiltshire it has proved impossible to find.
All the links in the earlier postings now make sense and are proved and tracked. I am so grateful for everyone's help.
Would anyone have ideas as to where to look for Louisa Elizabeth Maslen who marries John Perry in Devizes in 1846? She has a sister named Sarah who was adopted and I can track her with the help on this site.
Louisa fist appears on the 1841 Census in Devizes with her Aunt Sarah Grace. This is Sarah Grace's second marriage which I have tracked but only think that she was married to a Chandler before that. And exactly what the relationship was I'm still not sure even having ploughed through piles of legal documents !
It doesn't help that Louisa is known to change her name both on census records and legal paperwork. Also she lives with her husband's illegitimate daughters ,one of whom changes her name to Louisa !!!!
I have wondered that her real name may be Elizabeth and not Louisa at all and have searched for both Louisa and Elizabeth with a father George Maslen who was a grocer but all to no avail !
Can anyone think of anything else please? I think I'll have to face the fact that it's a very thick brick wall !!!!
All I can hope is that more documents may come on line over the years.
  This mad Santa exactly shows how I feel !
Happy Christmas to all. Miggs

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To all who have read my ramblings over the years ,
 I have had another thought....oh no I can hear you say,what's she come up with now !!!!

Well,just a thought , I can not find Louisa Elizabeth Maslen's birth. On census records she gives the place as Covent Garden. On her marriage certificate she gives her father as George. I have searched everywhere I could possibly think of. Then I had a thought ! One of her step daughters changes her name to Louisa also the whole family are under false names on the 1871 census. Her own daughter uses a false name when completing her daughter's ( probably illegitimate ) birth certificate and also lots of odd names appear when she is communicating regularly with the solicitor over a period of about twenty years. My thoughts Louisa Elizabeth Maslen who married John Perry changed her own name ! ?  I tried looking up an Elizabeth Maslen with a father George Maslen and then I got a result. It also shows that the wife of George the possible father was Sarah and Sarah is the name of Louisa's sister too. Now this is divergent thinking, no evidence but the date and place make sense. How could I possibly check church records as I've never actually done that ? Could it possibly be a reason why I can't find her birth ? I know she was in Devizes in the 1841 census as she is listed as working at The Castle Hotel and Sarah Grace who runs it leaves her money in her will a number of years later. Could Louisa Maslen really be Elizabeth Maslen ?