My cousin who is the descendant of William Henry and he suspected that the person who registered him thought Scilly and not St. Mary's Penzance. He emailed me about that just last week. I guess we do need to get both records. > Hi Carolyn, > I think the 1861 census answers your question. > William & Ruth and their children were recorded at New Bridge Madron > in 1861. The two youngest boys then, Edwin (4) and Charles (2) had > birthplace listed as Madron. The birthplace of the boy you're asking > about, William H (7) was listed as St Mary's. > > The burial record on the OPC database of the 7 year old William PERRY > on August 10, 1853 Isles of Scilly lists his place of residence as St > Mary's. That is the name of one of the 5 inhabited islands that make > up the Isles of Scilly. > > The OPC database shows William Henry PERRY was baptised on November > 13, 1853 in Gulval. The place of residence was listed as Penzance. > > It looks to me that the family was living in Madron c.1845 when > daughter Caroline was born, then Gulval c.1850-51 when sons John, > Richard and William the first were born, then St Mary's, Isles of > Scilly c.1853 when William the first died and William Henry was born, > then back to Madron by 1857 when Edwin and Charles were born. > > Someone else has already suggested you get the death certificate for > the 1853 death to get the informant's name (and probably the address > that 7 year old William lived at in August, 1853). The GRO reference > for the death is September quarter 1853, Scilly, 5c p.197. I'd > suggest in addition to that that you get the birth certificate for > William Henry PERRY March quarter 1854, Scilly vol.5c p.383. What I > think may have happened is that William the 2nd was born some time > after August 10th while the family was still in St Mary's Scilly, > baptised in Gulval in November, and then his birth registered LATE in > the March quarter of 1854 in Scilly, where he was born. There appear > to be no other Scilly-born William PERRY's in the 1861 census, and no > deaths of that name in Scilly between 1854 and 1861. > > > Joanne > Toronto, Canada > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "hainesc via" <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> > To: <diane.donohue@btinternet.com>; <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] WILLIAM PERRY > > > I just checked Ancestry and not there in Scilly. > He is in the 1851 with his family in Gulval area. > I checked deaths in 1853 and can't find him anywhere. > I checked the West Briton from August thru end of year with no report > of death. > The only one is the 7 year old from Scilly living in St.Mary's. > His 2 brothers born before the next William Henry were born before > William goes missing. > He died in August and the next William was baptized in Nov of 1853. > Which to me made sense because he wasn't gone til after they were > born then he died and the next boy got named William again with > middle name Henry??? > But what about the burial? Did people go on vacations? Did he drown > in the water? Why no story in the paper? > Where else can I check? > My new cousin in Tasmania descends from William Henry. I come from > the youngest male, Alfred. > thanks Diane for your ideas! > >> Just a thought. >> Is there a William Perry on the 1851 Census for Isles of Scilly ? >> Just got into this thread so apologise it has already been suggested. >> Diane >> ------------------------------- >> Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com >> >> Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription >> information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > Carolyn Haines > Holt, MI 48842 > ------------------------------- > Listmom:  ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription > information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >   Carolyn Haines Holt, MI 48842