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‎womanMary ?‏‎
Born ‎C1752, died ‎Feb 1812‎, 59 or 60 years, bur. ‎28 Feb 1812 Speldhurst, Kent
Will dated 2.5.1811 proved at London 29.8.1812, her sons William & John Peerless Executors; beneficiaries were her daughters Mary, wife of William Fowl, and Ann, wife of George Best, her sons Joseph, William, John, George, David & Abraham, and her grandson William, son of her late son Robert.

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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎7 Jun 1745 Withyham, Sussex‎‎. Son of Edward Pearless and Laetitia (Lettie) Tye‏
He may have married either Mary Bourne 18.11.1770 at All Saints, Maidstone or Mary Langridge 21.11.1773 at St Martins-in-the-Fields, Westminster [IGI]. [Ancestor of the families at SPELDHURST, GROOMBRIDGE, etc]

Children:

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‎womanMary Peerless‏‎
Baptised ‎1824 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎
Married firstly William Fowl, labourer of Tonbridge (d.bef 1824), then Thomas Gunner, labourer of Tonbridge, before 1824.
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‎manJoseph Peerless‏‎, follows: II-a
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎, follows: II-b
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‎womanAnn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1779 Groombridge, Kent‎, baptised ‎1824 Rotherfield, Sussex‎
Married George Best, farmer of Rotherfield, at Leigh, Kent 1798.
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‎manRobert Peerless‏‎, follows: II-c
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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎, follows: II-d
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‎manGeorge Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1787 Groombridge, Kent‎, baptised ‎1824‎
?Died 3Q 1869, Steyning, age 82. In 1851 Census a George Peerless (b.Rotherfield, unmarried) was living at High Street, New Shoreham with William Bradley and his brothers Thomas & Richard, all grocers; he was described as a carter, aged 70..
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1789 Rotherfield, Sussex‎, died ‎before 1811‎, at most 22 years
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‎manDavid Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1791 Rotherfield (Groombridge), Sussex‎, baptised ‎1824 Langton, Speldhurst, Kent, died ‎Dec 1824‎, 32 or 33 years, bur. ‎17 Dec 1824 Speldhurst, Kent. Occupations: Carpenter
Unmarried? Will dated 27.11.1824 proved at London 16.8.1825, probate to William Peerless, the brother & Sole Executor; beneficiaries were his brothers Joseph, William, John, George & Abraham and his sisters Mary Gunner & Ann Best.
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‎manAbraham Peerless‏‎, follows: II-e

generation II
 

II-a
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‎manJoseph Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1772‎, died ‎15 Nov 1843 Southwark, London SE. (Guy's Hospital)‎, 70 or 71 years. Occupations: Labourer (1843). Son of William Peerless and Mary ?‏
Married by banns; witnesses John Pickett & Mary Hallam, who were themselves married by banns at Wilmington 17.4.1797. The cause of his death was given as "accidentally run over by a wagon".

Married ‎11 Oct 1796 Wilmington, Kent (47 years married) to:

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‎womanOmier Pickett‏‎
Died ‎3Q 1843 Greenwich, Kent
Also appears as Omrah, Omiah & Omia; also as Amia, Amey, Adorni & Naomi.

Children:

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‎womanMary Ann Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1 Jun 1797‎‎
At baptism, mother's name given as Adorni.
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‎womanElizabeth Peerless‏‎
Born ‎20 May 1801‎‎. Occupations: Laundress (1851)
At baptism, mother's name given as Naomi. Married Robert Parrick 26.8.1827 at St Nicholas, Deptford, both being of that parish; witness Joseph Peerless. In 1851 Census she was widowed, living at 2 Latham's Cottages, Greenwich with her brother Thomas and a nephew Thomas Percival (10, b.Greenwich). In 1881 Census she was boarding with her brother Thomas at 3 Havelock Place, Woolwich.
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‎manJoseph Peerless‏‎, follows: III-a
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‎womanAnn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎16 Oct 1805 Greenwich, Kent‎, died ‎before 1815‎, at most 10 years
At baptism, mother's name given as Amey.
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‎womanRachel Peerless‏‎
Born ‎17 Jan 1807 Greenwich, Kent‎‎
At baptism, mother's name given as Amia. Married John Davis 26.11.1826 at St Nicholas, Plumstead, both being of that parish; witnesses were Joseph and Omiah [sic] Peerless. In 1851 Census as Rachael Peerless, she was widowed and a servant to Elizabeth Roe at 46 Smith Street, Chelsea, London SW.
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‎womanSusan Peerless‏‎
Born ‎30 Nov 1809 Greenwich, Kent‎‎
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎19 May 1812 Greenwich, Kent‎‎
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‎manThomas Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2 Sep 1815 Greenwich, Kent (Hatcliff Buildings)‎, baptised ‎1881 Woolwich, Kent (3 Havelock Place), died ‎3Q 1887 Woolwich, London SE.‎, 71 or 72 years
Twin of Ann. In 1851 Census he was unmarried, a labourer at Woolwich Arsenal, living at 2 Latham's Cottages, Greenwich with his widowed sister Elizabeth Parrick. In 1881 Census, still unmarried, he was a Pensioner of the Royal Arsenal, living at 3 Havelock Place, Woolwich; Elizabeth Parrick was boarding with him.
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‎womanAnn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2 Sep 1815 Greenwich, Kent (Hatcliff Buildings)‎‎
Twin of Thomas. Married 19.5.1839 at Bromley to George Thomas Molton, an engineer of Greenwich, son of Ansell Molton [PR].
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‎womanEliza Peerless‏‎
Born ‎30 Jul 1818 Greenwich, Kent (Woolwich Road)‎‎
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‎womanNaomi Peerless‏‎
Born ‎6 Sep 1820 Greenwich, Kent (Woolwich Road)‎‎
At baptism, mother's name given as Naomi.

 

II-b
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1778‎, baptised ‎ Speldhurst, Kent, died ‎16 Mar 1846‎, 67 or 68 years, bur. ‎Mar 1846 Speldhurst, Kent (MI). Occupations: Carpenter. Son of William Peerless and Mary ?‏
Witnesses at their marriage in 1803 were George & Ann Best. Will dated 28.1.1844 proved 9.5.1846; witnesses were James Hartridge & William Davis (a smith of Langton Green, Speldhurst); Admon. granted to Elizabeth, the widow - "no executor".

Married ‎8 Feb 1803 Frant, Sussex (43 years married) to:

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‎womanElizabeth Stiles‏‎
Born ‎C1782 Frant, Sussex‎, baptised ‎1851 Speldhurst, Kent, died ‎8 Jan 1864 Speldhurst, Kent‎, 81 or 82 years, bur. ‎Jan 1864 Speldhurst, Kent (MI). Occupations: Laundress (1851)
In 1851 Census she was a widow living at Speldhurst with daughter Elizabeth & a lodger. Will dated 26.9.1861, probate granted 8.3.1864 to William Davis, blacksmith of Langton, Speldhurst, her son-in-law and sole executor; beneficiaries included her 6 children, James, Mary wife of Edward Wheatley, Elizabeth, William, Harriet wife of William Hartridge & Ellen wife of William Davis. Her parents were Thomas (1737-24.11.1821) & Jane (1758-19.7.1844) Stiles, who were buried with her and her family at Speldhurst.

