In search of the family

  Maurice Frederick Perry 1901-1978 aka Paul Parry Sefton Military Service:   The story that was passed down the family was that Grandad Paul joined the Royal Flying Corps underage in WW1 and received a WW1 disability pension.   As with many of the family stories that I have heard this turns out to be inaccurate, which is odd as this was the story he told his son. But like so many other stories there is a grain of truth within it.   A cousin kindly shared a picture she had   of a very young Maurice in uniform, so this seemed to bear out the story. Grandad Paul also stated that his subsequent name change related to his service number. When I did finally track down a WW1 record with the number 710... which was a RFC service number, it did not actually relate to him. Family photo shared by NR However   I eventually have found his service record for his time in the RAF. It little strange as, like so many records relating to this family, some of the info...

Margaret Isabella Randolph was the 2nd daughter and 3rd child of John Randolph (surgeon of Westminster) and his wife William Mary nee Wilson. Whenever I review her story I am always left with an image in my head of the character Beth from the novel 'Little Women.' Probably I am very much mistaken but within this blog post I thought I may try to write something a little different. So whilst I will present all the facts available for her and her husband, Charles Warren Jeanneret, and events that occurred at the time. I will try my hand at a little fiction to fit around their story.  Any fictional content will be presented in italic  script.  Margaret was born on the 15 July 1822 and she was baptised at New Romney in Kent on 14 August 1822. The birth date being recorded at the time of the baptism. It is an important detail as her age does vary, a year being added at time of her marriage and death.   Margaret grew up within her family in New Romney in Kent until sometime...