Children:

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‎manJames Peerless‏‎, follows: III-b
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‎womanMary Peerless‏‎
Born ‎11 Apr 1805 Groombridge, Kent‎‎
Married Edward Wheatley. In 1881 Census he was shown as a builder, born at Lamberhurst c1822, living at Bordyke, Tonbridge with his wife Mary & children Edward (b.c1855, Pembury, Kent), Fanny (b.c1858, Leigh, Kent) & Albert (b.c1863, Leigh, Kent); his wife Mary was shown as born c1821 at Cranbrook, Kent and, judging by the ages of the children, this was a second wife or perhaps a later daughter of William & Elizabeth Peerless. Edward & Mary had other children baptised at Leigh in 1847, 1850, 1853, 1856 & 1860.
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‎womanJane Peerless‏‎
Born ‎9 Apr 1807 Speldhurst, Kent‎, died ‎before 1861‎, at most 54 years
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‎womanElizabeth Peerless‏‎
Born ‎16 Oct 1808 Speldhurst, Kent‎, died ‎1Q 1881 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 72 or 73 years. Occupations: Laundress (1851&1861)
In 1851 Census she was unmarried, living with her mother at Speldhurst; also in 1861 Census at Little Farnham, Speldhurst.
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎, follows: III-c
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‎womanHarriet Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1814 Speldhurst, Kent (Adams Well), died ‎before 1881‎, at most 67 years
Married William Hartridge (b.c1814, Ashurst, Kent; bpt.24.4.1814, Speldhurst), son of Francis & Ann Hartridge, whose daughter Ann married Harriet's brother William Peerless. In 1881 Census he was a widower, a carpenter living at Speldhurst with his daughter Mary Jane (b.c1855, Ashurst); other children were George Peerless Hartridge (bpt.5.4.1840, Speldhurst), Albert (bpt.1.10.1843, Speldhurst) & William (bpt.27.4.1845, Speldhurst).
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‎manGeorge Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1815, died ‎18 Oct 1836‎, 20 or 21 years, bur. ‎Oct 1836 Speldhurst, Kent (MI)
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‎manLewis Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1819, died ‎16 Jul 1830‎, 10 or 11 years, bur. ‎20 Jul 1830 Speldhurst, Kent (MI)
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‎womanAnn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎13 May 1821 Ashurst, Kent‎, died ‎30 Jul 1840‎, 19 years, bur. ‎1840 Speldhurst, Kent (MI)
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‎womanEleanor (Ellen) Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1823, died ‎before 1881‎, at most 58 years
Married William Davis (b.c1823 Speldhurst, blacksmith) at St George, Southwark 4Q 1848; Vicar-General Marriage Licence dated 30.11.1848, William of St George the Martyr, Southwark, Ellen of Tonbridge, both over 21. In 1881 Census he was widowed, an ironmonger living at his cottage & forge at Speldhurst with his brother Jno.Davis, his daughters Ann (bpt.10.6.1856 Speldhurst) & Emily (b.c1862 Speldhurst) and a grand-daughter Alice Broughton (b.1876 Speldhurst). Another daughter was Ellen (bpt.7.2.1849 Speldhurst [VRI]).

 

II-c
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‎manRobert Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1781 Groombridge, Kent‎, died ‎Nov 1808‎, 26 or 27 years, bur. ‎30 Nov 1808 Speldhurst, Kent. Son of William Peerless and Mary ?‏

Married to:

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‎womanSophia Upton‏‎ PRIVACY FILTER

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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1808, baptised ‎1881 Southborough, Tun.Wells (29 Taylor St), died ‎19 Aug 1881 Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 72 or 73 years. Occupations: Gardener
Will 1881/1881; exor. his half-brother Charles Brown. Unmarried? In 1851 Census a William Peerless (37, b.Speldhurst) was an unmarried gardener with Sir John Sinclair Bart. & Lady Sinclair at Belair Villa, Tunbridge Wells.

 

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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1784 Rotherfield (Groombridge), Sussex‎, baptised ‎1819/21 Greenwich, Kent (Limekiln Lane), died ‎before 1861‎, at most 77 years. Occupations: Labourer. Son of William Peerless and Mary ?‏
When in 1827 at St Nicholas, Deptford John Peerless, a widower, married Frances Oak, a widow, both of that parish, one of the witnesses was John's brother Joseph, who had also witnessed the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth at the same church one month before. In 1841 Census John was an agricultural labourer living with Frances and their son John at Withyham, in 1851 Census a road labourer living with Frances at Crowborough Lane, Withyham; he was not with her in the 1861 Census.

Married ‎12 Nov 1810 Speldhurst, Kent (at most 2 years married) to:

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‏Ann Gunner
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‎womanAnn Gunner‏‎
Died ‎before 1812

 

2nd marriage
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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎

Married ‎23 May 1812 Rotherfield, Sussex (at most 15 years married) to:

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‎womanSophia May‏‎
Died ‎before 1827
When John & Sophia married in 1812, John was a widower.

Children:

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‎womanJane Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1814 Withyham, Sussex‎‎
At her baptism her father was described as a labourer of Withyham.
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎, follows: III-d
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎19 May 1821 Greenwich, Kent (Limekiln Lane)‎‎

 

3rd marriage
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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎

Married ‎23 Sep 1827 Deptford, London SE. (St Nicholas) (at most 34 years married) to:

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‎womanFrances Oak‏‎
Born ‎C1796 Deptford, Kent‎, died ‎1 Jun 1864 Mark Cross, Rotherfield, Sussex‎, 67 or 68 years
When married in 1827 she was a widow and of Deptford parish. In the 1861 Census, when she was living with her son John and his wife at Burwash, she was described as "blind 2 years". In her death registration in 1864 she was described as "widow of John Peerless a farm labourer".

Child:

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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎, follows: III-e

 

II-e
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‎manAbraham Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1794 Rotherfield, Sussex‎, baptised ‎1870 Rusthall, Speldhurst Kent (Denny Bottom), died ‎18 Mar 1870 Rusthall, Speldhurst Kent (Denny Bottom)‎, 75 or 76 years. Occupations: Road Surveyor, Contractor. Son of William Peerless and Mary ?‏
In 1851 Census he farmed 60 acres employing 5 labourers, living at Rusthall with his wife, their children (H)ellen & Henry & 3 visitors; in 1861 Census he was alone at Denny Bottom, Speldhurst. Will, when described as a road surveyor & contractor, dated 28.5.1869, proved at London 10.5.1870; probate to Thomas Fitness, farmer, & Henry Whitley of Tunbridge wells, solicitor's clerk; beneficiaries included his widow Charlotte, sons William, James & Henry and daughters Harriett Huntley, widow, Jane Saltmarsh & Ellen Russell.

Married ‎31 Mar 1816 Ashurst, Kent (53 years married) to:

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‎womanCharlotte Cousins‏‎
Born ‎C1798 Penshurst, Kent‎‎
In 1861 Census she was with her daughter Jane Saltmarsh and her family at Brighton, described as "road surveyor's wife".

Children:

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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎, follows: III-f
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎, follows: III-g
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‎womanHarriett Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1821 Speldhurst, Kent (Lower Green)‎‎
Married ? Huntley, widowed before 1869; in 1881 Census living at 63 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, with Frances Stutten & her two daughters, as a Cook Domestic.
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‎womanJane Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1824 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎‎
Married William Saltmarsh, an artist & picture restorer, 3Q 1848, Tonbridge. In 1861 Census they were living at 6 Blenheim Place, Brighton with Jane's mother Charlotte Peerless and a lodger; William Saltmarsh was described as a "grainer & gilder". In 1881 Census they were living at 7 Hanover Crescent, Brighton.
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‎manHenry Peerless‏‎, follows: III-h
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‎womanEllen Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1832 Speldhurst, Kent‎‎
Married Frederick Russell, a schoolmaster; in 1881 Census they were living at 21 Eridge Road, Speldhurst with their daughter Jessie, Ellen described as Blind.

generation III
 

III-a
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‎manJoseph Peerless‏‎
Born ‎26 Jun 1803 Greenwich, Kent‎, died ‎3Q 1849 Greenwich, Kent‎, 45 or 46 years. Son of Joseph Peerless and Omier Pickett‏

Married ‎9 Dec 1827 Deptford, London SE. (St Nicholas) (21 or 22 years married) to:

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‎womanSusannah Middleton‏‎
Born ‎C1811 Greenwich, Kent‎, baptised ‎1851 Greenwich, Kent (10 Woolwich Road)‎. Occupations: Laundress (1851)
In 1851 Census she was a widow living at Greenwich with her children Joseph, William, George, Caroline & Ann. In 1861 Census she was "housekeeper" at 23 Derwent Street, Greenwich with her children Susan, George & William, and John Fisher (6,b.Greenwich) & Caroline Palmer (1,b.Greenwich) both described as "Nursechild". In 1871 Census she was living at 8 Lavender Terrace, Greenwich with a lodger John Fisher (16).

Children:

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‎manJoseph Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-a
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‎womanSusanna Peerless‏‎
Born ‎31 Dec 1830 Greenwich, Kent (Woolwich Road)‎, baptised ‎1901 Watford, Herts., died ‎2Q 1903 Watford, Herts.‎, 72 or 73 years. Occupations: Servant (1861)
In 1901 Census she was a lunatic patient at the Metropolitan Asylum, Leavesden Watford.
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-b
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‎manGeorge Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1835 Greenwich, Kent, baptised ‎1851 Greenwich, Kent‎. Occupations: Market Gardener (1851)
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‎womanCaroline Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1836 Greenwich, Kent, baptised ‎1851 Greenwich, Kent‎
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‎womanAnn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1838 Greenwich, Kent, baptised ‎1861 Southwark, London SE.‎. Occupations: Servant (1861)
In 1851 Census she was living with her parents at Greenwich; in 1861 she was unmarried, a servant at the Anchor Tap (P/H), 28 Horselydown Lane, Southwark.

 

III-b
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎
Born ‎6 Jun 1803 Speldhurst, Kent‎, baptised ‎ Bromley & Croydon, died ‎14 Sep 1877 Croydon, Surrey (Cemetery - MI)‎, 74 years. Occupations: Master Carpenter. Son of William Peerless and Elizabeth Stiles‏
In 1851 Census he was a master carpenter employing 1 man, living at Bromley with his wife Maria. In 1861 Census he was widowed, living at Bromley with his unmarried sister-in-law Elizabeth Stewart (50,b.London) as his housekeeper, his nephew John Ralph (25,b.West Cliffe, Kent, carpenter) and 2 lodgers. In 1871 Census he was living at Vine Cottage, Sheldon Street, Croydon with his second wife Sarah.

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‏Maria ?Stewart
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‎womanMaria ?Stewart‏‎
Born ‎C1803 Woolwich, Kent‎, died ‎2Q 1854 Bromley, Kent‎, 50 or 51 years

 

2nd marriage
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎

Married ‎3Q 1869 St George, Southwark, Surrey (7 or 8 years married) to:

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‏Sarah ?Copeland
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‎womanSarah ?Copeland‏‎
Born ‎C1819 Oxford‎, baptised ‎1881 Croydon, Surrey (27 Sheldon Street), died ‎4 Jan 1900 Croydon, Surrey (15 Sheldon Street)‎, 80 or 81 years
In 1881 Census she was a widowed annuitant, living at Croydon with 4 lodgers. Will dated 22.6.1898 proved at London 31.1.1900, probate to Richard John Bleeze, retired bricklayer of The Almshouses, Scarbrooke Road, Croydon, sole executor; Richard Bleeze the sole beneficiary, but if dead, Thomas Davis of Neville Road, Croydon to inherit in trust for his two sons, the grandsons of Richard Bleeze.

 

III-c
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4 Feb 1811 Speldhurst, Kent‎, baptised ‎1851 Langton Green, Speldhurst, Kent, died ‎1Q 1883 Ticehurst, Sussex‎, 71 or 72 years. Occupations: Carpenter. Son of William Peerless and Elizabeth Stiles‏
In 1851 Census he was a carpenter, living at Langton Green with his wife and four children, Ann, Louis, Mary & William. In 1861 Census he and his wife and children Lewis[sic], Mary & William were still at Langton Green; with them was their son-in-law Charles J Booker, a widower, who had married their eldest daughter Ann in 1859. ?In 1881 Census William Peerless, widower shown as born at West Wickham[?], Kent c1811, was lodging with Harriet Golding at Union Street, Ticehurst, Sussex.

Married ‎4Q 1837 Tonbridge, Kent (at most 44 years married) to:

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‎womanAnn Hartridge‏‎
Born ‎C1816 Ashurst, Kent‎, died ‎before 1881‎, at most 65 years
Daughter of Francis & Ann Hartridge, whose son William married William Peerless's sister Harriet.

Children:

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‎womanAnn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1838 Speldhurst, Kent‎, died ‎before 1861‎, at most 23 years
Married 3Q 1859 at St George, Southwark to Charles James Booker (b.c1835, Fareham(?), Hampshire).
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‎manLouis Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-c
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‎womanEleanor Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1844‎
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‎womanMary Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1848 Speldhurst, Kent, baptised ‎1918 Bath, Wilts (2 Coburg Villas, Camden Rd), died ‎28 Jul 1918 Bath, Wilts. (Royal United Hospital)‎, 69 or 70 years. Occupations: Confectioner (1901)
In 1891 Census she was a servant, living at Oxford. In 1901 Census she was unmarried, a confectioner living at Bath. Admon.granted at Bristol 25.10.1918 to Louis Peerless, retired carpenter [her brother].
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-d

 

III-d
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎
Born ‎23 Mar 1819 Greenwich, Kent (Limekiln Lane)‎, baptised ‎1881 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (7 Belgrave Road), died ‎2Q 1892 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 72 or 73 years. Occupations: Railway switchman (1859). Son of John Peerless and Sophia May‏
When married by Banns in 1841 James was a labourer and he and Fanny were both living at "Tunbridge"; their fathers' names were not given in the marriage register, witnesses William Summers, Mary Ann Robinson and E Strodolph[?]. In 1851 Census he was a railway labourer, living at 4 Belgrave Terrace, Tunbridge Wells with his wife and children William, John, Sophia & Henry. In 1881 Census he, a porter, his wife and daughter Alice were at Tunbridge Wells; also in 1891 when they had their son George's daughter Olive with them.

Married ‎7 Mar 1841 Tonbridge, Kent (Parish Ch) (50 or 51 years married) to:

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‎womanFanny Summers‏‎
Born ‎C1820 Tonbridge, Kent‎, baptised ‎1881‎

Children:

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‏William Saunders Summers Peerless
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‎manWilliam Saunders Summers Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-e
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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-f
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‎womanSophia Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1847 Tonbridge, Kent‎‎
Married 4Q 1873, Tunbridge. In 1881 Census she was living at Lewes with her husband Martin Langridge, an ironmonger traveller, and their three children.
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‎manHenry James Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-g
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‎womanEliza Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1852 Tonbridge, Kent‎‎
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‎manGeorge James Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-h
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‎manAlfred Jeremiah Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-i
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‎manEdward Albert Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-j
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‎womanFanny Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1861 Tunbridge (?Tonbridge), Kent‎
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‎womanAlice Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1864 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, baptised ‎1881 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎. Occupations: Domestic servant
In 1881 & 1891 Censuses she was unmarried, living with her parents; in 1891 a dressmaker.

 

III-e
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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1825 Greenwich, Kent‎, died ‎23 Aug 1894 Uckfield, Sussex‎, 68 or 69 years, bur. ‎Aug 1894 Groombridge, Sussex (MI). Occupations: Superintendent of Police. Son of John Peerless and Frances Oak‏
In 1851 Census he was a Police Officer living at West Side, Rottingdean, Sussex with his wife. In 1861 Census he was a Sergeant of Police, living with his wife and his mother at the Square, Burwash, Sussex. In 1881 Census he was a Superintendent, living at the Police Station, Uckfield with his wife. In 1891 Census he was a Pensioner from Police Service, living with his wife at Brick Lane, Rotherfield. Will dated 18.9.1871 proved at Lewes 21.9.1894, probate to his widow as sole executrix and beneficiary.

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‏Charlotte ?
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‎womanCharlotte ?‏‎
Born ‎C1821 Withyham, Sussex‎, died ‎2 Nov 1902 Uckfield, Sussex‎, 80 or 81 years, bur. ‎Nov 1902 Groombridge, Sussex (MI)
1851 Census gave age 28, 1881 age 55; at her death her age was given as 81.

 

III-f
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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1817 Speldhurst, Kent‎, baptised ‎1851 Langton Green, Speldhurst (Langton Gate)‎. Occupations: Plumber. Son of Abraham Peerless and Charlotte Cousins‏
In 1851 Census he was living at Langton Green with his wife and daughter Jane; also in 1861 & 1871 Censuses.

Married ‎1Q 1842 Tonbridge, Kent (52 or 53 years married) to:

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‎womanMary Ann Gibbs‏‎
Born ‎C1818 Speldhurst, Kent‎, baptised ‎1891 Speldhurst, Kent (Langton Road), died ‎2Q 1895 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 76 or 77 years. Occupations: Plumber & painter (1891)

Child:

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‎womanJane Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1843 Speldhurst, Kent‎, baptised ‎1901 Langton, Speldhurst, Kent (HallandCroft), died ‎4Q 1920 Tonbridge, Kent‎, 76 or 77 years. Occupations: Plumber & painter (1901)
In 1891 Census she was living with her mother at Langton Rd, Speldhurst, her age given as 42: in 1901 she was unmarried and an employer, age given as 53.

 

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‎manJames Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1819 Speldhurst, Kent, baptised ‎ Camberwell, Surrey & Rusthall, Kent, died ‎24 Jul 1885 Rusthall, Speldhurst Kent‎, 65 or 66 years. Occupations: Carpenter/Joiner. Son of Abraham Peerless and Charlotte Cousins‏
When married in 1842 living at Rye Lane, Camberwell; in 1851 Census Lansdowne Place, Peckham; in 1861 Census 9 Shards Road, Peckham; in 1871 Census 7 Vestry Rd, Camberwell, a widower with 3 unmarried daughters Ellen, Mary Ann & Harriett; in 1881 Census at Denny Bottom, Rusthall with his second wife Maria and their children Walter, Ada, Jessie & Alice. Will of 2.7.1885 proved 21.8.1885, Maria Peerless sole executrix and beneficiary; witnesses included his aunt Ellen Russell & his wife Maria.

Married ‎29 Nov 1842 Camberwell, Surrey (St George's) (24 or 25 years married) to:

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‎womanAnn Munday‏‎
Born ‎C1817 Peckham, Surrey‎, died ‎2Q 1867 Camberwell, Surrey‎, 49 or 50 years
Daughter of Richard Munday, shoemaker. When married in 1842 she was living at Kent Road, Camberwell; one witness was Mary Ann Munday.

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‎manHenry William Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-k
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-l
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‎manAlfred Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-m
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‎manEdwin James Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-n
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‎womanEllen Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1852 Peckham, Surrey‎. Occupations: Housekeeper (1871)
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‎womanMary Ann Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1854 Peckham, Surrey‎. Occupations: Dressmaker (1871)
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‎womanHarriett Jane Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1856 Peckham, Surrey‎
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‎manWalter Lewis Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1860 Camberwell, Surrey, died ‎4Q 1860 Camberwell, Surrey‎, under 1 year old

 

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‎manJames Peerless‏‎

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‎womanMaria ?‏‎
Born ‎C1837 Heckfield, Hants.‎‎. Occupations: Laundress (1891)
In 1891 Census she was living at the Calverley Laundry, Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, with her daughters Jessie & Alice.

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‎manWalter James Peerless/ RE‏‎, follows: IV-o
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‎womanAda Maria Peerless‏‎, follows: IV-p
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‎womanJessie Mary Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1875 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1901 Lewisham, London SE.‎. Occupations: Domestic help
In 1891 Census she was an assistant laundress, living with her mother and sister Alice at the Calverley Laundry, Tunbridge Wells.
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‎womanAlice Clara Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1877 Camberwell, Surrey‎‎
In 1891 Census she was an assistant laundress, living with her mother & sister at Calverley Laundry, Tunbridge Wells; in 1901 she was a cook domestic at Croydon. ?Married 4Q 1904, Croydon.

 

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‎manHenry Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1826 Speldhurst, Kent‎‎. Occupations: Plumber. Son of Abraham Peerless and Charlotte Cousins‏
When Harriet Augusta was born in 1855 they lived at Parade, Tunbridge Wells. In 1861 Census Charlotte, described as married, was living without Henry but with Harriet and her sister Elizabeth Jane Young (26,b.Speldhurst, unmarried, milliner), at 4 Bedford Terrace, Tunbridge Wells. In 1871 Census Charlotte, still married and with Harriet & Elizabeth Young but without Henry, was living at 23 Qheens Gardens, Brighton, all three described as "milliner dressmaker".

Married ‎2Q 1853 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (21 or 22 years married) to:

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‎womanCharlotte Young‏‎
Born ‎C1823 Speldhurst, Kent‎, died ‎4Q 1875 Brighton, Sussex‎, 51 or 52 years. Occupations: Milliner & Dressmaker

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‎womanHarriet Augusta Peerless‏‎
Born ‎8 Apr 1855 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Parade)‎‎
Married 1Q 1881, Maidstone, to Henry James Turley; in 1881 Census they were living at Barden Road, Speldhurst, Henry (28,b.Speldhurst) described as "farmers son".

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‎manJoseph Peerless‏‎
Born ‎9 Jun 1828 Greenwich, Kent (Woolwich Road)‎, died ‎4Q 1908 Greenwich, Kent‎, 79 or 80 years. Occupations: Coal porter (1851 & 1881). Son of Joseph Peerless and Susannah Middleton‏
In 1851 Census he was living with his widowed mother and siblings, unmarried and a coal porter. In 1861 Census he was a stoker in the Royal Navy on HMS Mars. In 1871 Census he was a labourer lodging at 42 Pelton Rd, Greenwich with his wife; in 1881 Census living at 7 Bennett St, Greenwich with his wife and daughters Lizzie, Sarah & Louisa; in 1891 Census at 5 Clarks Buildings, Greenwich with his daughters Lizzie, Louisa & Florrie, his wife being an inmate at the Greenwich Union Infirmary.

Married ‎3Q 1870 Greenwich, Kent (37 or 38 years married) to:

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‎womanElizabeth Asplen‏‎
Born ‎C1843 Girton, Cambridge‎, baptised ‎1901 Deptford, London SE. (191 Childers St)‎. Occupations: Washerwoman (1901)
1881 Census gave her age as 36, born at Greenwich. In 1891 Census she was an inmate of the Greenwich Union (Poor Law) Infirmary, Vanburgh Hill, East Greenwich; her occupation was "charing" and she was described as born at Girton, Cambs. In 1901 Census she was living alone with her daughter Florrie at Deptford.

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‎womanElizabeth (Lizzie) Susan Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1875 Greenwich, Kent‎, baptised ‎1901 Greenwich, Kent‎. Occupations: Domestic servant (1901)
In 1901 Census she was unmarried, an inmate of Greenwich Union Workhouse, Woolwich Road, Greenwich, as was her daughter Maud.
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‎womanSarah Ann Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1877 Greenwich, Kent‎‎. Occupations: Servant (1901)
In 1901 Census she was a servant at 72 South Street, Greenwich.
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‎womanLouisa Annie Peerless‏‎
Born ‎15 Apr 1880 Greenwich, Kent‎, baptised ‎1901 Deptford St Paul, London SE., died ‎1Q 1971 Brighton, Sussex‎, 90 or 91 years. Occupations: Domestic servant (1901)
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‎womanFlorence Eliza Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3 Feb 1883 Greenwich (7 Bachelors Hall, Bennett St)‎, baptised ‎1901 Greenwich, Kent, died ‎3Q 1958 Brighton, Sussex‎, 74 or 75 years. Occupations: Charwoman (1901)

 

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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1 Oct 1832 Greenwich, Kent (Woolwich Road)‎, baptised ‎1881 Limehouse, London E. (2 New Square), died ‎1Q 1916 Greenwich, Kent‎, 83 or 84 years. Occupations: Dock labourer (1881). Son of Joseph Peerless and Susannah Middleton‏
In 1851 Census he was living with his widowed mother at Greenwich, unmarried and a carter. In 1881 Census he was living at Limehouse with his wife.

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‏Margaret ?
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‎womanMargaret ?‏‎
Born ‎C1831 Deptford, Kent‎

 

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‎manLouis Peerless‏‎
Born ‎8 Oct 1840 Speldhurst, Kent‎, baptised ‎1881 Speldhurst, Kent (Post Office), died ‎4Q 1919 Marlborough, Wilts.‎, 78 or 79 years. Occupations: Carpenter (1881). Son of William Peerless and Ann Hartridge‏
In 1881 Census he was living at Speldhurst with his wife Harriett, daughters Ellen and Annie S, and a visitor Sarah M Meachin, an orphan born c1868 at Woolwich; in 1891 he was a builder living at Langton Rd, Speldhurst with his wife and daughter Anne S.

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‎womanHarriet ?Sawkins‏‎
Born ‎C1842 Twyford, Hants.‎, baptised ‎1933 Pembury, Kent (Gabriel Cott.,Romford Rd), died ‎12 Sep 1933 Pembury, Kent (Gabriel Cott.,Romford Rd)‎, 90 or 91 years. Occupations: Telegraphic work (1881)
In 1901 Census she was a Postmistress living at the Langton Green Post Office, Speldhurst with her daughter Anne. Will dated 1.3.1933 proved at London 6.10.1933, probate to Sarah Jane Martin of Gabriel Cottage, Pembury, wife of James William Martin; Sarah Martin sole beneficiary "as she is the person who has looked after me since the death of my daughter Anne Sawkins Peerless".

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‎womanEllen Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1866 Langton Green, Speldhurst, Kent, baptised ‎1901 Islip, Northants., died ‎23 Dec 1916 Ringstead, Northants.‎, 49 or 50 years. Occupations: Teacher (1881)
Unmarried. Admon.(with Will executed July 1916) granted at Peterborough 29.1.1917 to Harriet Peerless, wife of Louis Peerless, one of the residuary legatees; the other legatees were the 5 children of Thomas Sawkins Agutter, farmer of Islip, Northants, cousin of Ellen Peerless.
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‎womanAnne Sawkins Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1868 Speldhurst, Kent, baptised ‎1932 Langton Green, Kent (Old Post Office), died ‎29 Aug 1932 Pembury, Kent (Gabriel Cott.,Romford Rd)‎, 63 or 64 years. Occupations: Postal clerk; dressmaker
Admon.(with Will dated 18.8.1932) granted at London 1.10.1932 to James William Martin, carpenter, of Gabriel Cottage, Pembury; sole beneficiaries James William Martin and his wife Sarah Jane Martin, with the wish that they "look after my mother and provide her with a home while she needs one".

 

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‎manWilliam Peerless‏‎
Born ‎Feb 1851 Speldhurst, Kent‎, baptised ‎1904 Peckham, London SE (10 Nunhead Crescent), died ‎5 Jan 1904 Peckham, London SE (10 Nunhead Crescent)‎, 52 years. Occupations: Carpenter/joiner. Son of William Peerless and Ann Hartridge‏
In 1881 Census he was an unmarried house carpenter, lodging at 11 Milton Road, Margate with George & Emily Marsh and their family. In 1891 Census he was living at Woodbine Cottage, Nunhead Crescent, Camberwell with his wife; in 1901 they were still at Camberwell. Will dated 16.12.1898 proved at London 1.2.1904, probate to Jane Peerless, widow, sole executrix & beneficiary; failing her, John Edgar Stillman of Newbury, Berks., parish clerk, was named as alternate executor & beneficiary.

Married ‎4Q 1883 St George's Hanover Square, London W. (20 or 21 years married) to:

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‎womanJane Stillman‏‎
Born ‎C1850 Camberwell, Surrey, baptised ‎1927 Newbury, Berks. (5 Clifton Road), died ‎1 Jan 1928 Newbury, Berks. (Ingleside Nursing Home)‎, 77 or 78 years
Daughter of Sarah Stillman (b.c1822, Camberwell), who in 1881 Census was a widow described as "Attendant at Church Service", living at Nest Mills, Newbury with her son John Edgar Stillman (b.c1857, Newbury), unmarried and described as "Engine Fitter by Trade". In 1881 Census Jane was an unmarried Lady's Maid at Holywell Hill, St Albans. Will dated 26.11.1924 proved Oxford 9.3.1928, probate to two solicitor's clerks; bequests to various charities, including "the Parish Church Ringers Fund in memory of my brother Edgar".

 

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‏William Saunders Summers Peerless
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‎manWilliam Saunders Summers Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1842 Tonbridge, Kent‎, baptised ‎1891 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (27 Belgrave Rd), died ‎1Q 1916 Tonbridge, Kent‎, 73 or 74 years. Occupations: Grocer & dealer (1891). Son of James Peerless and Fanny Summers‏
In 1861 Census he was a seaman at Portsea, Hants, a visitor at 17 Northam Rd. In 1891 Census he and his wife had his stepson Albert Wm.Gilbert (14), a shoemaker's apprentice, living with them. In 1901 Census, a furniture porter, he was living at 77 Goods Station Rd, his wife at 20 Ely Lane, both at Tunbridge Wells.

Married ‎3Q 1886 Tunbridge (?Tonbridge), Kent (29 or 30 years married) to:

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‏Phoebe Gilbert
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‎womanPhoebe Gilbert‏‎
Born ‎C1844 Horsmonden, Kent‎, baptised ‎ Tunbridge Wells, Kent, died ‎4Q 1932 Tonbridge, Kent‎, 87 or 88 years. Occupations: Charwoman (1901)
? Previously married to Edgar Burgess, in 1881 Census living at 14 Station Road, Northfleet, Kent with Edgar (35, carpenter & joiner, born Ewhurst, Sx) and their children Fanny (8), Edgar (7) & Charles (2).

 

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‎manJohn Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1844 Tonbridge, Kent‎, baptised ‎1881 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Up.Grosvenor Rd.), died ‎4Q 1885 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 40 or 41 years. Occupations: Greengrocer & Cow keeper. Son of James Peerless and Fanny Summers‏
In 1881 Census he was living with his wife, daughter Alice, and visitors George Dann, his wife Emma & daughter Bernice.

Married ‎2Q 1868 Tunbridge (?Tonbridge), Kent (16 or 17 years married) to:

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‎womanSarah Jane Grover‏‎
Born ‎C1845 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎‎

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‎womanAlice Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1869 Tunbridge (?Tonbridge), Kent‎

 

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‎manHenry James Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1849 Tonbridge, Kent‎, baptised ‎1874 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (6 Auckland Road), died ‎3Q 1879 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 29 or 30 years. Occupations: Builders's Lab. (1874). Son of James Peerless and Fanny Summers‏

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‎womanAlice Avis‏‎
Born ‎C1852 Crowborough, Sussex‎, baptised ‎1881 Tonbridge Kt (3 Ashwood Cott, Queens Rd)‎. Occupations: Laundry employee (1881)
In 1881 Census she was a widow, living at Tonbridge with her children Mary Jane, James, Ellen & Flora. In 1891 Census she was living at 8 Belgrave Road, Tunbridge Wells with her second husband James Sammons (Bricklayer, 37) and her children James & Flora Peerless.

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‎womanMary Jane Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1872 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎
In 1891 Census she was a servant/cook at 19 Beulah Rd, Tunbridge Wells.
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‎manJames Peerless‏‎
Born ‎19 Jul 1874 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (6 Auckland Road)‎‎. Occupations: Gen.labourer (1891)
In 1891 Census he was living at Tunbridge Wells with his mother, his sister Flora and their step-father, James Sammons.
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‎womanEllen Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1876 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎
?Death Reg.4Q 1959, Maidstone (84).
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‎womanFlora Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1878 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, baptised ‎1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎. Occupations: Dressmaker (1901)
In 1891 Census she was a scholar, living at Tunbridge Wells with her mother, her brother James and their step-father James Sammons.

 

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‎manGeorge James Peerless‏‎
Born ‎20 May 1854 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Belgrave Terrace)‎, baptised ‎1881 Ashford, Kent (24 Beaver Place), died ‎4Q 1931 Tonbridge, Kent‎, 76 or 77 years. Occupations: Railway signalman (1894). Son of James Peerless and Fanny Summers‏
In 1881 Census he was at Ashford with his wife Rebecca and daughter Kate; he was described as "Railway shunter (pointsman)". In 1891 Census after Rebecca's death and before he remarried in 1894, he was living at 31 Vale Rd, Tonbridge with his children Kate & Harry; his youngest child Olive was with his parents James & Fanny. In 1901 Census he was a railway signalman, living at 8 Woodside Rd, Tonbridge with Eliza, their children Philip & Ivy, and his step-sons Ernest and John.

Married ‎3Q 1880 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (5 or 6 years married) to:

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‏Rebecca Frederica Ribbens
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‎womanRebecca Frederica Ribbens‏‎
Born ‎C1856 Kingsdown, Kent‎, died ‎4Q 1886 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 29 or 30 years
Daughter of Frederick & Rebecca Ribbens; he was a coachman at Tunbridge Wells (1861).

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‎womanKate J Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1880 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, baptised ‎1901 London W. (St George's, Hanover Sq.)‎. Occupations: Cook domestic (1901)
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‎manHarry William Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1882 West Ashford, Kent‎. Occupations: Gunner, Ryl.Marine Art'ry
In 1901 Census, a Gunner in the Royal Marine Artillery, he was a patient at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Alverstoke, Hants.
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‎womanOlive Gertrude Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1884 West Ashford, Kent‎
In 1891 Census, after the death of her mother in 1886, she was living with her grandparents James and Fanny Peerless. In 1901 Census she was working as a "between-maid" at Lee, London SE.

 

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‎manGeorge James Peerless‏‎

Married ‎9 Dec 1894 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Parish Church) (36 or 37 years married) to:

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‎womanEliza Jane Shorter‏‎
Born ‎C1865 Greenwich, Kent‎
Daughter of Ambrose Shorter, a labourer, but married as Eliza Mears, a widow; she was then living at Basinghall Street, Tunbridge Wells; witnesses were Sarah Jane Walter & Walter Walter. From her previous marriage she apparently had two sons, Ernest (b.c1892, Southgate, Middx) & John (b.c1894, Wood Green, Middx), who in 1901 Census were living with George & Eliza, and both were named Peerless.

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‎manJames George Peerless‏‎
Born ‎16 Dec 1895 Tonbridge, Kent (86 Woodside Road)‎, died ‎4Q 1933 Tonbridge, Kent‎, 37 or 38 years. Occupations: Railway signalman (1896)
In 1901 Census a James Peerless (grandson, aged 5, born at Tonbridge) was living at 49 Bannockburn Rd, Plumstead, Woolwich, London SE, with Thomas Clark and his wife Caroline; in 1881 Census Thomas & Caroline Clark and their family, including their only daughter Hannah M Clark, lived at 40 Bennett St, Greenwich.
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‎manPhilip Arthur Peerless‏‎
Born ‎5 Jan 1898 Tunbridge (?Tonbridge), Kent, died ‎3Q 1972 Greenwich, Kent‎, 73 or 74 years
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‎womanIvy Grace Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1900 Tunbridge (?Tonbridge), Kent‎

 

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‎manAlfred Jeremiah Peerless‏‎
Born ‎25 Oct 1856 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Belgrave Terrace)‎, baptised ‎1901 Corby, Northants. (Town Hill Lane), died ‎4Q 1944 Kettering, Northants.‎, 87 or 88 years. Occupations: Railway platelayer. Son of James Peerless and Fanny Summers‏
In 1901 Census he was living at Corby with his wife, their children Sarah Lillie, Samuel, Harry, James, Daisy & Olive, a cousin William Corral (b.c1851, Deene) and a boarder.

Married ‎17 Mar 1878 Deene, Northants. (40 years married) to:

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‏Frances (Fanny) Spencer
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‎womanFrances (Fanny) Spencer‏‎
Born ‎13 Aug 1861 Deene, Northants (Slate pits, Deene Ldg)‎, died ‎21 Nov 1918 Corby, Northants.‎, 57 years
Daughter of Joseph (b.c1830, Deene, platelayer) & Mary (b.c1839, Rothwell, Northants) Spencer; in 1881 Census they and their unmarried son Samuel (b.c1856, Deene, platelayer) were boarding with Fanny & Alfred and their family at Corby.

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‎manAlfred Jeremiah S S Peerless‏‎
Born ‎24 Apr 1878 Deene, Northants. (Deene Lodge)‎, baptised ‎1901 Brinsworth, West Yorks., died ‎1Q 1957 Kettering, Northants.‎, 78 or 79 years. Occupations: Railway engine wkr.(1901)
Full name Alfred Jeremiah Saunders Summers Peerless. Served WWI as a Serjeant, Royal Engineers [NArch].
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‎womanFrances Alice Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1880 Corby, Northants., died ‎10 Oct 1898 Corby, Northants.‎, 17 or 18 years
In 1891 Census she was staying with her Spencer grandparents at Corby. Died from typhoid fever [AP].
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‎manGeorge Edward Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4 Sep 1882 Corby, Northants.‎, baptised ‎1901 Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks.‎. Occupations: Railway Porter (1901)
?Death Reg.3Q 1967, Forest of Dean (83).
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‎womanSarah Lillie Peerless‏‎
Born ‎8 Jan 1885 Corby, Northants.‎‎
Married 3Q 1905, Kettering.
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‎manSamuel Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1888 Corby, Northants., died ‎16 Apr 1907 Corby, Northants.‎, 18 or 19 years. Occupations: Gen.Labourer
Died of meningitis.
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‎manHarry Peerless‏‎
Born ‎13 Apr 1890 Corby, Northants.‎, baptised ‎1922 Sutton Coldfield, Warwks. (69 Riland Rd), died ‎4Q 1974 Birmingham‎, 83 or 84 years. Occupations: Boot&shoemaker/repairer
He started working on the railways but after an accident that resulted in having both his feet amputated, the Company set him up as a boot & shoe maker & repairer [AP].
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‎manJames Peerless/, Serj‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1892 Corby, Northants., died ‎20 Mar 1916 France, on active service‎, 23 or 24 years, bur. ‎1916 Carnoy, Somme, France. Occupations: Infantryman
Served with 6th Bn.,Northamptonshire Regiment; Serjeant. Buried at Carnoy Military Cemetery; Grave ref.R9.
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‎womanDaisy May Peerless‏‎
Born ‎6 Oct 1894 Corby, Northants., died ‎4Q 1971 Corby, Northants.‎, 76 or 77 years. Occupations: Domestic servant
Married Frederick Johnson (b.c1890), a butcher of 141 Long Street, Atherstone, son of William Johnson a general labourer, at Kettering R.O. 5.4.1915, Alfred & Olive Gertrude Peerless witnesses, Daisy then living at Corby. Frederick died during WWI; Daisy married secondly at Corby 4Q 1920 Sidney George L Binley (b.7.11.1894, Stamford; d.3Q 1979, Corby) and had a son (b.1924, married with married daughter), a daughter (b.1928, widowed with married daughter & grandchildren) & a son (b.1930; d.1999, unmarried) [AP -2003].
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‎womanOlive Gertie Peerless‏‎
Born ‎15 Nov 1900 Corby, Northants.‎‎
Married Arthur W Morris 2Q 1922, Kettering.
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‎womanFanny Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1 Dec 1901 Corby, Northants.‎‎
Married Alfred E Bailey 3Q 1929, Kettering.
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‎manJack Peerless‏‎
Born ‎8 Jun 1905 Kettering, Northants.‎, died ‎4Q 1978 Northampton‎, 72 or 73 years
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‎womanEva Peerless‏‎
Born ‎8 Mar 1907 Corby, Northants.‎, died ‎2 Mar 1909 Corby, Northants.‎, 1 years
Died of measles [AP].

 

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‎manEdward Albert Peerless‏‎
Born ‎12 Apr 1859 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Station Road)‎, baptised ‎1901 Corby, Northants., died ‎3Q 1926 Kettering, Northants.‎, 66 or 67 years. Occupations: Railway platelayer (1901). Son of James Peerless and Fanny Summers‏
In 1891 Census he was living at Corby with his wife; in 1901 Census they were at Weldon Rd, Corby with his step-son Bert Streather (b.c1885, Corby), a bricklayer's labourer.

Married ‎1 Feb 1891 Corby, Northants. (34 or 35 years married) to:

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‏Harriet Elizabeth Streather
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‎womanHarriet Elizabeth Streather‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1857 Corby, Northants., died ‎3Q 1929 Kettering, Northants.‎, 71 or 72 years. Occupations: Dressmaker
Daughter of Robert Streather, a mason (d.bef 1891)[AP].

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‎manAlbert Edward Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1894 Kettering, Northants., died ‎7 Nov 1898 Corby, Northants.‎, 3 or 4 years
Accidentally killed when run over by a cart on the highway in the Parish of Corby; inquest held 9.8.1898 [AP].

 

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‎manHenry William Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1843 Peckham, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1871&1881 Camberwell, Surrey (5 Vestry Road), died ‎2Q 1911 Camberwell, London SE.‎, 67 or 68 years. Occupations: Joiner. Son of James Peerless and Ann Munday‏
In 1871 Census he was living in Camberwell with his wife, 3 children and a niece Mary Saunders (13); in 1881 Census still in Camberwell with 9 children. In 1891 Census he was at 10 Vestry Road, Camberwell with 8 of his children, his wife being elsewhere in Camberwell, working as a monthly nurse. In 1901 he and his wife were still in Camberwell with their children Helena, Frederick, Emily & Harry.

Married ‎4Q 1862 Camberwell, Surrey (48 or 49 years married) to:

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‎womanSarah E ?‏‎
Born ‎C1840 Heckfield, nr.Hartley Wintney, Hants., baptised ‎1917 Camberwell, Surrey (131 Southampton St)‎. Occupations: Dressmaker (1901)
In 1891 Census she was away from home, working as a monthly nurse at 60 The Grove, Camberwell.

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‎womanHelena Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1865 Camberwell, Surrey‎, died ‎2Q 1931 Camberwell, London SE.‎, 65 or 66 years. Occupations: Dressmaker (1891)
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‎womanMaria Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1867 Camberwell, Surrey‎, died ‎3Q 1932 Camberwell, London SE.‎, 64 or 65 years
In 1901 Census she was a nurse with Thomas Rolands & family at 12 Winterbrook Road, Camberwell; her sister Ethel was a cook there also.
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‎manHerbert Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1868 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1916 Peckham, Surrey (40 Azenby Road), died ‎4Q 1951 Lambeth, SE.‎, 82 or 83 years. Occupations: Baker (1891)
Married to Agnes Louise Bewsey or Kate Augusta Matthews [FreeBMD].
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‎manFrederick Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1871 Camberwell, Surrey‎, died ‎2Q 1917 Camberwell, London SE.‎, 45 or 46 years. Occupations: House Painter (1891&1901)
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‎manAlbert Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1872 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1907 Camberwell SE. (14 Lyndhurst Grove), died ‎1Q 1951 Camberwell, London SE.‎, 78 or 79 years. Occupations: House painter/decorator
In 1891 Census he was a plumber's labourer, living at home with his parents. In 1901 Census he was a painter/decorator, living in Lewisham with Marion and their daughter Marion.
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‎womanEmily Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1874 Camberwell, Surrey‎‎. Occupations: Shop assistant (1901)
In 1891 Census she was a label painter, living at home with her parents. ?Married 3Q 1904 at Camberwell.
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‎womanLouisa Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1877 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1901 Lambeth, SE.‎. Occupations: General servant (1901)
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‎womanEthel Sarah Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1879 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎ ?Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, died ‎22 Jan 1966 ?Stamford, Connecticut, USA‎, 86 or 87 years
In 1901 Census she was a cook with Thomas Rolands & family at 12 Winterbrook Road, Camberwell; her sister Maria was a nurse there also. ?Ethel Peerless, aged 86, unmarried, died at Stamford, CT, USA 22.1.1966 [Connecticut Death Index].
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‎manHenry William Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1881 Camberwell, Surrey‎, died ‎30 Nov 1917 France (On Active Service)‎, 35 or 36 years, bur. ‎ Anneux, Nord, France (British Cmty - MI). Occupations: Butcher(1901); rifleman
Rifleman, 10th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in the area of Anneux, which was in British hands from 21st November to 6th December 1917, when it was recaptured; buried in the British Cemetery at Anneux (Grave III.F.72).

 

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‎manJames Peerless‏‎
Born ‎21 Jul 1845 Peckham, Surrey (Lansdowne Place)‎, baptised ‎1881 Peckham, Surrey (2 Sturdy Road), died ‎2Q 1920 Camberwell, London SE.‎, 74 or 75 years. Occupations: Carpenter & joiner. Son of James Peerless and Ann Munday‏
The full address of his birthplace in 1845 was "Lansdowne Place, Commercial Road, Old Kent Road" Peckham. In 1881 Census he was living in Peckham with his wife, their 5 daughters and a lodger; in 1891 Census they were still at 2 Sturdy Road, Peckham with their 3 youngest daughters and a lodger; in 1901 Census he and his wife were living at Whitstable, Kent with their daughter Elizabeth.

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‎womanMary Ann ?‏‎
Born ‎C1846 Peckham, Surrey‎, died ‎1Q 1922 Camberwell, London SE.‎, 75 or 76 years

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‎womanAlice Mary A Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1867 Camberwell, Surrey‎‎
Married 2Q 1889, Camberwell to George Wright or Pepperdine Simpson [FreeBMD].
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‎womanAnnie Harriet Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1870 Peckham, Surrey‎‎
Married 2Q 1889, Camberwell to Thomas William Jones or William Vail [FreeBMD].
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‎womanAmelia Florence Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1874 Peckham, Surrey‎‎. Occupations: Dressmaker (1891)
Married 2Q 1896 at Camberwell.
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‏Ada Eleanor (Ellen) Peerless
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‎womanAda Eleanor (Ellen) Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1875 Peckham, Surrey‎‎. Occupations: Mantle maker (1891)
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‎womanElizabeth Louisa Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1877 Peckham, Surrey‎‎
Married 2Q 1901, Camberwell to Samuel Frost Boyes or William Thomas Haselgrove [FreeBMD].

 

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‎manAlfred Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1847 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎ East Indies & Tunbridge Wells, Kent, died ‎20 Mar 1909 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎, 61 or 62 years. Occupations: Carpenter & joiner (1901). Son of James Peerless and Ann Munday‏
In 1881 Census he was living at Denny Bottom, Speldhurst, with his wife and daughters Lissie and Agnes. In 1891 Census he was living at Spa Cottage, Rusthall Rd, Tunbridge Wells, with his wife and children Elizabeth & Edwin [sic] Alfred, in 1901 with is wife and Edward. Will dated 9.8.1906, his address given as Spa Lodge, Langton Rd, Tunbridge Wells, proved at London 15.4.1909; probate to his son Edward Alfred, the sole beneficiary.

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‎womanSabina ?‏‎
Born ‎C1849 Beir, Ireland‎, baptised ‎1901‎

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‏Elizabeth (Lissie) Peerless
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‎womanElizabeth (Lissie) Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1874 Afra, East Indies‎, baptised ‎1891‎
In 1891 Census living with her father & mother at Tunbridge Wells, her birthplace given as Nussurabad, India.
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‎womanAgnes Peerless‏‎
Born ‎C1877 Dagshis, East Indies‎
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‎manEdward Alfred Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1884 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, died ‎17 Aug 1916 In Action on the Somme, France‎, 31 or 32 years, bur. ‎ Somme, France (Daours Communal Cemetery). Occupations: Carpenter & joiner (1901)
?Married 2Q 1908, Tonbridge. Sapper, 212th Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died on the Somme 17.8.1916, buried at Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France (Grave III.A.23.). He was his father's sole executor & beneficiary in 1909.

 

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‎manEdwin James Peerless‏‎
Born ‎13 Jun 1849 Camberwell, Sy. (Commercial/Old Kent Rd)‎, baptised ‎1881 Hackney, London E. (36 Bentham Road), died ‎4Q 1909 Hackney, London E.‎, 59 or 60 years. Occupations: Butcher. Son of James Peerless and Ann Munday‏
Only "Edwin" appears on his Birth Certificate; he was born at 1 Lansdowne Place, Commercial Road, Camberwell, but his father, registering his birth, was of "1 Lansdowne Place, Old Kent Road". Shown in 1881 Census Index as "James E Pearliss", then living at Hackney with his wife and their children Florence, Edward, Alice, Sarah, Arthur & Walter; in 1879 they had been living at 19 Wick Road, South Hackney. In 1901 Census he was living at 26 Retreat Place, Hackney with his wife and children Walter, Alice and Edith.

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‎womanSarah Bixby‏‎
Born ‎C1853, died ‎3Q 1919 Hackney, London E.‎, 65 or 66 years

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‎womanFlorence Ada Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1873 Hackney, London E.‎
1881 Census Index showed her as being born at "Camberwell, Middlesex". Married at Hackney 3Q 1895, to Frederick John Alexander or Herbert Cleere Turner [FreeBMD].
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‎manJames Edwin Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1874 Hackney, London E., died ‎2Q 1963 Romford, Essex‎, 88 or 89 years. Occupations: Butcher's asst. (1901)
1881 Census Index shows him as "Edward", born at Romford, Essex; two marriage register entries in 1896, for Edward James and Edwin James. In 1901 Census he was living at Hackney with his wife and son Edwin.
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‎womanAlice Mary Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1876 Hackney, London E., died ‎4Q 1964 Surrey Mid. E.‎, 87 or 88 years
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‎womanSarah Elizabeth Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1877 Hackney, London E.‎
?Married 3Q1898 at Hackney.
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‎manArthur Thomas Peerless‏‎
Born ‎3 Jul 1879 South Hackney, London E. (19 Wick Road)‎, died ‎4Q 1964 Surrey Mid.E.‎, 84 or 85 years
Married in 1900 to either Alice Arnold or Constance Milton [FreeBMD].
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‎manWalter Louis Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1881 Hackney, London E., died ‎1Q 1947 Surrey Mid.E.‎, 65 or 66 years. Occupations: Butcher (1901)
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‎womanEdith Mabel Peerless‏‎
Born ‎4Q 1893 Hackney, London E.‎

 

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‎manWalter James Peerless/ RE‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1871 Camberwell, Surrey‎, baptised ‎1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Poplar Cottages), died ‎28 Oct 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey (on active service)‎, 43 or 44 years. Occupations: Painter & house decorator. Son of James Peerless and Maria ?‏
Sapper, 1st/3rd (Kent) Field Coy., Royal Engineers. Commemorated (with his son) on the Helles Memorial standing on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsular, which bears over 20,000 names of those who fell in the Gallipoli campaign but have no known grave.

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‎womanLouisa Alice Farmer‏‎
Born ‎C1871 Fletching, Sussex‎, baptised ‎1915 Rusthall, Tun. Wells (37 Common View)‎

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‎womanFlorence Ellen Peerless‏‎
Born ‎1Q 1892 Peckham, London SE.‎
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‏Clarence Roland Walter Peerless/ RE
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‎manClarence Roland Walter Peerless/ RE‏‎
Born ‎3Q 1894 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, died ‎28 Oct 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey (on active service)‎, 20 or 21 years. Occupations: Sapper
Sapper, 1st/3rd (Kent) Field Coy., Royal Engineers. Commemorated (with his father) on the Helles Memorial standing at the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsular, which bears over 20,000 names of those who fell in the Gallipoli campaign but have no known grave.
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‎womanLilian Luisa A Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1896 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎
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‎womanDorothy Jessie Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1899 Tunbridge Wells, Kent‎
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‎manErnest George Peerless‏‎
Born ‎9 Jan 1903 Rusthall, Tunb'dge Wells (37Common View), died ‎1Q 1950 Reading, Berks.‎, 46 or 47 years, bur. ‎25 Mar 1950 Wokingham, Berks. (St Paul)

 

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‎womanAda Maria Peerless‏‎
Born ‎2Q 1873 Camberwell, Surrey, baptised ‎1896 Canterbury, Kent (12 Union Row,Ivy Lane)‎. Occupations: Nursery Governess (1896). Daughter of James Peerless and Maria ?‏

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‎manVictor Jesse Peerless/ MM‏‎
Born ‎3 Jun 1896 Canterbury, Kent (12 Union Row,Ivy Lane), died ‎3 Aug 1917 France (Killed in action)‎, 21 years, bur. ‎ Monchy-le-Preux, Pas de Calais, France. Occupations: Infantryman
Lance Corporal, 6th Bn.The Buffs (East Kent Regiment); awarded Military Medal 15.6.1917. Buried at Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux (Grave I.F.38).